Movies like Secondhand Lions
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Secondhand Lions (2003)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
"Secondhand Lions" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, humorous, inspirational, entertaining, semi serious, touching, fairy tale, motivational, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
uncle nephew relationship, coming of age, greed, childhood, youth, misfit, bittersweet, fish out of water, courage, sword fight, aging, suicidal, family relations, adventurer, family secret, eccentric family, hunting, old love, partners, disorder, odd couple, wilderness, reluctant, young at heart, lion ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1910s, 1960s
Place:
texas, africa, austin texas, usa, france, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, touching, humorous and semi serious films with plots about catastrophe, culture clash, runaway, storytelling, mentor, dialogue and destiny mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Secondhand Lions: Holes (2003), 3 Men and a Baby (1987), We Bought a Zoo (2011), Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998), Simon Birch (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four guys, best friends, have grown up together in DANCER, TEXAS POP. 81, a tiny town in West Texas. Years ago, they made a solemn vow to leave town together as soon as they graduate. Now, it's that weekend and the time has come to "put up ...
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way ...
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100%
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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71%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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18%
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