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Plot Summary:
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, independent film, feel good, southern gothic, captivating, funny, motivational
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Measure of a Man (2018)
Plot Summary:
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, independent film, teen, freeze frame
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Africa United (2010)
Plot Summary:
"Africa United" tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who attempt to realize the dream of their life: to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2010 at Johannesburg. But the problems begin when Fabrice, Dudu and Béatrice get on the wrong bus and end up in Congo. Without papers, without money, they are brought into a children's refugee camp. But with incredible ingenuity, a some guts and a poster for the World Cup as a map, our heroes escape from the camp and leave to pursue their dreams, bringing with them a "dream team" of refugee children to help them through a series of exciting adventures. During this journey of 5000 km through seven countries, the film reveals an unseen Africa.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa, Rwanda
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, road movie, educational
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Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
Plot Summary:
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in Florida. Meanwhile Josh tells Sam that he is a "S.A.M." that is going to be sent to Africa to fight in a war and that Canada is a safe haven for any S.A.M. unwilling to fight. The cross-country journey begins when the 2 boys think they killed a drunk and steal his car en route to Canada where they encounter The Liberty Maid. Will Josh & S.A.M. make it to Canada or will they wish they should have never left home.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, exciting, light, melancholic, suspenseful, tense, road movie
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Mid90s (2018)
Plot Summary:
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, social, teen, humorous, inspirational, retro, brutal, controversial, independent film, dark comedy
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, touching, feel good, humorous, scenic, bloody, sweet, independent film, cult classic, colorful
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The Eighth Day (1996)
Plot Summary:
Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life is a disaster since his wife left him and took their two children with her. This weekend his children came by train to meet him, but Harry, working as always, forgot to pick them up. Neither his wife or his children want to see him again and he is driving around on the country roads, anguished and angry. He almost runs over Georges, on the run from the institution since everybody else went home with their parents except him, whose mother is dead. Harry tries to get rid of Georges but he won't leave his new friend. Eventually a special friendship forms between the two of them, a friendship which makes Harry a different person.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sentimental, road movie, spiritual, touching, psychological, inspirational, philosophical, uplifting, feel good, serious
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My Own Love Song (2010)
Plot Summary:
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, sincere, emotional, realistic, captivating, contemplative, sentimental, touching, serious
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Bass Ackwards (2010)
Plot Summary:
A man coming off a disastrous affair with a married woman has a lyrical, strange and comedic cross-country journey in a modified VW bus.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, sincere, serious, realistic, mumblecore, offbeat, independent film
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Dog (2022)
Plot Summary:
An army ranger and his dog embark on a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway to attend a friend's funeral.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, emotional, captivating, satirical, semi serious, road movie, sad, humorous, funny, entertaining
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The Road Within (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic, teen, spiritual, sad, hilarious, comedy drama
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The Mighty (1998)
Plot Summary:
This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not allowed out unauthorized. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, inspirational, tear jerker, independent film, spiritual, sad, epic
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Boys on the Side (1995)
Plot Summary:
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Robin's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: road movie, sentimental, touching, emotional, erotic, thought provoking, lgbt cinema, cult classic, hilarious, humorous
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Plot Summary:
Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, feel good, exciting, epic, inspirational, retro, romantic comedy, hilarious, semi serious
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Almost Famous (2000)
Plot Summary:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe William.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sentimental, road movie, feel good, realistic, semi autobiographical, teen, emotional, independent film, cult classic, sweet
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The Station Agent (2003)
Plot Summary:
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tragicomedy, sentimental, touching, humorous, sincere, feel good, psychological, captivating, dramatic, realistic
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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Plot Summary:
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, dramatic, uplifting, sad, compassionate, heartbreaking, independent film, psychological, philosophical
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The Kings of Summer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sentimental, funny, emotional, humorous, melancholic, teen, indie film, realistic
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The Way (2010)
Plot Summary:
When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to Spain. Tom soon joins up with other travelers and realizes they’re all searching for something.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: emotional, inspirational, thought provoking, uplifting, touching, scenic, poignant, realistic, road movie, sentimental
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Plot Summary:
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, motivational, surreal, scenic, touching, offbeat, funny, visually stunning, sentimental
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St. Vincent (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, feel good, inspirational, entertaining, witty, humorous, touching, sincere, social, sad
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The Upside (2017)
Plot Summary:
A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy paraplegic and a unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, touching, motivational, inspirational, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, family comedy
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: road movie, emotional, dark comedy, surreal, talky, touching, humorous, stylized, independent film, meditative
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Stand by Me (1986)
Plot Summary:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 432000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sad, emotional, feel good, atmospheric, cult classic, teen, road movie, inspirational, clever
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Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, entertaining, emotional, semi serious, funny, romantic comedy, touching, psychological, motivational
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Plot Summary:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 508000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film, emotional, black comedy, dark comedy, sweet, humorous
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Chef (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 227000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, touching, road movie, culinary, suspense, entertaining, scenic, semi serious, motivational
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Green Book (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 546000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: road movie, feel good, uplifting, funny, captivating, motivational, touching, factual, inspirational, social
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Instant Family (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, funny, sincere, light, inspirational, sad, humorous, emotional, touching
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The Bucket List (2007)
Plot Summary:
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, thought provoking, sentimental, touching, philosophical, sad, emotional, tear jerker, road movie
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The Intern (2015)
Plot Summary:
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 269000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching, emotional, funny, sentimental, motivational, entertaining