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North (1994)
 4.5
 15K
North (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus north starts off on an hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.
Style: light, melancholic, stylized, feel good, humorous, semi serious, epic, black comedy, dark comedy, scary ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot: child protagonist, wish come true, parent child relationship, child as adult, child prodigy, child's point of view, travel, adoption, young heroes, parents and children, self discovery, mischievous children, rebelliousness, childhood, satire, divorce, youth, parallel universe, children, boy, justice, chase, summer, road trip, coming of age ...
Place: alaska, hawaii, usa, africa, new york, china, texas ...
Keyword: gangsters, dreams

Most similar movies to North

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about youth, family relations, disorder, friends, friendship, coming of age and mischievous children mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like North: Ramona and Beezus (2010), Trading Mom (1994), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Interstate 60 (2002), Little Monsters (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ramona and Beezus (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. ...
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: mischievous children, youth, two sisters, teenager, aunt niece relationship, family relations, child's point of view, family life, sibling relationship, parent child relationship, disorder, teenage girl ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
 2K
Trading Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
Style: epic, mysterious, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: family relations, youth, coming of age, single parent, nothing goes right, family life, child as adult, siblings relations, teenage girl, magical, magic, mother ...
Time: year 1994
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Style: touching, clever, light, epic, grindhouse ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: native american, friendship, toys, coming of age, toy comes to life, magic, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, cowboy, childhood, escapades ...
Time: 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 36K
Interstate 60 (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
Style: road movie, surreal, witty, enigmatic, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: road trip, self discovery, on the road, alternate reality, life philosophy, dream girl, choice, self fulfillment, wish come true, surrealism, twists and turns, highway ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Little Monsters (1989)
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: light, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: monster, brother brother relationship, friendship, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, mischievous children, curses spells and rituals, child as adult, fish out of water, wish come true, imaginary ...
Time: year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.2
 304
Kids World (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film, suspense
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, child as adult, wish come true, mischievous children, friendship, young heroes, experiment gone awry, teenage life, best friend, rescue, danger, family life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 ⇓
43%
 6.0
 148K
Stuart Little (1999)
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: light, entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: mouse, adoption, cat, kids and family, childhood, chase, orphanage, talking animal, anthropomorphic mouse, redemption, creativity, storytelling ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them ...
Style: atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, surreal, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, date night, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: children, coming of age, adolescence, camp, first love, boy scout, orphan, youth, island, search party, summer camp, journey ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1965
Place: new england, nebraska, rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
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, sweet, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: childhood, bad luck, job interview, child's point of view, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, family relations, birthday party, coming of age, friends, mischievous children ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
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, feel good, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, puppet, friendship, youth, escapades, imaginary, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger, friends ...
Time: year 1996
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
39%
 6.7
 5K
Candleshoe (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Candleshoe is a 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action movie based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe and starring Jodie Foster, Helen Hayes in her last screen appearance, David Niven and Leo McKern.
Style: entertaining, melancholic, light, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: country estate, hidden treasure, orphan, teenage girl, treasure hunt, friendship, butler, heiress, unlikely friendships, happy ending, inheritance, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
It Runs in the Family (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot: youth, family life, contests and competitions, disorder, nothing goes right, love and romance, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, father son relationship, coming of age, feud ...
Time: 1940s, 1900s, year 1994
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, surreal, talky ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: middle school, childhood, teenager, child protagonist, high school, fat boy, bullying, boy, high school life, coming of age, child, peer pressure ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: guatemala, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Babysitters Beware (2009)
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, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: family relations, when the parents are away, nanny, mischievous children, parents and children, disorder, youth, save the day, rivalry, friendship, little boy, babysitter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
When Santa Fell to Earth (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, good versus evil, family relations, family life, imaginary, disorder, hopes, youth, young heroes, on the run, wish come true, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.1
 44K
The Kid (2000)
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: touching, inspirational, humorous, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: time travel, indifference, youth, childhood, changing the past or future, unfulfillment, imaginary, supernatural, happy ending, redemption, cynic, father son estrangement ...
Time: year 2000, 60s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1968 ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 4.7
 8K
Shorts (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Peru, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, light, freeze frame ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: wish come true, miraculous event, mischievous children, youth, imaginary, family life, adolescence vs adulthood, alien, disorder, nothing goes right, heroes, hopes ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Last Day of Summer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Luke Malloy is freaking out. He doesn't want tomorrow to come because tomorrow means starting Middle School...saying goodbye to summer break and hello to homework. And even worse, hello to getting picked on by Meat, the terrible torturer of new ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, date night
Plot: boy, time loop, summer, youth, time travel, teenage life, young heroes, hopes, introspection, friends, disorder, fish out of water ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.9
 2K
Angels Sing (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife ...
Style: touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, friendship, coming of age, holiday, mysterious character, christmas movie
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The Secret of the Magic Gourd follows the wondrous adventures of a young schoolboy named Wang Bao. When Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, light, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: magical object, friends, hopes, family relations, desire, youth, friendship, escapades, rivalry, little boy, young heroes, family life ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.9
 766
Lloyd (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A boy learns that confidence and self-esteem are the greatest gifts.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, misfit, love and romance, friendship, friends, school, teachers and students, fall in love, mischievous children, hopes, win over, disorder ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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 ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
37%
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Style: touching, funny, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: boy, adoption, wish come true, miraculous event, child, mother son relationship, parents and children, couple relations, family values, desire, family relations, hopes ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.9
 636
Miracle (2000)
Genre: Family, Musical, Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story: What do you do if you're twelve years old, your mum is a neurotic babbler, your best friend is hitting on the girl you love, and you're the only guy in your class who doesn't yet sport pubes ...? For Dennis P. there's only one ...
Style: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, offbeat
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, youth, teenage life, mischievous children, wish come true, young heroes, parents and children, child as adult, hopes, best friend, coming of age, magic ...
Place: denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, ...
Style: light, entertaining, sentimental, stylized, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: mouse, friendship, bird, talking animal, disorder, rescue, friends, heroic mission, escapades, danger, furry, cat ...
Time: year 2002
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Luck of the Irish (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: basketball, youth, family relations, teenage life, friendship, family life, child as adult, leprechaun, childhood, teenager, luck, love ...
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.2
 127
A Dog's Tale (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, child as adult, mischievous children, wish come true, heroes, escapades, treasure hunt, daring rescue, hopes, danger, family life, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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