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Plot Summary:
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, sentimental, emotional, light, sincere, romantic, sad, twisted, philosophical
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Charly (1968)
Plot Summary:
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to his was right.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: intelligent, psychological, clever, touching, depressing, surprise ending, philosophical, mind bending, psychedelic, heartbreaking
Similar in 85%
Forever Young (1992)
Plot Summary:
A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, light, sweet, inspirational, humorous, semi serious, romantic, emotional, scenic
Similar in 82%
Awaken (2012)
Plot Summary:
Alex's dreary life is reignited when he meets Rachel, the woman of his dreams. The only thing that stands in the way of their perfect, serendipitous relationship is that Rachel has recently passed away.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, psychological, captivating, sentimental, semi serious, independent film
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, serious, spiritual, mystical, epic, entertaining, apocalyptic, mystic, spooky
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system (which is unlike being born with AIDS). As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional, tear jerker, crying, tearjerker
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, emotional, teen, gothic, spooky, scenic, fairy tale, feel good
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Starman (1984)
Plot Summary:
An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, spiritual, anamorphic, suspense, erotic, mystical, inspirational, thought provoking, feel good
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Hereafter (2010)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural thriller centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: sad, psychological, touching, emotional, suspense, sentimental, meditative, serious, philosophical, visually appealing
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Bicentennial Man (1999)
Plot Summary:
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: futuristic, philosophical, inspirational, melancholic, sentimental, touching, tear jerker, sad, visually appealing, feel good
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The Dead Zone (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone was an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. The show, credited as "based on characters" from Stephen King's 1979 novel of the same name, first aired in 2002, and was produced by Lionsgate Television and CBS Paramount Network Television for the USA Network. The show was originally commissioned for UPN, but the network later dropped the show and it was picked up instead by USA. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for its first five seasons. The sixth and last season was billed as "The season that changes everything" and production was moved to Montreal. The Dead Zone was expected to be renewed for a seventh season, however due to low ratings and high production cost the series was canceled in December 2007, without a proper series finale. Some rumors spread that Syfy would pick up the series after it was canceled by USA, but it did not happen. Rumors of a made for TV movie have all but faded with time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, atmospheric, scary, bad ending, gloomy, suspenseful
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Somewhere in Time (1980)
Plot Summary:
Young writer, Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to, "Come back to me." Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, he manages – by self-hypnosis – to travel back in time where he meets her. They fall in love, a matching that is not appreciated by her manager. Can their love outlast the immense problems caused by their 'time" difference, and can Richard remain in a time that is not his?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, heartbreaking, period piece, sweet, light, emotional, stylized
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If I Stay (2014)
Plot Summary:
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 singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad, uplifting, teen, sincere, heartbreaking, romantic, bleak
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Plot Summary:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 516000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, surreal, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, dark fantasy, sad, visually stunning, visual
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Her (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 655000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, touching, clever, crying, romantic, intellectual, emotional, sweet
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The Age of Adaline (2015)
Plot Summary:
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 198000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, dramatic, fairy tale, feel good, serious, romantic drama, stylized, sweet
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The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Plot Summary:
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 Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 396000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, tear jerker, sad, sincere, teen, serious, melancholic
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Meet Joe Black (1998)
Plot Summary:
When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 259000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, philosophical, emotional, feel good, clever, tear jerker, serious, surprise ending
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Mr. Nobody (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 243000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, philosophical, mind bending, thought provoking, confusing, cerebral, mind blowing, reflective, offbeat
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About Time (2013)
Plot Summary:
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 his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 377000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, reflective, melancholic, emotional, romantic, cute, humorous
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Plot Summary:
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. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 485000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting, black and white, sweet, emotional, compassionate, spiritual
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Big Fish (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 454000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: surreal, feel good, sentimental, touching, visually stunning, fairy tale, offbeat, emotional, sad, visual
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Groundhog Day (1993)
Plot Summary:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 670000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, philosophical, romantic, humorous, sentimental, hilarious, surreal, clever, funny, sweet
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, melancholic, romantic, mind bending, sentimental, philosophical, cerebral, psychedelic, clever
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Powder (1995)
Plot Summary:
Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible things. This phenomenon changes the lives of all those around him in ways they never could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: emotional, spiritual, sad, inspirational, touching, philosophical, mind bending, dark, sincere, thought provoking
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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Plot Summary:
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, spiritual, emotional, tear jerker, cerebral, reflective, thought provoking
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 684000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: touching, philosophical, sentimental, dramatic, melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, captivating, emotional, sad
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
Plot Summary:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from therapist Sean Maguire.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, philosophical, sentimental, intellectual, uplifting, dramatic, motivational, realistic, inspirational
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A Walk to Remember (2002)
Plot Summary:
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 secret she must keep from Landon.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 219000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, inspirational, tear jerker, sad, sentimental, emotional, sincere, dramatic, teen
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City of Angels (1998)
Plot Summary:
When guardian angel Seth -- who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles -- becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, tear jerker, sincere, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, touching, romantic comedy, inspirational
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The Green Mile (1999)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, heartbreaking, sentimental, sad, dramatic, suspense, serious, thought provoking, inspirational