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Plot Summary:
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny, touching, sweet, realistic, not serious
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Just Retired (2019)
Plot Summary:
Marilou and Philippe prepare for their future retirement in Portugal. But their daughter separates and a whole procession of solicitations falls on them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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The Retrievers (2001)
Plot Summary:
After the Lowry Family moves from New York to Placerville in California, a golden retriever comes to their house. The family starts to take care of her and the retriever, now named Pilot, has puppies. They give all of the puppies away, but later realize that they are an important part of their family. They try to find all of the puppies, which they do. Throughout the movie, Tom, the dad, is caught up in his business and has to choose between family or business multiple times.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Moms' Night Out (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yearning for an evening without their kids, some friends plan a night out. But to do this, their husbands need to watch the kids. What can go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, inspirational, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, sentimental, not serious, realistic, christian film
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10 Days with Dad (2020)
Plot Summary:
Antoine is the Head of HR of a big company. Managing people is his thing, so when his overwhelmed wife suddenly decides to go on holiday and leave him with the responsibility of the house and their four kids, he knows it will be a piece of cake for him. But Antoine has drastically underestimated the mess that four mischievous kids can cause.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, colorful, humorous, colourful
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My Sister's Kids Home Alone (2012)
Plot Summary:
My sisters kids are home alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
Plot Summary:
Back in middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good, funny, buddy comedy
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The Town That Banned Christmas (2006)
Plot Summary:
The competition heats up at the annual Greenlawn Christmas Decorating Contest when Norbert Bridges moves to town and stirs up trouble with the reigning champion Donnie Manning. But when the town outlaws Christmas after things get out of control it s up to the feuding neighbors to save Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, entertaining, captivating, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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It Runs in the Family (1994)
Plot Summary:
It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus, while eagerly awaiting the discovery of the perfect fishing spot, and the Mother is attempting to collect all of the pieces of a glass china set at a local movie theater.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, melancholic, epic, realistic, slapstick
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Daddy Day Care (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, hilarious, family comedy, scenic, happy, realistic, slapstick comedy
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy,.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, hilarious, humorous, touching, semi serious, funny, light, entertaining, family comedy, anamorphic
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Babysitters Beware (2009)
Plot Summary:
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck with sitters like Ms. Greene who won't let him have any fun. Danny just wants to spend more time with his Mom and Dad.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
Plot Summary:
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?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, entertaining, sincere, feel good, realistic, not serious, slapstick, teen comedy
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Old Dogs (2009)
Plot Summary:
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 he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's up tight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, melancholic, hilarious, slapstick comedy, not serious, light, entertaining, realistic, buddy comedy
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Yes Day (2021)
Plot Summary:
A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, smart, family comedy
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Man of the House (1995)
Plot Summary:
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, after Ben and Jack's experiences in the Indian Guides, the two become much closer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, funny, melancholic, realistic, humorous, semi serious, epic, feel good, inspirational, romantic
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House Arrest (1996)
Plot Summary:
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problems.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, touching, captivating, funny, hilarious, semi serious, slapstick comedy, sexy
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2001)
Plot Summary:
A boy witnesses his mother kissing what he believes to be is the real Santa Clause and retaliates with mischief.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, touching, melancholic
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Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny, teen, family comedy, hilarious, light, inspirational, epic
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Problem Child (1990)
Plot Summary:
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 he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, light, hilarious, slapstick, humorous, cult classic, epic, romantic comedy, light hearted
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Plot Summary:
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, sweet, melancholic, touching, feel good, not serious, semi serious, funny, romantic
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Dennis the Menace (1993)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet, hilarious, entertaining, light, epic, sad
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A Christmas Story (1983)
Plot Summary:
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: christmas special, funny, cult classic, sweet, period piece, hilarious, sentimental, touching, humorous, entertaining
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Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Plot Summary:
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, romantic, entertaining, teen, scenic, happy, relaxing, realistic
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Plot Summary:
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, funny, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sad, inspirational, melancholic, crying
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Daddy's Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, sweet, entertaining, humorous, satirical, light, hilarious, saga, captivating, absurd
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Rent-a-Kid (1995)
Plot Summary:
Harry Habert, owner of a rent office has an original idea: To rent babies from a nearby orphanage to the local families. He rents the Ward brothers to his first customers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, melancholic, touching, slapstick, independent film, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
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The Game Plan (2007)
Plot Summary:
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sentimental, funny, inspirational, entertaining, humorous, feel good, romantic, uplifting, captivating, emotional
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Uncle Nino (2003)
Plot Summary:
A distant, slightly dysfunctional family is brought closer together when the father's long-estranged Uncle Nino comes from Italy to Chicago for a surprise visit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, indie film, independent film, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Change of Plans (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: humorous, sincere, captivating, light, feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Home Alone (1990)
Plot Summary:
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 ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 626000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy, hilarious, slapstick, feel good, clever, christmas special