Movies like The One I Wrote For You

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The One I Wrote For You (2014)
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The One I Wrote For You (2014)
Original name: The One I Wrote for You
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: THE ONE I WROTE FOR YOU follows a songwriter who defers his dreams to support his family. He gets a second chance when his 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, secretly enters his name into a song writing contest/reality show. Fourteen original songs help tell the story of Ben Cantor, who follows his dream, but loses himself along the way.
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, ambition, musician's life, rising to stardom, parents and children, contests and competitions, hopes, music, artists and showbiz, singer, dream, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, plagiarism, teddy bear, songwriter, aspiring musician, rivals, tour bus, auditorium, barista, rival, reality, reality tv ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york, san antonio texas, chicago

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about family relations, hopes, parents and children, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life and music mostly in Drama, Music and Family genres. Some movies like The One I Wrote For You: Brave New Girl (2004), The Jazz Singer (1980), Broken Bridges (2006), Broken Hill (2009), The Gospel (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Brave New Girl (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbringing. Then she gets the chance to attend an art and music school on the East coast and her future ...
Style: sincere, uplifting, touching, sentimental, cute ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ambition, showbiz, follow your dream, hopes, parents and children, music, rising to stardom, mother daughter relationship, fish out of water, female protagonist, humiliation, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Jazz Singer (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style: touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: father son relationship, music, tradition, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, follow your dream, desire for fame, religions or cults, musician's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s, year 1980
Place: california, new york, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Broken Bridges (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A fading country music star (Keith) returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, independent film
Plot: starting over, artists and showbiz, homecoming, parents and children, music, unfulfillment, musician's life, family relations, family problems, haunted by the past, country, country music ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Broken Hill (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Tommy was born and raised on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the middle of the Australian Outback.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, touching, spiritual ...
Plot: prison, musician's life, music band, rebelliousness, family relations, teenage life, family life, parents and children, hopes, youth, artists and showbiz, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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 2K
The Gospel (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young singer turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in disarray. With his childhood nemesis creating a "new vision" for the church, he is ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot: church, family relations, redemption, ambition, haunted by the past, relationship vs career, parents and children, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, musician's life, lifestyle, homecoming ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental, contemplative
Plot: country, friendship, musician's life, desire for fame, music, love and romance, lifestyle, rise to the top, friends, hopes, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa, dallas texas, austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Grace Unplugged (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning ...
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, christian film ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: christianity, religious, musician's life, ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, youth, society, once in a lifetime opportunity, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 358
Finn (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nine year old Finn lives with his father in a small town. Together with his best friend Erik he plays football, but he prefers to play music. His dad wants him to play football, just like every other kid his age. Finn does not understand why, but ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, twisted
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, friendship, father figure, follow your dream, family relations, teachers and students, musician's life, hopes, elderly, parents and children, grandfather, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Prodigy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: prodigy, musician's life, ambition, relationship vs career, self discovery, orphan, family relations, hopes, youth, dedicated educator, single parent, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
I Am Not a Hipster (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Things are not looking good for Brook, a young, talented singer/songwriter who has become the clichéd tortured artist. Slow to come to terms with the death of his mother, Brook is self-absorbed, aggressive, and the major obstruction to his own ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: musician's life, music, rock, siblings relations, parents and children, family problems, artists and showbiz, coping, creative block, estrangement, family relations, twentysomething life ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 249
Charlie & Me (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When her beloved grandfather Charlie suddenly falls ill, twelve year-old Casey finds herself making some life or death decisions - and learning to live with the consequences.
Style: uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, single parent, love and romance, self discovery, hopes, elderly, death in the family, friends, dealing with death, hospital, chess ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.2
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Virginia's Run (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A teenage girl, trying to come to grips with the death of her mother in a horse-riding accident, nurtures the foal of her mother's horse.
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience: pre-teens, adult
Plot: ambition, follow your dream, mischievous children, against the odds, teenage life, youth, love and romance, rehabilitation, contests and competitions, hopes, athlete and trainer, family life ...
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Eskil & Trinidad (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Eskil moves from town to town with his father in Northern Sweden. He misses his mother and sucks at playing hockey, the main activity among the boys his age. Things changes when he meets Trinidad, a mysterious woman who lives outside society ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, village life, parents and children, family relations, coming of age, father son relationship, father and son, youth, village, friends, sport team, self confidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.4
 4K
Let It Shine (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The film follows a shy, talented musician who pens romantic hip-hop verses only to stand idly by as they're delivered to the girl of his dreams by a proxy, his best friend. Made for Disney Channel movie/
Style: feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: hip hop, teenage life, teenage love, hip hop culture, ambition, follow your dream, lifestyle, performer's life, fall in love, musician's life, dream come true, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Identical (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: musician, family relations, musician's life, ambition, supportive spouse, twin brother, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, jazz, christian, family secret ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 50s, 60s, 1930s ...
Place: usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.7
 1K
Tamla Rose (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three teen girls in a Motown band embark on an emotional ride to hell and back.
Style: touching, serious, sentimental, realistic, feel good
Audience: girls' night
Plot: dream come true, rise and fall, musician's life, follow your dream, ambition, teenage life, desire for fame, best friend, hopes, youth, friendship, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Miracle Dogs Too (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Zack, a young boy, finds two cocker spaniels caged in the woods and takes them home. The animals, Sissy and Buddy, have magical healing powers that change the people of a small town.
Style: sentimental, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: dog, small town, family relations, miraculous event, parents and children, hopes, animal life, young heroes, human spirit, pets, magic, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Preacher's Kid (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Small-town girl Angie King leaves the church and her home to pursue a dream of singing stardom. Luckett plays Angie, the daughter of a stern but loving bishop, whose attraction to the hunky star (Tank) of a traveling gospel show takes her on the ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, serious, independent film ...
Plot: parents and children, lifestyle, hopes, love and romance, destructive relationship, youth, couples, friendship, christian, religion, father daughter relationship, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Louder Than Words (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: hospital, child illness, parents and children, human spirit, family problems, couples, life is a bitch, last wish, family relations, hopes, couple relations, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Anything Is Possible (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ethan Bortnick plays the leading role as Nathan,a young boy who's separated from his mother when she goes missing during a trip to Japan to help after the tsunami. The movie explores issues like homelessness, military family life and adoption. ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: orphan, tsunami, prodigy, single parent, boarding school, family relations, estrangement, boarding school life, hopes, foster child, concert, orphanage ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: japan, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Filly Brown (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: “Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record ...
Style: realistic, captivating, sincere, psychological, hood ...
Plot: hip hop, rising to stardom, desire for fame, moral dilemma, ambition, follow your dream, musician's life, artists and showbiz, music, radio dj, strong female presence, producer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.3
 12K
Tender Mercies (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: country music, character study, music, self discovery, small town, alcoholism, comeback, musician's life, starting over, divorce, love and romance, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Big Spender (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Orphan Eddie Burton is not bad, but too many screw-ups land him repeatedly in jail, so his 8-year old son Will, simply abandoned by his 'mother', has nobody else then Eddie's granny. When he hears about a program for convicts working ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious
Plot: horse, redemption, rehabilitation, rider horse relationship, prison, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, parents and children, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Elle wants to be a singer/songwriter, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her parents. She moves in with her adoptive uncle, who runs a small independent record label whose biggest act, Sensation, is also Elle's biggest pain.
Style: sentimental, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: teenage love, cinderella story, cinderella, musician's life, love and romance, follow your dream, youth, family relations, fall in love, teenage life, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Lifted (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The chance to shine in a singing competition offers much-needed hope for a Southern middle-schooler who's drowning in worries, from bullies in the halls to turmoil at home -- and the news that his reservist father has been called back to ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, serious, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: boy, parents and children, family problems, wartime life, military, hopes, military life, soldier, contests and competitions, family in crisis, society, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, afghanistan, alabama, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.3
 398
A Fine Step (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A Fine Step is an uplifting family drama centering on Cal Masterson (Luke Perry, Beverly Hills 90210) an award winning horseman whose relationship with his beloved horse Fandango allows him to achieve multiple championship wins. However tragedy ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, emotional, captivating, serious ...
Audience: pre-teens, teens
Plot: horse, contests and competitions, friendship, starting over, athlete's life, parents and children, youth, ambition, rivalry, family relations, farm, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Midnight Stallion (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Fifteen year old Megan Shephard and her parents will do anything to save their struggling farm. When they discover a wild stallion in a nearby forest they begin to wonder if this could be the answer to their prayers.
Style: feel good, captivating, light, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, kids
Plot: horse, family relations, contests and competitions, family business, wild horse, horse riding, social relations, human spirit, against the odds, farm, ambition, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.7
 7K
Sparkle (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot: musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time: year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Time to Remember (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has Alzheimers disease.
Style: emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot: thanksgiving, family relations, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, unfulfillment, single parent, hopes, memory loss, alzheimer's disease, reconciliation, hospital ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The young-adult novel by Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson gets a lively update in this Showtime feature about an unusual family in Sandy Bottom, Wisconsin. The Greens share musical aspirations, but daughter Rachel (Madeline Zima), a talented ...
Style: serious, realistic, feel good, sincere, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: small town, family life, culture clash, musician's life, dull life, performer's life, supportive spouse, family relations, music, music conductor, choir, orchestra ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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