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Bringing Ashley Home (2011)
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Bringing Ashley Home (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When her wild younger sister Ashley, who suffers from bipolar disorder and drug addiction, goes missing, Libba Phillips pours all her time and energy into finding Ashley and bringing her home. As the years go by, Libba refuses to give up hope, and, at the expense of her marriage and career, Libba finds her calling in life: creating a much-needed resource center for other families whose missing loved ones have fallen through the cracks.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic
Plot: missing person, drug addict, rescue, split personality, mental illness, mentally unstable, bipolar disorder, sister, psychology, on the road, siblings relations, obsessive quest, drug addiction, lifetime
Time: 21st century, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, emotional and touching films with plots about family relations, family problems, missing person, life is a bitch, parents and children, siblings relations and obsessive quest mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Bringing Ashley Home: My Sister's Keeper (2002), Into Thin Air (1985), Waking Madison (2010), Sorrow and Joy (2013), Time of the Wolf (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Sister's Keeper (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others for support even though she longs for and independent and ordinary life. ...
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: sibling relationship, sister, family problems, disability, split personality, siblings relations, mental illness, family relations, family life, sister sister relationship, schizophrenia, schizophrenic ...
Time: 21st century
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95%
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Into Thin Air (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their ...
Style: mind bending, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: missing person, missing son, survival, grief, family relations, private detective, investigation, college, kidnapping, teenage life, school, siblings relations ...
Time: 80s
Place: maine, colorado, usa
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82%
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the ...
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: slavery, interracial relations, black, interracial, racism, human spirit, society, hidden identity, rescue, dishonesty, chases and races, family relations ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 1850s
Place: usa, virginia, canada
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66%
Waking Madison (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder tries to piece back together her life.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: mental illness, confined, mentally unstable, twists and turns, doctors and patients, power relations, dissociative identity disorder, dominatrix, psychiatrist, dishonesty, friendship, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Sorrow and Joy (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Filmmaker Johannes and his wife, schoolteacher Signe, experience the biggest sorrow and misfortune one can ever imagine. Nevertheless, in all the hopelessness they must try to reach for mutual and mature love in order to continue life after death.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: family problems, couples, under the surface, mentally unstable, couple relations, introspection, death in the family, family in crisis, child killer, nordic, innocence lost, jealous spouse ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Time of the Wolf (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A boy is orphaned and his only surviving relatives, an ageing aunt and uncle, somewhat reluctantly, take him in. The aunt, still traumatised by the death by drowning, years earlier, of her own two sons, has little idea how to handle the boy. As if, ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: wolf, orphan, obsessive quest, rescue, animal life, youth, family life, hopes, teachers and students, human animal relationship, nature, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: mental illness, schizophrenia, family relations, family problems, human spirit, mental health, mental disorder, ptsd, suicidal, illness, psychology, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Adam: His Song Continues (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, emotional
Plot: child abuse, missing child, missing person, family problems, obsessive quest, dealing with death, society, kidnapping, death in the family, haunted by the past, child in peril
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Sisters (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Argentinian sisters Elena and Natalia, who were separated, meet again in Texas in 1984.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, captivating
Plot: family relations, estrangement, on the run, betrayal, survival, prodigy, love and romance, teenage life, couple relations, supportive spouse, mentally unstable, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, argentina, texas, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Future Lasts Forever (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A woman struggles with love and personal loss against the backdrop of a land torn by civil war in this drama from filmmaker Ozcan Alper. Sumru (Gaye Gursel) is a Turkish woman who studies ethnic music at a college in Istanbul and frequently makes ...
Style: atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, emotional, art house ...
Plot: journey, unfulfillment, tragic love, on the road, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, missing person, ethnic conflict, self discovery, society, strong female presence, wartime life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, kurdistan, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man attempts to rescue people trapped on the I-880 bridge after the top half collapses during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional
Plot: disaster, heroic mission, escapades, survival, rescue, danger, heroes, child in peril, car crash, hospital, news report, profanity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth ...
Style: emotional, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: isolation, daring rescue, heroes, twins, confined, babies and infants, escapades, danger, mother daughter relationship, baby, police, trapped ...
Time: 80s
Place: austin texas, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Crocodile (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Divina is preparing for her daughter Rowena’s 13th birthday when she hears shocking news: her daughter has been attacked by a crocodile, her body still missing. As Divina searches for the body of her daughter in the marshlands of Agusan del Sur, ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot: death of daughter, crocodile, animal attack, tragedy, missing person, mother and daughter, search and rescue, girl, swamp, voice over narration, accident, boat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Theory of Everything (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Does God exist? Does Science prove God's existence or provide more reasons to doubt? Doug Holloway (David de Vos), a family man on the verge of financial and marital ruin, embarks on a journey to find his birth father, Dr. Eugene Holland ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, christian film
Plot: prodigy, religions or cults, family relations, on the road, memory loss, obsessive quest, research, illness, husband wife relationship, scientist, faith, christian ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Hut in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Two misfit males, one man-child, one boy, find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them until the hut is destroyed and one of the boys carted off. The ...
Style: rough, serious, touching, realistic, gloomy
Plot: woods, misfit, mentally unstable, young heroes, friendship, leaving home, life is a bitch, mental illness, mental institution, loneliness, psychology, mental disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Lost and Love (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After his young son goes missing, Lei (Andy Lau) begins a 14-year quest to find him.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy
Plot: missing child, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, on the road, family problems, escapades, parents and children, relationship problems, road trip, family relations, father and son, inspiration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Mouth to Mouth (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prostitute to get money for drugs and debts. Meanwhile, the rest of her family is falling apart, and her ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional
Plot: dysfunctional family, youth, rescue, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, parents and children, drug abuse, family problems, estrangement, society, teenage prostitution, first sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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On the Corner (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Angel and Randy Henry are a sister and brother, caught on the mean streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. While Angel finds the strength to escape her seemingly hopeless situation, Randy slips deeper into a world consumed by abandonment and ...
Style: touching, serious, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: drug addiction, missing person, dysfunctional family, homelessness, interracial relations, mother daughter relationship, confrontation, drug dealer, drug rehab, criminality, drug addict, addiction ...
Place: vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Of Two Minds (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Follows the story of the challenging relationship between Billie and her younger schizophrenic sister, Elizabeth Baby. After their mother dies, Billie takes responsibility by moving Baby in with her family, including her husband, their teenage son ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, psychological, captivating
Plot: mental illness, family life, single parent, babies and infants, couples, estrangement, adoption, moral dilemma, mental health, child care, autism, mental disorder ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Profoundly Normal (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Donna Lee Shelby (Kirstie Alley), a mentally retarded girl who lives in Forest Haven, an institution for the developmentally disabled, meets Ricardo Thornton (Delroy Lindo), a fellow resident. When Forest Haven is closed by a ...
Style: serious, emotional, uplifting, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: couples, interracial relations, friendship, fighting the system, idealism, society, human spirit, hopes, family in crisis, coping, family life, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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37%
The 33 of San Jose (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Chile
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A team of Chilean miners are trapped underground for months and hold out for a miraculous rescue.
Style: exciting, realistic, touching, serious, suspense
Plot: mine, mining, cave, working conditions, underground, rescue, miner, friendship between men, working class, gold mine, water, dynamite ...
Time: year 2010
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Courage (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A mother in Queens, New York, is so angered when she discovers that her son is a drug addict that she becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: family relations, undercover, drug abuse, family problems, life is a bitch, drug dealing, law enforcement, hopes, human spirit, society, parents and children, working undercover ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
A Night for Dying Tigers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The night before Jack (Gil Bellows) is slated to begin a five-year prison sentence for murder, his wife, Melanie (Jennifer Beals), and assorted siblings gather for a dinner to bid Jack farewell and good luck on his trip up the river. But the party ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, couple relations, parents and children, conflict, rapist, couples, siblings relations, rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Sisters (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: sisters, family relations, youth, introspection, family problems, dysfunctional family, parents and children, siblings relations, single parent, self discovery, coming of age, obsessive quest ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: italy, lyon, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Family of Strangers (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery: when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted and, later, that her conception was the product of a rape.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, emotional
Plot: abused woman, adoption, redheaded woman, dark secret, family relations, family problems, custody, terminal illness, missing person, babies and infants, doctors and patients, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot: trial, true crime, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, legal, dedicated lawyer, obsession, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Orphans (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Brothers Treat (Matthew Modine) and Philip (Kevin Anderson) have lived alone since they were kids, when a small time criminal enters their lives.
Style: independent film, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot: gangster, orphan, theft, family relations, mentally unstable, society, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, dishonesty, cons and scams, missing person, siblings relations ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Ramchand: The Untouchable Pakistani (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme war like tension between the 2 countries and end up spending 5 years ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, serious, emotional, informative ...
Plot: prison, border, hindu, confined, life is a bitch, family problems, injustice, wartime life, parents and children, missing person, prison life, boy ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: pakistan, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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G.H.B. (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A reflection on love and pleasure experienced by three women, set in France, New York, and Shanghai.
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: on the run, friendship, obsessive quest, looking for love, on the road, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, strong female presence, friends, love
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: independent film, serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: mental illness, friendship, amusement park, gay interest, best friend, buddies, self discovery, social misfits, misfit, life is a bitch, betrayal, alcohol abuse ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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32%
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