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My Sister's Keeper (2009)
102K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
Style:
touching, sad, sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker, emotional, teen, inspirational, suspense, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, family drama, sisters, parenthood, lawyer, relationships, mother daughter relationship, sick child, life is a bitch, hospital, leukemia, couple relations, childhood, death, moral dilemma, family relations, favoritism among siblings, tragedy, family life, ethics, nursing, fighting illness, doctor, children ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
rhode island, usa, los angeles, montana
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Most similar movies to My Sister's Keeper
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, sentimental and emotional films with plots about bittersweet, family relations, illness, death, hospital, terminal illness and redemption mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like My Sister's Keeper: The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Still Alice (2014), A Walk to Remember (2002), Finding Neverland (2004), Seven Pounds (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
Similarity:
100%
150K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, sad, depressing, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, memory loss, illness, supportive spouse, mother daughter relationship, columbia university, family bonds, terminal illness, family drama, relationships, psychology, memory lapse ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
romantic, touching, inspirational, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
cancer, teenager, love story, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, teenage love, love, first love, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1900s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, southern usa, virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, heartbreaking, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
single parent, writers, friendship, writer's life, parents and children, death, biopic, peter pan, stage play, country house, passion, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, year 2004, turn of the century, future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, philosophical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, life changing experience, motivation, true love, sacrifice, existentialism, life & death, melancholy, love ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
\When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle ...
Style:
christian film, inspirational, sentimental, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot:
christian, christianity, illness, faith, mother daughter relationship, medical, hospital, parent child relationship, sick child, child cancer, female protagonist, coping ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
80%
272K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, emotional, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, courtroom drama, hiv, lawyer, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, discrimination, gay interest, homosexual, lawsuit, medical ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Style:
sad, emotional, romantic, teen, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, teenage love, dying, youth, love and romance, relationships, last wish, fighting illness, dealing with death, virginity ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
brighton, usa, england
Similarity:
67%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, leukemia, youth, teenage love, life is a bitch, teenager, hopes, school, sick child, social relations, first kiss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.
Style:
touching, inspirational, christian film, sincere, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
self discovery, inheritance, terminal illness, christian, cancer, introspection, youth, life philosophy, redemption, life turned upside down, parents and children, faith ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
tibet, ecuador, south america, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Irish immigrant family adjusts to life in the United States, a chance to get over the lost son. They have no money and the apartment is in bad condition.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
childhood, redemption, immigrant, immigration, artist, loss of son, starting over, dying, children, society, overcoming, acceptance ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and ...
Style:
edutainment, controversial, uplifting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
blaster, health, medicine, slice of life, medical, youth, child hero, family relations, hospital, bittersweet, family problems, family life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, baltimore
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
terminal illness, dying, father son relationship, relationships, cancer, dysfunctional family, reconciliation, illness, divorce, hopes, fighting illness, destiny ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
80K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
terminal illness, divorce, women, cancer, autumn, custody, remarry, step parent, friendship, parents and children, adoption, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, intense, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, estrangement, playwright, relationships, women, friendship, corporal punishment, reconciliation, childhood memory, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, american south ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
southern usa, louisiana, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
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:
100%
44
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Juliette, twenty, falls in love. At the same time her father is diagnosed with a fatal disease.
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
terminal illness, fall in love, family relations, youth, parents and children, family in crisis, life is a bitch, love and romance, family problems, twentysomething life, countryside, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare ...
Style:
touching, sincere, inspirational, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
terminal illness, against the odds, family relations, human spirit, hopes, child illness, death, medical, life is a bitch, cure, disability, family drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1984, year 1983, year 1986 ...
Place:
washington d.c., pittsburgh, edinburgh scotland, london, england ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When high school sweethearts John (Seeley) and Kathy (Irvin) find out Kathy is pregnant, they decide to get married and move to Cambridge so John can fulfill his scholarship to Harvard. But faced with the harsh reality of their situation, Kathy ...
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, teenage mother, single father, fatherhood, pregnant teenager, father son relationship, family relations, workaholic, couple relations, kids and family, male female relationship, parenthood ...
Place:
harvard university
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's ...
Style:
christian film, sincere, sentimental, sad, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
god, faith, letter, hopes, cancer, pastor, brain tumor, terminal illness, child illness, christian, sick child, salvation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, sad ...
Plot:
teenage life, friendship between boys, youth, child cancer, leukemia, friends, death, coming of age, best friend, human spirit, life is a bitch, child illness ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, friendship, loyalty, animal, pets, human animal relationship, life & death, loss of friend, loneliness, loss, death, friends ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 1930s
Place:
japan, rhode island, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
11-year-old Eliza is the invisible element of her family unit: her parents are both consumed with work and her brother is wrapped up in his own adolescent life. Eliza ignites not only a spark that makes her visible but one that sets into motion a ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, depressing, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
redemption, dysfunctional family, religion, family drama, life philosophy, depression, family relations, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, human nature, society ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
usa, oakland california, bay area, washington d.c., sacramento california ...
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Style:
sincere, depressing, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
hospital, cancer, medical, doctor, poetry, chemotherapy, hopes, dying, nurse, terminal illness, philosophy, regret ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, tear jerker, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, fantasy world, classmate, loneliness, magical, imaginary, teenage girl, loss of friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, life is a bitch, hopes, coming of age, human spirit, family problems, family in crisis, terminal illness, dealing with death, child illness, sick child, first love ...
Place:
ireland, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
civil rights, racism, african american, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, racial segregation, children, american south, abuse, interracial relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
indiana, africa, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
100%
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