Movies like The Willoughbys

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The Willoughbys (2020)
 6.3
 20K
The Willoughbys (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
Style: unusual plot structure, touching, funny, anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, whimsical
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: abusive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, mischievous children, three brothers, children, friendship, new life, teamwork, search and rescue, kids and family, family relations, brother sister relationship, family problems, survival, vacation, conspiracy, escapades, satire, plan, brother brother relationship, domineering father, assassination plot, power relations, nanny ...
Time: future
Place: mount everest

Most similar movies to The Willoughbys

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining and funny films with plots about friendship, escapades, friends, children, computer animation, family relations and animals mostly in Family, Animation and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Willoughbys: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021), Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Klaus (2019), Ballerina (2016), Paddington (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her family decides to use this opportunity to drive Katie to school as a road trip. When their plans are interrupted by a tech uprising, the Mitchells realize that they must work ...
Style: funny, light, feel good, road movie, humorous ...
Audience: kids, preschoolers, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: father daughter relationship, robot, parents and children, dog, family relations, pug, road trip, fish out of water, wife, family life, husband, journey ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. ...
Style: light, feel good, colourful, funny, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, toddlers
Plot: talking animals, determination, friends, rescue, jungle, elephant, friendship, fantasy world, animals, creativity, children, goofy hero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 163K
Klaus (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A postman is posted to a frozen town in the North - where he discovers Santa Claus is hiding out.
Style: feel good, thought provoking, touching, colourful, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, children, postman, santa claus, friendship, small town, kindness, re-education, christmas present, friends, letter, toys ...
Time: future, 19th century
Place: finland, scandinavia, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.7
 23K
Ballerina (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Style: touching, inspirational, light, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: dancing, ballerina, rivalry, children, ballet, inventor, orphan, follow your dream, escape, mentor, best friends in love, flying ...
Time: future, 19th century
Place: paris france, europe, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 7.3
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Paddington (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary ...
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens, adult
Plot: animals, bear, talking animals, children, kids and family, jungle, childhood, taxidermist, interspecies friendship, secrets, adaptation, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: peru, england, united kingdom, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 32K
Barnyard (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
Style: humorous, exciting, funny, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot: animals, pig, coyote, father son relationship, talking animals, countryside, chicken, friendship, best friends, leadership, rescue, odd couple ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Rugrats Go Wild is a 2003 crossover animated film, with two animated Nickelodeon television series Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys. The film was produced by Klasky Csupo and released in theaters on June 13, 2003 by Paramount Pictures and ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, not serious, colourful, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: jungle, island, mischievous children, stranded, rescue, young heroes, save the day, friendship, leadership, escapades, youth, fish out of water ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Rugrats: All Growed Up (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story: Will Tommy still be the gang's fearless leader? Will Chuckie survive his first "crush"? Will Angelica still be underhanded? The answers are here as the entire Rugrats gang embarks on one of their most fantastic adventures yet.
Style: entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: kids
Plot: children, child, mischievous children, child protagonist, teenage protagonist, friends, group of friends, friendship, teenager, adolescence, escapades, teenage love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 5.9
 387
Upin & Ipin (2007)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: Upin and Ipin the twin who live at kampung durian runtuh.watch their live with their friend and family in a happy village
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, children, mischievous children, parents and children, twin brother, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, slice of life, family life, group of friends, everyday life, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.7
 20K
Vivo (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A music-loving kinkajou named Vivo embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
Style: entertaining, sincere, humorous, captivating, road movie ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: music, friendship, love, singer, friend, teamwork, animal human communication, musician, human animal relationship, coming of age, animals, child ...
Time: future
Place: havana cuba, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A lonely boy wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one wish is to become a real rabbit someday
Style: fairy tale, feel good, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot: youth, objects come to life, children, family relations, friendship, family life, escapades, love, gift, christmas, mischievous children, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
Style: humorous, funny, exciting, sweet, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, preschoolers ...
Plot: dinosaur, jungle, talking animals, ice age, fantasy world, friendship, loneliness, parenthood, animals, birth, rescue, animal life ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Recess: All Growed Down (2003)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: For the first time on DVD and video, see your favorite RECESS kids as kindergartners! Discover how the gang met with a look back at all your favorite characters when they first came to the Third Street School! The fun begins when the big kids get ...
Style: light, funny, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: mischievous children, children, schoolboy, friendship, teamwork, kindergarten, group of friends, school, friends, escapades, absurd humor, humour
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Style: light, entertaining, funny, sweet, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, preschoolers, family outing
Plot: dog, animals, children, friendship, talking animals, terrier, anthropomorphism, cat, disney, kids and family, pig, chase ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, north america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Italy, Peru
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The amazing story of Daniel, a dolphin who abandons the safety of his pod to explore the ocean and discover the true purpose of his life.
Style: captivating, entertaining, light, sincere, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: self discovery, talking animals, friends, escapades, survival, friendship, youth, obsessive quest, journey, explorer, diving, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
All Creatures Big and Small (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: It's the end of the world. A flood is coming. Luckily for Dave and his son Finny, a couple of clumsy Nestrians, an Ark has been built to save all animals. But as it turns out, Nestrians aren't allowed. Sneaking on board with the ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot: friendship, survival, self discovery, disorder, escapades, chaos, flood, noah's ark, animals, family relations, ancient history, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.4
 15K
Arthur (1996)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, educational, light ...
Audience: kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot: childhood, parents and children, family relations, friendship, family values, school, youth, best friend, mother daughter relationship, little girl, brother sister relationship, mischievous children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 8.1
 922K
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sweet, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: monster, friendship, creature, imagination, fantasy world, children, parallel world, rivalry, talking animals, disney, friends, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: himalaya
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Beloved dinosaurs Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Petrie and Ducky return in this story about the wonders of discovery that features new songs, including Donny Osmond's "No One Has to Be Alone."
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, light ...
Audience: kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot: dinosaur, friendship, family relations, family life, youth, child in peril, heroic mission, mischievous children, escapades, best friends, young heroes, heroes ...
Time: prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.4
 169K
Luca (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style: funny, captivating, entertaining, light, sexy ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: friendship, water, coming of age, ocean, sea voyage, disguise, seaside town, friends, disney, monster, sea adventure, sea ...
Time: future, year 1959, 20th century, 50s
Place: italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.1
 108K
The AristoCats (1970)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children -- Bonfamille's prize family of domesticated house cats -- the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the heirs, leaving them out on a country road. All seems ...
Style: humorous, touching, fairy tale, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot: cat, disney, talking animals, animals, animal life, butler, animal protagonist, elderly woman, getting home, friendship, social differences, mischievous children ...
Time: 1910s, 70s, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Highway Rat (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
Story: The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the highway, he searches for sugary treats to steal, until his sweet tooth leads him to a sticky end.
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: rat, anthropomorphic animal, talking horse, thief, animal protagonist, animal that acts human, animal life, animals, satire, villain as protagonist, food, greed ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
Style: humorous, sweet, witty, funny, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot: animals, talking animals, friendship, animal life, unlikely partners, parents and children, pirate, natural disaster, fantasy world, children, iceberg, friends ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Berenstain Bears (2002)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A fun-loving family of bears whose love, loyalty and humour allows them to overcome any obstacle that finds its way down their sunny dirt road. They demonstrate time and time again that, no matter what the problem may be, the love, understanding, ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sweet, educational
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: animal life, bear, family life, mischievous children, supportive parent, disorder, parents and children, escapades, anthropomorphic animal, friendship, family relations, forest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 168K
Bee Movie (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, absurd, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot: unlikely friendships, animal life, bee, jazz, culture clash, beehive, flower shop, honey, surrealism, exploitation, fighting the system, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: When a powerful developer named Mr. Scheck wants to knock down all the stores and houses in Arnold's neighborhood to build a huge "mall-plex", it looks likes the neighborhood is doomed to disappear. But with the help of a superhero ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, parody, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, preschoolers, family outing, teens
Plot: children, childhood, greed, unlikely friendships, multiple storylines, obsession, life philosophy, bullying, adaptation, espionage, mischievous children, buddies ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more food than the others. Meanwhile, the young dinos and a new adult dinosaur named Mr. ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot: dinosaur, rescue, escapades, heroes, misfit, best friends, friendship, friends, cold weather, anthropomorphism, prehistoric animal, extinction ...
Time: prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story: During an ordinary day in Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh sets out to find some honey. Misinterpreting a note from Christopher Robin, Pooh convinces Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Eeyore that their young friend has been captured by ...
Style: humorous, witty, sweet, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot: disney, friendship, talking animals, bear, winnie the pooh, love, goodhearted, escapades, goofy hero, tiger, pig, best friends ...
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 3.6
 419
Get Squirrely (2015)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: After breaking out of a rehabilitation zoo, Frankie, a squirrel with all the angles, returns to his forest. He learns from his dim-witted best friend, Cody, a porcupine and street-con, that while he was in lock-up, the entire forest was picked clean ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: heist, squirrel, friendship, heist gone wrong, plan gone wrong, escapades, animal that acts human, strategy, robbery, planning, anthropomorphic animal, society ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.3
 131K
The Boss Baby (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
Style: funny, touching, feel good, stylized, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschoolers, teens
Plot: sibling rivalry, baby, boy, job promotion, child, little boy, brothers, child as adult, family relations, parenthood, ceo, imagination ...
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%