Movies like Alabama Moon

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Alabama Moon (2009)
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Alabama Moon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
Style: touching, realistic, exciting, serious, inspirational, feel good
Audience: family outing, teens, date night
Plot: wilderness, best friend, boy, friendship, coming of age, orphan, life turned upside down, father son relationship, youth, friends, survival, father daughter relationship, adventurer, children, childhood, child, friend, boyhood, school, misfit, chases and races, escapades, boarding school, mischievous children, on the run ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa

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Most similar movies to Alabama Moon

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, serious and sentimental films with plots about youth, friendship, coming of age, friends, family relations, girl and family life mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Alabama Moon: A Dog of Flanders (1999), A Far Off Place (1993), Secondhand Lions (2003), Standing Up (2013), When I Find the Ocean (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Dog of Flanders (1999)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large ...
Style: sentimental, entertaining, inspirational, tear jerker, melancholic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, justice, life philosophy, destiny, friendship, coming of age, countryside, boy dog relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, drawing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boy and dog ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 1999
Place: antwerp, flanders
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100%
A Far Off Place (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, ...
Style: scenic, touching, exciting, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing, teens, adult
Plot: desert, survival, friendship, poacher, youth, rescue, adventurer, jungle, on the run, gang, teenage life, love story ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Secondhand Lions (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: "Secondhand Lions" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, inspirational, period piece ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: uncle nephew relationship, coming of age, fish out of water, greed, childhood, misfit, youth, bittersweet, courage, aging, suicidal, family relations ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 1910s, 60s
Place: texas, africa, austin texas, usa, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 3K
Standing Up (2013)
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: youth, friendship, child's point of view, coming of age, summer camp, children, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, child, on the road, runaway ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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When I Find the Ocean (2006)
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: realistic, serious, 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 ⇓
44%
 5.9
 279
Misa mi (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When her mother died, 10 year old girl Misa's world stopped. And when her father, along with her new girlfriend, wants to spend the summer in the Swedish province Skåne she refuses to come with them. Misa's father reluctantly agrees that ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: wolf, coming of age, wilderness, friendship, youth, fish out of water, woods, remarry, girl, nature, hunting, hiking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
My Sweet Orange Tree (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Zezé is an 8 year old boy who, although a naughty boy, has a good heart. He leads a very modest life, due to the fact that his father has been unemployed for a long time, and has the habit of having long conversations with a sweet orange tree which ...
Style: touching, sentimental, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: coming of age, family relations, friendship, boy, friends, family life, mischievous children, youth, father son relationship, book, school, tree ...
Time: 20th century
Place: brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.2
 938
Saving Shiloh (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this third movie about Shiloh, Judd Travers is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar. Everyone in the town consider Judd to be guilty except Marty Preston, but even him has some doubts. Trying to clear Judd's name Marty and his ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, touching, saga
Audience: family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: dog, youth, mischievous children, friendship, rescue, best friend, pets, family life, animal actor, small town, child, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Captains Courageous (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat. ...
Style: realistic, serious
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: sailing, ocean, sea, pirate, youth, fishing, spoiled brat, friendship, captain, courage, coming of age, funeral ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
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, childhood, camping, camp, soul searching, animal, camping trip, canine, coming of age, friendship ...
Time: 1900s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Walking Thunder (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, mountain, old west, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family life, wilderness, forces of nature, teenage life, animal life, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.0
 21K
My Dog Skip (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, sad, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, friendship, animal, youth, children, world war two, human animal relationship, baseball ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.
Style: touching, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: youth, friendship, bullying, american girl, family relations, family life, school, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, teacher student relationship, female protagonist, occupation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
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: semi serious, touching, feel good, gothic, sad ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot: hound dog, friendship, dog, follow your dream, family relations, contests and competitions, animal, hunting, wilderness, american history, canine, animal lover ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.7
 479
Alan & Naomi (1992)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Naomi, a young refugee from Nazi-occupied Paris, moves into Alan Silverman’s building in New York, he does his best to avoid her. But despite Naomi's strange behavior and the language barrier, they slowly develop a deep and touching ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, psychological, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: world war two, coming of age, youth, children, grief, couples, family relations, friendship, haunted by the past, misfit, against humanity, human nature ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
An American Girl Adventure (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Pre-American Revolution Virginian girl whose love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Felicity loves horses, and though her parents plead with her to remain indoors, she years to ride the open plains. When Felicity comes into ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, feel good, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: horse, horse riding, friendship, rescue, best friend, hopes, american girl, animal life, young heroes, parents and children, family life, youth ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1770s
Place: virginia, usa, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
An American Girl Holiday (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from ...
Style: touching, fairy tale, feel good, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: rich and poor, master and servant, christmas, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, orphan, uncle niece relationship, family relations, american girl, society, youth ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, edwardian era
Place: new york, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.2
 765
Truth or Dare (1997)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Summer holiday is over. Nora begins sixth grade and is drawn to intrigues and doesn't really know what side she's on. Or wants to be on. On one hand she feels sorry for the bullied Karin, one the other hand she wants to be friends with ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience: teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: teenage girl, bully, shoplifting, friend, female protagonist, coming of age, children, eating disorder, truth or dare, high school, bullying, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 7.2
 9K
Duma (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Style: sweet, touching, sentimental, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, preschool
Plot: wild animal, lion, wilderness, rescue, adolescence, youth, boy, bully, animal, bullying, coming of age, desert ...
Time: year 2005
Place: africa, south africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.5
 1K
Opal Dream (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, ...
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, sad
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: imaginary friend, family relations, friendship, imaginary character, self discovery, hopes, siblings relations, culture clash, best friend, single parent, mischievous children, introspection ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Little Big Girl (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, touching, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: orphan, family relations, children, friendship, hopes, friends, destiny, coming of age, human nature, girl, teenage girl, wolf ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Different Drummers (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When David accurately foretells the death of their teacher and says God told him, Lyle devises a plan to find out if God really exists.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot: youth, best friend, disability, friends, friendship, teacher, death of friend, student, father son relationship, boy, foreknowledge, adhd ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1965
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
War of the Buttons (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, epic, contemplative ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, coming of age, boy, friendship, children, male nudity, adolescence, rivalry, youth, teacher, school, revenge ...
Time: year 1994, 60s, 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Style: serious, touching, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, black horse, desert, human animal relationship, girl horse relationship, friendship, girl, world war two, young heroes, rescue, survival, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.7
 19K
The Bear (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Style: touching, scenic, uplifting, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot: wilderness, bear, nature, dog, animal, survival, hunting, friendship, bear cub, rocky mountains, environmental, environment ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place: canada, persia, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Booky & the Secret Santa (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Booky does everything she can to make an enjoyable Christmas, for her family, during the depression as her father is out of work.
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, unemployment, family relations, family life, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet, family gatherings, wish come true, family problems, friendship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
A Christmas Memory (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A boy, Buddy, whose parents have split and whose mother is an actress in New York, has been dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older cousins, all of whom are unmarried.
Style: christmas classics, realistic, semi serious, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, youth, friendship, small town, family relations, buddies, love and romance, small town life, countryside, adult virgin, family life, family gatherings ...
Time: 1930s
Place: southern usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.9
 177K
Wonder (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: bullying, child, school, middle school, friendship, happy ending, father son relationship, deformity, family relations, fight, hospital, science teacher ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Christmas Bunny (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Christmas Bunny tells the story of a lonely foster child (Sophie Bolen) who finds a lost, injured rabbit in the woods on Christmas Eve. The rabbit is nursed back to health by The Bunny Lady (Florence Henderson), who runs a rabbit rescue in an ...
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot: christmas, family relations, friendship, nursing, family life, pets, coming of age, orphan, youth, farm, rabbit, holiday ...
Time: 21st century
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.4
 524
Rascal (1969)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences. Because of Rascal, both father and son realize their ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: family relations, youth, animal, camping trip, camp, nature, camping, best friend, adoption, fish out of water, child as adult, parents and children ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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