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Pets to the Rescue (2002)
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Original name: Pets
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Peter and Shannon are at home alone. When they stumble across a truck full of stolen gold the adventure begins. Held captive by three incompetent bank robbers, they have to come up with a plan to escape.
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, family comedy, lighthearted, suspense, slapstick, tension, nostalgic
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
children, home alone, heist, money, burglar, criminal, robbery, brother sister relationship, stolen money, satire, escape, pets, rescue, gold, bank robber, teamwork, escape plan, treasure, bonding, youth, small town, peril, truck
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, captivating, semi serious and satirical films with plots about satire, friendship, children, teamwork, small town, family relations and family mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Pets to the Rescue: The Dog Who Saved Summer (2015), Ducobu 4 President (2022), Junkyard Dogs (2022), Tooth Fairy 2 (2012), Benjamin the Elephant (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Zeus (Mario Lopez) accidentally destroys an important party, he gets sent to obedience school at the worst time! A trio of bumbling burglars is planning a heist. Can Zeus save the day?
Style:
feel good, family comedy, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dog, dog training, children, pets, heist gone wrong, robbery, burglar, animal, pet dog, satire, criminal, summer ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ducobu is elected president of the school, much to Léonie and Latouche's despair!
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, teen, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
high school life, unhappiness, satire, teenager, adolescence, teenage protagonist, teenage life, competition, children, rivalry
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82%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a young boy in an under-funded inner-city school discovers the head of the school board is stealing money from fundraisers and lives in a mansion, he organizes his friends together to get that money back where it belongs: in the classroom.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
school, children, teamwork, friendship, corruption, stealing money, child, robin hood, high school life, schoolboy, satire, stolen money ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follows a dog who is a master escape artist, who must team up with his puppy pals to prevent their block from being robbed.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, attempted robbery, animal human communication, robbery, save the day, human animal relationship, pets, heist gone wrong, pet dog, human dog relationship, satire, animal ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Larry Guthrie, who loses his first love to the town hot shot, decides to win her back by volunteering with the children at her after-school program. When Larry accidentally tells the kids the Tooth Fairy is make-believe, he soon is transformed into ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, family comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
fish out of water, tooth fairy, disorder, imaginary, fairy, satire, misadventure, second chance, small town, school, redemption, community service ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Benjamin and his best friend Otto have to deal with the shrewd Zora Zack and to reach deep into their bag of tricks to save the Newtown Zoo.
Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
elephant, zoo, friendship, teamwork, children, escapades, human animal relationship, schoolboy, satire, animal human communication, save the day, friends ...
Similarity:
68%
522
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A girl rescues a rat, which the malevolent burgerman wants to make into a burger and sell to the local school children and people.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
rat, satire, human animal relationship, saving a life, animal, teenager, animal human communication, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, child protagonist, children, rescue ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On the orphanage Lykkebo, Egon sits and wants a real family - a mother and a father like Kjell has. The rich couple Gyldenløwe picks out 5 boys they consider adopting, but with a little sabotage Egon himself get picked. Suddely Egon is the rich son ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
adoption, wealthy family, children, orphanage, lifestyle change, changing lives, problem, family relations, foster home, marital problem, child, family secret ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Back to school for Ducobu, Léonie Gratin and Latouche. But this year, a major rival for Ducobu arrives at school: TGV, the king of cheating 3.0. While the financial situation of Saint-Potache becomes disastrous, the two dunces will have to unite ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
high school life, school, satire, singing competition, humour, contest, teacher, teenager, children, friendship, teamwork, unhappiness ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
Ivy and Bean sign up for ballet, only to learn they'll be dancing in a recital in front of hundreds of people. Time to get out of it — tout suite!
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
ballet, children, friendship, best friend, relationships, teenage life, satire, teenager, lifestyle, ballet school, ballerina, childhood ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When Hugo, a boy who spends his summer vacation with his cousins, discovers that the wolf Rong intends to take his grandmother Sara, he devises a plan to save her.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
children, friendship, teamwork, family relations, sibling relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, summer vacation, village life, cousin cousin relationship, wolf, satire, child ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
I 'Far til fire - tilbage til naturen' sættes Fars evner ud i friluftslivet på prøve, da familien rejser på weekend i Sverige. Familien skal besøge Annika, Fars kusine, hvis fødselsdag falder sammen med årets midsommerfest. Annika ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
nature, family vacation, vacation, satire, wildlife, camp, wilderness, camping, bonding, father child relationship, family values, animal ...
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Tis the season to be jolly -- and to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzzaa! After decorating the caboose puts Barney and his friends in the holiday spirit, they trim the Christmas tree in the snow-covered park. But something's missing -- ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
christmas, friends, christmas season, christmas spirit, friendship, satire, group of friends, xmas, tyrannosaurus rex, animal that acts human, children, family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Class 6b is going camping, led by Mees Kees and Principal Dreus. But after Dreus strains her back all responsibility suddenly rests on the shoulders of Kees. When things go wrong, he begins to doubt himself. But he soon learns that it is not about ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, family comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
camping, children, summer camp, school trip, escapades, mischievous children, teachers and students, camp, satire, teacher, friendship, problem solving ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Up to now, Nickel (9) and his single dad Thomas have been managing very well together. Then Nickel goes on a school excursion and brings the little piglet Rudy back with him in his rucksack. Once he´s home, he makes a terrifying discovery: dad has ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
father son relationship, friendship, piglet, pig, family relations, children, human animal relationship, parents and children, animal human communication, male female relationship, satire, friends ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A street dog is taken in by a young couple, and the family pit becomes an instant accomplice as he adjusts to his new, loving home.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dog, pets, family relations, lost dog, human animal relationship, male female relationship, pet dog, owner dog relationship, lifestyle, love affair, couples, kids and family ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a baby kangaroo gets accidentally swept up in a jewelry heist, she becomes separated from her mother for the first time in her young life. Alone and frightened, a worldly teenage girl Ella, who also knows the pain of losing her mother, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
animal that acts human, talking animal, human animal relationship, animal, robbery, criminal, burglar, interracial friendship, teamwork, satire, animal life, animal human communication ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Four children trIn Santa Hunters, Alex and his cousins Zoey (Yde) and Richard (Coronel) create an elaborate setup of traps to catch Santa on tape, but their plan backfires when they realize that seeing Santa will cause him to lose his Christmas ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, friendship, escapades, youth, christmas eve, children, holiday, imagination, heartwarming, teamwork, unhappiness ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist gone wrong, satire, problem, banker, bank robber, escapades, bank, bank clerk, loss of job, stealing money, teamwork ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A family adopts a runt of a dachshund from a shelter. Only time will tell if little "Shelly" and her new family are up for the challenges of entering the nation's greatest wiener dog race, Wienerschnitzel's "Wiener Dog ...
Style:
feel good, cute, satirical, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dachshund, dog, families, pet dog, contest, pets, animal, satire, rivalry, lifestyle, competitor, ambition ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Servet the accountant makes a plan to steal money from a client. He decides to get his brother-in-law Gökhan involved to use his account for the money transfer. When two more friends Meatball Necmi and Del Piero are added to the plan, things start ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, light, humorous ...
Plot:
stolen money, money, heist gone wrong, cons and scams, silly humor, fraud, thief, credit card fraud, criminal, heist, burglar, satire ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A runaway boy befriends a pack of homeless puppies. Together, they stop a bank robbery and find a family to adopt them all.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
golden retriever, dog, christmas, youth, talking dog, heist, friendship, disorder, family relations, friends, santa claus, narration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A funny comedy about a various adventures of Körner (Grains) family and their dog.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, pets, human animal relationship, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, pet dog, satire, animal human communication, changing lives, inheritance, lifestyle change, friendship ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Buddy is an abandoned young cocker spaniel waiting dejectedly in his cage for a kind, new owner to adopt him. Suddenly, Billy, a little boy whose hair is as red as Buddy's, appears. It's love at first sight and the beginning of a great ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, family comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids
Plot:
boy and dog, youth, dog, family relations, parents and children, silly humor, disorder, pets, babies and infants, coming of age, pet dog, bonding ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
somalia, paris france, france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Many years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When his family can no longer look after him, he is moved to Twilight Towers, an old people's home. It soon becomes clear that ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, entertaining, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
retirement home, grandfather grandson relationship, satire, world war two veteran, grandson, teamwork, old man, escapades, family relations, retirement home life, dementia, memory ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A weekend alone at home with the children - and already breaks out of the mess with Papa minor. For while Moll pushes overtime in the chocolate factory, between his children and the offspring of his boss a merciless battle breaks out: for cotton ...
Style:
feel good, funny, captivating, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
children, parents and children, mischievous children, kids and family, father, satire, family relations, save the day, escapades, chocolate, father daughter relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Comedy - Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether, Blake Michael
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, uplifting, light ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
friendship, youth, school, save the day, friends, theater, reconciliation, self esteem, family values, middle school, respect, society ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two brothers learn about life and grow up during a summer camp vacation.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, feel good, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
youth, summer vacation, summer camp, adventurer, father son relationship, coming of age, children, brothers, adolescence, grownups, satire, teenager ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A new family is having difficulty adjusting, when an adorable dog comes into their life. Once his special powers are discovered, the local dog catcher and the (F.B.D.I) Federal Bureau of Dog Investigation will stop at nothing to get him.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, family relations, talking animal, owner dog relationship, human animal relationship, human dog relationship, satire, slice of life, pet dog, animal human communication, pets, animal ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A group of youngsters trying to save their playground from an unscrupulous developer who wants to build a factory there.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, uplifting, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, youth, family relations, mischievous children, friends, disorder, family life, factory, deception, summer, children, neighborhood ...
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39%
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