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The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes (1999)
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Original name: X-Treme Teens
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Andy and his friends take a pair of x-ray goggles from a secret lab by mistake.
Style:
independent film
Audience:
kids
Plot:
spy, high school, stepfather, adopted son, research facility, teenager, children, military, love triangle, bully, villain, conspiracy, family relations, laboratory, outcast, kennedy assassination, james bond spoof, voyeur, eye, responsibility, group of friends, teenage boy, respect, moral dilemma, psychedelia ...
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Most similar movies to The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about family relations, youth, teenager, children, family, child and escapades mostly in Comedy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes: Spy Kids (2001), Prehysteria! 3 (1995), Explorers (1985), Invisible Sister (2015), Aliens Ate My Homework (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
135K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of ...
Style:
intense, teen, light, action adventure, spoof ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
young heroes, spy, children, heroic mission, child spy, violence, chase, secret agent, spy spoof, fight scenes, mentor, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
texas, chile, north america
Similarity:
95%
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:
94%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Naughty brothers Zip and Zap finds themselves in a home for lost children that might just be haunted. Will they ever escape?
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, entertaining, atmospheric, weird ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
brother brother relationship, family relations, child in peril, parents and children, destiny, disappearance, escapades, monster, transformation, children, fake identity, riddles and clues ...
Place:
fictional island, basque country
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, parody, spoof, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
fantasy world, children, child spy, mad scientist, secret agent, heroes, rivalry, monster, spy spoof, telepathy, villain, animal ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002
Similarity:
80%
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25K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality in Explorers, the action-fantasy from director Joe Dante, who combines keen humor, warmth and fantasy with unexpected twists. In their makeshift ...
Style:
cult classic, light, feel good, retro, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, ufo, space travel, friendship, space, bullying, coming of age, children, fantasy world, adolescence, teenager, youth ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1985
Place:
maryland, washington d.c., canada
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Teenager Cleo's school science project goes quite awry, causing her popular older sister Molly to go invisible.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, captivating, sentimental, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
halloween, teenager, high school, popular girl, sister, sisters, invisible man, witchcraft, invisible, sister sister relationship, invisibility, teamwork ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a tiny intergalactic starship crashes into the bedroom of middle-schooler Rod Allbright, he is enlisted by the extraterrestrial Galactic Patrol, a group of out-of-this-world lawmen, and must race to save the world from Total Planetary Disaster ...
Style:
feel good, funny, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
alien invasion, friendly alien, alien, children, alien encounter, escapades, spacecraft, alien contact, teenager, alien technology, alien creature, fate of humanity ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When kids become so bratty and self-centered that Santa's elves go on strike, Santa, in desperation, must bring six unscrupulous youths to his boot camp to help save Christmas.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, elf, santa claus, children, teenager, christmas eve, spoiled brat, adventure hero, theft, teenage boy, unhappiness ...
Similarity:
72%
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895
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When Randy (Chris Carrara), is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles across the hideout of three prison escapees. With the use of his remote control toys, Randy manages to apprehend the three fugitives.
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, prodigy, when the parents are away, family relations, fugitive, disorder, young heroes, danger, prank, obsession, goofy hero, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
70%
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:
67%
24K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, superhero, good versus evil, teenager, single father, talking dog, animal, genetics, justice, experiment, rescue, superhuman powers ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, iowa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs which hatch to reveal a brood of baby dinosaurs.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, offbeat, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, single parent, kaiju, stop motion, prehistoric animal, tyrannosaurus rex, giant monster, kids and family, monster, family relations, museum, youth ...
Time:
prehistoric times, year 1993, prehistory
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the force of a volcano -- were real. Now, these two pint-sized action masters will ...
Style:
surreal, feel good, entertaining, absurd, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
fantasy becomes reality, shark, fantasy world, child protagonist, imaginary kingdom, heroes, imaginary friend, imaginary, superhero, coming of age, escapades, young heroes ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two boys follow in their late fathers foot steps by inventing weird and wonderful gadgets. Trouble lies ahead when after a halloween party the spirit of their father ends up in the latest invention, a robot.
Style:
independent film, feel good, humorous, offbeat, semi serious ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot:
robot, teenager, ghost, youth, halloween party, halloween, brother brother relationship, reporter, father son relationship, father, seance, family relations ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Zoey is a talented dancer whose organized life is rudely disrupted when she moves in with her new step-dad and three step-brothers, until she discovers a dog-training app that can get boys to obey her every command. But she soon learns that it ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, teen, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot:
high school, youth, teenager, teenage life, high school life, mean girl, social relations, imaginary, wish come true, teen romance, magic spell, mind control ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style:
melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, monster, friendship, halloween, coming of age, young heroes, child as adult, father son relationship, mischievous children, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, wish come true ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A boy is the only family member without superpowers in this Disney Film. The world depends on him saving his family from computerized brainwashers. Will he realize that it doesn't take superpowers to be a hero in time to help them defeat the ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, daring rescue, good versus evil, save the day, young heroes, rivalry, master villain, danger, escapades, parents and children, eccentric family, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, not serious, light hearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, pets, spy, kids and family, chase, conspiracy, abduction, laboratory, talking animal, talking dog, secret agent, martial arts ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
egypt, san francisco
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An evil syndicate is set to conquer the world, and the mission is to stop them from fulfilling their viscious plans. The consequences of their failure may mean the destruction of all dissenting countries who stand in their way. All countries must ...
Style:
spoof, parody
Plot:
superhero, spy, batman, espionage, cold war, super villain, spying, heroes, weapons, ransom, secret agent, nuclear ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Spy School is the story of a twelve year old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes public with his story, no one believes him, and he is forced to save her on his own.
Style:
spoof, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
child spy, kidnapping, secret agent, conspiracy, eavesdropping, spy, teenage protagonist, mistrust, conspiracy theory, escapades, fighting crime, president ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. A retired spy Marissa (Jessica Alba) is thrown back into the action along with her stepchildren when a ...
Style:
entertaining, spy comedy, exciting, semi serious, spoof ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
child spy, child hero, children, secret agent, espionage, heroes, time travel, save the world, hidden identity, young heroes, heroic mission, undercover ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday.
Style:
feel good, humorous, stylized, touching, offbeat ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot:
mermaid, teenage life, adopted son, swimming, misfit, escapades, danger, disorder, friends, parent child relationship, transformation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
46%
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:
transhumanism, robot, artificial intelligence, love affair, science and technology, new world, androids, family relations, high school, power relations, social relations, disorder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, arizona
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds ...
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, manly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
children, military, war veteran, foul language, african american, sarcasm, military training, military life, soldier, underdog, african american protagonist, teacher ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south america
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
Style:
exciting, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
virtual reality, video game, child spy, mad scientist, secret agent, brutality, mission, rescue, technology, escapades, save the world, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 80s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, New Zealand, UK, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, feel good, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
teenager, good versus evil, fairy godmother, teenage protagonist, happy ending, high school, villain, imaginary kingdom, witchcraft, imaginary, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. ...
Style:
saga, anime, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sonic the hedgehog, furry, speed, wedding, villain, human alien relationship, sidekick, human animal friendship, superpower, friendship, superhero, evil scientist ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hawaii, montana, seattle, siberia
Similarity:
42%
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, exploitation, youth, friendly alien, buddies, puppet, gremlin, magical power, mad scientist, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a ...
Style:
3d animation, sentimental, light, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dog, puppy, animal, pet dog, little girl, giant, kaiju, friendship, talking animal, school, urban setting, friend ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.
Style:
light, feel good, sincere, captivating, christmas classics ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, christmas season, holiday, teenage girl, transgression, north pole, brother sister relationship, elf, magic, christmas eve, imaginary character ...
Time:
future, year 1990, 2020s
Place:
boston, turkey, south pole
Similarity:
41%
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