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Jimmy (2013)
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of a mentally challenged teenager who interacts with supernatural beings he calls "Watchers".
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, christian film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenager, mental illness, supernatural ability, psychological trauma, supernatural being, teenage life, mentally challenged, mentally challenged person, mental breakdown, youth, faith, autism, christian, fast food restaurant, angel, mental disorder, grandfather grandson relationship, christian faith, family
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Most similar movies to Jimmy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, sincere and psychological films with plots about teenager, youth, family relations, christian, faith, family and teenage life mostly in Drama, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Jimmy: I Am Gabriel (2012), My Brother's Keeper (2020), Alison's Choice (2015), Uncommon (2015), Christmas Spirit (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An unforgiving sun, a parched earth, and a failed economy have left a small Texas town desolate. For ten years Promise, Texas has known nothing but one curse after another. It's barren, broken, and dying, leaving a town full of despair. When a ...
Style:
christian film, sincere, disturbing, art house, suspenseful ...
Plot:
boy, angel, hopes, coming of age, christian, faith, healing, youth, religious, christian faith, hate, religion ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Travis Fox is a returning veteran struggling with PTSD and his faith in God.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, christian film, independent film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
faith, post traumatic stress disorder, veteran, war veteran, ex soldier, soldier, psychological trauma, christian, military, social problems, introspection, suicide attempt ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Alison, a teen, is facing pregnancy. With nowhere to turn, she finds herself in a "clinic" about to end her baby's life. Suddenly a man appears. His mop tells her he's the janitor. Conversation begins and it quickly becomes clear ...
Style:
christian film, disturbing, psychological, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
faith, belief in god, pregnant teenager, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, female protagonist, unwanted pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy, saving a life, teenager, teenage girl, religious faith ...
Similarity:
68%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their theater, music and dance departments due to budgets cuts, they create their own. Struggling to ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, christian film
Plot:
high school student, faith, christian, bible, christian propaganda, rehearsal, religion, christianity, theatre play, school club, high school life, religious conversion ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A cynical youth whose mother is about to lose her job right before the holidays is visited by a magical Christmas spirit.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, family life, family relations, youth, parents and children, unemployment, supernatural, friendship, miraculous event, dog, stupid kid, christmas season ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A troubled youth vandalizes a church and winds up in a close association with the woodcarver whose work he destroyed.
Style:
christian film, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
christian, faith, church, vandalism, teenager, religious, family problems, religious faith, belief in god, religion, relationship problems, teenage life ...
Similarity:
51%
208
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a serious car accident. Eddie and his brother Stewart end up having to take care of themselves and one night when they have ran out of food and electricity, Eddie dreams that his mother asks ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sincere, serious, uplifting
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, parents and children, against the odds, hopes, kids in trouble, disability, family life, youth, teenager, accident, saving a life, society ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As Christmas approaches, the end is near for Billy and Marie's marriage until an eight-year-old runaway angel from heaven takes it upon herself to rekindle the love they once shared.
Style:
captivating, romantic, disturbing, sincere, psychological
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, angel, second chance, magic, husband wife relationship, marital reconciliation, marital crisis, parents and children, relationships, marriage crisis, love and romance, family problems ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trudy Walker hated her life. She thought it was totally messed up until she found out about a contest that could change everything..
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, heartfelt, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, parents and children, ambition, follow your dream, estrangement, family relations, family life, teenage life, siblings relations, autism, teenage boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Attorney Benjamin Stills is nearly sentenced to prison and finds faith in God after killing a teenage girl in an accidental car crash from texting while driving.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, christian film
Plot:
religious faith, belief in god, changing lives, accident, car crash, car rollover, faith, reporter, doctor, hospital, traffic cop, car ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
11 year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world. With his parents constantly stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, Milton feels his whole world is in crisis. But when his Grandpa Howard ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, heartfelt ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
bullying, family drama, coming of age, anxiety, school, problem, teenage life, teenager, adolescence, lifestyle, teenage boy, grandfather ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old boy and his family start life over in a new town.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
small town, bully, family relations, family drama, teenage life, coming of age, kids and family, teenager, new life, small town life, mother son relationship, family life ...
Similarity:
44%
673
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
Style:
disturbing, atmospheric, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
christian, god, christianity, faith, church, childhood, parents and children, little boy, confession, mistrust, belief in god, religions or cults ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Sara hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. Suddenly people in her town are mysteriously healed! But fame soon takes its toll – can Sara’s family save her before it’s too late?
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christian, faith, healing, religion, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, girl, price of fame, faith healing, religious, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Max, an angel in exile, walks around the United States to help humans. In a small town in Maine, he meets a young woman without a family named Sally. As she struggles to get custody of her younger brother, Max immediately believes that his new ...
Style:
feel good, sincere, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, angel, adaptation, against the odds, assistant, kindness, stranded, orphan, coping, hopes, brother sister relationship, happy ending ...
Time:
future
Place:
maine
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yellow Day chronicles a young man's life-changing and inspirational journey through the mysterious Yellow Day. To many, the Yellow Day is simply a fun day celebrating outreach at a kid's camp, but to some, God bestows visions and miracles, ...
Style:
feel good, stylized, surreal, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
camp, teenage life, looking for love, love and romance, youth, escapades, transformation, faith, hopes, spiritual journey, faith based, young man ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The lives of three 12-year-old buddies -- sharing a carefree existence in the summer of 1970 -- suddenly change when one of them, Dustin, makes an unexpected friend after cutting the lawn of 75-year-old Jonathan Sperry. As Jonathan shares lessons in ...
Style:
christian film, serious, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christian, boy, faith, friendship, religious, elderly, buddies, friends, small town, christianity, religion, youth ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
Style:
christian film, captivating, realistic, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
christian, faith, brother brother relationship, church, religious fanatic, christianity, university, protest, arson, doubt, lawyer, jail ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Melissa is een meisje van 15 dat niets liever doet dan dansen. Haar ouders denken dat ze lessen in klassiek ballet volgt maar eenmaal op de dansschool stort ze zich vol overgave op de hiphop danslessen. Melissa is goed bevriend met Jordi en hij is ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dancing, ambitious woman, classmate, dancehall girl, family relations, friends, classmate classmate relationship, teenager, ambition, dancer, friendship, drug abuse ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The girls are good friends at junior high school. Three of them seem to adjust and move forward upon entering high school, but the fourth of them is not having a seamless time of it. High school is not comfortable and the transition is full of ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, schoolgirl, high school, social problems, socially awkward, social issues, teenage life, teenager, teenage girl, photography, nature ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Matt Webster measures his success by his possessions. Though he appears to have it all, pride of ownership does little to fill the void of a purposeless life. Brokern relationships, isolation and pain for himself and his family, are the result of ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, christian film
Plot:
christian, family relations, selfishness, pride, husband wife relationship, loss, success, financial crisis, crisis, financial problem, money problems, dysfunctional family ...
Similarity:
36%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the power to save their homeland of Coventry from the evil that threatens it. But when Camryn leaves Alex to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, teen, light ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, chick flick
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural ability, twins, curses spells and rituals, impossible love, sisters, sister, sibling relationship, parent child relationship, supernatural ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Tom accidentally travels back in time through a fireplace in a ruined farmhouse he meets May, an orphan who needs help. Now that he knows his friends' fate and his own, he will try to reorder the events and change their history.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, time travel, youth, time machine, imaginary, hopes, orphan, changing the past or future, children in wartime, aftermath, world war, bombing ...
Time:
1940s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the book “The Legend of Mickey Tussler”, this film follows the story of eighteen-year-old Mickey Tussler, who lives on a farm with his father and mother and who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. But he can throw apples at an ...
Style:
christian film, captivating, disturbing, entertaining, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
baseball, asperger's syndrome, autism, baseball team, baseball player, professional athlete, coach, athlete's life, sport team, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Style:
disturbing, surreal, psychological, controversial, psychiatric ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, psychology, mental health, hospital, women, mental disorder, nervous breakdown, female psychopath, psychotherapy, social commentary, psychiatrist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a highly successful retired businessman, Michael Kingley, starts to see things he at first can't explain, his life takes a dramatic turn. And when his grand-daughter rebels against her father, he is forced to re-evaluate his life and to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, sincere, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
boy, childhood, bird, pelican, sea, ocean, storm, youth, friendship, son, boyhood, family relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
south australia, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a family faces loneliness and loss of faith, Mrs. Miracle swoops in to renew their Christmas Spirit, and they experience a holiday of heavenly proportions.
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, husband wife relationship, family relations, introspection, self discovery, male female relationship, social problems, family life, marital problem, family problems, magic, couple relations ...
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old boy becomes the target of bullies at his new school and is feeling hopeless, until he finds Marshall being caged up by a dog-hoarder in deplorable conditions. Finn knows he must rescue Marshall, but he has been abused by the other dogs ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, bullying, human dog relationship, human animal relationship, boy and dog, owner dog relationship, friendship, boy dog relationship, animal human communication, changing lives, lifestyle change, pets ...
Similarity:
30%
736
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, farm, family relations, dog, friendship, pets, single parent, coming of age, community service, village life, anger management, hopes ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Convinced that reuniting with his old girlfriend will bring his dreams to fruition, Gabriel risks it all in a desperate and increasingly obsessive pursuit.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, romantic drama, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
obsessive love, mental illness, romantic obsession, looking for love, coming of age, teenage life, mentally unstable, mental patient, teenage love, teenager, character study, stalking ...
Similarity:
30%
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