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Plot Summary:
Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a high school student struggling with his identity, who finds success as a javelin thrower on the track team.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film
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After Jimmy (1996)
Plot Summary:
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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Angel Dusted (1981)
Plot Summary:
Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story, made for NBC television. Drama about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family wrestles with the crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
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Pamela's Prayer (1998)
Plot Summary:
This period piece motion picture portrays the unique and heartfelt story of Pamela Bucklin from her birth in 1969 to her wedding day in 1991. When her mother dies at birth, Pamela is raised by her father, Wayne. He makes a commitment to pray with his daughter each and every night. He also raises her with a very high standard of purity before marriage. In an age when purity is scoffed at by the world, and even in some Christian circles, this movie presents the message with inspiration and perspective. Also, the prayerful commitment of Wayne Bucklin is an example for all who are in a parental role.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Apple Mortgage Cake (2014)
Plot Summary:
The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 each in order to save her home – and how this idea completely changes her and her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: inspirational
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Billboard (2019)
Plot Summary:
Casey devises a plan to help his failing radio station, a billboard sitting contest.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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My Son Johnny (1991)
Plot Summary:
Anthony Cortino lives with his mother in a quiet suburb. His father is dead, and his violent criminal brother is a long way off, in the city, and if Anthony has his way, that's where he will stay. However, Johnny runs into trouble with the police in the city, and when he asks to come home, his mother agrees, despite Anthony's objections. A reign of terror begins for Anthony then, for as long as Johnny is around, Anthony is never safe, and never has been.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Why me? (1984)
Plot Summary:
An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993)
Plot Summary:
An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Booger Red (2015)
Plot Summary:
Booger Red is a hybrid documentary/narrative about a veteran reporter who searches for the truth behind the largest purported child sex ring in Texas history. On his journey through the bowels of East Texas, he's forced to confront his own history with abuse while he discovers that the allegations at the root of his investigation might have never happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
Plot Summary:
A young man is shot and killed in an altercation with Houston police. His father doesn't believe the police version of the incident and starts digging around on his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Unforgivable (1996)
Plot Summary:
John Ritter plays a family man who puts his wife through domestic violence and his children through emotional torture. After leaving his family and almost killing his new girlfriend in one of his rages, he is ordered to seek professional help through an innovative therapy program or go to jail.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Where Are My Children? (1994)
Plot Summary:
Based upon a true story, Marg Helgenberger stars as a single mother mysteriously arrested by the FBI and separated from her children, thus beginning a 25-year struggle to be reunited with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Red Dirt Rising (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, this film shares with us a decade in the lives of Jimmie Lewallen and his wife Carrie as they experience the joys of love and marriage alongside the tragedies of war and poverty (1939-1949).
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
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Forgotten Sins (1996)
Plot Summary:
A county sheriff is accused by his daughter of having abused her. Her accusation gets more and more elaborate, involving satanic rituals. As nearly everyone around him seems to believe he's guilty, he starts breaking up and questioning his own innocence.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Ordinary Angels (2024)
Plot Summary:
A hairdresser single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
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On a Wing and a Prayer (2023)
Plot Summary:
After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, passenger Doug White must safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
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Heart of a Child (1994)
Plot Summary:
A drama directed by Sandor Stern.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min
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The Hammer (2017)
Plot Summary:
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
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How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story (2023)
Plot Summary:
Author Nancy Crampton-Brophy often writes stories about female protagonists who fantasize about killing their own husbands. In a shocking and ironic turn of events, Brophy faces accusations of doing the same thing in real life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
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Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" in which Betty Broderick is on trial for the murder of her ex-husband and his new wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Rockaway (2017)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, a man recounts the summer of '94, when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)
Plot Summary:
A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
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Critical Thinking (2020)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: motivational, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, contemplative, independent film
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Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (1995)
Plot Summary:
True life drama about a working mum (Henner) whose life is put back in jeopardy when the man who was convicted of stalking her (Savant) and killing her cousin comes up for parole.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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If Looks Could Kill (1996)
Plot Summary:
The true story of John Hawkins as featured on America's Most Wanted.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
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The Pregnancy Project (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Pregnancy project tells the real story of Gaby Rodriguez, a seventeen-year-old who attended a Washington state high-school and made her senior school project the treatment of pregnant teenagers by pretending to be pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, thought provoking, independent film
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Vanished (2012)
Plot Summary:
A mother of two mysteriously disappears one morning. Her husband isn't worried as they've had rough patches; his wife just wanted to give him a scare and will come home soon. But her lover is convinced she has been murdered by her husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
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Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial (2022)
Plot Summary:
Follows the tumultuous relationship—in and out of court—of Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
Plot Summary:
Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip. The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off a nationwide search for the 22-year-old travel blogger after her parents reported her missing in September 2021, when she failed to return home following her cross country “van-life” trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie. Non-stop coverage on the news drove amateur sleuths to dissect Gabby’s social media posts for clues about what happened to her during her trip, leading to the eventual discovery of her body in Wyoming. As the one-year anniversary of her tragic death approaches, the movie will bring to life Gabby and Brian’s doomed love story, including the warning signs that Gabby’s life was in danger, the ensuing search for her, the eventual discovery of her murder and ultimately, Brian’s suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Lean on Me (1989)
Plot Summary:
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the lin.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, hood, realistic, motivational, political, non fiction, sincere, atmospheric, rough