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The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
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The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Garrisons (Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette) are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups -- and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles -- and viewers to howls of laughter!
Style: funny, entertaining, light, sweet, feel good, semi serious, humorous, family comedy, hilarious, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, animal, family drama, justice, happy ending, pets, family life, mistaken identity, disorder, misfit, rescue, best friend, danger, animal life, mischievous children, unlikely partners, young heroes, dachshund, male female relationship, marriage, great dane, furry, puppy love, canine, suburbs ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: san francisco
Keyword: partners, gangsters, doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and light films with plots about disorder, dog, pets, animal, family relations, youth and animal life mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Ugly Dachshund: Beethoven's 3rd (2000), Beethoven (1992), Marmaduke (2010), That Darn Cat! (1965), Bailey's Billion$ (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Beethoven's 3rd (2000)
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Everyone's favorite St. Bernard returns in this family film about man's best friend. Richard Newton, his wife Beth and kids Brennan and Sara shove off in their camper for a road trip. Along the way, they gain a new passenger: slobbery ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, independent film, feel good
Audience: family friendly, kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, human dog relationship, animal, pets, family relations, family life, silly humor, nothing goes right, escapades, parents and children, disorder, mischievous children ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
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Beethoven (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St ...
Style: feel good, sweet, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, puppy, children, pets, animal actor, animal, childhood, bullying, family relations, human animal relationship, saint bernard dog, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Marmaduke (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, pets, great dane, talking animal, talking dog, husky dog, dalmatian, pitbull, animal life, german shepherd, talking cat, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
That Darn Cat! (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wrist watch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.
Style: humorous, retro, hilarious, family comedy, semi serious
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: cat, kidnapping, animal, dog, happy ending, bank robbery, fbi, investigation, hostage, suburbs, landlady, map ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Bailey's Billion$ (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sweet
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: talking dog, pets, dog, inheritance, friendship, mischievous children, cons and scams, danger, golden retriever, family relations, disorder, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just what is causing it, all the while eluding the local dog ...
Style: slapstick, humorous, semi serious, feel good, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: dog, animal, lawyer, animal life, transformation, law, district attorney, conspiracy, body swapping, curse, mischievous children, youth ...
Time: 70s
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35%
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog ...
Style: independent film, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, family relations, rescue, anti hero, family life, animal life, friends, disorder, heroes, pets, mischievous children, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead ...
Style: humorous, touching, melancholic, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: bigfoot, sasquatch, wildlife, happy ending, fish out of water, family drama, mentor, police investigation, brothers, kindness, animal, creature ...
Time: 80s
Place: seattle, washington state, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Beethoven's 5th (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, animal, youth, saint bernard dog, family relations, friendship, family life, partner, best friend, friends, chase, escapades ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Cool Dog (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jimmy lives in the tranquil town of Eagle Rock, Louisiana, with his father, stepmother and his best friend Rainy, a German Shepherd. When Jimmy's father gets a promotion, the family must relocate to an apartment in New York City that has a ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: dog, german shepherd, forceful separation, friendship, save the day, on the road, pets, family life, disorder, youth, road trip, stupid kid ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Benji: Off the Leash! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dog, youth, friendship, odd couple, young heroes, against the odds, rescue, pets, mischievous children, parents and children, adoption, fish out of water ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Dog Gone (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: dog, caper, rescue, escapades, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, danger, odd couple, nothing goes right, heist, stash ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) is back in a heartwarming adventure of presidential proportions! Maya's dream of going to vet school is put on hold when she gets a call from the president of the United States. It seems the First Dog is out of ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: veterinarian, silly humor, animal, kids and family, heroic mission, imaginary, escapades, danger, pets, save the day, race against time, disorder ...
Time: year 2008
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Air Buddies (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Here’s the delightful tale of teamwork and adventure your whole family will love! Air Bud is the proud father of five adorable puppies - the hip-hopping B-Dawg, lovely Rosebud, mellow Buddha, dirt-loving Mudbud, and the big fella Budderball - with ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, feel good
Audience: family outing, family friendly, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, puppy, pets, friendship, odd couple, rescue, golden retriever, heroic mission, daring rescue, kidnapping, teenage life, animal ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Beethoven's Big Break (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to stardom. However, a trio of unscrupulous ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, pets, filmmaking, human animal relationship, rescue, danger, disorder, odd couple, mischievous children, hollywood, fish out of water, animal ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Josh is off to his first year of college and buddy has stayed behind with joshs little sister andrea and the rest of the family. Adrea attempting to fit in with her jr. High classmates decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, golden retriever, baseball, pets, youth, sport team, underdog, contests and competitions, hopes, friendship, family relations, disorder ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.0
 459
The Retrievers (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the Lowry Family moves from New York to Placerville in California, a golden retriever comes to their house. The family starts to take care of her and the retriever, now named Pilot, has puppies. They give all of the puppies away, but later ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golden retriever, dog, family relations, puppy, family life, pets, pet dog, lost dog, animal human communication, dead animal, animal, kids and family ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Fall into puppy love with “the world’s worst dog”, who now has a frisky voice and an attitude to match. Join Marley for his mischievous puppy years, as he and his summer pal, Bodie Grogan, wreak havoc on a neighborhood dog contest. Marley ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sad ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot: dog, puppy, youth, dog training, talking dog, family relations, friends, teenage life, chaos and mayhem, pets, animal, anthropomorphism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure (2009)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Aussie, a lovable Australian mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's missing Teddy Bear.
Style: semi serious, sincere, humorous, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, friendship, talking dog, rescue, heroes, getting home, family relations, youth, danger, mischievous children, young heroes, pets ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, australia
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25%
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Bingo (1991)
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 ...
Style: humorous, touching, not serious, spoof, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, friendship, on the road, rescue, american football, escapades, youth, pets, kidnapping, childhood, coming of age, animal protagonist ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. ...
Style: feel good, light, light hearted, hilarious, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, pets, animal, puppy, bullying, childhood, children, divorce, dysfunctional family, love, youth, animal protagonist ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Snowball Express (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, ...
Style: family comedy, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: mountain, skiing, snow, rocky mountains, ski resort, winter, loan, hotel, family relations, starting over, against the odds, resort ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: usa, colorado, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Treasure Buddies (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: dog, youth, pets, treasure hunt, friendship, young heroes, legends and myths, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, heroes, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the tiny pups will stop at nothing ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, humorous, suspense, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, animal life, animal, police dog, pets, kids and family, family relations, couples, family life, silly humor, mischievous children, talking animal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: beverly hills, california, usa, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: dog, youth, human animal relationship, pets, mischievous children, family life, disorder, parents and children, reincarnation, animal, animal lover, adoption ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Bannister family including former K-9 police hero Zeus (voiced by Mario López) is back, and this time they're spending their holidays at a beautiful Rocky Mountain resort. But toss in an unexpected visit from cocky Uncle Randy (Casper Van ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, animal life, save the day, pets, holiday, love, destiny, christmas season, xmas, animal, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mary Beth is a marine biologist that gets annoyed when a dog called Zeus stows aboard her research boat. Nevertheless she is intrigued when the intrusive canine makes best-friends with her captive dolphin, Roxanne. She falls in love with Zeus's ...
Style: sweet, melancholic, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, dolphins, friendship, youth, animal, rescue, single parent, daring rescue, odd couple, mischievous children, escapades, young heroes ...
Time: year 1997
Place: bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
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, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: youth, sea lion, family relations, rescue, school, friends, power relations, animal life, disorder, coming of age, dedicated educator, daring rescue ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good ...
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, ghost, gambling, witch, college, afterlife, magic, betrayal, superhero, male female relationship, fish out of water, supernatural ...
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Dennis the Menace (1993)
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, family outing ...
Plot: mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, childhood, kids and family, happy ending, neighbor, boy, nothing goes right, troublemaker ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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