Best movies like The Prince and the Surfer
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Plot Summary:
The classic Twain story "The Prince and the Pauper" gets a modern slant when Prince Edward of Gelfland switches places with Southern California surfer Cash Canty. Both discover a new world of romance, danger, and adventure beyond their wildest dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like The Prince and the Surfer (1999):
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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Boyfriend School (1990)
Plot Summary:
Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, melancholic, independent film
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Fat Albert (2004)
Plot Summary:
An obese boy named Fat Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold, pulls into trouble when they "fall" out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, make friends.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, funny, black comedy, family comedy, semi serious, crying, scary
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Speed-Dating (2009)
Plot Summary:
A high-energy romantic comedy that follows three bachelors, speeding through life and scheming on women. When it comes to the opposite sex, it’s about the “chase” and “finish line.” Dog (Chico Benymon, Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story) and Beaver (Leonard Robinson, TV’s Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out) spend their last dime on a nightclub, while Too Cool (Wesley Jonathan, Roll Bounce) devises the ultimate scheme to get women and money – SPEED-DATING!.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, sexy, independent film
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Love and Mary (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mary is a sophisticated pastry chef who's struggling to keep the doors of her bakery open. Facing eviction, she decides to return back home with her fiancé, Brent, to collect a sizable engagement gift from her eccentric Texan family. But, when Brent is felled by allergies and unable to travel, Mary bails his identical-twin brother, Jake, out of jail and travels back home passing him off as her fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, romantic, realistic, semi serious, romantic drama
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The Pooch and the Pauper (2000)
Plot Summary:
The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representative duties, but also many privileges which made him snobby and condescending towards other dogs. But one day when the young Nataniel takes him for a walk, he's mixed up with the stray dog Moocher who looks like his identical twin. Henceforth Moocher takes Liberty's place in the White House. From now on a different spirit reigns in the White House.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, realistic
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The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
A modern day telling of the Mark Twain classic, The Prince and the Pauper.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 995
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious, teen
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Cow Belles (2006)
Plot Summary:
In order to learn how to be responsible, two wealthy teen sisters are forced to work in the family business by their exasperated father. When company funds goes missing, it's up to the girls to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen, romantic, slapstick, teen comedy
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The Swap (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the book by Megan Shull, The Swap follows the adventures of a Rhythmic Gymnast named Ellie with a Make-it-or-Break-it Competition, and the younger brother named Jack in a Hockey Family, who's vying for a varsity spot on his school team. But when a Simple Text causes the two to Swap Bodies, their paths take an Unexpected Cross.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, absurd, fun
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Deal of a Lifetime (1999)
Plot Summary:
The agent for the Devil takes the soul of a high school sophomore in exchange for a date with the most popular girl on campus.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light
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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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Just Write (1997)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, art house, independent film, realistic
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Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, tragicomedy, social, ironic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Billboard Dad (1998)
Plot Summary:
High above Hollywood Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are playing Matchmakers! One's a surfer. The other's a high diver. When these two sisters team up to find a new love for their newly single Dad, it's a fun-loving, eye-catching California adventure gone wild. Mary-Kate and Ashley star in this fabulously funny love-struck comedy filled with crazy schemes and cool surprises. Determined to find their Dad, Max, a new love, the girls paint a personal ad on a giant billboard in the heart of Hollywood. After a few disastrous dates, Max finally meets Brooke and it's love at first sight. There's just one hitch, her unruly skateboarding son is the girls' arch rival. Now, with the girls plotting every action-packed step of the way, they've got to find out if love really does conquer all. Full of outrageous events, mixed-up matches and lots of laughs, Billboard Dad tops the charts as Mary-Kate and Ashley's coolest mischief-making adventure ever!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sweet, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Goodbye Charlie (1964)
Plot Summary:
Shot by a jealous husband, Charley falls out a porthole and is lost at sea only to find himself returned as an attractive blond woman. His best friend is staying at his house as he puts Charlie's affairs in order and after being convinced, finds himself an unwilling helper in Charlie's new plan to marry into money.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: retro, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending
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Book of Love (1990)
Plot Summary:
John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage self, Jack is obsessed with Lily one of the more popular girls around. The sole obstacle is Angelo, her bullying boyfriend. With the help of his pals Crutch, Floyd, and Spider, he makes every attempt possible to change her mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, independent film, teen sex comedy, teen comedy
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Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ana Maria is having a bad day until she magically switches places with the main character of her favorite telenovela. As she struggles to escape from Novela Land, Ana Maria finally understands why her real life was such a mess.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, telenovela
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Christmas Caper (2006)
Plot Summary:
A Grinch-like thief retreats to her hometown in Connecticut after a con goes bad and gets stuck baby-sitting her niece and nephew until their parents can make it home for Christmas. She spends most of her time devising ways to even the score with Clive, her partner in crime, until the spirit of the holidays can help put her priorities back on track.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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The Yank (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Irish-American man from Cleveland, travels to Ireland for his best friend’s wedding and to find the perfect woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, independent film
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A Beer Tale (2012)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age romantic comedy centered around the lives of twin brothers Luke and Corey Frankenstein in the pivotal months following college graduation. Orphaned at the age of five, the brothers inherited their family brewery and were left in the care of their uncle, a well-meaning but less than ideal paternal figure. Raised on beer, with the assumption they're all grown up, Luke and Corey decide it's time to finish their family beer; a beer their parents started but were never able to finish twenty years ago. But when the idealistic Luke meets a girl whose family shows him the home life he's always wanted, he abandons Corey and their family beer in pursuit of this budding relationship. Corey, however, refuses to go down without a fight, and the ensuing mayhem that follows pits brother against brother and forces the Colorado wild boys to finally grow up and decide what kind of men they really want to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Shirin in Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Despite being engaged to a successful Iranian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Shirin finds herself falling for a mysterious young man who lives in a lighthouse in northern California.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, sentimental, realistic, independent film
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For Better or For Worse (2014)
Plot Summary:
Wendy is finally settling in to single life after the death of her husband. She runs a successful wedding planning company with the help of her friend Roseanne. Wendy's business and values are challenged when Marco, a charming but irritating divorce attorney, opens shop right next door!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Prince Charming (2001)
Plot Summary:
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, touching, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, mysterious, sex comedy, period piece, costume drama
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Pipe Dream (2002)
Plot Summary:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, semi serious, independent film
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Trading Mom (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: epic, mysterious, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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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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Christmas Do-Over (2006)
Plot Summary:
A ne'er do well father and ex-husband who always raced his way through the holidays is forced to relive Christmas Day time and again until he gets it right in this family oriented fantasy comedy starring Jay Mohr. It's Christmas time once again, and as usual Kevin (Moore) is scrambling to get his son Ben a last minute gift before stopping by his ex-wife Jill's house for a quick swig of eggnog. Ben can't stand Jill's impossibly perfect new boyfriend, and the prospect of spending the entire evening with his former inlaws is nearly too painful to ponder. But this Christmas things are going to be different, because this Christmas might just last forever. At first Kevin resists the curious development by simply reverting to his childish ways, though he is about to find out that sometimes in order to build a better future one must finally make amends with the past. ~ Jason Buchanan.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, offbeat
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Snow (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in San Ernesto, California with only three days before Christmas, Nick Snowden needs to rescue a young reindeer from a zoo.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Prince & Me (2004)
Plot Summary:
A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige and Edward come from two different worlds, but there is an undeniable attraction between them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, teen, sweet, light, realistic, humorous
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A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jennie Garth of "90210" stars as Susan, an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake (Brad Rowe of "General Hospital") is a single dad of two tomboys who owns a local winery. When Susan's dog Rusty (voiced by Jay Mohr of "Ghost Whisperer") falls for Jake's poodle Cheri (voiced by Nikki Cox of "Las Vegas"), these canine matchmakers help their owners fall in love too. Now with a Christmas Day wedding to plan -- and major complications threatening to unravel it all -- can two mismatched broods find a way to make one happy family? Tom Arnold and Catherine Hicks ("Seventh Heaven") co-star in this heartwarming holiday film from the producer/director of The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation and Your Love Never Fails.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, touching, realistic, semi serious