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Plot Summary:
Medfield's lovable but hopelessly absent-minded professor -- Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) -- bounces back in this classic Disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the amazing by-products of his startling anti-gravity substance, "flubber." Windows shatter, football players fly, and thunderstorms materialize indoors as Professor Brainard fights to keep Medfield College from falling into the hands of ruthless land developer Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn).
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: melancholic, intense, feel good, not serious, humorous, offbeat, psychotronic, fairy tale, light, romantic
Best tv shows and movies like Son of Flubber (1962):
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Beakman's World (1992)
Plot Summary:
Beakman's World is an educational children's television show. The program is based on the Universal Press Syndicate syndicated comic strip You Can with Beakman and Jax created by Jok Church. The series premiered September 18, 1992 on The Learning Channel cable network and in national syndication. On September 18, 1993 it moved from national syndication to CBS Saturday morning children’s lineup. At the peak of its popularity, it was seen in nearly 90 countries around the world. The series was canceled in 1998. Reruns returned to national syndication in September 2006, after which it was transferred to local stations such as KICU. The show debuted a year prior to Bill Nye the Science Guy, which covered similar topics. The show's host, Paul Zaloom, still performs as Beakman in live appearances around the globe.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, feel good, vintage
Similar in 81%
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Plot Summary:
Jerry Lewis directed, co-wrote and starred in this riotously funny movie that set a new standard for screen comedy and inspired the hit remake. Lewis plays a timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher who discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: slapstick, funny, feel good, humorous, black comedy, cult classic, aesthetic, not serious, absurd, psychotronic
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Zenon: The Zequel (2001)
Plot Summary:
Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone that it's from aliens who have come to help them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, teen
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The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
Plot Summary:
The fate of the planet in the hands of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe? That's exactly the situation the trio finds themselves in when they befriend a wacky scientist and must defend his secret invention from a pair of malevolent Martians. Sight gags, slapstick and plenty of nyuks abound as the Stooges bumble their way through an adventure of intergalactic proportions.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, psychotronic, black and white, exciting, not serious, parody, funny, light, romantic
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Bon Voyage! (1962)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
Plot Summary:
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, psychotronic
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Monster Mutt (2011)
Plot Summary:
A pair of kids trying to save their beloved pooch from a mad scientist working for a sinister villain whose experiment has transformed their dog into a crazy-eyed muppet monstrosity.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, exciting, offbeat, experimental, semi serious
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
Plot Summary:
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic
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Snowball Express (1972)
Plot Summary:
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, who wants the property, does everything he can to ensure it will fail.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: family comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
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The Love Bug (1969)
Plot Summary:
Herbie is a car - but no ordinary car. The story follows the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own from the showroom to the race track, with various close escapes in between. Three further Herbie movies were to follow.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, funny, family comedy, exciting
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Opposite Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
The world goes backwards on Opposite Day. The kids become adults, and the adults become kids.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, melancholic, exciting
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Plot Summary:
Luther Heggs aspires to being a reporter for his small town newspaper. He gets his big break when the editor asks him to spend the night at the Simmons mansion that, 20 years before, was the site of a now famous murder-suicide. Luther's account of his wild, ghost-ridden night in the house leads Simmons to sue for libel, but with the aid of his friend Kelsey they determines what exactly happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, hilarious, scary, spooky, slapstick, slasher, horror comedy, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
Plot Summary:
Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a lay person into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, sitcom, semi serious, slapstick, psychotronic, exciting, clever, sweet, 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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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)
Plot Summary:
The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that their children think they've completely disappeared. Of course, this gives the kids free rein to do anything they want, unaware that their parents are watching every move.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, light, captivating, epic, hilarious, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, nostalgic
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The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
Plot Summary:
Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just what is causing it, all the while eluding the local dog catcher.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, feel good, semi serious, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, funny, light, touching, unusual plot structure
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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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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Plot Summary:
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like Arno's illegal businesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, light, romantic, clever, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure, sweet
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The Other Me (2000)
Plot Summary:
Will Browning accidently creates a clone of himself when working on a science project.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny
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C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
Plot Summary:
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 978
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, humorous, semi serious, cult film
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The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Strongest Man in the World is a 1975 film starring Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley, a student in the fictional Medfield College. A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical experiment. The students decide to dispose of the mess by giving it to their neighbor's cow, with unintended consequences: the cow begins producing an extraordinary amount of milk! When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the mixture gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, but a competitor learn of this deal, and hires two criminals to stop it.This is the third and final film in a series of comedies, which depict the adventures of perpetual college student, Dexter Riley. It follows the 1972 film, "Now You See Him, Now You Don't," and the 1969 film, "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, not serious, fast, slapstick comedy, freeze frame, campy, nostalgic
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Plot Summary:
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 843
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, psychotronic
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Not Quite Human II (1989)
Plot Summary:
Chip, the android boy is back. This time, he is off to college, suffering from a computer virus and in love with Roberta, another android. Will there be a happy ending?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
Plot Summary:
Hailed as one of Walt Disney's most hilarious comedies, The Absent-Minded Professor contains two essential elements for laughter - Fred MacMurray and Flubber, his gravity-defying formula for flying rubber!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, black and white, psychotronic, hilarious, comedy drama, offbeat, not serious, slapstick comedy, fairy tale
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Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
Plot Summary:
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, light, clever, feel good, humorous, slapstick, hilarious, epic, cult classic, not serious
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The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
Plot Summary:
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: melancholic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, fairy tale, funny, romantic, clever, feel good, unusual plot structure
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Baby Geniuses (1999)
Plot Summary:
Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, melancholic, intense, semi serious, terrifying, offbeat, psychotronic, light, thought provoking
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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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Call Me Claus (2001)
Plot Summary:
If She's Going To Save Christmas, She's Got Some Big Shoes To Fill.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining
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Flubber (1997)
Plot Summary:
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, slapstick, slapstick comedy, parody, grindhouse, cult classic, hilarious, disgusting