Movies like My Ghost Dog
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My Ghost Dog (1997)
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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:
exciting, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
dog, youth, family relations, ghost, heroes, wizards and magicians, friends, rescue, family life, supernatural ability, invisibility, animal life, disorder, blind ambition, magic trick, death, talking dog, bully, puppy, boy, stepfather, last will and testament, avarice, parrot, death of mother ...
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Most similar movies to My Ghost Dog
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and touching films with plots about family relations, friends, youth, disorder, dog, family life and heroes mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like My Ghost Dog: A Dog's Tale (2000), Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998), Bailey's Billion$ (2005), A Halloween Puppy (2012), A Christmoose Carol (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, touching, humorous, semi serious, exciting
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, child as adult, mischievous children, wish come true, escapades, treasure hunt, heroes, hopes, daring rescue, disorder, family life, pets ...
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95%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, family relations, rescue, animals, disorder, animal life, friends, family life, getting home, misfit, young heroes, youth ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, sweet
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
talking dog, pets, dog, inheritance, friendship, mischievous children, cons and scams, golden retriever, family relations, disorder, friends, best friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A boy accidentally turns his mom's boyfriend into a dog.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
halloween, dog, human becoming an animal, magic, youth, best friends, curses spells and rituals, family relations, friendship, stupid kid, disorder, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bullied young boy befriends a flying, talking moose that crashed through his ceiling after a test-flight with Santa went terribly awry in this holiday film for the whole family. But later, just as Mr. Moose and Beril strike up a friendship, the ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, preschoolers, kids
Plot:
christmas, family relations, friendship, heroes, youth, escapades, santa claus, children, animal life, new year, hunter, winter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, bavaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Films like Ramona and Beezus
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, touching
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dog, youth, friendship, against the odds, odd couple, young heroes, parents and children, adoption, fish out of water, disorder, rescue, mischievous children ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, friendship, pets, suburbs, birthday, stupid kid, invisibility, when the parents are away, farce, friends, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fall into puppy love with “the world’s worst dog”, who now has a frisky voice and an attitude to match. Join Marley for his mischievous puppy years, as he and his summer pal, Bodie Grogan, wreak havoc on a neighborhood dog contest. Marley ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dog, puppy, pets, youth, talking dog, animals, friends, family relations, teenage life, chaos and mayhem, dog training, anthropomorphism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A group of youngsters trying to save their playground from an unscrupulous developer who wants to build a factory there.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, family relations, disorder, friends, mischievous children, family life, factory, friendship, deception, heroes, activism, bicycle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Aussie, a lovable Australian mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's missing Teddy Bear.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, captivating, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, friendship, heroes, rescue, talking dog, getting home, best friends, youth, young heroes, pets, mischievous children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Movies like Marmaduke
626
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, feel good, semi serious, light, road movie ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dog, german shepherd, forceful separation, save the day, on the road, friendship, pets, family life, disorder, youth, road trip, stupid kid ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bailey, an adorable Golden Retriever puppy, is moving! On the road trip to their new home, his family makes a stop and mistakenly leaves Bailey behind. This mischievous and playful pup sets out to find his family and stumbles across ...
Style:
touching, humorous, exciting, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
children, escapades, disorder, animal life, farm, friends, dog, hopes, on the road, starting over, heroes, puppy ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dog, youth, pets, human animal relationship, mischievous children, family life, disorder, reincarnation, parents and children, adoption, friends, family relations ...
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Little Rascals are back in an all-new movie! Join the fun with Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, Petey the dog and the whole gang as they are up to their usual mischief! The Rascals try anything to raise the money needed to save their ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, realistic, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, friends, children, gang, save the day, family relations, goofy hero, disorder, eccentric family, cons and scams, heroes, pets ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
golden retriever, christmas, youth, dog, heist, friendship, disorder, talking dog, family relations, friends, house, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Bhoothnath related movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, wish come true, mischievous children, young heroes, child as adult, friendship, experiment gone awry, teenage life, best friends, rescue, family life, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
dog, animals, youth, saint bernard dog, family relations, friendship, family life, friends, best friends, escapades, heroes, partners ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, friendship, young heroes, legends and myths, rivalry, heroes, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, pets, friends, treasure hunt ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
As soon as Harvey S. Potter descends upon a drought-stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysterious but beautiful crop of balloons. Mystified by the new resident's abilities, the people of the town are mesmerized by Potter, who immediately ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
youth, disney, farm, small town, wizards and magicians, friends, family relations, family life, friendship, wish come true, miraculous event, curses spells and rituals ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the Lowry Family moves from New York to Placerville in California, a golden retriever comes to their house. The family starts to take care of her and the retriever, now named Pilot, has puppies. They give all of the puppies away, but later ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
golden retriever, dog, family relations, pets, family life, puppy, pet dog, lost dog, animal human communication, dead animal, animals, kids and family ...
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Dog Gone similar movies
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
William Byron Hillman's family comedy Quigley stars Gary Busey as a cold-hearted billionaire. Early in the film he dies. After dying, he learns that he will only get into heaven if he learns lessons about compassion and selflessness. In order ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschoolers
Plot:
reincarnation, redemption, hidden identity, disorder, family life, family relations, supernatural, custody, uninhibited rivalry, impossible love, supernatural romance, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer (real football) player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, preschoolers
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, sport team, ambition, friendship, rivalry, family relations, pets, sport, contests and competitions, best friends, animal life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 ⇓
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, romantic, offbeat
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
animals, pets, friends, family life, family relations, talking animals, partners, misfit, disorder, teenage life, youth, fish out of water ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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 ⇓
42%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Here’s the delightful tale of teamwork and adventure your whole family will love! Air Bud is the proud father of five adorable puppies - the hip-hopping B-Dawg, lovely Rosebud, mellow Buddha, dirt-loving Mudbud, and the big fella Budderball - with ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, pre-teens, preschoolers
Plot:
dog, puppy, golden retriever, pets, friendship, partners, buddies, heroic mission, odd couple, daring rescue, disorder, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
During Christmas' holidays, the children of a village split in two gang to play a snowball war. But that half-tone war scattered some bitterness and make more difficult the mutual attirance between Luc, the chief of the assailant and Sophie one ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, semi serious, touching, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
christmas, winter, village life, snow, countryside, village, friends, battles, animal life, family relations, disorder, escapades ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young wizard must create new spells in his magic book before the planets align. His uncle and aunt, powerful mages themselves, help him achieve that. Based on the award-winning Brazilian TV series.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
family relations, eccentric family, family life, curses spells and rituals, escapades, heroes, young heroes, supernatural ability, youth, save the day, supernatural, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nick's plan to let fate bring his wife to him must be altered because he must replace his father as Santa Claus on December 26. Ernst, the right-hand man to several generations of Santas, generates a list of potential mates. Nick dutifully sets ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, hidden identity, looking for love, road not taken, family problems, couples, love affair, family life, fall in love, parents and children, holiday ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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