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Saving Flora (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's 14-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is two hundred kilometers of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters and the fear of not making it.
Style:
sincere, compassionate, exciting, light, scenic, emotional, tear jerker, road movie, tearjerker
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
elephant, animal rescue, circus, friendship, poaching, rescue, animal, animal rights, teenage girl, parents and children, road trip, compassion, coming of age, bonding, empathy, survival, nature, courage, loyalty, moral dilemma, wilderness, hopes, pursuit, perseverance, family conflict ...
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Most similar movies to Saving Flora
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, emotional and captivating films with plots about friendship, coming of age, animal, dog, family relations, pets and family mostly in Family, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Saving Flora: Mia and the White Lion (2018), Adventures of Dally & Spanky (2019), Shiloh (1996), Summer's Shadow (2014), A Dog Named Palma (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Monaco, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, scenic, sincere, exciting
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wild animal, teenage girl, lion, animal rescue, conservation, lion cub, picnic, teenager, family farm, christmas present, tough girl, strong female character ...
Place:
north africa, south africa, africa
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A girl inherits a miniature horse that develops an unlikely friendship with her half-sister's Jack Russell Terrier, who takes to riding on the horse's back.
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, dog, human animal relationship, pony, children, animal, pets, family relations, unlikely friendships, death of father, internet, trick ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to ...
Style:
sweet, touching, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animal, destiny, greed, hopes, friendship, heroes, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bright and independent 12-year-old Summer Larsen rescues a sweet, stray dog and will stop at nothing to save him. And it's her determination that ultimately impacts those around her.
Style:
touching, light, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
dog, kids and family, inspiration, construction company, veterinarian, shopping mall, coming of age, parents and children, children, girl, parent child relationship, childhood ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An embittered WWII veteran returns to his grandfather's home in the Louisiana woods. The old man helps his grandson readjust by giving him two hound dog puppies to care for.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, sentimental, pastoral, period piece ...
Plot:
dog, bonding, family drama, loyalty, reconciliation, veteran, healing, family values, coming of age, grandfather, friendship, village life ...
Time:
1900s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film is inspired by an incredible story of a shepherd dog named Palm who was inadvertently left in the airport by her owner. She befriends nine-year old Nicholas whose mother dies leaving him with a father he barely knows - a pilot who finds the ...
Style:
touching, sincere, heartbreaking, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dog, airport, human dog relationship, friendship, pilot, bonding, life philosophy, son, heartwarming, animal, human relationship, lost ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Thailand
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Style:
sincere, compassionate, scenic, captivating, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
jungle, tiger, animal, survival, animal abuse, sibling relationship, nature, danger, getting home, captivity, coming of age, human animal relationship ...
Time:
year 2004, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
cambodia, france, indochina, thailand
Similarity:
31%
805
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A school kid rescues a blind Siberian Husky to prove its worth to the outside world where it was neglected.
Style:
feel good, emotional, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, friendship, competition, rescue, bonding, heartwarming, family drama, boy and dog, animal, animal lover, pets, owner dog relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
Style:
independent film, serious, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, lassie, nature, youth, rescue, risk, animal life, wilderness, danger, escapades, survival, heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure ...
Style:
touching, feel good, semi serious, sad, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
hound dog, friendship, dog, raccoon, hunting, wilderness, follow your dream, contests and competitions, family relations, animal, coming of age, american history ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog and a mother. She tries to desperately save her baby dogs.
Style:
suspense, sincere, touching, captivating, tear jerker ...
Plot:
dog, animal shelter, animal rights, human animal relationship, puppy, animal rescue, compassion, motherhood, saving a life, animal, pets, salvation ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A single father and his children come to Little Bigfoot's rescue when a wealthy landowner hunts him down, hoping to use him as a profitable circus attraction.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, lighthearted, independent film, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
bigfoot, rescue, children, getting home, father, mountain, bonding, heartwarming, creature, family values, forest, exploitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Story:
Animal loving Amber is racing the clock and taking on city hall for her new dog Shadow and learning that you can't judge by what you see.
Style:
entertaining, light, captivating, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
dog, bulldog, animal rights, woman, animal, mayor, animal human communication, animal lover, female protagonist, pets, human animal relationship, empathy ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
animal, teenage girl, summer vacation, poacher, wild animal, jungle, cheetah, coming of age, teenage boy, mother daughter relationship, girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
africa, kenya, usa, california, hawaii
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: South Africa
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
According to the legend of the Shangaan, white lions are the messengers of the gods, but it has been years since one has been seen in their remote African valley. When a white lion is miraculously born into that valley, a young Shangaan named ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, exciting, colorful, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
lion, wilderness, hunter, friendship, wild animal, danger, legends and myths, teaching the ways of the world, death of friend, friends, escapades, young boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
26%
736
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, farm, family relations, dog, friendship, pets, single parent, coming of age, community service, village life, anger management, hopes ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The poignant, coming of age story about a group of eleven year old girls in their final summer before middle school.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, touching, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
youth, friendship, parents and children, best friend, teenage life, follow your dream, family life, family relations, summer vacation, child, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant ...
Style:
sweet, sincere, touching, visually appealing, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
circus, talking animal, human animal relationship, gorilla, animal rights, friendship, animal that acts human, animal life, affection, talent, unlikely friendships, animal ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Style:
sad, depressing, emotional, epic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
dog, youth, great depression, animal, canine, camping trip, camp, childhood, camping, soul searching, friendship, coming of age ...
Time:
1900s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma city, oklahoma, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tula Jetters is a stubborn widow living her older years in a huge, yet crumbling, country house. Wary of visitors, her routine is shaken by two con artists, Hank Ford and his daughter Cali, who are eying up Tula as their next victim.
Style:
captivating, emotional, sincere, light, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, manipulation, small town, estate, parents and children, con artists, teenage girl, friendship, escapades, aging, love, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young boy named Taichi Ogawara finds a fox cub on the side of the road and takes it home as a pet. He discovers it is blind, deaf, and mute. Because of this, he names it Helen, after Helen Keller.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
human animal relationship, blindness, deaf, friendship, fox, bonding, empathy, family drama, compassion, deafness, disability, animal human communication ...
Place:
hokkaido
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, inspirational, scenic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
lion, wildlife, teenager, jungle, bonding, heartwarming, conservation, family drama, animal rescue, empathy, rehabilitation, coming of age ...
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
24%
264
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Megan has a special relationship with discarded jumping horse Whitestar. When it turns out that Whitestar still has special talents, the owner takes him away from Megan for competitions, but has no success. Only when Megan and Whitestar are together ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
horse, friendship, woman riding a horse, girl horse relationship, female protagonist, human animal relationship, woman horse relationship, animal human communication, friends, animal life, rider horse relationship, loyalty ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed away.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
civil rights, dog, friendship, youth, hopes, pets, estrangement, family life, wilderness, child's point of view, mother, family relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alabama, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The young Norwegian girl Kim almost gets killed after falling from a hillside. She finds shelter and stumbles upon the territory of a wolf and her puppy. She barricades herself, but as time passes she finds the wolf less and less frightening. When ...
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
wolf, poaching, mountain climbing, rescue, female protagonist, courage, friendship, children, parents and children, escapades, danger, strong female character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montana, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Sara hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. Suddenly people in her town are mysteriously healed! But fame soon takes its toll – can Sara’s family save her before it’s too late?
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christian, faith, healing, religion, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, girl, price of fame, faith healing, religious, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
Style:
road movie, touching, uplifting, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
dog, cat, wilderness, animal, labrador retriever, friendship, pets, wildlife, siamese cat, puppy love, camp, camping trip ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A series of short stories all about dogs.
Style:
anthology, emotional, tear jerker, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, pets, canine, pet dog, puppy, animal life, animal, empathy, heartwarming, multiple storylines, human animal relationship, animal protagonist ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After spoiled city girl Sloane Emerson gets in trouble yet again, her wealthy parents send her off to the country. There, the rebellious teen ends up forming a bond with the last thing in the world she would've thought - a horse.
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, touching, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
faith, teenage girl, horse, girl, teenager, adolescence, teenage daughter, teenage protagonist, teenage life, rebel, rebelliousness, teen rebel ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, breathtaking, sexy ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
survival, dog, wilderness, rescue, expedition, pets, dog sled, husky dog, animal, winter, storytelling, heartwarming ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 90s
Place:
antarctica, new zealand, oregon, antarctic, astoria oregon ...
Similarity:
22%
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