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List of when the parents are away movies

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Abner, the Invisible Dog (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A bullied teen stumbles into possession of a top-secret government formula that turns his dog invisible and gives it the power of speech.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, youth, friendship, pets, suburbs, birthday, when the parents are away, stupid kid, invisibility, friends, inventions and discoveries, animal life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany, South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In "The Three Investigators and The Secret of Skeleton Island" the cult detective trio from Rocky Beach, California, fall into a breath-taking mixture of adventure, thriller and mystery. Only by a hairs-breadth did they escape with their ...
Style: feel good, exciting, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ancient mystery, youth, investigation, amateur detective, treasure hunt, legend, partner, save the day, escapades, island, chase, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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 5.3
 3K
Saving Santa (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, India
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: christmas, reindeer, santa claus, save the day, fish out of water, danger, escapades, disorder, time travel, xmas, when the parents are away, christmas spirit ...
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 5.0
 778
Remote (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When Randy (Chris Carrara), is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles across the hideout of three prison escapees. With the use of his remote control toys, Randy manages to apprehend the three fugitives.
Style: semi serious, humorous
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, when the parents are away, prodigy, family relations, fugitive, disorder, inventions and discoveries, cons and scams, teenage life, isolation, friendship, heist ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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The Suite Life Movie (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: During spring break, Cody and Zack are approached to join the Gemini Project, a high-tech research center studying the dynamics between twins. Shockingly, they find themselves interconnected in a way they've never been before! When one twin ...
Style: suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: twins, against the odds, human spirit, experiment, impossible love, danger, social decay, space travel, teenager, research, scientific experiment, human experiment ...
Time: 21st century
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 3.2
 675
The Weekend (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In the spirit of "Superbad" and "Dazed and Confused," "The Weekend" relishes the moments that made being a teenager so excruciatingly painful and fantastic. Over the course of a single weekend, various teenagers ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: buddies, love and romance, lifestyle, high school life, couples, prank, youth, college, teenage love, teenage life, college life, nightlife ...
Time: 21st century
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 5.4
 211
Uncle Buck (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Uncle Buck is a TV series based on the 1989 film of the same name starring John Candy. The TV series debuted in 1990 on CBS.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: child care, parents and children, custody, family relations, when the parents are away, misfit, car, guardian, uncle niece relationship, babysitting, cigar, grandmother grandson relationship ...
Time: 80s
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Doctor Detroit (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
Style: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, cult classic, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: medical, prostitution, college professor, pimp, prostitute, teenager, voyeur, female nudity, voyeurism, nude, nude girl, blonde ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: chicago, detroit, usa
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 5.6
 6K
Senior Trip (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: While on detention, a group of misfits and slackers have to write a letter to the President explaining what is wrong with the education system. There is only one problem, the President loves it! Hence, the group must travel to Washington to meet the ...
Style: parody, humorous, sex comedy, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, satire, drug, teacher, road trip, president, teenager, drunk, college, campus, on the road, stoner ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, ohio
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Senior Skip Day (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Adam Harris, a semi-lame senior, is head over heels in love with Cara. Unfortunately she is the most popular girl in school. On the one day of the year that he could actually have a chance, senior skip day, he screws it all up by accidentally ...
Style: sex comedy, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, party, school, youth, buddies, disorder, looking for sex, teacher, escapades, college, nightlife, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Getting There (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This film is about Mary-Kate and Ashley turning sixteen years old and going on a road trip without parents. They are headed to Utah for the Olympics and arrive late. There are also scenes in Las Vegas. The twins do not drive alone in this movie, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sweet
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: twins, skiing, on the road, teenage life, love and romance, contests and competitions, teenage love, high school life, high school, disorder, friends, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, usa, california, salt lake city utah, las vegas ...
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Corvette Summer (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps ...
Style: grindhouse, psychotronic, laugh out loud, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: first sexual experience, car, fall in love, high school, prostitute, automobile, classic car, speed, cat and mouse, driver, racing, bike ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 1950s
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
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To Play or To Die (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 48 min.
Story: In this short motion picture, schoolboy Kees is intelligent, introvert and sensitive, but gets ridiculed verbally and physically at an all-boys school by mindlessly cocky class mates and even insensitive teachers, especially in gym, where his ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, sexual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, gay, lgbt, gay erotica, youth, high school, school, nudity, masturbation, male nudity, gay crush, gay teenager ...
Time: 80s
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 7.2
 5K
Duck Season (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery.
Style: realistic, meditative, stylized, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, friendship, youth, marijuana, life philosophy, teenage boy, buddies, disagreement, dull life, video game, lgbt, divorce ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Farmer family is in big debts; they might lose their house soon. The seven year old Farmer twins, Kelly and Lynn, decide not to let this happen. They discover that somebody really mean and shrewd is responsible for all the problems of their ...
Style: spooky, humorous, feel good, offbeat, semi serious
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: twins, halloween, witch, magic, youth, mischievous children, supernatural, witchcraft, child, impostor, haunted, wizard ...
Time: 90s
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 5.2
 304
Kids World (2000)
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: humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film, suspense
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, child as adult, wish come true, mischievous children, friendship, young heroes, experiment gone awry, teenage life, best friend, rescue, danger, family life ...
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Christmas in Wonderland (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Three kids and their Dad move from L.A to Edmonton. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall they find counterfeit cash. They inadvertently help catch the crooks, and later make a discovery about Santa
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, christmas classics ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, family life, siblings relations, cons and scams, disorder, save the day, holiday, teenager, christmas eve, xmas, child, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, canada, los angeles
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 4.7
 5K
When in Rome (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Teenage sisters Charli and Lola are on the verge of an experience beyond their wildest dreams! Pack your bags and jet off to Rome as the girls start their summer internship working for the legendary Derek Hanson - the totally cool international ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot: twins, teenage love, teenager, fashion, disorder, family relations, love and romance, society, youth, teenage life, showbiz, fish out of water ...
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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 5.6
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Bon Voyage! (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest problem will be avoiding tap water, but bringing his three children will prove to be more troublesome
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: sea, vacation, family relations, family vacation, disorder, youth, love and romance, nothing goes right, mischievous children, once in a lifetime opportunity, when the parents are away, teenage life ...
Time: 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe, indiana, french riviera ...
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Monkey Trouble (1994)
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
Plot: monkey, childhood, monkey actor, friendship, coming of age, youth, human animal relationship, animal, girl, business, wild animal, stupid kid ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
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 5.2
 14K
Snow Day (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed..
Style: feel good, humorous, melancholic, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: snow, love triangle, chase, youth, school, teenage girl, mischievous children, high school, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, teenage boy, swimming pool ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, 2000s
Place: new york, antarctic, new york state, usa
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I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without ...
Style: light, humorous, feel good, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, date night, family outing
Plot: christmas, college, holiday, desert, youth, comedy of errors, on the road, disorder, friendship, nothing goes right, getting home, teenage life ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, california, usa, nebraska, iowa ...
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The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The made for television movie Munster's Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the demise of the original series, concerns son Eddie missing his home in Transylvania. Soon the entire family bands together to teach the young boy ...
Style: christmas horror, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, psychotronic ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing
Plot: christmas, vampire, haunted, family relations, eccentric family, wizards and magicians, couples, disorder, family gatherings, road not taken, human becomes animal, when the parents are away ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe
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 5.8
 3K
Snowglobe (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, ...
Style: light, sincere, humorous, entertaining, emotional ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: christmas, love and romance, hopes, prank, mischievous children, imaginary, supernatural, snow, winter, sister sister relationship, miraculous event, youth ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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 6.5
 17K
House Party (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at ...
Style: hood, funny, cult classic, light, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, african american, high school, teenager, black, urban, dancing, ghetto, gangster, coming of age, school, police ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Private Resort (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Jack and his buddy Ben check in at a posh Florida resort, planning to spend every hour in hot pursuit of gorgeous babes. But their plans hit a major detour when they try to bed the wife of a conniving jewel thief. They'll have to outsmart him, ...
Style: not serious, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: resort, youth, teenager, beach party, femme fatale, goofy hero, friendship, sexual attraction, love and romance, aerobics, nothing goes right, prank ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: miami, florida, usa
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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 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: family outing, kids
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
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All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two New York City children who launch a hilarious scheme to get what they most want this holiday season.
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, dysfunctional family, divorced parents, holiday, xmas, santa claus, couples, young heroes, eccentric family, disorder, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France, Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
Story: It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents and decorations. The gang makes a list of what they want for Christmas and send it to Santa Claus - except that Pooh forgot to ask for something. So ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, christmas special, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, winnie the pooh, friendship, tiger, rabbit, goofy hero, mischievous children, kangaroo, escapades, young heroes, best friend, partner ...
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The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until ...
Style: stylized, humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, preschool
Plot: imaginary kingdom, cat, youth, friendship, disorder, talking cat, getting home, fish out of water, rescue, danger, child, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2003
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