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Higher Ground (2000)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Higher Ground is an American-Canadian drama action television show shot outside Vancouver, British Columbia. The series ran from January 14, 2000 - June 16, 2000 and aired on Fox Family. It stars Joe Lando, Hayden Christensen, A.J. Cook, Meghan Ory, Kandyse McClure, and Jewel Staite.
Higher Ground told the story of Mount Horizon High School, a therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens, where the students learned to face their personal struggles with addiction, abuse, or disorders.
Style:
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Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
troubled teen, juvenile delinquency, hardcase students, dedicated educator, rebellion, boarding school, youth, teenage life, social problems, social misfits, understanding, troublemaker, high school, sexual abuse, child abuse, escape attempt, high school student, trouble, school, eating disorder, wall street, misfit, teachers and students, high school life, classmate ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films and TV series with plots about youth, high school, teenage life, teenager, high school student, high school life and coming of age mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like Higher Ground: Caitlin's Way (2000), Finding Carter (2014), Heartbreak High (1994), Summerland (2004), Everwood (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
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Audience:
kids, teens
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 50 min.
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teens, kids, teen drama
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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serious, touching, realistic, emotional, sincere
Audience:
teens
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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41%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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political, serious, realistic, uplifting, emotional ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Duration: 24 min.
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Country: USA
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sincere, rough, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
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Audience:
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39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
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Country: Russia
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Duration: 42 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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