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Kan du vissla Johanna? (1994)
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Kan du vissla Johanna? (1994)
Genre: Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 55 min.
Story: Young Berra has a friend, Ulf. Ulf has a grandfather which he likes very much, he gives Ulf presents and takes him on fishing trips. Berra doesn't have a grandfather, but he wants one that's nice to him and who can teach him to whistle. Ulf knows where to find a grandfather - at a home for senior citizens. They go searching together and Berra finds a great pretend grandfather, Nils.
Style: feel good
Plot: european, loneliness, schoolboy, boy, old man, childhood, best friend, television, senior citizen, retirement home, grandson, prank, paperboy, grandfather grandson relationship, birthday party, kite, cigar smoking
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: eastern europe
Keyword: sweden, rose

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, captivating and entertaining films with plots about youth, friendship, family relations, friends, boy, children and school mostly in Family, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Kan du vissla Johanna?: The Children of Noisy Village (1986), Sixten (1994), Grandpa's Great Escape (2018), The Tiger Rising (2022), Crescent Gang (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Children of Noisy Village (1986)
Genre: Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Children of Noisy Village (Swedish: Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn) is a 1986 film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on books by Astrid Lindgren. The movie starred Anna Sahlin and premiered in December 6, 1986 ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: nordic, heartwarming, friendship, youth, escapades, friends, disorder, village life, village, girl, friend, boy ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: europe, eastern europe
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Sixten (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story: 13 year old Sixten really wants his father to meet someone he can marry. Without telling his father, he and his friends write an ad for the personal sections.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Plot: european, single parent, disorder, family relations, dishonesty, youth, love and romance, hidden identity, coming of age, teenage life, looking for love, mistaken identity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Tsatsiki, Mum and the Policeman (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Little Tsatsiki, son of a single mother in Sweden, has never met his father, a Greek fisherman. Tsatsiki befriends a nice but straight-laced motorcycle policeman renting one of their rooms and decices he is the right guy for his mother, an amateur ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: boy, european, nordic, single parent, family relations, children, love and romance, youth, elementary school, coming of age, parents and children, obsession ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Many years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When his family can no longer look after him, he is moved to Twilight Towers, an old people's home. It soon becomes clear that ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war two veteran, retirement home, retirement home life, family relations, escapades, grandfather, old man, satire, grandfather grandson relationship, escape, teamwork, world war two ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Tiger Rising (2022)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When 12-year-old Rob Horton discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May and the stubborn new girl in ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: tiger, boy, human animal relationship, friendship, animal, teenager, animal human communication, friends, nature, woods, children, novel ...
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More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)
Genre: Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Bullerbyn är en liten, liten by i Småland. Där ligger tre gårdar. I Mellangården bor Lisa med sina bröder Lasse och Bosse, i Norrgården bor systrarna Britta och Anna och i Sörgården bor Olle. Ja, och så Kerstin också, Olles lillasyster. ...
Style: serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, sentimental
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot: heartwarming, nordic, young love, easter, christmas, winter, family relations, village, friends, social relations, youth, friendship ...
Time: 1930s, year 1929
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Crescent Gang (2023)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When five kids learn they are leaving the only home they've known the new kid forms a hopeless plan. With their friendship hanging in the balance, a group of kids embarks on a high-stakes scavenger hunt in Las Vegas. The kids endure a quirky ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, exciting, light, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, boy, adventurer, girl, childhood, friend, friends, adventure hero, mischievous children, group of friends, children
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65%
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On Our Own (1998)
Genre: Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, ...
Style: sentimental
Plot: children, single mother, childhood, female prisoner, mother, prison, pickpocket, thief, brother sister relationship
Place: denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Bambi's Childhood (1985)
Genre: Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story: First of the two movies bases on the novel "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" written by Felix Salten.
Audience: kids
Plot: nature, boy, father son relationship, family relations
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Percy, Buffalo Bill and I (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Ulf think this is going to be an ordinary summer. Going to his grand parents and swim in the lake and tease his brother. But that's not the case, because this summer he will fall in love with Pia.
Style: sentimental, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
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Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?
Style: humorous, entertaining, touching, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: childhood, child, mischievous children, kids and family, best friend, friendship between boys, parents and children, lifestyle, coming of age, youth, summer vacation, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Karlsson on the Roof (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.
Style: humorous, touching, stylized
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: nordic, european, working class, friends, imaginary, supernatural ability, youth, family relations, mistrust, brother, little boy, friendship ...
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Hugo and Josephine (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Josefin is a six year old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. She has no friends until she meets Hugo. He is a carefree boy who rather walk in the forest than goes to school. Together with the gardener they make ...
Plot: children, gardener, child romance, child, youth, childhood, forest, nature, friendship, school, rural setting, best friend ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
A Clever Little Girl Like Lotta (1992)
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: semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: nordic, scandinavian culture, young love, family relations, rebelliousness, youth, mischievous children, cycling, parents and children, anger, children
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48%
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2011)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received a month before his birthday.
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, entertaining ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Storm Boy (2019)
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Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
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Little Heroes (1991)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
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Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 74 min.
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Style: captivating, feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous
Audience: family outing, kids
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How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: boy, youth, coming of age, bully, friendship, contests and competitions, parents and children, bullying, love and romance, rivalry, friends, couples ...
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Peter Bell (2002)
Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Peter is a cheerful, but not a very obedient boy who is growing In a very ordinary Dutch family. His pranks amuse some and cause a lot of trouble to others. Peter pranks are so numerous and incredible, that hit the front pages of city newspapers. ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, father son relationship, friendship, snow, school, zeppelin, practical joke, aunt, thief, diamond, children ...
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36%
Lego Friends: The Next Chapter: New Beginnings (2023)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: While trying to survive the chaos of the first day of school, new friends get to know each other through baking for the Welcome to School Festival.
Style: funny, entertaining, satirical, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: lego, friends, teenage protagonist, schoolgirl, lifestyle, satire, schoolboy, teenager, school, teenage life, high school life, friendship ...
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36%
Karla & Katrine (2009)
Genre: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Karla invites Katrine to spend the holidays with her, hoping they might become best friends. As it turns out, nothing goes as planned. Karla meets Jonas and falls in love for the first time, and she nearly forgets all about Katrine. However, the two ...
Style: feel good, sincere, captivating, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall (2017)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Headmaster Sturgeon has had enough. In an attempt to put an end to Bruno and Boots high jinks, he declares that they are to be separated; no shared classes and, most certainly, no shared dorm room. This punishment is worse than anything the boys ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, unusual plot structure, contemplative, feel good ...
Plot: friendship, prank, high school, director, strong female character, youth, escapades, teenager, campus, friendship between girls, friendship between boys, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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36%
Angelina Ballerina: Love to Dance (2010)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to take center stage with Angelina Ballerina!
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
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Jonny Briggs (1985)
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
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Story: Jonny Briggs is a Children's BBC television programme first broadcast in 1985. It revolves around the exploits of a young boy, the eponymous hero, his pet dog, Razzle, and his eccentric family members: Mam and Dad, older sister Rita and older ...
Audience: kids
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Time: 80s
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34%
Hayflower and Quiltshoe (2002)
Genre: Family
Country: Finland
Duration: 75 min.
Story: The quirky adventures of Hayflower and her little sister Quiltshoe.
Style: humorous, psychological, feel good, sincere, captivating
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The Seven of Daran: Battle of Pareo Rock (2008)
Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jimmy, an 11-year old European boy, goes to Africa with his mother, a busy executive charged with establishing a golf resort. However, on arriving they find themselves caught up in a war situation between rival indigenous tribes fighting over the ...
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, exciting ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golf, rivalry, animal life, resort, jungle, escapades, desert, friendship, journey, friends, boy, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1974)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: A 13-year-old brainiac invents an ingenious listening device, which he uses to bring a crooked city official and his pals to justice
Plot: teenage detective, youth, child kidnapping, best friend, listening device, child in peril, amateur detective, child protagonist, amateur sleuth, invention, inventor, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Father of Four: In Japanese Mode (2010)
Genre: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a Japanese family moves in next door, Per and Shin, the same age, instantly become friends. But after the boys cut school, each set of parents' blames the other, causing a rift between neighbors. What will it take for the two families to ...
Style: humorous, sincere, funny, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, family relations, culture clash, friends, youth, mischievous children, parents and children, disorder, cross cultural relations, best friend, immigrant, japanese culture ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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