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Instant Family (2018)
110K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, sincere, light, sad, humorous, emotional, touching, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
parenting, adoption, foster home, foster parent, adoptive father adopted son relationship, adolescence, family relations, parents and children, couples, court hearing, children, problem child, anger, husband wife relationship, love, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, flash forward, false accusation, little boy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sister sister relationship, absent father, fertility, human ...
Place:
usa, california, united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, touching and funny films with plots about family relations, parents and children, runaway, dialogue, catastrophe, mentor and happy ending mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Instant Family: Life as We Know It (2010), Daddy's Home (2015), Daddy's Home 2 (2017), Blended (2014), Change of Plans (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly ...
Style:
touching, romantic, entertaining, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
adoption, baby, initially antagonists, unlikely couple, love and romance, parenthood, opposites attract, godparent, love story, romantic friendship, orphan, babies and infants ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, hawaii, usa, atlanta georgia, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
123K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the ...
Style:
funny, ridiculous, entertaining, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
father, children, uninhibited rivalry, christmas, kids and family, parents, step parent, divorce, dumb, culture clash, parenthood, rivalry ...
Place:
louisiana, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
Style:
light, funny, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, holiday, children, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, awkward situation, father son conflict, parents and children, relationships, father and son, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
136K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Style:
feel good, funny, light, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
single father, single parent, fall in love, children, youth, love story, love and romance, opposites attract, father daughter relationship, girl, family vacation, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, hawaii, south africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
custody, adoption, parents and children, couple relations, disorder, life turned upside down, family life, orphan, couples, youth, girl, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Style:
touching, funny, semi serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
miraculous event, child, mother son relationship, adoption, disney, parents and children, couple relations, family values, desire, family relations, hopes, childbirth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
257K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, light, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
workplace, mentor, friendship, elderly, office, life philosophy, unlikely friendships, fashion, prejudice, workplace situations, destiny, intern ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, brooklyn new york city, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
223K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Style:
funny, sentimental, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
responsibility, child's point of view, immaturity, adoption, single father, parenthood, childhood, slacker, children, mentor, friends, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, parenting, single father, life philosophy, secrets, responsibility, single parent, life & death, parenthood, child care, eccentric family, character change ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, california, latin america, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
feel good, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, mars, writers, eccentricity, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his ...
Style:
feel good, light, romantic, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, adoption, women, childbirth, parents and children, pregnant woman, pregnant wife, love story, multiple storylines, parenthood, twists and turns, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the ...
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dysfunctional family, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, pregnancy, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, single mother, family relations, little girl, husband wife relationship, little boy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and ...
Style:
touching, humorous, emotional, melancholic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family gatherings, infidelity, homecoming, death of father, children, jewish, family relations, loneliness, life & death, last wish, eccentric family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style:
feel good, light, touching, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
cross dressing, divorce, nanny, comedy of errors, children, kids and family, family relations, custody battle, gender disguise, hidden identity, childhood, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the ...
Style:
feel good, emotional, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
adoption, father daughter relationship, orphan, hopes, foster child, rags to riches, music, parents and children, friends, kids and family, rich and poor, dancing ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love and romance, literature, friendship, infidelity, writers, couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, loneliness, love, multiple storylines, happy ending ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
england, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, feel good, touching, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night
Plot:
adoption, custody, happy ending, couple relations, family relations, orphan, hopes, parents and children, fashion, love, parenthood, opposites attract ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, emotional, depressing, sad, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, adolescence, teenager, cancer, terminal illness, coming of age, dying, friendship, school, leukemia, teenage boy, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.
Style:
entertaining, thought provoking, sincere, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
gay, gay adoption, gay couple, gay love, boy, lgbt, lifestyle, father son relationship, friendship, lgbtq, parenting, grandson ...
Place:
santa fe new mexico, albuquerque new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of people in Los Angeles are brought together thanks to their canine friends.
Style:
touching, sweet, light, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dog, animals, pets, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, pet dog, human animal relationship, owner dog relationship, animal human communication, satire, host, lifestyle ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, dysfunctional family, family relations, couple relations, in-laws, family bonds, marriage, brothers, love, nothing goes right, comedy of errors ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living ...
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entertaining, humorous, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
childhood, disney, job interview, child's point of view, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, family relations, birthday party, bad luck, coming of age, friends ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, romantic, funny, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
high school, youth, body swapping, teenage life, popularity, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, high school life, family relations, adult as child, parents and children, college ...
Time:
future, year 1989, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style:
funny, touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, teenager, adoption, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, love and romance, social relations, friendship, female protagonist, high school, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, dysfunctional family, love, family values, brother sister relationship, secret, eccentric family, family gatherings, parents and children, gay, wedding ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, light, romantic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
high school, prom, friendship, journalist, journalism, teacher, popularity, humiliation, teenage girl, reporter, teen romance, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Frederik is a happy man; he has a girlfriend he loves, a business running smoothely and he is going to be a father. But his happiness proves false. At a party, his girlfriend declares that she will leave him for her true love. Frederik is ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, captivating, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
adoption, pregnancy, couples, love, parents and children, frustration, betrayal, divorce, love and romance, nothing goes right, disorder, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.
Style:
feel good, touching, funny, inspirational, sentimental ...
Plot:
single father, parenting, father daughter relationship, terminal illness, childhood, abandoned by mother, parent child relationship, absent mother, learning the truth, child custody, child care, lie ...
Place:
africa, france, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, funny, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wedding, family relations, parents and children, friendship, disorder, happy ending, escapades, doctor, love and romance, youth, wedding party, intrigue ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
wedding, adoption, marriage, family gatherings, family relations, parents and children, family reunited, family feud, in-laws, couple relations, couples, eccentric family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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