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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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Dennis the Menace (1987)
Plot Summary:
This movie puts Henk Ketcham's comic figure 'Dennis' into real life: While digging in his front garden, Dennis finds a big bone. To prove it's from a dinosaur, he persuades his father to invite an old buddy of him, Bowen Skyler III, who's a famous 'dinosaur hunter'. Being desperate for publicity, Skyler informs press and television... and starts a paleontologic dig in their front garden.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
Similar in 84%
First Kid (1996)
Plot Summary:
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 carefully monitored makes normalcy an impossibility. No one knows this better than young Luke Davenport, the son of U.S. President Davenport. He vents his loneliness, frustration and feelings of isolation from family and friends by being a brat to his private Secret Service agent. When the agent snaps from the strain in front of the First Lady, a new agent is assigned to Luke. He turns out to be the enormous Sam Simms, a bit of a rogue who managed to rise through the ranks by sheer determination rather than strict adherence to Secret-Service protocol. At first, Luke tries all his old tricks upon Sam. But instead of getting angry, Sam seems to actually understand.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious, epic, political, black comedy, weeping, realistic, crying
Similar in 77%
Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995)
Plot Summary:
Chapter 3 of the Problem Child trilogy features pre-teened Junior in love with a classmate that won't even notice him, but does notice three other boys who are rivals to Junior. This means war!.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick
Similar in 85%
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, epic, slapstick comedy, feel good, not serious, surprise ending, twist ending, parody, funny
Similar in 76%
Mr. Nanny (1993)
Plot Summary:
A former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, melancholic, intense, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, independent film, parody, clever, unusual plot structure
Similar in 82%
Carpool (1996)
Plot Summary:
A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and the kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then proceeds into a comedic chase movie. The father finds his kids don't really respect him and they react better to the robber. The end result is everyone gets a lifestyle change, including the original store owner.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, satirical, sexy, independent film, realistic, not serious, parody, absurd
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Problem Child 2 (1991)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slapstick, humorous, epic, dark comedy, disgusting, independent film, feel good, realistic, not serious, black comedy
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Monkey Trouble (1994)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, touching, feel good, semi serious, light, road movie, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Plot Summary:
Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, surreal, talky, stylized, feel good, sweet, intense, entertaining
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Leave It to Beaver (1997)
Plot Summary:
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 football team and he makes it, only to be embarrassed. The bike he gets is quickly stolen. Meanwhile Wally is trying to help his friend Eddie Haskell to get the heart of pretty classmate Karen, but Karen seems to like Wally more, and that leads to tensions between the friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: melancholic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, epic, scary, romantic, sexy, unusual plot structure, sweet
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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
Similar in 78%
Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Plot Summary:
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, "free" him, and plant him into Brinway's hot-tub.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: epic, family comedy, feel good, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy
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Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Plot Summary:
When a widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8, can the 20 of them ever come together as one big happy family?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: light, sentimental, touching, feel good, funny, witty, romantic comedy, retro, black and white, cult classic
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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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Daddy Day Camp (2007)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, absurd, not serious, slapstick, funny, family comedy, realistic, slapstick comedy, inspirational
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Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)
Plot Summary:
Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, entertaining, light, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, funny, inspirational, clever
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Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see him forming an unlikely alliance with Moody Margaret, the infuriating girl next door, and his irritating little brother Perfect Peter, outwitting corrupt School Inspectors and toppling an evil Headmaster, winning a talent contest and facing his ultimate nemesis with no way out - all because he is trying to save the very school which he has always professed to hate!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, realistic, not serious
Similar in 77%
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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A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
Plot Summary:
The original traditional one-hundred-percent red-blooded two-fisted all-american christmas continues five years later with Ralphie, Randy mom and the old man. This time Ralphie has his eyes fixed on a car. But trouble is sure to follow.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, sincere, uplifting, realistic, semi serious
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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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Boys Will Be Boys (1999)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998)
Plot Summary:
Barricade the doors. Lock the windows. Because he's baaaack. That one-boy wrecking crew, Dennis the Menace, returns for more mischief and mayhem. Based on the comic strip and TV show about a mischievous little boy with a gift for the potentially lethal prank.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Home Alone 3 (1997)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, slapstick, hilarious, parody, sweet, family comedy, disgusting, slapstick comedy, realistic
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The Little Rascals (1994)
Plot Summary:
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 principles after falling for the beautiful nine-year old Darla, the rest of the gang sets out to keep them apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sentimental, sweet, not serious, inspirational, teen, hilarious, humorous, retro
Similar in 88%
Richie Rich (1994)
Plot Summary:
Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! Enter faithful butler Cadbury to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, slapstick, epic, hilarious, happy, light hearted, exciting, realistic
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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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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Plot Summary:
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, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 388000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, exciting, christmas special, cute, sweet, parody
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The Spy Next Door (2010)
Plot Summary:
Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, light, action comedy, spy comedy, sweet, spoof
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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