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Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth too much with machinery they could cause Jessica to fall further down and die.
Style:
emotional, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying
Plot:
rescue, baby, heroes, twins, isolation, escapades, babies and infants, danger, confined, daring rescue, police, family relations, mother daughter relationship, fire department, child in peril, media coverage, chief of police, trapped, television reporter, fire brigade, young mother, crying baby, tv news, fireworks, police chief
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and emotional films with plots about danger, life is a bitch, family relations, heroes, confined, family problems and rescue mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure: Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993), The Promise (1999), Challenger (1990), Stolen Child (2012), The Rainbow Warrior (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, san francisco, usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, serious, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
space shuttle, nasa, space exploration, exploration, astronaut, disaster, escapades, space and aliens, heroes, danger, test pilot, school teacher ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
texas, hawaii
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
235
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, south korea, korea, new york, asia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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90s
Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Canada, USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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appalachia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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