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Paul (2011)
279K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
Style:
funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, parody, sexy, thought provoking, road movie, laugh out loud, witty, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
alien, road trip, benign alien, chase, first contact, ufo, alien encounter, space and aliens, space travel, buddies, friends, disorder, alien invasion, chases and races, nerd, friendship, sarcasm, marijuana, geek, foul language, law enforcement, odd couple, hitchhiker, stoned, on the road ...
Time:
year 2011, 1940s, year 2009, future, 80s, 2000s, year 1980 ...
Place:
nevada, arizona, austin texas, usa, england, wyoming, north america ...
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Most similar movies to Paul
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, light, funny and feel good films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, catastrophe, mentor, chase, runaway and first contact mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Paul: Galaxy Quest (1999), The World's End (2013), Hot Fuzz (2007), Men in Black 3 (2012), Howard the Duck (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
190K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show - now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions - are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast's heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of ...
Style:
parody, funny, spoof, laugh out loud, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
time travel, alien, mistaken identity, space opera, space exploration, alien invasion, desert, actor, satire, benign alien, shapeshifting, sexy woman ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, spoof, horror comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, violence, plot twist, satire, alien invasion, dark humor, fight scenes, twists and turns, pub, profanity, friends, obsessive quest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 1990, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
Similarity:
83%
563K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, dark comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, chase, police, murder, cop, small town, partner, new job, dark humor, investigation, workaholic, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2007, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, alien, alien invasion, ufo, hi-tech, time machine, changing the past or future, benign alien, alternate timeline, mind control, space travel, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa, florida, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to ...
Style:
black comedy, erotic, lovecraft, humorous, grindhouse ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
duck, superhero, alien, villain, fish out of water, nubile woman, comic book, anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, pun, evil alien, benign alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
cleveland ohio, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style:
satirical, philosophical, light, clever, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, alien, space and aliens, fantasy world, sarcasm, robot, benign alien, spacecraft, friends, buddies, space opera ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s
Place:
himalaya, madagascar, england, london
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Style:
horror comedy, dark comedy, humorous, funny, parody ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, zombie apocalypse, pub, zombie outbreak, zombie attack, satire, zombie violence, eaten alive, supernatural, siege, flesh eating zombie ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, y2k, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe, england
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds ...
Style:
feel good, parody, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, teens
Plot:
alien, fish out of water, female alien, space and aliens, benign alien, alien disguised as human, transformation, stepmother, porn actress, sexual humor, friendship, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
100%
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142K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, heroic mission, evolution, save the world, nothing goes right, desert, alien, ufo, giant monster, space and aliens, monster, alien contact ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's ...
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, humorous, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, alien, fantasy world, alien contact, woman with a gun, secret identity, space and aliens, intergalactic, flying saucer, evil alien, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, year 1978, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, north america, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
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Story:
An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive. Based on the book by Douglas Adams, the dialog follows the book closely. This was originally a 6-part series ...
Style:
humorous, offbeat, talky, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
benign alien, space travel, ufo, spacecraft, mysterious planet, satire, imaginary, fantasy world, time travel, alien, outer space, robot ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Style:
funny, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time machine, party, friendship, stupidity, changing the past or future, time loop, casual sex, ski resort, sex in a hot tub, sex scene, foul language ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, chernobyl, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ufo, alien, friendship, buddies, children, found footage, youth, benign alien, friends, investigation, child, friendly alien ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
75%
137K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, invasion, alien invasion, father daughter relationship, friendship, profanity, space and aliens, satire, creature, american football, farce, disguise ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob ...
Style:
clever, teen, humorous, funny, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
stoner, marijuana, stoned, weed, escape, road trip, teenage sex, drug, nudity, oral sex, prison sex, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, alabama, cuba, latin america ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future
Style:
horror comedy, entertaining, humorous, tricky, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, sent to the future, time machine, alternate reality, time, time loop, friendship, existence paradox, pub, underdog, disorder, atheism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2009, distant future, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
213K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, satirical, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dystopian future, time travel, distopia, stupidity, social satire, satire, dystopia, absurdism, social decay, dimwit, hibernation, dark humor ...
Time:
future, year 2006, year 2005, distant future, y2k ...
Place:
texas, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
57%
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225K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space opera, space and aliens, space travel, space battle, wilhelm scream, satire, alien, farce, star wars, outer space, stupidity, rescue ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
67%
73K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, girls' night, kids
Plot:
elderly, cocoon, life & death, alien, space and aliens, chase, benign alien, fountain of youth, alien invasion, first contact, extraterrestrial, cancer ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
225K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
Style:
adult animation, humorous, funny, satirical, parody ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
food, sex scene, supermarket, sex, eaten alive, dumb, adult humor, satire, dark humor, death, violent, orgy ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
Style:
teen, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
alien, supernatural, buddies, space and aliens, friends, young heroes, youth, group of friends, alien encounter, teenager, teenage life, mind control ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
Style:
horror comedy, horrifying, dark comedy, bleak, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
date night, manly, family friendly, boys' night, teens ...
Plot:
gang, alien invasion, space and aliens, deadly creature, chase, creature, alien, violence, first contact, brutality, children, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, somalia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate reality, changing the past or future, inventor, time, sent to the past, alternate timeline, travel, time paradox, time loop, mad scientist ...
Time:
future, year 2015, 1950s, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Style:
road movie, funny, cult classic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
road trip, car chase, trucker, truck, on the road, police chase, carsploitation, sheriff, convoy, truck driver, driving, car ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style:
funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
road trip, vacation, small town, amusement park, on the road, dysfunctional family, female nudity, desert, swimming pool, skinny dipping, cross country, youth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Brooklyn couple head upstate to disconnect from their phones and reconnect with themselves. Cut off from their devices, they miss the news that the planet is under attack.
Style:
parody, light, absurd, humorous, satirical ...
Plot:
alien invasion, woods, extraterrestrial, demolished city, sarcasm, creature, couples, rescue, apocalypse, fictional war, family holiday, disguise ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. ...
Style:
light, saga, futuristic, sentimental, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, changing the past or future, old west, sent to the past, time, time loop, inventor, alternate timeline, time paradox, duel ...
Time:
19th century, 1950s, future, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
space western, los angeles, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, funny, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
bicycle, road trip, nightmare, man child, surrealism, disguise, hitchhiking, cycling, on the road, great ending, bike, children ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
austin texas, california, texas, usa, san antonio texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
ufo, eviction, apartment building, alien robot, benign alien, alien invasion, elderly couple, space and aliens, robot, arsonist, friendship, alien encounter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
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