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101 Dalmatians (1996)
124K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Live action adaptation of a Disney Classic. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Style:
retro, fairy tale, anamorphic, parody, hilarious, lighthearted, exciting, semi serious, psychotronic, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, kids, pre-teens, teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, animal, dalmatian, pets, childhood, puppy, kids and family, talking animal, fashion designer, profanity, canine, revenge, wedding, femme fatale, birth, bicycle, bulldog, evil woman, arrest, dog actor, skunk, animals family, new year, winter, truth ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s, 1990s
Place:
big ben london, england, europe, britain, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining and sweet films with plots about slug, family, dog, disorder, children, happy ending and pets mostly in Comedy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like 101 Dalmatians: 102 Dalmatians (2000), Paddington (2014), Baby's Day Out (1994), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Cruella (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Monaco
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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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:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
babies and infants, stupidity, chase, mischievous children, escapades, danger, crime gone awry, prank, young heroes, kidnapping, lost child, childhood ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
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293K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to ...
Style:
fairy tale, light, visually appealing, captivating, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, britain, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Style:
entertaining, fairy tale, sweet, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe, big ben london ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try break into his house to get it back.
Style:
feel good, humorous, parody, slapstick, christmas classics ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, year 2017, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.
Style:
funny, humorous, exciting, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
dog, police dog, rottweiler, undercover, buddy cop, police, talking animal, partner, spy, top secret, bandit, smuggling ...
Place:
usa, las vegas
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 ...
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Place:
london, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
141K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, sentimental, sincere, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. ...
Style:
feel good, light, hilarious, light hearted, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, pets, puppy, animal, bullying, childhood, children, dysfunctional family, divorce, love, saint bernard dog, human dog relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, montana, san francisco
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Zambia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, clever, stylized, allegory, mind blowing ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
animal, monkey, piglet, kids and family, heartwarming, culture clash, children, anthropomorphism, talking dog, ape, animal protagonist, mission ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, sydney australia, australia, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
goofy hero, getting home, cat, youth, friendship, imaginary kingdom, disorder, talking cat, impersonating a police officer, child, rescue, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2003
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, puppy, children, animal actor, human animal relationship, bullying, pets, animal, childhood, happy ending, saint bernard dog, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
california, san francisco
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Italy, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
Style:
3d animation, humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot:
dog, puppy, pets, friendship, golden retriever, heroic mission, daring rescue, disorder, kidnapping, teenage life, animal, partner ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Style:
sweet, feel good, touching, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, cat, wilderness, pets, beautiful scenery, friendship, human animal relationship, childhood, fish out of water, unlikely friendships, talking animal, journey ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, nevada, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the tiny pups will stop at nothing ...
Style:
entertaining, fairy tale, humorous, suspense, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, pets, couples, animal life, police dog, animal, kids and family, family relations, family life, silly humor, mischievous children, talking animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
beverly hills, california, usa, peru
Similarity:
23%
3K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, touching, not serious, spoof, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, light hearted, light ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, antarctic, usa, cuba
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The family is pleasantly surprised and puzzled when Beethoven suddenly becomes obedient. Turns out it's a prince and the pauper scenario, with the real Beethoven now living with a pompous rich family.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, youth, pets, human dog relationship, family relations, saint bernard dog, partner, mistaken identity, fish out of water, parents and children, escapades, disorder ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, ...
Style:
retro, hilarious, semi serious, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
pets, dog, animal, childhood, lost dog, talking cat, talking dog, heartwarming, road trip, cat, golden retriever, dog attack ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, canada, california, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Everyone's favorite St. Bernard returns in this family film about man's best friend. Richard Newton, his wife Beth and kids Brennan and Sara shove off in their camper for a road trip. Along the way, they gain a new passenger: slobbery ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, independent film, feel good
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, human dog relationship, animal, pets, family relations, family life, silly humor, disorder, escapades, nothing goes right, parents and children, mischievous children ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Garrisons (Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette) are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups -- and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, light, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, animal, dachshund, family drama, justice, happy ending, pets, disorder, mistaken identity, family life, best friend, misfit ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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