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Bogus (1996)
7K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style:
sentimental, touching, fairy tale, epic, slang, happy, feel good, humorous, semi serious, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, magic, childhood, friendship, youth, bittersweet, imagination, death of mother, loss of mother, circus, coming of age, slice of life, heartwarming, orphan, aunt, wizards and magicians, friends, misfit, social misfits, imaginary, disorder, fish out of water, death in the family, hopes, young heroes ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new jersey, las vegas, atlantic city new jersey
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Most similar movies to Bogus
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and touching films with plots about family, youth, family relations, friends, friendship, disorder and mischievous children mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Bogus: A Simple Wish (1997), Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002), Nanny McPhee (2005), Little Monsters (1989), Charlotte's Web (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, fairy godmother, magic wand, good versus evil, villainess, race against time, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
nebraska, manhattan new york city, oklahoma city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
lie, pinocchio, puppet, fish out of water, obsessive quest, mischievous children, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, friendship, rescue, misfit, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, magic, childhood, nanny, mentor, family values, children, mischievous children, single father, widower, prank, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2006, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
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:
melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, monster, friendship, halloween, coming of age, young heroes, child as adult, father son relationship, mischievous children, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, wish come true ...
Time:
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style:
fairy tale, inspirational, emotional, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot:
friendship, pig, animal, rescue, adaptation, unlikely friendships, spider, heartwarming, child, friends, heroes, talking animal ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A magician with a mysterious secret lives alone with his jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers.
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, spooky, independent film
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
halloween, youth, magician, orphan, friendship, mischievous children, young heroes, heroes, pets, haunting, magic, coming of age ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to ...
Style:
light, inspirational, humorous, fairy tale, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
objects come to life, magic, miraculous event, friendship, coming of age, accountant, prodigy, mysterious character, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, save the day, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A female dentist is cast into limbo after her death in an accident and is given the assignment to act as the Tooth Fairy as her action to be admitted into heaven.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
afterlife, youth, dentist, supernatural, hopes, young heroes, heroes, family life, friendship, legends and myths, family relations, childhood ...
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, imaginary, family relations, good versus evil, family life, disorder, wish come true, on the run, youth, hopes, young heroes, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
46K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no dog. ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sweet, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
time travel, indifference, redemption, changing the past or future, childhood, youth, happy ending, imaginary, unfulfillment, cynic, father son estrangement, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 60s, 20th century, year 1968 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
27K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shaquille O'Neal as a rapping genie protects a little boy.
Style:
feel good, humorous, intense, inspirational, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
genie, mischievous children, wish fulfillment, bully, youth, friendship, justice, culture clash, father son relationship, alter ego, young heroes, partner ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
Style:
mysterious, epic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
youth, coming of age, family relations, single parent, nothing goes right, child as adult, family life, siblings relations, teenage girl, magical, magic, mother ...
Time:
year 1994
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Luke Malloy is freaking out. He doesn't want tomorrow to come because tomorrow means starting Middle School...saying goodbye to summer break and hello to homework. And even worse, hello to getting picked on by Meat, the terrible torturer of new ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, semi serious, entertaining
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
time loop, summer, boy, youth, time travel, teenage life, young heroes, hopes, introspection, friends, disorder, fish out of water ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, romantic, offbeat
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
pets, friends, family life, family relations, animal, talking animal, misfit, imaginary, disorder, teenage life, partner, youth ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, suspense
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, child as adult, wish come true, friendship, mischievous children, young heroes, teenage life, experiment gone awry, best friend, danger, rescue, family life ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A boy accidentally turns his mom's boyfriend into a dog.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
human becomes animal, halloween, dog, magic, best friend, youth, curses spells and rituals, family relations, friendship, stupid kid, danger, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
842
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father.
Style:
stylized, humorous, feel good, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
puppet, youth, pinocchio, father son relationship, fairy, family relations, mischievous children, young heroes, parents and children, friendship, escapades, miraculous event ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big ...
Style:
epic, independent film, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
biker, bike, biker gang, motorcycle, pluto, youth, heroic mission, teenage life, miraculous event, social relations, motorcycle race, family relations ...
Time:
year 1985
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%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
christmas, reindeer, youth, santa claus, self discovery, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, mischievous children, young heroes, family life, fish out of water, hopes ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio - wise father Ward, loving mother June, teen-age son Wally and 8-year-old "Beaver" Theodore. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school ...
Style:
melancholic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, when the parents are away, childhood, american football, family relations, happy ending, prank, family life, parents and children, nothing goes right, mischievous children, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
100%
810
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A boy learns that confidence and self-esteem are the greatest gifts.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, friends, love and romance, misfit, teachers and students, friendship, school, power relations, family relations, win over, disorder, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
239
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Every kid wants to be cool and fit in - life's a blast even when you're different. When Mo's reflection is revealed, he sees a body that doesn't quite resemble any of his peers. Here, he tells the tale of his youth, growing up on ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, touching, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, family relations, friendship, teenage life, family problems, optimism, disability, social misfits, hopes, society, parents and children, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, long island
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, touching, teen ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
witch, teenage girl, high school, wizards and magicians, eccentric family, magic, witchcraft, supernatural ability, aunt niece relationship, teenager, teenage life, supernatural ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After her mom's death, Casey pulls away from everyone in her life, including her emotionally distant dad. With help from a magic spell, she tries to bring her mother back from the dead; instead, Casey's words accidentally awaken one of her ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, teen ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
curses spells and rituals, american football, mischievous children, teaching the ways of the world, teenage girl, child's point of view, intergenerational friendship, friendship, teenager, doll, bookstore, interracial ...
Time:
year 2000
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or ...
Style:
fairy tale, epic, light hearted, mysterious, light ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
alice in wonderland, parallel world, youth, chess, fantasy world, girl heroine, nobility, rabbit, victorian england, underground, child, harry potter ...
Time:
victorian era
Similarity:
100%
43K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, feel good, teen, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
adoption, father daughter relationship, foster child, orphan, hopes, rags to riches, music, parents and children, rich and poor, friends, broadway, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, atmospheric
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
house, supernatural being, magic, black magic, single mother, cat, wizards and magicians, showdown, good versus evil, evil sorcerer, evil wizard, hidden treasure ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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