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Dolphin Tale (2011)
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, inspirational, social
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, animals, hopes, young heroes, friendship, human spirit, animal life, summer, youth, destiny, child, heroes, mother son relationship, human animal friendship, ship, ocean, boat, christian, human animal relationship, humanist, preteen, friends, rescue, family relations, fish ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
florida, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, sentimental and serious films with plots about youth, family relations, friendship, friends, animals, hopes and young heroes mostly in Family, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Dolphin Tale: Free Willy (1993), The Christmas Bunny (2010), Snowmen (2010), October Sky (1999), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, veterinarian, animal life, friendship, rescue, youth, family relations, human spirit, hopes, friends, animals, human animal relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
animals, killer whale, human animal relationship, freedom, friendship, animal life, animal training, children, ocean, happy ending, childhood, rescue ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, family relations, friendship, nursing, family life, pets, coming of age, orphan, youth, rabbit, farm, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three young friends find adventure and purpose in their attempts to set a Guinness World Record. Set in a wintry mountain town, the unpopular trio pursues fame through a series of schemes and stunts that eventually imperil their own lives. Along the ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, feel good, sentimental, semi serious ...
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family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, friendship, human spirit, elementary school, desire for fame, ambition, terminal illness, against the odds, social relations, life is a bitch, family problems, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, anthology
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dog, disney, animals, animal life, puppy love, youth, family relations, friends, dealing with death, pets, friendship, countryside ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenage boy fights to save the Spirit Bear.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, nature, environmentalism, bear, wilderness, fighting the system, human spirit, heroic mission, society, politics, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style:
inspirational, touching, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, date night
Plot:
small town, friendship, teacher, follow your dream, mathematics, against the odds, generation gap, teenage life, life philosophy, space program, scientist, dedicated educator ...
Time:
50s, future, 20th century, year 1957
Place:
west virginia, usa, appalachia, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
horse, horse race, sport, family relations, redemption, animal training, children, honest, secrets, betrayal, racehorse, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dog, friendship, animals, loyalty, human animal relationship, loss of friend, life & death, loneliness, pets, friends, death, owner dog relationship ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
japan, usa, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a ...
Style:
uplifting, emotional, touching, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
goose, aviation, rescue, father daughter relationship, bird, animals, single father, childhood, environmental, tragedy, against the odds, loss of mother ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada, new zealand, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on an inspiring true story, a small-town news reporter (Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. ‘Big Miracle’ is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, feel good, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
animals, animal rescue, rescue, journalism, media, ocean, whale, volunteer, environmentalism, ecology, snowstorm, idealism ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
alaska, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
horse, horse ranch, small town, farm, wild horse, family relations, cattle ranch, animal life, siblings relations, workplace, youth, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, new york
⇓ 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:
terminal illness, youth, teenage love, teenager, school, life is a bitch, hopes, social relations, leukemia, sick child, cancer, cancer patient ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her wealthy but bitter aunt after the tragic death of her father. Pollyanna shares a game her father taught her -- the 'Glad Game' -- in which everyone can find a silver lining in even the darkest ...
Style:
touching, feel good, uplifting, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, optimism, teaching the ways of the world, small town life, countryside, young heroes, small town, orphan, friends, change of heart, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, victorian era, 1910s
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style:
touching, feel good, melancholic, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, youth, ocean, children, coming of age, healing power, pets, young heroes, friendship, teenage life, animals, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 60s
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to ...
Style:
sweet, touching, feel good, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animals, destiny, greed, friendship, hopes, family relations, disorder, small town life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, ...
Style:
exciting, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, childhood, animals, coming of age, summer, youth, friendship, unlikely friendships, multiple storylines, mentor, redemption, natural disaster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, governess, friendship, disability, friends, optimism, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
switzerland, swiss alps, alps, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, emotional, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, african american, child prodigy, mentor, hopes, teacher, teachers and students, self esteem, elementary school, unlikely friendships, culture clash, prejudice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, washington d.c., africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon to which she receives a reply. Based on a true story.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
young heroes, bittersweet, single parent, hopes, family problems, friendship, parents and children, death in the family, child's point of view, widow, compassion, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, light, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, friendship, pets, family relations, coming of age, farm, single parent, dog, teaching the ways of the world, redemption, friends, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Family, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
ocean, island, beach, youth, animals, dolphins, daring rescue, gangsters, confined, young heroes, pirate, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
bahamas, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. Today, he ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, sincere, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
mentally challenged, friendship, human spirit, alcohol abuse, family problems, human nature, misfit, redemption, optimism, parents and children, small town, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wild animal, animals, lion, rescue, adolescence, youth, bully, coming of age, desert, childhood, cheetah, wilderness ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, touching
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.
Style:
uplifting, serious, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
teachers and students, fighting the system, human spirit, rebellion, young heroes, family relations, family problems, youth, society, anti conformity, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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. ...
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realistic, serious
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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37%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise his young daughter who believes her father is partly responsible for her mother's death. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, melancholic, sentimental, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, ranch, family problems, farm, dysfunctional family, family life, countryside, dog, girl horse relationship, animals, youth, horse ranch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, sad, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
coming of age, destiny, friendship, disability, family relations, small town, happy ending, life philosophy, justice, illegitimate son, hopes, obsessive quest ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Style:
feel good, sweet, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
killer whale, whale, friendship, childhood, animals, daring rescue, rescue, greed, ecology, human animal relationship, island, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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