Movies like The Wizard

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The Wizard (1989)
 6.1
 16K
The Wizard (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Corey (Fred Savage) refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy (Luke Edwards) be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis), who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.
Style: road movie, touching, sentimental, melancholic, intense, semi serious, humorous, realistic, cult classic, gaming ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, video game, competition, on the road, child, children, teenager, kids and family, underdog, computer game, family relations, contests and competitions, siblings relations, boy, road trip, coming of age, rivalry, hopes, chase, contest, youth, gamer, autism, adolescence, runaway ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: california, nevada, utah, usa, las vegas, los angeles, reno nevada
Keyword: sport, partners, wizards

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Most similar movies to The Wizard

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, feel good and humorous films with plots about youth, coming of age, childhood, hopes, rivalry, family relations and friends mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like The Wizard: Josh and S.A.M. (1993), D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), Play It to the Bone (1999), The Sandlot (1993), D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in Florida. Meanwhile Josh tells Sam that he is a "S.A.M." that is going to be sent to ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: coming of age, road trip, youth, journey, cross country, on the road, family relations, family life, sibling relationship, disorder, nothing goes right, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, texas, florida, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.
Style: epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, competition, high school, olympics, childhood, college, school, coming of age, underdog, winter, happy ending ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Play It to the Bone (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the ...
Style: road movie, inspirational, intense, melancholic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: boxing, friendship, boxer, unlikely friendships, contests and competitions, athlete's life, hopes, underdog, ambition, road trip, golf, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 102K
The Sandlot (1993)
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, funny, sentimental, teen, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, childhood, coming of age, friendship, dog, adolescence, small town, boy, bullying, child, team, summer ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1962
Place: utah, california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame ...
Style: spectacular, epic, hilarious, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, competition, childhood, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer, child ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: minnesota, los angeles, iceland, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.4
 8K
Jump In! (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Story revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels, who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary, however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, teen
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: human spirit, friendship, athlete's life, follow your dream, against the odds, ambition, lifestyle, teenage life, teenager, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings ...
Style: inspirational, humorous, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, sport team, happy ending, childhood, athlete and trainer, competition, underdog, foe turned friend, youth, redemption, self discovery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Style: inspirational, intense, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, underdog, youth, baseball coach, coach, childhood, competition, unlikely friendships, sport team, motorcycle, human spirit, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: california, usa, san francisco, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Little Big League (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organisation that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.
Style: humorous, epic, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, childhood, coming of age, youth, teenager, motivation, mathematics, sport team, boy, friends, power relations, family relations ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, bronx new york city, boston ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn ...
Style: inspirational, touching, entertaining, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: angel, baseball, childhood, coach, magic, parents and children, hopes, ambition, wish come true, rivalry, kids and family, underdog ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Sandlot 2 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond ...
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: sport team, youth, baseball, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, ambition, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time: year 1972
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Perfect Game (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA, Mexico
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, disturbing, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: baseball, youth, against the odds, ambition, rise to the top, coming of age, young heroes, contests and competitions, underdog, hopes, rivalry, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1957
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.5
 11K
The Big Green (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, light, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot: soccer, school, underdog, childhood, youth, athlete and trainer, football, high school life, against the odds, small town life, teachers and students, follow your dream ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Wonder Years (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The show achieved a spot ...
Style: touching, sitcom, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, high school, first love, teenage life, coming of age, family relations, love and romance, siblings relations, family life ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.4
 31K
Little Giants (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached ...
Style: feel good, slapstick comedy, romantic comedy, funny, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: american football, underdog, football, cheerleader, childhood, coach, sexism, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, wager, single father ...
Time: 90s
Place: ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, exciting, epic, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing ...
Plot: baseball, childhood, children, underdog, sport team, contests and competitions, mentor, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 8.1
 438K
Stand by Me (1986)
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, sad, emotional, feel good, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot: childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, boy, children, youth, teenager, camping, on the road, summer, friends ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1986, year 1959, 20th century
Place: oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Little Monsters (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style: light, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: monster, brother brother relationship, friendship, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, mischievous children, curses spells and rituals, child as adult, fish out of water, wish come true, imaginary ...
Time: year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Movie in collections
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Sidekicks (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Barry is an asthmatic kid having trouble in life. He lives with his father, a computer programmer, in Texas. Barry is struggling to get by in life, dealing with his rough school life, bullies, as well as his health. Barry's only source of ...
Style: humorous, suspense, epic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: asthmatic, karate, childhood, martial arts, school, youth, bully, asthma, mentor, bike, martial arts tournament, coming of age ...
Time: 90s
Place: austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.3
 243K
The Karate Kid (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, teenager, karate, human spirit, teaching the ways of the world, underdog, teacher, bullying, coming of age, high school, childhood, martial arts tournament ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1984
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.9
 7K
Brink! (1998)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (which means they skate for the fun of it, and not for the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters, Team ...
Style: captivating, feel good, semi serious, exciting, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: friendship, rivalry, underdog, rise to the top, teenage life, dishonesty, rising to stardom, betrayal, hopes, ambition, moral dilemma, youth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Little Rascals (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's ...
Style: feel good, light, sentimental, sweet, not serious ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: childhood, children, child, bully, dog, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, precocious child, youth, friendship, rich kid ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.9
 88K
My Girl (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, crying, sad ...
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: friendship, coming of age, teenager, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, single parent, children, kids and family, single father, family relations, love ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1991, year 1972, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Movie in collections
 5.6
 4K
Go Figure (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: figure skating, ice hockey, skating, rivalry, follow your dream, athlete's life, ambition, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.6
 153K
The Parent Trap (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: twins, divorce, summer camp, mischievous children, single parent, lookalikes, child's point of view, twins separated at birth, father daughter relationship, matchmaking, teenage girl, butler ...
Time: 90s, year 1986, 20th century, year 1998
Place: california, london, bay area, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Alice Upside Down (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Still mourning the death of her mother a few years back, ALICE McKINLEY finds her life seriously disrupted when her father BEN buys a store and moves her and her older brother LESTER to a new town. In the painful throes of adolescence, Alice has a ...
Style: realistic, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot: female protagonist, family life, teenage life, family relations, disorder, starting over, coming of age, bullying, teachers and students, hopes, children, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.7
 25K
Breaking Away (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one ...
Style: touching, realistic, inspirational, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, working class, cycling, underdog, bicycle, friendship, small town, teenage life, bicycle race, father son relationship, childhood, teenage boy ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.0
 29K
Ice Princess (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
Style: romantic, teen, inspirational, sweet, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, figure skating, high school, ice skater, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, happy ending, competition, dancing, coming of age, love, school ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Author! Author! (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.
Style: humorous, touching, sentimental, intense, romantic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: writers, children, playwright, single parent, love and romance, large family, divorce, parents and children, youth, actress, single father, family relations ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: boy, youth, coming of age, bully, friendship, contests and competitions, parents and children, bullying, love and romance, rivalry, friends, couples ...
Time: year 2006
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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