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Noble (2014)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Vietnam
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
Style:
uplifting, touching, emotional, realistic, feminist film, serious, gloomy
Plot:
poverty, orphan, strong female lead, social activism, father daughter relationship, catholic orphanage, female protagonist, social injustice, empowerment, youth, destiny, hopes, kids in trouble, child abuse, female empowerment, vietnam war, determination, girl, rape, art, feminism, courage, nun, pregnant teenager, orphanage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1955
Place:
saigon, ireland, vietnam, asia
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Most similar movies to Noble
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about hopes, human spirit, society, family relations, youth, children and parents and children mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres. Some movies like Noble: Marie's Story (2014), The Ron Clark Story (2006), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Lion (2016), A Brand New Life (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
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serious, touching, uplifting, realistic, emotional ...
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mute or deaf, illness, nun, dedicated educator, teachers and students, blind character, female protagonist, hopes, human spirit, family relations, sign language, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Matthew Perry is real-life inspiration Ron Clark, a passionate and innovative teacher who leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to this students, Clark must use unconventional methods, ...
Style:
serious, uplifting, emotional, realistic, inspirational ...
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family outing, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, dedicated educator, teachers and students, human spirit, teacher student relationship, new job, changing lives, challenge, hopes, hardcase students, power relations, obstacle ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1994, year 1998
Place:
harlem, usa, north carolina, new york, manhattan new york city
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100%
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, dramatic, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
life, life philosophy, rags to riches, human spirit, homeless, rise to the top, against the odds, life is a bitch, ambition, down on your luck, hopes, single father ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA, India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style:
emotional, touching, motivational, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
adoption, poverty, survival, courage, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, childhood, rags to riches, foster home, mother son reunion, train, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 1986, year 2012, year 2010, year 2008 ...
Place:
india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne australia
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33%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
homeless teenager, homeless, youth, life is a bitch, aids, against the odds, human spirit, starting over, university, street kid, kids in trouble, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
children, orphan, youth, adoption, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hopes, girl, abandoned by father, abandoned baby, family problems ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
korea, seoul, asia
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34%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film ...
Style:
emotional, touching, compassionate, sad, serious ...
Plot:
poverty, life is a bitch, ira, injustice, family relations, irish, youth, parents and children, depression, children, society, human nature ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1935
Place:
ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, england, boston ...
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32%
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:
uplifting, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
blindness, prodigy, human spirit, follow your dream, musician's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, music, blind character, blind man, piano
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On November 4, 1970 on The CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite reported on a true, horrific story that was about to rock the country. A 13-year-old girl was discovered in the small Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia who was still in diapers, barely able to ...
Style:
uplifting, psychological, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
disability, human spirit, life is a bitch, family problems, self discovery, social misfits, hopes, society, isolation, mental illness, parents and children, doctors and patients ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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30%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in ...
Style:
uplifting, feel good, serious, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, world war two, showbiz, celebrity culture, performer's life, rising to stardom, childhood, human spirit, artists and showbiz, haunted by the past, filmmaking ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, holland, europe, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sincere, unusual plot structure, dramatic ...
Plot:
disability, cerebral palsy, irish, artist, working class, handicapped, writers, paralysis, art, poet, painter, mental illness ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, canada, england, dublin ireland, europe
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29%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots. Facing bigotry on all sides, ...
Style:
emotional, uplifting, captivating, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, human spirit, against the odds, self discovery, rebellion, social relations, life is a bitch, student life, hopes, youth, leadership, discrimination ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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28%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
adoption, journalist, convent, catholic church, self discovery, journalism, religious intolerance, catholic, faith, nun, golden years, illegitimate son ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952, 2000s, year 1955 ...
Place:
ireland, england, washington d.c., usa, oxford university
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28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
social worker, deportation, against the odds, uncover truth, fighting the system, injustice, life is a bitch, society, state affairs, child abuse, rebellion, family reunited ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, australia, europe, adelaide south australia ...
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28%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in one of America's toughest high schools to help the children of incarcerated parents regain control of their own lives and not ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, feminist film
Plot:
support group, dedicated educator, against the odds, human spirit, idealism, society, hopes, teenage life, teachers and students, high school, children, child abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in 1898, Cambridge, Massachusetts, depicts Annie Sullivan Macy supporting her student Helen Keller at Radcliffe College.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
deaf, disability, power relations, youth, young heroes, hopes, dedicated educator, mute or deaf, misfit, love and romance, human spirit, teachers and students ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Living Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr. The film is based on the true life story of Dr. Dennis Slamon and the book HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast ...
Style:
sincere, touching, uplifting, emotional, light ...
Plot:
breast cancer, human spirit, doctor, doctors and patients, hopes, terminal illness, ego clash, child illness, power relations, life is a bitch, drugs, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
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26%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, UK, Australia, Germany, Belgium, USA, Japan, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true life story of Leonie Gilmour (Emily Mortimer), whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, stylized, retro
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
single mother, art, family relations, single parent, culture clash, parents and children, artists and showbiz, marriage, husband wife relationship, friendship, friend, baby ...
Time:
20th century, year 1932, year 1929, victorian era, 1920s ...
Place:
japan, asia, mount fuji, tokyo, maine ...
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26%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, emotional, factual, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
child abuse, aborigine, racism, kidnapping, australian outback, children, australian aboriginal, culture clash, survival, women, justice, desert ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
australia, africa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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:
uplifting, captivating, emotional, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
disability, coming of age, childhood, fall in love, human spirit, depression, adolescence, relationships, teenager, motorcycle, teenage love, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Single mom Corrine discovers that her twins are autistic. She refuses to give up on their potential, even though it seems that the rest of the world has turned its back on them. Thanks to this incredible mother's support, her boys accomplish ...
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, feminist film
Plot:
youth, twins, human spirit, against the odds, disability, family relations, mentally challenged, social misfits, single parent, hopes, society, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
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emotional, sincere, uplifting, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medical, african american, against the odds, human spirit, doctors, neurosurgeon, ambition, medical school, doctor, follow your dream, rise to the top, christian ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, west germany, detroit
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25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Italian-French-British TV film targeting the US audience, about the fashion icon Coco Chanel. The film begins with the fashion goddess (deftly played by Shirley MacLaine) in her twilight years, steeped in wealth and fame, still issuing game-changing ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, inspirational, disturbing
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fashion, rise to the top, tragic love, relationship vs career, fashion designer, lifestyle, ambition, eccentricity, rags to riches, couples, world war two, wanderlust ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary, Romania, Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
circus, dysfunctional family, ambition, self discovery, desire for fame, performer's life, youth, parents and children, family problems, artists and showbiz, family relations, eccentric family ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
hungary
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24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Style:
inspirational, stylized, emotional, sentimental, intense ...
Plot:
business, entrepreneur, businesswoman, career woman, inventor, divorce, strong female lead, women, ambition, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, new jersey, california, new york state, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
american football, life, adoption, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, african american, football, rising to stardom, parents and children, racism, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee, mississippi, memphis, california
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24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, direct and uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste, where he has a job ...
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realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, sexy ...
Plot:
novelist, love affair, writers, lifestyle, writer's life, family problems, society, couple relations, love triangle, artists and showbiz, sexual relations, male female relationship ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
ireland, italy, dublin ireland, europe
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23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Austria, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, supermodel, fighting the system, injustice, model, fashion, un, homelessness, feminism, african, female protagonist, human spirit ...
Time:
year 1997, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of an immigrant woman struggling against old world traditions. Zouina leaves her homeland with her three children to join her husband in France, where he's been living for the past ten years. In a land and culture foreign to her, ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
culture clash, abusive husband, immigrants, estrangement, injustice, society, human spirit, self discovery, dysfunctional family, family problems, hopes, gender ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, algeria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Italy
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
human spirit, nun, charity, against the odds, clergy, prodigy, hopes, tragic hero, religions or cults, society, catholic, religion ...
Time:
20th century
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23%
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