Touching movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant touching movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, sentimental, tear jerker, sad, inspirational and emotional films and TV shows about / with love, happiness, family relations, love and romance, love story, fall in love, sadness, girl, friendship and grief plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as touching: Flipped (2010), The Best of Me (2014), Me Before You (2016), P.S. I Love You (2007), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Gifted (2017), A Beautiful Mind (2001), If I Stay (2014), About Time (2013), Safe Haven (2013).
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97K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style:
touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
first love, fall in love, childhood, love and romance, young love, adolescence, teen romance, childhood sweetheart, school, teenage love, neighbor, unrequited love ...
Time:
60s, 2010s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1963 ...
Place:
usa, michigan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, sad, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, unfulfilled love, high school sweetheart, true love, love affair, lovers reunited, small town, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, road not taken, young love, couples ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1992, 21st century
Place:
usa
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284K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
love, disability, love story, fall in love, love and romance, quadriplegic, euthanasia, caregiver, handicapped, relationships, death, accident ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, usa, mallorca, paris france, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, couples, loss of spouse, starting over, grief, letter, life philosophy, lost love, family relations ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
ireland, seattle, europe, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, children, childhood, nazi, friendship, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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129K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, school, friendship, happiness, teacher, girl, children, child custody, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place:
persia, boston, florida
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, scientist, mathematician, imaginary friend, nobel prize, obsession, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 20th century, 1940s, 2000s ...
Place:
boston, harvard university, new jersey, persia, detroit ...
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128K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, tear jerker, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
love, teenager, hospital, teenage girl, family drama, love and romance, teenage love, teenage life, youth, death in the family, out of body experience, high school ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, indianapolis indiana, portland oregon
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383K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
time travel, time loop, life philosophy, fall in love, true love, couple relations, looking for love, changing the past or future, sent to the past, life, father son relationship, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, cornwall
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116K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Style:
touching, romantic, teen, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
small town, love story, obsession, starting over, love, small town life, love and romance, single father, domestic violence, power of love, fall in love, choice ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, boston, south carolina
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615K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love and romance, love, fall in love, true love, youth, memory loss, love of one's life, power of love, love triangle, young lovers, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 50s, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place:
south carolina, north carolina, iran, usa, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly ...
Style:
touching, romantic, entertaining, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
adoption, baby, initially antagonists, parenthood, unlikely couple, love story, love and romance, opposites attract, godparent, orphan, babies and infants, enemies to lovers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, small town life, angel, friendship, depression, life philosophy, snow, life changing experience, self discovery, happy ending ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1946, year 1945, year 1919 ...
Place:
america, new york, new york state, usa
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111K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
music, musician, childhood, prodigy, orphan, child prodigy, dancing, child protagonist, genius, youth, chance meeting, children ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 80s, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, xian, san francisco ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, heartbreaking, inspirational, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot:
writers, single parent, peter pan, friendship, writer's life, biopic, parents and children, death, family relations, stage play, human nature, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, year 2004, future, 1910s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, love story, youth, first love, teenage life, dealing with death, adolescence, coping, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
touching, romantic, inspirational, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
cancer, teenager, love story, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, love, first love, youth, teen romance, true love ...
Time:
year 2002, 1900s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina
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490K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, thought provoking, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, discrimination, civil rights, writers, women, maid, master and servant, human spirit, life is a bitch, racial segregation, racial issues ...
Time:
60s, 2010s, year 2011, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, africa, southern usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
friendship, disability, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, disabled person, lifestyle change, human relationship, handicapped, culture clash, friends, interracial friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Style:
touching, philosophical, dramatic, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
destiny, true love, life & death, life philosophy, aging, existentialism, love and romance, fictional biography, melancholy, puzzle, tragic love, old age ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 1950s ...
Place:
new orleans, cambodia, usa, pearl harbor, france ...
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457K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true ...
Style:
surreal, sentimental, feel good, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
fish, journey, surrealism, father son relationship, fantasy world, storytelling, childhood, loneliness, mermaid, magic realism, magic, parents and children ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2003 ...
Place:
texas, usa, alabama, paris france, russia ...
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314K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, depressing, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, life changing experience, true love, existentialism, life & death, suicide, philosophy, sadness, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
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298K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, sad, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, tragic love, redemption, injustice, unfulfilled love, love story, false accusation, love and romance, forbidden love, innocence, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2007, 2000s, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, dunkirk, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
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Story:
Ferhat is a hitman working for his criminal uncle. Aslı is a young and idealistic doctor. One day, their roads crossed in the most unexpected way: Aslı is forced to operate on a man that Ferhat had shot.
Style:
emotional, touching, disturbing, melancholic, light ...
Plot:
opposites attract, forced marriage, power of love, rescue, fake marriage, jealousy, love, love story, strong female character, self sacrifice, marriage, doctor ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, human spirit, family drama, christian, interracial relations, football, rising to stardom, racism, interracial adoption ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee, america, boston, mississippi ...
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29K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, psychological, independent film, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rape, high school, teenage girl, school, bullying, youth, innocence lost, family problems, life is a bitch, unsupportive friend, teenage life, sexual abuse ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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250K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA, India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style:
emotional, touching, motivational, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick, kids
Plot:
adoption, poverty, survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loneliness, childhood, mother son reunion, foster home, train, brother brother relationship, courage, missing child ...
Time:
2010s, year 1986, year 2016, year 2012, year 2010 ...
Place:
india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, terminal illness, love, fall in love, cancer, tragic love, bittersweet, couples, opposites attract, leukemia, love and romance, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Style:
touching, uplifting, realistic, motivational, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
poverty, childhood, rags to riches, destiny, orphan, society, against the odds, life is a bitch, love, street life, cheating, ambition ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 2005 ...
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia, britain, taj mahal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
christmas, midlife crisis, road not taken, destiny, parallel universe, life changing experience, alternate reality, lost love, fish out of water, lifestyle change, time travel, family relations ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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