Movies and TV shows like Wildfire

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Wildfire (2005)
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Wildfire (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Kris Furillo is given the opportunity to start a new life after serving time at a teen detention center. Her talent with horses is recognized by a volunteer and local trainer Pablo, who arranges a job for her at the Ritter's family run ranch, Raintree. Thrown into a completely new environment, Kris must learn to deal with the challenges of fitting in, and forming fiery relationships, marrying the least favourable, while trying not to disappoint the one family willing to give her a chance. The Ritters are facing challenges of their own even as they reach out to help Kris. Patriarch Henry Ritter and his daughter Jean are in a critical stage of their battle to save the ranch from financial ruin. Kris and Wildfire must help them get back on the map in the world of horse racing.
Style: uplifting, touching, sincere, feel good, serious, realistic
Plot: horse, horse ranch, starting over, lifestyle, against the odds, friendship, fall in love, ambition, coach, rivalry, society, workplace, animal life, countryside, couples, teenager, women, high school, equestrian, girl horse relationship, troubled teen, ranch, friends, misfit, theft ...
Time: contemporary
Place: san francisco

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Most similar movies to Wildfire

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sincere films and TV series with plots about family relations, love and romance, parents and children, friendship, youth, ambition and rivalry mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like Wildfire: Heartland (2007), Caitlin's Way (2000), The Saddle Club (2001), A Fine Step (2014), Chasing Life (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Heartland (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, sincere, medical drama ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: horse, horse ranch, small town, farm, wild horse, family relations, cattle ranch, siblings relations, animal life, workplace, youth, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, hawaii, new york
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Caitlin's Way (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
TV show
Story: Caitlin's Way is a live action teen drama series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000–2002. The show was co-created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aired on The N from January 2003 to September 27, 2009. It also aired on TeenNick from September 28, 2009 ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, teen
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: juvenile delinquency, culture clash, fish out of water, teaching the ways of the world, lifestyle, starting over, teenage life, orphan, young heroes, teenage love, youth, social relations ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: montana, philadelphia, usa
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100%
The Saddle Club (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, sincere, educational
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, friendship, horse riding, underdog, haunted by the past, against the odds, fall in love, obsession, parents and children, club, middle school ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
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A Fine Step (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A Fine Step is an uplifting family drama centering on Cal Masterson (Luke Perry, Beverly Hills 90210) an award winning horseman whose relationship with his beloved horse Fandango allows him to achieve multiple championship wins. However tragedy ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, emotional, captivating, serious ...
Audience: pre-teens, teens
Plot: horse, contests and competitions, friendship, starting over, athlete's life, parents and children, youth, ambition, rivalry, family relations, farm, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Chasing Life (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: April is a smart aspiring journalist in her 20s who tries to balance her ambitious career with her family, which includes her widowed mom, rebellious little sister, and her grandmother. We meet April at a pivotal moment in her life: she's ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sincere, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: journalist, cancer, dying, lesbian, workplace romance, coping, fighting illness, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, love and romance, female protagonist, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: massachusetts, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy ...
Style: sex comedy, romantic drama, romantic, existential, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, animal, equestrian, orphan, great depression, women, world war one, age difference, coming of age, young love, medicine ...
Time: 1930s, year 1991, 1920s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa, atlantic city new jersey, georgia, north carolina
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100%
Once and Again (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the ...
Style: sincere, realistic, light, feel good, teen ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: couple relations, single parent, parents and children, love affair, starting over, lesbian, family relations, hopes, lgbt, coming of age, high school, lgbtq ...
Time: 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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80%
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Sylvester (1985)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.
Style: fairy tale, uplifting, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: girl horse relationship, horse, equestrian, strong female lead, wild west, horse race, family relations, orphan, attempted rape, animal life, friends, power relations ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Ella (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Years ago, a late nurse's young daughter, Ella, was discredited with stepfather Norbert by his wicked daughter Clio and send off to and exploited by her aunt 'tarantula', her only comfort being the friendship of young Jens. Once 18, ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, telenovela
Audience: girls' night
Plot: starting over, dysfunctional family, love affair, fall in love, orphan, dishonesty, rivalry, love and romance, hopes, couple relations, family problems, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Front of the Class (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: "Front of the Class" is based on the true story of Brad Cohen -- played in the movie by Jimmy Wolk -- who, "after being challenged by Tourette's syndrome from a very young age, defies all odds to become a gifted teacher
Style: inspirational, touching, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: teacher, teachers and students, dedicated educator, tourette's syndrome, school, disability, social misfits, stuttering, honest, friendship, father son relationship, understanding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Love's Long Journey (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband, Willie, have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's ...
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, emotional, saga ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: newlyweds, ranch, farm, pregnancy, settler, starting over, friendship, family relations, couples, danger, love, christian ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
If I Had Wings (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father, a probation officer, finds a running partner who spends his time 'running' from the law.
Style: touching, uplifting, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: blind man, blind boy, disability, asthma, blindness, hopes, against the odds, friendship, unlikely partners, ambition, human spirit, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
Style: road movie, realistic, uplifting, emotional, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: self discovery, unlikely couple, starting over, adolescence vs adulthood, on the road, haunted by the past, social misfits, unlikely partners, couple relations, youth, crumbling marriage, teenage boy ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Big Spender (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Orphan Eddie Burton is not bad, but too many screw-ups land him repeatedly in jail, so his 8-year old son Will, simply abandoned by his 'mother', has nobody else then Eddie's granny. When he hears about a program for convicts working ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious
Plot: horse, redemption, rehabilitation, rider horse relationship, prison, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, parents and children, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Degrassi Junior High (1987)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, sincere, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: teenage love, high school life, high school, looking for love, friendship, family relations, friends, youth, teenage life, social relations, love and romance, society ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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26%
Triumph of Love (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A love story between a young girl wishing to become a professional model and a rich boy who works in a fashion house and falls in love with her.
Style: emotional, serious, touching, sentimental, soap opera ...
Plot: lovers apart, forbidden love, hidden identity, life is a bitch, fall in love, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, starting over, rivalry, fashion, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Forbidden Apple (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Three things in life can not be hidden "love, smoke and lack of money". The social society and the events behind the business world are told.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, realistic, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: parents and children, mansion, wealthy family, love, love and romance, couple relations, family relations, ambition, family life, friendship, love affair, family problems ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
All That Matters (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Alles was zählt is a German television soap opera first broadcast on RTL on September 4, 2006. The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Julian Herzog, who signed her at ...
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera
Plot: family business, ambition, family problems, couple relations, boss and employee, workplace situations, family life, couples, friendship, workplace, male female relationship, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Flicka: Country Pride (2012)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Flicka and Toby help out a struggling stable owner and her teenage daughter.
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, light ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, family friendly, kids
Plot: horse, teenage love, jealousy, youth, friends, save the day, contests and competitions, ambition, teenage life, parents and children, money raising, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
American Dreams (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: American Dreams is an American television drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios. The series was created by Jonathan ...
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot: interracial relations, family relations, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hopes, love and romance, follow your dream, friendship, racism, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time: 60s
Place: philadelphia, usa
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25%
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Love Hurts (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A beautiful love story between a successful TV host and a garage worker.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, romantic, clever
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love affair, unlikely couple, opposites attract, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, couples, social differences, lifestyle, society, working class, culture clash ...
Place: middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
All Roads Lead Home (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise his young daughter who believes her father is partly responsible for her mother's death. ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, melancholic, disturbing ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: horse, ranch, farm, family problems, family life, countryside, dysfunctional family, animal, dog, animal lover, youth, girl horse relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Chefs (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Every year Le Chef (English: The Chef), owner of the restaurant Le Paris, and a figure in French cuisine incorporates a young offender on probation into his team. Romain, just released from prison, arrives in this new world where gastronomy and ...
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, thought provoking, sentimental ...
Plot: chef, ex convict, restaurant, food, friendship, coworker relationship, love and romance, life philosophy, workplace situations, lifestyle, best friend, rivalry ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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One Tree Hill (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his ...
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school life, couples, high school, couple relations, girlfriend, friendship, teenage life, youth, teenage love, friends, basketball, family relations ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Falcon Crest (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the ...
Style: soap opera, realistic, captivating, serious, touching ...
Plot: wealthy family, family relations, rivalry, intrigue, betrayal, family business, family problems, family feud, parents and children, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
International Velvet (1978)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A charming sequel to the hit National Velvet follows our young heroine and her trusty steed overseas.
Style: semi serious, realistic, uplifting, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, youth, horse race, equestrian, olympics, human animal relationship, teenager, animal, coming of age, orphan, ambition ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Emma's Chance (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While fulfilling her community service hours at a horse rescue ranch, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused show horse who won't let anyone ride him.
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, realistic
Plot: horse, teenage girl, horse ranch, community service, friendship, girl horse relationship, rehabilitation, bonding, teenage protagonist, human spirit, youth, female protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Miss Match (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Miss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the U.S. on NBC, Australia on Network Seven, Arena and FOX8, ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, sex comedy
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: matchmaking, workplace romance, looking for love, couples, lawyer, parents and children, lifestyle, workplace, workplace situations, family relations, women, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Father Is Strange (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
TV show
Story: Mi Yeong, Hye Yeong, Ra Yeong, and Joon Yeong are the kids of Yeong Sil and Han Soo. They seem like the average Seoul family, with the typical Seoul problems, but that all changes when Jung Hui, an actor, and former K-Pop idol, ends up in their ...
Style: feel good, romantic, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: love and romance, family relations, father daughter relationship, parents and children, parent child relationship, friendship, teenager, siblings relations, siblings, adaptation, rivalry, kids and family ...
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Just for Kicks (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Just for Kicks is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Nickelodeon television network as a part of the channel's TEENick television lineup. The series about a group of girls in a soccer team set in New York City. This series is ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: friendship, teenage life, ambition, social differences, family relations, parents and children, ego clash, feminism, sport team, rivalry, youth, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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