Movies like The Jennie Project
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The Jennie Project (2001)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Hugo Archibald is a doctor and brings home a wide variety of exotic animal species. The latest animal he brings home is a chimpanzee named Jennie. Dr. Archibald is not home very much, and Andrew feels he does not care about him. And Lea his wife does not want Jennie, and says she makes trouble. But the children take an instant liking to her. Jennie is unique in that she is learning to use and understand sign language. Jennie becomes an important part of Archibald family and Dr. Archibald's son, Andrew develops a close relationship with her. Jennie loves the things Andrew does, such as baseball and comic books. Jennie is also there for Andrew when he and his father disagree. A doctor Pamela Prentiss starts training with Jennie. She does not agree with the way Jennie is being cared for, and is seen as being rude to the Archibald family. She teaches Jennie sign language in a way that Jennie does not understand, but Lea finds a way she understands.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
disney, animals, monkey, animal protagonist, animal that acts human, deaf, family relations, chimpanzee, table, liquid, adventure
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, semi serious, touching and humorous films with plots about friendship, family relations, friends, animals, youth, dog and animal life mostly in Family, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Jennie Project: The Wolf and the Lion (2021), A Christmoose Story (2013), The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2007), Hanni & Nanni (2010), A Dog Named Christmas (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After her grandfather's death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home - a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable ...
Style:
feel good, sincere, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
animals, lion, wolf, dangerous animal, human animal relationship, animal human communication, friendship, human animal friendship, friends, animal lover, animal training, animal that acts human ...
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95%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world.
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
knight, adventurer, unlikely hero, friendship, battles, teamwork, fight, country, squire
Time:
16th century
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82%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the best-selling novel, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY brings to life the tale of an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a large, talking moose. Young Max has low expectations for his first Christmas after his parents’ divorce, when suddenly ...
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feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, save the day, escapades, friendship, coming of age, disorder, friends, talking animals, gift, boy, santa claus, new year ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Secret of the Magic Gourd follows the wondrous adventures of a young schoolboy named Wang Bao. When Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, feel good, light, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
magical object, family relations, friends, hopes, disney, desire, youth, little boy, friendship, escapades, rivalry, journalism ...
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A drama centered around twins attending the same boarding school.
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humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
twins, friendship, youth, mischievous children, disorder, social relations, couples, school, children, teenager, family relations, friends ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Meet nine-year old Saige, a talented artist with a passion for horses, in this modern-day story about finding your voice! Saige is excited about the new school year, until she discovers that art-her favorite class-has been cut. On top of that, her ...
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, horse, family relations, friendship, school, balloon, art, friends, female protagonist, teenage girl, singing
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas ...
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touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, dog, adoption, boy dog relationship, pets, animals, family relations, animal shelter, friendship, social relations, pet owner relationship, society ...
Time:
50s
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A youth (Russ Hanson) attempts to re-introduce a domesticated wolf to the wild.
Style:
captivating, serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
wolf, animals, wilderness, animal life, mistaken identity, fish out of water, heroes, survival, misfit, escapades, on the run, father son relationship ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant ...
Style:
visually appealing, sincere, touching, sweet, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
animals, circus, gorilla, human animal relationship, friendship, animal rights, talent, affection, animal that acts human, animal life, unlikely friendships, getting home ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
491
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences. Because of Rascal, both father and son realize their ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, sentimental, touching, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
disney, youth, family relations, nature, camp, animals, young heroes, misfit, getting home, pets, best friends, mischievous children ...
Time:
60s
Place:
wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, gothic, sad
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
hound dog, friendship, dog, follow your dream, contests and competitions, family relations, hunting, wilderness, animals, best friend, youth, american history ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
795
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin's hunting dogs, and Émile's wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin's cook and housekeeper, ...
Style:
serious, feel good, touching, sentimental
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, disney, animal life, youth, camp, puppy love, countryside, nature, orphan, friends, family relations, coming of age ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An all-new Disney holiday classic is born - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. Starring a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever - Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble - it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
dog, santa claus, christmas, family relations, animal life, stowaway, disorder, pets, friends, youth, family gatherings, disney ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Kassie and her friends stumble across an old, broken pocket watch they begin an unexpected journey to unlock the secret of the legendary Garrison Gold. They'll have to solve riddles and follow clues to find the lost treasure. With the help ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
treasure hunt, escapades, best friends, youth, pets, young heroes, journey, friendship, dog, rivalry, christmas, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
animals, killer whale, human animal relationship, freedom, friendship, animal life, animal training, children, ocean, happy ending, childhood, rescue ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Style:
serious, touching, realistic
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46%
Genre: Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a baby kangaroo gets accidentally swept up in a jewelry heist, she becomes separated from her mother for the first time in her young life. Alone and frightened, a worldly teenage girl Ella, who also knows the pain of losing her mother, ...
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satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
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family outing
Plot:
talking animals, human animal relationship, animal that acts human, teamwork, robbery, friendship, criminal, interracial friendship, animal life, burglar, animals, heist ...
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45%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, feel good, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
animals, coming of age, childhood, seal the animal, friendship, orphan, youth, small town, magic, adoption, single father, runaway ...
Time:
year 1962, 90s, 60s
Place:
maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
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touching, humorous, melancholic, road movie, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
dog, disney, cat, animals, wilderness, friendship, beautiful scenery, pets, switching places, vengeance, secrets, island ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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realistic, semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous ...
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kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Films like Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Rufus is a dog but turns into a human with a pendant. He meets a girl named Kat who asks him to go out. Kat is a cat who can also turn into a human as well.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, semi serious, romantic, captivating
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family outing, kids, teens
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dog, animals, turned into an animal, body transformation, human becoming an animal, couple relations, couples, love interest, black cat, shapeshifting, male female relationship, love story ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest problem will be avoiding tap water, but bringing his three children will prove to be more troublesome
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semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
disney, vacation, sea, family relations, family vacation, disorder, once in a lifetime opportunity, nothing goes right, mischievous children, youth, love and romance, fish out of water ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, friendship, pets, family relations, coming of age, farm, single parent, dog, teaching the ways of the world, redemption, friends, hopes ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young American boy spends his summer in Ireland and solves the mystery that captivates the entire village. Driven by curiosity and his own search for meaning in life, he faces his fears and discovers the Secret of the Cave.
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, captivating
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, family relations, young heroes, supernatural, escapades, miraculous event, legends and myths, parents and children, village, christian, treasure hunt, ghost ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Lindenhof School is expecting a busload of proper young English ladies as exchange students. The shock is great when the students turn out to be teenage boys! But while Mademoiselle Bertoux is delighted to stage “Romeo and Juliet” with real ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Style:
sad, depressing, emotional, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, animals, youth, great depression, soul searching, camp, childhood, friendship, countryside, coming of age, family relations, pets ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ida has a hard time making friends. One day, her weird class teacher announces that everyone in the class will have a magical animal with them. Ida is put to the side of the fox Rabbat. Benni, just like Ida also an outsider, has the turtle Henrietta ...
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Audience:
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38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Up to now, Nickel (9) and his single dad Thomas have been managing very well together. Then Nickel goes on a school excursion and brings the little piglet Rudy back with him in his rucksack. Once he´s home, he makes a terrifying discovery: dad has ...
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funny, humorous, semi serious, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
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38%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Style:
touching, sweet, feel good, exciting, campy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, cat, wilderness, talking animals, disney, pets, beautiful scenery, unlikely friendships, friendship, animals, childhood, fish out of water ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, california, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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