Movies like The Spy Next Door
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The Spy Next Door (2010)
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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, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.
Style:
feel good, ridiculous, humorous, sweet, exciting, realistic, not serious, light, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
spy, mischievous children, martial arts, children, cia agent, secret agents, child spy, single parent, nanny, cia, espionage, family relations, undercover, fight scenes, home invasion, one man army, disorder, uninhibited rivalry, when the parents are away, child in peril, neighbor, school, terrorist, heroes, assassin ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
hong kong, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, entertaining, feel good and melancholic films with plots about catastrophe, dialogue, mentor, adaptation, destiny, storytelling and lone hero mostly in Comedy, Family and Action genres. Some movies like The Spy Next Door: The Pacifier (2005), Agent Cody Banks (2003), Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), The Tuxedo (2002), Problem Child (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
children, nanny, mischievous children, undercover cop, disney, good versus evil, one against many, bodyguard, fight scenes, fish out of water, adult child friendship, special agents ...
Place:
usa
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83%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, surreal, futuristic, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
spy, children, espionage, child spy, monster, fantasy world, mad scientist, heroes, rivalry, villain, dinosaur, secret agents ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an evil plan hatched by her father. But despite the agent persona, Cody struggles with teen angst.
Style:
humorous, not serious, exciting, sweet, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
teenager, spy, secret agents, working undercover, undercover, espionage, child spy, high school, cheerleading, runaway, teenage protagonist, heroes ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An ordinary suburban couple finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, parody, sexy ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, strong female character, mission, rescue, escape, suspicion, jealousy, assassin, suburbs, secret agents, neighbor ...
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, exciting, funny, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, spy, reluctant partners, mad scientist, save the world, mistaken identity, fight scenes, secret service, heroes, save the day, nothing goes right, race against time ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Rush Hour
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 ...
Style:
funny, feel good, light, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, kidnapping, children, child hero, child, friends, best friends, childhood ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, intense, sweet ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, prank, home alone, winter, children, little boy, burglar, crime gone awry, young heroes, bravery, disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, hong kong, san francisco, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
Style:
romantic, buddy comedy, sexy, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, dating, happy ending, spy, relationships, rivalry, revenge, cia agent, friendship, surveillance, secret agents, secret service ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, london, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient ...
Style:
humorous, motivational, unusual plot structure, sweet, splatter ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ninja, child martial arts, childhood, martial arts, young heroes, revenge, youth, heroes, vengeance, friends, escapades, buddies ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, preschoolers ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, children, youth, when the parents are away, child protagonist, home invasion, child, precocious child, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new york, illinois, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.
Style:
sweet, feel good, funny, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
twins, mischievous children, orphan, children, summer camp, adoption, parents and children, single parent, camp, single father, wedding, switching places ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, london, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that being popular can be more painful than getting water-boarded.
Style:
humorous, exciting, feel good, ironic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teenager, high school, youth, female agent, female assassin, school, teenage life, young heroes, rivalry, mission, high school life, adolescence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, moscow russia, berlin germany, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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, light, feel good, sweet, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
children, rich and poor, friendship, wealth, childhood, butler, youth, money, teenager, when the parents are away, superhero, greed ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. A retired spy Marissa (Jessica Alba) is thrown back into the action along with her stepchildren when a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
spy, espionage, children, child spy, secret agents, heroes, child hero, hidden identity, save the world, young heroes, heroic mission, undercover ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus) must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
college, youth, undercover, social relations, working undercover, female protagonist, fbi, private detective, hidden identity, teenager, dishonesty, student life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
humorous, splatter, disgusting, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
child, children, childhood, school, farce, bullying, prank, mischievous children, single parent, fall in love, parents and children, fight scenes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style:
feel good, light, touching, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
cross dressing, divorce, nanny, comedy of errors, children, kids and family, family relations, custody battle, gender disguise, hidden identity, childhood, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
childhood, disney, job interview, child's point of view, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, family relations, birthday party, bad luck, coming of age, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
K.C. Cooper, a high school math whiz and karate black-belt, learns that her parents are spies when they recruit her to join them in the secret government agency, The Organization. While she now has the latest spy gadgets at her disposal, K.C. has a ...
Style:
exciting, sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
high school, youth, working undercover, teenage life, state affairs, parents and children, spy, child spy, secret identity, secret agents, espionage, young heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
spy, teenage hero, child spy, teenager, undercover, secret agents, espionage, undercover agent, secret service, martial arts, villain arrested, teenage protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, buckingham palace, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Mrs. Doubtfire
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Athletic 12-year-old Maddy (Kristen Stewart) shares an enthusiasm for mountain climbing with her father, Tom (Sam Robards). Unfortunately, Tom suffers a spinal injury while scaling Mount Everest, and his family is unable to afford the surgery that ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, disorder, family relations, heroes, teenage life, rivalry, coming of age, parents and children, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, master criminal ...
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. ...
Style:
light, humorous, entertaining, not serious, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, talking animals, pets, chase, cat, animals, secret agents, rescue, kids and family, good versus evil, goofy hero, rivalry ...
Place:
egypt, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, ...
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
robot, alien, space, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, sibling rivalry, stranded, childhood, child, game, youth ...
Time:
2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the toxic ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, sexy, motivational, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, young heroes, childhood, heroes, youth, righting the wronged, environmentalism, master warrior, save the day, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
Style:
humorous, exciting, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
video game, spy, virtual reality, child spy, mad scientist, secret agents, rescue, brutality, technology, mission, espionage, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, melancholic, entertaining, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, pets, animals, goofy hero, hitman, crime gone awry, friendship, hidden identity, save the day, nothing goes right, mischievous children, fish out of water ...
Place:
alaska, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, melancholic, not serious, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
father son relationship, camp, disney, fish out of water, family relations, childhood, best friend, nothing goes right, business partner, parenting, bachelor, friendship between men ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, miami, tokyo, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jack Parker has always skated by on his lies, especially the one about Mikey, an underprivileged (and made-up) teen who Jack "tutors"... until one day "Mikey" shows up for real, and all Jack's lies start coming true.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
supernatural ability, family relations, youth, dishonesty, mischievous children, parents and children, nothing goes right, lie, society, disorder, teenage life, life turned upside down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell ...
Style:
parody, feel good, funny, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blaxploitation, spy, racism, secret agents, heroic mission, fighting the system, hidden identity, double life, disorder, righting the wronged, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of ...
Style:
exciting, intense, colourful, light, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
young heroes, spy, children, mad scientist, secret agents, robot, heroic mission, fantasy world, chase, espionage, good versus evil, fight scenes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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