Movies like Surf Ninjas
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Surf Ninjas (1993)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance are magically-induced martial arts prowess. Using their new powers they act to overthrow the island's current dictator, a despotic madman.
Style:
humorous, scary, parody, clever, feel good, unusual plot structure, melancholic, twist ending, splatter, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ninja, surfing, martial arts, destiny, island, surfer, teenage hero, high school, brother brother relationship, royalty, showdown, fistfight, adoptive father adopted son relationship, childhood, buddies, revolution, video game, farce, catastrophe, twists and turns, ship, fight, kung fu, writers, youth ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 1990s
Place:
california, israel, southeast asia, usa, vietnam, asia, indochina
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, cult film, feel good and melancholic films with plots about catastrophe, farce, mentor, dialogue, first contact, adaptation and brutality mostly in Comedy, Family and Action genres. Some movies like Surf Ninjas: 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994), 3 Ninjas (1992), 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995), Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003), Mr. Nanny (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three young boys, Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum together with their neighbor girl, computer whiz Amanda are visiting Mega Mountain amusement park when it is invaded by an army of ninjas led by evil Medusa, who wants to take over the park and hold the ...
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Place:
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and ...
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usa
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100%
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 ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.
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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.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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47%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two surfers end up as Yellowstone park rangers and have to stop a former ranger who is out for revenge.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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 ...
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46%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the ...
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45%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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45%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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