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3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
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3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge.
Style: humorous, motivational, epic, feel good, semi serious, slapstick comedy, light, unusual plot structure, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: ninja, child martial arts, childhood, martial arts, young heroes, revenge, heroes, youth, vengeance, treasure hunt, friendship, friends, master warrior, vigilantism, escapades, rivalry, contests and competitions, underdog, buddies, heroic mission, children, baseball, hospital, wrestler, sibling relationship ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 80s, 1990s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
Keyword: fighting movie, oldies

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and realistic films with plots about rivalry, youth, heroes, martial arts, childhood, friends and danger mostly in Family, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like 3 Ninjas Kick Back: 3 Ninjas (1992), Kung Fu Kid (2007), 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995), The Spy Next Door (2010), Surf Ninjas (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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3 Ninjas (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: ninja, young heroes, childhood, martial arts, rescue, youth, rivalry, escapades, heroic mission, danger, brothers, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 3.9
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Kung Fu Kid (2007)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant.
Style: exciting, sincere, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: child martial arts, shaolin monk, martial arts, restaurant, master warrior, escapades, prodigy, danger, rivalry, school, kung fu master, kung fu classic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the toxic ...
Style: humorous, motivational, cult classic, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ninja, martial arts, child martial arts, young heroes, childhood, youth, heroes, righting the wronged, environmentalism, buddies, escapades, underdog ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Spy Next Door (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, ...
Style: feel good, exciting, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: mischievous children, spy, martial arts, single parent, children, cia agent, espionage, child spy, nanny, cia, family relations, secret agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: madagascar, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Surf Ninjas (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance are magically-induced martial arts prowess. Using their new powers they act to overthrow the island's ...
Style: humorous, slapstick, independent film, slapstick comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: ninja, surfing, martial arts, destiny, hand to hand combat, fistfight, brother brother relationship, surfer, adoptive father adopted son relationship, royalty, showdown, high school ...
Time: year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, southeast asia, usa, asia, vietnam ...
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3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three young boys, Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum together with their neighbor girl, computer whiz Amanda are visiting Mega Mountain amusement park when it is invaded by an army of ninjas led by evil Medusa, who wants to take over the park and hold the ...
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: martial arts, child martial arts, ninja, ak 47, young heroes, childhood, violence, wrestler, hostage, youth, eccentric family, heroic mission ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Magic Kid (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Karate action and laughs never cease when a brother and sister go to California to visit their uncle. They soon discover that he's an alcoholic on the run from the Mob who want him to pay up or else...
Style: independent film, semi serious, humorous
Plot: kickboxer, martial arts, kickboxing, alcoholic, karate, youth, ninja, gangster, child martial arts, down on your luck, alcohol abuse, family life ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Funky Monkey (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: friendship, buddies, daring rescue, escapades, young heroes, danger, rescue, soldier, animal life, disorder, laboratory, silly humor ...
Time: 2000s
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100%
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Undercover Grandpa (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and his WWII buddies.
Style: humorous, disturbing, light, captivating, romantic
Plot: help, abduction, old age, gunfight, elderly, escapades, danger, teenager, spy, crush, 911, high school ...
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Pocket Ninjas (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Somewhere in New Jersey, a group masked rollerblading children "save the universe" by training to fight the evil Cobra Khan through a series of action-packed montages. Along the way they hypothesize some slapstick hijinks in a balloon ...
Style: hilarious, funny, independent film, semi serious, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: ninja, martial arts, virtual reality, karate, stupid kid, dojo, family relations, battles, teenage life, heroic mission, family life, danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Sandlot 2 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond ...
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: sport team, youth, baseball, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, ambition, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time: year 1972
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Genre: Action, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr. Miyagi's dying father. After arriving Mr. Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival who he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean ...
Style: sentimental, saga, slasher, action packed, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: martial arts, childhood, underdog, bullying, fight, teenager, teacher, kung fu, revenge, fight scenes, friends, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, okinawa, asia, los angeles, okinawa japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Kreese, his life in tatters after his karate school was defeated by Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, visits Terry, a friend from Vietnam. Terry is a ruthless business man and a martial arts expert, and he vows to help Kreese take revenge on Daniel and Mr. ...
Style: spiritual, saga, action packed, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, bullying, teacher, karate, teenager, fight, ninja, children, childhood, fight scenes, underdog, teachers and students ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tahiti, usa, vietnam, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promotor/hustler who takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a ...
Style: humorous, family comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: baseball, childhood, youth, culture clash, sport team, coach, power relations, friends, misfit, athlete's life, contests and competitions, friendship ...
Time: year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, light, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: martial arts, ninja, superhero, ninja turtle, vigilante, comic book, anthropomorphic animal, mutant, mentor, talking animal, good versus evil, fight ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
3 Little Ninjas and the Lost Treasure (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A treasure map found by three young boys allows them reason to get their kicks in more ways than one.
Style: independent film, humorous
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: ninja, youth, treasure map, hostage, rivalry, escapades, confined, danger, rescue, friendship, heroes, friends ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.
Style: scenic, fast, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, samurai, karate, exploitation, kung fu classic, shaolin, revenge, battles ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A successful professional baseball player gets his ego in check via an unreality check when he travels back in time to his boyhood sandlot ball-playing days.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, saga
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens
Plot: baseball, youth, friendship, sport team, partner, friends, buddies, hopes, athlete and trainer, underdog, ambition, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Little Big League (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organisation that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.
Style: humorous, epic, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, childhood, coming of age, youth, teenager, motivation, mathematics, sport team, boy, friends, power relations, family relations ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, bronx new york city, boston ...
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26%
Forest Warrior (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: John McKenna is a spiritual being who is able to transform into bear, wolf or eagle. He lives in the forests of Tanglewood and has dedicated his life to protect them. One day a gang of evil lumberjacks led by Travis Thorne arrive Tanglewood to chop ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, sincere, disgusting ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, bear, adventurer, environmental issue, heroic mission, good versus evil, young heroes, wilderness, rescue, danger, ghost, superhero ...
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26%
Jackie Chan Kung Fu Master (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: China
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jackie Chan is the undefeated Kung Fu Master who dishes out the action in traditional Jackie Chan style. When a young boy sets out to learn how to fight from the Master himself, he not only witnesses some spectacular fights, but learns some ...
Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: martial arts, ambition, disorder, youth, teaching the ways of the world, athlete and trainer, violence, showdown, filmmaking, mixed martial arts, kung fu, fight ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, exciting, epic, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing ...
Plot: baseball, childhood, children, underdog, sport team, contests and competitions, mentor, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
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26%
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The Big Green (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, light, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot: soccer, school, underdog, childhood, youth, athlete and trainer, football, high school life, against the odds, small town life, teachers and students, follow your dream ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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26%
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Mr. Nanny (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.
Style: funny, melancholic, intense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: nanny, wrestler, kidnapping, kids and family, dysfunctional family, alternate reality, adaptation, family relations, family life, parents and children, mischievous children, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
American Ninja 5 (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, cannon, superhero, master warrior, heroes, chase, kidnapping, tai chi, violent content, tough heroes, power relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Karate Kid (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, teenager, karate, human spirit, teaching the ways of the world, underdog, teacher, bullying, coming of age, high school, childhood, martial arts tournament ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1984
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Ed (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jack Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) could be a world-class baseball pitcher if he didn't keep buckling under the pressure. He tries to keep his spirits up after he's traded to a minor league team but loses all hope when he discovers that Ed, one of ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, family comedy, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: baseball, chimpanzee, athlete's life, against the odds, friendship, partner, lifestyle, hopes, kidnapping, rivalry, animal life, underdog ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame ...
Style: spectacular, epic, hilarious, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, competition, childhood, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer, child ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: minnesota, los angeles, iceland, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Five 2nd-grade kids who don't follow strict rules by their school principal Brinway are dubbed "Stinkers" by him. On the class visit to an aquarium the Stinkers decide that a sea lion called Slappy doesn't feel too good there, ...
Style: epic, family comedy, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: youth, sea lion, family relations, rescue, school, friends, power relations, animal life, disorder, coming of age, dedicated educator, daring rescue ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Home Run Showdown (2012)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two little league teams take on their coaches' sibling rivalry, and end up doing battle in a place the baseball world never expected: in the outfield of the Home Run Derby.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: baseball, youth, young heroes, ambition, family relations, contests and competitions, rivalry, parents and children, teenage life, coming of age, sport team, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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