Movies like The Other Side of the Mountain
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The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
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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:
independent film, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
quadriplegic, disability, skiing, physical disability, love, winter olympics, accident, polio, psychopath, illness, grief, paralysis, biopic, mountain, misfit, prodigy, human spirit, athlete and trainer, follow your dream, rivalry, ambition, rehabilitation, contests and competitions, lifestyle, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, year 1975, 50s
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Most similar movies to The Other Side of the Mountain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and uplifting films with plots about human spirit, hopes, ambition, disability, biopic, against the odds and contests and competitions mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like The Other Side of the Mountain: Cavalcade (2005), Joni (1979), Music Within (2007), The Brooke Ellison Story (2004), The Athlete (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
disability, physical disability, quadriplegic, love, grief, paralysis, fall in love, human spirit, love and romance, hopes, misfit, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
226
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An accomplished playboy Leo neglects his girlfriend and enjoys parties. His girlfriend parts from him and then, when he wants to see her once more, he has an accident. He survives, but his whole life is now to be changed. This film is about fetching ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
human spirit, redemption, life turned upside down, couples, love and romance, hopes, couple relations, rehabilitation, friendship, true love, disabled person, physical disability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
100%
425
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.
Style:
christian film, independent film
Plot:
physical disability, quadriplegic, faith, christianity, religious, disability, girl, christian, physical therapy, autobiography, obstacle, actress playing herself ...
Time:
year 1979, year 1967, 70s, 60s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of ...
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot:
disability, hippie, vietnam war, hopes, friendship, social activist, mute or deaf, society, human spirit, injustice, self discovery, dignity ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2007, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
california, vietnam, portland oregon, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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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, touching, sentimental, saga, captivating ...
Plot:
quadriplegic, disability, college, against the odds, hospital, teenage love, lifestyle, family problems, parents and children, tragic hero, society, single parent ...
Time:
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Similarity:
31%
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, independent film ...
Plot:
runner, disability, rehabilitation, marathon, ambition, athlete's life, human spirit, follow your dream, starting over, against the odds, overnight success, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, rome italy, ethiopia
Similarity:
29%
823
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Style:
sad, independent film, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
horse, racehorse, horse riding, horse race, doctors and patients, biopic, horseman, jockey, chemotherapy, cancer, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
80s, year 1979, 70s, year 1981
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy ...
Style:
sex comedy, romantic, romantic drama, existential, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, animal, medicine, marriage proposal, boy horse relationship, orphan, great depression, woman riding a horse, coming of age, world war one, age difference ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, virginia, atlantic city new jersey, georgia ...
Similarity:
100%
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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:
independent film, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
basketball, youth, faith, sport team, power relations, contests and competitions, hopes, prodigy, tragic hero, lifestyle, rivalry, aging ...
Time:
90s, year 1959
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, touching, uplifting
Plot:
car race, racing, drag racing, auto racing, motor racing, race, biopic, auto mechanic, race car, driving, car, car racing ...
Time:
year 1983, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, tourette's syndrome, dedicated educator, social misfits, teachers and students, school, disability, life philosophy, honest, friendship, father son relationship, understanding ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa, atlanta georgia, england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Cory Weissman is a college basketball player who suffers a devastating stroke. He perseveres to find new meaning in his life both on, and more importantly, off the court.
Style:
captivating, emotional, serious, inspirational, realistic ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, therapist, fraternity, telephone call, ambition, basketball player, recovery, hopes, against the odds, disability, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
Style:
touching, uplifting, inspirational, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
genius, disability, love, cambridge university, physicist, mathematics, husband wife relationship, prodigy, supportive spouse, handicapped, against the odds, relationships ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
oxford university, england, united kingdom
Similarity:
23%
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:
serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Plot:
blindness, prodigy, against the odds, disability, ambition, dedicated educator, human spirit, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, hopes, youth, athlete's life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
239
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
As one of the rising talents of amateur boxing, Howard Winstone, a young Welsh boy from Merthyr Tydfil, was fast making a name for himself with his knock out right hand. A long professional fighting career surely beckoned? Then disaster strikes. An ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting
Plot:
human spirit, rise to the top, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, boxing, lifestyle, hopes, rivalry, disability, contests and competitions, violent content ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
22%
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, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
deaf, wrestler, mute or deaf, underdog, overcoming, hopes, athlete's life, ambition, against the odds, contests and competitions, rivalry, opponent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When his dancer partner, Mia, lands in the hospital after an accident, Armando persuades her to train for an upcoming wheelchair ballroom dancing contest
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
disability, follow your dream, lifestyle, human spirit, couples, dance school, against the odds, society, contests and competitions, hopes, ambition, dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Style:
inspirational, factual, melancholic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
golf, underdog, biopic, rivalry, rise to the top, couples, temperamental, rising to stardom, human spirit, ambition, lifestyle, contests and competitions ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 2004, 1910s, 1920s
Place:
europe, atlanta georgia, georgia, harvard university, scotland ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
boxer, hopes, boxing, athlete's life, follow your dream, against the odds, ambition, rise to the top, contests and competitions, prodigy, underdog, biopic ...
Time:
1930s, 21st century
Place:
italy, new york, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
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, serious, touching, realistic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
salesman, disability, cerebral palsy, against the odds, misfit, underdog, ambition, hopes, society, human spirit, door to door salesman, public humiliation ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
All his life, teenager Daniel Huffman and his grandma have dreamed of Daniel playing college football. After Daniel is cut from his high school team, his grandmother's encouragement and coaching get him a second chance at that dream. He works ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
american football, family relations, high school football, mentor protege relationship, illness, high school, ambition, biopic, transplant, friends, sport team, power relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the book White Circus by Ken Read, this is the story of the Canadian skiing legends that became the first North Americans to crack the Euro dominated World Cup Circuit in 1975
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating
Plot:
skiing, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, underdog, olympics, ski, biopic, bare chested male, athlete, coach, sport competition ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1974
Place:
canada, europe, alps
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The song "Greatest Love of All", later remade by Whitney Houston, was written for this film and ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, independent film
Plot:
boxing, racism, boxing champion, muhammad ali, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rising to stardom, religions or cults, lifestyle ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style:
inspirational, factual, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
american football, african american, athlete and trainer, college, racism, biopic, friendship, courage, mentor, ambition, success, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
new york, usa, cleveland ohio, new jersey, texas
Similarity:
20%
26K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Switzerland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Style:
sad, touching, inspirational, compassionate, factual ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
disability, illness, supportive spouse, paralysis, marriage, husband wife relationship, love, hospital, quadriplegic, biopic, adaptation, human spirit ...
Time:
year 2017, 50s, year 1971, year 1981, year 1965 ...
Place:
africa, england, germany, spain, kenya
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, teen, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
figure skating, blindness, disability, small town, women, love story, olympics, ice skater, winter olympics, blind character, skating, tragedy ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
iowa, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 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, serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
running, physical disability, disability, illness, runner, cross country, heroes, child illness, homecoming, terminal illness, on the road, athlete's life ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
newfoundland, canada, british columbia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Alexis Winston is a young girl who dreams of becoming a champion figure skater. While practicing, Alexis suffers a terrible accident that takes her sight and threatens to destroy her dreams. In the midst of feeling sorry for herself she falls in ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, realistic, serious, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
figure skating, skating, hopes, blindness, romantic rivalry, athlete's life, follow your dream, contests and competitions, love and romance, lifestyle, human spirit, against the odds ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iowa, boston
Similarity:
19%
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:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teacher, deaf, school teacher, blind girl, deafness, teacher student relationship, high school teacher, mentor protege relationship, sign language, education, deaf mute, deaf girl ...
Time:
70s, 19th century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Legendary daredevil Robbie "Evel" Knievel (George Eads) is profiled in this action-packed biopic helmed by John Badham. Long before extreme sports became ubiquitous, the hard-living exhibitionist vaulted his motorcycle over steep canyons, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle race, ambition, follow your dream, rise to the top, lifestyle, athlete's life, rising to stardom, hotshot hero, desire for fame, escapades, danger, motorcycle ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
montana, california, usa
Similarity:
19%
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