Movies like Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
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Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2009)
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track down a jewel thief.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
kids
Plot:
adventure, investigation, heroes, amateur detective, young heroes, save the day, best friends, youth, family, family relations, parents and children, danger, escapades, crimes, detective agency, friends, urban, police investigation, thief, private detective, 13 year old, jewel theft
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, iowa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and captivating films with plots about family, youth, young heroes, heroes, adventure, escapades and danger mostly in Family, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. (2009), Undercover Kids (2004), The Famous Five 2 (2013), Dadnapped (2009), Monster Makers (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ace Wonder is a 10-year-old detective, struggling to find a storyline for his latest novel. When his path tangles with Derek Morton, a simple family mystery becomes a very real case of corporate espionage, scientific discovery, and one coldblooded ...
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Time:
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Place:
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84%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"I will try to be normal" 12-year-old Ace Ventura Jr. promises. Thats cool, except whats normal for him is finding missing mutts, kidnapped kitties or gone gators and creating hilarious chaos every step of the way.
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humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
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kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
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escapades, adventure, rescue, obsessive quest, danger, disorder, uncover truth, family, pets, private detective, heroes, crimes ...
Time:
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84%
Genre: Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Serenity Fall's favorite super sleuth is on the case again! The town is alarmed when a priceless crystal turns up missing. The only suspect seems to be a strange man living in the woods known as Shaman. It's up to Roxy Hunter (Aria ...
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captivating, entertaining, light, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
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amateur detective, investigation, friendship, mischievous children, in the woods, youth, danger, family, shaman, girl, dog, adventure ...
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Luke Perry stars in this heartwarming "tail." Kassie, her friends and her dog, Scoot, organize a holiday fundraiser, but must protect the cash from some crooks in order to save Christmas.
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humorous, feel good, light, sincere, exciting ...
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christmas, animal life, friends, escapades, youth, family, single parent, small town, friendship, family relations, dog, adventure ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Nicole and Nelson are twins with psychic powers. On the first day of school everyone is talking about the recent vandalism at school. Nicole and Nelson decide to go undercover to find the culprit. The twins get child genius George & his high ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, disturbing, humorous
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family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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78%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For their bicycle tour to Catmoor, the friends Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina, called George, and her dog Timmy have long looked forward to. But the camping holiday in the countryside ends with the kidnapping of Dick, confuse the two ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry, only her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is "dadnapped" by a group of overzealous fans, it's up to ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
family, rescue, parents and children, adventure, danger, lifestyle, family relations, kidnapping, siblings relations, crimes, young heroes, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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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, humorous, captivating, sincere
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, talking dog, teddy bear, friendship, adventure, rescue, heroes, getting home, best friends, youth, pets, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Monster Makers is based on Tim Stoker's experience as a Monster movie geek. The monsters in an old non released movie come out of the movie and Tim and his friends in the real world must find a way to stop the monsters.
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany, South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In "The Three Investigators and The Secret of Skeleton Island" the cult detective trio from Rocky Beach, California, fall into a breath-taking mixture of adventure, thriller and mystery. Only by a hairs-breadth did they escape with their ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
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 ...
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feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, adventure, animal life, friendship, young heroes, save the day, treasure hunt, escapades, danger, uninhibited rivalry, legends and myths, family ...
Time:
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Place:
egypt
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63%
Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the sequel to "Winky's Horse", 8-year old Winky looks after the horse of St Nicholas. Then one day the horse runs away.
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feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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63%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is ...
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An adorable group of talking baby-detectives travel to the deserts of Egypt to track down the naughty baby-criminal mastermind, "Big Baby," and his partner, the super-villain "Moriarty."
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Josh Townsend finds himself living in New Mexico after his father's new job requires the family to move from their home in Utah. While acclimating to his new surroundings, Josh becomes involved with a group of teens attempting to preserve the ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Bobby Cole and his dog Chilly are best friends, living happily in their Southern California beach house. But when Bobby's father Patrick (C. Thomas Howell), a single parent and police detective, accepts a job in New York City, ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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 ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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55%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Germany, South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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54%
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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