Movies and TV shows like Aquila
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Aquila (1997)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
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Aquila is a British children's television show which aired on the BBC from 1997 to 1998. An episode was aired once a week, and was based on the story of two boys, Tom Baxter and Geoff Reynolds, who find a spacecraft when digging in a field. It was based on the book Aquila by British author Andrew Norriss and set in Bristol.
Style:
suspenseful, lighthearted, educational, nostalgic
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
children, cave, boy, friendship, curiosity, secrets, alien technology, moral dilemma, coming of age, adaptation, exploration, spaceship, archaeology, small town, countryside, spacecraft, family relations, best friend, child protagonist, invisibility, british, friendship between boys, skeleton, archeological dig, flying machine ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
bristol, wales
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out lighthearted, humorous, semi serious and captivating films and TV series with plots about friendship, children, coming of age, small town, unhappiness, boy and family relations mostly in Family, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Aquila: Bernard's Watch (1997), Worzel Gummidge (1979), The Glitterball (1977), The Boy from Andromeda (1991), Jonny Briggs (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
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Bernard's Watch is a British children's drama series about a young boy who can stop time with a magical pocket watch. The show was created by Andrew Norriss and was produced for seven series that aired on CITV from 14 November 1997 to 31 ...
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light hearted, uplifting, mysterious, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
british, children, friendship, control, childhood, magic, magical object, supernatural, high school life, unhappiness, postman, superpower ...
Place:
england
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100%
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until ...
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lighthearted, uplifting, surreal, folk tale, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
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Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
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On a holiday to Mt Tarawera, teenager Jenny finds an odd shard of metal. In this third episode of the kids sci-fi series she meets its owner: 'Drom' — a survivor of an alien mission to deactivate a planet-annihilating space gun (aka ...
Style:
suspense
Audience:
kids
Plot:
alien, volcano, extraterrestrial, children, artifact, friendship, danger, waking up, teamwork, teenager, coming of age, survivor ...
Place:
new zealand, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
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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 ...
Style:
lighthearted, sitcom, period drama
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
pet dog, children, family life, child protagonist, innocence, youth, light comedy, high school life, siblings, coming of age, slice of life, unhappiness ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
442
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Chocky is a 1984 children's television drama based on the 1968 novel by John Wyndham and was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. Two sequels were produced. All were written by Anthony Read and produced by Thames Television. The series was ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, children's program, creepy, sinister ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
alien contact, imaginary friend, friendship, human alien relationship, telepathy, family drama, adaptation, coming of age, mysterious stranger, macabre, alien, boy ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest-running programmes on British television when it ended its run in 2008. It was created by Phil Redmond who is also ...
Style:
children's program
Audience:
kids
Plot:
school, high school, high school student, children, gay, girl, teacher, high school life, school teacher, schoolboy, high school drama, friend ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC science fiction programme ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
supernatural, save the world, young heroes, doctor who, escapades, danger, heroic mission, genetic engineering, time travel, evil alien, friendship, magic ...
Time:
future
Place:
wales
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 258 min.
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Young boy Cestmir finds a magic rock which allows him to bring the seeds of the flowers which allow flying from Blue Planet...
Style:
fairy tale, lighthearted, uplifting, colorful, surreal ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
flying, magical object, children, boy hero, flowers, fantasy world, wish fulfillment, magic realism, innocence, nature, exploration, coming of age ...
Time:
80s
Place:
czech republic
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Secret World of Alex Mack is an American television series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up. It also aired on YTV in Canada and NHK in Japan, and was a ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, telekinesis, scientist, technology gone awry, experiment gone awry, dishonesty, disorder, teenage life, danger, goofy hero, teenager, superhero ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes. The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara.
John L. Greene created the central ...
Style:
sitcom, retro, semi serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
mars, spaceship, martian, time travel, alien disguised as human, invasion, friendly alien, intergalactic, friendship, fish out of water, reporter, anti hero ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
284
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young boy is sent to live with relatives when his parents break up. He befriends a dying boy who has an eerie connection with nature.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, poignant, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family drama, boyhood, bittersweet, empathy, life & death, grief, loss, small town, macabre, outsider ...
Time:
year 1993
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Harry and Cosh was a British children's television series directed by Daniel Peacock shown on Saturday afternoons on Shake! on Channel 5
It starred Harry Capehorn, Coshti Dowden, Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty and Gemma Baker. It told the story of ...
Style:
comedy drama, light hearted, sitcom, satirical
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
british, teenager, friendship, dysfunctional family, youth culture, coming of age, relationships, family issues, high school life, unhappiness, humour, teen romance ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
133
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Sky is a mystically-oriented children's science fantasy television serial made for ITV by HTV and broadcast in seven parts from April 7 to May 14, 1975.
A mysterious alien boy with strange solid blue eyes, the eponymous Sky, finds himself on ...
Style:
mystical, mysterious, cult classic
Audience:
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Plot:
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214
Genre: Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Drama combining sci-fi mystery adventure with fish-out-of-water comedy. Eve is the world's first fully sentient 'artificial person'. She seems human, but under the surface she's a robot capable of amazing feats - if she can ...
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serious, sincere, captivating, stylized, offbeat
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
sincere, tense, exciting, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
outer space, space exploration, alien planet, spacecraft, robot, survival, alien creature, hopes, danger, space, youth, space adventure ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 24 min.
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Eleven-year old genius and kid-scientist Anne has invented and built her own amazing androids. Nick discovers Anne's secret junkyard laboratory and enlists the help of Shania to befriend Anne and her mechanical companions. Together they help ...
Style:
humorous, clever, not serious, feel good
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, friendship, female protagonist, creativity, inventor, science, female scientist, discovery, hi-tech, toys, children, young heroes ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Charlie and his family move from London to run a Bed and Breakfast by the sea. For Charlie and his new friends, Ben and Alison, the glorious Scarborough seaside represents a safe, exciting, child-friendly place where there’s an adventure round ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, friendship, seaside, family relations, trouble, kids and family, family business, boyhood, parent child relationship, family problems, childhood, boy ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice ...
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, tense, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
school, children, mind control, hypnosis, british, obedience, families, adaptation, foster home, investigation, supernatural, macabre ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Just William is a television serial first broadcast on BBC One in December 2010. The serial is based on the Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton. This latest adaptation is written by Simon Nye. It is the first adaption of the books since ...
Style:
humorous, light hearted, feel good, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
children, friendship, post war, mischievous children, friends, best friend, lifestyle, child protagonist, child, friendship between boys, teenager, boy ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
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Pig's Breakfast is an Australian children's television series that was broadcast in 1999.
The story involves two aliens, Meeba and Grob, who have crashed at a television studio on Earth in a galactic school bus. A producer at the station ...
Style:
lighthearted, sitcom, slapstick, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, sibling relationship, unhappiness, heartwarming, spaceship, girl, child protagonist, children, mistaken identity, crash landing, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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The perks and difficulties of having an alien as a best friend.
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
coming of age, alien, school, friendship, middle school, fish out of water, preteen, extraterrestrial, imagination, unhappiness, culture clash, curiosity ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
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Style:
feel good, captivating, semi serious, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
large family, countryside, heartwarming, family life, parents and children, family relations, adaptation, slice of life, community, small town, generation, literary ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Australia
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Worst Best Friends is an Australian children's television series first screened on Network Ten in 2002. The series is based on the children's books by Max Dann: Adventures with My Worst Best Friend, Going Bananas and Dusting in Love.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
best friend, friends, family relations, youth, children, child protagonist, childhood, friendship, imagination, families, rivalry, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
46%
224
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
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Fudge is an American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-A-Mania, ...
Style:
family comedy, sitcom, lighthearted, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, children, siblings, childhood, coming of age, brotherhood, high school life, innocence, unhappiness, everyday life, light comedy, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
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Simon is a very sensible young schoolboy, who has a friend who is a real witch. She is very silly, and a huge showoff.
Style:
light hearted, period piece, slapstick, whimsical
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
magic, witch, friendship, children, silly humor, magic realism, unhappiness, adaptation, small town, unlikely friendships, good witch, high school friend ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Life at Barney's apartment would be fairly normal were it not for the talking koala, Crazy Keith, who lives under his floorboards and his flatmate, Nev the bear, who regularly aggravates the caretaker of the block; the allergy ridden and very ...
Style:
sitcom, lighthearted, slapstick, colorful, fast paced
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers
Plot:
unhappiness, children, puppet, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, chaos, friendship, apartment building, british, caretaker, bear, koala ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two girl pen pals and a simple summer in the country. They befriend a woman rumored to be a witch, and end up as amateur detectives when her pet pig is stolen.
Style:
lighthearted, pastoral
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, countryside, summer, children, small town, missing pet, investigation, coming of age, village life, whodunit, folklore, woman ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
46%
165
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 135 min.
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When the "Good For You" party bans chocolate, two boys resolve to bring down the government.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, satirical, light hearted ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
chocolate, bootlegging, politics, government, resistance, fighting the system, political satire, friendship, children, rebellion, unhappiness, dystopia ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
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Based on the much-loved series of books by Mairi Hedderwick, Katie Morag is a small red-headed girl who lives with her family on the remote and beautiful fictional Scottish island of Struay. Although she lives in a fairly unique setting, her ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, feel good, humorous, educational
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
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Place:
scotland, fictional island
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46%
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