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When You Remember Me (1990)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must contend with being the only young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, realistic, heartfelt, sentimental, tear jerker, intense, tragic, tearjerker
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disability, hospital, retirement home, perseverance, resilience, social issues, biopic, single mother, injustice, isolation, family drama, compassion, hopes, loneliness, friendship, poverty, discrimination, sick child, coming of age, legal battle, urban, boy, wheelchair
Time:
20th century
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Most similar movies to When You Remember Me
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, inspirational and serious films with plots about biopic, hopes, resilience, disability, family drama, coming of age and hospital mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like When You Remember Me: The Switch (1993), No Child of Mine (1993), Soul on Fire (2025), Mask (1985), A Child's Wish (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to ...
Style:
emotional, medical drama, thought provoking, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
disability, paralysis, euthanasia, suicide, compassion, friendship, hospital, connection, ethical dilemma, desperation, empathy, isolation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman attempts to stop her daughter signing away her down syndrome grandson for adoption. Based on a true story.
Style:
heartbreaking, emotional, tear jerker, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
down syndrome, adoption, disability, family drama, family conflict, mother daughter relationship, domestic drama, custody battle, parenting, empathy, social issues, grandparents ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After a horrific accident leaves his body scarred, a young boy strives to live and show everyone what is possible with the help of his family, his faith, his community, his longtime idol's kindness, and the entire city of St. Louis.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, independent film
Plot:
faith, courage, hopes, resilience, family bonds, family drama, perseverance, healing, determination, coming of age, mother son relationship, heartwarming ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
61%
35K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempts to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, uplifting, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, disability, fall in love, relationships, human spirit, depression, adolescence, teenager, motorcycle, teenage love, protective parent, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.
Style:
heartfelt, serious, emotional, medical drama, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cancer, biopic, child illness, family drama, parent child relationship, compassion, family values, empathy, resilience, justice, grief, activism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead ...
Style:
thought provoking, controversial, bleak, tense, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abortion, courtroom, supreme court, social commentary, women's rights, court case, moral dilemma, social issues, poverty, legal battle, female protagonist, character study ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The actress (Glenda Jackson) recovers from a 1966 stroke with help from friends and her husband, author Roald Dahl (Dirk Bogarde).
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, uplifting, intense, medical drama ...
Plot:
biopic, marriage, survival, resilience, family drama, disability, hollywood, inspiration, rehabilitation, writers, tragedy, intimate ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, character study, family drama, father son relationship, social commentary, poverty, life is a bitch, social problems, past, confronting the past, social issues, class conflict ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
yale university
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Sandor Stern.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, tear jerker, realistic, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family crisis, hospital, tragedy, hopes, grief, sacrifice, fatherhood, resilience, biopic, diagnosis, families, disability ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dorothy Quick, A young girl befriends the famous writer, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemans during the final years of his life.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
biopic, coming of age, intergenerational friendship, female protagonist, legacy, young girl, heartwarming, character study, family drama, aspiring writer, civil war, families ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, sad, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
disability, hospital, dignity, freak, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, cruelty, isolation, hopes, biopic, humanism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, employees at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation are concerned about potential layoffs. However, Assistant Commissioner Uday encourages them to enroll in night school to complete their education for a better future.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, emotional
Plot:
empowerment, social realism, urban, night school, hopes, working class, compassion, perseverance, resilience, social justice, poverty, humanitarian ...
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
43%
11K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby', Louise Joy Brown.
Style:
inspirational, medical drama, dramatic, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
hospital, controversy, parenthood, perseverance, ethics, women's rights, legacy, biopic, hopes, social change, sacrifice, social issues ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of Džej Ramadanovski, from his earliest youth days up to the great success he achieved. Although he did not have an easy upbringing, which he mostly spent on the streets and in a correctional ...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, emotional, melancholic, tragic
Plot:
biopic, life story, street life, redemption, legacy, music industry, character study, struggle, poverty, working class, intimate, juvenile detention ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
serbia, belgrade, balkan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Yu-Siang is blind – but he has a superb sense of hearing. Born in rural Taiwan, this extremely talented musician moves to the capital Taipei to study the piano. But how will he manage on his own? Even the walk across campus from his halls of ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, motivational, heartfelt ...
Plot:
blind character, blindness, hopes, prodigy, human spirit, follow your dream, musician's life, artists and showbiz, piano, music, disability, inspiration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia, china
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Girasol is a rags to riches story that chronicles the life of Victor Mendez Capellán, one the most successful businessman in Dominican Republic. A working class orphan armed only with his wits, the film follows his against-all-odds rise out of ...
Style:
motivational, uplifting, realistic, emotional, period piece
Plot:
rags to riches, biopic, success, business, entrepreneurship, life story, ambition, determination, rise to power, working class, hardship, inspiration ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
dominican republic, latin america
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
Style:
thought provoking, uplifting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
sick child, aids, coming of age, hiv, terminal illness, hospital, youth, single mother, school expulsion, single parent, interview, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
indiana, indianapolis indiana
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Bahar has divorced her husband and is now remarried living a new life. Her son from her previous marriage, Payam, has leukemia and now she must find her ex-husband in order to save her son no matter what it takes.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, medical drama, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
sacrifice, cancer, motherhood, family drama, leukemia, domestic drama, family conflict, treatment, ex husband, single mother, moral dilemma, hospital ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A father's journey to help his blind and wheel-chair bound son to overcome impossible odds and allow the world to see his God-given potential.
Style:
motivational, uplifting, inspirational, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
father son relationship, disability, christian, man in a wheelchair, father, blindness, determination, family values, hopes, resilience, family drama, perseverance ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, realistic, motivational, political drama
Plot:
poverty, hardship, education, single mother, black, urban, social activism, mother son relationship, determination, biopic, interracial relations, underdog ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The lives of six individuals across the city change just as the city is reeling under floods. Will they all make it safely to the other side?
Style:
emotional, realistic, bleak, inspirational, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
city life, family drama, urban, survival, deafness, social issues, sacrifice, motherhood, natural disaster, realism, resilience, slice of life ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to believe it, but soon turns her attentions to the problem of what will happen to her son when she dies.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, tear jerker, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
aids, hiv, single mother, mother son relationship, family drama, terminal illness, female protagonist, mortality, grief, branding iron, social issues, loss of spouse ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
325
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan, USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Kenny is a Canadian kid who has a couple of pals and, like a lot of the other lads, idolizes the jock his pretty older sister has chosen as her boyfriend. However, Kenny was born without legs or even the lower part of his body. He gets around (quite ...
Style:
independent film, uplifting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
disability, youth, child, family relations, hopes, society, mentally challenged, rehabilitation, underdog, self discovery, misfit, urban ghetto ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, philadelphia, france
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in the most unlikely of places...
Style:
emotional, touching, independent film, medical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
multiple sclerosis, disability, deaf, resilience, hopes, retirement home, community, character study, empathy, bonding, friendship, abandonment ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
"Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Yusaku Shiraishi
Style:
captivating, disturbing, emotional, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
disability, teacher student relationship, elementary school, resilience, empathy, humanity, compassion, school teacher, high school teacher, teacher, physical disability, handicapped ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young music student has a seizure forcing her to undergo brain surgery. She comes out of the surgery unable to count or read and has difficulty adapting to life.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, serious, dramatic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
capture, hospital, doctor patient relationship, female protagonist, trauma, identity crisis, amnesia, biopic, resilience, ethical dilemma, recovery, mortality ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rendered a quadriplegic since a child from a near-fatal neck injury, a young girl fights against all odds to succeed in life from grade school to her acceptance into college under the assistance of her loyal and dedicated mother.
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, saga, captivating ...
Plot:
quadriplegic, disability, college, against the odds, hospital, teenage love, lifestyle, family problems, parents and children, tragic hero, society, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Orphaned by A.I.D.S., South African children Ibutho and Umsindisi SIlongo try to make a fresh start in the United States. What they do not know is that their struggles are far from over.
Style:
captivating, emotional, heartfelt, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
orphan, children, adoption, immigration, african, social problems, life is a bitch, society, social issues, social relations, kids in trouble, hopes ...
Place:
new york, usa, south africa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife Beverly move away. Bill moves into a group home run by Mae Driscoll who teaches him how to read. Bill soon discovers his religious heritage, overcoming the ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, emotional
Plot:
biopic, family relations, family problems, disability, custody, mental illness, mentally challenged, misfit, society, life is a bitch, human spirit, hopes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iowa, usa
Similarity:
32%
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