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Hardflip (2012)
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Hardflip (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Hardflip follows the story of Caleb (Randy Wayne) a young skater whose ill mother (Rosanna Arquette) and absent father (John Schneider) leave him reaching for the only hope he has...becoming a sponsored skater. After his mother falls ill, Caleb finds a stack of old love letters. He sets out to find the father he never knew and inadvertently begins a journey he never could have expected. This story explores what happens when we let go of our anger and pain and forgive those who have hurt us most.
Style: uplifting, realistic, captivating, tense, exciting, serious, inspirational, interesting
Plot: family relations, forgiveness, self discovery, youth, parents and children, ambition, skateboard, teenager, journey, father and son, single mother, christian, death of mother, suicide attempt, loss of mother, teenage life, contests and competitions, hopes, wealth, skateboarder, skateboarding
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, san diego california
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and touching films with plots about family relations, parents and children, youth, teenage life, hopes, coming of age and society mostly in Drama, Action and Romance genres. Some movies like Hardflip: Greencard Warriors (2013), Everyday Black Man (2010), To Save a Life (2009), Bilal's Stand (2010), October Baby (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Greencard Warriors (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The tragic struggle of an undocumented Latino family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war.
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Place: usa, los angeles
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Everyday Black Man (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Since closing the door to a violent past, quiet and thoughtful Moses Stanton everyday existence is running a small neighborhood store, and watching over his daughter who doesn't know he exists. When a young man, Malik, comes in claiming to be a ...
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To Save a Life (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Bilal's Stand (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bilal, a Muslim high school senior works at his family's long-owned taxi stand. "The Stand," as they call it, has been the source of all activity and money for the family for the last sixty years. It seems like BĂ­lal is about to ...
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Duration: 107 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Country: USA
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Midnight Stallion (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Fifteen year old Megan Shephard and her parents will do anything to save their struggling farm. When they discover a wild stallion in a nearby forest they begin to wonder if this could be the answer to their prayers.
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74%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When big-city preacher Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) moves to the small town of Paradise with her son Hayden (Bobby Edner), she finds the local community unreceptive to her message of love and forgiveness. Determined to get through to her ...
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Switch (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Country: USA
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