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Bringing Ashley Home (2011)
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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:
emotional, realistic, serious, inspirational, dramatic, heartfelt, tension, crime drama
Plot:
missing person, bipolar disorder, drug addict, rescue, split personality, mental illness, mentally unstable, sister, addiction, family drama, mother daughter relationship, grief, loss, determination, hopes, faith, sacrifice, social issues, intimate, investigation, obsession, desperation, small town, recovery, trauma ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Bringing Ashley Home
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, serious and melancholic films with plots about family drama, grief, loss, intimate, hopes, small town and trauma mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Bringing Ashley Home: Lost and Love (2015), Collision (2019), Archaeology of a Woman (2012), Shadow Kids (2007), Lioness (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, captivating, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When 15-year-old rebellious Stefi goes missing, her mother Helena has nothing left to lose. Why cling to sanity when madness offers a chance for reconciliation and love?
Style:
emotional, tense, intense, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, family crisis, grief, loss, trauma, missing person, intimate, family drama, desperation, love ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
86%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1982, a film inspired by true events at the onset of the crack epidemic in Philadelphia, tells the story of a father and his efforts to protect his gifted daughter from the insidious epidemic which has literally come home via her drug-addicted ...
Style:
crime drama, emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, period piece ...
Plot:
addiction, poverty, drug addiction, father daughter relationship, family drama, parenting, substance abuse, single father, social issues, protection, urban, sacrifice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When her husband has a mental breakdown and goes missing, a determined woman and her young son set out to find him on the streets, sparking a movement of compassion towards those in need and inspiring a city.
Style:
emotional, touching, entertaining, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, homelessness, missing person, fishing, husband, son, social issues, compassion, mother son relationship, empathy, family drama, family relations ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, melancholic, tension
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A perfect summer day ends in tragedy, weaving a cosmic connection between three suburban teenagers.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, tragic ending, dramatic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, disappearance, coming of age, friendship, missing person, loss of innocence, summer, youth, loss, guilt, small town, trauma ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
He finally met someone who specialized in damaged hearts. In this stirring drama, a promising young physician slides into alcoholism, following his wife’s tragic death. Having lost everything, he lands in a skid row mission, where he meets some ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, uplifting, tear jerker, spiritual ...
Plot:
faith, grief, alcoholism, loss, hopes, addiction, redemption, healing, trauma, compassion, second chance, struggle ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teenager, trauma, life is a bitch, teenage life, troubled past, tragic past, confronting the past, moral dilemma, self destructing, redemption, desperation, abuse ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based upon a true story, Marg Helgenberger stars as a single mother mysteriously arrested by the FBI and separated from her children, thus beginning a 25-year struggle to be reunited with them.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, crime drama, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
80%
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:
suspense, exciting, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mine, cave, mining, working conditions, underground, miner, rescue, friendship between men, survival, rescue attempt, teamwork, perseverance ...
Time:
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Place:
chile
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, heartfelt, uplifting, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lizzie and Janie are best friends, bonded like sisters, who share many things in common: crushes, gossip, and a taste for liquor. Although they manage to sneak alcohol at home and in water bottles at school, they never get caught. One night, while ...
Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
recovery, alcoholism, best friend, fatal accident, addiction, loss, teen drinking, grief, car crash, underage drinking, guilt, trauma ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
76%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
76%
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Vanajan hails from a modest household and lives with his ailing father, wife and children. One day, he finds himself at a crossroads when his moneylender makes him an unusual offer.
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Television drama in which miners spend their Christmas Eve in a collapsed mine.
Style:
realistic, emotional, period piece, historical drama, poignant ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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