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Gentle Ben (1967)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the Florida Everglades, of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, his son Mark and Ben the grizzly bear.
Style:
lighthearted, sitcom, wild, nostalgic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bear, animal, children, nature, friendship, wildlife, family values, father son relationship, family drama, bonding, heartwarming, village life, child protagonist, protective parent, rescue, peace, community, animal rescue, conservation, small town, coming of age, slice of life, jungle, cartoon bear, boy ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
florida, everglades
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Most similar movies to Gentle Ben
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, uplifting, sentimental and touching films and TV series with plots about friendship, coming of age, animal, children, small town, heartwarming and nature mostly in Family, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Gentle Ben: The New Lassie (1989), Belle and Sebastian (1965), Born Free: A New Adventure (1996), Out of the Wilderness (1998), Puppy Place (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams is an American television series starring Dan Haggerty that aired on NBC from February 9, 1977 to May 12, 1978.
Style:
scenic, heroic, suspense, wild
Plot:
grizzly bear, nature, wilderness, survival, bear, fugitive, forest, animal, friendship, compassion, rescue, outlaw ...
Time:
1850s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The New Lassie is an American children and family oriented drama series which aired in first-run syndication from September 8, 1989 to February 15, 1992. The series stars Will Estes as Will McCullough, Lassie's new master. Real life husband and ...
Style:
uplifting, feel good, sentimental, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, children, animal, loyalty, family drama, companionship, pets, courage, heartwarming, family values, trust, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
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Mountain-based adventures of a young boy and his dog in a small village in the southern Alps.
Style:
scenic, pastoral, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, dog, boy and dog, companionship, bonding, loyalty, nature, childhood, village life, animal, innocence, small town ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alps
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, inspirational, scenic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
lion, wildlife, teenager, jungle, bonding, heartwarming, conservation, family drama, animal rescue, empathy, rehabilitation, coming of age ...
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A raven becomes a family pet after it saves the life of a little girl. Later, the family repays the favor by saving the bird from their neighbors who demand its immediate destruction. Stars David Carradine, David Naughton
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
raven, child, bird, danger, escapades, wilderness, animal, trial, rescue, family drama, child protagonist, children ...
Place:
alaska, oregon
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
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Charles and Lizzie Peterson have found the perfect way to foster their love of dogs — literally. The siblings take on the tough but rewarding task of fostering puppies and finding their forever homes. With every new pup, a new adventure begins.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, light, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
puppy, pets, dog, childhood, pet dog, human animal relationship, animal, adventure hero, children, animal human communication, adoption, responsibility ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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African Skies is a Canadian-American television series which aired from 1991-1994. It starred Catherine Bach.
Style:
intercultural, multicultural, lighthearted, educational, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
family relations, city life, interracial relations, friendship, teenager, coming of age, nature, social change, heartwarming, buddies, exploration, community ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Norway
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Story:
There is much happening in Svingen in December, both usual christmas preparations and more unusual activities, often initiated by a childish dad. Norwegian christmas calendar.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, entertaining
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, friendship, children, snow, village, winter, christmas season, mischievous children, countryside, child, christmas spirit, friends ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series created by John McCallum, produced from 1966–1968, telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park ...
Style:
sitcom, children's program, semi serious, offbeat, feel good
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
kangaroo, amateur detective, friendship, partner, animal life, friends, save the day, danger, heroes, odd couple, young heroes, pets ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Pollyanna comes to stay with her aunt, Polly Harrington, the most powerful woman in the town of Harrington. Aunt Polly wants her to concentrate on her studies but Pollyanna would rather make friends with the orphan kids. One day, a woman named Widow ...
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, children's story, anthology, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
compassion, kindness, optimism, heartwarming, aunt niece relationship, small town, innocence, friendship, empathy, acceptance, family values, family drama ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Family
Country: Germany
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Story:
12-year old Flori and his mother live in an apartment building in Leipzig. When his grandfather dies and leaves him a farm in Bavaria and a dog named Racko, things start to change pretty quickly.
Style:
captivating, psychological, uplifting, feel good, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, farm, boy and dog, children, teenage protagonist, farmer, pet dog, cattle ranch, teenage life, teenager, owner dog relationship, dog ...
Place:
germany, bavaria
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, spanning six seasons and was revived for a popular second run ...
Style:
feel good, heroic, independent film, uplifting, melancholic
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
dog, german shepherd, travel, rescue, animal protagonist, wandering, road trip, compassion, small town, loyalty, family drama, companion ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
28%
294
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Canada
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Budding environmentalist Jane is a 9-year-old on a quest to save endangered animals. Using her powerful imagination, Jane takes her best friends David and Greybeard the chimpanzee on epic adventures to help protect wild animals all around the world.
Style:
psychological, captivating, educational, uplifting, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
animal, children, teamwork, compassion, nature, endangered species, conservation, wildlife, imagination, environmentalism, assistant, animal human communication ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Famous Jett Jackson is a joint Canadian and American Disney Channel Original Series coming-of-age television series for children about a boy named Jett Jackson who plays a teenage secret-agent on a fictional TV show-within-a-show called ...
Style:
lighthearted, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, black, family values, family drama, self discovery, dual identity, getting home, behind the scenes, friendship, father son relationship, identity crisis ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 366 min.
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The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1990 American television series based on Ann M. Martin's children's book series of the same name. The series originally aired on the The Disney Channel, but was also broadcast on HBO and Nickelodeon; all thirteen ...
Style:
teen, lighthearted, educational
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
babysitting, friendship, teamwork, family values, responsibility, innocent, coming of age, girlfriend, safe, small town, slice of life, high school life ...
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Family
Country: UK
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Nestled in lavender fields is a lovely little farm where sisters Jill and Jacky nurture and love all their animals—including the talking ones. Being a young farmer isn’t easy, but every day brings adventure and a chance to grow.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
animal, talking animal, sisters, farm, human animal relationship, sister sister relationship, heartwarming, family values, sibling relationship, village life, kids and family, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
animal, teenage girl, summer vacation, poacher, wild animal, jungle, cheetah, coming of age, teenage boy, mother daughter relationship, girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
africa, kenya, usa, california, hawaii
Similarity:
25%
240
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four paws for this wonderful family film. Cute 7-year-old rescues a helpless and bumbling bear cub as the two set off on an adventure to reunite the cub with its mommy.
Style:
cute, feel good, juvenile, light hearted, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
bear, wilderness, family relations, youth, animal, children, compassion, friendship, empathy, rescue, family values, heartwarming ...
Similarity:
25%
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215
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Follyfoot is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television and the independent West German company TV Munich. It aired in the United Kingdom between 1971 and 1973, repeated ...
Style:
pastoral, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, educational ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, life lesson, empathy, heartwarming, community, slice of life, family drama, small town life, woman riding a horse, girl horse relationship, rural area ...
Place:
yorkshire, england
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997
Style:
sentimental, comedy drama, emotional, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, family drama, animal, zookeeper, parenting, children, pets, heartwarming, marriage, blended family, relationships, large family ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
8K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sad, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, animal, seal the animal, heartwarming, friendship, small town, youth, water, magic, wildlife, nature ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1994, 90s, 60s
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
dolphins, sea, single father, park ranger, youth, family relations, save the day, escapades, young heroes, danger, friendship, swimming ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, florida, everglades
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A little boy growing up on a farm in rural Louisiana in the 1930s wishes for a White Christmas and must do a selfless act in the spirit of giving in order to get his wish.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, period piece, independent film
Plot:
christmas, heartwarming, family values, child protagonist, generosity, selflessness, families, small town, wish fulfillment, children, family drama, village life ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A girl inherits a miniature horse that develops an unlikely friendship with her half-sister's Jack Russell Terrier, who takes to riding on the horse's back.
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, dog, human animal relationship, pony, children, animal, pets, family relations, unlikely friendships, death of father, internet, trick ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a financial shortcoming, A boy and his friends try to raise money to prevent his bicycle (Elizabeth) from being pawned off.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
children, bicycle, child protagonist, siblings, family drama, family values, poverty, resilience, everyday life, coming of age, friendship, sacrifice ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, inspirational, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
goose, rescue, father daughter relationship, bird, aviation, single father, animal, loss of mother, migration, conservation, deforestation, childhood ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
canada, new zealand, north carolina, ontario canada, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, young heroes, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Daktari is an American children's drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series, an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television, stars Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional ...
Style:
period piece, educational, action adventure, suspense, informative ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
jungle, veterinarian, animal rescue, father daughter relationship, family values, man versus nature, ape, monkey, jungle adventure, explorer, lost world, wild animal ...
Place:
east africa, africa
Similarity:
23%
20K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Style:
touching, scenic, visually stunning, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
bear, nature, wilderness, survival, dog, rocky mountains, friendship, bear cub, animal, poacher, forest, environment ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place:
canada, persia, british columbia, antarctica
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Italy, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In northern Canada, a young boy sets a goal for himself to to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother. Goran Visnjic joins the cast as Muktuk, a half Inuit and half Canadian, who knows the terrain where the polar bears live and who ...
Style:
sincere, light, captivating, touching
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
human animal relationship, polar bear, winter, animal rescue, teenage protagonist, bear, teenage boy, friendship, hopes, love, escapades, adaptation ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
22%
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