Movies like Angel in Training
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Angel in Training (1999)
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Desi has two big problems: her cartoonist father is being duped by a sexy, money-hungry agent, and she needs to find a date for a friend's birthday party. An apprentice angel is sent to Earth to help Desi deal with the situation.
Plot:
tomboy, angel, youth, afterlife, family relations, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, death of mother
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and touching films with plots about family relations, youth, father daughter relationship, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, parents and children and husband wife relationship mostly in Family, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like Angel in Training: Charley and the Angel (1973), The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982), The Littlest Angel (1969), Mel (1998), My Brother the Pig (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
disney, afterlife, redemption, youth, family relations, guardian angel, couples, hopes, love and romance, human spirit, unfulfillment, gangsters ...
Time:
1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Andy LeBeau is a fallen angel of sorts. He keeps messing up and causing trouble in angel training. The archangel, Michael, decides to give him one more shot. His mission: Help out the problems of three cases. First, the Desautel family, who are on ...
Plot:
african american, boy, mentor, family relations, afterlife, guardian angel, football, angel, child's point of view, redemption, dysfunctional family, reconciliation ...
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79%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Adapted from the book by Charles Tazewell. Michael, a shepherd boy living in Biblical times, finds himself transported to Heaven on his eighth birthday. Michael doesn't fully understand where he is, or why he's there. A guardian angel ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
holiday, christmas, afterlife, youth, supernatural, heaven, god, supernatural romance, wish come true, ancient history, death in the family, destiny ...
Time:
1st century b.c.
Place:
jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
267
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, the legend of Swanson Lake is kept by one man, Bill (Ernest Borgnine). And he's not about to surrender it! When Bill's grandsons come for a summer visit, they stumble into a big-time adventure ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, flying, turtle, family relations, friends, heroes, young heroes, rescue, parents and children, boy, children, little boy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you act like an animal, you just may become one!
Style:
humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, nanny, family relations, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, family life, mischievous children, prank, ghost, animal life, disorder, brother sister relationship ...
Place:
france, europe, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Films like Yes Day
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Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention to the new baby, Tony. Now at 35, his sole friend reappears to help her.
Plot:
friendship, imaginary friend, self esteem, family relations, parent child relationship, father daughter relationship, nightmare
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Kyle (Jameson Baltes) and Evie (Brittney Bowman) Preston start exploring the grounds of their late grandmother's house they discover an old, abandoned mine shaft and soon find that the old lady's stories about fairies trapped ...
Plot:
writers, pluto, magical creature, youth, mine, cancer, gold mine, cure, brother sister relationship, inheritance, terminal illness, fairy ...
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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, stupid kid, dog, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While on location in a spooky Italian villa with his Hollywood big-shot mom and her dorky boyfriend, twelve-year-old Kevin befriends a Renaissance-era girl ghost who helps him cause unrest on the set.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ghost, youth, childhood love, children, friendship, parents and children, misfit, young heroes, supernatural, mischievous children, hopes, friends ...
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Take a roller coaster ride full of high octane adventure as 12 year old Sammy takes to the skies. With the help of a magical flying skateboard, Sammy ends up the hottest skateboarder in town. But a group of local thrashers don't like the extra ...
Plot:
family relations, child, skateboard, magical object
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, stylized, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, forest, curses spells and rituals, siblings relations, escapades, parents and children, coming of age, witch, cannibalism, countryside, isolation, childhood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Vegas wedding spells trouble back at home, as Carrie (Bissett) and Jim (Estes) each break the news to their kids. Can the newlyweds -- and their new household -- survive?
Style:
funny, satirical, captivating, humorous, entertaining
Plot:
remarry, wedding, husband wife relationship, parents and children, large family, relationships, family problems, family relations, mother daughter relationship, satire, father daughter relationship, mother son relationship ...
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn the tide of events and change their lives forever.
Style:
sincere, feel good, captivating, thought provoking, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, guardian angel, orphan, wish come true, christmas wish, miraculous event, making a wish, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, family relations, desire, husband wife relationship ...
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45%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, offbeat
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, youth, single parent, nothing goes right, family life, siblings relations, child as adult, teenage girl, magic, mother, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Little Rehor isn't allowed to play with the other boys. His only friend is the girl next door, Luci. Rehor's father is doctor on a boat and he has sent Rehor a package with butterfly larvae. When they hatch he discover a fairy who can do ...
Style:
anime, fairy tale, touching, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
magical creature, family relations, parents and children, butterfly, flying, puppet, ship captain, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, magic, moon, fairy ...
Place:
czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the housekeeper over whether to nurture it.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, atmospheric, serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, orphan, friendship, young heroes, obsessive quest, save the day, destiny, escapades, estate, child's point of view, secret, child ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The search for a mystical pony in Ireland.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, magical creature, family relations, unicorn, magic, escapades, heroes, adventurer, rivalry, good versus evil, mischievous children ...
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This romantic fantasy movie is about two people who are the last survivors of an ancient line of goddess worshipers, who sell art at a shop. When their teenage daughter Rhea falls in love with a poetically inclined boy , she begins to develop ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, light, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, wizards and magicians, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, teenage love, magical power, painting, secret, super powers, witchcraft, child, pagan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Stuck in their late Grandfather's country cottage with no TV, Anthea, Robert and Chris are resigned to a boring week until they find a mouldy old carpet and a strange golden egg. But when the egg accidentally falls into the bonfire, it hatches ...
Plot:
youth, family relations, surrealism, egg, cottage, bird, quest, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The night before Christmas, dad has to stop his two excited children from fighting. But Scoop hates his sister Hela and wishes her dead. Everything they say and do comes true in an unreal parallel world. Hela decides to become a Ghost and haunt ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, serious, offbeat
Plot:
christmas, youth, family relations, ghost, scoop, soldier, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, siblings relations, christmas eve, brother sister relationship, surrealism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, emotional, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, disney, coming of age, dysfunctional family, redemption, bittersweet, small town, magic, death, children ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story revolves around 11-year-old Jessica (Juliet Sorcey), whose mother died when she was three years old. Her father Jim (Doug Sheehan) is a workaholic with little time for his daughter. Just before the Christmas holiday season, Jessica wins a ...
Style:
romantic, semi serious, touching, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, family relations, single parent, parents and children, miraculous event, youth, winter, holiday, shoplifter, father daughter relationship, beauty, department store ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Imagine if you'd had a six-foot tall monster to help you through the rough times when you were 11! Willy is terrified about moving into the family's new house. He's convinced it's filled with evil space aliens out to get him. In ...
Style:
sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, friends, buddies, psychosis, family relations, mischievous children, bear, friendship, supernatural, imaginary friend, shopping mall, parents and children ...
Place:
canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dog's ghost returns to help boy win a custody battle, fight bullies and find his loving but shy step-dad a nice girlfriend.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, sentimental, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, family relations, rescue, heroes, ghost, supernatural ability, blind ambition, disorder, animal life, friends, wizards and magicians ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, Andrew married his childhood sweetheart, Beth. Now Andrew's a high-powered literary agent, but his relationship with his wife has not fared as well. When Beth is tragically killed just days before Christmas, an angel gives Andrew ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, captivating
Plot:
angel, death of wife, marriage, second chance, christmas, love and romance, husband wife relationship, winter, afterlife, time, christian, death ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A boy moves into a new town and has difficulty making friends, so he joins the basketball team. Initially experiencing little success, his popularity increases when he convinces a Sasquatch to join the team.
Plot:
bigfoot, youth, christmas, stupid kid, boy, father son relationship, high school basketball, sasquatch, basketball, high school, family relations, mother son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At 14, Amanda is a perfect swimmer and a great student. When the factory where his father works closes and he must go to work in another city, she feels very sad. One morning she meets the McRea, a very nice elderly couple who, like her, cannot live ...
Style:
cult film
Plot:
mermaid, swimming, merman, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, swimsuit, swimming pool
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dear Mr. Cash is a story of ten-year-old Heicke, whose obsession with the music of Johnny Cash, leads her to appoint herself as President of his local fan club.
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, depression, alcoholic, mermaid, alcohol abuse, countryside
Place:
tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An unforgiving sun, a parched earth, and a failed economy have left a small Texas town desolate. For ten years Promise, Texas has known nothing but one curse after another. It's barren, broken, and dying, leaving a town full of despair. When a ...
Style:
christian film, sincere, disturbing, art house, suspenseful
Plot:
angel, boy, hopes, coming of age, christian, faith, religion, youth, miraculous event, mysterious stranger, small town, church ...
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A boy is given a ring by an old witch, he uses the ring to bring upon a magic Christmas that grants him 3 wishes.
Style:
humorous, psychotronic, offbeat
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, imaginary kingdom, supernatural, youth, escapades, wish come true, thanksgiving, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, hopes, disorder, family relations ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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