Movies like Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
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Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1968)
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Original name: The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The adventures of the Lemon Grove Kids in this Bowery Boys inspired kiddie film.
Style:
lighthearted, retro, slapstick, horror comedy, period piece, black and white, psychotronic, independent film, campy, nostalgic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
flying saucer, surrealism, monster, children, innocent, childhood, pretense, unhappiness, neighborhood, youth gang, bowery boys, female vampire, small town, vampire, street gang, zoo, gang war, movie star, adult as child, grasshopper, mobster, bandit, comic violence, clubhouse, schoolyard ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
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Most similar movies to Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out lighthearted, feel good, period piece and family comedy films with plots about children, friendship, small town, coming of age, youth, unhappiness and family relations mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters: Prehysteria! 2 (1994), Barnaby and Me (1978), Prehysteria! 3 (1995), Mister Twister: Class of Fun (2012), Three Angels and Five Lions (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
feel good, family comedy, lighthearted, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dinosaur, prehistoric animal, friendship, children, kaiju, family values, nostalgia, rich kid, childhood, teamwork, unhappiness, suburbs ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (stylized as FЯED 2: Night of the Living FЯED) is a 2011 independent comedy film. The film is the sequel to the 2010 film Fred: The Movie, based on the adventures of Fred Figglehorn, a character created and played ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, lighthearted, parody ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
mistaken identity, amateur detective, prodigy, politics, misfit partners, disorder, dangerous attraction, heroic mission, fall in love, betrayal, missing person, zombie ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In his 1982 book "Where Have I Been? An Autobiography", a sobered-up Sid Caesar admits that by the time he did this film, he was so far-gone because of his prescription drug and alcohol addiction, he has no memory of making this movie, or ...
Style:
retro, family comedy, feel good, period piece, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
koala, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, children, friendship, outback, nature, heartwarming, family drama, chase, animal rescue, escapism ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
57%
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:
cute, lighthearted, family comedy, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
dinosaur, prehistoric animal, miniature golf, happy ending, children, kaiju, teamwork, child protagonist, golf, friendship, small town, monster ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Family, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Children's comedy about a group of 4 friends who buy a club mascot, a dalmatian named Vulcan, and inadvertently stumble across a spate of dog kidnappings, orchestrated by an uptight mastermind and his 2 hopeless henchmen. When Vulcan becomes ...
Style:
family comedy, lighthearted, feel good, slapstick, independent film
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dalmatian, dog, children, kidnapping, rescue mission, pets, friendship, teamwork, mascot, unhappiness, neighborhood, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on the highly popular series of children books comes the cheerful film-comedy Teach! chronicling the funny misadventures of a young intern teacher at an elementary school.
Style:
light hearted, family comedy, feel good, slapstick, educational ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
coming of age, teacher, school, children, elementary school, high school life, student teacher, friendship, unhappiness, innocent, heartwarming, chaos ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Three Angels and Five Lions is a 1982 comedy-family film written by Sven Methling and Bjarne Reuter, directed by Sven Methling.
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, fast paced, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, museum, art theft, child protagonist, uncle, unhappiness, siblings, kidnapping, family drama, mistaken identity, urban, hostage ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a new doctor moves in next door, the neighborhood kids make it their mission to ensure he is not a creepy guardian of a terrible neighbor-eating monster.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, lighthearted, suspense, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
neighbor, children, investigation, youth, doctor, neighborhood, private investigator, sleuth, neighbor neighbor relationship, problem, imagination, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Flying Saucer Rock N Roll is the debut feature film from the father-son duo Eric and Joe Callero. The year is 1957 as a group of rockabilly and beatnik teens are visited by weed smoking Martian zombies who have come to take their earth women. Filmed ...
Style:
retro, horror comedy, period piece, independent film, parody ...
Plot:
zombie, martian, rock and roll, alien invasion, respect, teenager, teen romance, small town, satire, coming of age, beatnik, male female relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Hungary, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Stevenson, the famous English criminal expert visits Hungary with his family. While he is chairing a conference on criminology, infamous art treasure robbers steal the golden herm of Saint László. Suspicion is cast on the Stevenson children.
Style:
period piece, suspense, retro, lighthearted, 70mm film
Audience:
kids
Plot:
art theft, heist, cathedral, treasure hunt, travelogue, smuggling, urban, tourism, escapism, art history, police procedural, family drama ...
Time:
60s
Place:
hungary, budapest
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Take a roller coaster ride full of high octane adventure as 12 year old Sammy takes to the skies. With the help of a magical flying skateboard, Sammy ends up the hottest skateboarder in town. But a group of local thrashers don't like the extra ...
Style:
lighthearted, family comedy, feel good, retro, fast paced ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
skateboard, children, competition, underdog, rivalry, youth culture, bullying, tournament, triumph, friendship, small town, trick ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A family comedy about funny adventures of two six-graders during the summer vacations.
Style:
family comedy, humorous, lighthearted, retro, period piece
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, small town, vacation, attic, champion, schoolboy, summer vacation, children, youth, light comedy, innocence, village ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
This is the fourth film in The Sugar Creek Gang series. The gang races through the swamp only to stumble upon previously unexplored territory that leads them right into the middle of a mystery. As if the puzzling new discoveries aren't enough, ...
Style:
lighthearted, inspirational, period piece, independent film
Plot:
friendship, children, secret hideout, cemetery, cave, small town, teamwork, secrets, childhood, christian, faith based, swamp ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
Style:
retro, lighthearted, nautical, technicolor, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
underwater, ocean, teenager, mayhem, rock and roll, talk show host, dolphins, family relations, scuba diving, hurricane, rescue, submarine ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Little Virgil lives in a henhouse with his best friend Oscar, a one-legged rooster. Virgil's worst enemy is Orla, the local bully-boy. When a circus comes to town, Virgil hires on as the Human Cannonball's apprentice. The role is a perfect ...
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, slapstick, period piece
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, children, circus, unhappiness, coming of age, underdog, independence, village, imagination, justice, small town, rooster ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Similarity:
39%
144
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a St. Bernard named George is given to a relative by it's owner he causes mischief in the neighboring town and for the newly named owner, After enough terror while trying to get a girl, The newly found owner gives George to a monastery in ...
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, emotional, suspense, slapstick ...
Plot:
dog, rescue, loyalty, animal protagonist, heartwarming, mountain, friendship, snow, children, wilderness, responsibility, survival ...
Time:
70s
Place:
switzerland, alps
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, family comedy, lighthearted, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
peanuts, children, childhood, friendship, heartwarming, comic book, adaptation, light comedy, innocence, stage musical, slice of life, superhero ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Erik and Lisbeth are getting married and then honeymoon to Austria. When Mom and Dad need to have another baby, the four small decides to go on the honeymoon as well. They hide in the caravan and come unseen to Austria. Since they do not have ...
Style:
family comedy, feel good, sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
wedding, children, marriage, unhappiness, family bonds, road trip, farce, siblings, escapades, homecoming, gift, hotel ...
Time:
60s
Place:
austria
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Live action adaptation of a Disney Classic. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Style:
retro, fairy tale, anamorphic, parody, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, animal, dalmatian, pets, childhood, puppy, kids and family, talking animal, fashion designer, profanity, canine, wedding ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place:
big ben london, england, europe, britain, london
Similarity:
37%
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, cute, intense, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
youth, inventor, shrinking, childhood, dog, mother daughter relationship, teen angst, scientist, teenage girl, neighbor, ant, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, turkey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old George is the new kid in the Apple Orchard housing complex. He and the other kids are terrorized by JB, the tyrannical superintendent. George starts out as an outsider, until he discovers he has a talent for leadership. Eventually, ...
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
boy, childhood, bullying, children, teamwork, unhappiness, coming of age, youth, friendship, underdog, leadership, rebellion ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
Sonny, the worst child actor in the history of cinema, goes to a large warehouse and plays make-believe while interacting with a number of large, creepy-looking balloons in the shape of octopi and horses and stuff. Then he leaves to watch a parade ...
Style:
lighthearted, colorful, surreal, absurd, depressing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
innocence, pretense, children, magical, surrealism, escape, talking animal, puppetry, balloon, voice over narration, advertising, christmas ...
Time:
60s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
A few kids make a circus show for their sick friend, and get in some trouble along the way.
Style:
lighthearted, uplifting, sentimental, retro, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
children, circus, compassion, friendship, empathy, illness, problem solving, teamwork, bittersweet, community, coming of age, unhappiness ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When the infamous Robber Hotzenplotz leaves his hideout in the forest to steal a beloved musical coffee grinder belonging to Kasperl’s grandmother, the town’s clumsy police sergeant proves to be of little help with arresting him. The young ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, funny, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
children, adventurer, adventure hero, secret, magic, uncover truth, sleuth, crime solving, investigation, puzzle, satire, forest ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The son of a retired astronaut competes to win a seat on the next space shuttle.
Style:
captivating, lighthearted, inspirational, educational
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, competition, space shuttle, coming of age, teamwork, young heroes, nasa, saving a life, scientist hero, astronaut, female scientist, outer space ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Two teenage boys try to help a tiny spherical alien get back to its mothership, while the army and a devious petty crook pursue the creature for its wonderful powers.
Style:
lighthearted, offbeat, grindhouse, retro, independent film ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendly alien, children, heartwarming, imagination, friendship, boy, curiosity, loyalty, chase, small town, little boy, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
34%
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, humorous, sentimental, cult classic, mockbuster ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
nasa, alien, extraterrestrial, coca cola, youth, benign alien, back from the dead, telepathy, space probe, alien invasion, friendship, happy ending ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Synder, the historian who has spent many years trying to unlock the powers of the statue, wishes to capture Max for validation of his life's work.
Style:
lighthearted, family comedy, slapstick, feel good, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
transformation, children, sibling relationship, underdog, high school life, coming of age, small town, hiking, boy, brother sister relationship, poodle, monster ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An escaped, but framed, prisoner escapes prison during a cobalt explosion and soon discovers he has grown a special power that makes his body impervious to everything. Learning this, he seeks vengeance on the bad guys who framed him for jail.
Style:
retro, crime drama, suspense, black and white, tension ...
Plot:
revenge, frame up, mutation, nuclear testing, prison break, superhuman powers, invulnerability, escaped prisoner, mobster, betrayal, cold war, fugitive ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
32%
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