Movies like Cries from the Heart

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Cries from the Heart (1994)
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Cries from the Heart (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama directed by Michael Switzer.
Style: sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy
Plot: autism, mentally challenged, children, youth, sexual abuse, child molester, misfit, teachers and students, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, legal, family problems, rehabilitation, single parent, family in crisis, mute or deaf, courtroom drama, hopes, power relations, teacher, mental illness, teacher student relationship, victim, courtroom ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, youth, family in crisis and hopes mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like Cries from the Heart: ...First Do No Harm (1997), Fly Away (2011), Dawn Anna (2005), When Andrew Came Home (2000), Hidden in America (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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...First Do No Harm (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and ...
Style: edutainment, controversial, uplifting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: medical, youth, blaster, slice of life, health, medicine, child hero, hospital, family relations, bittersweet, small town life, terminal illness ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, baltimore
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Fly Away (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: autism, nursing, moral dilemma, parents and children, single parent, society, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, social misfits, youth, family problems, child illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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44%
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Style: sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: homeless, homeless teenager, against the odds, life is a bitch, drug addict, youth, starting over, university, family problems, dysfunctional family, society, aids ...
Time: 21st century
Place: america, nova scotia, new york, usa
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100%
Mary Kay Letourneau: All American Girl (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, sexual
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teacher student sex, pregnancy, forbidden love, love and romance, against the rules, unlikely couple, legal, youth, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, teachers and students, babies and infants ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dawn Anna (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
Style: realistic, sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: high school, family problems, against the odds, terminal illness, child illness, human spirit, family relations, disability, relationship vs career, school, family in crisis, parents and children ...
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38%
When Andrew Came Home (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, sad
Plot: kids in trouble, kidnapping, coming of age, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, parents and children, captivity, family problems, estrangement, danger, confined, hopes ...
Time: 90s
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37%
Hidden in America (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Story of a man Bill Januson whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will ...
Style: crying, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot: starving child, starvation, youth, doctor, single parent, unemployment, family problems, family relations, human nature, society, life is a bitch, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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37%
A Long Way Home (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style: touching, sincere, emotional, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: psychiatrist, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, domestic disturbance, redemption, life is a bitch, family in crisis, hopes, parents and children, family problems, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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36%
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Locked in Silence (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, disturbing, gloomy
Plot: children, youth, dysfunctional family, mute or deaf, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, doctors and patients, misfit, family problems, power relations, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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34%
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David's Mother (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been dodging 'The System' to keep her son with her, instead of putting him in an institution. ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot: autism, single parent, asperger's syndrome, illness, family relations, rebellion, human nature, fighting the system, youth, misfit, society, legal action ...
Time: 90s
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33%
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Shirley Adams (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: disability, hopes, human spirit, life is a bitch, single parent, introspection, family relations, family problems, parents and children, misfit, society, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, africa, cape town south africa
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33%
Just Ask My Children (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on the true story of a modern-day witch hunt, in which a couple is falsely accused and imprisoned for molesting their own children.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, serious, emotional, sad ...
Plot: fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, family problems, injustice, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, parents and children, plaintiff, trial ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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31%
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The Wool Cap (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious, sincere, spiritual ...
Plot: friendship, introspection, redemption, misfit, human nature, hopes, family life, custody, dysfunctional family, rehabilitation, addiction, elderly ...
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The End of Innocence (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot: nervous breakdown, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, rehabilitation center, addiction, power relations, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Magnificent 7 (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Inspired by the life of Jacqui Jackson. Helena Bonham Carter stars as Maggi, a mother with seven children - three 'normal' daughters and four sons who are each, in one form or another, autistic.
Style: realistic, sentimental, uplifting, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: autism, motherhood, family life, human spirit, single parent, mentally challenged, siblings relations, hopes, parents and children, child illness, family problems, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england
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30%
Family of Strangers (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery: when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted and, later, that her conception was the product of a rape.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, emotional
Plot: abused woman, adoption, redheaded woman, dark secret, family relations, family problems, custody, terminal illness, missing person, babies and infants, doctors and patients, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: canada
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Taken Away (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A corrupt politician covers up his daughter Vicky's pregnancy by forcing her to give the baby up for adoption. The newborn is adopted by a loving couple unable to have children, but a year later Vicky, now in college, realizes she was forced ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: custody, adoption, courtroom drama, righting the wronged, parents and children, single parent, family relations, rivalry, teenage life, fighting the system, youth, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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28%
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America (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: adoption, youth, teenage life, custody, human spirit, healing power, sexual abuse, mental illness, family in crisis, hopes, society, doctors and patients ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Swimmers (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: youth, small town, introspection, family problems, human nature, family relations, friendship, family in crisis, swimming, dysfunctional family, sex crime, solace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland, usa
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27%
Fifteen and Pregnant (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina discovers although it has torn ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, family problems, lifestyle, teenage life, family in crisis, hopes, parent child relationship, sister sister relationship, youth, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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27%
Mississippi Damned (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Style: touching, sincere, rough, emotional, informative ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, addiction, human nature, society, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, women of color, feminist, child abuse ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, mississippi
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26%
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About Sunny (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: poverty, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, youth, homeless, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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...And Your Name Is Jonah (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A couple whose son had been diagnosed as mentally retarded, and was institutionalized, are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is in fact deaf.
Style: thought provoking, independent film, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: sign language, deaf, coming of age, down syndrome, deafness, hearing, youth, family relations, disability, spouse leaving, family problems, mute or deaf ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: ohio, usa
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26%
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The Miracle Worker (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: teacher, deaf, education, mentor protege relationship, obstacle, disability, sign language, power relations, against the odds, isolation, teachers and students, social misfits ...
Time: 70s
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26%
The End of Love (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: single father, babies and infants, family relations, single parent, family problems, family in crisis, parents and children, life turned upside down, parent child relationship, death in the family, father son relationship, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
One Angry Juror (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, investigation, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, trial, prosecutor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
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25%
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The Tic Code (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, independent film, serious ...
Plot: disability, jazz, youth, music, illness, musician's life, fall in love, hopes, coming of age, love and romance, prodigy, misfit ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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24%
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Snap Decision (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: One mother must fight back to prove her innocence or lose her children.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, detective ...
Plot: false accusation, courtroom, courtroom drama, family relations, injustice, righting the wronged, custody, parents and children, legal, legal action, dishonesty, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
An Unexpected Family (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Ruth Whitney abandons her two children with her sister Barbara is left to take care of them, at first none of them like it but soon they grow to like each other. Then over a year later Ruth comes back saying she wants her kids and Barbara goes ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, psychological, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot: youth, guardian, redemption, family relations, adoption, custody, family life, legal action, life is a bitch, hopes, unfulfillment, betrayal ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Torn (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: life turned upside down, police investigation, family in crisis, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, family problems, shopping mall, death in the family, terrorism, dealing with death, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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