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Her Desperate Choice (1996)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Despite allegations of sexual abuse against her ex-husband, Jody (Faith Ford) has lost a custody battle for Samantha (Hanna Hall) and faces a choice of turning her daughter over to him, or taking flight and risking kidnapping charges. Pursued by both the FBI and a private detective, Jody and Samantha become hunted animals, fleeing from town to town with the help of an Underground Railroad set up to help women and children escape from abuse.
Style:
tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
private investigator, on the run, veterinarian, private detective, small town, divorced parents, fugitive, youth, age difference, child abuse, mother daughter relationship, fear, grandmother, support, helplessness, hiding place, divorced couple, custody battle, underground railroad, protective mother, kidnapping, sexual abuse, rescue, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about family problems, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, danger, youth and child in peril mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Her Desperate Choice: For the Love of a Child (2006), Have You Seen My Son (1996), Stolen Child (2012), The Promise (1999), White Water (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two thousand miles from home, Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (with baby Clayton) lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow, battling for survival against the elements. Using only meager supplies and resourcefulness, the young ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
frostbite, survival, hypothermia, snowstorm, rescue, wilderness, heroes, danger, babies and infants, family life, forces of nature, isolation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary ...
Style:
disturbing, touching, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
child abuse, orphan, adoption, rescue, life is a bitch, danger, parents and children, dysfunctional family, selflessness, family relations, family problems, abuse ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 60s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, family drama, abduction, anxiety, protective parent, parents, trauma, custody battle, search and rescue, broken family, paranoia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, oregon, latin america
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Amanda and Jason are happy marriage now, after years of frustration have finally managed to take a beautiful girl from a country in Eastern Europe through an international adoption agency. But when the doctor will perform a DNA test to small, finds ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
kidnapped child, adoption, kidnapping, adopted daughter, suspicion, investigation, uncover truth, couples, family relations, family problems, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
abusive relationship, murder, danger, starting over, life is a bitch, domestic disturbance, hopes, family relations, injustice, family problems, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot:
young heroes, missing child, discrimination, interracial relations, racism, family relations, parents and children, family problems, obsession, youth, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Nate's little brother and hippie dad depend on him for literally everything, but the well-meaning, small time pot dealer Nate wants nothing more than to run away with Nikki, the love of his life, and get out of Texas.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, haunted by the past, danger, family relations, family problems, teenage life, save the day, on the run, drug dealer, love, rivalry, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
child abuse, man boy relationship, coming of age, courtroom, sexual abuse, pedophilia, life is a bitch, redemption, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, custody ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in class. When Stine accuses her father of sexual abuse, and is ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, bleak, sexual ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, child abuse, incest, swimming pool, lawyer, family relations, under the surface, parents and children, family problems, youth, life is a bitch, illicit affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected daughter is ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
Plot:
parents and children, teenage life, love and romance, family life, dysfunctional family, friendship, single parent, youth, family problems, disgraced, teachers and students, isolation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
maine, new england
Similarity:
37%
669
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young man tries running from his past by hiding from his two violent brothers, only to have them track and harass him and his friends.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
starting over, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, on the run, uninvited guest, family problems, homecoming, fall in love, rivalry, sexual harassment, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, mojave desert
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman is delighted to have given birth to a baby girl but her life is turned into a nightmare when she goes missing. The police mount a frantic search but to the woman's horror she finds out that it's herself who is the main suspect.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
faked pregnancy, wife, love, pregnancy, kidnapping, family problems, family relations, couples, death in the family, rescue, danger, dealing with death ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There are two of them: a mother and a girl. They have no names. And they are in a constant run. The mother runs away from the daughter in an attempt to start new life, and the girl runs after her mother as she has no idea how to live without her. ...
Style:
realistic, rough, tense, neorealism, disturbing ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, little girl, werewolf, loneliness, negligence, parents and children, family relations, ex convict, alcohol abuse, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
orphanage, working undercover, immigrant, legal action, society, life is a bitch, kidnapping, spy, fraud, undercover agent, abduction, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sad
Plot:
kids in trouble, kidnapping, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, captivity, family in crisis, estrangement, family problems, danger, single parent, confined ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 2008, New York mother Tiffany Rubin faced every parent's worst nightmare when her six year old son Kobe vanished into thin air. Upon learning that Kobe had been kidnapped by his biological father and taken to South Korea, Tiffany seeks the ...
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family problems, rescue, confined, parents and children, family relations, single parent, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, boy, mother daughter relationship, black ...
Place:
usa, south korea, korea, new york, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapped, hostage, marital abuse, abuse, battered wife, abusive husband, obsession, hostage situation, abusive relationship, family relations, family problems, starting over ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college freshman is date-raped and tries to press charges.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
campus, college, rape victim, sex crime, teen social issues, sexualized violence, sexual abuse, love, abused woman, school, womanizer, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shocking details.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
child abuse, female protagonist, domestic abuse, domestic violence, parents and children, violence, family problems, changing lives, beaten up, lifestyle change, child in peril, mentally unstable woman ...
Similarity:
31%
641
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
society, chaos and mayhem, city life, interracial relations, blackout, lie, danger, violence, nypd, urban, stash, woman
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the deaths of her adoptive parents. She finds that connection with her birth family in the Navajo community. But ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, sexual
Plot:
self discovery, adoption, starting over, couple relations, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, twins, society, family life, orphan, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Drawing on remarkable true stories, Peter Chan delivers a moving drama about child abduction in China. Huang Bo stars as a father whose young son disappears in the streets of a big city. He sets out on a search across China, stopping at nothing to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, tense
Plot:
village, kidnapping, uncover truth, adoption, life turned upside down, parents and children, couples, missing child, danger, couple relations, family problems, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by True Events An abused wife and mother to a young boy escapes her violent husband and heads for California with her son. She soon learns that her husband has accused her of kidnapping and the law is in hot pursuit. Now a fugitive, she ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, captivating, tense
Plot:
life is a bitch, family problems, relationships, parents and children, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, marital problem, man hits a woman, violence, husband wife relationship, false accusation, runaway ...
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
28%
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, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
baby, rescue, isolation, twins, babies and infants, daring rescue, confined, heroes, danger, escapades, young mother, child in peril ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985. The focus is on the flight attendant, Uli Derickson, whose courage and hope helped save all but one of the passengers on the plane. The ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, air disaster, aviation, mossad, war on terror, lebanese civil war, spy, airplane, hijacking, stewardess, save the day, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, europe, greece
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, custody, family life, parents and children, prison, life is a bitch, society, going straight, hopes, strong female presence, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, coming of age, parents and children, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, pedophile, physical abuse, child molestation, sexual assault ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
family relations, funeral, revenge, mentally unstable, rivalry, custody, parents and children, couples, family problems, vendetta, marriage, nightmare ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay teenager, gay, real life, gender, gays and lesbians, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
Similarity:
26%
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