Movies like Thunderstruck

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Thunderstruck (2012)
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Thunderstruck (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brian is a 16 year-old who can't play basketball, but he still wants to play like his hero, Kevin Durant. At an Oklahoma City Thunder game, Brian gets chosen to shoot a half court shot which he misses and hits the mascot in the process. Later on, he gets a chance to meet Durant and expresses his desire to play just like him. When Kevin gives Brian the ball, the two unknowingly switch talents.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, sincere
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy
Plot: basketball, disorder, switching roles, supernatural, athlete's life, youth, wish come true, teenage life, down on your luck, life turned upside down, unsuccessful, body swapping, wrestling, childhood, change of luck, school, basketball game, trailer, play, family
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: oklahoma, usa
Keyword: basketball movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and light films with plots about youth, disorder, teenager, hopes, teenage life, family relations and friends mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Thunderstruck: Slam Dunk Ernest (1995), Like Mike (2002), The Luck of the Irish (2001), Wish Upon a Star (1996), The Air Up There (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ernest P. Worrell becomes a basketball star after an angel bearing an uncanny resemblance to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives him a pair of magic sneakers.
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, teens, family outing, date night
Plot: basketball, humour, satire, weirdo, partner, friends, disorder, power relations, sport team, contests and competitions, misfit, athlete and trainer ...
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Like Mike (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, touching, black comedy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: basketball, youth, sport team, teenage life, wish come true, teenager, orphanage, rising to stardom, prodigy, hopes, superhuman powers, ambition ...
Place: los angeles, england, europe, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Luck of the Irish (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: basketball, youth, family relations, teenage life, friendship, family life, child as adult, leprechaun, childhood, teenager, luck, love ...
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wish Upon a Star (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Alexia Wheaton hasn't been herself lately. Neighter has her 15-year-old sister Hayley. In fact they've been each other. Alexia becomes fashion-challenged Hayley and she in turn becomes styling Alexia and the ...
Style: funny, entertaining, feel good, humorous, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot: body swapping, sisters, switching roles, high school, wish come true, teenage life, disorder, youth, siblings relations, sibling relationship, body swap, manipulation ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Air Up There (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the ...
Style: black comedy, funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot: basketball, culture clash, student athlete, humour, sport team, power relations, disorder, scout, contests and competitions, misfit, ambition, hopes ...
Time: year 1994, 20th century, 90s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
12 Wishes of Christmas (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman whose dog was taken by her landlord follows her life coach's instructions to make 12 wishes for a better future, and watches in surprise as each of those wishes comes true in this Christmas fantasy for the entire family. Laura was ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, life turned upside down, wish come true, workplace, hopes, nothing goes right, best friend, disorder, down on your luck, love and romance, life is a bitch, dog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Zapped (2014)
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, light ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot: high school, youth, teenage life, teenager, high school life, social relations, mean girl, wish come true, imaginary, teen romance, half brother, magic spell ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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50%
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Big and Hairy (1998)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A boy moves into a new town and has difficulty making friends, so he joins the basketball team. Initially experiencing little success, his popularity increases when he convinces a Sasquatch to join the team.
Plot: bigfoot, youth, christmas, stupid kid, family relations, father son relationship, boy, sasquatch, high school basketball, basketball, high school, basketball game
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A mysterious talking cat uses its powers of communication to enrich the lives of two different families, and bring them together.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: single parent, cat, family relations, pets, disorder, parents and children, talking animal, youth, supernatural, stupid kid, brother sister relationship, animal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While trying to avoid an obsessed girl, rocker Drake Parker meets a young girl, who makes him promise to give her family the best Christmas ever. Later, at the Premiere's first ever Christmas party, a group of teens start to make trouble. ...
Style: christmas special, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, youth, comedy of errors, mischievous children, nothing goes right, family relations, lifestyle, step siblings, disorder, friends, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.
Style: realistic, humorous, black comedy, semi serious
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: basketball, true love, friendship, hopes, rivalry, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, human spirit, athlete and trainer, buddies, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Teen Beach Movie (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Cowabunga! Catch a perfect wave of fun in the sun, splashed with excitement, surprises and budding romance. Life's a beach for surfers Brady (Ross Lynch) and McKenzie (Maia Mitchell) – until a rogue wave magically transports them inside the ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot: teenager, teenage life, teenage love, surfing, summer, beach, rivalry, getting home, surfer, self confidence, disorder, teen romance ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1962, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Quints (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jamie Grover (Kimberly J. Brown) is an only child who has always wanted out from the constant attention her parents give her. Her wish is finally granted when she finds out her mother is pregnant, but when she turns out to have quints, Jamie's ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: baby, family relations, family life, life turned upside down, child as adult, youth, parents and children, siblings relations, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, teenager ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Big Green (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, light, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot: soccer, school, underdog, childhood, youth, athlete and trainer, football, high school life, against the odds, small town life, teachers and students, follow your dream ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Last Day of Summer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Luke Malloy is freaking out. He doesn't want tomorrow to come because tomorrow means starting Middle School...saying goodbye to summer break and hello to homework. And even worse, hello to getting picked on by Meat, the terrible torturer of new ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, date night
Plot: boy, time loop, summer, youth, time travel, teenage life, young heroes, hopes, introspection, friends, disorder, fish out of water ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Summertime Switch (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Young punk Freddie Egan is in a juvenile detention center for the summer. Spoiled rich-kid Frederick Egan III is going to a luxurious summer camp. However, a name mix-up at the bus terminal sends the boys to each other's destinations, and while ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: summer camp, street kid, body swapping, mistaken identity, rich kid, power relations, disorder, youth, society, switching roles, misfit, prison ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Hatching Pete (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Pete Ivey (Jason Dolley) is the type of guy who's easily overlooked in the school halls -- unlike his boisterous best friend, Cleatus Poole (Mitchel Musso), who's proudly carrying on the family tradition of spreading school spirit as the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot: homecoming, school, religions or cults, amateur detective, youth, teenage life, misfit, teenager, basketball, stupid kid, occupation, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The original traditional one-hundred-percent red-blooded two-fisted all-american christmas continues five years later with Ralphie, Randy mom and the old man. This time Ralphie has his eyes fixed on a car. But trouble is sure to follow.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: christmas, family life, holiday, youth, eccentric family, coming of age, society, love, adaptation, destiny, escapades, happy ending ...
Time: 2010s, year 1946, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Deal of a Lifetime (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The agent for the Devil takes the soul of a high school sophomore in exchange for a date with the most popular girl on campus.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: deal with the devil, wish come true, disorder, lifestyle, youth, fish out of water, love and romance, hopes, misfit, social misfits, high school football, follow your dream ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In October of 1981, Curtis Danko, the creepy kid from the small town of Walker Falls, was killed in a mysterious accident. He left behind a warning to the town: "If you ever have another Halloween again, I will return and destroy you all!" ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, spooky ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot: halloween, ghost, afterlife, small town, mischievous children, supernatural, danger, disorder, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, save the day, preteen ...
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Winning Season (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team
Style: humorous, sincere, inspirational, light, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: basketball, coach, high school, contests and competitions, ex athlete, youth, misfit, sport team, teenage life, ambition, hopes, friends ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, exciting, epic, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing ...
Plot: baseball, childhood, children, underdog, sport team, contests and competitions, mentor, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Elf-Man (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, save the day, supernatural ability, supernatural, imaginary, escapades, danger, wish come true, miraculous event, magic, xmas, superhero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Swap (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the book by Megan Shull, The Swap follows the adventures of a Rhythmic Gymnast named Ellie with a Make-it-or-Break-it Competition, and the younger brother named Jack in a Hockey Family, who's vying for a varsity spot on his school ...
Style: funny, captivating, entertaining, humorous, absurd ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly
Plot: body swapping, switching bodies, high school, ice hockey, friendship, fish out of water, lifestyle, disorder, youth, adaptation, lifestyle change, life turned upside down ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Pair of Kings (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Pair of Kings is an American television sitcom shown on the cable channel Disney XD. The sitcom's target audience are teenagers. The series began production on February 15, 2010, with stars Mitchel Musso and Doc Shaw departing fellow Disney ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, teen fantasy
Plot: siblings relations, life turned upside down, disorder, teenage life, twins, culture clash, sibling relationship, island, youth, black sitcom, family relations, jungle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A girl steals a weather machine from Santa Claus, to make a snow day. The machine breaks, and causes an out of control snowstorm.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: christmas, youth, best friend, mischievous children, wish come true, santa claus, holiday, disorder, supernatural, hopes, christmas season, preteen ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Ira Finkelstein's Christmas (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: All Ira Finkelstein wants for Christmas is...Christmas. Unfortunately, his parents are sending him to Florida to be with his Grandparents. Ira's spirit soars as he manages to land in Christmas Town, USA, instead.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, follow your dream, disorder, mischievous children, friends, family relations, hopes, switching roles, parents and children, holiday, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Other Me (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Will Browning accidently creates a clone of himself when working on a science project.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: twins, cloning, youth, teenage life, nothing goes right, parents and children, school, disorder, ultimatum, popularity, occupation, childhood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch.
Style: semi serious, humorous, romantic, offbeat
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens
Plot: animal, pets, friends, family life, family relations, talking animal, imaginary, misfit, disorder, teenage life, partner, youth ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Tooth Fairy 2 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Larry Guthrie, who loses his first love to the town hot shot, decides to win her back by volunteering with the children at her after-school program. When Larry accidentally tells the kids the Tooth Fairy is make-believe, he soon is transformed into ...
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, funny, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: fish out of water, disorder, imaginary, satire, fairy, stupid kid, teenager, youth, tooth fairy, curses spells and rituals
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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