Movies like Air Bud
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Air Bud (1997)
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA, Singapore, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Aruba, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The new kid in town, Josh has no friends and is too shy to try out for the school basketball team. Instead he prefers to practice alone on an abandoned court, he befriends a runaway golden retriever named Buddy. Josh is amazed when he realizes that Buddy loves basketball...that is playing basketball...and he is GOOD! Josh eventually makes the school team and Buddy is named the Team Mascot. Josh and Buddy become the stars of halftime. Buddy's half-time talent draws media attention. Unfortunately, when Buddy's mean former owner, Norm Snively, comes along with a scheme to cash in on the pup's celebrity, it looks like they are going to be separated.
Style:
light, inspirational, touching, feel good, humorous, sad, semi serious, crying, slapstick comedy, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, pets, basketball, animal, friendship, happy ending, childhood, unlikely friendships, human spirit, contests and competitions, small town, young heroes, getting home, rivalry, ambition, mischievous children, underdog, athlete's life, teaching the ways of the world, kids and family, coming of age, youth, best friend, dog actor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
washington state, seattle, usa, washington d.c., new jersey
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Most similar movies to Air Bud
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about family, friendship, friends, youth, animal, dog and slug mostly in Family, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Air Bud: Air Bud: World Pup (2000), Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002), Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), Rebound (2005), D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer (real football) player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, pets, sport team, golden retriever, soccer, ambition, friendship, rivalry, best friend, family relations, contests and competitions, animal life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Josh is off to his first year of college and buddy has stayed behind with joshs little sister andrea and the rest of the family. Adrea attempting to fit in with her jr. High classmates decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, semi serious
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, baseball, pets, sport team, youth, contests and competitions, underdog, family relations, disorder, fish out of water, family life ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, touching, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
small town, dog, father daughter relationship, childhood, children, animal, pets, loneliness, single father, adaptation, supermarket, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, touching, funny, black comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
basketball, college, sport team, youth, follow your dream, underdog, lifestyle, against the odds, ambition, prodigy, teenage life, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.
Style:
epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, hockey player, competition, olympics, high school, childhood, college, school, coming of age, underdog, winter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Puppy Paws (the fun-loving son of Santa Paws) gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, light, fairy tale, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
dog, christmas, santa claus, hopes, holiday, owner dog relationship, happy ending, pets, save the day, christmas present, xmas, christmas spirit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to American football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
Style:
inspirational, humorous, sentimental, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, american football, football, pets, animal, kidnapping, coach, family relations, friends, animal life, teenage life ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dog, youth, friendship, against the odds, young heroes, odd couple, fish out of water, adoption, parents and children, disorder, rescue, mischievous children ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
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81K
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being ousted from his hockey team, the Seattle Simians, and having to hit the road after being falsely accused of league misconduct. Jack ends up in the city, where he's befriended by Ben, a homeless ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
skateboard, youth, monkey actor, friendship, athlete's life, against the odds, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete and trainer, buddies, monkey, business ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport team, youth, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, contests and competitions, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In Disney's fifth installment to the franchise, Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, light, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, volleyball, youth, contests and competitions, friends, beach, friendship, pets, animal, stupid kid, sport team ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.
Style:
realistic, humorous, black comedy, semi serious
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
true love, basketball, hopes, young lovers, friendship, follow your dream, underdog, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, buddies, ambition ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
lighthearted, spectacular, epic, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, childhood, hockey player, competition, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
minnesota, iceland, los angeles, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
30K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, light hearted, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
dog, pets, dog sled, husky dog, fish out of water, small town, snow, nothing goes right, against the odds, friendship, animal, talking animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, antarctic, usa, cuba
Similarity:
100%
113K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, teen, sweet, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, friendship, childhood, coming of age, dog, adolescence, boy, bullying, small town, child, children, kids and family ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 90s, 50s ...
Place:
utah, california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Style:
inspirational, intense, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, underdog, baseball coach, coach, youth, childhood, competition, baseball player, unlikely friendships, sport team, motorcycle, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976, 1930s, 80s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
football, school, sport team, rivalry, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, small town, coach, soccer, janitor, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, san francisco, latin america, mexico city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, melancholic, slapstick, family comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
dog, chihuahua, pets, police dog, animal life, lifestyle, friendship, animal, rescue, childhood, urban, getting home ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
beverly hills, california, mexico, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie “Cloud 9″ tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
snowboarding, follow your dream, couples, parents and children, nothing goes right, disorder, opposites attract, ski resort, athlete's life, snowboard, contests and competitions, extreme sport ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
utah, usa, seattle
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Here’s the delightful tale of teamwork and adventure your whole family will love! Air Bud is the proud father of five adorable puppies - the hip-hopping B-Dawg, lovely Rosebud, mellow Buddha, dirt-loving Mudbud, and the big fella Budderball - with ...
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to ...
Style:
sweet, touching, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animal, destiny, greed, hopes, friendship, heroes, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, funny, fast ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
horse race, zebra, underdog, horse, racehorse, animal life, animal, farm, friendship, rivalry, contests and competitions, rescue ...
Place:
kentucky, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Soccer Dog: European Cup opens with the titular hero, Kimble, escaping the clutches of an evil scientist, bent on performing animal experiments. Our plucky canine hero then falls into the hands of Zack (Jake Thomas), an American boy who's been ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
soccer, children, follow your dream, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes, disorder, family relations, experiment gone awry, parents and children, against the odds ...
Place:
europe, scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings ...
Style:
inspirational, sweet, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
hockey, happy ending, ice hockey, childhood, sport team, athlete and trainer, foe turned friend, competition, underdog, hockey player, youth, redemption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.
Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
bowling, youth, friendship, sport team, contests and competitions, rivalry, misfit, unlikely partners, social differences, disorder, high school, occupation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
dog, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, happy ending, reincarnation, transformation, police dog, life philosophy, love, death, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, light, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
championship, car, police officer, friendship, mentor, rivalry, fall in love, parents and children, teenager, happy ending, racing, race ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sad, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, childhood memory, friendship, animal, boy, american football, children, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, oxford university
Similarity:
67%
141K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mom, Babe realizes that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sincere, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
piglet, dog, friendship, talking animal, pig, farm, farmer, animal, christmas, horse, adoption, puppy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
australia, persia, england
Similarity:
100%
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