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The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. (1996)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When young computer genius Rudy inherits his father's business his avaricious uncle has him kidnapped and held hostage until the boy signs off all rights to the lucrative enterprise. Not wanting the uncle to control, a pair of corporate executives happen upon a youth who looks just like the missing heir. In hopes of keeping the business afloat, they substitute him at the board meetings.
Style:
exciting, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
kidnapping, youth, baseball, lookalikes, prison, prodigy, missing person, family life, danger, mistaken identity, disorder, switching roles, dishonesty, daring rescue, cons and scams, teenager, computer, doppelganger, empire, family, adventure, crimes
Time:
90s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and exciting films with plots about family, youth, family relations, danger, friends, escapades and heroes mostly in Adventure, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.: Max Is Missing (1995), Two-Bits & Pepper (1995), Stranded (2002), Remote (1993), Call of the Wild (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A boy and his dad take a trip to Peru, but when they are accidentally separated he is given a mysterious mask that makes him a target for ruthless tomb raiders.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, lost treasure, treasure hunter, youth, danger, on the run, chases and races, escapades, adventurer, heroes, train, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Comedy about idiotic (the two can't even add 1+1) kidnappers, both played for unknown reasons by Joe Piscopo, who capture two young girls and hold them for ransom. However, in "Home Alone" fashion, the two girls make fools of the two ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
horse, rescue, kidnapping, girl horse relationship, woman riding a horse, youth, animal, friendship, escape, hostage, disorder, friends ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
95%
914
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, danger, island, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, isolation, family life, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
87%
895
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When Randy (Chris Carrara), is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles across the hideout of three prison escapees. With the use of his remote control toys, Randy manages to apprehend the three fugitives.
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, prodigy, when the parents are away, family relations, fugitive, disorder, young heroes, danger, prank, obsession, goofy hero, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, german shepherd, survival, wilderness, stranded, landscape, canine, animal, daring rescue, pets, adventurer, contests and competitions ...
Time:
19th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, canada, england, london, yukon
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
adventurer, dinosaur, treasure hunt, paleontologist, inventions and discoveries, escapades, hunter, race against time, youth, rivalry, prehistoric animal, child hero ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Joseph, Matthew and Andrew Lawrence (TV's Brotherly Love) star in this thrilling, action-packed sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie Horse Sense. It's first-class adventure on the high seas for Michael Woods (Joseph Lawrence) and ...
Style:
exciting, feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
resort, pirate, treasure hunt, chase, danger, siblings relations, disorder, daring rescue, family life, parents and children, ship, desert island ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, pacific ocean
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Lindenhof School is expecting a busload of proper young English ladies as exchange students. The shock is great when the students turn out to be teenage boys! But while Mademoiselle Bertoux is delighted to stage “Romeo and Juliet” with real ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
twins, teenage love, mistaken identity, best friend, mischievous children, love and romance, youth, disorder, fall in love, boarding school life, monkey, boarding school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three kids discover a tiny kingdom beneath their kitchen sink and are drawn inside, becoming involved with the miniature world's civil war.
Style:
independent film, exciting, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, youth, magical creature, shrinking, family relations, revolution, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, young heroes, corrupted ruler, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Family, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
ocean, beach, dolphins, animal, creature, youth, danger, escapades, pirate, rivalry, young heroes, save the day ...
Time:
60s
Place:
florida, bahamas, usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Taking place in the 1990's, Huck and his card shark friend, Jim, travel from California to Nevada searching for Huck's long-lost grandpa. Along the way, a deceived card player chases the two across the states with his two, less ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, feel good, emotional ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, native, animal life, disorder, optimism, family relations, friends, on the road, family life, cons and scams, interracial relations, dangerous animal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
las vegas, missouri, nevada, mississippi
Similarity:
67%
8K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sad, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, animal, seal the animal, heartwarming, friendship, small town, youth, water, magic, wildlife, nature ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1994, 90s, 60s
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A scientist's kids are sucked into a TV screen and wind up in the Stone Age with cavemen and dinosaurs.
Style:
independent film, exciting, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dinosaur, kaiju, puppet, kidnapping, prehistoric animal, giant monster, escapades, misfit, youth, imaginary, space and aliens, heroes ...
Time:
prehistory, 1900s, prehistoric times, stone age
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
This is the film version which is a compilation of the 1969 TV Series shown in 13 parts. It is therefore technically the "first" Pippi Långstrump film, although it wasn't released as a film until 1973. Pippi lives alone in ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, feel good, offbeat, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, redhead girl, ape, women, monkey, best friend, disorder, family relations, friends, heroes, imaginary, superhuman powers ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on a true-story - A Plumm Summer tells the remarkable tale of two young brothers, Elliott and Rocky Plumm, who go head-to-head with the FBI in order to crack the "frog-napping" case and get their beloved TV puppet, Froggy Doo back on ...
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, family relations, adventurer, amateur detective, family life, parents and children, small town, child, investigation, puppet, frog, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, montana
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in Florida. Meanwhile Josh tells Sam that he is a "S.A.M." that is going to be sent to ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
coming of age, road trip, youth, nothing goes right, brother brother relationship, journey, cross country, on the road, family relations, family life, sibling relationship, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, texas, florida, usa, africa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, prison escape, satire, fictional country, literary, prison, sword fight, fictitious country, body swapping, kingdom, heir to the throne, partner ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, missing person, family drama, children, family relations, kidnapped, family life, parents and children, family problems, police detective, hostage ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the ...
Style:
light, feel good, captivating, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
polar bear, missing person, childhood, family relations, rescue, danger, wilderness, escapades, parents and children, mountain, winter, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: 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:
sentimental, melancholic, sweet, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night
Plot:
country estate, inheritance, butler, hidden treasure, orphan, teenage girl, treasure hunt, friendship, heiress, happy ending, unlikely friendships, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, los angeles, london
Similarity:
53%
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, humorous, feel good, teen comedy
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
basketball, youth, child as adult, family relations, teenage life, friendship, family life, leprechaun, childhood, teenager, charm, st. patrick's day ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
52%
302
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's former associates, he and Elliott must team ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, prison, rescue, violent content, gays and lesbians, rivalry, buddies, danger, confined, dishonesty, daring rescue, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Timmy Taylor and his two friends, Stevie and Buddy capture escaped convict Carl Banks (Jim Varney) and hold him hostage in their treehouse over the weekend so that Timmy can use Carl as his current event project at school on Monday. The boys then ...
Style:
epic, independent film, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
school, captivity, childhood, forgery, gangster, partner, disorder, friends, summer school, family relations, misfit, fugitives ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the classic, "The Prince and the Pauper" is the retelling of Edward Tudor and young Thomas Canty, two amazing look-alikes caught up in imperial intrigue and scandal. In fleeing from his violent father, Tom stumbles into ...
Style:
feel good, touching, exciting, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
rich and poor, youth, switching roles, young heroes, tudors, royal court, hidden identity, mistaken identity, fish out of water, social differences, society, intrigue ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, epic, retro ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, friendship, hunting, rescue, poaching, friends, environmentalism, father son relationship, boy, fisherman, ship captain, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Far from home in the lush bamboo forests of China, ten-year-old Ryan Tyler, with the help of a young girl, goes on a wonderful journey to rescue a baby panda taken by poachers.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, scary, sweet, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night
Plot:
panda, poaching, survival, animal, poacher, human animal relationship, family relations, coming of age, bear, treasure hunt, parents and children, friends ...
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A drama centered around twins attending the same boarding school.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
twins, friendship, youth, mischievous children, social relations, disorder, couples, monkey, teenager, children, school, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Style:
feel good, touching, emotional, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, aging, animal, runaway, motorcycle, lion, mountain lion, camp, camping trip, wildlife, camping, grief ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Similarity:
46%
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:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, saga ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
pets, disorder, rescue, uncover truth, escapades, obsessive quest, danger, family relations, heroes, private detective, young heroes, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
43%
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:
42%
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