Movies like My Giraffe
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My Giraffe (2017)
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Original name: Dikkertje Dap
Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Dikkertje Dap was born on the same day as Raf the giraffe. Dikkertje can often be found at the zoo, because Raf is his best friend. They are inseparable, until Dikkertje goes to school for the first time and finds out giraffes can’t go to school. Dikkertje dearly misses Raf, but also experiences exciting new things. He even makes a new friend: Yous. Raf misses Dikkertje too. So Dikkertje devises a plan to bring the giraffe to school and introduce his two friends to each other.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, uplifting, emotional, nostalgic
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
giraffe, human animal relationship, friendship, school, zoo, plan, children, animal human communication, best friend, escapades, heartwarming, schoolboy, friends, child, childhood, child protagonist, acceptance, innocent, teamwork, problem solving, curiosity, coming of age, slice of life, jealousy, surprise ...
Time:
2010s
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Duration: 45 min.
Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, lighthearted ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
school, children, teamwork, friendship, corruption, stealing money, child, robin hood, high school life, schoolboy, satire, stolen money ...
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, captivating, feel good, entertaining
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, Canada
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
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Similarity:
23%
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Netherlands
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, sincere, entertaining, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, escapades, best friend, youth, love and romance, fighting crime, family life, countryside, child romance, childhood sweetheart, friends, young at heart ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, colorful, offbeat ...
Audience:
toddlers, kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
friendship, disorder, escapades, youth, misfit, animal life, animal that acts human, safe, animal, children, teaching, game ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
ranch, children, witch, magic, escapades, burglar, friendship, heroine, girl, horse, teamwork, rescue ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, light, captivating, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Similarity:
21%
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