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Miracle Run (2004)
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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 the unimaginable.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, feminist film
Plot:
youth, twins, human spirit, against the odds, family relations, parents and children, teenage life, society, mentally challenged, social misfits, single parent, disability, hopes, school, miraculous event, autism, bullying, mother son relationship, child, track and field, mental illness, family problems, mother love, misfit, hospital ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and uplifting films with plots about hopes, youth, human spirit, misfit, society, family relations and power relations mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like Miracle Run: Dawn Anna (2005), Front of the Class (2008), A Child Is Waiting (1963), The Brooke Ellison Story (2004), The Pregnancy Pact (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
high school, against the odds, child illness, terminal illness, family problems, human spirit, school, parents and children, relationship vs career, family in crisis, disability, family relations ...
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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:
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Place:
louisiana, england, usa, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for mentally retarded children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, ...
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realistic, serious, uplifting, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
teaching, school, teachers and students, mentally challenged, dedicated educator, human spirit, hopes, youth, orphan, medical, psychiatry, psychopath ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey
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100%
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, touching, sentimental, saga ...
Plot:
disability, quadriplegic, college, against the odds, hospital, teenage love, human spirit, ambition, lifestyle, parents and children, family problems, survival ...
Time:
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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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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
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58%
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:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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55%
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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:
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52%
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:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Michael Switzer.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
autism, mentally challenged, youth, children, sexual abuse, child molester, family relations, family problems, power relations, rehabilitation, single parent, misfit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
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Plot:
salesman, human spirit, disability, cerebral palsy, changing lives, against the odds, society, underdog, hopes, misfit, ambition, door to door salesman ...
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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:
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Place:
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48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The Fat Boy Chronicles is a motion picture about Jimmy Winterpock, an obese high-school student who deals with bullying and trying to lose weight. The film is inspired by a true story and was released in 2010 as a major motion picture.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, touching, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fat boy, teenage love, human spirit, youth, love and romance, win over, follow your dream, misfit, hopes, social misfits, teenage life, high school ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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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:
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Plot:
disability, youth, child, family relations, urban ghetto, mentally challenged, society, underdog, hopes, best friends, rehabilitation, misfit ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, uplifting, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
mute or deaf, illness, nun, dedicated educator, teachers and students, blind character, female protagonist, hopes, human spirit, family relations, sign language, youth ...
Time:
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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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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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.
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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 ...
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, feel good, touching
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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