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Highway to Heaven (1984)
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. The series aired for five seasons, running a total of 111 episodes. It was shot entirely in California.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, feel good, game show, psychotronic, religious drama, uplifting, telenovela
Plot:
angel, guardian angel, redemption, odd couple, friendship, supernatural, fish out of water, good deed, family life, partner, human nature, hopes, unlikely partners, heaven, friendship between men, religious, superhero, devil, faith, fugitives, christian, visitor, miraculous event, friends, misfit ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Highway to Heaven
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, serious, sentimental and realistic films and TV series with plots about family relations, hopes, parents and children, friendship, family life, supernatural and redemption mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like Highway to Heaven: Touched by an Angel (1994), Life Goes On (1989), A Gifted Man (2011), The Cleaner (2008), Heart and Souls (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars ...
Style:
inspirational, semi serious, sentimental, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
angel, hopes, religion, destiny, faith, supernatural, good deed, religions or cults, working undercover, miraculous event, christian, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989, to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is ...
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, contemplative
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
young lovers, mentally challenged, mental retardation, family relations, protective parent, misfit, parents and children, family life, teenage life, couples, supportive parent, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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One day while returning home to stay with his widowed twin sister and her daughter, Kevin Finn, a self-centered man whose life brings him more trouble than he bargained for, is recruited by a celestial being named Yvette, who enlists Kevin with a ...
Style:
funny, sincere, captivating, uplifting, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
good deed, angel, sister, niece, mission, escapades, god, small town, family relations, friendship, life philosophy, twists and turns ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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A talented but self-absorbed surgeon starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
medical, hospital, afterlife, supernatural romance, ghost, teaching the ways of the world, supernatural, surgery, life turned upside down, good deed, hopes, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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After hitting rock-bottom from his own addictions during the birth of his twins, William Banks strikes a tentative deal with God. In exchange for a second chance, he vows to kick his addictions and dedicate his life to helping others. Now, along ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, touching ...
Plot:
addiction, belief, hopes, rescue, life is a bitch, going straight, family relations, family life, human nature, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, drug rehab ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
afterlife, angel, redemption, ghost, fear of commitment, supernatural, guardian angel, love, happy ending, imaginary friend, reincarnation, friendship ...
Time:
year 1959, 90s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Quixotic old codger James "Pop Up" Morse (Peter Falk) enjoys spinning colorful yarns for his 11-year-old grandson, Chris (Josh Hutcherson). But the boy's uptight, no-nonsense dad, John (Tim Daly), disdains Pop Up's fantasy world. ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
on the road, self discovery, adventurer, fish out of water, obsessive quest, partner, starting over, escapades, odd couple, family life, elderly, estrangement ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, sincere, serious, touching
Plot:
judiciary, judge, family relations, parents and children, starting over, female judge, single mother, love and romance, couples, courtroom drama, living with parents, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eddie, a fourteen-year-old juvenile delinquent of sorts, collides with a car during a petty theft and dies in the hospital. Due to some confusion in heaven, however, he is given three days to clean up his life with the help of a beginner angel - and ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
heaven, teen rebel, juvenile delinquent, youth, guardian angel, divorced mother, bad influence, divine intervention, death, theft, fire, handgun ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, light, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fish out of water, spirituality, angel, faith, christian, family relations, religious, destiny, disorder, family life, lifestyle, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi, who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays, 8–9 p.m. on CBS and CTV for two ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, witty, feel good, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
teenage life, chosen one, friendship, youth, first love, parents and children, small town, high school, supernatural, belief, strong female character, spirituality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Resurrection is an American fantasy drama television series based on the book The Returned by Jason Mott that follows the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
resurrection, afterlife, back from the dead, investigation, supernatural, uncover truth, parents and children, surprising revelation, haunted by the past, imaginary, priest, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
Similarity:
30%
552
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.
Style:
independent film, uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
ghost, hopes, love and romance, human nature, elderly, unfulfillment, single parent, dealing with death, family relations, family problems, haunted by the past, family in crisis ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, usa, new york, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, Touched by an Angel.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
christian, good deed, family relations, social relations, on the road, unemployment, family life, follow your dream, hopes, society, human nature, motor home ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back the stone tablets containing the ten commandments. To this end an angel is sent out to affect the personal lives of three humans so an appropriate ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, sentimental, tense
Plot:
angel, parent child relationship, religions or cults, supernatural ability, murder, politics, attempted murder, hopes, supernatural, love triangle, miraculous event, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, israel, amsterdam, rome italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
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Valeria is a 17-year-old girl leading a normal life in Madrid until one night, after arguing with her parents about her report card, she is seemingly tempted by a mysterious young woman named Isis into committing a horrible act. Afterward, a ...
Style:
suspenseful, demonic, captivating, suspense, sentimental ...
Plot:
angel, good versus evil, impossible love, devil, heaven, hell, changing lives, hopes, heroic mission, manipulation, supernatural, evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Summerland is an American drama television series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. It is centered on a clothing designer in her 30s, Ava Gregory, raising her niece and nephews after their parents die in a tragic accident. They live in ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, sincere
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, family relations, love and romance, teenage life, siblings relations, family problems, life turned upside down, parents and children, high school, childhood, beach, high school student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
One night in a small town in North Carolina, fate brings together three lives: an entertainment lawyer returning home to his dying mother after years in escape of his past, a woman trying to reclaim her supposed love, and a boy with a penchant for ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, independent film
Plot:
hopes, family relations, friendship, redemption, starting over, love and romance, human nature, parents and children, destiny, small town, chance, single parent ...
Place:
north carolina, new york, usa
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Teen Angel is an American fantasy sitcom that aired during ABC's TGIF Friday night lineup from 1997 to 1998. The series was created by Simpsons writers/producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss.
Style:
sitcom, lighthearted, buddy comedy, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
heaven, high school, teenager, guardian angel, angel, magic, friendship, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, fish out of water, second chance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
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Venice: The Series is a web series co-produced by and starring American actress Crystal Chappell, and is inspired in part by the "Otalia" storyline on the daytime drama Guiding Light. The series has been broadcast since 2009, and is ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, gender, family relations, love and romance, gays and lesbians, family life, strong female presence, lesbianism, lgbt, lifestyle, parents and children, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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What if you had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ? Based on the popular movies, The Encounter Series follows individual life stories and illustrates how an unexpected experience with Jesus Christ can shift lives into a new and purposeful ...
Style:
religious drama, spiritual, inspirational, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, religious, jesus, folklore, faith based, jesus christ, goodhearted, faith, good deed, religious faith, belief in god, kindness ...
Place:
xian
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's ...
Style:
christian film, sincere, sentimental, sad, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
god, faith, letter, hopes, cancer, pastor, brain tumor, terminal illness, child illness, christian, sick child, salvation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Plot:
redemption, friendship, introspection, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, human nature, family life, custody, addiction, hopes, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.
The show centers on Jaye Tyler, a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, surreal, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, good deed, niagara falls, disorder, young woman, imaginary, youth, heroine, boss, young man, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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A small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have long been presumed dead, suddenly reappear; their presence creates both positive and negative consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind ...
Style:
mind bending, touching, tense, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
resurrection, afterlife, back from the dead, supernatural, small town life, life turned upside down, uncover truth, family relations, parents and children, dealing with death, miraculous event, lesbian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min.
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Cassie Nightingale, Middleton’s favorite enchantress, and her young-teenage daughter Grace, who shares that same special intuition as her mom, welcome Dr. Sam Radford and his son to town. When the New York transplants move in next to the Grey ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, light, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
witch, small town, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, supernatural, good witch, imaginary, social relations, teenage life, halloween, friendship, single parent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, tibet, chicago
Similarity:
28%
641
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Do Over is an American comedy-drama/fantasy series created by Kenny Schwartz and Rick Wiener about a man who gets a chance to relive his childhood. The series, which was originally broadcast on The WB in 2002, stars Penn Badgley.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
high school, fish out of water, one more chance, starting over, changing the past or future, youth, teenage life, disorder, dysfunctional family, adulthood, love and romance, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Class of '96 is an American drama series that aired on Fox from January to May 1993. The series was created by John Romano and filmed mostly at the University of Toronto.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
college, campus, college life, university, bittersweet, studying, best friend, friends, power relations, disorder, social relations, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
27%
298
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, uplifting ...
Plot:
faith, redemption, christian, parents and children, family relations, haunted by the past, hopes, introspection, lifestyle, estrangement, twentysomething life, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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In Imperial Beach, California, the Yosts—a dysfunctional family of surfers—intersect with two new arrivals to the community: a dim-but-wealthy surfing enthusiast and man spurned by the Yosts years ago.
Style:
realistic, feel good, serious, atmospheric, offbeat ...
Plot:
surfing, dysfunctional family, family relations, friendship, single parent, redemption, family business, stranger, family life, curses spells and rituals, lifestyle, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, beverly hills, usa, san diego california, cincinnati ohio
Similarity:
27%
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