Movies like One Christmas
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One Christmas (1994)
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
TV film that was to be Katherine Hepburn's last performance. Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known in New Orleans in the 1930s..
Style:
sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, youth, holiday, family relations, ghost, parents and children, family life, dysfunctional family, self discovery, family problems, redemption, single parent, countryside, child as adult, homecoming, estrangement, human nature, bittersweet, buddies, dishonesty, eccentric family, hopes, unfulfillment, cons and scams, family gatherings ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new orleans, alabama
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sentimental films with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, hopes, family problems, family life and christmas mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like One Christmas: A Christmas Memory (1997), Mr. Christmas (2004), Saint Maybe (1998), Spin (2003), Christmas at Maxwell's (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A boy, Buddy, whose parents have split and whose mother is an actress in New York, has been dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older cousins, all of whom are unmarried.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, sentimental, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, youth, family relations, small town, friendship, friends, adult virgin, eccentric family, small town life, family gatherings, family life, countryside ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young girl named Addie, living in Nebraska in 1946 wants nothing more for the holidays than a Christmas tree, but her widowed father, is bitter and refuses due to events from the family's past.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, emotional
Plot:
christmas, bondage, family relations, family problems, young heroes, crumbling marriage, single parent, youth, mischievous children, eccentric family, family gatherings, parents and children ...
Time:
70s
Place:
nebraska, usa
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86%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
A young father struggling to make ends meet on a Depression-era salary can't afford to buy his 5-year-old daughter what she's expecting Santa Claus to bring her for Christmas. The surprise, uplifting ending is guaranteed to put even the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, youth, road not taken, redemption, hopes, obnoxious boss, boss and employee, ghost, family relations, disorder, parents and children, miraculous event ...
Time:
21st century
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76%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brother sets off a series of tragic events.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, feel good, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, tragedy, family relations, church, redemption, homecoming, adoption, death in the family, teenage life, haunted by the past, family in crisis, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
"Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tucci), who then leaves him for ten years in the care of his Hispanic ranch hand (Blades) and his wife (Delany). Once in high school, Eddie ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional
Plot:
family relations, society, introspection, self discovery, youth, haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, friends, hopes, orphan, eccentric family ...
Time:
50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A successful American family retreat to their summer home on the banks of Lake Erie to find meaning in life, illness, loss, and change this Christmas. With a successful career in the wine business, and two amazing children, what more can a family ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
christmas, human spirit, family life, life is a bitch, love and romance, hopes, couples, family problems, road not taken, homecoming, parents and children, miraculous event ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
624
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:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Not quite a religious film, not quite a coming-of-age story, not quite a kiddie flick, and not quite a supernatural horror movie, Taliesin Jones's identity crisis nonetheless reveals a sweet examination of one child and his thoughts on God.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sentimental
Plot:
teenage boy, miraculous event, coming of age, self discovery, family problems, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, redemption, hopes, child illness, secret society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When her beloved grandfather Charlie suddenly falls ill, twelve year-old Casey finds herself making some life or death decisions - and learning to live with the consequences.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, love and romance, self discovery, single parent, elderly, hopes, death in the family, friends, dealing with death, golden years, chess ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get past their grievances to be a family again?
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic
Plot:
christmas, family gatherings, estranged father, family relations, homecoming, sibling relationship, holiday, parents and children, brother sister relationship, siblings, family reunited, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ireland, long island
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Movies like Homecoming
Genre: Drama, Romance, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, uplifting, touching, erotic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, family in crisis, unfulfilled love, family life, single parent, disability, babies and infants, family problems, parents and children ...
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, sincere, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, family relations, change of heart, self discovery, parents and children, winter, miraculous event, mother son relationship, youth, christian, faith, teenage girl ...
Place:
boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Booky does everything she can to make an enjoyable Christmas, for her family, during the depression as her father is out of work.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, youth, unemployment, family relations, parents and children, family life, hopes, bittersweet, friendship, family gatherings, wish come true, family problems ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, bondage, fall in love, family relations, family gatherings, terminal illness, holiday, single parent, hopes, golden years, unfulfillment, introspection ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Dax Ryan Locke, born to Julie and Austin Locke on June 26, 2007, was diagnosed with AML M7, a rare form of leukemia, when he was 13 months old. The Heart of Christmas is set in Washington, Illinois and at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, emotional, sad, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
sick child, sad ending, terminal illness, christmas, child illness, parents and children, family life, small town, dealing with death, leukemia, kindness, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Single mother Tyree Battle struggles to keep her young son Thaniel away from the gang-plagued city streets that he is mixed up in. Under severe gang pressure, Thaniel accidentally shoots Jewish shopkeeper Eli Zeal in a botched robbery attempt. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
family relations, gang, homecoming, family problems, going straight, immigrants, aging, youth, redemption, self discovery, single parent, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, death in the family, dysfunctional family, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, couples ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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 ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When their mother disappears, a group of siblings are forced to fend for themselves, and make their way on their own. They eventually meet their grandmother, a loner who is reluctant to take them in. Based on the novel by Cynthia Voigt.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, siblings, grandmother, estrangement, family problems, family relations, misfit, hopes, homecoming, family in crisis, mental illness, family life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past and lost family.
Style:
emotional, serious, sincere, captivating, feel good
Plot:
christmas, redemption, self discovery, haunted by the past, rehabilitation, hopes, road not taken, human nature, life is a bitch, family life, family relations, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
texas, usa, chicago illinois
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49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at Christmas time. Here he hopes to close old wounds and be reunited with his unforgiving son ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, homeless, homelessness, youth, homeless man, family relations, estrangement, family problems, family gatherings, parents and children, hopes, father son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, salt lake city utah
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48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man takes his young daughter on a cross-country fly-fishing trip following the death of his father and his wife's decision to get a divorce.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, love and romance, human nature, hopes, parents and children, breakup, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, stepfather, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, couples, estrangement, family problems, human nature, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family man is warned he has only forty days to live.
Style:
captivating, emotional, light, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
self discovery, christmas, family relations, mysterious character, introspection, hopes, family life, family problems, writers, price of fame, success, ego ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, lifestyle, family relations, self discovery, hopes, farm, poverty, nature, survival, farmer, flood ...
Time:
50s
Place:
arkansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A father struggles with the past. A daughter fights for the future. A mother searches for answers. The Boyajians have not celebrated Christmas in 11 years. They lost their faith when they lost their son to the Persian Gulf War. Now a stranger has ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, grief, introspection, life is a bitch, love and romance, hopes, redemption, family problems, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
For Kathleen, Christmas has always been an unwelcome reminder of her father’s abandonment almost 30 years ago. Although she has tried to forget her past, it has not forgotten her. In the days leading up to Christmas un unforgiving blizzard traps ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, starting over, dysfunctional family, single parent, hopes, love and romance, couples, suburbs, family gatherings, road not taken, parents and children, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, gloomy ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
redemption, family relations, cons and scams, addiction, high school, homecoming, family gatherings, drug abuse, parents and children, family life, teenage life, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed away.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
civil rights, dog, friendship, youth, hopes, pets, family life, estrangement, wilderness, child's point of view, mother, family relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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