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Plot Summary:
After a hugely successful debut novel, Stewart Paylor is supposed to be delivering chapters of his new book. Unbeknownst to everyone around him, including Cynthia, his literary agent/girlfriend, Stewart has writer’s block and has not written a word. His life goes even further astray when he returns home from a vacation to find a homeless mother, Cassandra, and her two children, 12-year old Jake and 9-year old Vera have been squatting in his house, with nowhere to go.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: emotional
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A House on Fire (2021)
Plot Summary:
A House on Fire follows brilliant doctor and mother Deborah Green (Stephanie March) who had the epitome of a picture-perfect life with two children, an adoring husband (Shaun Benson) and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood. But behind the curtain is a rocky marriage that includes Deb’s difficult bedside manner, her inability to get along with other doctors and an abuse of pills and alcohol, major envy of her husband’s successful medical career and his easy social manner, that takes a terrible turn and leaves her family and marriage in ruin.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional
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The Last Champion (2020)
Plot Summary:
When his mother dies, scandal-ridden ex-Olympian John Wright returns to a hometown that has not forgiven him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, emotional, suspense
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At Home in Mitford (2017)
Plot Summary:
With a case of writer’s block, a children’s author escapes to small town Mitford for a change of scenery. She soon finds the heart and soul of the southern town in a priest as they work together to care for a young boy who’s lost his family. With heartbreak in their pasts, each must find the courage and faith to grab an unexpected chance at true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, feel good, sweet, scenic, funny, emotional
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Never Heard (2018)
Plot Summary:
After Aaron is charged with murder, he uses the power of prayer to help prove his innocence turning his life around and saving his son Jalen from the street life before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: inspirational, thought provoking, touching, suspense, disturbing
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Seasons of the Heart (1993)
Plot Summary:
Martha and Jed Richards live in Oregon in 1862. They and their two daughters moved there to make a new life, but the daughters died of cholera along the way. This has left Martha an emotional wreck, and she is unable to move on with her life. That is until an orphan named Danny comes to live with them. Jed immediately accepts Danny as his son, but Martha is still too upset to be able to love him. As time passes, however, she finds herself more and more able to accept him as part of the family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Bouquet (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two estranged sisters torn apart by their differences suddenly find themselves working together towards a common goal in this heartwarming drama...For years, overachiever Terri (Kristy Swanson) and her idealistic sister, Mandy (Alberta Mayne), have kept their distance from each other, as well as from their parents' struggling florist business. But when a tragic turn of events brings both women home, they discover just how much they need one another in order to continue their family legacy. Filled with romance, humor and hope, it's an endearing story about making time for the ones you love.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Jesus: The Desire of Ages (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Jesus - The Desire of Ages" is a soft glove in a hard hand as far as Christian movies go. It packs a punch of theological and emotional power gloved in all the soft, warm fuzzies that make family viewing so enjoyable. The movie opens with a glimpse of the nativity scene portrayed in a very touching and human way and then quickly jumps into the drama of the closing hours of the life of Christ.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: biblical
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Steps of Faith (2014)
Plot Summary:
What would you do if you told the world you heard God's voice and no one believed you? Steps of Faith, is a light-heart dramedy about Faith Houston an accountant, who is directed by God to move to a small town to work on a Hippotherapy farm helping children. Faith is mocked by her family since she doesn't have a rapport with children or animals and is not a devout Christian.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Mountain Top (2017)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer-turned-preacher living in a small Appalachian town is pursued by an eccentric man to represent him in court. Now involved in a case that ties into his own small-town life, the former attorney agrees to help a man.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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A Vow to Cherish (1999)
Plot Summary:
John (Ken Howard) and Ellen (Barbara Babcock) have a picture-perfect life: While John runs a successful business, Ellen works as a schoolteacher, and they've raised two beautiful children. But that picture is shattered when Ellen is diagnosed with a devastating disease. The couple's relationship faces its hardest test yet, and before long, John's business starts to suffer and his eye begins to wander after he finds a lovely new jogging partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sad, christian film
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Stand Strong (2011)
Plot Summary:
Matt Webster measures his success by his possessions. Though he appears to have it all, pride of ownership does little to fill the void of a purposeless life. Brokern relationships, isolation and pain for himself and his family, are the result of his pride and selfishness. Through a series of financial and family crises, Matt and his family are stripped of all they own and are humbled enough to learn what success is really all about.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, christian film
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Race To Win (2016)
Plot Summary:
After losing her father, a young women must find the strength to face her fears and compete in the race of her life or her family will lose everything.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thrilling
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My Brother's Keeper (2020)
Plot Summary:
Travis Fox is a returning veteran struggling with PTSD and his faith in God.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, christian film
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By God's Grace (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the tradition of a classic "A Christmas Carol", this film offers many lessons on the importance of giving and the cause and effect our choices have on others.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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My Angel (2011)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a serious car accident. Eddie and his brother Stewart end up having to take care of themselves and one night when they have ran out of food and electricity, Eddie dreams that his mother asks him to find an angel's halo so that she can be saved. Will Eddie be able to save his mother in time for Christmas?.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: uplifting, emotional, captivating, sincere, serious
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A Town Without Christmas (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the small town of Seacliff, Wash., a child's letter to Santa Claus captures the nation's attention. When the little boy, Chris, writes that he wishes to leave this world so he will no longer be a burden to his divorcing parents, a race begins to find him before he harms himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, emotional
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Beyond the Farthest Star (2015)
Plot Summary:
A twist of fate brings the national spotlight to a forgotten Texas town and a once famous preacher has an opportunity to regain his former glory or seize one last chance to restore his fractured family. Narrated by his fifteen-year-old daughter, Beyond the Farthest Star tells the story of Pastor Adam Wells, a minister driven by the prospect of achieving greatness as the next nationally syndicated TV Evangelist who must decide whether to give up his opportunity at “celebrity” and, even his own life, in order to become something even greater… A loving husband and father to his wife and daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, christian film, independent film
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Second Glance (1992)
Plot Summary:
Dan Burgess is a Christian. Dan Burgess thinks he's not impacting anyone for the LORD. Dan Burgess thinks he's missing out on "all the fun". Dan Burgess wants out of the Christian life. Then... one day... Dan Burgess is forced to take a [Second Glance].
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: christian film, campy
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Begin Again (2013)
Plot Summary:
12-year-old Jessica Jones world is torn apart when she is taken out of her abusive home and placed in to Foster care. Jessica will grapple with her past, present, and future, and meet numerous struggles along the way. Her story is the reality of so many abuse victims in communities nationwide. The flashback scenes are from my own abusive childhood. I share these scenes with the hope that others in abusive situations will seek help for themselves and their abusers before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, captivating
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1 Chance 2 Dance (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a 17-year old aspiring dancer is uprooted in her high school senior year, she finds herself divided between two boys, and she will have one last shot at making her dream a reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, sincere, emotional
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Love's Long Journey (2005)
Plot Summary:
Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband, Willie, have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, emotional, saga, costume drama, historical romance, serious, realistic, period drama
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The Girl Who Believes in Miracles (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Sara hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. Suddenly people in her town are mysteriously healed! But fame soon takes its toll – can Sara’s family save her before it’s too late?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008)
Plot Summary:
The lives of three 12-year-old buddies -- sharing a carefree existence in the summer of 1970 -- suddenly change when one of them, Dustin, makes an unexpected friend after cutting the lawn of 75-year-old Jonathan Sperry. As Jonathan shares lessons in faith with Dustin and his pals, a spiritual transformation occurs in this Christian drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: christian film, thought provoking, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, biblical, uplifting
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The Way Home (2010)
Plot Summary:
An inspirational true story about how a rural community rallied around a distraught family to search for their missing two year-old boy and through doing so changed the lives of many of those involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, christian film, uplifting, emotional, serious, realistic
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Louder Than Words (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic, uplifting
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The Sound of the Spirit (2012)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful and precocious Rivka is a twelve-year-old Jewish girl who believes in Jesus. She and her father attend a Messianic Jewish congregation in their community. But when her father suddenly dies, Rivka's life changes forever. She ends up moving in with her traditional Jewish relatives and attending their synagogue. From her stormy relationship with her uncle, to a meeting with the synagogue’s senior rabbi, to the attention of the cutest boy in the synagogue, Rivka learns life lessons that stir her faith to new levels, touching the hearts of those whose lives she has reluctantly impacted. "The Sound of the Spirit" is the never-before-told story of a young girl caught in the crossfire of strong feelings between two faith communities. It’s told with humor, compassion, and grace.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, christian film, independent film
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Spin (2003)
Plot Summary:
"Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tucci), who then leaves him for ten years in the care of his Hispanic ranch hand (Blades) and his wife (Delany). Once in high school, Eddie (Merriman) reconnects with a girl from his past (Garces), and their growing interracial relationship teaches the sometimes-sullen Eddie to think of others before himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film
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Charlie & Me (2008)
Plot Summary:
When her beloved grandfather Charlie suddenly falls ill, twelve year-old Casey finds herself making some life or death decisions - and learning to live with the consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: uplifting, feel good, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Plot Summary:
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sad, depressing, epic, emotional, tear jerker, touching, feel good, semi serious, independent film, tearjerker
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The River Within (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jason returns home to get away while he studies for the upcoming bar exam. After visiting his oldest friend, a "coulda-been-girlfriend" who is now engaged, and a pushy preacher, his easygoing summer becomes filled with unwanted drama. Over the few months he's there, he begins to question what life is about, and what is his purpose in it? Written by Barley.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, inspirational, independent film, crying