Movies like 48 Angels
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48 Angels (2007)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seamus is a 9 year old boy who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. In search of a miracle, he sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or sail.
Style:
uplifting, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
teenage life, on the run, human spirit, self discovery, life is a bitch, child illness, hopes, friendship, religion, fight, irish republican army, youth, island, murder, ira, ocean, unfulfillment, dealing with death, thief, terrorist, police officer, police, medicine, death, quest ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
ireland, europe
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Most similar movies to 48 Angels
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about youth, hopes, friendship, family relations, father son relationship, life is a bitch and society mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like 48 Angels: Lamb (1985), Omagh (2004), Death of a Superhero (2011), Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009), The Dream Catcher (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two recognise kindred spirits and escape to London together. With the police on their tail and the money ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, thought provoking, touching ...
Plot:
youth, man boy relationship, school, on the run, kidnapping, adoption, teacher student relationship, surrogate father, epilepsy, neurology, murder by drowning, epileptic seizure ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, england, london, dublin ireland, europe ...
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, bomb, rebellion, fighting the system, injustice, redemption, uncover truth, human spirit, legal, society, false accusation ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, life is a bitch, human spirit, family problems, family in crisis, hopes, coming of age, terminal illness, teenager, dealing with death, child illness, first love ...
Place:
ireland, usa
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34%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, realistic, serious
Plot:
friendship, hospital, nurse, coming of age, child illness, terminal illness, wrestling, unfulfillment, youth, life is a bitch, human spirit, pretense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An abandoned teen jumps a freight train in Philadelphia intent on reaching his uncle in Indiana, whom he believes will help him with financial difficulties including a pregnant girlfriend. In Ohio, he meets another homeless teen, who escorts him to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, friendship, on the road, prison, father, friends, hopes, life is a bitch, social misfits, self discovery, society ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
indiana, oklahoma, usa, salt lake city utah, philadelphia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Movies like The Kite Runner
646
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the mid 1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound for London and filled with ambition for a better life. After thirty years, they meet again at the funeral of their youngest friend, Jackie. The film intersperses flashbacks ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, touching, gloomy
Plot:
alcohol abuse, friends, friendship, introspection, society, buddies, dealing with death, friend, drunkenness, death, church, unfulfillment ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The determined new headmaster of an English prep school attempts to reform the frequently unruly students, who are tormented by a ruthless bully.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, bullying, coming of age, self discovery, friends, hardcase students, lifestyle, misfit, dedicated educator, power relations, teachers and students, teenage life ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
677
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
friendship, teenage love, teenage life, self discovery, starting over, couples, family life, fall in love, impossible love, false accusation, youth, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Several events convinced Marion that God was leading her to a cure for Craig and that the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
human spirit, child illness, terminal illness, brain tumor, christian, hopes, disability, life is a bitch, miraculous event, journalism, faith, youth ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
283
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chasing his wayward mother to Montana, fifteen year old Jake finds the picture perfect Tucker family instead who photoshop him into their lives, despite his questionable past. Too bad Jake can not stop himself from stealing, being seduced by the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
family relations, older woman younger man relationship, small town, love affair, teenage life, forbidden love, couples, human nature, love and romance, youth, starting over, parents and children ...
Place:
montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
With a daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy and a son who's lost his much-needed scholarship, an impoverished married couple begins to abandon their faith and courage in the face of such misfortune. But when a gifted young boy called ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, uplifting, serious ...
Plot:
school, family relations, hopes, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, disability, single parent, dealing with death, youth, prodigy, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The plot follows the individual journeys of three ordinary South African men in the build up to their attendance of the 2010 Mighty Men Conference, where their lives are forever changed by God's message for them.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, human spirit, family problems, redemption, society, hopes, friendship, christian, religions or cults, life is a bitch, down on your luck, guru ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
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27%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jerome is a day in the life of a dreamer. Wade Hampton has found himself trapped by responsibility and lack of understanding by those closest to him. As a result, Wade simply leaves his old life with the idea of fulfilling a repressed dream of ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
on the road, desert, factory, fish out of water, workplace romance, small town, unemployment, family in crisis, small town life, couples, estrangement, misfit ...
Time:
90s
Place:
arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, and loss. And a set of drums. Oh, and the Pope. POPE DREAMS is about a directionless ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, psychological, serious
Plot:
terminal illness, hopes, follow your dream, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, young lovers, teenage life, unfulfillment, human nature, mother son relationship, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Tanzania, Germany, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Since 2008, albinos in Tanzania have become human targets. Witch doctors offer huge sums of cash for their body parts to be used in magic potions. From 2008 to 2010, more than 200 witch-doctor inspired murders occurred. As a local saying goes: ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, touching, existential horror ...
Plot:
social misfits, physical appearance, youth, misfit, on the run, black market, child in peril, albino, violence, murder, death, suspense ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
africa, tanzania
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Movies like Hide Your Smiling Faces
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, youth, drug abuse, life is a bitch, prostitute, dysfunctional family, drug addiction, parents and children, teenage life, going straight, friendship ...
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A funny, gripping and powerful drama about the post graduation summer of four lifelong friends and one night that changed the course of their lives... forever. Like Crash , Saint Elmo s Fire and it s inspiration Stand By Me, Along the WAY is a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, gloomy, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, college, friends, buddies, coming of age, redemption, partners, hopes, best friends, youth, world, showbiz ...
Time:
year 1983, year 1996, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
410
Genre: Drama
Country: France, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, serious, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, hopes, heroes, coming of age, young heroes, aging, human spirit, rescue, youth, friends, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
50s, post world war two
Place:
baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Centred around greyhound racing in a Catholic community after the "Troubles" have ended but where their legacy remains strong. Donal is a 14-year old who works in a greyhound racing kennel owned by Good Joe. If Donal's favourite ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
dog, youth, against the odds, friendship, contests and competitions, hopes, family relations, coming of age, animal training, teenage boy, parents and children, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A down-and-out writer, Nick Sennet, runs into Harry, a man that, legend has it, died long ago. Together they attempt to revitalize a defunct factory as well as their lives.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
redemption, friendship, older man younger man relationship, small town, factory, starting over, human spirit, hopes, lifestyle, human nature, society, family relations ...
Place:
washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Tessa (Jessica White) faces more than the usual tribulations of adolescence. When bad times hit, she and her mother find themselves living on the streets. The injustice of poverty is emphasized by the fact that Tessa's school ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, society, youth, parents and children, teenage life, working class, family relations, survival, eviction, school, corporate crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
coming of age, youth, self discovery, life is a bitch, politics, society, state affairs, religions or cults, injustice, political unrest, unemployment, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, los angeles, england, california, northern ireland
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country:
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
As Macedonia faces its difficult transition, a boy escapes into a world of his own creation.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, poet, hopes, family relations, life is a bitch, friendship, teenage life, kids in trouble, soldier, society, betrayal ...
Place:
macedonia, paris france, france, europe, former yugoslavia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
parents and children, single parent, estrangement, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Place:
europe, italy, germany, norway, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
334
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
While thousands of tourists invade the beaches, camping grounds and clubs, five teenagers from Porto Vecchio hang out. One evening one of them leads the others to an unoccupied luxury villa. They spend the night there. Before they leave, they steal ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, murder, youth, crime gone awry, island, group of friends, disposing of a dead body, friends, disorder, criminal's revenge, death of friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, corsica
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
infidelity, coming of age, bittersweet, hopes, dishonesty, friendship, parents and children, family in crisis, family relations, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A successful American family retreat to their summer home on the banks of Lake Erie to find meaning in life, illness, loss, and change this Christmas. With a successful career in the wine business, and two amazing children, what more can a family ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
christmas, human spirit, family life, life is a bitch, love and romance, hopes, couples, family problems, road not taken, homecoming, parents and children, miraculous event ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
friendship, hopes, misfit, introspection, self discovery, friends, disability, adolescence vs adulthood, haunted by the past, father son relationship, coming of age, friendship between men ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.
Style:
psychological, touching, talky, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
mentally unstable, mental institution, human nature, friendship, love and romance, life is a bitch, fall in love, alcohol abuse, haunted by the past, psychiatric ward, psychiatrist, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ireland, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
children, court, lawyer, mercy, family problems, unemployment, parents and children, against the odds, fighting the system, courtroom drama, single father, convent school ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1953
Place:
ireland, australia, boston, europe, sydney australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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