Movies and TV shows like Being Ian

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Being Ian (2004)
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Being Ian (2004)
Genre: Animation, Family, Mystery
Country: Canada, Philippines
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Being Ian is a Canadian animated series produced by Studio B Productions, Corus Entertainment and Nelvana, focusing on 12-year-old Ian Kelley, who aspires to become a filmmaker. It originally aired from January 1, 2005 to April 22, 2007. The series is created by and based on the early life of actor/writer Ian James Corlett. It is set in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. Produced in 2004, it debuted January 4, 2005 on YTV. The series aired in the United States on Qubo from September 19, 2009 - October 24, 2009.
Style: semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, children's program
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: best friend, obsession, youth, friends, family relations, parents and children, family life, isolation, store, coming of age, siblings relations, emotionless, adolescence vs adulthood, 12 year old, best friends, family

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, semi serious, humorous and captivating films and TV series with plots about friends, family relations, youth, parents and children, best friend, friendship and family life mostly in Animation, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Being Ian: Olivia (2009), Willa's Wild Life (2008), Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007), Charlie and Lola (2005), Connie the Cow (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Olivia (2009)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
TV show
Story: Tag along with enthusiastic 6-year-old girl pig Olivia and her closest friends as they use the power of their imaginations to solve everyday problems and embark on fun-filled adventures in this charming Nick Jr. series. Designed with preschoolers in ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friends, best friend, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, youth, family life, friend, english accent
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100%
Willa's Wild Life (2008)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Willa's Wild Life is a French/Canadian/American animated television series that first aired on ABC2 in 2008, then on Qubo and Nickelodeon Canada in 2009. The show is based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. It is about a ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, sincere
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: adventurer, mischievous children, young heroes, heroes, best friend, youth, escapades, disorder, pets, parents and children, family life, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story: Using live-action wildlife films from the National Geographic and the BBC archives, this animated PBS series tells the warmhearted story of an elephant named Mama Mirabelle, who travels the world filming wildlife movies that she shares with her ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, feel good, sincere
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: family life, parents and children, friends, family relations, animal life, escapades, youth, nature, teaching the ways of the world, siblings relations, zebra, cheetah ...
Place: israel, middle east, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Charlie and Lola (2005)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Charlie and Lola is a British animated television series based on the Charlie and Lola books written by Lauren Child. It aired from 2005–2008. The animation uses a collage style that emulates the style of the original books. Three series were ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, light, exciting, 2d animation
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: siblings relations, youth, family life, best friend, kindergarten, adolescence vs adulthood, child as adult, imaginary character, friends, family relations, brother sister relationship, imagination ...
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Connie the Cow (2002)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, Spain, Germany, UK
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: Connie is a young cow who is very curious about everything. Each day, she meets new friends and explores the colorful world around her.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating
Audience: kids, toddlers
Plot: farm, family relations, friends, animal life, youth, family life, parents and children, countryside, cow, animal, dog, talking animal
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks (2006)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA, Canada
TV show
Story: Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks is a children's show on Discovery Kids, that premiered in the fall of 2006 and was produced by Endgame Entertainment and Bigfoot. It is a CGI-style animation, presenting the fictional ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot: friendship, friends, anthropomorphic vehicle, youth, small town, escapades, homecoming, family life, teaching the ways of the world, family relations, power relations, motor
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Fifi and the Flowertots (2005)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: Fifi and the Flowertots follows Fifi the flower and her friends as they learn about helping each other and using their imaginations.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, family relations, environmentalism, best friend, animal life, stop motion, friends, gardener
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Pinky Dinky Doo (2005)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Pinky Dinky Doo dances her way into her Story Box to tell stories and solve problems using her big imagination and fancy words.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, friendship, figment, siblings relations, friends, family relations, imaginary, disorder, young heroes, girl, brother sister relationship, female protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Guess How Much I Love You (2012)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, UK, Singapore
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the books by Sam McBratney, and illustrated by Anita Jeram, Guess How Much I Love You sees Little and Big Nutbrown Hare explore their beautiful surroundings, play with their friends and delight in the love between them. The series not only ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, animal life, woods, parents and children, youth, escapades, family relations, disorder, mischievous children, love, friends, house
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Max and Ruby (2002)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Meet two funny bunny siblings, the energetic and mischievous Max, and the patient, smart and goal-oriented Ruby. The show models empowering messages by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences respectfully and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: animal life, best friend, young heroes, rabbit, brother sister relationship, animal, humour, animal protagonist, siblings relations, family relations, friends, cartoon rabbit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Peter Rabbit (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Nickelodeon brings treasured literary icon Peter Rabbit to life with the new CG-animated preschool series, Peter Rabbit. The series is a fresh re-imagining of the popular Beatrix Potter children’s books based on Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit features ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: rabbit, family relations, mischievous children, parents and children, escapades, animal life, youth, friendship, siblings relations, disorder, countryside
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Stella and Sam (2011)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Stella and Sam is a preschool television series based on the Canadian book series "Stella" and "Sam" by Marie-Louise Gay and published by Groundwood Books Inc. The second season of the series is currently in production with ...
Style: feel good, sincere, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: imaginary character, friendship, adventurer, imaginary, friends, escapades, family relations, objects come to life, imagination, children, creativity, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Busytown Mysteries (2007)
Genre: Animation, Family, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Busytown Mysteries, also known as Hurray for Huckle!, is a Canadian animated television series created by Cookie Jar Entertainment. Currently the series airs in Canada as part of the Kids' CBC block on the Tiny Pop channel and in the United ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, educational
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: investigation, heroes, amateur detective, teaching the ways of the world, friends, children, anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, town, cat
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Little Nick (2009)
Genre: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
Story: Nicolas has lots of energy and loves to play with his friends. The boys are quite imaginative and have lots of great ideas, for no apparent reason the adults do not appreciate their efforts. Time after time our heroes fall into trouble because of ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, family relations, young heroes, mischievous children, parents and children, disorder, family life, friends, youth, comic hero, superhero
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil. Each episode follows the ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, computer animated
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: animal life, family relations, escapades, imaginary, supportive parent, insect, youth, family life, parents and children, siblings relations, friends, woods ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hello Kitty's Paradise (2000)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: A kitty and her friends are off to explore the world together. With the help of her friends, Hello Kitty will learn a lot about life. Adventure awaits.
Style: humorous, not serious, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, friends, cartoon cat, anthropomorphic cat, animal, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animal, family relations, twins, imaginary, youth, siblings relations ...
Place: europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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JoJo's Circus (2003)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: JoJo's Circus is an interactive stop-motion musical comedy series for preschool children. The series is created by the combined efforts of Jim Jinkins, David Campbell, Lisa Jinkins and Eric Weiner and produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios and ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: clown, circus, friends, friendship, imaginary kingdom, best friend, family life, teaching the ways of the world, youth, lion, surrealism, stop motion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Team Umizoomi (2010)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Team Umizoomi is a animated fantasy musical series with an emphasis on preschool mathematical concepts, such as counting, sequences, shapes, patterns, measurements, and comparisons. The team consists of mini superheroes Milli and Geo, a friendly ...
Style: entertaining, light, captivating, colorful, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: mathematics, robot, friendship, friends, family relations, siblings relations, buddies, boat, geometry, brother sister relationship, superhero, magic ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Angelina Ballerina (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK, Hungary
TV show
Story: Angelina, the remarkable prima ballerina mouse stars in 4 new adventures in Lights, Camera, Action! Re-released in a new handle box. Lights, Camera, Action! - When Angelina enters a movie-making contest she decides to make a weepy melodrama in ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot: best friend, follow your dream, dancer's life, mischievous children, youth, ambition, hopes, teachers and students, dance school, ballet, cartoon mouse, mouse ...
Time: 2000s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps (2008)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Join Angelina Ballerina as she finds her way in her new school, puts together her own show and tries to land a leading role in the Mouskinov Ballet. Prepare to pirouette along with everyone's favorite ballerina in these sparkling stories!
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Audience: kids
Plot: follow your dream, dancer's life, ambition, teachers and students, hopes, dance school, youth, friends, family relations, mouse, artists and showbiz, school ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Stanley (2001)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Stanley is an animated television series that was aired on Disney Junior, based on the series of children's books written by "Griff", also known as Andrew Griffin. It was produced by Cartoon Pizza, and was developed for television by ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: goldfish, young heroes, best friend, pets, animal life, family relations, problem solving, lifestyle, child, parents and children, family life, child protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Make Way for Noddy (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Noddy, a wooden boy who lives in Toyland, introduces social concepts. He has big musical adventures with his friends and a very big imagination.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: young heroes, mischievous children, best friend, youth, escapades, child, child protagonist, stop motion
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Sally Bollywood (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the adventures of Sally who, along with her friend Doowee, operates a private detective agency. Together they investigate cases brought to them by their school friends in a multicultural suburb of a big, western city, "Cosmopolis".
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, stylized
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: young heroes, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, heroes, youth, family relations, parents and children, best friend, school, friends, urban
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Pecola (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Pecola is a 3D Japanese anime series from Canada which stars cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town. It is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata. The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2003 for 26 ...
Style: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: penguins, anthropomorphic animal, animal life, animal, friends, anthropomorphism, friendship, best friend, laboratory, cube
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Braceface (2001)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Braceface is a Canadian animated series that aired on Teletoon in Canada, and on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States, as well as Pop Girl in Australia. It is produced by American actress Alicia Silverstone, and made by the Canadian ...
Style: not serious, humorous, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: adolescence, best friend, youth, family life, high school life, parents and children, teenage life, single parent, friends, teenage girl, child protagonist, teenage protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Postcards from Buster (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Postcards from Buster centers on Buster traveling to various places around North America, usually in the United States but also in the Caribbean, Canada – and other places – with his father, who is a pilot for a group of musicians. In each ...
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friends, best friend, youth, educational program, surrealism, dancing, controversy, dance, english accent, camera
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Ellen's Acres (2007)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Ellen's Acres is an American animated television series for preschool-age children, which exclusively premiered weekly on Cartoon Network Video and in the United Kingdom, the show airs on Cartoonito. Animation Collective produces the series. It ...
Style: stylized, semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friends, escapades, school, youth, imaginary, parents and children, moral dilemma, countryside, desert, bus, hotel
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Tickety Toc (2011)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: South Korea, UK
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: In The Unstoppable, Unpoppable Bubble, our comedic heroes Tommy and Tallulah test McCoggins¿ new unpoppable bubble formula! But soon an unpoppable bubble becomes so large it engulfs the whole town! Will the town be rescued from the extra-large and ...
Style: educational, humorous, feel good, semi serious, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, family relations, young heroes, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, friends, escapades, race against time, youth, twins, train, clock ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Ella Bella Bingo (2011)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Norway, Singapore
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the adventures of happy-go-lucky Ella as she uses her boundless creativity and infectious enthusiasm to solve everyday problems in spectacularly innovative ways. A warm, humorous mix of fun and laughter about charismatic, creative Ella and ...
Style: funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: girl, friendship, friends, family relations, lifestyle, adventure hero, child
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Rugrats (1991)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, retro ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: friendship, precocious child, mischievous children, siblings relations, parents and children, baby, twins, little boy, best friend, babies and infants, cousin cousin relationship, little girl ...
Time: 90s
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31%
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