Movies like Imagine 2012

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Imagine (2012)
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Imagine (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Portugal, France, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life.
Style: touching, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, philosophical, thought provoking, beautiful, cult film
Plot: blindness, blind character, disability, teachers and students, human spirit, hopes, misfit, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, student, rebellion, blind man, love, women, mind, destiny, education, professor, hipster, cognitive science, urban, against the rules, dog, sea, ship ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: portugal, poland, eastern europe, europe, atlantic ocean
Keyword: eye candy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about hopes, blindness, disability, power relations, human spirit, blind man and misfit mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Imagine: Red Like the Sky (2006), Blind Massage (2014), My World (2013), Matchups (2003), Touch the Top of the World (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Red Like the Sky (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.
Style: uplifting, contemplative, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: disability, coming of age, blind character, against the odds, fighting the system, rebellion, follow your dream, friendship, human spirit, hopes, society, rebelliousness ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, tuscany
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Blind Massage (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A drama centered on the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot: massage parlor, massage, love and romance, disability, misfit, love, blind man, flirting, blindness, sex worker, disappearance, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia
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More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on the true story of a beloved teacher for the blind who discovers she herself is losing her eyesight.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot: blindness, cancer, human spirit, renewed love, hopes, life is a bitch, love and romance, disability, lovers reunited, blind character, blind man, dedicated educator ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: arizona, usa
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My World (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At 2 Ela lost her ability of seeing and hearing because of a severe illness. And then she became a total disappointment of her family due to her untamed behaviors. But everything changed after an unorthodox teacher stepped into their lives to ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, emotional, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: mute or deaf, deaf mute, teachers and students, parents and children, against the odds, dedicated educator, family relations, human spirit, social misfits, deaf child, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Matchups (2003)
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: realistic, serious, touching, independent film
Plot: blindness, prodigy, against the odds, disability, human spirit, dedicated educator, ambition, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, society, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Touch the Top of the World (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story of the first blind man ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Style: uplifting, realistic, touching, serious
Plot: heroic mission, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, hopes, disability, obsessive quest, self discovery, winter, blindness, mountaineer, landscape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mount everest
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51%
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Black (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Black is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography. Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease.
Style: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: communication problem, mute or deaf, disability, teacher, deaf, teachers and students, blindness, age difference, struggle, determination, graduation, human spirit ...
Time: year 2005, y2k
Place: middle east, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Willow Tree (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot: blindness, hospital, couple relations, introspection, disability, injustice, life is a bitch, second chance, self discovery, illness, muslim, recovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, france, europe ...
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50%
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Iron Island (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: ship, forbidden love, human nature, injustice, power relations, human spirit, hopes, misfit, young lovers, anarchist, youth, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.2
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Octavia (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Everybody has a little murder in their heart... somewhere.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, sexual, touching ...
Plot: disability, blindness, blind woman, sexual awakening, female nudity, rape, friends, family relations, society, confined, youth, misfit ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Small World (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot: mental illness, investigation, memory loss, haunted by the past, society, family relations, family life, flashback, power relations, amateur detective, social differences, dishonesty ...
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Straight Line (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Leila is released from prison after five years of confinement. She will meet Yannick, a young athlete who became blind after an accident. This last practice race despite his disability, but to run it must be connected by a wire to guide a person ...
Style: uplifting, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot: disability, running, athlete's life, human spirit, ambition, friendship, released from prison, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, hopes, blind character, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, dramatic, realistic, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, blindness, mentor, blind character, thanksgiving, tango, human spirit, human nature, loneliness, coming of age, disability, preparatory school ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Phantom Pain (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Marc is a passionate cyclist and urban slacker who avoids work and responsibility. Marc's life changes from one moment to the next when he suffers a life-changing accident. He can either wallow in self-pity or tackle the beast called life with ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, psychological, emotional ...
Plot: cyclist, hopes, couple relations, life is a bitch, disability, parents and children, human nature, human spirit, redemption, misfit, family relations, new love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 74 min.
Story: With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and ...
Style: psychological, touching, melancholic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: forgiveness, blind character, friendship, blindness, pardon, mentor, depression, loneliness, adaptation, life philosophy, justice, life & death ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Little Lion (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mitri is 15 years old and lives in a village in Senegal. Like all the youngsters of his age, he plays football, dreaming of the Barcelona and Chelsea Football Clubs. When an agent sees him, Mitri believes in his luck. But, in order to go chasing ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot: football, follow your dream, immigrant, hopes, athlete and trainer, life is a bitch, athlete's life, ambition, youth, soccer, desire for fame, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, africa, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Blind (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In late 19th century's Netherlands, an albino woman and a blind man develop an indiscriminate love for one another. Will love be blind?
Style: serious, tense, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: blindness, disability, older woman younger man relationship, albino, love affair, physical appearance, fall in love, master and servant, blind character, bullying, stream of consciousness, blind man ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Ticket (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession for the superficial.
Style: disturbing, touching, psychological, serious
Plot: unfaithful husband, blind man, friendship, obsession, greed, betrayal, regret, loss, blindness, ambition, disability, selfishness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Touch of the Light (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Yu-Siang is blind – but he has a superb sense of hearing. Born in rural Taiwan, this extremely talented musician moves to the capital Taipei to study the piano. But how will he manage on his own? Even the walk across campus from his halls of ...
Style: uplifting, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: blindness, prodigy, follow your dream, human spirit, artists and showbiz, musician's life, hopes, blind character, music, blind man, piano
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.5
 2K
Behavior (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Meet Chala, an eleven year-old boy with a hard life and strong respect for Carmela, his sixth grade teacher. The pair develops a solid bond, but after Carmela suffers an accident, things get complicated…
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: education, boy, kids in trouble, fighting the system, life is a bitch, alcoholic mother, youth, society, hopes, rebellion, hardcase students, dedicated educator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. The captain, Fausto, who wants no pity, brooks no disagreement, and charges into every situation, nicknames the youth Ciccio, and spends the next few ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, black comedy, uplifting, serious ...
Plot: blind man, blindness, blind character, bitterness, road trip, disability, soldier, female nudity, suicide, twins, woman with a gun, circus ...
Time: year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Firelight (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot: youth, redemption, power relations, human spirit, juvenile delinquency, hopes, society, friendship, fire brigade, rivalry, homeless, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Strike (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In poverty, she found strength. In oppression, she found courage. In solidarity, she found a reason to believe again. Acclaimed German actress Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM, SOPHIE’S CHOICE) stars in this hard-hitting historical drama set during ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: politics, working class, labor union, rebellion, human spirit, ambition, fighting the system, injustice, rivalry, life is a bitch, legal, society ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Quill:  The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet firm trainer Satoru ...
Style: touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dog, friendship, elderly, pets, mistrust, animal training, optimism, disability, instructor, temperamental, human animal relationship, seeing eye dog ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
A Song from the Heart (1999)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This poignant love story stars Amy Grant as a beautiful, blind concert cellist who falls for a famous, self-centered pianist but doesn't realize that true love is right before her eyes.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, feel good, emotional ...
Plot: blindness, blind character, blind man, love, relationships, concert, couples, disability, power relations, musician's life, music, opposites attract ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Marie's Story (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
Style: touching, serious, uplifting, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: dedicated educator, mute or deaf, nun, teachers and students, deaf, blind character, female protagonist, family relations, hopes, human spirit, youth, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, ancient times, 1900s
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Baby Blues (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and because she feels she has someone to love; someone who can love her in return. Everything changes when ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: parent child relationship, teenage life, immaturity, family problems, hopes, babies and infants, couples, pregnancy, dysfunctional family, youth, mother child relationship, birth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Miracle of the Cards (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: "The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Several events convinced Marion that God was leading her to a cure for Craig and that the ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, serious
Plot: brain tumor, human spirit, child illness, terminal illness, christian, hopes, life is a bitch, disability, miraculous event, journalism, faith, child hero ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
It All Starts Today (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set in a forlorn mining town near Valencienne in the north of France, the story is about one man's struggle to bring life to his once prosperous village and its inhabitants. Philippe Torreton, who won a César for Best Actor with his title role ...
Style: social, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: teacher, education, professor, dedicated educator, kindergarten, poverty, labor, homeless, teaching, job, corrupt system, human rights ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.5
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Insight (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Pavel Zuev has to start his life over from darkness after he looses his sight. The young man has to learn again how to eat, walk, wash himself, do simple housework, and even how to look out of the window without seeing anything. All connections to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere
Plot: loss of eyesight, blindness, blind man, blindness and impaired vision, relationships, life is a bitch, visual impairment, social problems, hopes, starting over, male female relationship, blind character ...
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44%
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