Movies like Kazaam
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Kazaam (1996)
25K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shaquille O'Neal as a rapping genie protects a little boy.
Style:
feel good, humorous, inspirational, intense, fairy tale, romantic, unusual plot structure, bad ending, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
genie, mischievous children, wizards, bully, family, friendship, youth, justice, adventure, culture clash, unlikely friendships, wish come true, young heroes, father son relationship, misfit, supernatural ability, rivalry, partners, curses spells and rituals, wish fulfillment, hip hop, disorder, fish out of water, coming of age, basketball ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
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Most similar movies to Kazaam
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, cult film and melancholic films with plots about brutality, mentor, family, dialogue, adaptation, catastrophe and first contact mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Kazaam: The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Little Monsters (1989), The Little Rascals (1994), Son of the Mask (2005), Pinocchio (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, feel good, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, adventure, family, youth, escapades, mischievous children, heroes, friends, family relations, disorder, teaching the ways of the world, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
monster, family, brother brother relationship, friendship, adventure, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, fantasy world, mischievous children, curses spells and rituals, child as adult ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's ...
Style:
feel good, light, sentimental, sweet, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, girls' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
friendship, childhood, gang, dog, children, rivalry, bully, parents and children, child, misfit, mischievous children, precocious child ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Style:
humorous, sexy, absurd, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
baby, mischievous children, surrealism, superhero, adventure, mythology, transformation, villain, rivalry, party, museum, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new jersey, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
lie, pinocchio, fish out of water, obsessive quest, mischievous children, disorder, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, young heroes, escapades, rescue ...
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, funny, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
miraculous event, wish come true, disney, family, nothing goes right, life turned upside down, imaginary kingdom, imagination, adventure, escapades, disorder, children ...
Time:
contemporary, 70s, year 2008, 21st century, 20th century ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a ...
Style:
humorous, light, melancholic, surreal, intense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, holiday, family, magic, unlikely friendships, violence, save the day, prank, mischievous children, family relations, misfit, partners ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1988
Place:
orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
7K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, feel good, touching, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary friend, magic, childhood, friendship, youth, family, bittersweet, imagination, circus, life philosophy, fantasy world, single father ...
Place:
new jersey, las vegas, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Elmo loves his fuzzy, blue blanket, and would never let anything happen to it. However, a tug-of-war with his friend Zoe sends his blanket to a faraway land, and Elmo in hot pursuit. Facing life without his cherished blanket, Elmo musters all of his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
muppets, friendship, family, adventure, children, childhood, adoption, adaptation, catastrophe, brutality, lone hero, loneliness ...
Place:
sesame street
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, unusual plot structure, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, adventure, dragon, good versus evil, bullying, imaginary kingdom, youth, family, childhood, heroes, escapades, friendship ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Films like Descendants
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seven disgusting kids but nevertheless of interesting personality are being made of the green mud coming out of garbage can. Once alive their master gives them rules to obey although they think that life is funnier without following stupid ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
teenager, monster, youth, family, bullying, children, friendship, school, justice, catastrophe, childhood, high school ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, sexy, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
basketball, sport, adventure, family, culture clash, farce, competition, college, golf, mad scientist, football, childhood ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set in modern times, Alex finds King Arthur's sword Excalibur and must prove himself worthy of it.
Style:
stylized, humorous, sexy, sweet, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
time travel, adventure, magic, good versus evil, fantasy world, child protagonist, heroic mission, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, escapades, mischievous children, battles ...
Time:
middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, light, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
adventure, friendship, little girl, family, magic, children, greed, family relations, rescue, young heroes, disorder, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, usa, sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Mom and dad dump son Cody, daughter Abby, her best friend Marcella and a baby on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma. Purple dinosaur Barney soon appears to entertain kids, and when a large colorful egg deposited on a farm by a shooting star is ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sexy, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
dinosaur, adventure, family, chase, youth, talking animals, children, destiny, unlikely friendships, death, natural disaster, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Movies like Casper
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A talking pig named Gordy becomes involved in a quest to save his family from the slaughterhouse.
Style:
touching, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
pig, on the road, talking animals, disney, adventure, kids and family, farm, rescue, heroic mission, family, youth, death ...
Place:
boston, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio - wise father Ward, loving mother June, teen-age son Wally and 8-year-old "Beaver" Theodore. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, semi serious, feel good, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
family, when the parents are away, family relations, happy ending, family life, parents and children, prank, child as adult, high school life, fish out of water, friendship, nothing goes right ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, school, disney, underdog, family, friendship, happy ending, kids and family, teenager, bullying, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Michael Chapman was once a child TV star. But when he grew up, he couldn't get work. So he and his brother, Ed start their own talent agency that specializes in child acts. They can't seem to find the next big thing and they have to deal ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, family, youth, talent agent, culture clash, time, mentor, destiny, death, brutality, chase, bullying ...
Time:
80s, future, 90s
Place:
new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For Beary Barrington, The Country Bears' young #1 fan, fitting in with his all-too-human family is proving im-paws-ible. When he runs away to find Country Bear Hall and his heroes, he discovers the venue that made them famous is near ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, not serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, preschoolers, girls' night
Plot:
disney, bear, family, music, cheerleading, save the day, musician's life, music band, rescue, friendship, fish out of water, self discovery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Nanny McPhee similar movies
43K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no dog. ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, indifference, disney, youth, family, unfulfillment, happy ending, bullying, supernatural, redemption, father son estrangement, cynic ...
Time:
future, 60s, 2000s, contemporary, 21st century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, exciting, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
baseball, sport, underdog, children, sport team, childhood, contests and competitions, mentor, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
Style:
humorous, inspirational, touching, unusual plot structure, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
disney, chase, car, family, adventure, children, childhood, friendship, gangsters, happy ending, internet, jungle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
latin america, brazil, mexico, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, humorous, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
angel, baseball, sport, disney, childhood, magic, parents and children, hopes, ambition, wish come true, rivalry, underdog ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, absurd, not serious, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
summer camp, mischievous children, competition, family, farce, father son relationship, childhood, happy ending, colonel, family relations, buddies, escapades ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Movies similar to The Cat in the Hat
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.
Style:
humorous, feel good, unusual plot structure, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
summer camp, childhood, teenager, farce, stupidity, youth, family, camp, bullying, happy ending, mentor, writers ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, touching, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
family, childhood, disney, job interview, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, family relations, birthday party, coming of age, bad luck, young heroes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An obese boy named Fat Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold, pulls into trouble when they "fall" out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, sentimental, scary ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
friendship, family, mischievous children, fish out of water, fall in love, misfit, disorder, teenage life, buddies, youth, high school, teenage girl ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, los angeles, philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on earth. Max accepts, and returns to earth, ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, scary, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disney, deal with the devil, redemption, devil, family, destiny, god, happy ending, children, adaptation, alter ego, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, he is sentenced to a stint for one week as a bona fide, tutu-clad, real-life tooth fairy. ...
Style:
light, humorous, funny, feel good, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
family, curses spells and rituals, fairy, ice hockey, adventure, transformation, dreams, fantasy world, fish out of water, teenager, supernatural, magic ...
Time:
contemporary, 80s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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