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Set Apart (2009)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four troubled, inner city kids get a western-style shot at redemption when a cowboy pastor invites them to his country ranch and offers them a chance to put their lives in perspective. Korina, Rey, Anthony, and Marcus all grew up on the streets. Every decision they make in that volatile environment could affect the rest of their lives. Pastor John Gunn (John Schneider) runs the Power Company Kids' ministry, an organization dedicated to giving at-risk kids the tools they need to build brighter futures. He's convinced that the four teens would benefit from going back to the basics and experiencing the cowboy lifestyle, and with a little help from ranch owners Randy and Heidi Gunn, Pastor Gunn shows the kids that there's much more to life than hustling on the streets. Though reluctant to participate at first, the kids quickly adjust to their new surroundings as their eyes are opened to a whole new world of opportunity.
Style:
uplifting, serious, emotional, realistic, inspirational, motivational, independent film
Plot:
redemption, teenage life, going straight, teaching the ways of the world, gang, youth, life is a bitch, society, juvenile delinquency, clergy, hopes, farm, coming of age, second chance, self discovery, forgiveness, street life, faith based, family values, healing, responsibility, small town, culture clash, mentor protege relationship, social issues ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, uplifting and touching films with plots about youth, coming of age, hopes, society, family relations, redemption and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Family and Action genres. Some movies like Set Apart: Hope Ranch (2002), God's Army 2: States of Grace (2005), Hardflip (2012), Poster (2021), The Forge (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
J.T. Hope, a former police officer and marine, owner of a ranch called "Circle Hope Ranch" decides to start a program for troubled teens on his ranch to help rehabilitate them and help them get out of the life of crime, drugs and other bad ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, sentimental, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience:
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Plot:
rehabilitation, hopes, redemption, juvenile delinquency, teaching the ways of the world, kids in trouble, going straight, youth, society, farm, second chance, life lesson ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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italy, california, usa, europe, utah ...
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886
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hardflip follows the story of Caleb (Randy Wayne) a young skater whose ill mother (Rosanna Arquette) and absent father (John Schneider) leave him reaching for the only hope he has...becoming a sponsored skater. After his mother falls ill, Caleb ...
Style:
realistic, uplifting, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, forgiveness, self discovery, youth, parents and children, ambition, skateboard, teenager, journey, father and son, christian, loss of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, motivational, uplifting, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
hopes, personal growth, second chance, redemption, neglect, acceptance, resilience, empathy, character study, underdog, transformation, self discovery ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
19 year old Isaiah Wright lives for basketball and video games. A year out of high school, he has no job, no plans, and no idea how to be a man. At odds with his single mother Cynthia, Isaiah is given an ultimatum – to step up or move out. Feeling ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, motivational, biblical, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, coming of age, responsibility, mother son relationship, faith based, spiritual journey, personal growth, life lesson, redemption, basketball, identity, christian ...
Similarity:
39%
276
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
This is the story of an 11-year-old boy whose derby dreams are left in pieces when his soldier father is killed in Afghanistan. The boy teams up with a father figure whose own son, a firefighter, died in the line of duty, and the two help each other ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coming of age, teamwork, family drama, healing, loss, father son relationship, redemption, grief, loss of family member, ambition, loss of father, parents and children ...
Place:
usa, columbus ohio
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, going straight, gang, society, redemption, law enforcement, youth, urban ghetto, murder, brother brother relationship, family relations, hopes ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
34%
210
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film follows a 14-year-old arsonist in Winnipeg who becomes involved in a turf war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad (a now defunct Filipino gang). He is known only as Stryker, a slang term for a prospective gang member.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, danger, rivalry, society, coming of age, urban ghetto life, nudity, immigrant ...
Time:
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Place:
winnipeg, canada
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, nightlife, dysfunctional family, teenage life, lifestyle, mentally unstable, society ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, uplifting, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
oregon, missouri, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After treating his rancher cousin shoddily in L.A. Michael Woods is sentenced by his parents to spending a month on the ranch with his cousin and aunt.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, lighthearted
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
missionary, couples, redemption, self discovery, life is a bitch, youth, working class, terminal illness, disorder, family relations, tragic hero, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
While spending the summer at her grandmother's farm, a girl (Hanna Höppner) discovers a talent for communicating with horses and tries to tame a fierce stallion.
Style:
touching, uplifting, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
horse, animal training, teenage life, horse riding, youth, disobey, self discovery, horse ranch, talent, teenage girl, stallion, black horse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, reflective ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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603
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
drug dealing, racism, social decay, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, family relations, siblings relations, dogma, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, campus, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, uplifting, heartfelt, emotional, teen ...
Plot:
loss of father, faith, faith based, family drama, forgiveness, redemption, grief, loss, christian, healing, religious, hopes ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Single mother Tyree Battle struggles to keep her young son Thaniel away from the gang-plagued city streets that he is mixed up in. Under severe gang pressure, Thaniel accidentally shoots Jewish shopkeeper Eli Zeal in a botched robbery attempt. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, gang, homecoming, family problems, self discovery, aging, redemption, single parent, youth, going straight, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The tragic struggle of an undocumented Latino family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
gang, immigrant, teenage life, family relations, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, parents and children, society, coming of age, love and romance, social problems, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south america, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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582
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto life, haunted by the past, adolescence vs adulthood, society, coming of age, teaching the ways of the world, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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659
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
redemption, youth, power relations, juvenile delinquency, human spirit, hopes, society, fire brigade, friendship, rivalry, friend, troubled youth ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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556
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
"Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tucci), who then leaves him for ten years in the care of his Hispanic ranch hand (Blades) and his wife (Delany). Once in high school, Eddie ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, society, youth, self discovery, introspection, haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, friends, hopes, orphan, parents and children ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
In an almost-forgotten part of town overrun by a ruthless gang infestation, a community is struggling with their faith and belief in God as they see their neighborhoods torn apart and their youth targeted for recruitment by the gangs. Even the local ...
Style:
dramatic, uplifting, tense
Plot:
pastor, gang, community, redemption, faith, hopes, resilience, urban, religion, inspiration, rebirth, leadership ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, starting over, prodigy, haunted by the past, society, ambition, redemption, rivalry, youth, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new york, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
His son's critical injury forces a Montana man (Dennis Quaid) to reconsider priorities as he struggles to retain family land.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
27%
298
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, uplifting ...
Plot:
faith, redemption, christian, parents and children, family relations, haunted by the past, hopes, introspection, lifestyle, estrangement, twentysomething life, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
Plot:
hip hop, introspection, lifestyle, teenage life, youth, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, urban ghetto, urban ghetto life, family life, siblings relations, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Beautiful and precocious Rivka is a twelve-year-old Jewish girl who believes in Jesus. She and her father attend a Messianic Jewish congregation in their community. But when her father suddenly dies, Rivka's life changes forever. She ends up ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, christian film ...
Plot:
society, love and romance, family relations, youth, culture clash, coming of age, social relations, religions or cults, fall in love, death of father, religion, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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