Movies like My Dog Skip

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My Dog Skip (2000)
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My Dog Skip (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, sad, uplifting, heartbreaking, tear jerker, sweet, crying, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, friendship, animal, youth, children, world war two, human animal relationship, baseball, lifestyle, american football, childhood memory, voice over narration, boy, segregation, bicycle, pet owner relationship, best friend, child, child hero, aspiration, grief ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place: mississippi, usa, oxford university, southern usa, mississippi river
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Most similar movies to My Dog Skip

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, semi serious and sentimental films with plots about family relations, friendship, friends, youth, dog, coming of age and parents and children mostly in Family, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like My Dog Skip: The Sandlot (1993), Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), Disney's Air Bud (1997), Shiloh (1996), Martian Child (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Sandlot (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style: feel good, funny, sentimental, teen, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, childhood, coming of age, friendship, dog, adolescence, small town, boy, bullying, child, team, summer ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1962
Place: utah, california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small ...
Style: touching, sentimental, light, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: small town, dog, father daughter relationship, animal, childhood, children, pets, loneliness, single father, beautiful scenery, mischievous children, friendship ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Disney's Air Bud (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The ...
Style: inspirational, light, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, chick flick, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, golden retriever, basketball, animal, pets, friendship, happy ending, unlikely friendships, childhood, small town, human spirit, young heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington state, seattle, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 4K
Shiloh (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to ...
Style: sweet, touching, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot: dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animal, greed, destiny, hopes, friendship, heroes, disorder, family relations ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Martian Child (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, single father, mars, writers, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Dog of Flanders (1999)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large ...
Style: sentimental, entertaining, inspirational, tear jerker, melancholic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, justice, life philosophy, destiny, friendship, coming of age, countryside, boy dog relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, drawing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boy and dog ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 1999
Place: antwerp, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Style: touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: dog, friendship, loyalty, pets, human animal relationship, life & death, animal, loss of friend, loneliness, loss, friends, death ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s
Place: japan, rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Dog's Purpose (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
Style: touching, sentimental, sad, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family outing, kids, adult
Plot: dog, human animal relationship, life & death, happy ending, reincarnation, animal, police dog, transformation, talking animal, death, love, life philosophy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 90s, 60s, 70s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style: emotional, tear jerker, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, magical, fantasy world, loneliness, classmate, school, imaginary, friends ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Three Wishes (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: While Jane Holman (Mastrantonio) is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud (Swayze), who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack ...
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, entertaining, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, generosity, broken leg, magic, youth, family relations, animal, cancer, waking up, suburbs, coach, hitchhiker ...
Time: 1950s, 1900s, 50s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 22K
Simon Birch (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, illegitimate son, friendship, destiny, disability, family relations, small town, justice, happy ending, life philosophy, obsessive quest, buddies ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 60s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.2
 938
Saving Shiloh (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this third movie about Shiloh, Judd Travers is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar. Everyone in the town consider Judd to be guilty except Marty Preston, but even him has some doubts. Trying to clear Judd's name Marty and his ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, touching, saga
Audience: family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: dog, youth, mischievous children, friendship, rescue, best friend, pets, family life, animal actor, small town, child, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Style: sad, depressing, emotional, epic, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: dog, youth, great depression, childhood, camping, camp, soul searching, animal, camping trip, canine, coming of age, friendship ...
Time: 1900s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Lassie (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, France, Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sad ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, pets, rescue, friendship, parents and children, getting home, lassie, animal, youth, christmas, little girl, meme ...
Time: year 2005, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, england, scotland, yorkshire, scottish highlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
A Christmas Story (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Style: christmas special, funny, christmas classics, hilarious, period piece ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: christmas, bullying, holiday, childhood, boy, children, christmas season, bully, childhood memory, school, little boy, father son relationship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, exciting, epic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, cat, wilderness, pets, beautiful scenery, animal, friendship, unlikely friendships, childhood, fish out of water, talking animal, journey ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, nevada, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.9
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Babe (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mom, Babe realizes that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, motivational, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: dog, piglet, pig, farm, friendship, farmer, animal, talking animal, christmas, horse, adoption, childhood ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: australia, england, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.0
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We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, touching, sincere, romantic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: single father, zoo, happy ending, animal, children, father son relationship, tiger, little girl, starting over, family life, countryside, beautiful scenery ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. ...
Style: sentimental, melancholic, inspirational, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, journalism, children, coming of age, youth, school, teacher, family relations, life philosophy, follow your dream, family life, american girl ...
Time: 1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1934
Place: ohio, cincinnati ohio, usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.0
 753
Snowmen (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three young friends find adventure and purpose in their attempts to set a Guinness World Record. Set in a wintry mountain town, the unpopular trio pursues fame through a series of schemes and stunts that eventually imperil their own lives. Along the ...
Style: uplifting, touching, sentimental, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: youth, friendship, human spirit, elementary school, ambition, desire for fame, terminal illness, against the odds, social relations, life is a bitch, family problems, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.7
 7K
Andre (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
Style: sentimental, touching, sad, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, animal, seal the animal, heartwarming, friendship, youth, small town, water, wildlife, magic, human animal friendship ...
Time: year 1994, year 1962, 90s, 60s
Place: maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's the story about seven very different best friends, and one summer that will bring them together like never before.
Style: light, feel good, semi serious, humorous, sad ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: friendship, camp, nanny, coming of age, children, childhood, teenager, bullying, teenage life, parents and children, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Climb aboard for an extraordinary version of Mark Twain's sweeping adventure when Walt Disney presents The Adventures of Huck Finn, starring Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings). Directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns), ...
Style: gothic, road movie, epic, uplifting, juvenile ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: boy, slavery, friendship, coming of age, childhood, racism, slave, interracial friendship, child in peril, child, river, runaway ...
Time: victorian era, year 1993, 19th century, 1840s
Place: missouri, mississippi, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Benji: Off the Leash! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dog, youth, friendship, odd couple, young heroes, against the odds, rescue, pets, mischievous children, parents and children, adoption, fish out of water ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure ...
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, gothic, sad ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot: hound dog, friendship, dog, follow your dream, family relations, contests and competitions, animal, hunting, wilderness, american history, canine, animal lover ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.9
 88K
My Girl (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, crying, sad ...
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: friendship, coming of age, teenager, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, single parent, children, kids and family, single father, family relations, love ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1991, year 1972, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?
Style: humorous, entertaining, touching, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: childhood, child, mischievous children, kids and family, best friend, friendship between boys, parents and children, lifestyle, coming of age, youth, summer vacation, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 3K
Air Bud 3 (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer (real football) player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, touching, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot: dog, pets, sport team, golden retriever, soccer, ambition, friendship, rivalry, best friend, contests and competitions, family relations, rescue ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Zachary Beaver, a sideshow attraction also known as the world's fattest boy, arrives in the sleepy town of Granger, Texas.
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, friendship, best friend, friendship between boys, teenage life, self discovery, mischievous children, family relations, parents and children, starting over, young heroes, fat boy ...
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.0
 82K
Free Willy (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style: sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: human animal relationship, freedom, animal, killer whale, friendship, animal life, animal training, kids and family, whale, happy ending, ocean, childhood ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: astoria oregon, portland oregon, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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