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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
46K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the force of a volcano -- were real. Now, these two pint-sized action masters will show Max that even an ordinary kid has what it takes to be extraordinary.
Style:
surreal, feel good, entertaining, enigmatic, absurd, teen, touching, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
fantasy becomes reality, shark, fantasy world, child protagonist, imaginary kingdom, heroes, imaginary friend, imaginary, superhero, coming of age, escapades, young heroes, friendship, youth, battles, heroine, showdown, school, magic, good versus evil, teenager, parent child relationship, dream world, teacher, villain ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas
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Most similar movies to The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, entertaining, feel good and semi serious films with plots about family, imaginary, catastrophe, dialogue, destiny, mentor and adaptation mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl: Spy Kids (2001), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Zoom (2006), Underdog (2007), Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, parody, spoof, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
fantasy world, children, child spy, mad scientist, secret agent, heroes, rivalry, monster, spy spoof, telepathy, villain, animal ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of ...
Style:
intense, teen, light, action adventure, spoof ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
young heroes, spy, children, heroic mission, child spy, violence, chase, secret agent, spy spoof, fight scenes, mentor, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
texas, chile, north america
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, ...
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, game, child, sibling rivalry, childhood, human in outer space, alien, outer space, alternate world ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into ...
Style:
humorous, teen, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
superhero, teenage superhero, invisible man, high school, female hero, superhero team, fight scenes, good versus evil, comic book, friendship, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Similarity:
83%
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24K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, superhero, good versus evil, teenager, single father, talking dog, animal, genetics, justice, experiment, rescue, superhuman powers ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, iowa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
Style:
exciting, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
virtual reality, video game, child spy, mad scientist, secret agent, brutality, mission, rescue, technology, escapades, save the world, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, New Zealand, UK, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, feel good, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
teenager, good versus evil, fairy godmother, teenage protagonist, happy ending, high school, villain, imaginary kingdom, witchcraft, imaginary, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, melancholic, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, child protagonist, transformation, boy, halloween, siblings relations, school, imaginary, friendship, friends, heroes ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 80s
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
100%
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100K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, teen, exciting, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, superhero, friendship, supernatural ability, young heroes, superhuman powers, heroes, coming of age, best friends in love, good versus evil, teenage life, super powers ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
193K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, children, fantasy world, chocolate, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, imagination, poverty, food ...
Time:
year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
bavaria, new delhi, japan, europe, georgia ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sam is a teenage royal rebel, second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria. Just as her disinterest in the royal way of life is at an all-time high, she discovers she has super-human abilities and is invited to join a secret society of ...
Style:
breathtaking, funny, exciting, tense, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
heir to the throne, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, supernatural ability, sisters, love and romance, moral dilemma, duty, best friend, fictional country, secret mission ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, witty, not serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
child, supernatural ability, heroic mission, parents and children, superhero, female protagonist, friendship, villain, alien invasion, boy hero, super powers, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 1920s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old girl who lives on a space station in the year 2049, gets into some trouble and is banished to Earth. With help from some Earth friends she must find her way back.
Style:
teen, futuristic, not serious, humorous, whimsical ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
teenager, disorder, friends, misfit, escapades, blonde girl, female protagonist, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, child protagonist, occupation, adolescence ...
Time:
2040s, 90s, future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Style:
talky, humorous, exciting, light, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
soldier, toys, toy comes to life, childhood, satire, small town, children, boy, heroes, suburbs, objects come to life, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
63%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. A retired spy Marissa (Jessica Alba) is thrown back into the action along with her stepchildren when a ...
Style:
entertaining, spy comedy, exciting, semi serious, spoof ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
child spy, child hero, children, secret agent, espionage, heroes, time travel, save the world, hidden identity, young heroes, heroic mission, undercover ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
lie, pinocchio, puppet, fish out of water, obsessive quest, mischievous children, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, friendship, rescue, misfit, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The legendary Power Rangers must stop the evil space pirate Divatox from releasing the powerful Maligore from his volcanic imprisonment on the island of Muranthias, where only the kindly wizard Lerigot has the key to release him. The hope of victory ...
Style:
super sentai, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, fast ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
power rangers, superhero, monster, giant monster, good versus evil, villain, save the world, heroes, rescue, superhero team, alien encounter, heroic mission ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK, Australia, Germany, New Zealand
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful ...
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, saga, epic, feel good ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, sword fight, good versus evil, witch, imaginary kingdom, queen, prince, talking animal, centaur, animal, sibling relationship, parallel world ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia, France, Pakistan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Style:
humorous, light, slapstick, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
baby, villain, mischievous children, museum, party, transformation, cartoonist, rivalry, superhero, pet dog, showdown, split personality ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
pakistan, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
Style:
parody, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, plumber, computer game, transformation, brothers, fantasy world, true love, rescue, heroes, good versus evil, heroic mission ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, not serious, light hearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, pets, spy, kids and family, chase, conspiracy, abduction, laboratory, talking animal, talking dog, secret agent, martial arts ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
egypt, san francisco
Similarity:
67%
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%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style:
exciting, teen, breathtaking, rom com, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, fantasy world, lost world, adventurer, twists and turns, mysterious place, underground, expedition, cave, imaginary, obsessive quest, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iceland, italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
134K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Style:
fairy tale, mythical, exciting, serious, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy, girls' night ...
Plot:
dragon, chosen one, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, supernatural ability, imaginary, sword and sorcery, young heroes, fantasy world, good versus evil, legends and myths, danger ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Following on from the plot of the last movie, babies can communicate with each other using 'baby talk', and have an innate knowledge of the secrets of the universe. The baby geniuses become involved in a scheme by media mogul Bill Biscane ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, anime, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, teens
Plot:
babies and infants, mischievous children, escapades, save the day, mind control, secret identity, young heroes, heroic mission, satellite, goofy hero, baseball, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Powerful magic cast by Alex spells trouble for the Russo's. The kids must go on an adventure to save their family and their existence.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, teen, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, teen fantasy, kids ...
Plot:
magic, witch, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, family vacation, changing the past or future, teenager, spell, teenage girl, hereditary gift of witchcraft, magic wand, cave ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
caribbean, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
harry potter, magic, friendship, witch, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, magical, best friend, chosen one, boarding school, children ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1991, year 2001, year 1992, 80s ...
Place:
england, london, yorkshire, europe
Similarity:
58%
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