Movies like Pet Shop

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Pet Shop (1994)
 4.3
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Pet Shop (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Kids' film about a couple of aliens who come to earth and open up a pet shop in an attempt to try and eat some of earth's children for dinner.
Style: mysterious, psychotronic, independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: alien, magical, monster, buddies, friendly alien, witness protection, mafia, children, hitman, pets, family relations, human trafficking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, sheriff, couples, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, mob boss, witness protection program, alien abduction, plumber, arizona desert, town, child abduction ...
Place: arizona

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Most similar movies to Pet Shop

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and independent film films with plots about family relations, youth, alien, father son relationship, disorder, buddies and friendly alien mostly in Comedy, Family and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Pet Shop: Prehysteria! 2 (1994), Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988), Munchie Strikes Back (1994), Prehysteria! 3 (1995), Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 572
Prehysteria! 2 (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A rich boy desperate for attention makes friends with the dinosaurs of "Prehysteria!". Prehysteria! 2
Style: independent film, psychotronic
Audience: kids
Plot: dinosaur, prehistoric animal, kaiju, monster, youth, giant monster, governess, toy train, rich, family relations, stop motion, wealth ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave ...
Style: independent film, dark comedy, black comedy, psychotronic
Plot: alien, teenager, cannon, space, loss of virginity, sex, wedding, teen angst, dna, male virgin, nerd, brother brother relationship ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Munchie Strikes Back (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The magical Munchie is back, and if he gets in any more trouble it's off to the dullest constellation in the galaxy. Staying out of trouble has never been easy for Munchie, but this time he gives it his best shot. He is sent to earth and finds ...
Style: spooky, independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: monster, friendly alien, desire, buddies, creature, youth, puppet, gremlin, baseball coach, baseball team, mind reading, car chase ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 3.8
 399
Prehysteria! 3 (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The dinosaurs help young Ella and her family save their mini-putt business.
Style: gay cinema
Audience: kids
Plot: dinosaur, prehistoric animal, kaiju, golf, monster, giant monster, miniature golf, family relations, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, uncle niece relationship, parent child relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.
Style: mysterious, fairy tale, independent film, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Plot: twins, dwarf, voice over narration, couples, brother sister relationship, colonel, sadist, intelligence, midget, missile, alien contact, deformity ...
Time: year 1982
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins ...
Style: humorous, funny, grindhouse, sexy, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: alien, friendly alien, alien abduction, evil alien, kidnapping, space, distopia, apocalypse, superhero, insanity, buddies, epidemic ...
Time: year 1992
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 3.4
 14K
Mac and Me (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated.
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, cult classic, mockbuster ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: nasa, alien, extraterrestrial, youth, coca cola, mcdonald's restaurant, benign alien, alien invasion, friendship, happy ending, family relations, single parent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Not Quite Human (1987)
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a profit by stealing the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: robot, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, cyborgs, love affair, science and technology, new world, androids, family relations, high school, social relations, power relations ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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 4.8
 1K
Can of Worms (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teen is visited by aliens after he broadcasts a message into space.
Style: semi serious, exciting, offbeat, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: space and aliens, youth, friendly alien, space opera, benign alien, cooking and food, halloween, alien, haunted, buddies, preteen, extraterrestrial ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 1.7
 1K
Nukie (1987)
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: South Africa, UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two alien brothers crash their ship in the U.S. They get separated, and one searches the country for the other one.
Style: independent film, spooky
Plot: alien, friendly alien, little creatures, ufo, stupid kid, exploitation, monster, buddies, asperger's syndrome, twins, telepathy, missionary ...
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 5.7
 30K
Yes Day (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: kids and family, children, humour, father daughter relationship, family relations, teenager, parent child relationship, mother daughter relationship, parents, father son relationship, parents and children, family life ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 3.6
 1K
Munchie (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The ever hungry and funny Munchie is back in this sequel to "Munchies".
Style: independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: creature, monster, desire, youth, exploitation, friendly alien, buddies, gremlin, puppet, family relations, mad scientist, magical power ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A teenager's life is disrupted when her mother falls in love with an alien.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, teen
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: alien, parents and children, fish out of water, teenage life, misfit, youth, family relations, remarry, life turned upside down, high school life, female alien, halloween ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Style: funny, intense, light, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: youth, childhood, inventor, shrinking, parents and children, neighbor, survival, rescue, mother daughter relationship, genetically altered, kids and family, stop motion ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Still Not Quite Human (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the final film of the series, Chip and his "father" attend a robotics convention. Here, Dr. Carson is kidnapped and replaced by an android. Can Chip and his newfound friends save Dr. Carson from a dangerous competitor?
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: robot, kidnapping, cyborgs, killer robot, androids, father son relationship, transhumanism, mad scientist, inventor, creator, human nature, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.4
 2K
Trading Mom (1994)
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: epic, mysterious, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: family relations, youth, coming of age, single parent, nothing goes right, family life, child as adult, siblings relations, teenage girl, magical, magic, mother ...
Time: year 1994
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
Style: entertaining, semi serious, humorous, teen, funny ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: alien, supernatural, teenager, buddies, space and aliens, friends, young heroes, youth, alien encounter, group of friends, teenage life, mind control ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Alien Avengers II (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Weird things are happening in the town of Justice, Arizona: three sheriffs have disappeared, and someone is killing the rancher's livestock in a bizarre, ritualistic fashion. Locals believe the incidents were caused by aliens... But a visiting ...
Plot: alien, sheriff, decapitation
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Not Quite Human II (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Chip, the android boy is back. This time, he is off to college, suffering from a computer virus and in love with Roberta, another android. Will there be a happy ending?
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: cyborgs, transhumanism, love affair, robot, new world, computer virus, college, artificial intelligence, coming of age, androids and robots, imaginary, social misfits ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 3.2
 18K
Daddy Day Camp (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Style: humorous, melancholic, not serious, slapstick, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: summer camp, competition, mischievous children, father son relationship, children, childhood, happy ending, colonel, family relations, buddies, escapades, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 4.9
 986
C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.
Style: independent film, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, robot, families, invention, strength, hitman, disorder, animal life, pets, heroes, imaginary, criminal's revenge ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nancy Archer has had an alien encounter and it's left her 50 ft. tall! Now she sees the men in her life from a new angle - looking down on them - and it's time to fight back.
Style: not serious, humorous, entertaining, offbeat, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: giant monster, alien, vengeance, mutant, supernatural, couple relations, deputy sheriff, extramarital affair, sheriff, revenge, doctor, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 3.8
 1K
Opposite Day (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The world goes backwards on Opposite Day. The kids become adults, and the adults become kids.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, melancholic, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: child as adult, parents and children, switching roles, fish out of water, disorder, misfit, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations, wish come true, youth, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Even Stevens Movie (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island that's halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family breaks apart in front of all their ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, tropical, teen
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: youth, family relations, family life, parents and children, teenage life, mischievous children, nothing goes right, disorder, island, siblings relations, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.7
 20K
Earth to Echo (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and ...
Style: exciting, stylized, sentimental, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ufo, alien, friendship, found footage, children, youth, childhood, benign alien, investigation, friends, space, child ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to ...
Style: cute, humorous, mysterious, freeze frame, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: cat, talking cat, alien, ufo, benign alien, dog, human alien relationship, space, space and aliens, friendly alien, telekinesis, mind power ...
Time: year 1978
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style: feel good, futuristic, entertaining, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, preschool
Plot: time travel, ufo, nasa, benign alien, space and aliens, space travel, outer space, flying saucer, robot, alien, getting home, young heroes ...
Time: year 1978, year 1986, 80s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: florida, miami, miami beach, japan, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.4
 3K
Project: ALF (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Six years ago, the space alien, ALF, was on his way back to his new home...When the Alien Task Force finally caught him. Now, the story continues to where the series ended. ALF is now protected by the Alien Task Force, but the leader wants to ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: benign alien, alien encounter, rescue, chase, space and aliens, chases and races, misfit, on the run, alien life-form, alien, buddies, friendly alien ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.0
 459
The Retrievers (2001)
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: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golden retriever, dog, family relations, puppy, family life, pets, pet dog, lost dog, animal human communication, dead animal, animal, kids and family ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Spaced Invaders (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking the Martian fleet is attacking Earth, they land their broken-down ship in a backwater mid-American town. As luck ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, grindhouse, dark, independent film ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: halloween, alien invasion, space, martian, monster, mars, evil alien, small town, misunderstanding, ufo, visitor, post apocalyptic ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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