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Something to Sing About (2000)
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Story:
Tommy is a troubled young man with a history of crime. When he meets Memaw, an elderly lady, the two form a special bond with Memaw encouraging Charlie to sing in the local church choir, a talent he has ignored until now. While Charlie excels in church, his old friend G. Smooth remains skeptical and stays on the streets.
Style:
christian film, uplifting, touching, feel good, realistic, serious, emotional
Plot:
self discovery, musician's life, church, starting over, family relations, society, hopes, religions or cults, faith, christian, singing, friends, music band, artists and showbiz, cons and scams, singer, reunion, golden years
Time:
90s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and christian film films with plots about hopes, family relations, christian, religions or cults, society, faith and musician's life mostly in Drama, Music and Family genres. Some movies like Something to Sing About: Standing Firm (2010), Downtown Express (2011), Home Beyond the Sun (2004), Grace Unplugged (2013), Angus Buchan's Ordinary People (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
David, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is normal. Bills are piling up by the week, and foreclosure looms on the horizon. Blaming God for his wife's death, he ends his relationship with ...
Style:
christian film, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental
Plot:
christian, family relations, family problems, church, religions or cults, society, grieving widower, best friend, unsupportive spouse, hopes, parents and children, widower ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard, living with his affectionate but overbearing father, a cellist determined to manage his son's career. While Sasha prepares for a critical recital that will launch him on a path ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, independent film
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, musician's life, follow your dream, culture clash, self discovery, family relations, hopes, love and romance, parents and children, lifestyle, music band, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Home Beyond the Sun is the story of persecution, faith, and freedom escaping a world of fear. A bible college student, Jenna goes to teach in an area of China where her faith is forbidden. She discovers an orphanage and befriends a Chinese orphan, ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, rebellion, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, society, rich and poor, religions or cults, christian, teacher, pursuit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, christian film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
christianity, religious, ambition, desire for fame, musician's life, lifestyle, teenage life, youth, society, family relations, once in a lifetime opportunity, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
Similarity:
81%
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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:
realistic, serious, emotional, art house, christian film ...
Plot:
self discovery, family problems, redemption, hopes, society, friendship, biopic, christian, faith, religions or cults, life is a bitch, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his father encounters insufferable hardship, Dwight Hawkins (real-life gospel singer Deitrick Haddon) is torn between Christian duty and his own desire to pursue his dreams as a gospel singer. But what does God really have planned for him? ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
church, follow your dream, clergy, twists and turns, religions or cults, rivalry, redemption, ambition, family relations, society, african american, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Style:
sentimental, touching, atmospheric, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
character study, country music, music, self discovery, small town, comeback, drinking, starting over, musician's life, divorce, love and romance, mother son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, california
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'THE PERFECT STRANGER' tells the story of Nikki, a troubled attorney who one day receives a mysterious dinner invitation from a man claiming to be Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout their evening of conversation, arguments and spirited debate, ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
religions or cults, society, hopes, legal action, faith, christian, christianity, religion, stranger, change of heart, discussion, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sister Rachel Taylor of Boise, Idaho is an eager young missionary of the LDS Church who has been sent on an 18-month long mission to Austria. Rachel finds herself having a hard time adjusting to her new cultural surroundings in the foreign country. ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, religions or cults, church, society, clergy, hopes, missionary, friendship, love, latter day saints, book of mormon, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, usa, europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The young-adult novel by Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson gets a lively update in this Showtime feature about an unusual family in Sandy Bottom, Wisconsin. The Greens share musical aspirations, but daughter Rachel (Madeline Zima), a talented ...
Style:
serious, realistic, feel good, touching, sincere
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, culture clash, family life, musician's life, dull life, supportive spouse, performer's life, family relations, music, music conductor, choir, orchestra ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A fading country music star (Keith) returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, independent film
Plot:
starting over, artists and showbiz, parents and children, homecoming, unfulfillment, musician's life, music, family problems, family relations, haunted by the past, country, country music ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
62%
517
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Young John Anderson is captivated by jazz musician, Billy Cross when he performs on the remote airstrip of his Western Australian outback hometown after his plane is diverted. Years later, now a family man and making a meagre living tracking dingoes ...
Style:
realistic, independent film, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
jazz, music, outback, art, friends, family relations, couples, musician's life, desire for fame, hopes, human nature, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century, 70s, 1920s ...
Place:
paris france, australia, europe, france, california
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu ...
Style:
christian film, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
farm, christian, faith, starting over, human spirit, friendship, political unrest, hopes, religions or cults, social differences, christianity, religious ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
60%
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:
59%
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
THE ONE I WROTE FOR YOU follows a songwriter who defers his dreams to support his family. He gets a second chance when his 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, secretly enters his name into a song writing contest/reality show. Fourteen original songs help ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, serious, sentimental, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hopes, family relations, rising to stardom, ambition, musician's life, contests and competitions, parents and children, music, artists and showbiz, dream, singer, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san antonio texas, new york, chicago
Similarity:
58%
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:
58%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young singer turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in disarray. With his childhood nemesis creating a "new vision" for the church, he is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
church, haunted by the past, relationship vs career, redemption, ambition, family relations, parents and children, homecoming, lifestyle, hopes, uninhibited rivalry, musician's life ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
Style:
christian film, emotional, realistic, serious, spiritual ...
Plot:
christian, faith, christianity, myth, self discovery, clergy, teaching the ways of the world, religions or cults, introspection, society, religious, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois, xian
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lily Marshall (McEntire) has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. "Is there life beyond her family and home?", Lily wonders. The hole in ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
couples, family relations, hopes, human nature, love and romance, self discovery, starting over, youth, college life, terminal illness, college, school ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Book of Ruth, is a triumphant love story in the face of adversity. This selfless journey of love and devotion is seen through the eyes of a young widow. Choosing to leave her homeland of Moab, she follows her mother-in-law Naomi to Israel after ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, biblical, realistic ...
Plot:
bible, family relations, love affair, true love, interracial relations, rise to the top, love and romance, life turned upside down, hopes, society, starting over, state affairs ...
Place:
holy land
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jay Austin wants to sell you a used car, but watch out! Many victims have fallen prey to his smiling face and hasty promises. Austin does everything his way until his dishonesty and manipulation are exposed. Like many men, he becomes disgusted by ...
Style:
christian film, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
change of heart, christian, faith, moral dilemma, introspection, starting over, redemption, hopes, ambition, society, cons and scams, parent child relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot:
redemption, musician's life, hopes, love and romance, haunted by the past, friendship, daydreamer, comeback, jazz, singer, cruise, retirement home ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
Style:
christian film, tense, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, faith, belief in god, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, mysterious place, religions or cults, introspection, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, xian
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sarah Collins is considering an abortion. Before she makes her final decision, she is presented with three visions causing her to think about the impact on her future.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, uplifting, christian film
Plot:
faith, pregnancy, moral dilemma, christian, society, mysterious character, life is a bitch, rise to the top, against the rules, lifestyle, youth, family relations ...
Time:
future
Place:
columbus ohio
Similarity:
48%
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 ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
amish, adoption, family relations, self discovery, religions or cults, society, hopes, redemption, parents and children, con man, husband wife relationship, scam ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three teen girls in a Motown band embark on an emotional ride to hell and back.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, feel good
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dream come true, desire for fame, teenage life, follow your dream, rise and fall, ambition, musician's life, best friend, friendship, youth, hopes, showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An R&B singer snagged by the trappings of superstardom loses his way and turns his back on his church and faith-filled beginnings. Tragedy strikes, leaving a chance for redemption in its wake. But with rebirth, first comes death.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
redemption, introspection, self discovery, musician's life, one more chance, lifestyle, hopes, celebrity culture, religions or cults, showbiz, hip hop, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
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:
clergy, christian, christianity, family life, parents and children, religions or cults, penance, family values, society, hopes, salvation, family relations ...
Similarity:
46%
108
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
introspection, musician's life, artists and showbiz, self discovery, society, bittersweet, unfulfillment, redemption, follow your dream, hopes, rock, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
46%
244
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
prodigy, self discovery, hopes, ambition, musician's life, relationship vs career, family relations, orphan, dedicated educator, youth, single parent, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
44%
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