Movies like The Switch 1993

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The Switch (1993)
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The Switch (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.
Plot: disability, medical, suicide, euthanasia, suicidal thoughts, paralysis, motorcycle accident, quadriplegic, wheelchair, suicide thoughts, contemplating suicide

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about disability, hospital, wheelchair, human spirit, biopic, hopes and doctor mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like The Switch: When You Remember Me (1990), No Child of Mine (1993), Joni (1979), You Don't Know Jack (2010), The Brooke Ellison Story (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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When You Remember Me (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must contend with being the only young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse.
Plot: hospital, disability, boy, wheelchair
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No Child of Mine (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A woman attempts to stop her daughter signing away her down syndrome grandson for adoption. Based on a true story.
Plot: down syndrome, love, twins, adoption, family feud, surgeon, medical, disability, hospital, surgical mask, medical mask, stethoscope ...
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Joni (1979)
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, christianity, faith, quadriplegic, disability, religious, christian, girl, swimming, car accident, female protagonist, accident ...
Time: year 1979, year 1967, 70s, 60s
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You Don't Know Jack (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Angel of mercy… or murderous “Doctor Death”? Jack Kervorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern American history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification. ...
Style: serious, emotional, compassionate, intense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: suicide, terminal illness, euthanasia, suffering, biopic, murder, moral dilemma, eccentricity, greed, legal, lethal injection, judge ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 2010, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
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The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978)
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: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: disability, physical disability, quadriplegic, grief, love, paralysis, hopes, human spirit, love and romance, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, misfit ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Brooke Ellison Story (2004)
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: quadriplegic, disability, college, against the odds, hospital, teenage love, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, parents and children, family problems, survival ...
Time: 21st century
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The Sea Inside (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman ...
Style: sad, thought provoking, emotional, philosophical, touching ...
Plot: disability, euthanasia, biopic, human spirit, death, existentialism, suicide, handicapped, lawyer, depression, character study, life & death ...
Time: year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
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The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot: quadriplegic, disability, skiing, physical disability, love, psychopath, winter olympics, illness, grief, paralysis, polio, accident ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 1950s
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Breathe (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
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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, compassionate, factual, inspirational ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: disability, illness, supportive spouse, paralysis, marriage, love, husband wife relationship, euthanasia, hospital, biopic, adaptation, quadriplegic ...
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My Left Foot (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, unusual plot structure, dramatic ...
Plot: disability, cerebral palsy, biopic, artist, working class, writers, handicapped, paralysis, medical, painter, art, poet ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: ireland, england, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Style: emotional, sincere, uplifting, inspirational, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: surgery, medical, racism, prejudice, african american, human spirit, biopic, interracial relations, friendship between men, blacks and whites, patient, surgeon ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 60s ...
Place: maryland, america, baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee
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Heart of a Child (1994)
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Duration: 120 min.
Story: A drama directed by Sandor Stern.
Plot: disability, medicine, christian, mother, heart transplant, heart, mother child relationship
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 67 min.
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Style: serious, exciting, captivating, dramatic
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young music student has a seizure forcing her to undergo brain surgery. She comes out of the surgery unable to count or read and has difficulty adapting to life.
Plot: brain injury, patient, medical, surgery, courage, brain damage, brain tumor, surgeon, doctor, capture, treatment, brain surgery ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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1000 to 1 (2014)
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.
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Plot: rehabilitation, college, basketball, ambition, basketball player, hopes, against the odds, therapist, recovery, human spirit, disability, parents and children ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Plot: disability, hospital, human spirit, nurse, paralysis, courage, coma, patient, life turned upside down, writers, bittersweet, mute or deaf ...
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Cavalcade (2005)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 118 min.
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
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Plot: physical disability, man in a wheelchair, physical therapy, hospital, violence, coma, disability, doctor, paralysis, love, disabled person, quadriplegic ...
Place: america
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47%
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Bill: On His Own (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, emotional
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Miracle Run (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 120 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, touching
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Time: 21st century
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I Am Potential (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A father's journey to help his blind and wheel-chair bound son to overcome impossible odds and allow the world to see his God-given potential.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
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Style: inspirational, motivational, sentimental, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
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Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place: america, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Plot: mormon, latter day saints, religion
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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