Movies like Big Top Pee-wee
If you like "Big Top Pee-wee" you are looking for humorous, light and feel good movies about / with circus, small town, farm, misfit, workplace, pig and fall in love themes of Adventure, Comedy and Romance genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
9K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, surreal, sexy, captivating, entertaining, scary, funny, road movie ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
circus, small town, farm, misfit, workplace, pig, fall in love, dog, catastrophe, gangsters, natural disaster, camp, weapons, lone hero, fantasy world, destiny, brutality, runaway, childhood, sexualized violence, dreams, virginity, love affair, mentor, first contact ...
Place:
california
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Big Top Pee-wee
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, melancholic, feel good and light films with plots about dialogue, mentor, brutality, catastrophe, storytelling, life philosophy and fantasy world mostly in Comedy, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like Big Top Pee-wee: Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Brenda Starr (1989), Trial and Error (1997), Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters ...
Style:
road movie, funny, surreal, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
bicycle, road trip, man child, surrealism, nightmare, children, childhood, cult, chase, tour guide, hitchhiker, postmodernism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
austin texas, california, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mike is a struggling artist who draws the 'Brenda Starr' strip for the papers. When Brenda comes to life in the strip and sees how unappreciated she is by Mike, she leaves the strip. To get her back, and keep his job, Mike draws himself ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, semi serious, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
justice, happy ending, mad scientist, adventurer, rivalry, journalism, spy, rescue, fall in love, mysterious stranger, unlikely friendships, farce ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
Style:
humorous, talky, melancholic, light, not serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, legal, small town, fish out of water, legal action, nothing goes right, goofy hero, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, cons and scams, court ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nevada, new jersey, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, clever, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
giant, disney, fish out of water, inventions and discoveries, childhood, baby, family relations, toys, runaway, redemption, parents and children, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, visually appealing, stylized, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
farce, twists and turns, love triangle, nude, weapons, brutality, sexualized violence, fantasy world, justice, unlikely friendships, love story, chase ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Also search:
RV similar movies
5K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafusco, who offers them $50,000 to find his lost son in South America, in the heart of Incan ...
Style:
humorous, campy, feel good, visually appealing, satirical ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, mountain, psychic power, adaptation, alternate reality, brutality, chase, catastrophe, vengeance, fantasy world, writers, first contact ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ecuador, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his female co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
Style:
romantic, sweet, surreal, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
millionaire, love story, terminal illness, life & death, island, couples, fall in love, surrealism, escape, doctors, dreams, eccentricity ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
3K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featuring doggy disguises and skateboarding, pinball and prison. Chuckie and his parents (Cindy ...
Style:
humorous, touching, not serious, entertaining, parody ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, friendship, on the road, animals, rescue, american football, escapades, youth, pets, kidnapping, nude, disaster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a ...
Style:
feel good, light, touching, funny, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
animals, friendship, rescue, on the road, nothing goes right, goofy hero, fish out of water, inheritance, hitchhiker, elephant, runaway, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this comedy, Atouk becomes leader of the misfit cavemen. Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside ...
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, campy, light ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, caveman, friendship, bullying, weapons, farce, fantasy world, screwball, fight scenes, first contact, mentor, natural disaster ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory, stone age, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Also search:
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids related movies
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story follows the misadventures of a New York City beautician who is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, sexy, parody ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids, date night ...
Plot:
opposites attract, nanny, dictatorship, female protagonist, culture clash, fish out of water, couples, society, single parent, love and romance, women, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
monster, brother brother relationship, friendship, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, mischievous children, supernatural ability, best friends, wish come true, fish out of water, child as adult ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
30 years after the first film, Oscar and Felix embark on a road trip together, to attend the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter.
Style:
road movie, feel good, humorous, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, road trip, marriage, couples, farce, divorce, destiny, fight scenes, catastrophe, fantasy world, culture clash, first contact ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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:
humorous, light, melancholic, entertaining, ridiculous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschoolers
Plot:
dog, animal life, chihuahua, disney, rescue, friendship, animals, police dog, pets, getting home, lifestyle, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
beverly hills, california, mexico, usa, mexico city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sexy, tear jerker, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
teenager, angel, death, hospital, vengeance, love, betrayal, brutality, chase, childhood, life philosophy, lone hero ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Also search:
Movies similar to The Little Rascals
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
Style:
humorous, scary, splatter, bad ending, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
stupidity, conspiracy theory, farce, conspiracy, chase, destiny, dumb, dysfunctional family, surrealism, brutality, adoption, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Mary Beth is a marine biologist that gets annoyed when a dog called Zeus stows aboard her research boat. Nevertheless she is intrigued when the intrusive canine makes best-friends with her captive dolphin, Roxanne. She falls in love with Zeus's ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, melancholic, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, dolphins, friendship, animals, youth, rescue, single parent, odd couple, daring rescue, mischievous children, escapades, young heroes ...
Place:
bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
Style:
satirical, funny, humorous, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
hippie, nudist, infidelity, couples, couple relations, marijuana, nudism, life philosophy, twists and turns, adultery, social relations, counterculture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As the only relative to take over the Royal throne, a down on his luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, light, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
fish out of water, culture clash, fall in love, family relations, king, betrayal, heir, goofy hero, head of state, rise to the top, princess, american abroad ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
england, las vegas, london, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, ...
Style:
touching, humorous, feel good, road movie, talky ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, animals, disney, talking cat, childhood, talking dog, pets, talking animals, cat, gang, fight scenes, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, california, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Also search:
George of the Jungle similar movies
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Arthur (Dudley Moore), that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up -- and get a job -- in this sequel to the 1981 smash hit. Meanwhile, the father of the girl Arthur stood up at the altar in the first film is conniving to trick the hapless boozer ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, unusual plot structure, scary, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
adoption, ghost, vengeance, love affair, revenge, alcoholic, culture clash, homeless, natural disaster, brutality, happy ending, alternate reality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jimmy is young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy -- ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, absurd, melancholic, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
stereotypes, happy ending, transformation, illness, teenage life, obsessive quest, youth, goofy hero, self discovery, love and romance, teenager, satire ...
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
college, thanksgiving, culture clash, fish out of water, unlikely couple, engagement, justice, disorder, goofy hero, countryside, student life, happy ending ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south dakota, california, las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's ...
Style:
feel good, light, sentimental, sweet, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
childhood, friendship, children, child, bully, gang, dog, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, precocious child, youth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country ...
Style:
humorous, funny, talky, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, love and romance, unfulfillment, infidelity, crumbling marriage, nothing goes right, partners, couple relations, buddies, dishonesty, on the road, friends ...
Place:
usa, nevada, arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Also search:
Are We There Yet? similar movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve the vessel. Upon arriving on a small island and realizing that the ship is in rough shape, Martin and ...
Style:
funny, humorous, stylized, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
boat, sailing, childhood, female nudity, sea, runaway, dumb, gangsters, adaptation, beautiful scenery, life philosophy, weapons ...
Time:
90s
Place:
puerto rico, caribbean, cuba, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Myles is divorced in L.A. He wants a love life and a film career. So he decides to go on 20 dates and find true love in front of a camera, making his first feature. His patient agent, Richard, finds a $60,000 investor, the shadowy Elie. Myles starts ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, satirical, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
relationships, women, dating, filmmaking, hidden camera, looking for love, lifestyle, showbiz, fall in love, nothing goes right, true love, nude ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins hilariously out of control when she’s forced to move back home with her eccentric family.
Style:
romantic, humorous, light, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
unemployment, teenager, parents and children, love and romance, eccentric family, college graduate, down on your luck, coming of age, college, society, rivalry, plan gone awry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
prostitute, prostitution, gangsters, school, single father, coming of age, youth, teacher, father son relationship, redemption, love story, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, parody, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
jungle, fish out of water, childhood, disney, rescue, lion, gorilla, goofy hero, elephant, heiress, friendship, monkey ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, africa, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
