Movies like One Small Hero

If you like "One Small Hero" you are looking for tense, serious and emotional movies about / with youth, kidnapping, heroes, escapades, rivalry, danger and against the odds themes of Comedy and Family genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
One Small Hero (1999)
 4.3
 294
One Small Hero (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Joey Cooper is a small boy who wants more than anything to be a member of the "Wilderness Club." But he has failed over and over again to pass the test and was not allowed to join. But when Joey gets home after his latest failure, he finds his mother has bought him all new camping equipment for his trip. Joey can't bring himself to tell her he didn't make the club so he takes the gear and leaves for the trip anyway, hiding on the bus. When a couple of kidnappers grab the kids, Joey is still in hiding and it's left for Joey to save them all.
Style: tense, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: youth, kidnapping, heroes, escapades, rivalry, danger, against the odds, daring rescue, save the day, woods, anti hero, family relations, child protagonist, camping, widow, death of father, brother brother relationship, stupidity, forest, empire, mother son relationship, young, anti heroes, in the woods, child as main character ...
Time: 90s

Movie in categories

youth movies
12375
kidnapping movies
6331
tense movies
16020
heroes movies
10923
90s movies
90s
7372
emotional movies
6204
realistic movies
29790
suspenseful movies
22874

Most similar movies to One Small Hero

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and realistic films with plots about youth, danger, heroes, family relations, rivalry, save the day and escapades mostly in Family, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like One Small Hero: Ozzie (2006), Slappy and the Stinkers (1998), Boys Will Be Boys (1999), Dog Gone (2008), Train Master (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
The Little Rascals Save the Day (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Little Rascals are back in an all-new movie! Join the fun with Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, Petey the dog and the whole gang as they are up to their usual mischief! The Rascals try anything to raise the money needed to save their ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, friends, children, family relations, save the day, gang, disorder, eccentric family, goofy hero, heroes, pets, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.3
 160
Ozzie (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ozzie is a young koala living in Australia. He is kidnapped by two goons (Buzz and Tank) who work for Max Happy, president of Happy Toys. Legend says that Ozzie speaks English and Max wants to clone Ozzie into hundreds of koalas and sell them for a ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, neo screwball comedy
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: youth, family life, family relations, child in peril, disorder, danger, rescue, escapades, mischievous children, rivalry, koala, cons and scams ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Five 2nd-grade kids who don't follow strict rules by their school principal Brinway are dubbed "Stinkers" by him. On the class visit to an aquarium the Stinkers decide that a sea lion called Slappy doesn't feel too good there, ...
Style: epic, family comedy, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: youth, sea lion, family relations, rescue, school, friends, power relations, animal life, disorder, coming of age, dedicated educator, daring rescue ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Boys Will Be Boys (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two young brothers talk their strict father Lloyd Clauswell into allowing them to babysit themselves for the first time while their parents attend a corporate barbecue...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: youth, twins, family relations, police detective, child in peril, silly humor, young heroes, danger, nothing goes right, mischievous children, heroes, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Movie in collections
 4.8
 848
Dog Gone (2008)
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, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: dog, caper, rescue, escapades, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, danger, odd couple, nothing goes right, heist, stash ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.3
 110
Train Master (2008)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 62 year old Jeremiah Wilson is truly the Train Master of Willamette Western Railroad. He lives, breaths, and eats railroad. When Brett Banner, 32 year old heir to New York Eastern talks his dad into purchasing Willamette Western, there is ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: train, youth, railway, runaway train, workplace, save the day, escapades, chases and races, danger, workplace situations, adolescence vs adulthood, children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
33%
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog ...
Style: independent film, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, family relations, rescue, anti hero, family life, animal life, friends, disorder, heroes, pets, mischievous children, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Movie in collections
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2009)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: 13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track down a jewel thief.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids
Plot: youth, heroes, investigation, amateur detective, young heroes, save the day, best friend, family relations, escapades, danger, parents and children, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
3 Little Ninjas and the Lost Treasure (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A treasure map found by three young boys allows them reason to get their kicks in more ways than one.
Style: independent film, humorous
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: ninja, youth, treasure map, hostage, rivalry, escapades, confined, danger, rescue, friendship, heroes, friends ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Comedy - Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether, Blake Michael
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, school, save the day, youth, friends, theater, reconciliation, self esteem, society, rivalry, young heroes, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Secret Agent Club (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: To the world Ray Chase is nothing more than a klutzy, overgrown toy seller whose wife passed away a few years ago; and his only son Jeremy doesn't get to see him very often, because he's always away on "business trips." What no ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, independent film, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: rescue, save the day, heroic mission, parents and children, working undercover, kidnapping, secret identity, undercover, master criminal, chases and races, danger, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: "I will try to be normal" 12-year-old Ace Ventura Jr. promises. Thats cool, except whats normal for him is finding missing mutts, kidnapped kitties or gone gators and creating hilarious chaos every step of the way.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, saga ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: pets, disorder, uncover truth, obsessive quest, rescue, escapades, danger, family relations, heroes, private detective, young heroes, amateur detective ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Beethoven's Big Break (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to stardom. However, a trio of unscrupulous ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, pets, filmmaking, human animal relationship, rescue, danger, disorder, odd couple, mischievous children, hollywood, fish out of water, animal ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Pocket Ninjas (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Somewhere in New Jersey, a group masked rollerblading children "save the universe" by training to fight the evil Cobra Khan through a series of action-packed montages. Along the way they hypothesize some slapstick hijinks in a balloon ...
Style: hilarious, funny, independent film, semi serious, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: ninja, martial arts, virtual reality, karate, stupid kid, dojo, family relations, battles, teenage life, heroic mission, family life, danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.8
 410
Beanstalk (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A young boy finds a crate of green beans. When they're planted, they grow a beanstalk to the clouds, where a castle of giants are habited.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, exciting, semi serious, humorous
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, magical, giant, small town, landlord, eviction, magical object, parent child relationship, single mother, disorder, friends, young heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Still Not Quite Human (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the final film of the series, Chip and his "father" attend a robotics convention. Here, Dr. Carson is kidnapped and replaced by an android. Can Chip and his newfound friends save Dr. Carson from a dangerous competitor?
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: robot, kidnapping, cyborgs, killer robot, androids, father son relationship, transhumanism, mad scientist, inventor, creator, human nature, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Dog Who Saved Easter (2014)
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: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, easter, cons and scams, save the day, rivalry, danger, holiday, kindergarten, stupid kid, heroes, criminal heroes
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Movie in collections
Princess and the Pony (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A sheltered young princess is sent to live with relatives in America, where she befriends a pony held captive by a shady carnival owner.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, friendship, rescue, family relations, disorder, fish out of water, danger, carnival, heroine, castle, pony, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 3.6
 208
Cybermutt (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Rex, a good-natured Golden Retriever, is given bionic super powers by an eccentric scientist, he becomes the target of an evil genius determined to possess the new technology at any cost.
Style: semi serious, humorous
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: disorder, family life, heroic mission, rivalry, escapades, pets, superhuman powers, experiment gone awry, mistaken identity, single parent, imaginary, save the day ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.4
 73K
Richie Rich (1994)
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, light, feel good, slapstick, epic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: wealth, children, rich and poor, childhood, friendship, butler, youth, money, adolescence, when the parents are away, superhero, billionaire ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Treasure Buddies (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: dog, youth, pets, treasure hunt, friendship, young heroes, legends and myths, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, heroes, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 3.8
 10K
Mr. Nanny (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.
Style: funny, melancholic, intense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: nanny, wrestler, kidnapping, kids and family, dysfunctional family, alternate reality, adaptation, family relations, family life, parents and children, mischievous children, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Movie in collections
Tommy and the Cool Mule (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tommy Braxxton's father went away to war and never returned leaving Tommy faced with the daunting journey of becoming a man and the responsibility of supporting his single mom and sister. Along the way Tommy finds an unusual friend - a ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: starting over, family relations, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, farm, ambition, grownups, love, friendship, youth, bank ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.4
 33K
Problem Child (1990)
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, hilarious, light, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: adoption, mischievous children, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, children, child hero, child, friends, dark humor, kidnapping, childhood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Finding Rin Tin Tin (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of the legendary German Shepherd who was found by American pilot Lee Duncun in France during World War I, and later became the most famous animal star in Hollywood history.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, touching, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, world war one, german shepherd, family relations, escapades, rising to stardom, animal life, danger, daring rescue, save the day, battle zone, filmmaking ...
Time: 1910s
Place: france, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.8
 3K
Dadnapped (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry, only her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is "dadnapped" by a group of overzealous fans, it's up to ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: kidnapping, rescue, parents and children, danger, family relations, siblings relations, young heroes, lifestyle, teenager, youth, teenage boy, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Dirt Bike Kid (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big ...
Style: epic, independent film, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: biker, bike, motorcycle, youth, pluto, kids and family, save the day, heroes, rivalry, young heroes, escapades, supernatural ...
Time: year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.6
 221
Finding Kelly (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The surprisingly intricate, nimble plot is about a couple of kids who play amateur detectives one summer in the hopes of collecting a $5,000 reward offered to anyone able to find a missing 17 year old girl. The girl and boy are best friends who have ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, tense ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: missing person, amateur detective, uncover truth, young heroes, heroes, buddies, youth, missing child, danger, investigation, child's point of view, amateur sleuth ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 3.7
 270
Magic Kid II (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Kevin Ryan is Hollywood's leading teen heartthrob. He's the star of "Ninja Boy," a hot Martial Arts TV series. The trouble starts when Kevin decides he wants to leave the hit show, so that he can go to high school and lead a ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: martial arts, child martial arts, youth, friends, disorder, showbiz, mischievous children, rivalry, poker, bar fight, pizzeria, person on fire ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie