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Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
43K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sincere, sentimental, enigmatic, melancholic, realistic, breathtaking, spiritual, emotional ...
Plot:
small town, childhood, stephen king, single mother, friendship, childhood friend, coming of age, mysterious stranger, childhood memory, father figure, psychic, psychic power, betrayal, rape, parents and children, selflessness, teaching the ways of the world, bullying, children, supernatural power, friend, boy girl relationship, mother son estrangement, maturity, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2001, 1950s, 20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place:
virginia, connecticut, new york, usa, boston
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about friendship, destiny, storytelling, family relations, coming of age, adaptation and mentor mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Hearts in Atlantis: The Cure (1995), Stand by Me (1986), The Man Without a Face (1993), Radio Flyer (1992), The Devil's Advocate (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
12K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Eric, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Eric also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their ...
Style:
sad, inspirational, touching, tear jerker, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, aids, coming of age, boy, boyhood, friendship, terminal illness, sick child, children, hiv, cancer, friendship between boys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, minnesota, usa, california, new orleans ...
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482K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, cult classic, atmospheric, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
oregon, usa, normandy
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sincere, realistic, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, mentor, teacher, friendship, injustice, social misfits, teaching the ways of the world, false accusation, teaching, boyhood, disfigurement, children ...
Time:
60s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
child abuse, childhood, brother brother relationship, physical abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, road trip, bullying, boy, children, coming of age, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
california, northern california, oklahoma
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
devil, lawyer, supernatural, pact with the devil, deal with the devil, satan, law firm, plot twist, trial, courtroom, demon, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Style:
sad, psychological, philosophical, cerebral, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, mental health, hearing voices, old age, human spirit ...
Time:
2020s, year 1937
Place:
nebraska, london, britain, england, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
sexual tension, funeral, mentor, haunted by the past, family problems, parents and children, family relations, drinking problem, chess, coming of age, love story, love ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 70s ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, southern usa, usa, alabama ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
death penalty, prison, stephen king, death row, death sentence, convict, supernatural, false accusation, prison life, life philosophy, electric chair, execution ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, year 1935
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana, america, persia
Similarity:
50%
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32K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
Style:
sentimental, touching, psychological, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
isolation, feral child, mental illness, twins, childhood, disability, child born of rape, mother daughter relationship, loneliness, secrets, self discovery, doctors and patients ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, suspenseful, touching, intellectual ...
Plot:
autism, psychic power, foreknowledge, supernatural ability, psychic, single parent, talented, supernatural, hopes, mathematics, single father, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
612
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, teenage love, family life, self discovery, family problems, couples, teenage life, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a vicious summer camp prank; But rather than have to return to camp and face the humiliation, they ...
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, serious, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
child romance, friendship, child's point of view, youth, coming of age, children, runaway, missing child, self discovery, child, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, poignant, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
childhood, autism, 9/11, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, orphan, acceptance, disability, coming of age, bereavement, single mother ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain, France, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fourteen year old lad discovers his first love at the point of his pencil whilst drawing the portrait of a sickly but coquettish fifteen year old girl. In the neighbourhood an old freedom-fighter pits himself against bad types, a pretty ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, resistance, undercover, teenage love, family relations, love and romance, youth, teenage life, parents and children, coming of age, bittersweet, infatuation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
catalonia, barcelona, spain, china
Similarity:
25%
25K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Style:
emotional, touching, talky, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
small town, solitude, loner, death, funeral director, character study, life philosophy, uncover truth, gossip and rumors, haunted by the past, dealing with death, mysterious character ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, year 1938, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
tennessee, usa, appalachia, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, inspirational, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
friendship, childhood, redemption, islam, muslim, coming of age, mission, guilt, courage, bully, rape, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
afghanistan, china, middle east, california, iraq ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, touching, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disability, small town, mentally challenged, mental illness, self discovery, responsibility, brothers, character study, coming of age, life philosophy, life & death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 70s, 60s
Place:
iowa, texas, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Craig, a young boy living in a small town befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone.
Style:
captivating, mystical, psychological, spooky, teen ...
Plot:
stephen king, small town, telephone call, teenage boy, ghost, teenager, materialism, secret, supernatural horror, terror, friend, paranormal ...
Time:
2020s, year 2011, year 2003
Similarity:
25%
32K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to ...
Style:
touching, psychological, independent film, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage girl, rape, bullying, youth, rape victim, school, teenage life, innocence lost, teenager, unsupportive friend, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Sweden, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, offbeat, gloomy ...
Plot:
snow, winter, missing person, friendship, disappearance, lapland, best friend, friends, betrayal, obsession, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style:
clever, uplifting, inspirational, touching, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, freedom, friendship between men, hopes, friendship, corruption, human spirit, justice, prison life, life, stephen king ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, maine, columbus ohio, persia, iran ...
Similarity:
24%
220K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
psychology, twists and turns, insanity, split personality, stephen king, isolation, losing-it hero, obsession, plot twist, haunted house, macabre, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, tennessee, new york state
Similarity:
24%
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133K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, gothic, creepy, biting ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, loneliness, childhood, first love, blood, gory, friendship, coming of age, supernatural, friends, mysterious character, children ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1983 ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, italy, europe, stockholm sweden ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging ...
Style:
meditative, scenic, breathtaking, gothic, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
missing person, valentine's day, girls' boarding school, coming of age, unsolved mystery, boarding school life, adolescence, sexuality, private school, folk horror, child, wilderness ...
Time:
1900s, year 1900, victorian era, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
australia, south australia, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A Japanese-American fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950s, race figures in the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
Style:
sentimental, meditative, breathtaking, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder mystery, forbidden love, murder, racism, culture clash, betrayal, prejudice, justice, fisherman, jury, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
washington state, japan, asia, seattle, fictional island ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Willard Young is a 10-year-old boy who is sent by his mother to stay with her best friend Lily Reed, who lives in the Delta shrimp-fishing country in a town called Paradise. Lily and her husband Ben have been living in an unmentioned emotional ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, sad, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
small town, bullying, love, friendship, coming of age, youth, death, loss of son, child's point of view, village, children, childhood love ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, friendship, troublemaker, storytelling, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, mentally challenged, love and romance, misfit, youth ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, paris france, france, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A schoolboy Nicholas always worries about something. When he goes on a school skiing trip, all his visions and nightmares take him over.
Style:
controversial, serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
child abuse, coming of age, children, youth, boy, sleeping, virus, lgbt, traumatic childhood, winter, sleep disorder, epidemic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, france, alps
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
childhood, judaism, friendship between boys, afterlife, friendship, coming of age, boy, youth, catholicism, mentor, rabbi, religion ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 20th century, year 1976, 1930s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
23%
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