Movies like Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
65K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
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, surreal, talky, stylized, feel good, sweet, intense, epic, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
middle school, childhood, child protagonist, teenager, peer pressure, coming of age, high school life, fat boy, boy, high school, bullying, child, elementary school, redemption, chase, diary, teacher, adolescence, youth, humiliation, friends falling out, bully, misfit, honest, mother son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
guatemala, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, north america, canada
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Most similar movies to Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, entertaining and realistic films with plots about youth, family, family relations, child, childhood, coming of age and children mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Heavyweights (1995), The Sandlot (1993), Richie Rich (1994), D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), Lizzie McGuire (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 99 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:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
family life, child, boy, middle school, sibling rivalry, diary, family relations, teenage life, high school life, social misfits, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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, touching, entertaining, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
childhood, best friend, kids and family, mischievous children, child, friendship between boys, schoolboy, parents and children, lifestyle, dog, coming of age, amusement park ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
96%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
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, sweet, humorous, teen, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
childhood, bad luck, child's point of view, job interview, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, birthday party, family relations, coming of age, friends, mischievous children ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
australia, usa, north america
Similarity:
89%
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, funny, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
middle school, child protagonist, humour, children, school, teenager, best friend, dream, child, against the rules, talent, escapades ...
Similarity:
85%
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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, feel good, romantic comedy, spectacular, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
obesity, summer camp, bullying, overweight, childhood, fat boy, overweight child, bare chested male, fitness, food, underdog, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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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, sentimental, teen, sweet, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, friendship, childhood, coming of age, dog, adolescence, boy, bullying, small town, child, children, kids and family ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 90s, 50s ...
Place:
utah, california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, feel good, light, slapstick, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
childhood, wealth, friendship, children, rich and poor, youth, money, when the parents are away, adolescence, superhero, billionaire, realism ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
lighthearted, spectacular, epic, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, childhood, hockey player, competition, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
minnesota, iceland, los angeles, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, witty, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, female protagonist, friendship, teenage life, family relations, siblings relations, school, teenager, teenage girl, middle school, popular girl, high school ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
86%
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, slapstick, hilarious, light ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, dark humor, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, disorder, children, child hero, foster child, boy, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, toddlers ...
Plot:
mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, happy ending, nothing goes right, childhood, kids and family, neighbor, boy, troublemaker ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 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:
kids, family outing
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:
78%
195K
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, touching, uplifting, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot:
bullying, friendship, school, child, happy ending, middle school, truancy, deformity, family relations, father son relationship, science teacher, disability ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, 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, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
childhood, happy ending, school, underdog, friendship, revenge, mischievous children, middle school, kids and family, vengeance, teenager, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
75%
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:
funny, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boy, bullying, elderly, family conflict, christmas, friendship, resentment, grandfather grandson relationship, love, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, family feud ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.
Style:
slapstick, humorous, disgusting, epic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
child, children, childhood, school, prank, single parent, fall in love, parents and children, mischievous children, balloon, boy, girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
100K
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, teen, exciting, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, superhero, friendship, supernatural ability, young heroes, superhuman powers, heroes, coming of age, best friends in love, good versus evil, teenage life, super powers ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
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:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
love triangle, teenage girl, chase, youth, school, mischievous children, voice over narration, girl, small town, brother sister relationship, swimming pool, high school ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s
Place:
new york, antarctic, new york state, usa
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
109K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, touching, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, curse, desert, friendship, treasure, camp, destiny, youth, coming of age, interracial romance, children, boy ...
Time:
year 2003, 1890s, 1900s, 19th century, 1850s ...
Place:
texas, usa, north america, latvia
Similarity:
100%
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, bullying, bully, contests and competitions, friendship, parents and children, rivalry, love and romance, friends, family relations ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
teenager, school, 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:
100%
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, entertaining, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
travel, road trip, boy, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family life, diary, mother son relationship, trip, on the road, parenthood, journey ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of ...
Style:
touching, humorous, feel good, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
school, goofy hero, teacher, friends, small town life, high school life, youth, father son relationship, contests and competitions, rivals, high school teacher, family relations ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
9K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 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:
entertaining, touching, feel good, humorous, tropical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
owl, school, adaptation, fish out of water, justice, environmentalism, bully, save the day, vandalism, misfit, teenager, youth ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
florida, montana, usa
Similarity:
50%
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:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, lighthearted, sad ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
children, friendship, nanny, coming of age, childhood, camp, bullying, teenager, teenage life, parents and children, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
connecticut, new york
Similarity:
40%
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, sentimental, entertaining, multicultural, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
first love, adolescence, father son relationship, vegetarian, bullying, halloween, nostalgia, culture clash, small town, deer hunting, brother sister relationship, killing an animal ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, india
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 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:
light, semi serious, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
military school, teenager, cadet, teenage life, fish out of water, teaching the ways of the world, ambition, youth, contests and competitions, parents and children, disorder, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Similarity:
29%
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, teen, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, high school, debate, nothing goes right, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, misfit, contests and competitions, teacher, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, father son relationship, orphan, childhood trauma, imagination, writers, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, children, single father ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
29%
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, feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
female protagonist, bullying, family relations, disorder, teenage life, family life, starting over, coming of age, teachers and students, hopes, children, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
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