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The Great Outdoors (1988)
57K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, slapstick, cult classic, buddy comedy, epic, romantic comedy, spectacular, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
camp, family vacation, bear, summer vacation, wilderness, teenage girl, brother brother relationship, holiday, father daughter relationship, rivalry, father son relationship, nothing goes right, raccoon, rain, brother in law brother in law relationship, vacation gone wrong, family relations, friendship, youth, parents and children, disorder, love and romance, couples, dancing, twins ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, minnesota, usa, wisconsin, canada, california
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Most similar movies to The Great Outdoors
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, feel good and realistic films with plots about disorder, storytelling, chase, dialogue, farce, mentor and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like The Great Outdoors: Summer Rental (1985), What About Bob? (1991), Uncle Buck (1989), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Meatballs (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, intense ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
sailing, summer vacation, underdog, rivalry, screwball, teenage girl, beach, air traffic controller, summer, friendship, on the road, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
florida, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin ...
Style:
witty, light, not serious, psychological, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
mental illness, vacation, mental patient, mother daughter relationship, therapist, phobia, elevator, psychiatrist, yuppie, therapy, obsession, sarcasm ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new hampshire, usa
Similarity:
100%
120K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, touching ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, happy ending, family values, child care, when the parents are away, parents and children, babysitter, fish out of water, respect, mischievous children, siblings relations, babysitting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, minnesota, wisconsin, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style:
funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
road trip, vacation, small town, amusement park, on the road, dysfunctional family, female nudity, desert, swimming pool, skinny dipping, cross country, youth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, christmas special, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, christmas season, parents and children, vacation, dysfunctional family, rottweiler, christmas eve, family gatherings, squirrel, creativity ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, entertaining, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer camp, coming of age, campfire story, camp, rivalry, youth, outcast, mentor, camping, friends, mischievous children, rich and poor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
131K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, teen, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, family vacation, dysfunctional family, vacation, amusement park, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, highway travel, brother sister relationship, teenage boy, grand canyon, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, memphis, arizona, san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, sentimental, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
parenthood, fired from the job, fish out of water, advertising, self discovery, switching roles, family life, parents and children, relationship vs career, misfit, unfulfillment, rise and fall ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 90s
Place:
detroit, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, school, teacher, teenage girl, teen angst, teenage angst, teenage boy, rebel, skipping school ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
Style:
family comedy, independent film, realistic, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
wilderness, camp, divorce, female bonding, friendship between girls, girl scout, fish out of water, self discovery, scout, female protagonist, wealth, competition ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
california, beverly hills, los angeles, usa, southern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
309K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
vacation, foul language, friendship, old friends reunited, kids and family, friends, reunited friends, breast feeding, family life, childhood, group of friends, buddy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 1978, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa, hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant ...
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
chase, dark humor, small town, justice, dysfunctional family, on the run, hip hop, eccentric family, disorder, danger, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, scenic, semi serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
obsession, friendship, bird, competition, father son relationship, camp, eccentricity, storm, husband wife relationship, family drama, marital problem, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, china, usa, san francisco, california ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: ...
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
resort, couple relations, marriage, couples, couples therapy, friends, divorce, disorder, island, friendship, marital problem, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
tahiti, chicago, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, ...
Style:
hilarious, rom com, humorous, slapstick, social ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, writers, husband wife relationship, aspiring writer, farce, christmas, chase, breakup, divorce, fishing, plagiarism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vermont, new york, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
New York meets the west in this comedy starring Billy Crystal. Three New York business men decide to take a 'Wild West' vacation that turns out to not be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
fish out of water, friendship, midlife crisis, vacation, buddies, childhood, mentor, buddy, radio, treasure hunt, food, rain ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, colorado, new york, new mexico, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
Style:
light, funny, saga, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, holiday, father son relationship, children, father and son, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband wife relationship, awkward situation, father son conflict, relationships, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Senor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. ...
Style:
sex comedy, funny, humorous, laugh out loud, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
pizza delivery boy, summer job, milf, farce, college, older woman younger man relationship, teenager, pizzeria, gigolo, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, sex ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, beverly hills, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, offbeat, allegory ...
Plot:
horse race, horse riding, jockey, stepfather stepson relationship, inheritance, racehorse, satire, partner, disorder, family relations, animal life, unlikely partners ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, summer vacation, eviction, youth, teenager, artist, greed, drawing, sabotage, land developer, obsession ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, new york, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling, casino, dysfunctional family, obsession, desert, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, vacation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, chicago, usa, nevada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice ...
Style:
surreal, funny, cult classic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
neighbor, suburbs, satire, swamp, suburban life, dark humor, drinking, sex with neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, house fire, coming of age, crazy neighbor ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
california, canada
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to ...
Style:
funny, road movie, light, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
teenager, high school, childhood, nothing goes right, underage drinking, love and romance, lifestyle, family relations, parents and children, high school life, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, funny, independent film ...
Plot:
camp, camping, youth, camping trip, disorder, family relations, scout, parents and children, wilderness, satire, child kidnapping, sibling relationship ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
737K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, home alone, mischievous children, child, children, youth, home invasion, child protagonist, kids and family, childhood, when the parents are away ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1990, year 2016, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, north america, usa, france ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Plastic surgeon Michel Saint-Josse is on his way to Spain where he hopes to spend a stress-free holiday in a luxury hotel with his teenage daughter Vanessa. When his car breaks down near a camping, Michel accepts the offer of help from an extrovert ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot:
camp, beach, nothing goes right, friendship, camping, family relations, disorder, buddies, resort, fish out of water, snobbism, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three families compete for a camping spot during a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, family comedy, light hearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teens
Plot:
camping, rivalry, family relations, disorder, escapades, interracial relations, dark humor, racism, cynicism, couples, culture clash, contests and competitions ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.
Style:
humorous, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, dysfunctional family, dentist, teenage girl, mistaken identity, redemption, debt, father daughter relationship, loan shark, african american, lawyer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays ...
Style:
parody, sexy, humorous, road movie, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
vacation, dysfunctional family, travel, on the road, road trip, american abroad, tourist, american tourist, family relations, nothing goes right, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, paris france, europe, london, england ...
Similarity:
26%
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