Movies like Karlsson on the Roof
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Karlsson on the Roof (1974)
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Original name: Världens bästa Karlsson
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.
Style:
touching, humorous, stylized
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, friends, supernatural ability, dog, friendship, criminal, fire, boy, family relations, neighborhood, brother, little boy, amusement park, soccer, sister, prank, flying man, mistrust, blond boy, imaginary, guitar, bathtub, rooftop, apartment, jumping on a bed ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, 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 touching films with plots about family relations, youth, friends, friendship, disorder, children and parents and children mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Karlsson on the Roof: The Brothers Lionheart (1977), Pippi Longstocking (1969), Pippi Goes on Board (1969), The Borrowers (2011), The Children of Noisy Village (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 106 min.
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Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
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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:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 90 min.
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Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving by borrowing bits and pieces from the large residents who dwell above. After being ...
Style:
touching, humorous, not serious
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family outing, kids, pre-teens
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Children of Noisy Village (Swedish: Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn) is a 1986 film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on books by Astrid Lindgren. The movie starred Anna Sahlin and premiered in December 6, 1986 ...
Style:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Bullerbyn är en liten, liten by i Småland. Där ligger tre gårdar. I Mellangården bor Lisa med sina bröder Lasse och Bosse, i Norrgården bor systrarna Britta och Anna och i Sörgården bor Olle. Ja, och så Kerstin också, Olles lillasyster. ...
Style:
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Place:
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29%
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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