Movies like Dolittle
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Dolittle (2020)
78K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A physician discovers that he can talk to animals.
Style:
light, funny, costume drama, humorous, not serious, period piece, fairy tale, mystical, mystic, smart ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
animal human communication, veterinarian, victorian england, dragon, doctor, animal, duck, journey, friendship, happy ending, talking animal, children, island, human animal friendship, ship, giraffe, dungeon, african american, creativity, clinic, queen victoria, imaginary, grief, teenager, magical ...
Time:
victorian era, 2020s, future, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
buckingham palace, usa
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Most similar movies to Dolittle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, humorous, sweet and feel good films with plots about family, slug, animal, children, storytelling, destiny and dialogue mostly in Family, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Dolittle: Nine Lives (2016), Garfield: The Movie (2004), Pete's Dragon (2016), The Jungle Book (2016), Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
pets, friends, family life, family relations, animal, talking animal, misfit, imaginary, disorder, teenage life, partner, youth ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand, UK, India, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the sequel to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, surreal, visual ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot:
fantasy world, time travel, alice in wonderland, time, talking dog, time loop, childhood, magic, medieval, queen, imagination, wonderland ...
Time:
victorian era, year 2016, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, China, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, light, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
cat, transformation, pets, switching bodies, kids and family, happy ending, animal, magic, love, children, redemption, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! ...
Style:
funny, light, emotional, hilarious, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, date night ...
Plot:
dog, father daughter relationship, veterinarian, doctor, happy ending, childhood, foul language, father son relationship, talking animal, african american, animal, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1968, 60s
Place:
san francisco, usa, north america, california
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Style:
visually appealing, captivating, christian film, fairy tale, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, alternate world, parallel universe, female warrior, witch, dragon, magic, christian, good versus evil, princess ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't ...
Style:
entertaining, light, 3d animation, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
cat, talking animal, pets, happy ending, disorder, animal life, rescue, adaptation, animal shelter, runaway, comic book, truth ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Garfield is back and this time Garfield and his canine sidekick Odie follows their owner, Jon Arbuckle, to England, the U.K. may never recover, as Garfield is mistaken for a look-alike, regal cat who has inherited a castle.
Style:
entertaining, funny, not serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
talking cat, talking animal, animal, cat, dog, partner, friendship, disorder, resort, rescue, dishonesty, danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, compassionate, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
dragon, orphan, boy, children, magic, boy girl friendship, childhood, friendship, hospital, car crash, fire breathing dragon, family life ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 80s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Style:
light, entertaining, humorous, cute, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, fantasy world, night watchman, magic, museum, curses spells and rituals, culture clash, ancient egypt, volcano, archaeologist, transformation, kids and family ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1938, 20th century, 2010s, stone age ...
Place:
london, pompeii, england, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Style:
visually stunning, entertaining, motion capture, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
jungle, animal, boy, human animal relationship, orphan, talking animal, tiger, wild animal, friendship, courage, greed, wolf ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return ...
Style:
feel good, claymation, light, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
farm, stop motion, dog, city, friendship, countryside, amnesia, best friend, hospital, memory loss, hairdresser, restaurant ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
Style:
humorous, exciting, absurd, funny, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
goofy hero, imaginary kingdom, giant, fantasy world, princess, sea disaster, island, imaginary, travel, battles, catastrophe, getting home ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, new york
Similarity:
60%
3K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.
Style:
light, semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
gorilla, animal, socialite, zoo, camp, eccentric woman, friendship, unlikely friendships, adaptation, wilderness, family relations, kids and family ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1997, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago, new york, brooklyn new york city, philadelphia ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits. Larry tries desperately to keep the museum ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, mystical, hilarious, predictable ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
magical, dinosaur, escapades, tour guide, security guard, disorder, statue comes to life, museum, transformation, objects come to life, pharaoh, new job ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, stone age, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, rome italy, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
67%
69K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A comedy about a zookeeper who might be great with animals, but he doesn't know anything about the birds and the bees. The man can't find love, so he decides to quit his job at the zoo, but his animal friends try to stop him and teach him ...
Style:
funny, sweet, not serious, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
zoo, fantasy world, animal, marriage proposal, anthropomorphism, talking animal, veterinarian, zookeeper, friendship, wooing, love and romance, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 2010s, year 2005, year 2010 ...
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Monaco
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth... a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler... teams up with ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dog, dalmatian, pets, animal, puppy, talking animal, released from prison, children, happy ending, chase, parole officer, escapades ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, paris france, europe, tower bridge london, london ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Dr. John Dolittle the beloved doctor is back, but this time around he plays cupid to bumbling circus bear Archie as he's so smitten by a Pacific Western bear female, Ava. Dr. Dolittle must help a group of forest creatures to save their forest. ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
veterinarian, kids and family, dog, animal, stereotypes, couple relations, friends, silly humor, friendship, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
50%
88K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children Milly and Joe to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the ...
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, sweet, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot:
circus, elephant, boy, train, flying, children, family relations, fire, girl, amputee, rescue, experiment ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, year 2019, year 1919, 20th century
Place:
florida, missouri, coney island brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature ...
Style:
uplifting, visually stunning, emotional, psychotronic, teen comedy
Audience:
family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
dragon, viking, friendship, island, warrior, coming of age, bonding, misfit, inventor, courage, loyalty, self discovery ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
fictional island, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, ...
Style:
light, sweet, entertaining, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
mouse, friendship, bird, talking animal, disorder, rescue, friends, escapades, danger, heroic mission, cat, furry ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, not serious, fairy tale, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
little people, friendship, child's point of view, childhood, mischievous children, kids and family, greed, good versus evil, disorder, danger, rescue, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
33%
409K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, offbeat, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
jungle, fantasy world, childhood, magic, board game, time travel, getting home, children, parallel world, danger, friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 90s, year 1969, 1860s ...
Place:
new hampshire, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
32%
312K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Singapore, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, entertaining, visually stunning, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
aladdin, arabian nights, wish fulfillment, genie, princess, magic, disney princess, giant bird, palace, sultan, happy ending, shapeshifting ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 18th century
Place:
baghdad iraq, arabia, saudi arabia, middle east, iraq
Similarity:
32%
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85K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, costume drama, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
fictional reality, young heroes, adventurer, medieval, writers, imaginary, supernatural, book, parents and children, magic, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, middle ages
Place:
alps, italy
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
penguins, bird, pets, children, kids and family, animal, animal life, family relations, animal training, parents and children, beautiful scenery, silly humor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 80s, 70s, year 1976 ...
Place:
new york, madagascar, usa, manhattan new york city, antarctica ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
17-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, exciting, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
adventurer, steampunk, hotel, chase, youth, life turned upside down, teenage life, missing person, family in danger, young heroes, escapades, secret place ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
london
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her outlook--forever.
Style:
entertaining, tense, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
squirrel, obsessive quest, parenting, friendship, superhero, friends, superpower, changing lives, teamwork, humour, super powers, escapades ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
31%
289K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, inspirational, stylized, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, pre-teens, kids, family outing, adult ...
Plot:
childhood, pirate, magic, kidnapping, children, fairy, father son relationship, peter pan, good versus evil, rescue, destiny, fantasy world ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, california, new york, san francisco, los angeles ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An 11-year old boy believes that he is the best detective in town and runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
mission, boy, private investigation, amateur sleuth, human animal relationship, teacher, classmate, investigation, crime investigation, animal human communication, teenager, sleuth ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Young Bobby Spade who has an anxiety disorder, discovers that his therapy dog Ozzy is actually 600 years old and was once owned by a powerful wizard from ancient times. Upon his twelfth birthday, Bobby is propelled into a new life when he learns the ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, entertaining, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
magic, dog, talking animal, wizard, animal human communication, talking dog, magical creature, wizards and magicians, human dog relationship, teamwork, animal, magician ...
Similarity:
31%
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