Movies like The Great Outdoors (1988)

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The Great Outdoors (1988)
6.6
PG
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: June. 17,1988
Duration: 91min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Howard Deutch
Plot: For the outdoorsy Chicagoan Chet Ripley, his wife Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben, it was a holiday. Nevertheless, Connie's intrusive brother-in-law Roman Craig, his wife Kate, and their two kids ruin a quiet weekend of fishing at a lake house in Wisconsin. As the vacation goes on, the stuffy Craig family and the Ripleys start to get along less and less.
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young
Keywords: holiday, best friend, roommate, cabin, family holiday, wisconsin, grizzly bear, attachment to nature
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
6.9
PG
Release Date: 1989-02-17
Duration: 90min
Country: US
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The Next Best Thing (2000)
4.7
PG-13
Duration: 108min
Country: US
Plot: Abby had recently experienced an agonizing separation from her partner. Robert is Abby's best friend and a homosexual architect. Two lives with great sadness eventually clash with romance during a cocktail day. Abby discovered she was expecting. After some discussion, the couple chose to become parents. They started acting like the child's parents as well. That all changed on this particular day, though, when Ben Cooper, a bank financier visiting Los Angeles from New York on business, entered Abby's yoga class. It was instantaneous.
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Ghost World (2001)
7.3
R
Duration: 111min
Country: US
Plot: Best friends Enid and Rebecca despise the masses. After high school, they wish to live together. Enid fails art class and doodles in her notebook. They encounter the unusual elderly guy Seymour when they stage a personal advertisement. He becomes Enid's buddy because she likes him. Rebecca and Seymour are among the people whom Enid pushes away. She intends to alter Seymour's life. She believes she has something special, but it might not last. This film is about coming of age.
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Major League (1989)
7.2
R
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 1989-04-06
Duration: 107min
Country: US
Cast: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton, James Gammon