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Movies like Fenômeno Boy

The best movies like Fenômeno Boy are Thunderstruck (2012), I Believe (2019) and Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018). If Fenômeno Boy hooked you with its family, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Thunderstruck (2012)

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  2. I Believe (2019)

    A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  3. Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)

    A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  4. Foster (2011)

    Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  5. Sneakerella (2022)

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity for sneakers. With a little nudge from his best friend and a sprinkle of Fairy Godfather magic, El finds the courage to use his talent to pursue his dream of becoming a ‘legit’ sneaker designer in the industry.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

  6. Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (2022)

    Charlie Brown is determined to win the big baseball game. But things turn into a fiasco right before the matchup, when Sally bonds with a little flower on the pitcher's mound and vows to protect it at all costs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  7. The Boy in the Dress (2014)

    Dennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing football with his mates and living with his dad and brother, but frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits. Life has never really been the same since his mum left. However, transformation can happen in the most unexpected places. Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in school, Dennis creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test - but can a boy wear a dress, and what will the headmaster, his dad and his friends on the football team think if they find out?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  8. The Longshots (2008)

    The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  9. Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)

    A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  10. PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020)

    A royal relative steals a gem with the power to make things fly, the Paw Patrol takes to the skies to stop him and save Barkingburg.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  11. Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)

    Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  12. Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)

    A determined Angela makes a wish to reunite her family in time for Christmas, then launches a plan to find her way from Ireland to Australia.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  13. Departure (2016)

    An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  14. Far from the Tree (2021)

    On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  15. Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  16. Life with Father (1947)

    A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  17. The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

    A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  18. A Loud House Christmas (2021)

    Lincoln Loud gears up for the ultimate Christmas, until he finds out that most of his sisters have plans to be elsewhere for the big day. Determined to remind his family that they all need to be together, Lincoln and his best friend Clyde McBride embark on a mission to preserve the family’s holiday traditions.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  19. Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas (2018)

    As Bright Fields preps for its Mistletoe Ball, a broken ornament leads Zoe to a family secret, while Gaby finds herself at the mercy of new boss Mia.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  20. Let It Shine (2012)

    A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help a friend and win the girl of his dreams while overcoming self-doubt and the expectations of his strict religious parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Fenômeno Boy?

The closest matches to Fenômeno Boy are Thunderstruck (2012), I Believe (2019) and Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Fenômeno Boy?

Start with Thunderstruck (2012), the closest match to Fenômeno Boy.

What is the highest-rated movie like Fenômeno Boy?

Far from the Tree (2021), rated 8.1/10 by 395 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Fenômeno Boy?

Sneakerella (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Fenômeno Boy?

Yes: Thunderstruck (2012), I Believe (2019) and Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018).

How are movies similar to Fenômeno Boy chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Fenômeno Boy, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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