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Turn Right by the Yellow Dog (2003)
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Turn Right by the Yellow Dog (2003)
Original name: Til højre ved den gule hund
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A fair point, considering the father happens to be dead! Philip is a successful architect with little or no time for his 16-year-old son. When his own father dies, Philip suddenly realises the pain of having been abandoned years ago. Enter Karl, a charming old rogue who claims to have been a close friend of Philip's dad. Philip invites Karl to stay at his house, where Karl quickly becomes a surrogate father-figure for both Philip and his son. But just as Philip's mind starts to open, the truth about Karl threatens to emerge, and soon both men are in for big surprises in this heartwarming, bittersweet comedy about a man's struggle to make peace with his dead father.
Plot: dog, death, family relations, theater, funeral, flying, father son relationship, garden, retirement home, cigar smoking, broken arm

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, humorous, semi serious and light films with plots about family relations, dog, father son relationship, youth, death, pets and parents and children mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Turn Right by the Yellow Dog: The Handcuff King (2002), Digger (1993), Domestic (2012), Don Quixote's Children (1966), Summerdog (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Handcuff King (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Finland, Sweden, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It is winter in the mid-1970s in Tornio, a village near the northern border between Finland and Sweden. Esko is a boy with a lot of problems. He has succeeded in getting on the wrong side of his gang.
Plot: family relations, childhood, leukemia, friendship, death, father son relationship
Time: 70s
Place: eastern europe
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Digger (1993)
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young boy is sent to live with relatives when his parents break up. He befriends a dying boy who has an eerie connection with nature.
Style: independent film
Plot: coming of age, dog, family relations, heart disease, father son relationship, boy, friendship, parents, psychic, young
Time: year 1993
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Domestic (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Romania, Germany
Duration: 82 min.
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Plot: unsettling, coming of age, loss of daughter, rabbit, killing an animal, animal, human animal relationship, cat, pigeon, bird, children, blood ...
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Don Quixote's Children (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The head of maternity clinic is nicknamed Don Quixote by his neighbors. He spends days and nights with newborn children, forgetting about his own growing sons.
Plot: family relations, father son relationship, hospital, don quixote, lonely man, soviet
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Summerdog (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Plot: family relations, vacation, landlord, dog, pets
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Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An embittered WWII veteran returns to his grandfather's home in the Louisiana woods. The old man helps his grandson readjust by giving him two hound dog puppies to care for.
Style: independent film
Plot: dog, canine, hunting, family relations, animal
Time: 1900s
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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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Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
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Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of the legendary German Shepherd who was found by American pilot Lee Duncun in France during World War I, and later became the most famous animal star in Hollywood history.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, touching, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
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Duration: 110 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 84 min.
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Duration: 91 min.
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