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Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
125K
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, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating, futuristic, mystical, funny, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, game, child, sibling rivalry, childhood, human in outer space, alien, outer space, alternate world, space, youth, brother sister relationship, when the parents are away, getting home, jealousy, older sister, space exploration, escapades, space adventure, stranded, accidental incest, argument ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, future, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, entertaining, humorous and feel good films with plots about family, fantasy world, mentor, dialogue, catastrophe, storytelling and destiny mostly in Adventure, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Zathura: A Space Adventure: Jumanji (1995), Flight of the Navigator (1986), The Last Mimzy (2007), Explorers (1985), Lost in Space (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
409K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
jungle, fantasy world, childhood, magic, board game, time travel, getting home, children, parallel world, danger, friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
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Place:
new hampshire, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, teen, breathtaking, rom com, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, fantasy world, lost world, adventurer, twists and turns, mysterious place, underground, expedition, cave, imaginary, obsessive quest, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iceland, italy, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style:
futuristic, feel good, entertaining, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
time travel, ufo, flying saucer, benign alien, space and aliens, nasa, outer space, space travel, robot, alien, alien abduction, childhood ...
Time:
year 1986, year 1978, 90s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
florida, miami, miami beach, tokyo, japan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the force of a volcano -- were real. Now, these two pint-sized action masters will ...
Style:
surreal, feel good, entertaining, absurd, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
fantasy becomes reality, shark, fantasy world, child protagonist, imaginary kingdom, heroes, imaginary friend, imaginary, superhero, coming of age, escapades, young heroes ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, serious, spiritual, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, children, young heroes, toys, mentor, supernatural ability, psychic, parent child relationship, female protagonist, heroic mission, danger, imaginary ...
Time:
future, year 2007
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, light, feel good, retro, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, ufo, space travel, friendship, space, bullying, coming of age, children, fantasy world, adolescence, teenager, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
maryland, washington d.c., canada
Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, surreal, stylized, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
time travel, space travel, space and aliens, outer space, robot, alien, space exploration, spaceship, save the world, time machine, space, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, year 1998
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Style:
funny, cute, intense, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
youth, inventor, shrinking, childhood, dog, mother daughter relationship, teen angst, scientist, teenage girl, neighbor, ant, rescue ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, turkey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, visually stunning, scary, spooky ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
88%
24K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into ...
Style:
humorous, teen, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
superhero, teenage superhero, invisible man, high school, female hero, superhero team, fight scenes, good versus evil, comic book, friendship, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, dark comedy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, feel good, sad, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, persia, los angeles
Similarity:
83%
324K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
77%
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
199K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Story:
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
utopia, youth, time travel, destiny, apocalypse, androids and robots, young heroes, heroes, artificial intelligence, alternate dimension, boy genius, alternate world ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, 60s
Place:
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Similarity:
90%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 251 min.
Story:
Based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, spiritual, psychotronic
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, exciting, teen, epic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
teen, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, atmospheric, semi serious, saga, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, teen, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
island, jungle, lost city, fantasy world, expedition, atlantis, lost world, escapades, beautiful scenery, giant lizard, mission, treasure ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, psychotronic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
monster truck, monster, teenage protagonist, teenager, truck, creature, friendship, pickup truck, car, creature feature, pursuit, chase ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
264K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, near future
Similarity:
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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, ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
spy, mischievous children, cia agent, martial arts, single parent, children, child spy, espionage, cia, undercover, nanny, when the parents are away ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time, time loop, destiny, teenager, scientist, changing the past or future, inventor, fish out of water, high school ...
Time:
future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
Similarity:
75%
25K
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
basement, little brother, danger, youth, supernatural, good versus evil, small town, young heroes, brother brother relationship, killer clown, disorder, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
africa
Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
giant bird, stranded, american civil war, desert island, island, castaway, submarine, survival, civil war, balloon, monster, ocean ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1800s, year 1961, year 1865 ...
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, France, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
breathtaking, action adventure, stylized, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
medieval, teenager, obsessive quest, lifesaver, warrior, imaginary kingdom, game, skill, computer game, virtual reality, battles, sent to the past ...
Place:
china, ancient china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
goofy hero, getting home, cat, youth, friendship, imaginary kingdom, disorder, talking cat, impersonating a police officer, child, rescue, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2003
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits. Larry tries desperately to keep the museum ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, mystical, hilarious, predictable ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
magical, dinosaur, escapades, tour guide, security guard, disorder, statue comes to life, museum, transformation, objects come to life, pharaoh, new job ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, stone age, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, rome italy, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style:
exciting, light, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
alien, alien contact, space opera, space battle, teenager, battles, outer space, computer game, space and aliens, heroic mission, destiny, good versus evil ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 90s, future
Place:
california
Similarity:
67%
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