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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!
Style: funny, humorous, light, surreal, talky, stylized, feel good, sweet, intense, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: middle school, childhood, teenager, child protagonist, high school, fat boy, bullying, boy, high school life, coming of age, child, peer pressure, redemption, elementary school, chase, diary, adolescence, teacher, humiliation, friends falling out, bully, youth, misfit, honest, mother son relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: guatemala, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and light films with plots about youth, teenager, family relations, coming of age, childhood, boy and friendship mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Problem Child (1990), Heavy Weights (1995), D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), Lizzie McGuire (2001), Dennis the Menace (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Back in middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: family life, sibling rivalry, family relations, high school life, teenage life, social misfits, siblings relations, parents and children, friends, child, middle school, diary ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?
Style: humorous, entertaining, touching, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: childhood, child, mischievous children, kids and family, best friend, friendship between boys, parents and children, lifestyle, coming of age, youth, summer vacation, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
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, sweet, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: childhood, bad luck, job interview, child's point of view, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, family relations, birthday party, coming of age, friends, mischievous children ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you ...
Style: entertaining, light, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: middle school, child protagonist, humour, school, children, rules, teenager, best friend, dream, child, against the rules, talent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Problem Child (1990)
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, hilarious, light, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: adoption, mischievous children, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, children, child hero, child, friends, dark humor, kidnapping, childhood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
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Heavy Weights (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick ...
Style: funny, cult classic, feel good, romantic comedy, spectacular ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: summer camp, childhood, obesity, overweight, camp, fat boy, coming of age, bullying, youth, fitness, teenager, summer ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
 6.6
 20K
Lizzie McGuire (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Lizzie McGuire is an American live-action teen sitcom, which features an animated version of the title character performing soliloquy. The animated sequences were interspersed with the show's live-action sequences. It premiered on the Disney ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, witty, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: youth, female protagonist, friendship, teenage life, family relations, siblings relations, school, teenager, middle school, high school, popular girl, teenage girl ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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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 ⇓
100%
 5.4
 73K
Richie Rich (1994)
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, slapstick, epic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: wealth, children, rich and poor, childhood, friendship, butler, youth, money, adolescence, when the parents are away, superhero, billionaire ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ 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 ⇓
100%
 7.9
 177K
Wonder (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: bullying, child, school, middle school, friendship, happy ending, father son relationship, deformity, family relations, fight, hospital, science teacher ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
Style: feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: summer vacation, youth, family relations, mischievous children, competition, young heroes, amusement park, escapades, disorder, friendship, female protagonist, girl ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.
Style: humorous, touching, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: childhood, school, underdog, friendship, mischievous children, happy ending, kids and family, teenager, parents and children, family relations, disorder, chaos and mayhem ...
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The War with Grandpa (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sixth-grader Peter is pretty much your average kid—he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently widowed grandfather Ed moves in with Peter’s family, the boy is forced to give up his most ...
Style: light, entertaining, funny, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, boy, elderly, family conflict, grandfather grandson relationship, friendship, resentment, bullying, grandfather, love, family feud, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Disney's Air Bud (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The ...
Style: inspirational, light, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, chick flick, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, golden retriever, basketball, animal, pets, friendship, happy ending, unlikely friendships, childhood, small town, human spirit, young heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington state, seattle, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 94K
Sky High (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Style: feel good, entertaining, exciting, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: superhero, high school, young heroes, friendship, supernatural ability, heroes, superhuman powers, coming of age, good versus evil, best friends in love, teenage life, super powers ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 14K
Snow Day (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed..
Style: feel good, humorous, melancholic, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: snow, love triangle, chase, youth, school, teenage girl, mischievous children, high school, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, teenage boy, swimming pool ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, 2000s
Place: new york, antarctic, new york state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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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 ⇓
100%
 5.5
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Hoot (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
Style: touching, entertaining, feel good, humorous, tropical ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: owl, school, fish out of water, justice, environmentalism, bully, save the day, vandalism, misfit, teenager, youth, environmental issue ...
Time: year 2006
Place: florida, montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off course thanks to Greg's newest scheme to get to a video gaming convention.
Style: road movie, light, humorous, entertaining, funny
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot: road trip, travel, boy, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family life, diary, mother son relationship, trip, on the road, parenthood, journey ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's the story about seven very different best friends, and one summer that will bring them together like never before.
Style: light, feel good, semi serious, humorous, sad ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: friendship, camp, nanny, coming of age, children, childhood, teenager, bullying, teenage life, parents and children, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.1
 6K
The Clique (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, popularity, outcast, leadership, bullying, school, teenage girl, group of friends, love and romance, teenage love, teenager, fashion ...
Place: usa, new york, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Growing Up Smith (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his ...
Style: intercultural, humorous, captivating, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot: first love, adolescence, father son relationship, vegetarian, bullying, nostalgia, culture clash, halloween, small town, deer hunting, brother sister relationship, boy with glasses ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.7
 97K
Flipped (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: first love, fall in love, childhood, love and romance, young love, adolescence, teen romance, childhood sweetheart, school, teenage love, neighbor, unrequited love ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1963 ...
Place: usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide is an American live action sitcom on Nickelodeon that debuted in the Nickelodeon Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12, 2004. The series' actual pilot episode aired on September 7, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: school, teenager, friendship, high school life, teenage life, survival, teaching the ways of the world, friends, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, buddies, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.5
 14K
Rocket Science (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style: clever, sincere, psychological, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: high school, coming of age, debate, teenager, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, nothing goes right, contests and competitions, misfit, teacher ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.5
 15K
Cadet Kelly (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: military school, cadet, teenage life, teenager, fish out of water, teaching the ways of the world, military base, contests and competitions, youth, ambition, parents and children, disorder ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.9
 20K
Lemonade Mouth (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The story follows five disparate high school students - Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the high school ...
Style: humorous, light, realistic, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: youth, high school, friendship, teenage life, friends, lifestyle, music band, artists and showbiz, self discovery, follow your dream, high school life, ambition ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.5
 15K
North (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to ...
Style: light, stylized, melancholic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: child protagonist, wish come true, parent child relationship, child as adult, child prodigy, child's point of view, adoption, travel, young heroes, self discovery, rebelliousness, mischievous children ...
Place: alaska, hawaii, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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