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Eyes of an Angel (1991)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, tension, independent film, suspense
Plot:
on the run, doberman, dog, father daughter relationship, gangster, rescue, girl, widower, road trip, compassion, affection, pursuit, protection, family relations, father, family life, single father, money, subway, car theft, resentment, recovering alcoholic, pitbull, brother brother relationship, henchman ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
california, chicago, usa, united states, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Eyes of an Angel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and touching films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, society, youth, father son relationship and father daughter relationship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Eyes of an Angel: Southie (1998), Pontiac Moon (1994), Hidden in America (1996), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), Of Boys and Men (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who are supported by one Irish mafia clan, and his family, which are members of another.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mobster, irish gangster, irish mob, gangster, mafia, rivalry, buddies, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, friends, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. This while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family.
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, offbeat
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
road trip, redneck, on the road, national park, moon landing, agoraphobia, snake, moon, waitress, desert, sheriff, fear ...
Time:
year 1994, 60s, year 1969
Place:
idaho, california, usa
Similarity:
88%
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, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
starving child, starvation, youth, doctor, single parent, unemployment, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, human nature, human spirit, society ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
True story of a divorced father in search of his children when his ex-wife enters the witness relocation program.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, witness protection program, witness protection, crime family, custody, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, society, rebellion, fighting the system, obsessive quest, gangster ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 60s
Place:
albuquerque new mexico, washington d.c.
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, youth, car accident, grief, accidental death, society, love, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, custody, family life, parents and children, prison, life is a bitch, society, going straight, hopes, strong female presence, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman Perry Krohn attempts to juggle the needs of his dedicated wife, demanding mistress and grown children while facing his own certain death from lung cancer.
Style:
realistic, talky, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
aids, hollywood, father son relationship, family relations, terminal illness, infidelity, showbiz, family problems, artists and showbiz, dealing with death, family in crisis, family life ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Nate's little brother and hippie dad depend on him for literally everything, but the well-meaning, small time pot dealer Nate wants nothing more than to run away with Nikki, the love of his life, and get out of Texas.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, haunted by the past, danger, family relations, family problems, teenage life, save the day, on the run, drug dealer, love, rivalry, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An elderly beekeeper and Vietnam vet must rescue his daughter-in-law and protect his grandchildren from killers.
Style:
realistic, independent film, atmospheric, serious, touching ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, prison, beekeeper, farm, swamp, mental disorder, vietnam war, bravery, family relations, bank robbery, stolen money, parent child relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
florida, orlando florida, usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A Hispanic teenager hides out from the law in the home of a good-natured, but rebellious, Caucasian teenage girl after killing two rednecks whom beat him up and left him for dead, leading to a collision of cultures between the two youths.
Style:
sexy, erotic, independent film, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
erotica, interracial love relationship, small town, racism, forbidden love, murder, interracial relations, couples, social relations, on the run, vengeance, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, teen, road movie
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father, road trip, terminal illness, absent mother, teenager, life is a bitch, illness, family problems, fighting illness, teenage girl, single parent, single father ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
single mother, family relations, on the road, family problems, teenage life, single parent, dealing with death, human nature, working class, death in the family, parents and children, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, oregon, virginia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
Style:
serious, tense, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
farm, betrayal, retirement home, parents and children, homecoming, uninhibited rivalry, danger, dishonesty, family problems, grudge, country, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Marie, a reluctant resident of a retirement community in Southern Oregon, decides to walk 80 miles down the Redwood Highway to see the ocean for the first time in 45 years.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
on the road, family relations, obsessive quest, escapades, introspection, estrangement, haunted by the past, hopes, redemption, parents and children, strong female presence, journey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, pacific ocean
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, missing person, family drama, children, family relations, kidnapped, family life, parents and children, family problems, police detective, hostage ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Despite allegations of sexual abuse against her ex-husband, Jody (Faith Ford) has lost a custody battle for Samantha (Hanna Hall) and faces a choice of turning her daughter over to him, or taking flight and risking kidnapping charges. Pursued by ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private investigator, on the run, fugitive, small town, divorced parents, private detective, veterinarian, age difference, child abuse, youth, mother daughter relationship, hiding place ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, self discovery, family life, society, family problems, parents and children, disability, small town life, child's point of view, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, compassion ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, drug abuse, family life, unemployment, siblings relations, addiction, against the odds, society, youth ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jane Seymour stars in this made-for-TV drama as Rebecca Blake, a bookstore employee who lives contently in San Pedro, California with her construction-worker husband Joe (A Martinez). A chance meeting with a woman named Lynn Wyman (Cathy Lee ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful
Plot:
memory loss, small town, strong female presence, uncover truth, couple relations, disorder, family relations, parents and children, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, recurring nightmare, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, redemption, hopes, couple relations, misfit, starting over, culture clash, family life, immigrant, society, couples, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
china, washington d.c., usa, asia, persia
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
courtroom, murder, family problems, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, courtroom drama, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, legal, patricide, false accusation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States, must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
immigrant, justice, family relations, cold war, police investigation, adolescence, family bonds, friendship, love and romance, self discovery, human nature, on the run ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 2001, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
california, budapest, europe, usa, austria ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must ...
Style:
serious, uplifting, emotional, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
medical student, twins, family relations, misfit, life is a bitch, family problems, intern, family life, brother brother relationship, intellectual disability, mental retardation, brother ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, foster home, child abuse, road trip, haunted by the past, family problems, introspection, mother daughter relationship, friendship, single parent, loss of job, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, utah
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On Skeet’s twelfth birthday his older brother Randy buys him his first surfboard. Suddenly his summer turns to the endless search for the perfect wave, wild times and beach parties and eventually, finding his own daring adventures when Randy’s ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surfing, father figure, boy, youth, coming of age, brother brother relationship, gang, friendship, best friend, parents and children, siblings relations, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place:
california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
78%
161K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sad, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
lawyer, mentally challenged, father daughter relationship, single father, child custody, social services, custody, custody battle, disability, parents and children, foster child, love ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapped, hostage, marital abuse, abuse, battered wife, abusive husband, obsession, hostage situation, abusive relationship, family relations, family problems, starting over ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
What happens when you receive someone else's heart and wind up with the transplant donor's personality traits and memories too? Jill Maddox, a middle-aged concert violinist, is about to find out! After her surgery, Maddox starts chugging ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, exciting, medical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heart transplant, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, parents and children, young at heart, family relations, optimism, organ transplant, mother daughter relationship, violinist, family drama, identity crisis ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man sells drugs to rich kids, but finding love gives him reason to leave the gritty life. However, the gritty life has trouble letting go.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
going straight, juvenile delinquency, materialism, destiny, society, drug abuse, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, drug dealing, fight scenes, urban ghetto, transplant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california, chicago
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Amanda and Jason are happy marriage now, after years of frustration have finally managed to take a beautiful girl from a country in Eastern Europe through an international adoption agency. But when the doctor will perform a DNA test to small, finds ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
kidnapped child, adoption, kidnapping, adopted daughter, suspicion, investigation, uncover truth, couples, family relations, family problems, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
78%
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