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Brothers of the Wind (2015)
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Brothers of the Wind (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt those closest to him. Lukas suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn since the loss of his wife. Killed whilst rescuing the infant Lukas, the boy now carries the burden of her death. Our eagle’s story begins in the nest. The first-born chick pushes his weaker brother to a certain death on the forest floor. But fate intervenes and the chick is found by Lukas. Naming him Abel, Lukas cares for the creature in secret, finding a love and companionship denied to him at home. But when the day comes to release Abel back into the wild, will Lukas find his own release into a new life?
Style: touching, sincere, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, minimal cast
Plot: eagle, human animal relationship, wild animal, animal, father son relationship, bird, child in peril, friendship, freedom, free spirit, free spirited, relationships, friends, help, survival, nature, snow, child, grief, environmental, boyhood, loss of wife, dog, wolf, hunter ...
Time: 60s, 1960s
Place: alps

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, captivating and serious films with plots about animal, friendship, nature, dog, escapades, friends and youth mostly in Family, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Brothers of the Wind: Belle & Sebastian (2013), The Maiden and the Wolves (2008), The Fox and the Child (2007), White Fang (1991), Call of the Wild (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Belle & Sebastian (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that ...
Style: touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, human animal relationship, orphan, friends, friendship, on the road, beast, coming of age, world war two, winter, little boy, youth ...
Time: year 2013, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place: france, alps
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The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Not long before World War I, in a French Alpine town near the Italian border, a pack of slaughtered wolves is delivered to local taxidermist Leon (Patrick Chesnais). A surviving black cub comes down from the mountains looking for his family, and is ...
Style: emotional, serious, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: wolf, survival, mountain, escapades, beast, danger, wilderness, world war one, female protagonist, forest, great war, nature ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, post world war one
Place: alps, france, europe
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The Fox and the Child (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young girl of about 10 years lives in a solitary peasant's house on the edge of the jurassic mountains in the East of France. One day in autumn, when she is on her way to school through the forest, she observes a hunting fox. Of course, the ...
Style: captivating, touching, sincere, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: human animal relationship, fox, little girl, nature, friendship, wild animal, forest, environmentalism, friends, animal life, woods, vixen ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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White Fang (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, survival, human animal relationship, wilderness, treasure, pets, friendship, animal, dog sled, unlikely friendships, daring rescue, winter ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1991, 1890s
Place: alaska, yukon, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Call of the Wild (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to-earth grandpa, Bill Hale. Ryann bonds with a wolf-dog, Buck, and schemes to save him from a cruel dogsledder.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, contemplative, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: family holiday, human animal relationship, small town, young heroes, friendship, contests and competitions, chases and races, friends, rivalry, grandfather granddaughter relationship, dog, countryside ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Journey Home (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In northern Canada, a young boy sets a goal for himself to to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother. Goran Visnjic joins the cast as Muktuk, a half Inuit and half Canadian, who knows the terrain where the polar bears live and who ...
Style: light, sincere, touching, captivating
Audience: girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: polar bear, winter, human animal relationship, bear, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, friendship, hopes, adaptation, love, escapades, animal ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain ...
Style: realistic, touching, humorous, epic, retro ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: killer whale, friendship, friends, hunting, animal, rescue, danger, black market, kids and family, childhood, orca, youth ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Sage Hunter (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: THE SAGE HUNTER chronicles the real life adventures of the Taiwanese indigenous hero, Sakinu, a forest ranger who is determined to protect his family's and community's rich traditions. We take in the magnificent panorama of the lush forest ...
Style: serious, touching, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: heroes, nature, environmental issue, family relations, tribe, indigenous people, hunter, animal, wild boar
Place: taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Wolf Summer (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The young Norwegian girl Kim almost gets killed after falling from a hillside. She finds shelter and stumbles upon the territory of a wolf and her puppy. She barricades herself, but as time passes she finds the wolf less and less frightening. When ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: wolf, poaching, mountain climbing, rescue, courage, friendship, parents and children, escapades, children, danger, female protagonist, strong female character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montana, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Cheetah (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: poacher, cheetah, jungle, animal, coming of age, human animal relationship, teenage life, runaway, cat, child, survival, nature ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: africa, kenya, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Call of the Wild (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
Style: captivating, disturbing, sincere, inspirational, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, survival, dog sled, wolf, snow, gold rush, danger, friendship, wolf pack, animal, grizzly bear, gold ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, victorian era, 2020s
Place: alaska, yukon
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Eight Below (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is ...
Style: touching, sentimental, inspirational, breathtaking, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: survival, dog, wilderness, expedition, rescue, dog sled, pets, snow, husky dog, animal, winter, storytelling ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 90s
Place: antarctica, astoria oregon, antarctic, new zealand, oregon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Fly Away Home (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a ...
Style: uplifting, touching, serious, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: goose, rescue, aviation, bird, father daughter relationship, single father, environmental, animal, childhood, heartwarming, tragedy, against the odds ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: canada, new zealand, north carolina, new york, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Two Brothers (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Style: emotional, compassionate, scenic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids, adult
Plot: jungle, tiger, animal, survival, sibling relationship, animal abuse, danger, getting home, captivity, coming of age, brother brother relationship, chase ...
Time: year 2004, 1920s, 20th century
Place: cambodia, france, indochina, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Alaska (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the ...
Style: light, feel good, captivating, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: childhood, missing person, family relations, rescue, danger, wilderness, escapades, parents and children, mountain, survival, winter, coming of age ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Among Wolves (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Germany, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: EntreLobos (AmongWolves) tells the remarkable story of a poor country boy named Marcos, who at the age of 7 is handed over to his father's employer, a rich landowner, who in turn delivers him to a life of labor with a hermetic goatherd in an ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, uplifting
Plot: survival, friendship, danger, escapades, wolf, male protagonist, loneliness, beautiful scenery, animal, wild animal, dog, youth ...
Time: 1950s, 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Oddball (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story of Allan "Swampy" Marsh and his Maremma dog Oddball. Swampy convinced local authorities to allow Oddball to protect a colony of Little Penguins on Middle Island from wild cats and dogs. Oddball succeeds in his campaign and ...
Style: light, sincere, captivating, feel good, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, guard dog, grandfather granddaughter relationship, pets, farm, friendship, protector, society, penguins, youth, human animal relationship, girl ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Silver Wolf (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A ranger (Michael Biehn) and his 16 year old nephew (Shane Meier) struggle to save a wolf from a rancher (Roy Scheider), who is out to kill it.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: wolf, snowboarding, survival, death of father, uncle nephew relationship, teenage life, human spirit, friendship, wilderness, pets, danger, daring rescue ...
Time: 90s
Place: british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Benji (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two school kids strike up a friendship with an orphaned puppy named Benji. When danger befalls them and they end up kidnapped by robbers who are in over their heads, Benji and his scruffy sidekick come to the rescue.
Style: emotional, sweet, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: dog, human animal relationship, child abduction, boy dog relationship, animal, animal that acts human, kidnapping, animal human communication, abduction, kids in trouble, salvation, friendship ...
Time: 2010s
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41%
The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Style: serious, touching, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, black horse, desert, human animal relationship, girl horse relationship, friendship, girl, world war two, young heroes, rescue, survival, family relations ...
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41%
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of two animals and their adventures. Milo, the cat, and Otis, the dog, are two animals who grew up together on the same farm. One day, the two are separated and begin a journey to find each other. The adventurous, and often perilous quest ...
Style: sweet, humorous, epic, semi serious, eighties
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama, preschool
Plot: dog, animal, friendship, pug, survival, bird, pets, wilderness, chase, chicken, fight, pig ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Free Willy 2 (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, retro ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: killer whale, whale, friendship, childhood, animal, human animal relationship, rescue, daring rescue, kids and family, greed, ecology, water ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: astoria oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Flipper (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style: melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dolphins, youth, ocean, coming of age, healing power, animal, young heroes, friendship, danger, teenage life, boy, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on the beloved book by Scott O'Dell, this family movie tells the adventures of a young Native American girl. After her father is killed by a malevolent white trapper, Karana joins her community as they leave their island home in the ...
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, melancholic
Plot: survival, environmental, dog, friendship, death of pet, island, betrayal, porn, water, lonely, guard dog, native american ...
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Iron Will (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, uplifting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog sled, dog, survival, treasure hunt, animal, racing, underdog, winter, world war one, human animal relationship, canine, nature ...
Time: year 1994, 1910s, 20th century
Place: alaska, minnesota, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Shana: The Wolf's Music (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The First Nations girl Shana is a very gifted musician. But to bring her violin to sing, she must follow the wolf. Nino Jacusso has filmed this captivating coming-of-age drama with sensational beauty and spiritual tenderness.
Plot: wolf, nature, wild animal, animal, strong female character, dead mother, identity, inspiration, alcoholic father, strong female lead, grief, coming of age
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: dog, boy dog relationship, wilderness, survival, animal, youth, childhood, friendship, young heroes, danger, teenage life, parents and children ...
Place: british columbia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Bears and I (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a man adopts three bears, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life.
Style: realistic, semi serious, uplifting, exciting, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: bear, native american, human animal relationship, animal, vietnam war, camp, camping trip, camping, interracial relations, wilderness, heroes, military ...
Time: 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Storm Boy (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a highly successful retired businessman, Michael Kingley, starts to see things he at first can't explain, his life takes a dramatic turn. And when his grand-daughter rebels against her father, he is forced to re-evaluate his life and to ...
Style: psychological, touching, disturbing, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: boy, childhood, bird, pelican, sea, ocean, son, youth, friendship, storm, boyhood, family relations ...
Place: south australia, adelaide south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Big Red (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin's hunting dogs, and Émile's wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin's cook and housekeeper, ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, animal, animal life, youth, camping, camping trip, canine, nature, puppy love, countryside, camp, orphan ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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