Movies and TV shows like Pippi Longstocking
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Pippi Longstocking (1969)
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Original name: Pippi Långstrump
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
Pippi Longstocking is a TV series based on Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking children's books. The show ran for thirteen episodes, the first episode being broadcast 8 February 1969 on the then Swedish public service channel Sveriges Radio.
The series' theme song, "Here Comes Pippi Longstocking" was composed by Jan Johansson, with lyrics by Astrid Lindgren. The song was sung by series star Inger Nilsson.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, vintage
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
monkey, youth, nordic, strong female lead, children, redhead girl, strong female character, magic, ape, smart kid, friendship, friends, pets, family relations, best friend, escapades, danger, imaginary, mischievous children, family reunited, small town, disorder, siblings relations, small town life, superhuman powers ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Pippi Longstocking
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and captivating films and TV series with plots about family, youth, friends, family relations, friendship, disorder and children mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Pippi Longstocking: Pippi Goes on Board (1969), Pippi on the Run (1970), Pippi in the South Seas (1970), The Wonderful World of Disney (1997), Bennie Stout (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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:
uplifting, political, social, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
monkey, youth, coming of age, redhead girl, scandinavian culture, adolescence, philosophy, siblings, ape, nordic, orphan, women ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
This is the film version which is a compilation of the 1969 TV Series shown in 13 parts. It is therefore technically the "first" Pippi Långstrump film, although it wasn't released as a film until 1973. Pippi lives alone in ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, feel good, offbeat, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, redhead girl, ape, women, monkey, best friend, disorder, family relations, friends, heroes, imaginary, superhuman powers ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, offbeat, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, redhead girl, strong female lead, monkey, ape, nordic, women, folk hero, child hero, runaway, friends, family relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Pippi in the South Seas (original title is Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven) is a 1970 film, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren with the cast of the 1969 TV series. Pippi, with friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, exciting
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
pirate, monkey, youth, kidnapping, best friend, pirate ship, fortress, redhead girl, bird, women, fictional country, nordic ...
Time:
70s
Place:
fictional island, eastern europe
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the ...
Style:
anthology, teen, semi serious, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
winter, mischievous children, pets, contests and competitions, performer's life, disorder, wish come true, escapades, best friend, captivity, rivalry, amusement park ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Fisherman’s son Benjamin - Bennie - Stout is a boy with a heart of gold who always gets himself into trouble. His St. Nicholas wish list includes a pedal car, just like the one the sneaky mayor’s son Roderick has. These are the depression years ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, family life, family relations, escapades, youth, disorder, small town life, small town, santa claus, boy, imaginary kingdom, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, semi serious, sincere, educational
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
horse, horse riding, girl horse relationship, friendship, haunted by the past, underdog, against the odds, fall in love, parents and children, obsession, club, middle school ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Lotta is a five old girl living in Sweden with her mother, father, brother and sister. She is living the very normal life of all children of her age...
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, family comedy, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
nordic, children, innocence, childhood, siblings, sibling rivalry, curiosity, family values, slice of life, everyday life, imagination, empathy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood ...
Style:
melancholic, light, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
children, little girl, friendship, magic, greed, lone hero, family relations, young heroes, rescue, imaginary, disorder, mischievous children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
Style:
semi serious, spooky, offbeat, humorous, psychotronic
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, spell, supernatural, friendship, teenager, black magic, teachers and students, youth, curses spells and rituals, teenage life, friends ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series created by John McCallum, produced from 1966–1968, telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park ...
Style:
sitcom, children's program, semi serious, offbeat, feel good
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
kangaroo, amateur detective, friendship, partner, animal life, friends, save the day, danger, heroes, odd couple, young heroes, pets ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Young Dracula is a British teenage horror drama television series airing on CBBC, loosely based on Young Dracula AND Young Monsters, a children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark fantasy, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
dracula, vampire, supernatural, school, family relations, social misfits, imaginary, youth, friendship, supernatural power, chosen one, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
wales, england, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Avery Jennings and Tyler James are step-siblings who are complete opposites. The family faces an even bigger adjustment when their new dog, Stan, can talk and also has a blog, unbeknownst to the family. Stan uses his blog to discuss the happenings ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, semi serious, humorous, not serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, talking dog, teenager, teenage life, parents and children, family life, anthropomorphism, youth, imaginary, step siblings, pets, lifestyle ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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, independent film, suspense
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, child as adult, wish come true, friendship, mischievous children, young heroes, teenage life, experiment gone awry, best friend, danger, rescue, family life ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The series follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton in a new setting, the SS Tipton, where they attend classes at "Seven Seas High" and meet Bailey Pickett while Mr. Moseby manages the ship. The ship ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
twins, cruise ship, ship, sea voyage, family relations, lifestyle, siblings relations, disorder, mischievous children, high school life, teenage life, high school ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Tough, naughty, quick-witted and brave Lillebror has just moved, and has not made any new friends yet, when his imaginary friend – the wooden twig Knerten – appears in the middle of a pile of firewood...
Style:
humorous, feel good, uplifting, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, countryside, odd couple, mischievous children, disorder, eccentric family, imaginary, parents and children, friendship, imaginary friend, friends, youth ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
Style:
feel good, humorous, stylized, sitcom, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen fantasy, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
teenage girl, supernatural ability, teenage life, witch, high school, wizards and magicians, teenager, youth, supernatural, brother brother relationship, children, teenage witch ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, exciting, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, magic spell, friends, friendship, magic, supernatural, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, halloween, spell, time travel, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Lizzie McGuire is an American live-action teen sitcom, which features an animated version of the title character performing soliloquy. The animated sequences were interspersed with the show's live-action sequences. It premiered on the Disney ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, female protagonist, friendship, teenage life, family relations, siblings relations, school, teenager, teenage girl, middle school, popular girl, high school ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Australia, Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Me and My Monsters the story of the Carlson family who have recently relocated from Australia to the UK to discover there are three out of control hilarious monsters living in their basement.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, friendship, family life, parents and children, disorder, youth, boy, creature, puppet, friends, siblings relations, voice over narration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A drama centered around twins attending the same boarding school.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
twins, friendship, youth, mischievous children, social relations, disorder, couples, monkey, teenager, children, school, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Ronya lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronja ...
Style:
modern fairy tale, feel good, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
forest, adventurer, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, medieval, friendship, bandit, boy, childhood, castle, nudist, snow ...
Time:
year 1984, medieval times
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Raven Baxter is a winsome teen whose ability to glimpse flashes of the future often gets her into hot water.
Style:
sitcom, witty, humorous, not serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
african american, misadventure, father daughter relationship, teenage protagonist, brother sister relationship, high school, disorder, supernatural ability, teenage life, parents and children, best friend, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, north america
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Austria, Sweden
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pia's life, a girl from a small German town, changes when surprisingly, finds in her garden a huge black monster. She soon discovers that the mysterious creature, which called Yoko, is actually a kind yeti spiritually protecting animals and ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
yeti, friends, family relations, friendship, youth, escapades, young heroes, parents and children, woman, bigfoot, mountain, mother child relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
himalaya, germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Life is anything but normal for Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, as they navigate Normal Street - an ordinary suburb that has a hint of something magical just beneath the surface.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, friendship, best friend, friends, coming of age, supernatural, escapades, friend, magic, group of friends, teenager, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Blossom is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC from January 3, 1991, to May 22, 1995. The series was created by Don Reo, and starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenager living with her father and two brothers. It was produced by Reo's ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
single father, teenage girl, best friend, single parent, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, friendship between girls, eccentric family, teenage life, youth, father son relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Welcome to the world of stamps with Tommy Tricker and friends as they learn the magic of travelling through time and space for the mere price of the postage. Though of course, nothing is as easy as it seems as they soon learn when they try to rescue ...
Style:
semi serious, independent film
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
time travel, friendship, disorder, family relations, friends, danger, youth, race against time, young heroes, imaginary, escapades, rescue ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada, pacific ocean
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Harry and the Hendersons is an American sitcom based on the film of the same name, produced by Amblin Entertainment for Universal Television. The series aired in syndication from January 13, 1991 to June 18, 1993, with 72 half-hour episodes ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
sasquatch, bigfoot, friends, fish out of water, disorder, pets, parents and children, family life, creature, animal, myth, monster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
TV show
Story:
After charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair.
Style:
costume drama, sad, juvenile, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
orphan, youth, physical disability, families, grief, smart kid, aging, disability, family relations, friendship, mountain, friends ...
Place:
swiss alps, alps, europe, switzerland, germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on ...
Style:
sitcom, surreal, not serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, young lovers, mischievous children, brother brother relationship, middle school, atmosphere, town, small town, tunnel, partner, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
32%
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