Movies like The Addams Family 1991
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The Addams Family (1991)
200K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very well to the strange family. Can the doctor carry out her evil plans and take over the Addams Family's fortune?
Style:
gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous, funny, not serious, stylized, spoof, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama, adult
Plot:
goth, halloween, dark humor, childhood, eccentric family, supernatural ability, fantasy world, husband wife relationship, family relations, uncle, supernatural, witch, addams family, long lost brother, mansion, mischievous children, children, sword fight, cemetery, siamese twins, brother brother relationship, unconventional family, amnesia, comic book, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, dark comedy, funny and offbeat films with plots about storytelling, dialogue, destiny, catastrophe, mentor, fantasy world and supernatural mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Horror genres. Some movies like The Addams Family: Beetlejuice (1988), Halloweentown (1998), Death Becomes Her (1992), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), Dark Shadows (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot:
goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
100%
415K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, surreal, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
haunted house, afterlife, ghost, supernatural, surrealism, dark humor, goth, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, seance, able to see the dead, haunted ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
america, usa, new england, connecticut
Similarity:
97%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they ...
Style:
gothic, sitcom, dark fantasy, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, toddlers, pre-teens, horror for children ...
Plot:
eccentric family, satire, dark humor, supernatural, goth, society, living with parents, couple relations, supernatural ability, culture clash, family life, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
20th century, future, 60s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
halloween, witch, teenage girl, magic, youth, parallel world, good versus evil, disorder, save the day, supernatural ability, rescue, heroic mission ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, gothic, clever, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
dark humor, immortality, love triangle, obsession, magic, death, fountain of youth, afterlife, satire, rejuvenation, zombie, potion ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
california, persia, beverly hills, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When her great aunt dies famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town to Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house a witches cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream ...
Style:
gothic, parody, humorous, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, inheritance, witchcraft, goth, magic, demon, hostess, female protagonist, halloween, small town, good versus evil, big breasts ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The New Addams Family is an American-Canadian sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 and aired on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States. It was produced by Shavick Entertainment and Saban Entertainment as a new version of the ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, not serious, dark, spoof ...
Audience:
kids, teens, horror for children
Plot:
dark humor, eccentric family, supernatural, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, supernatural ability, youth, halloween, butler, addams family, holiday ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
293K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, humorous, black comedy, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
vampire, witch, eccentric family, immortality, dark humor, witchcraft, curse, vengeance, lost love, old mansion, supernatural, werewolf ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 70s, 19th century ...
Place:
new england, usa, liverpool, england, maine ...
Similarity:
78%
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118K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as ...
Style:
funny, light, sexy, feel good, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
devil, pact with the devil, wish come true, deal with the devil, femme fatale, fish out of water, nothing goes right, destiny, wish fulfillment, unrequited love, time machine, heaven and hell ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Style:
sexy, dark comedy, gothic, horror comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
witch, small town, magic, witchcraft, black magic, devil, supernatural, dark humor, supernatural ability, twists and turns, fantasy world, deal with the devil ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, rhode island, england
Similarity:
83%
484K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, cult classic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, accountant, imagination, giant monster, chase, friendship, librarian, haunting ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1989, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa, new york state ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu Miley (Fraser) into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilariously horny alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and ...
Style:
black comedy, humorous, cult classic, absurd, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot:
coma, parallel world, surrealism, carnival, drawing, cyclops, monkey, dream, alternate reality, imaginary, goofy hero, stop motion ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, gothic, stylized, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, magic, family relations, secret passageway, danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, escapades, reincarnation, children, halloween ...
Time:
year 2003, victorian era, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, dark comedy, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, serial killer, haunted house, dark humor, funeral, psychic, supernatural ability, violence, architect, car accident, death of wife ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1800s, 1950s, 70s
Place:
oklahoma city, oceania, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
172K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it us up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, scary, mystical, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage life, childhood, witchcraft, halloween party, children, sisters, vengeance, resurrection ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, sad, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
loneliness, goth, love, surrealism, christmas, love story, freak, love and romance, social misfits, teenage girl, garden, inventor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1990, 50s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With ...
Style:
sweet, feel good, sincere, sexy, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, magic, supernatural, sisters, supernatural ability, witchcraft, curse, love, halloween, aunt niece relationship, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
seattle, usa, arizona, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
159K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the ...
Style:
sweet, fairy tale, light, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
friendship, halloween, ghost, haunted house, single father, supernatural, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, teenage girl, mischievous children, daughter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
maine, new england, usa, new mexico, santa fe new mexico
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
god, religion, wish come true, chosen one, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural power, divine intervention, selfishness, deal, niagara falls, reporter, job promotion ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north america, mount everest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, dark fantasy, scary, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, kids ...
Plot:
witch, magic, good versus evil, hotel, spell, coven, boy, little boy, mouse, supernatural, halloween, chocolate ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
80%
409K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, offbeat, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
jungle, fantasy world, childhood, magic, board game, time travel, getting home, children, parallel world, danger, friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 90s, year 1969, 1860s ...
Place:
new hampshire, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy ...
Style:
horror comedy, black comedy, scary, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, femme fatale, private detective, prostitute, hospital, brothel, sexy female vampire, missing person, dark humor, evil woman, holy water, cheerleader ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
Style:
parody, funny, spoof, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, dracula, farce, satire, vampire bite, stupidity, sexy female vampire, insane asylum, goofy hero, hypnosis, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, england, romania, london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, dark comedy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, orphan, death in the family, child in peril, danger, dishonesty, steampunk, child, boy, siblings relations, destiny, nobility ...
Time:
year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
67%
465K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, villain, alter ego, gangster, superhuman powers, transformation, double life, magic, split personality, dog, supernatural power, nightclub ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style:
light, funny, hilarious, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
stupidity, kidnapping, dog, private detective, human animal relationship, dumb, bird, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, goofy hero, investigation, pets ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
100%
65K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, parody, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, dark humor, twists and turns, cons and scams, neighbor neighbor relationship, writers, old woman, parrot, young lovers, thanksgiving, chocolate, fire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant ...
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
chase, dark humor, small town, justice, dysfunctional family, on the run, hip hop, eccentric family, disorder, danger, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
100%
116K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, cult classic ...
Plot:
dark humor, multiple storylines, curses spells and rituals, workplace situations, couples, disorder, fish out of water, gangster, lifestyle, supernatural ability, workplace, hotel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
america, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, dysfunctional family, farce, radio, dialogue, couples, family relations, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, family problems ...
Time:
80s, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
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