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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
49K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
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 through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Style:
entertaining, sweet, humorous, teen, melancholic, touching, feel good, not serious, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, bad luck, child's point of view, job interview, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, birthday party, family relations, coming of age, friends, parents and children, mischievous children, young heroes, school, dysfunctional family, heartwarming, youth, one day, boy, teenage girl, birthday, restaurant, teenager, college ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia, usa, north america
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Most similar movies to Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining and semi serious films with plots about family, youth, family relations, teenager, childhood, children and child mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010), Ramona and Beezus (2010), The Even Stevens Movie (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), How to Eat Fried Worms (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, surreal, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
middle school, childhood, child protagonist, teenager, peer pressure, coming of age, high school life, fat boy, boy, high school, bullying, child ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
guatemala, usa, new york, north america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. ...
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
mischievous children, child's point of view, two sisters, youth, aunt niece relationship, family relations, family life, parent child relationship, sibling relationship, disorder, father daughter relationship, money problems ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island that's halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family breaks apart in front of all their ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, tropical, teen
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
youth, family relations, family life, parents and children, teenage life, mischievous children, nothing goes right, disorder, siblings relations, island, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
large family, children, childhood, family relations, parenthood, dysfunctional family, chaos, parents and children, eccentric family, teenager, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, youth, coming of age, bullying, bully, contests and competitions, friendship, parents and children, rivalry, love and romance, friends, family relations ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an evil dictator threatens to take over the kingdom, Princess Rosalinda gets put into the Princess Protection Program. She is taken under the wing of General Joe Mason, an agent from the agency, and his daughter, Carter, who works after school ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
teenager, high school, princess, friendship, youth, teenage life, best friend, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, friends, school, royal family ...
Place:
louisiana, canada, california
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot:
large family, blended family, wedding, parenthood, family relations, parents and children, mischievous children, children, opposites attract, siblings relations, single parent, family life ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, connecticut, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.
Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, funny, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
family bonds, kids and family, punishment, youth, children, life philosophy, family relations, bully, boy, adoption, technology, eccentric family ...
Time:
year 2012, 50s, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the story about seven very different best friends, and one summer that will bring them together like never before.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, lighthearted, sad ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
children, friendship, nanny, coming of age, childhood, camp, bullying, teenager, teenage life, parents and children, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
connecticut, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
twins, youth, impossible love, siblings relations, family relations, child romance, teenage girl, tourist, slice of life, child, girl, childhood ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, melancholic, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, child protagonist, transformation, boy, halloween, siblings relations, school, imaginary, friendship, friends, heroes ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 80s
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
100%
737K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, home alone, mischievous children, child, children, youth, home invasion, child protagonist, kids and family, childhood, when the parents are away ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1990, year 2016, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, north america, usa, france ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When a widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8, can the 20 of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Style:
light, sentimental, touching, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, teens
Plot:
children, childhood, adoption, sisters, fall in love, family life, marriage, doctor, parenthood, unlikely friendships, stereotypes, kids and family ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, victorian era
Place:
bay area, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
middle school, child protagonist, humour, children, school, teenager, best friend, dream, child, against the rules, talent, escapades ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, not serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
childhood, children, bully, child, gang, dog, child romance, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, friendship, rich kid ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, magic, childhood, nanny, mentor, family values, children, mischievous children, single father, widower, prank, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2006, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, happy ending, nothing goes right, childhood, kids and family, neighbor, boy, troublemaker ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, christmas classics, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, childhood, father son relationship, christmas eve, christmas time, child custody, saving christmas, thanksgiving, toys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
childhood, divorce, family problems, parents and children, family life, hostage, love, kidnapping, couples, bullying, youth, therapy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
hawaii, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Public Defender Eddie is a widower with a 13 year-old daughter, Naomi. A classic workaholic, Eddie has been M.I.A. for most of Naomi's big moments. But when an unfortunately timed accident gives Eddie the opportunity to become the "Team ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, parents and children, camp, treasure hunt, family life, siblings relations, friends, family relations, woods, obstacle course, jealousy, embarrassment ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
Style:
feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
summer vacation, youth, family relations, mischievous children, competition, young heroes, amusement park, escapades, disorder, friendship, female protagonist, girl ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
Similarity:
50%
155K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, Costa Rica
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, feel good, sweet, colorful, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
kids and family, bear, children, animal, talking animal, adoption, anthropomorphic animal, goofy hero, childhood, animal life, furry, heartwarming ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, england, europe, peru
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%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.
Style:
humorous, touching, entertaining, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
childhood, happy ending, school, underdog, friendship, revenge, mischievous children, middle school, kids and family, vengeance, teenager, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
67%
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:
entertaining, funny, humorous, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
body swapping, sisters, high school, switching roles, wish come true, teenage life, disorder, body swap, youth, siblings relations, sibling relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, san francisco, hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off course thanks to Greg's newest scheme to get to a video gaming convention.
Style:
road movie, entertaining, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
travel, road trip, boy, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family life, diary, mother son relationship, trip, on the road, parenthood, journey ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, entertaining, christmas special ...
Audience:
family outing, teen fantasy
Plot:
body swapping, christmas eve, body swap, christmas, holiday, children, mother, son, daughter, child, family relations, switching roles ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the ...
Style:
touching, feel good, romantic, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
animal, single father, happy ending, zoo, coping, kids and family, starting over, beautiful scenery, tiger, parenthood, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Meet the Murphys, a family with never ending bad luck. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," it's Murphy's law! Over a century ago a witch put a magical curse on their great-great grandfather and the whole family has been ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, melancholic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bad luck, teenager, nothing goes right, curses spells and rituals, female protagonist, against the odds, coming of age, family problems, down on your luck, love and romance, youth, true love ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
75%
34K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.
Style:
captivating, funny, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
kids and family, children, humour, family relations, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, teenager, parents, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
19%
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