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Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
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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, sentimental, humorous, light, sincere, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, volleyball, youth, friends, contests and competitions, beach, friendship, pets, animal, stupid kid, sport team, sports car, teenage life, rivalry, ambition, uncover truth, children, animal actor, animals family, animal life, beach volleyball, family, slug, dog movie ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and light films with plots about family, dog, animal, friends, youth, pets and animal life mostly in Family, Comedy and Sport genres. Some movies like Air Bud: Spikes Back: Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998), Air Bud: World Pup (2000), Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011), Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002), Air Bud (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Style:
light, inspirational, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, pets, basketball, animal, friendship, happy ending, childhood, unlikely friendships, young heroes, human spirit, contests and competitions ...
Time:
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Place:
washington state, seattle, washington d.c., usa, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
golden retriever, dog, family relations, puppy, family life, pets, pet dog, lost dog, dead animal, animal human communication, animal, kids and family ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, independent film
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
dog, pets, youth, young heroes, friendship, escapades, danger, heroes, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, friends, imaginary ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, humorous, feel good, light, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dog, talking dog, animal shelter, friendship, family relations, single father, pet owner relationship, dog actor, children, little girl, talking animal, stupid kid ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, light, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
bully, talking dog, dog, good deed, punishment, unlikely partners, youth, teenage life, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, teenager, animal ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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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: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, sweet, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
not serious, semi serious, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
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Place:
europe, scotland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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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:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
dog, pets, hollywood, showbiz, disorder, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, follow your dream, kids and family, supernatural, urban ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
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Place:
new york, usa
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21%
30K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, light hearted, light ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
alaska, antarctic, usa, cuba
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, cute, satirical, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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