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Old Dogs (2009)
41K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's up tight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
Style:
hilarious, humorous, feel good, melancholic, not serious, light, entertaining, lighthearted, realistic, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
father son relationship, childhood, fish out of water, gorilla, zoo, father daughter relationship, bachelor, friendship between men, business partner, family relations, competition, best friend, nothing goes right, parents and children, disorder, golf, twins, profanity, brother sister relationship, superhero, business, dog, prison, boy, accident ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
miami, tokyo, vermont, north america, new york
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Most similar movies to Old Dogs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, melancholic and realistic films with plots about family, slug, disorder, family relations, youth, farce and adaptation mostly in Comedy, Family and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Old Dogs: Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Flubber (1997), Parental Guidance (2012), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Home Alone (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
large family, children, childhood, family relations, parenthood, dysfunctional family, chaos, parents and children, eccentric family, teenager, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mad scientist, inventor, experiment gone awry, robot, father son relationship, technology, university, goofy hero, inventions and discoveries, nothing goes right, fall in love, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.
Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, funny, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
family bonds, kids and family, punishment, youth, children, life philosophy, family relations, bully, boy, adoption, technology, eccentric family ...
Time:
year 2012, 50s, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, funny, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, family outing
Plot:
comedy of errors, road trip, happy ending, stupidity, goofy hero, father son relationship, misfit, escapades, movie business, travel, child in peril, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, london, cannes, paris france, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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737K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, home alone, mischievous children, child, children, youth, home invasion, child protagonist, kids and family, childhood, when the parents are away ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1990, year 2016, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, north america, usa, france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead ...
Style:
touching, humorous, melancholic, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
bigfoot, sasquatch, wildlife, happy ending, fish out of water, kindness, brothers, police investigation, family drama, mentor, animal, creature ...
Time:
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Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
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%
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, sentimental, sweet, not serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
childhood, children, bully, child, gang, dog, child romance, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, friendship, rich kid ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.
Style:
slapstick, humorous, disgusting, epic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
child, children, childhood, school, prank, single parent, fall in love, parents and children, mischievous children, balloon, boy, girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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, not serious, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
childhood, summer camp, mischievous children, competition, happy ending, children, father son relationship, colonel, family relations, buddies, escapades, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, cuba
Similarity:
100%
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: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, happy ending, nothing goes right, childhood, kids and family, neighbor, boy, troublemaker ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a ...
Style:
light, touching, funny, feel good, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, inheritance, friendship, rescue, on the road, elephant, animal, goofy hero, fish out of water, hitchhiker, philosophy, writers ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fall into puppy love with “the world’s worst dog”, who now has a frisky voice and an attitude to match. Join Marley for his mischievous puppy years, as he and his summer pal, Bodie Grogan, wreak havoc on a neighborhood dog contest. Marley ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dog, puppy, nothing goes right, dog training, youth, pets, family relations, friends, teenage life, chaos and mayhem, talking dog, animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Back in middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
family life, child, boy, middle school, sibling rivalry, diary, family relations, teenage life, high school life, social misfits, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, light, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, orphan, mischievous children, siblings relations, husky dog, young heroes, pets, animal, hotel, pitbull, friends, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery. However, he doesn't expect his son Timmy, who was living with Ray's sister, to show up at the house right in the middle of ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, melancholic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
father son relationship, parents and children, family life, disorder, single parent, nothing goes right, dishonesty, going straight, crime gone awry, childhood, dysfunctional family, jail ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
103K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids ...
Plot:
american football, single father, football, sport team, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, parenthood, nfl, parents and children, athlete's life, dog, disorder ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, denver colorado, north america
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that their children think they've completely disappeared. Of course, this gives the kids free rein ...
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, inventor, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, nothing goes right, young lovers, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, cockroach, father daughter relationship, cousin cousin relationship, sister in law sister in law relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
african american, raccoon, couple relations, hip hop, buying a house, contractor, kids and family, family relations, suburbs, family life, renovation, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had -- a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old ...
Style:
funny, feel good, entertaining, epic, family comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
jungle, fish out of water, teenage boy, culture clash, childhood, parents and children, eccentric family, mischievous children, disorder, nothing goes right, youth, 13 year old ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, venezuela, brazil, usa, latin america ...
Similarity:
50%
138K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, sweet, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
father, children, uninhibited rivalry, dumb, christmas, kids and family, parenting, stepfather stepson relationship, parents, step parent, bullying, divorce ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans
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:
27%
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, touching, entertaining, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
childhood, best friend, kids and family, mischievous children, child, friendship between boys, schoolboy, parents and children, lifestyle, dog, coming of age, amusement park ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
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, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
youth, family life, contests and competitions, disorder, love and romance, nothing goes right, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, father son relationship, coming of age, feud ...
Time:
1940s, year 1994, 1900s
Place:
columbus ohio, indiana
Similarity:
25%
3K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featuring doggy disguises and skateboarding, pinball and prison. Chuckie and his parents (Cindy ...
Style:
humorous, touching, not serious, spoof, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, friendship, on the road, american football, rescue, escapades, youth, pets, kidnapping, boy dog relationship, dysfunctional family, trial ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The world goes backwards on Opposite Day. The kids become adults, and the adults become kids.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
child as adult, parents and children, switching roles, fish out of water, disorder, misfit, hopes, siblings relations, adolescence vs adulthood, wish come true, youth, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, ...
Style:
touching, funny, melancholic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, date night ...
Plot:
childhood, parents and children, single parent, dysfunctional family, family problems, camping, kids and family, opposites attract, mischievous children, male bonding, prank, mother son relationship ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
24%
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