Fish out of water movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of fish out of water movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973.
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, funny, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
time travel, time machine, fish out of water, inventor, race against time, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, changing the past or future, comedy of manners, goofy hero, misfit partners, misfit ...
Time:
year 1973, 16th century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
music, teacher, teachers and students, musician, children, rock music, student, school, fish out of water, music band, rock concert, rock band ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
america, new york, usa, los angeles, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Her best friend Lilly also joins her for the summer. Mia continues her 'princess lessons'- riding horses side-saddle, archery, and other ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, kids ...
Plot:
royal family, love and romance, wooing, cinderella story, teenage girl, wedding, fall in love, princess, coronation, fish out of water, heir to the throne, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is ...
Style:
feel good, cute, teen, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
teenage girl, teen romance, father daughter relationship, cinderella story, daughter, fish out of water, social differences, teenager, love and romance, american abroad, estrangement, father daughter reunion ...
Time:
90s, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style:
romantic, funny, feel good, romantic drama, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, women, city life, journalism, workplace intrigue, strong female character, workplace situations, career woman, relationship vs career, designer, journalist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, france ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
Style:
realistic, humorous, surreal, semi serious, touching ...
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, small town life, medical, cold weather, moose, self discovery, love and romance, doctors and patients, couple relations, misfit, graduation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, north america
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88K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, rom com, fairy tale, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
mermaid, happy ending, transformation, fish out of water, public nudity, cape cod massachusetts, longing, love, brother brother relationship, interspecies romance, sea, obsession ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
small town, hospital, small town life, medical, fish out of water, doctor, misfit, love, community service, fall in love, country doctor, car accident ...
Time:
90s, 80s, future
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa, southern usa, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline ...
Style:
feel good, light, clever, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
mistaken identity, amnesia, fish out of water, farce, obsession, female protagonist, magician's assistant, adultery, locker, intrigue, feminist, magic show ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, atlantic city new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Coogan (Clint Eastwood) an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport he escapes and Coogan heads into the City to recapture him.
Style:
black comedy, light, exciting, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
fish out of water, tough cop, investigation, one against many, love interest, desert, motorcycle chase, maverick cop, chase, lovers on the run, police, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of ...
Style:
feel good, touching, fairy tale, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
teenager, high school, princess, coming of age, royalty, royal family, teenage life, teenage girl, cinderella story, best friend, fish out of water, queen ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, europe, usa, pacific ocean
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61K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
Style:
computer animated, entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
alien, benign alien, alien planet, space and aliens, small town, fish out of water, mysterious planet, space travel, flying saucer, imaginary, astronaut, monster ...
Time:
year 2009, 1950s, 2000s, 50s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown ...
Style:
witty, exciting, stylized, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, changing the past or future, getting home, hopes, sent to the past, fish out of water, altering history, body swapping, experiment gone awry, alternate timeline, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
undercover agent, working undercover, fbi agent, beauty pageant, fish out of water, female agent, tomboy, teenage girl, tough girl, fbi, strong female lead, female fbi agent ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
austin texas, usa, san antonio texas, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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118K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as ...
Style:
funny, light, sexy, feel good, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
devil, pact with the devil, wish come true, deal with the devil, femme fatale, fish out of water, nothing goes right, destiny, wish fulfillment, unrequited love, time machine, heaven and hell ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, usa
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106K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, spoof, teen ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, nanny, mischievous children, undercover cop, fish out of water, good versus evil, bodyguard, adult child friendship, single father, babies and infants, one against many, chase ...
Time:
year 2005, 2010s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, sad, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, friendly alien, space and aliens, chase, boy, child protagonist, bicycle ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1982, 90s, future
Place:
california, usa, persia, los angeles
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531K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
airport, stranded, loneliness, culture clash, nothing goes right, happy ending, destiny, fish out of water, aviation, passenger, life philosophy, fictional country ...
Time:
year 2004, 1900s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, america, canada, romania ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. ...
Style:
detective, talky, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, buddy cop, police, movie star, fish out of water, police investigation, murder, actor, buddies, law enforcement, amateur detective, research ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.
Style:
independent film, humorous, melancholic, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hercules, fish out of water, gangster, chase, zeus, greek mythology, father son relationship, farce, professor, friendship, ship, bodybuilding ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1969, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, north america, new york state ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a ...
Style:
humorous, witty, funny, light, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
village life, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, postman, prejudice, post office, happy ending, small town, foe turned friend, adaptation, marriage proposal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, provence, south of france, flanders, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Katya, a plain-looking girl, works as a secretary at the company Zimaletto, a manufacturer of uniforms and wedding dresses. No man has paid attention to her yet, but she doesn't allow her looks to keep her from dreaming about love and happiness.
Style:
romantic, semi serious, entertaining, realistic
Plot:
character change, career, friends, rich snob, fish out of water, love and romance, physical appearance, personality change, lifestyle change, outcast, contests and competitions, deception ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Style:
witty, sweet, humorous, touching, talky ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
small town, village life, husband wife relationship, fish out of water, culture clash, american abroad, melancholy, social commentary, oil, therapist, rabbit, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
scotland, houston texas, texas
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
medieval, time travel, fish out of water, time warp, sent to the past, african american, knight, castle, destiny, time jump, back in time, time traveler ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 20th century, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place:
england, europe, usa, connecticut, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, toddlers
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, fish out of water, amateur detective, dumb, satire, hotel, disguise, legend, obesity, fistfight, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
japan, beverly hills, usa, california, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
college, father son relationship, fish out of water, cheerleader, farce, university, college life, youth, switching roles, school, businessman, sexual fantasy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1940, future
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, nun, chase, priest, fish out of water, misfit, gangster, on the run, money, disguise, convent, disorder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, sentimental, erotic, cute ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, love triangle, wedding, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, lgbtq, sapphic, gays and lesbians, love affair ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
london, idaho, europe, tower bridge london
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Style:
sexy, witty, period piece, costume drama, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
family relations, culture clash, high society, dysfunctional family, fish out of water, dishonesty, female nudity, love and romance, manipulation, father in law daughter in law relationship, country house, meet the parents ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2008, future, 1930s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, france, london
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on – his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests ...
Style:
parody, sexy, humorous, rom com, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
fish out of water, nothing goes right, workplace, stupidity, dumb, misfit, obnoxious boss, boss and employee, father daughter relationship, goofy hero, disorder, looking for love ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
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