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Mr. Bones (2001)
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
Style:
exciting, humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
obsessive quest, golf, ambition, escapades, rivalry, oracle, disorder, wizards and magicians, imaginary, tribe, golfer, african tribe, satire, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, jungle, village, contests and competitions, silly humor, love, king, bird, lion, baby, baby boy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
africa, south africa, american
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Most similar movies to Mr. Bones
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, captivating and light films with plots about disorder, rivalry, escapades, family, silly humor, friendship and friends mostly in Comedy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Mr. Bones: Mad Buddies (2012), Babysitters Beware (2009), Mama Jack (2005), Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012), Duct Tape Forever (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa, India
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
MR. BONES 2: BACK FROM THE PAST, is the story of Hekule, the King of Kuvukiland who is given a gemstone by the dying Kunji Balanadin. The stone is cursed and causes Hekule to become possessed by the spirit of the mischievous Kunji. It is up Mr. ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, light, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsessive quest, misfit, imaginary, village life, silly humor, save the day, escapades, danger, heroes, disorder, sent to the future, time travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two sworn enemies, Boetie (Leon Schuster) and Beast (Kenneth Nkosi) are forced to do a road trip together on foot, only to discover that they have been conned into being part of a TV reality show.
Style:
humorous, not serious, buddy comedy, feel good, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
buddies, rivalry, on the road, partner, vengeance, fictional reality show, fight, obsessive quest, interracial friendship, racism, road trip, prize money ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, when the parents are away, mischievous children, nanny, parents and children, disorder, youth, save the day, little boy, friendship, rivalry, babysitter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
488
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in Cape Town, South Africa Mama Jack is the story of Jack Theron, an ordinary person working on a film set. However, his movie producer boss hates him and wants to remove him from the production of the film. In a bid to get rid of Jack, the ...
Style:
satirical, funny, feel good, light, humorous ...
Plot:
afrikaans, cross dressing, male to female cross dressing, gender disguise, fall in love, male female relationship, runaway, co worker co worker relationship, silly humor, disguise, satire, employer employee relationship ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Schools out and Fred Figglehorn's dream of water slides, horseback riding and monkey butlers during the summer turns into a nightmare of gruel and poisonous berries when his mom signs him up to an unsanitary camp.
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, freeze frame ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
summer camp, friendship, teenage life, misfit, goofy hero, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, youth, disorder, society, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an evil land baron's limo falls into a sinkhole outside Possum Lodge, lodge leader Red Green is ordered to pay the baron $10,000 or lose his beloved lodge forever. Red considers various money-making schemes concocted by his buddies, but ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
rivalry, contests and competitions, on the road, friendship, nothing goes right, ambition, farce, partner, journey, save the day, debt, contest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jack Parker has always skated by on his lies, especially the one about Mikey, an underprivileged (and made-up) teen who Jack "tutors"... until one day "Mikey" shows up for real, and all Jack's lies start coming true.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
supernatural ability, family relations, youth, dishonesty, mischievous children, nothing goes right, parents and children, lie, society, boy, imaginary, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the midst of a trip to Finland to find the perfect Christmas gift for his wife, Missy, skateboarding superstar MTV personality Bam Margera is struck by inspiration to find the elusive Santa clause.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
christmas, silly humor, friends, disorder, escapades, buddies, jackass, profanity, prank, farce, found footage, santa claus ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, antarctica
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Larry Guthrie, who loses his first love to the town hot shot, decides to win her back by volunteering with the children at her after-school program. When Larry accidentally tells the kids the Tooth Fairy is make-believe, he soon is transformed into ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, family comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
fish out of water, tooth fairy, disorder, imaginary, fairy, satire, misadventure, second chance, small town, school, redemption, community service ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western "civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, cult classic, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
desert, culture clash, tribe, wilderness, on the road, rivalry, danger, heartwarming, wild animal, african, road trip, animal ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bob and Stu are former best friends who still hold a grudge from an argument they had when they were teenagers. Now, they hope to settle the score with a different kind of competition: who can out-bulb the other in their town’s annual Christmas ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, feel good, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, rivalry, competition, feud, neighbor, christmas season, christmas spirit, ambition, satire, competitor, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The competition heats up at the annual Greenlawn Christmas Decorating Contest when Norbert Bridges moves to town and stirs up trouble with the reigning champion Donnie Manning. But when the town outlaws Christmas after things get out of control it s ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, family relations, social relations, friendship, family life, rivalry, small town, ambition, christmas eve, contests and competitions, disorder, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
921
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
dog, caper, rescue, escapades, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, danger, odd couple, nothing goes right, stash, animal ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This Christmas the pupils of St Bernadette's and their much-loved, madcap teacher Mr. Poppy are back for their biggest adventure yet involving fantastic flashmobs, excitable elves, Christmas carols and of course Archie the donkey! When their ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, light
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, mischievous children, rivalry, couple relations, teachers and students, couples, ambition, disorder, youth, holiday, contests and competitions, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Rebecca Korda and her two brothers, Sam and Max, are left alone on opening night of their family-owned restaurant.
Style:
humorous, funny, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
restaurant, food, brother brother relationship, teenage girl, family business, comedy of errors, child protagonist, family relations, siblings relations, satire, humour, food critic ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) is back in a heartwarming adventure of presidential proportions! Maya's dream of going to vet school is put on hold when she gets a call from the president of the United States. It seems the First Dog is out of ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
veterinarian, silly humor, kids and family, heroic mission, race against time, danger, pets, escapades, save the day, imaginary, disorder, catastrophe ...
Time:
year 2008
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, feel good, semi serious, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
jungle, satire, humour, jungle adventure, weirdo, rescue, kidnapping, silly humor, partner, friends, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
friendship, rescue, soldier, buddies, young heroes, escapades, danger, daring rescue, animal life, disorder, laboratory, silly humor ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two men with the same name endure the funny consequences of getting mixed up during a business trip.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
fish out of water, satire, body swapping, mistaken identity, wild ride, disorder, humour, escapades, business trip, friendship, screwball, family relations ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Svensson family goes on a ski-vacation during the winter holiday. Sune, the family flirt girl-charmer, is yet again pulled into a difficult relationship and his father Rudolf is pushed into difficulty parent challenges while the little brother ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
disorder, siblings relations, family relations, youth, resort, nothing goes right, family vacation, friendship, vacation, parent child relationship, parents and children, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Thirty-year-old Camilla, born a bitch, realizes that she doesn't have the life she deserves and decides that the only destiny worthy of her is that of a royal princess.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, not serious ...
Plot:
escapades, disorder, ambition, satire, goofy hero, social climbing, hidden camera, silly humor, obsessive quest, misfit, blind ambition, frenchwoman ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
france, london, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Benjamin and his best friend Otto have to deal with the shrewd Zora Zack and to reach deep into their bag of tricks to save the Newtown Zoo.
Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
elephant, zoo, friendship, teamwork, children, escapades, human animal relationship, schoolboy, satire, animal human communication, save the day, friends ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It's Easter and everyone's favorite K-9 is back! The Bannisters are heading out on a family cruise and sending Zeus to doggie day care. Everything is going according to plan, until the daycare's crosstown rival hires a trio of crooks ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
easter, dog, rivalry, holiday, cons and scams, save the day, danger, kindergarten, children, rescue mission, loyalty, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Norway, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
By helping Doctor Proctor getting recognition for his amazing invention in a world quite different from ours, two lonely children gets help to stand on their own two feet.
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, captivating, light
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
rivalry, inventions and discoveries, friendship, mad scientist, imaginary, good versus evil, youth, disorder, adult child friendship, family relations, identical twins, flying man ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A new student at a soccer academy is determined to beat her rival's team in the national tournament.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sincere, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
rivalry, underdog, soccer, fish out of water, academy, tournament, competition, teamwork, female protagonist, ambition, follow your dream, contests and competitions ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A heartwarming, quintessentially British adventure for all the family, PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE follows cheeky London stray dog, Pudsey, who is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, until he meets siblings Molly (Izzy ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, save the day, pets, social relations, friendship, disorder, animal life, village life, heroes, friends, escapades, animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Zenon Kar a teenager living on a space station in the year 2054 competes in the first ever Galactic Teen Supreme contest.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, futuristic, teen
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
young heroes, disorder, teenage life, mischievous children, escapades, rivalry, youth, ambition, imaginary, teenager, occupation, master villain ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jimmy, an 11-year old European boy, goes to Africa with his mother, a busy executive charged with establishing a golf resort. However, on arriving they find themselves caught up in a war situation between rival indigenous tribes fighting over the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
golf, rivalry, escapades, resort, jungle, animal life, desert, friendship, journey, save the day, boy, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The planet is facing a great threat. During the worst drought ever known, a group of wrongdoers are in the process of finishing all the reserves of water that remain on Earth. The best secret agents in the world meet urgently, but they don't ...
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
time travel, secret agent, save the world, goofy hero, rivalry, mad scientist, chases and races, heroes, undercover, master villain, escapades, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Pancho enjoys a life of luxury after winning the lottery. His friend and private assistant. Alberto, administers his tremendous fortune and tries to persuade him to give up his squandering ways and become financially responsible. One day, Pancho ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, millionaire, lottery, cons and scams, friends, disorder, estate, dog, frame up, abduction, silly humor, animal life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
50%
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