Movies like A Halloween Puppy
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A Halloween Puppy (2012)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A boy accidentally turns his mom's boyfriend into a dog.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, touching, offbeat, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
human becomes animal, halloween, dog, magic, youth, best friend, curses spells and rituals, family relations, friendship, stupid kid, friends, danger, disorder, witchcraft, spell, transformation, book of magic, family, best friends, human becoming an animal
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to A Halloween Puppy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and light films with plots about family, youth, family relations, disorder, friendship, friends and dog mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like A Halloween Puppy: My Brother the Pig (1999), A Simple Wish (1997), Golden Winter (2012), Christmas Spirit (2011), The Dog Who Saved Halloween (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you act like an animal, you just may become one!
Style:
independent film, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, family relations, nanny, animal life, disorder, mischievous children, prank, danger, ghost, teenage life, family life, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
latin america, france, europe, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, fairy godmother, magic wand, good versus evil, villainess, race against time, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
nebraska, manhattan new york city, oklahoma city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A runaway boy befriends a pack of homeless puppies. Together, they stop a bank robbery and find a family to adopt them all.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
golden retriever, dog, christmas, youth, talking dog, heist, friendship, disorder, family relations, friends, santa claus, narration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A cynical youth whose mother is about to lose her job right before the holidays is visited by a magical Christmas spirit.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, family life, family relations, youth, parents and children, unemployment, supernatural, friendship, miraculous event, dog, stupid kid, christmas season ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Zeus (voiced by Joey Lawrence) and the Bannister family have moved into a new home just in time for Halloween! When Zeus and George (Gary Valentine of "The King of Queens") decide to investigate a creepy neighbor (Lance Henriksen of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
halloween, dog, pets, save the day, disorder, nothing goes right, friendship, animal, ghost, heroes, missing person, animal life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
529
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ever since Robby's father was killed while on police duty, Robby has been angry and alone. His father's old partner, a police dog named Marlowe, suffers the same fate. So when Robby sees Marlowe alone and locked up in a cage he begs his ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, ghost, investigation, family relations, amateur detective, cons and scams, parents and children, friendship, save the day, rivalry, couples, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
FINN ON THE FLY is a madcap comedy filled with wild chases, mistaken identity and young romance.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, offbeat
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
mad scientist, science runs amok, friendship, experiment gone awry, mischievous children, family relations, disorder, misfit, pets, getting home, escapades, boy and dog ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In order to save some kids who are about to die in a fire, Bibi, the daughter of a prestigious witch, manages to trigger a heavy rain with her powers. The head of all witches gives her an award called "Crystal Ball", reserved for older ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
witch, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, magic, youth, parents and children, children, eternal youth, imaginary, coming of age, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
lie, pinocchio, puppet, fish out of water, obsessive quest, mischievous children, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, friendship, rescue, misfit, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Farmer family is in big debts; they might lose their house soon. The seven year old Farmer twins, Kelly and Lynn, decide not to let this happen. They discover that somebody really mean and shrewd is responsible for all the problems of their ...
Style:
spooky, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
twins, halloween, magic, witch, supernatural, mischievous children, youth, impossible love, witchcraft, pumpkin, magic spell, kindness ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
Style:
light, humorous, captivating, scary, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children
Plot:
halloween, bullying, amusement park, friendship, supernatural, danger, magic, small town, evil clown, carnival, entertainment, psychopath ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A mysterious talking cat uses its powers of communication to enrich the lives of two different families, and bring them together.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
talking animal, single parent, cat, family relations, pets, disorder, parents and children, youth, supernatural, brother sister relationship, stupid kid, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
593
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Yorkshire Terrier, competing in a televised singing competition, is separated from her owner by an opportunist dog pound worker.
Style:
road movie, humorous, feel good, light, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dog, talking dog, animal shelter, friendship, family relations, single father, pet owner relationship, dog actor, children, little girl, talking animal, stupid kid ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd is an American television sitcom created by Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, and Nat Bernstein for Nickelodeon. The series ran from October 16, 1999 to April 21, 2002, for 3 seasons.
Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, light, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
bully, talking dog, dog, good deed, punishment, unlikely partners, youth, teenage life, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, teenager, animal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
7K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style:
sentimental, touching, slang, fairy tale, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, magic, childhood, friendship, youth, bittersweet, imagination, loss of mother, death of mother, circus, coming of age, slice of life ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, atmospheric
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
house, supernatural being, magic, black magic, single mother, cat, wizards and magicians, showdown, good versus evil, evil sorcerer, evil wizard, hidden treasure ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
The Christmas Toy is a 1986 Emmy Award nominated television film produced by The Jim Henson Company, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Rugby the Tiger who remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be ...
Style:
mysterious, feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, muppets, toy comes to life, puppet, objects come to life, magical, xmas, best friend, paralysis, holiday, puppetry, toys ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bullied teen stumbles into possession of a top-secret government formula that turns his dog invisible and gives it the power of speech.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, friendship, pets, suburbs, birthday, when the parents are away, stupid kid, invisibility, friends, inventions and discoveries, animal life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
718
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jimmy lives in the tranquil town of Eagle Rock, Louisiana, with his father, stepmother and his best friend Rainy, a German Shepherd. When Jimmy's father gets a promotion, the family must relocate to an apartment in New York City that has a ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
german shepherd, dog, forceful separation, pets, friendship, save the day, on the road, family life, disorder, youth, road trip, stupid kid ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them far across town to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on.
Style:
not serious, semi serious, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, horror for children, preschool
Plot:
dog, youth, buddies, legend, magic, escapades, disorder, supernatural, imaginary, warlock, animal, halloween ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Marnie Piper prepares to begin a new school year, she asks the Halloweentown Hot Witches' Council to work toward openness between Halloweentown and the mortal world. She proposes to bring a group of Halloweentown students to her own high school ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, feel good, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
halloween, witch, magic, supernatural, holiday, hereditary gift of witchcraft, monster, friends, friendship, danger, imaginary, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, pets, human becomes animal, transformation, animal, divorce, parents and children, disorder, parent child relationship, genetic engineering, family life, animal rights ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sabrina and her friend Gwen, while on vacation at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, try to save a secret mermaid colony who's habitat is threatened by ocean pollution.
Style:
teen, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
mermaid, magic, merman, witchcraft, magical, halloween, ocean, best friend, curses spells and rituals, teenage life, teenage love, fall in love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
24%
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637
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
All Ira Finkelstein wants for Christmas is...Christmas. Unfortunately, his parents are sending him to Florida to be with his Grandparents. Ira's spirit soars as he manages to land in Christmas Town, USA, instead.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, youth, follow your dream, disorder, mischievous children, friends, family relations, hopes, switching roles, parents and children, holiday, xmas ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida, washington d.c.
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, exciting
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, child as adult, turned into an animal, mischievous children, treasure hunt, escapades, wish come true, heroes, danger, hopes, daring rescue, family life ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, when the parents are away, mischievous children, nanny, parents and children, disorder, youth, save the day, little boy, friendship, rivalry, babysitter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In October of 1981, Curtis Danko, the creepy kid from the small town of Walker Falls, was killed in a mysterious accident. He left behind a warning to the town: "If you ever have another Halloween again, I will return and destroy you all!" ...
Style:
spooky, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
halloween, ghost, afterlife, small town, mischievous children, supernatural, danger, disorder, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, save the day, pumpkin ...
Place:
minnesota, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, animal, youth, saint bernard dog, family relations, friendship, family life, partner, best friend, friends, escapades, odd couple ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dog, father daughter relationship, widower, family relations, friends, pets, parents and children, disorder, mischievous children, youth, single parent, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
16 year old JULIET BELLO lives on a ranch with her stepmother KIM and two irritating stepbrothers, CRAIG and PETE. Since her father died the ranch has been going downhill, until in desperation Kim has to entertain the offer from businessman ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, parody, light, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, family relations, rivalry, farm, ranch, prank, talking horse, woman riding a horse, stallion, girl horse relationship, stupid kid, talking animal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
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