Movies like The Brooke Ellison Story
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The Brooke Ellison Story (2004)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rendered a quadriplegic since a child from a near-fatal neck injury, a young girl fights against all odds to succeed in life from grade school to her acceptance into college under the assistance of her loyal and dedicated mother.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, saga
Plot:
disability, quadriplegic, college, against the odds, hospital, teenage love, human spirit, ambition, lifestyle, survival, parents and children, life is a bitch, society, family problems, single parent, tragic hero, rehabilitation, physical disability, love, illness, handicapped, mental illness, disabled person, high school, school ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about hopes, human spirit, disability, society, misfit, life is a bitch and against the odds mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like The Brooke Ellison Story: Front of the Class (2008), Warm Springs (2005), Something the Lord Made (2004), Men of Honor (2000), Miracle Run (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"Front of the Class" is based on the true story of Brad Cohen -- played in the movie by Jimmy Wolk -- who, "after being challenged by Tourette's syndrome from a very young age, defies all odds to become a gifted teacher
Style:
inspirational, touching, realistic, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
tourette's syndrome, teachers and students, teacher, dedicated educator, school, social misfits, disability, stuttering, honest, friendship, father son relationship, understanding ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, england, usa, atlanta georgia
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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
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67%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
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uplifting, realistic, sincere, sentimental, political ...
Plot:
president, politics, disability, ambition, rise and fall, society, rebellion, fighting the system, human spirit, hopes, introspection, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
georgia, usa, florida, washington d.c., southern usa ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Style:
emotional, uplifting, sincere, inspirational, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
racism, prejudice, african american, medical, human spirit, surgery, interracial relations, friendship between men, patient, surgeon, talented, society ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 70s, 50s ...
Place:
maryland, south africa, baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, african american, military, u.s. navy, human spirit, courage, racial discrimination, navy, racial segregation, against the odds, prejudice, diving ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s
Place:
cuba, new jersey, africa, usa, pacific ocean
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100%
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Movies similar to The Pursuit of Happyness
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
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46%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
sick child, coming of age, aids, youth, love, hospital, terminal illness, school, family relations, brother sister relationship, rebellion, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
indiana
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45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester (Mass.) High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, sentimental
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, high school, journalism, society, social relations, teenage life, teenager, mother daughter relationship, motherhood, investigation, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female skiing champion is paralyzed in a tragic skiing accident. Her girlfriend is taken out of competition when she contracts polio.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
quadriplegic, disability, skiing, physical disability, love, winter olympics, psychopath, illness, paralysis, accident, sport, rising to stardom ...
Time:
70s, 50s
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43%
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 ⇓
41%
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Films like Men of Honor
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give up in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and the dignity in which they go about their lives. ...
Style:
feel good, uplifting, serious, touching, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
salesman, human spirit, disability, cerebral palsy, changing lives, against the odds, society, underdog, hopes, misfit, ambition, door to door salesman ...
Place:
oregon
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41%
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.
Style:
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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41%
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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41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story about the great basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich when he was in the eighth grade. He plays on the varsity basketball team at Daniel High School but has some very difficult obstacles standing in his way of playing. The only ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
basketball, sport, youth, power relations, sport team, human spirit, life is a bitch, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, prodigy, tragic hero, ambition ...
Time:
90s
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40%
363
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
autism, nursing, moral dilemma, parents and children, single parent, youth, social misfits, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, society, family problems, child illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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40%
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Movies like Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
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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 ⇓
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ethiopia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, exciting, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
runner, sport, disability, rehabilitation, olympic gold medalist, human spirit, starting over, ambition, athlete's life, follow your dream, against the odds, marathon ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, rome italy, ethiopia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ian Willams -- who was born blind in one eye -- grew up undaunted to become an elite college basketball player. But his dream of winning a national championship and turning pro was sidetracked when a tragic accident left him completely blind. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
blindness, against the odds, prodigy, disability, human spirit, ambition, follow your dream, dedicated educator, sport, life is a bitch, athlete's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
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39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
deaf, wrestler, sport, mute or deaf, underdog, overcoming, human spirit, ambition, athlete's life, against the odds, contests and competitions, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 is a 1978 film directed by Larry Peerce. It stars Marilyn Hassett and Timothy Bottoms. It is a sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
disability, physical disability, quadriplegic, love, paralysis, love and romance, misfit, hopes, unfulfillment, human spirit, life is a bitch, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.
Style:
serious, realistic, talky, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
misfit, power relations, circus, disability, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, social misfits, society, human spirit, doctors and patients, against the odds ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
london, england
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39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario when he died, one month before his 23rd birthday yet his memories will ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, realistic, sentimental, serious
Plot:
marathon, terminal illness, cross country, human spirit, ambition, athlete's life, hopes, sport, life is a bitch, disability, family relations, on the road ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
canada
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38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
Style:
sad, uplifting, captivating, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
physical disability, running, disability, heroes, cross country, family relations, family problems, rivalry, obsessive quest, athlete's life, unfulfillment, human spirit ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
canada, british columbia
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38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
disability, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, human spirit, introspection, single parent, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, social decay, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
All, including school administration and a friend, turn their backs on a girl who accused a classmate of rape.
Style:
touching, realistic, disturbing, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
rape, innocence lost, high school, sexual abuse, juvenile delinquency, teenage love, rebellion, youth, fighting the system, against the odds, american football, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teacher, deaf, mentor protege relationship, obstacle, disability, sign language, power relations, against the odds, teachers and students, isolation, doctors and patients, human spirit ...
Time:
70s
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38%
265
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan, USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Kenny is a Canadian kid who has a couple of pals and, like a lot of the other lads, idolizes the jock his pretty older sister has chosen as her boyfriend. However, Kenny was born without legs or even the lower part of his body. He gets around (quite ...
Style:
uplifting, psychological, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
disability, youth, child, family relations, urban ghetto, mentally challenged, society, underdog, hopes, best friends, rehabilitation, misfit ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pittsburgh, france
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38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife Beverly move away. Bill moves into a group home run by Mae Driscoll who teaches him how to read. Bill soon discovers his religious heritage, overcoming the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
family problems, family relations, disability, mental illness, custody, human spirit, hopes, misfit, society, life is a bitch, mentally challenged, bar mitzvah ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iowa, usa
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A business man decides that he wants to teach school in the inner city and chooses a tough school in the South Bronx. He teaches the children how to play the game of chess, and along the way they learn a lot about life.
Style:
uplifting, touching, realistic, serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
chess, school, teacher, misfit, youth, ambition, elementary school, teachers and students, lifestyle, hardcase students, high school life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and ...
Style:
edutainment, controversial, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
child hero, medical, youth, family relations, hospital, epilepsy, bittersweet, family problems, against the odds, family in crisis, family life, child illness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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