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Jim and the Pirates (1987)
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Original name: Jim & piraterna Blom
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jim Olsson, eight years old, lives in a small, boring town.His father has passed away recently but comes back in Jim's fantasies to tell stories. In his daydreams Jim has all kinds of adventures.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coming of age, ghost, supernatural, youth, family relations, parents and children, small town, social relations, small town life, dealing with death, pirate, death, restaurant, surrealism, dreaming, afterlife, adventure, family
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and realistic films with plots about youth, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, friendship, friends and small town mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Jim and the Pirates: Bert: The Last Virgin (1995), Down and Derby (2005), Sixten (1994), Buster's World (1984), Bobby and the Ghost Hunters (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Lotta is a five old girl living in Sweden with her mother, father, brother and sister. She is living the very normal life of all children of her age...
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
scandinavian culture, young love, family relations, riding a bicycle, youth, mischievous children, rebelliousness, parents and children, children
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film is based on a series of immensely popular Swedish children's books, about the boy Bert, who is just hitting puberty and having the usual problems with it. But that's where the usual ends abruptly.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
looking for sex, loss of virginity, youth, love and romance, coming of age, family relations, parents and children, high school hunk, teenage love, teenage life, high school, teacher ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A local Pinewood Derby competition transforms an average group of dads into overzealous rivals desperate to build the winning car. As egos swell, the kids are lucky if they get to pick the paint color. While the dads are busy with outlandish ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, disorder, optimism, athlete's life, contests and competitions, family life, parents and children, child as adult, sport team, underdog, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
164
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
13 year old Sixten really wants his father to meet someone he can marry. Without telling his father, he and his friends write an ad for the personal sections.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Plot:
single parent, family relations, disorder, coming of age, youth, dishonesty, love and romance, hidden identity, mistaken identity, looking for love, teenage love, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The television series was based on a play by Danish author Bjarne Reuter. In 1984 Reuter published his collection Tre skuespil ("Three Plays"); a collection containing also En dag i Hector Hansens liv ("A Day in the Life of Hector ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
coming of age, boy, family relations, wizards and magicians, performer's life, young heroes, hopes, misfit, youth, artists and showbiz, against the odds, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Zachary Beaver, a sideshow attraction also known as the world's fattest boy, arrives in the sleepy town of Granger, Texas.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, friendship, friendship between boys, teenage life, self discovery, mischievous children, parents and children, family relations, best friends, young heroes, starting over, fat boy ...
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sanne (Hanna Obbeek) loves stories about ghosts and other mysterious things. Her father Lucas, is a famous ghost hunter. During a holiday Lucas is asked to chase ghosts of the former cruise ship 'Rotterdam'. Sanne is very happy to hear she ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, semi serious, exciting
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
ghost, ship, heroes, young heroes, family relations, parents and children, teenage life, supernatural, youth, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, coming of age ...
Place:
holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Buddy is an abandoned young cocker spaniel waiting dejectedly in his cage for a kind, new owner to adopt him. Suddenly, Billy, a little boy whose hair is as red as Buddy's, appears. It's love at first sight and the beginning of a great ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, not serious, light, contemplative
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, boy and dog, dog, parents and children, family relations, silly humor, babies and infants, pets, disorder, coming of age
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Public Defender Eddie is a widower with a 13 year-old daughter, Naomi. A classic workaholic, Eddie has been M.I.A. for most of Naomi's big moments. But when an unfortunately timed accident gives Eddie the opportunity to become the "Team ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, parents and children, treasure hunt, family life, camp, siblings relations, family relations, friends, summer camp, forest, jealousy, embarrassment ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by award winning author Wally Lamb. A vivid slice of 1960s life, Wishin' and Hopin' is a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been-and how far we've come. In the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, coming of age, youth, small town, substitute teacher, catholic school, parents and children, teachers and students, family relations, friendship, exchange student, small town life ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place:
connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chip, the android boy is back. This time, he is off to college, suffering from a computer virus and in love with Roberta, another android. Will there be a happy ending?
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
love affair, cyborgs, new world, college, computer virus, programmer, power relations, social relations, family relations, androids and robots, a.i., human nature ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An amusing coming of age tale from Lotte Svendsen's Max-universe. Now 14, Max is about to decide on an internship and is finding it difficult to choose. He settles, against his mother's wishes, for a bank internship. But mother Agnethe, ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, not serious, feel good, light
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
family relations, teenage life, parents and children, youth, mother, son, mother son relationship, coming of age
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
ghost, youth, supernatural, coming of age, small town life, escapades, small town, life after death, young heroes, kids in trouble, heroes, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, youth, family life, family relations, haunted by the past, parents and children, mysterious character, friendship, coming of age, holiday, christmas movie
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Havoc is created in a small Southern community when a 12-year-old shows up, causing a couple 13-year-old friends to fall in love with her, thus possibly jeopardizing their friendship.
Style:
touching, feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coming of age, youth, love triangle, friendship, small town, teenage life, teenage love, fall in love, social relations, society, mute, single mother ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947
Place:
alabama, usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Funny family comedy based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
small town, young at heart, friends, mischievous children, young heroes, heroes, buddies, youth, escapades, coming of age, young lovers, friendship ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
czech republic, europe, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. Uneducated, she relies on her street smarts to clean up the town.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, campaign, family life, society, small town life, ambition, uneducated, family relations, small town, parents and children, food, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
'Grand Champion' weaves the tale of a spunky young boy named Buddy and his prize-winning calf, Hokey, as they climb from the underdog position and up through the ranks of several Texas stock shows to ultimately win the coveted title of ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
small town, underdog, ambition, human spirit, rise to the top, rivalry, friendship, family life, buddies, redemption, hopes, horse ...
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
This family comedy is about, Zack, an 8-year old American boy who is separated from his 18-year old sister, as they arrive in Paris for a family vacation. Seth, and friends track Zack down.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, young heroes, chase, disorder, kids in trouble, youth, family relations, friends, coming of age, amateur detective, friendship, family life ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
What starts out as a boring day for Bobby, Johnnie and Chuck quickly escalates into a riotous backyard adventure. A swarming beehive, a lawn mower with a mind of its own, a mysterious junkman and the neighborhood bully are just some of the hilarious ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, friendship, mischievous children, young heroes, disorder, teenage life, buddies, small town, summer vacation, heroes, friends, when the parents are away ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young boy develops a passion for archeology and tries to unravel the truth about his ancestry.
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, family relations, parents and children, curses spells and rituals, small town, riddles and clues, chaos and mayhem, small town life, young heroes, escapades, coming of age, obsessive quest ...
Time:
90s, 50s
Place:
congo, holland, brussels, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series.
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, horse, coming of age, scandinavian culture, childhood, orphan, women, monkey, friendship, sibling relationship, escapades, mischievous children ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four kids - Eugen, Wrigley, Bäschteli and Eduard - leave for an adventure around Switzerland, searching for the fabulous treasure of Titicaca Lake, discovered by Fritzli Bühler.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, treasure hunt, friends, childhood, escapades, on the road, mountain, leaving home, youth, journey, farmer, teenage life ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, family life, contests and competitions, disorder, love and romance, nothing goes right, family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, father son relationship, coming of age, feud ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, rich and poor, coming of age, rich, man child, power relations, family relations, society, americana, parents and children, family life, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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, humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
female protagonist, school, disorder, family relations, family life, teenage life, starting over, coming of age, teachers and students, hopes, children, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
School... there is the popular crowd. Teachers favor some students over others. Because of this, Violet decides to start a school paper, which exposes many embarrassing secrets of popular kids who think they run the campus.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, high school life, social relations, teenage life, teenage love, coming of age, suburbs, friendship, misfit partners, lifestyle, misfit, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 14 year old boy named Gunther moves to a small town with his parents and little brother. He meets up with a group of overly charitable paper boys who want him to sub for their friend while he's out of town. Gunther agrees so he can get enough ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, touching, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bully, youth, small town life, small town, friends, baseball, gang, adolescent girl, teenager, teenage boy, coming of age, disney ...
Time:
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Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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, family relations, widower, friends, pets, parents and children, disorder, single parent, mischievous children, youth, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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:
family outing, kids, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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