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Blank Check (1994)
24K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family -- especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and gives the boy a blank check as compensation. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget. Maybe now, his family will take him seriously!
Style:
feel good, humorous, slapstick comedy, inspirational, uplifting, epic, scenic, family comedy, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
destiny, childhood, child protagonist, bank, money, gangster, chauffeur, crime gone awry, mistaken identity, profanity, money laundering, forgery, youth, child, misfit, toys, millionaire, criminal, castle, bully, restaurant, computer, boy, fbi agent, mansion ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
indiana
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and melancholic films with plots about youth, disorder, family, family relations, childhood, mischievous children and slug mostly in Comedy, Family and Crime genres. Some movies like Blank Check: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Baby Geniuses (1999), First Kid (1996), The Little Rascals (1994), Home Alone 4 (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, intense, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, teens
Plot:
baby, twins, telepathy, mistaken identity, genius, mad scientist, babies and infants, mischievous children, children, scientist, hypnosis, imaginary ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constantly surrounded by security officers, restricted in movements and having almost every waking moment ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
bodyguard, white house, childhood, president, friendship, usa president, shopping mall, boxing, fish out of water, mischievous children, secret service, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
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, sentimental, sweet, not serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
childhood, children, bully, child, gang, dog, child romance, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, friendship, rich kid ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Zambia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
home alone, christmas, mischievous children, prank, holiday, crime gone awry, save the day, when the parents are away, parents and children, young heroes, home invasion, youth ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.
Style:
slapstick, humorous, disgusting, epic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
child, children, childhood, school, prank, single parent, fall in love, parents and children, mischievous children, balloon, boy, girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the ...
Style:
detective, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
children, gangster, boy, murder, bully, police investigation, partners against crime, witnessing a crime, police, friendship, attempted child murder, arrest ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try break into his house to get it back.
Style:
feel good, humorous, parody, slapstick, christmas classics ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
christmas, home alone, holiday, prank, winter, christmas time, silicon valley, kids and family, children, little boy, crime gone awry, burglar ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, chicago, california, illinois, san francisco ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, home alone, mischievous children, child, children, youth, home invasion, child protagonist, kids and family, childhood, when the parents are away ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1990, year 2016, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, north america, usa, france ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is ...
Style:
funny, feel good, slapstick, hilarious, light ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, dark humor, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, disorder, children, child hero, foster child, boy, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the ...
Style:
clever, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
dog, pets, goofy hero, animal, friendship, crime gone awry, fish out of water, hidden identity, danger, save the day, nothing goes right, mischievous children ...
Place:
alaska, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
8-year-old Finn who is terrified to learn his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine in the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that his new house is haunted, Finn sets up a series of elaborate traps to catch the “ghost” in ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery. However, he doesn't expect his son Timmy, who was living with Ray's sister, to show up at the house right in the middle of ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, melancholic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, happy ending, nothing goes right, childhood, kids and family, neighbor, boy, troublemaker ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, not serious, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
childhood, summer camp, mischievous children, competition, happy ending, children, father son relationship, colonel, family relations, buddies, escapades, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, cuba
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, ...
Style:
touching, funny, melancholic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, date night ...
Plot:
childhood, parents and children, single parent, dysfunctional family, family problems, camping, kids and family, opposites attract, mischievous children, male bonding, prank, mother son relationship ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?
Style:
humorous, touching, entertaining, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
childhood, best friend, kids and family, mischievous children, child, friendship between boys, schoolboy, parents and children, lifestyle, dog, coming of age, amusement park ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
38%
41K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman ...
Style:
hilarious, humorous, feel good, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
father son relationship, childhood, fish out of water, bachelor, friendship between men, business partner, zoo, gorilla, father daughter relationship, family relations, competition, best friend ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, tokyo, north america, vermont, new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal back a valuable heirloom.
Style:
funny, entertaining, feel good, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, home alone, children, child, misunderstanding, dysfunctional family, lie, trap, house, child protagonist, home invasion, holiday ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, tokyo
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the ...
Style:
humorous, surreal, melancholic, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
prison, crime gone awry, electric chair, dysfunctional family, escapades, mistaken identity, cons and scams, prison life, false accusation, dishonesty, misfit, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
tennessee
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Five 2nd-grade kids who don't follow strict rules by their school principal Brinway are dubbed "Stinkers" by him. On the class visit to an aquarium the Stinkers decide that a sea lion called Slappy doesn't feel too good there, ...
Style:
epic, family comedy, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
sea lion, youth, family relations, rescue, school, power relations, animal life, friends, disorder, save the day, misfit, underdog ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
Style:
feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
summer vacation, youth, family relations, mischievous children, competition, young heroes, amusement park, escapades, disorder, friendship, female protagonist, girl ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Timmy Taylor and his two friends, Stevie and Buddy capture escaped convict Carl Banks (Jim Varney) and hold him hostage in their treehouse over the weekend so that Timmy can use Carl as his current event project at school on Monday. The boys then ...
Style:
epic, independent film, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
school, captivity, childhood, forgery, gangster, partner, disorder, friends, summer school, family relations, misfit, fugitives ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young brothers talk their strict father Lloyd Clauswell into allowing them to babysit themselves for the first time while their parents attend a corporate barbecue...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, twins, police detective, family relations, family life, when the parents are away, family gatherings, eccentric family, child as adult, chaos and mayhem, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had -- a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old ...
Style:
funny, feel good, entertaining, epic, family comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
jungle, fish out of water, teenage boy, culture clash, childhood, parents and children, eccentric family, mischievous children, disorder, nothing goes right, youth, 13 year old ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, venezuela, brazil, usa, latin america ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Athletic 12-year-old Maddy (Kristen Stewart) shares an enthusiasm for mountain climbing with her father, Tom (Sam Robards). Unfortunately, Tom suffers a spinal injury while scaling Mount Everest, and his family is unable to afford the surgery that ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, exciting, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, rottweiler, disorder, family relations, heroes, teenage life, rivalry, coming of age, parents and children, criminal heroes, master criminal ...
Time:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
Style:
humorous, independent film, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
monkey, monkey actor, childhood, human animal relationship, friendship, youth, coming of age, animal, girl, wild animal, stupid kid, business ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
california, alaska
Similarity:
36%
921
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
dog, caper, rescue, escapades, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, danger, odd couple, nothing goes right, stash, animal ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, youth, coming of age, bullying, bully, contests and competitions, friendship, parents and children, rivalry, love and romance, friends, family relations ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
texas
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
large family, children, childhood, family relations, parenthood, dysfunctional family, chaos, parents and children, eccentric family, teenager, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
36%
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