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My Breast (1994)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's forced to re-examine her life when she receives the troubling diagnosis.
Style:
medical drama, reflective
Plot:
breast cancer, courage, journalist, illness, female protagonist, inspiration, hopes, relationships, self discovery, urban, redemption, introspection, female empowerment, heartwarming, surgery, second chance, treatment, recovery, public health, identity, biopic, survival, breakup, chemotherapy, writers ...
Time:
90s, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
new york
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Most similar movies to My Breast
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, psychological and captivating films with plots about self discovery, hopes, female protagonist, intimate, urban, relationships and resilience mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like My Breast: Sentimental Education (1998), Hello Beautiful (2025), Ice Bound (2003), List of a Lifetime (2021), Top Hearts! (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, France, UK
Story:
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollowness of his glamorous lifestyle, leading to self discovery and ultimately a personal catharsis (and ...
Style:
art house, psychological, poetic, neo noir, moody
Plot:
fashion industry, death, self discovery, fashion, shallowness, glamour, literary, alienation, tragedy, character study, luxury, introspection ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hello Beautiful is a powerful and emotionally charged film that delves into the harrowing yet transformative journey of Willow, a successful model whose life is shattered by a devastating breast cancer diagnosis. Based on Christine Handy's ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, heartfelt, medical drama, tear jerker ...
Plot:
transformation, cancer, female protagonist, resilience, breast cancer, biopic, empowerment, identity, self discovery, survival, women, personal growth ...
Similarity:
87%
624
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It is during the final months of 1999 that 46-year-old physician Jerri Nielsen (Susan Sarandon) finds herself stranded at the Amundsen-South Pole Research Station along with a tiny staff of researchers and technicians. Although, at first, there is ...
Style:
dramatic, medical drama, suspense, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
cancer, survival, breast cancer, doctor, adaptation, isolation, hopes, happy ending, rescue, biopic, improv, blizzard ...
Place:
antarctica, south pole
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When she's diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda begins completing her bucket list with the help of the daughter she long ago put up for adoption.
Style:
emotional, exciting, serious, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
bucket list, mother daughter relationship, breast cancer, social issues, quitting job, surprise party, women, female protagonist, sick mother, daughter, cancer, fired from the job ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A woman (Karin Viard) in the fourth month of her first pregnancy fights to save the baby while being treated for breast cancer.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, inspirational, reflective, bleak ...
Plot:
breast cancer, hospital, pregnant woman, pregnancy, female protagonist, motherhood, life & death, ethical dilemma, determination, resilience, cancer, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
"Letting Life In" explores a single year of life between two people. Michael, a reclusive novelist, lives in a small town in upstate New York. He knows nothing of living life beyond the suffocating walls he has built for himself. Sarah, a ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, life affirming, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, love story, relationships, assistant, personal growth, bittersweet, loss, cancer, healing, writer's life, introspection, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A famous dancer is fired after an injury and thrust into the role of motherhood.
Style:
emotional, realistic, contemplative, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
introspection, artists and showbiz, ambition, strong female presence, hopes, dancer's life, women, motherhood, dance, performance art, family drama, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As she explores Sydney ...
Style:
reflective, uplifting, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
female protagonist, compassion, resilience, personal growth, self discovery, independence, mental health, heartwarming, slice of life, redemption, intimate, second chance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sydney australia, australia
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Journey through the human experience as the pandemic tests what we are made of both as individuals and as a culture.
Style:
psychedelic, captivating, thrilling, emotional, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, introspection, self discovery, social isolation, social problems, culture, relationship problems, mental disorder, society, lifestyle, problem, loneliness ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sentimental, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hospital, medical, cancer, doctor, medicine, redemption, health, doctors and patients, coldhearted, surgery, business, mental health ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
Style:
realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
anti semitism, coming of age, problem, holocaust, neo nazi, nazism, nationalism, life is a bitch, female protagonist, nazi, racial discrimination, tragic past ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Victoria is a Christian advice columnist about to make her big break, but her personal life is in shambles and her faith has faded. She returns home to help her father after her mother's death and is put on a journey to rediscover God’s ...
Style:
uplifting, heartfelt, emotional, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
redemption, faith, father daughter relationship, christianity, hopes, healing, inspiration, spirituality, religion, homecoming, grief, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Wounded Love is a gripping emotional film about how a girl trapped in an troubled relationship is saved one dark night by a stranger. An artist who is lost himself. Their love gives her the strength and courage to face the darkness and save herself. ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, captivating, tension, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
couple relations, toxic relationship, domestic abuse, female protagonist, relationship problems, love affair, salvation, romantic relationship, relationships, love story, love and romance, power relations ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal illness.
Style:
emotional, poignant, romantic drama, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, illness, hopes, love story, relationships, mortality, young couple, youth, loss, desperation, resilience ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A father struggles with the past. A daughter fights for the future. A mother searches for answers. The Boyajians have not celebrated Christmas in 11 years. They lost their faith when they lost their son to the Persian Gulf War. Now a stranger has ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, christmas classics, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, hopes, grief, death of son, introspection, life is a bitch, redemption, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, family gatherings ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
iraq, iran
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On-yoo is an adult childhood cancer survivor. When he's not practicing with his boy band, Oh-yoo often volunteers at the hospital's pediatric cancer ward. One day, he recognizes the familiar face of an overdose patient.
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
hospital, overdose, cancer, patient, boy band, volunteer, couple relations, romantic relationship, illness, love interest, love story, love affair ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
female protagonist, adoption, foster home, relationships, family relations, social problems, patriarch, family life, foster parent, social issues, lifestyle, patriarchy ...
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Country: Germany, Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, melancholic, moody
Plot:
relationships, urban, character study, city life, slice of life, struggle, loneliness, struggling artist, working class, friendship, roommate, social realism ...
Time:
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Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Olivier calls himself a 'statistical miracle'. He is almost 27 years old but the doctors had predicted that, because of the heart disease he was born with, he would not get much older than 25 years. He doesn't seem to be suffering ...
Style:
poignant, intense, reflective
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
belgium
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Story:
Inspired by true events, DEFEATED is an amazing romance/drama. The film takes you on a journey that follows the life of a model (Stephanie). She struggles to find true love & contentment after suffering a traumatic childhood experience. ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
model, self discovery, relationships, love story, romantic relationship, tragic past, male female relationship, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, looking for love, introspection ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the deaths of her adoptive parents. She finds that connection with her birth family in the Navajo community. But ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, sexual
Plot:
self discovery, adoption, starting over, couple relations, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, twins, society, family life, orphan, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A recently widowed research doctor is convinced by a colleague to join him in an inner-city clinic. Susan Hayward's final film.
Style:
medical drama, melancholic, realistic, sincere, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Mayu Ohara's autobiography.
Style:
heartfelt, realistic, emotional, reflective, period drama ...
Plot:
biopic, autobiography, adaptation, female protagonist, personal growth, slice of life, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, intimate, domestic drama, bittersweet, resilience ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A homeless ex-boxer and an inner-city kid's unlikely bond, helps them face their future, while fighting the tragedy from their past!
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
ex boxer, tragedy, boxer, boxing, redemption, homeless man, confronting the past, life is a bitch, troubled past, homeless, social problems, tragic past ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in the most unlikely of places...
Style:
emotional, touching, independent film, medical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
multiple sclerosis, disability, deaf, resilience, hopes, retirement home, community, character study, empathy, bonding, friendship, abandonment ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
In these two short films we will follow the lives of two women in a doctor's waiting room as they await to hear if they have breast cancer. Each short story will follow their journey after receiving the life changing diagnosis. All stories are ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, medical drama ...
Plot:
breast cancer, cancer, black american, diagnosis, black woman, medical examination, doctors and patients, multiple storylines, doctor, lifestyle change, illness, women ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After a car accident leaves a young woman with amnesia, she is torn between the new man in her life that she can't remember and her ex who she can't forget.
Style:
thrilling, emotional, dramatic, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, love triangle, memory, family relations, love interest, car rollover, amnesiac, husband wife relationship, accident, male female relationship, repressed memory ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A bullied adolescent who has spent his life bouncing from foster home to foster home finds new hope with the help of a Tae Kwon Do master and his paraplegic granddaughter.
Style:
emotional, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
taekwondo, foster home, martial arts, recovery, inspiration, resilience, hopes, underdog, redemption, empowerment, bullying, disability ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.
Style:
psychological, emotional, thrilling, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
coma, female protagonist, love, family drama, holiday, love affair, male female relationship, life is a bitch, marital problem, husband wife relationship, family problems, family relations ...
Similarity:
23%
677
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, introspection, nature, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships, new life, escape, loneliness, identity, travel ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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