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Major Payne (1995)
43K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, dark comedy, absurd, light, clever, cult classic, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, manly, teen drama
Plot:
children, military, war veteran, foul language, african american, sarcasm, military training, military life, soldier, underdog, african american protagonist, teacher, disorder, army life, school, violence, teaching, mentor, stupidity, misfit, competition, teenage boy, train station, basic training, military service ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
south america
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Most similar movies to Major Payne
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, funny and light films with plots about disorder, dialogue, runaway, catastrophe, adaptation, mentor and fantasy world mostly in Comedy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Major Payne: Leave It to Beaver (1997), Camp Nowhere (1994), Sgt. Bilko (1996), Hot Shots! (1991), Down Periscope (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
melancholic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, when the parents are away, childhood, american football, family relations, happy ending, prank, family life, parents and children, nothing goes right, mischievous children, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same ...
Style:
teen, sentimental, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
summer camp, cheerleading, high school, camp, childhood, skinny dipping, parent child relationship, coming of age, misfit, frame up, teenage life, disorder ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 80s
Place:
usa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, hilarious, feel good ...
Plot:
gambling, revenge, camp, military, vendetta, feud, soldier, cons and scams, irreverence, african american, grudge, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, greenland, las vegas
Similarity:
75%
124K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
satire, stupidity, goofy hero, airplane, aviation, air force, secret mission, heroic mission, save the day, disorder, military base, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1971, 70s, year 1975 ...
Place:
iraq, mediterranean sea, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the ...
Style:
parody, witty, humorous, not serious, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, military, navy, rivalry, underwater, nothing goes right, goofy hero, stupidity, against the odds, boat, sailing ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century
Place:
usa, florida, russia, san francisco
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is ...
Style:
funny, feel good, slapstick, hilarious, light ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, dark humor, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, disorder, children, child hero, foster child, boy, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
324K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, childhood, treasure map, pirate, treasure, friendship, pirate ship, small town, children, teenage girl, mischievous children, child ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, slapstick, slapstick comedy, raunchy comedy, epic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
summer camp, camp, stupidity, childhood, handyman, bullying, camping, youth, happy ending, woods, native american, competition ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Style:
talky, humorous, exciting, light, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
soldier, toys, toy comes to life, childhood, satire, small town, children, boy, heroes, suburbs, objects come to life, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally ran away into the big city without any supervision.
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids
Plot:
childhood, babysitter, family relations, youth, disorder, nothing goes right, rescue, contest, friendship, mischievous children, stranger, comedy of errors ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
police academy, police, farce, officers and cadets, chase, dumb, cadet, misfit, recruit, justice, bully, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 1950s
Place:
usa, israel, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, teen, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
road trip, brutality, nothing goes right, wedding, father daughter relationship, family relations, college, on the road, parents and children, campus, high school, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, washington d.c., illinois, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, slapstick, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
childhood, wealth, friendship, children, rich and poor, youth, money, when the parents are away, adolescence, superhero, billionaire, realism ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
159K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mouse, cat, adoption, childhood, kids and family, anthropomorphic mouse, chase, orphanage, talking animal, creativity, redemption, storytelling ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only ...
Style:
hood, feel good, funny, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
high school, hip hop, black, urban, mistaken identity, urban ghetto life, discrimination, love, gang, hip hop culture, african american protagonist, school ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them grounded.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, teen, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
christmas, when the parents are away, christmas eve, stupidity, children, disorder, fish out of water, multiple storylines, happy ending, christmas time, holiday, xmas ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Place:
pennsylvania, iowa, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who ...
Style:
parody, hood, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, stoner, dumb, youth, ghetto, social satire, african american, gangster, hip hop, city life, stupidity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television, it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a ...
Style:
humorous, witty, not serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
black family, family relations, black, couple relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, family gatherings, eccentric family, family life, siblings relations, working class ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
medieval, time travel, fish out of water, time warp, sent to the past, african american, knight, castle, destiny, time jump, back in time, time traveler ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 20th century, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place:
england, europe, usa, connecticut, los angeles ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, funny, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
bicycle, road trip, nightmare, man child, surrealism, disguise, hitchhiking, cycling, on the road, great ending, bike, children ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
austin texas, california, texas, usa, san antonio texas
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old outsider Stephan arrives at Castle Schreckenstein, an all-boys boarding school, where he learns about life within a community and soon finds himself being part of a funny 'pranks-competition' the boys are currently fighting ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, light, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
children, boys' school, castle, boarding school, girls' school, prank, school, mischievous children, teenage life, teenager, teenage boy, escapades ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Years Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, slapstick, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
children, road trip, mischievous children, nothing goes right, couple relations, on the road, family relations, parents and children, disorder, single parent, love and romance, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, vancouver, canada, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Fred Figglehorn has a crush on Judy, the girl next door. Fred's stalker, Kevin, lives across the street and thwarts each attempt Fred makes to see her. When Fred finally succeeds in making it to Judy's, he finds out she has moved so he ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, light, captivating, freeze frame ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
in love, obsessive quest, teenage life, rivalry, disorder, youth, misfit, unfulfilled love, love and romance, prank, escapades, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two hapless youths lead their burger joint in a fight against the giant fast-food chain across the street.
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
fast food restaurant, stupidity, competition, friendship, black romance, food, hamburger, teenage boy, business rivalry, recipe, buddies, teacher ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
north america
Similarity:
40%
12K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constantly surrounded by security officers, restricted in movements and having almost every waking moment ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
bodyguard, white house, childhood, president, friendship, usa president, shopping mall, boxing, fish out of water, mischievous children, secret service, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Style:
funny, cute, intense, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
youth, inventor, shrinking, childhood, dog, mother daughter relationship, teen angst, scientist, teenage girl, neighbor, ant, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, turkey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style:
light, funny, hilarious, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
stupidity, kidnapping, dog, private detective, human animal relationship, dumb, bird, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, goofy hero, investigation, pets ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Monaco, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.
Style:
parody, hilarious, humorous, clever, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
agent, spy, goofy hero, secret service, comedy of errors, british, secret agent, farce, espionage, spy spoof, sarcasm, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, cornwall, france, london
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Style:
parody, humorous, spoof, funny, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
cold war, espionage, kgb, spy, secret agent, cia agent, chase, farce, race against time, mistaken identity, buddy, satire ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, asia, soviet union, middle east, pakistan ...
Similarity:
39%
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