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Saving Sarah Cain (2007)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Sarah Cain, a self-involved big-city newspaper columnist, travels to Pennsylvania for the funeral of her Amish sister, she soon discovers that she is the legal guardian of her five Amish nieces and nephews. Rather than choose to move to Lancaster County to finish raising them there herself, or let them be separated by the foster care system, Sarah decides to take them with her back to Portland where she believes she can make a new life for them. However, she soon realizes that the modern world has forced them to compromise who they are, and that she has moved them there for all the wrong reasons - a motive which is soon exposed - because secrets can really never be kept secret. In order to find her own redemption, she knows she must make a choice to give them back their lives in Amish Country. And whether she remains part of their lives will have a lot to do with how much she has grown to love them.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, tense, captivating
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
amish, orphan, female protagonist, siblings, redemption, fish out of water, christian, family life, journalism, family problems, betrayal, family relations, custody, culture clash, disorder, death in the family, religions or cults, faith, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, guardian, newspaper columnist, foster child, adoption, child care, society ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, portland oregon
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about family relations, family problems, society, hopes, family life, christian and faith mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Saving Sarah Cain: The Shunning (2011), Beverly Lewis' The Confession (2013), The Lost & Found Family (2009), Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006), The Last Sin Eater (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amish, adoption, family relations, identity crisis, family problems, religions or cults, hopes, youth, self discovery, dishonesty, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
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Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis, "The Confession" is the continuing story of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman who goes on a journey in search of her identity - only to find herself embroiled in a ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, scenic ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When her husband dies, Mrs. Ester Hobbes (Ellen Bry, TV's St. Elsewhere) learns that his wealth was just an illusion. Her only real inheritance is a run-down Southern home occupied by a foster family. Slowly, Mrs. Hobbes finds herself making ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, family relations, family problems, society, orphan, introspection, youth, religions or cults, parents and children, redemption, self discovery, blood ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
youth, life turned upside down, family relations, family problems, disorder, family in crisis, sister, sister sister relationship, sisters, half sister, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia.
Style:
emotional, christian film, serious, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, girl, redemption, family problems, christianity, hopes, parents and children, society, death in the family, faith, religion, dark secret ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
appalachia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the gritty, realistic lives of a struggling family, and a privileged family. Their lives intersect, intertwine and collide, all for the love of a little boy. This film ...
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
custody, hopes, adoption, starting over, parents and children, social worker, family life, wife abuse, adopted son, christian, family in crisis, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, florida
Similarity:
49%
372
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The National Gallery in London has flooded, and senior curator Quentin Lester has a dramatic solution. He proposes that the entire collection of priceless paintings should be removed from London and stored in an abandoned slate mine inside a Welsh ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
art theft, family relations, culture clash, family business, secret place, fish out of water, family problems, fall in love, love and romance, parents and children, family life, social differences ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, wales
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Akim, young Muslim will become imam sees his upset when he is touched by the love of Christ ... In a family chaos that opposes his brother identity Akim attempt to be accepted by his family.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, self discovery, religions or cults, society, cause and meaning, family in crisis, introspection, life turned upside down, religion, belief in god, culture clash, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, sincere, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
christmas, redemption, self discovery, haunted by the past, family problems, rehabilitation, family life, dysfunctional family, road not taken, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children ...
Place:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, southern gothic, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, downfall, siblings relations, family life, family problems, family in crisis, life is a bitch, male nudity, siblings, mental retardation ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
christian film, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
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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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
33%
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
youth, guardian, redemption, family relations, adoption, custody, family life, hopes, human spirit, legal, life is a bitch, legal action ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
18-year-old Hannah Yoder is ready to become an Amish adult - which means baptism into the Church and marriage to her boyfriend, Samuel. However, her friends convince her to visit Hollywood for Rumspringa where she meets Josh and the two hit it off ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, forbidden love, amish, religions or cults, couples, youth, society, love and romance, culture clash, love affair, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
family life, family problems, parents and children, single parent, family gatherings, society, hopes, small town, death in the family, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
missionary, religion, infidelity, state affairs, culture clash, fish out of water, redemption, religions or cults, family relations, interracial relations, christian, love triangle ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, year 1966, regency period, 1830s ...
Place:
hawaii, usa, boston, yale university, oceania ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When eighteen-year-old Brendan King attempts to leave his turbulent gang life behind him, his past continues to threaten his new-found faith, family, and future
Style:
christian film, realistic, touching, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The estranged daughter of a small town minister is forced to return to the strict, religious home of her youth where she must confront the troubled relationships that caused her to leave four years before
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, serious
Plot:
clergy, estrangement, society, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, small town, family problems, homecoming, religions or cults, christian, teen social issues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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722
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lee Bishop is forced to grow up quickly when his mother leaves for Iraq and his younger sister joins him on the varsity wrestling squad.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, independent film, surprise ending, uplifting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, wrestling, wrestler, steroids, teenage life, youth, family life, family relations, obsession, betrayal, school, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, redemption, hopes, couple relations, misfit, starting over, culture clash, family life, immigrant, society, couples, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
china, washington d.c., usa, asia, persia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Benjamin Steed and Mary Ann Steed relocate their family to upstate New York in the early 1800's, they unwittingly settle in a town divided along religious lines. After their new hired help turns out to be at the center of the uproar, each ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, captivating, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religious, mormon, sibling rivalry, faith, moral dilemma, introspection, society, redemption, family problems, family life, love affair, love triangle ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1820s
Place:
new york state, vermont, new york, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amish, faith, hopes, murder, forgiveness, death in the family, religions or cults, dealing with death, introspection, child murder, hate, mass murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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27%
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