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Rails & Ties (2007)
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, psychological, sentimental, captivating, sad, anamorphic, serious ...
Plot:
train, orphan, father figure, friendship, family relations, family problems, terminal illness, grief, coming of age, suicidal, parents and children, single parent, collision, bittersweet, unfulfillment, suicide, husband wife relationship, child custody, travel, youth, railway, foster child, taboo, adoption, child care ...
Time:
year 2007, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about family relations, parents and children, youth, coming of age, family problems, unfulfillment and single parent mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Rails & Ties: You (2009), Candles on Bay Street (2006), A Year in My Life (2006), Marvin's Room (1996), Life as a House (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
152
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You is a love story. It spans 21 years, bouncing around in time, creating a kind of family quilt that wraps around a father as he struggles to overcome the grief of losing his beloved wife and raise their daughter alone. A coming-of-age journey for ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, parents and children, redemption, hopes, single parent, haunted by the past, love, teenager, loss of mother, friendship, grieving widower ...
Time:
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usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, emotional, serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
veterinarian, single parent, life is a bitch, couple relations, terminal illness, parents and children, homecoming, couples, social relations, small town, unfulfillment, youth ...
Time:
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maine, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
orphan, youth, adoption, friendship, family relations, foster parent, foster child, mother son relationship, foster home, father son relationship, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
terminal illness, dysfunctional family, estrangement, leukemia, family drama, father daughter relationship, family problems, single parent, siblings relations, sibling relationship, unfulfillment, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
florida, usa, ohio, orlando florida
Similarity:
100%
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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%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Style:
touching, emotional, depressing, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, loneliness, character study, aging, retirement home, justice, adolescence, reconciliation, elderly, magic ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 2008
Place:
england, europe, ireland, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, dramatic, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, quadriplegic, musician, dying, life is a bitch, marital infidelity, young woman, character study, disability, family relations, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Stéphan Carpiaux. A tragic ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
fall in love, teenage life, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family problems, single parent, unfulfillment, confined, youth, woods, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
100%
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841
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Our Sons is a 1991 made-for-TV movie starring Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret as two mothers of gay sons, one of whom is dying of AIDS. As a small town waitress, Ann-Margret's character must overcome her own homophobia and learn to love her son ...
Style:
serious, psychological, emotional, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
aids, gay, estrangement, family relations, hospital, parents and children, family problems, friendship, gays and lesbians, small town, lgbt, homosexual ...
Time:
90s
Place:
arkansas, usa, california, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A vulnerable teenager with a deep perception of the world and no idea how to live in it.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, brother sister relationship, family problems, dysfunctional family, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, lgbt, teenage boy, 17 year old ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
839
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
While her mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar's role-playing games with her stepfather move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar finds Alan, an ethereal boy that accompanies her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy.
Style:
realistic, serious, erotic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
forbidden sex, pedophilia, mother daughter relationship, teenage sexuality, dysfunctional family, rape, family relations, parents and children, friendship, pedophile, friends, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Vicki Miller is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life drastically changes when one night, her 16-year-old nephew Bobby shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He looks tired and depressed, and when Vicki realizes ...
Style:
serious, intense, sentimental, suspenseful
Plot:
runaway teen, dysfunctional family, family drama, family conflict, custody battle, psychological trauma, family secret, moral dilemma, aunt nephew relationship, redemption, coming of age, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, coming of age, family relations, family in crisis, family problems, couple relations, teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hospital, working class, single parent ...
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
coping, family relations, redemption, terminal illness, parents and children, estrangement, unfulfillment, family in crisis, father son relationship, asian prostitute, family problems, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
26%
355
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, love and romance, human nature, youth, family life, single parent, introspection ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, buddies, terminal illness, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, friends, dealing with death, fighting illness, illness, relationship problems, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot:
orphan, social worker, man boy relationship, child abuse, adoption, single parent, absent father, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
england, europe, wales
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, estrangement, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, elderly lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, best friend, couples, single parent, orphan, hopes, life is a bitch, starting over, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, crying, independent film, intellectual, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, mental disorder, coming of age, waterfall, sister, youth, unicorn, ufo, ghost story, orphan, dying, car accident ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 60s
Place:
california, pacific ocean, canada, minnesota, san diego california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, human nature, youth, family problems, couples, estrangement, terminal illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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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:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, redemption, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, dealing with death, cancer, illness, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
farm hand, family relations, aging, immigrant, single parent, society, parents and children, farm, family life, human nature, working class, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, estrangement, single parent, custody, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, pregnancy, love, child hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, england, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
384
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
autism, nursing, moral dilemma, parents and children, society, social misfits, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, youth, single parent, family problems, child illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
hopes, infidelity, coming of age, bittersweet, dishonesty, friendship, parents and children, life turned upside down, child illness, family in crisis, terminal illness, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, ireland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later she ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, touching
Plot:
adoption, aids, hiv, medicine, child illness, child care, foster child, foster parent, women, orphan, poverty, homeless ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
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