Movies like Donovan's Kid

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Donovan's Kid (1979)
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Donovan's Kid (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Timothy Donovan, a con-man, returns to San Francisco to see his wife and daughter. Realizing his family is under the control of his wife's domineering uncle, Timothy Donovan teams up with fellow con-man to free them.
Plot: family relations, father daughter relationship, uncle, marriage, con man, con artists, irish american
Time: 1900s, 20th century
Place: san francisco
Keyword: irish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining and semi serious films with plots about family relations, father daughter relationship, youth, father son relationship, disorder, escapades and mother daughter relationship mostly in Comedy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Donovan's Kid: I Heart Shakey (2012), Barnaby and Me (1979), Day-O (1992), When Mom Is Away (2019), Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I Heart Shakey (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dog, father daughter relationship, family relations, widower, friends, parents and children, pets, disorder, family life, single parent, mischievous children, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Barnaby and Me (1979)
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: realistic, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: koala, family life, family relations, con man, expedition, outback, tribe, obesity, scheme, zoo
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.5
 230
Day-O (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention to the new baby, Tony. Now at 35, his sole friend reappears to help her.
Plot: imaginary friend, friendship, self esteem, family relations, parent child relationship, nightmare, father daughter relationship
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
When Mom Is Away (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A father left in charge of his three children while mum goes away on a 10-day holiday… What could possibly go wrong?
Style: feel good, light, funny, humorous
Plot: children, father son relationship, family relations, youth, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, responsibility, love and romance, society, life turned upside down, lifestyle change, parenthood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a native village is apparently terrorized by a Lion, the local sergeant enlists the help of a veterinarian working at a nearby animal study center. It is soon discovered that the Lion has a unique problem, it has double vision due to the fact ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: animal, cat, explorer, lost world, lion, veterinarian, poacher, animal life, disability, family relations, parents and children, black market ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Mr. Moll and the Chocolate Factory (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A weekend alone at home with the children - and already breaks out of the mess with Papa minor. For while Moll pushes overtime in the chocolate factory, between his children and the offspring of his boss a merciless battle breaks out: for cotton ...
Style: funny, semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: kids and family, parents and children, mischievous children, family relations, father daughter relationship, escapades, save the day, father, satire, father son relationship, chocolate
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
My Family Treasure (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A US mother goes to the USSR, just before its dissolution, to find the priceless Fabergé egg that the Russian Tsar left to her peasant father 70 years ago when the Russian Revolution hit, but the egg got lost in the commotion.
Style: independent film
Plot: mother, father, treasure, kgb, father daughter relationship, family relations
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Stella und der Stern des Orients (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In 2005, on New Year's Eve, little Stella visits her grandma in the family home. Unknowingly, she activates a time travel machine and is transported into the year 1905, where she meets some long gone relatives when they were her age.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: time travel, brother sister relationship, treasure hunt, grandmother granddaughter relationship, family dinner, winter, treasure, new year's eve, brother, girl heroine, sister, secret hideout ...
Time: 1900s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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My Brother Has a Cute Brother (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Honza Pavelka (Jan Hrusínský) wins the junior motorbike speed races. His thirteen-year-old brother Martin (Roman Cada), his assistant and biggest fan, answers the questions of his schoolfriend Pavlína in a superior tone. Student Zuzana (Libuse ...
Plot: teenage boy, elderly, husband wife relationship, doctor, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, friendship, teenager, boy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, brother brother relationship ...
Place: prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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RV (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the McNeive family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one ...
Style: funny, feel good, road movie, entertaining, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: road trip, camping, family vacation, workaholic, motor home, father daughter relationship, vacation, on the road, happy ending, family values, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: colorado, usa, nevada, utah, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
My African Adventure (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 77 min.
Story: This time our already familiar family moves to Africa in order to save endangered wildlife.
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, entertaining
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: family relations, animal, vacation, mischievous children, youth, rescue, escapades, siblings relations, wilderness, danger, disorder, animal rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 4.6
 60
Summerdog (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this heart-tugging kids movie, a vacationing family finds an abandoned mutt and kindly decide to name him Hobo and take him to their home in the big city. When their wicked landlord finds out about the pooch, he threatens to boot them out. ...
Plot: family relations, vacation, landlord, dog, pets
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of the plan.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot: safecracker, youth, coming of age, family relations, friendship, airport, kidnapping, chase, silly humor, partner, friends, disorder ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Clubhouse Detectives in Scavenger Hunt (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When 4 friends attend a birthday party they find a stolen painting which sends them on chase to find out who the real burgulars are and where the next hit will be. Will they be able to find the real burgulars and solve the case? Find out!
Style: light, entertaining, atmospheric, intense
Plot: father son relationship, family relations, treasure hunter, friendship between boys, treasure hunt, travel, unlikely friendships, treasure map, escapades, adventure hero, hidden treasure, mother son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
College Road Trip (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, not serious, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: road trip, father daughter relationship, family relations, brutality, college, on the road, parents and children, nothing goes right, high school, wedding, disorder, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, washington d.c., illinois, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 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 ⇓
55%
Grand-Daddy Day Care (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: father son relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, father daughter relationship, elderly man, friendship, family relations, elderly, care, age difference, happy ending, love, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog ...
Style: independent film, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, family relations, rescue, anti hero, family life, animal life, friends, disorder, heroes, pets, mischievous children, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Scouts Honor (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bumbling brothers David and Tim Appleorchard attempt to keep their family-owned summer camp from falling into the hands of their evil, greedy sibling (Chris Kattan) by earning their fist merit badges by the time they turn 30.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: summer camp, family relations, goofy hero, contests and competitions, silly humor, rivalry, workplace, disorder, camp, siblings relations, family business, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 4.8
 611
Joey (1997)
Genre: Family, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Billy is a boy who is trying to save a baby kangaroo called Joey when it is caught and taken to Sydney. Linda, the young daughter of the U.S. Ambassador is helping Billy in his task.
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious, independent film
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: youth, meme, kangaroo, family relations, child in peril, friends, disorder, animal life, heroes, mischievous children, rescue, danger ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Dear Brigitte (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, offbeat ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: professor, youth, family relations, mathematics, father son relationship, misfit, prodigy, obsessive quest, family life, parents and children, farce, impossible love ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, san francisco, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 4.2
 455
3 Day Test (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Martin Taylor has totally lost touch with his family. He has no clue who his teenage daughter's friends are, why his son only communicates with an electronic sign outside his bedroom door, or why his youngest child only watches faith TV. ...
Style: captivating, psychological, entertaining, satirical
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, lifestyle change, parents and children, family problems, changing lives, husband wife relationship, eccentric family, father daughter relationship, problem, self discovery, satire ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When Drake and Josh accidentally send their little sister Megan on a plane to L.A., they soon find themselves in the middle of a dangerous situation.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: when the parents are away, youth, teenage life, cons and scams, siblings relations, family relations, prank, on the road, good versus evil, children, road trip, hollywood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colorado, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Clubhouse Detectives in Search of a Lost Princess (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In this Clubhouse Detectives flick four kids stumble upon a plot to kidnap a lost princess hidden in their very town. They start investigating all of the girls in school to find out which girl is the lost princess so they can protect her from the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining
Plot: princess, mistaken identity, school, family relations, investigation, uncover truth, team, children, teamwork, amateur detective, mischievous children, private detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, ...
Style: retro, hilarious, exciting, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, animal, pets, childhood, talking dog, lost dog, talking cat, heartwarming, road trip, cat, meme, canine ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, bay area, canada, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Lenny The Wonder Dog (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After being implanted with a microchip that gives him special powers, a dog engages a young boy in conversation and adventure. Befriended by a local police officer, the dog, the boy and his friend go on a quest to save the world by undoing the ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: dog, mad scientist, on the run, small town, laboratory, pets, family relations, friendship, save the world, danger, rivalry, friends ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy,
Style: feel good, hilarious, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: large family, mischievous children, family vacation, children, holiday, family holiday, parents and children, family relations, teenage life, parenthood, eccentric family, teenager ...
Time: year 2005
Place: chicago, new york, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Lena and Snowball (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lena, a troubled youth takes a white lion cub under her wing; little does she know the lion escaped from criminals intended to take the cub to an evil trophy hunter named Ben Percy.
Style: sincere, feel good, touching, sweet, sentimental
Audience: kids
Plot: animal life, lion, family drama, animal training, lion cub, animal, happy ending, parenthood, starting over, family relations, coping, bittersweet ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Mayfield's Game (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create the world's greatest video game or his family loses everything. No pressure.
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, humorous, satirical
Plot: game, video game, family relations, geek, ambition, computer game, race against time, ambitious, direction and purpose, humour, computer program, coping ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.4
 388
Selfie Dad (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Spiraling into a mid-life crisis and feeling disconnected from his family, Ben Marcus, a reality-TV editor, thinks he can only be happy by fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional comedian. Ben posts his stand-up routines to YouTube, and the ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, light, feel good, touching ...
Plot: christianity, comedian, stand up comedian, midlife crisis, bible, father daughter relationship, unlikely friendships, relationships, family relations, nervous breakdown, identity crisis, depression ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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