Movies like Son of Rambow
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Son of Rambow (2007)
34K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood", Lee plans to make cinematic history by filming his own action-packed video epic. Together, these two newfound friends-turned-budding-filmmakers quickly discover that their imaginative ― and sometimes mishap-filled ― cinematic adventure has begun to take on a life of its own!
Style:
touching, feel good, stylized, humorous, melancholic, period piece, realistic, captivating, entertaining, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, childhood, coming of age, filmmaking, friendship between boys, youth, bullying, small town, children, school, boy, family relations, teenager, adolescence, child, videotaping, bittersweet, grownups, nature, escapades, boyhood, religion, runaway, imagination, drowning ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, europe
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Most similar movies to Son of Rambow
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, humorous and sentimental films with plots about friendship, youth, coming of age, family relations, childhood, boy and runaway mostly in Family, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Son of Rambow: Stand by Me (1986), Wild America (1997), The Sandlot (1993), The Zigzag Kid (2012), How to Train Your Dragon (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
482K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, cult classic, atmospheric, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
oregon, usa, normandy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, b ears and moose.
Style:
intense, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, alligator, road trip, boy, filmmaking, wilderness, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, on the road, moose, bear, wildlife ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, colorado, arkansas
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113K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, teen, sweet, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, friendship, childhood, coming of age, dog, adolescence, boy, bullying, small town, child, children, kids and family ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 90s, 50s ...
Place:
utah, california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The son of the world's greatest detective embarks on a high-stakes adventure in this action-packed adaptation of the beloved book by Israeli writer David Grossman. (TIFF)
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, detective, crying
Plot:
coming of age, escapades, passion, child's point of view, rescue, family relations, self discovery, husband wife relationship, friendship, youth, dream, child in peril ...
Place:
europe, france, holland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature ...
Style:
uplifting, visually stunning, emotional, psychotronic, teen comedy
Audience:
family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
dragon, viking, friendship, island, warrior, coming of age, bonding, misfit, inventor, courage, loyalty, self discovery ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
fictional island, europe
Similarity:
100%
324K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, childhood, treasure map, pirate, treasure, friendship, pirate ship, small town, children, teenage girl, mischievous children, child ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. ...
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, stylized, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, journalism, children, coming of age, youth, school, teacher, family relations, life philosophy, child, family life, follow your dream ...
Time:
1930s, year 1934, year 2008, 20th century
Place:
ohio, cincinnati ohio, usa, chicago, ireland ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The adventurous, young Madeline is very good at getting into trouble, but she's also fantastic at solving problems as well, and her school-mistress Miss Clavel is not too approving of her. The biggest problem comes up when Lord Covington ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
children, kidnapping, orphan, rescue, childhood, amateur detective, hospital, chase, girl, boy, school, coming of age ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 90s, year 1998, 50s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, father son relationship, orphan, childhood trauma, imagination, writers, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, children, single father ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
34%
25K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon.
Style:
independent film, bleak, depressing, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, working class, childhood, boy, neglected child, boyhood, child protagonist, bird, school, teacher, small town, friendship ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, yorkshire, northern england ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, teen, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, runaway, friendship, summer, lifestyle change, friendship between boys, high school, teenage runaway, rebelliousness, teenager, hospital, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa, california, tokyo
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The adventure unfolds as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn - Tom's friend from the streets - witness a murder in the graveyard. Tom and Huck flee to Jackson Island and make a pact never to tell anyone about the incident. However, when the good-natured ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, light, humorous, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, friendship between boys, youth, coming of age, first love, adventurer, childhood, small town, mischievous children, escapades, disorder, punishment ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
missouri, mississippi
Similarity:
33%
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 ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, destiny, illegitimate son, friendship, happy ending, disability, small town, voice over narration, child protagonist, bus accident, boy, secret ...
Time:
1950s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1964 ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, Ireland, France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sad ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, pets, rescue, friendship, parents and children, getting home, animal, lassie, youth, christmas, little girl, child ...
Time:
year 2005, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, europe, scotland, yorkshire, scottish highlands ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Climb aboard for an extraordinary version of Mark Twain's sweeping adventure when Walt Disney presents The Adventures of Huck Finn, starring Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings). Directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns), ...
Style:
road movie, gothic, epic, juvenile, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, childhood, slavery, friendship, coming of age, interracial friendship, child, racism, river, runaway, medieval, youth ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1993, 1840s, 19th century
Place:
missouri, mississippi, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
33%
802
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three young friends find adventure and purpose in their attempts to set a Guinness World Record. Set in a wintry mountain town, the unpopular trio pursues fame through a series of schemes and stunts that eventually imperil their own lives. Along the ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, friendship, human spirit, elementary school, ambition, desire for fame, terminal illness, against the odds, social relations, life is a bitch, family problems, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two siblings who discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection. Mom is forced to pull one last job, and the kids team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, light, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
espionage, boy, school, rescue, mafia, escapades, top secret, police, gang, friendship, danger, kids and family ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
French adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's memoirs of his childhood in the countryside, early in the century.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
countryside, childhood, coming of age, children, childhood memory, country house, summer, precociousness, childhood friend, precocious child, brother brother relationship, boy ...
Time:
1900s, turn of the century, 19th century, year 1990, 20th century ...
Place:
france, marseille, south of france, europe, provence ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sad, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, childhood memory, friendship, animal, boy, american football, children, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, oxford university
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, epic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, boy, male nudity, children, friendship, adolescence, youth, rivalry, school, teacher, revenge ...
Time:
year 1994, 60s, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
Style:
sweet, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage girl, childhood, treasure hunt, tomboy, small town, youth, greed, wilderness, coming of age, escapades, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
32%
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:
32%
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:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his ...
Style:
intercultural, sentimental, entertaining, multicultural, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
first love, adolescence, father son relationship, vegetarian, bullying, halloween, nostalgia, culture clash, small town, deer hunting, brother sister relationship, killing an animal ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, black and white, social ...
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, friendship, teenage life, social differences, parents and children, family relations, social misfits, love and romance, lifestyle, single parent, society ...
Time:
90s, year 2008
Place:
london, europe, england, paris france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Slovakia
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, period piece, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
coming of age, uncle nephew relationship, childhood, fish out of water, greed, courage, lion, youth, misfit, bittersweet, country, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2003, 1910s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
texas, africa, middle east, austin texas, usa ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, friendship, troublemaker, storytelling, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, mentally challenged, love and romance, misfit, youth ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, paris france, france, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
32%
9K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
Style:
entertaining, touching, feel good, humorous, tropical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
owl, school, adaptation, fish out of water, justice, environmentalism, bully, save the day, vandalism, misfit, teenager, youth ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
florida, montana, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Brothers Danny and Zak, 15 and 13 & 3/4 are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is otherwise busy, and running low on cash. To make some money they decide to rent out the ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, teenage life, teenager, friendship, drug dealer, brother brother relationship, on the road, self discovery, friends, rebellion, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
32%
348K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, period piece, visually stunning, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, friendship, filmmaking, boy, childhood, street kid, longing, robot, harry potter, magical, destiny ...
Time:
year 2011, post world war one, 20th century, year 1931, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, madagascar, iran, europe
Similarity:
32%
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