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Problem Child (1990)
35K
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 he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life.
Style:
funny, feel good, slapstick, light, hilarious, humorous, cult classic, slapstick comedy, epic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, dark humor, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, disorder, children, child hero, boy, foster child, serial killer, childhood, kidnapping, parents and children, friendship, family life, swearing, child, foundling, runaway, mentor, youth, bear, orphan ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, 1990s
Place:
texas, usa
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Most similar movies to Problem Child
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and entertaining films with plots about youth, family, family relations, disorder, mischievous children, childhood and slug mostly in Comedy, Family and Action genres. Some movies like Problem Child: Dennis the Menace (1993), Home Alone 3 (1997), House Arrest (1996), A Christmas Story (1983), Man of the House (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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: 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:
75%
138K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try break into his house to get it back.
Style:
feel good, humorous, parody, slapstick, christmas classics ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
christmas, home alone, holiday, prank, winter, christmas time, silicon valley, kids and family, children, little boy, crime gone awry, burglar ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, chicago, california, illinois, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
childhood, divorce, family problems, parents and children, family life, hostage, love, kidnapping, couples, bullying, youth, therapy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
hawaii, ohio
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Style:
cult classic, christmas special, funny, period piece, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
christmas, bullying, childhood, holiday, boy, school, coming of age, children, christmas season, childhood memory, bully, little boy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
indiana, columbus ohio, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
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:
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%
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:
77%
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12K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constantly surrounded by security officers, restricted in movements and having almost every waking moment ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
bodyguard, white house, childhood, president, friendship, usa president, shopping mall, boxing, fish out of water, mischievous children, secret service, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see him forming an unlikely alliance with Moody Margaret, the infuriating girl next door, and his ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, realistic, not serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, mischievous children, young heroes, friendship, teachers and students, parents and children, friends, child, kids and family, girl, family life, troublemaker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Barricade the doors. Lock the windows. Because he's baaaack. That one-boy wrecking crew, Dennis the Menace, returns for more mischief and mayhem. Based on the comic strip and TV show about a mischievous little boy with a gift for the ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
youth, grand canyon, birthday, swimming pool, neighbor, picnic, dog, child's point of view, kids and family, childhood, children, superhero ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
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, talky, surreal, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
middle school, childhood, child protagonist, teenager, peer pressure, coming of age, high school life, fat boy, boy, high school, bullying, child ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
guatemala, usa, new york, north america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When a widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8, can the 20 of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Style:
light, sentimental, touching, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, teens
Plot:
children, childhood, adoption, sisters, fall in love, family life, marriage, doctor, parenthood, unlikely friendships, stereotypes, kids and family ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, victorian era
Place:
bay area, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
spy, mischievous children, cia agent, martial arts, single parent, children, child spy, espionage, cia, undercover, nanny, when the parents are away ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madagascar, usa, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An evil business executive (played by George Lazenby), is releasing dangerous toxins and the Barbarian Brothers set out to stop his evil work.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sincere, independent film, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
twins, bodybuilding, mischievous children, youth, working undercover, when the parents are away, brothers, prank, friends, family relations, disorder, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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11K
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, intense, melancholic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
nanny, wrestler, kids and family, dysfunctional family, lone hero, adaptation, alternate reality, family relations, family life, parents and children, mischievous children, eccentric family ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.
Style:
humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy, raunchy comedy, epic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
summer camp, camp, stupidity, childhood, handyman, bullying, camping, youth, happy ending, woods, native american, competition ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chapter 3 of the Problem Child trilogy features pre-teened Junior in love with a classmate that won't even notice him, but does notice three other boys who are rivals to Junior. This means war!
Style:
dark comedy, slapstick, not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, mischievous children, child, female boxer, spoiled brat, child star, problem child, children, childhood, nurse, doctor, dentist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
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:
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:
100%
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, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
sea lion, youth, family relations, rescue, school, power relations, animal life, friends, disorder, save the day, misfit, underdog ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
This movie puts Henk Ketcham's comic figure 'Dennis' into real life: While digging in his front garden, Dennis finds a big bone. To prove it's from a dinosaur, he persuades his father to invite an old buddy of him, Bowen Skyler ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dinosaur, youth, superhero, family relations, mischievous children, small town, friends, disorder, young heroes, suburbs, unhappiness, childhood love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
Style:
humorous, independent film, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
monkey, monkey actor, childhood, human animal relationship, friendship, youth, coming of age, animal, girl, wild animal, stupid kid, business ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
california, alaska
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Harry Habert, owner of a rent office has an original idea: To rent babies from a nearby orphanage to the local families. He rents the Ward brothers to his first customers...
Style:
humorous, funny, melancholic, touching, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
adoption, children, dog, orphan, siblings relations, mischievous children, nothing goes right, disorder, family relations, parenthood, child hero, foster child ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
193K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america
Similarity:
50%
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:
67%
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