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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 2008, New York mother Tiffany Rubin faced every parent's worst nightmare when her six year old son Kobe vanished into thin air. Upon learning that Kobe had been kidnapped by his biological father and taken to South Korea, Tiffany seeks the assistance of American Association for Lost Children representative Mark Miller, who guides her through the arduous process of traveling to Korea, and getting Kobe back.
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, touching, serious, realistic, dutch angle
Plot:
rescue, family problems, confined, family relations, parents and children, single parent, husband wife relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, mother son relationship, boy, mother daughter relationship, fbi, real life, interracial marriage, urban, black, biracial, child kidnapping, rivalry, custody, strong female presence, school, airplane, police officer, teacher ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, south korea, new york, asia, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, family drama, abduction, anxiety, protective parent, parents, trauma, custody battle, search and rescue, broken family, paranoia ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, factual, tense, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
islam, culture clash, female protagonist, domestic violence, violent husband, confined, propaganda, family problems, life is a bitch, society, isolation, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, michigan, persia, israel
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Luz Cuevas baby daughter Delimar disappeared in 1997 after their house caught fire during a party, The police reported that she was killed in the fire. However, Cuevas suspects that she was kidnapped and that the fire was staged by an outsider. Six ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, hispanic
Plot:
missing child, child abduction, missing daughter, loss of child, mother daughter reunion, husband wife relationship, baby, father son relationship, ex convict, house fire, mother daughter relationship, baby born ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A corrupt politician covers up his daughter Vicky's pregnancy by forcing her to give the baby up for adoption. The newborn is adopted by a loving couple unable to have children, but a year later Vicky, now in college, realizes she was forced ...
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
adoption, courtroom drama, custody, righting the wronged, legal, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, single parent, youth, rivalry, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sad
Plot:
kids in trouble, kidnapping, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, captivity, family in crisis, estrangement, family problems, danger, single parent, confined ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this made-for-tv movie, an adopted woman decides to find her birth mother. Her search leads her to a shocking discovery that she has to face and why her upbringing was not an easy one.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
dilemma, mixed race, interracial rape, women, custody, parenting, parents, interracial, interracial relations, strong female presence, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple whose son had been diagnosed as mentally retarded, and was institutionalized, are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is in fact deaf.
Style:
thought provoking, independent film, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Two determined mothersÂ, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teacher, fighting the system, school, human spirit, hopes, teachers and students, parents and children, youth, society, changing lives, social relations, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, sincere, serious, touching ...
Plot:
racism, racial discrimination, family relations, discrimination, injustice, social differences, parents and children, rich and poor, follow your dream, single parent, couple relations, black ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, america, chicago
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, emotional, serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, suspenseful, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot:
young heroes, missing child, discrimination, interracial relations, racism, family relations, parents and children, family problems, obsession, youth, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Amanda and Jason are happy marriage now, after years of frustration have finally managed to take a beautiful girl from a country in Eastern Europe through an international adoption agency. But when the doctor will perform a DNA test to small, finds ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
kidnapped child, adoption, kidnapping, adopted daughter, suspicion, investigation, uncover truth, couples, family relations, family problems, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, coming of age, family relations, family in crisis, family problems, couple relations, teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hospital, working class, single parent ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, missing person, family drama, children, family relations, kidnapped, family life, parents and children, family problems, police detective, hostage ...
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, estrangement, single parent, custody, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, pregnancy, love, child hero ...
Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Michael Switzer.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
baby, rescue, isolation, twins, babies and infants, daring rescue, confined, heroes, danger, escapades, young mother, child in peril ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa, alabama
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
parents and children, custody, mental illness, family life, starting over, hopes, family relations, family problems, mother daughter relationship, depressed woman, rock paper scissors, suicide attempt ...
Time:
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Place:
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19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, hispanic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
single father, family in crisis, babies and infants, family relations, single parent, family problems, parents and children, life turned upside down, parent child relationship, death in the family, father son relationship, baby ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with Pompe disease - a condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. With the support of ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, inspirational, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, portland oregon, boston, las vegas, california ...
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19%
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