Movies like We Bought a Zoo
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We Bought a Zoo (2011)
159K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
Style:
touching, feel good, romantic, emotional, inspirational, sincere, sentimental, uplifting, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
animal, single father, happy ending, zoo, coping, kids and family, starting over, beautiful scenery, tiger, parenthood, countryside, father son relationship, children, parents and children, little girl, teenage girl, family life, courage, family relations, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, zookeeper, woman, babe scientist, loss of spouse ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, california, united states, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, sentimental and sweet films with plots about family, family relations, happy ending, storytelling, runaway, dialogue and mentor mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like We Bought a Zoo: The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Marley & Me (2008), Wonder (2017), The Intern (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, inspirational, feel good, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
horse, horse race, racehorse, honest, life philosophy, redemption, animal, hopes, horse riding, animal training, children, secrets ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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195K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, touching, uplifting, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Slovakia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, sentimental, period piece, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
coming of age, uncle nephew relationship, childhood, fish out of water, greed, courage, lion, youth, misfit, bittersweet, country, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, africa, middle east, austin texas, usa ...
Similarity:
75%
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106K
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, feel good, sweet, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1957, 2010s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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100%
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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75%
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, cute ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, date night, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: China, India, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sweet, sincere, touching, sad ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, heartbreaking, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, feel good, teen, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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TV show
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
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Country: UK, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
141K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, sentimental, sincere, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, sentimental, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
north carolina, chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
97K
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, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, children, single father, single parent, small town, kids and family, grief, teenager ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1972, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sad, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, India
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Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
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