Movies like Big Miracle
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Big Miracle (2012)
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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 adapted from the nonfiction book ‘Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event’ by Tom Rose.
Style:
realistic, serious, feel good, uplifting, touching, romantic, sentimental, inspirational, sad, interesting
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
animals, animal rescue, rescue, journalism, media, ocean, whale, volunteer, environmentalism, ecology, snowstorm, idealism, survival, sea, nature, diving, scuba diving, ship, winter, politics, couples, vegan, lifestyle, sailing, animal rights ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
alaska, new york, los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, serious and sentimental films with plots about family relations, animals, friendship, runaway, life philosophy, catastrophe and culture clash mostly in Drama, Family and Biography genres. Some movies like Big Miracle: Red Dog (2011), Free Willy (1993), Dolphin Tale 2 (2014), Dolphin Tale (2011), Eight Below (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
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Time:
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Place:
australia
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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, ...
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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.
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uplifting, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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uplifting, sentimental, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, animals, young heroes, hopes, friendship, animal life, human spirit, summer, youth, destiny, child, mother son relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After young Kirra (Bindi Irwin) leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges) in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the ...
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uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
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killer whale, animal rescue, family relations, friendship, confined, animals, ocean, captivity, mischievous children, young heroes, heroes, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa, australia
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain ...
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realistic, touching, humorous, feel good, unusual plot structure ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When 15-year-old Vicky Austin, her sister Suzy and little brother Rob visit their grandfather on Seven Bay Island, Vicky faces several unexpected challenges. Her beloved grandfather, retired Reverend Eaton, seems to be seriously ill, but tries to ...
Style:
touching, feel good, serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, teenage life, love and romance, moral dilemma, supernatural ability, disney, ocean, island, human animal relationship, precocious child, telepathy, loss of grandfather ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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sentimental, sincere, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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34%
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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32%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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