20 movies like The Children of Chabannes, ordered by similarity : Against the Tide(2009), Anne Frank Remembered(1995), Night School(2016), Waiting for Superman(2010), Evelyn(2018), Spellbound(2002), #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), Last Train Home(2009), A Lion in the House(2006), The Alps(2007), 7 Days in September(2002), Hoop Dreams(1994) ...
8.0/10
Documentary
USA
1999
92 Minutes
Norbert Bikales Wolfie Blumenreich Rene Castille Collette Dony-Pascal Jerry Gerard Peter Gossels Lydia Jablonski Ruth Keller Serge Klarsfeld Yvonne Labrousse
father daughter jew foreigner teacher child moving inspiring france countryside school village holocaust courage deception french resistance château de chabannes rescue sacrifice 1990s
In the spirit of Louis Malle's "Au Revoir les Enfants" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the Emmy® Award-winning film "The Children of Chabannes" (93 minutes), has been praised as ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
2009
102 Minutes
american jew jewish immigrant holocaust survivor historian expert documentarian activist interviewee fascinating gripping moving emotional inspiring united states holocaust world war ii jewish culture jewish identity survival
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little ... See full summary »
8.0/10
Documentary
UK|USA|Netherlands
1995
115 Minutes
Glenn Close Anne Frank Edith Frank Margot Frank
father mother sister friend refugee jew emotional touching moving netherlands amsterdam hideout anne frank anti-semitism nazism survival family holocaust growing up discovery
Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Documentary
USA
2016
85 Minutes
high school teacher high-school student family member co-worker friend parent fascinating emotional intense indianapolis school classroom house apartment store school second chance work poverty stress
A documentary about three students determined to graduate from their high school in Indianapolis, despite the fact that the institution has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA
2010
102 Minutes
Charles Adam Jonathan Alter Robert Balfanz Harriet Ball Steve Barr Ms. Celeste Bell
schoolboy schoolgirl teacher administrator billionaire solemn passionate new york city school school education inner-city life childhood teaching failure underdog fall 2000s
An examination of the current state of education in America today.
7.1/10
Documentary
UK
2018
100 Minutes
father sister brother daughter son winsome spirited powerful profound court orphanage church court battles reunion father figure father/daughter relationship pursuit 1950s
Following his Oscar winning The White Helmets, Orlando von Einsiedel turns his camera on his own family as they attempt to cope with a devastating loss. When his brother, newly diagnosed as... See full summary »
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Documentary, Comedy
USA
2002
97 Minutes
Paige Kimble Jonathan Knisely Balu Natarajan Julianne Ruth
child parent teacher announcer reporter uplifting charming inspiring hotel washington, d.c. family home spelling bee success competition class distinctions childhood family rivalry quest underdog
Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.
6.5/10
Documentary, Drama, History
Italy
2019
92 Minutes
Helen Mirren Anna Migotto Anne Frank
anne frank jew nazi nazi collaborator holocaust survivor bleak chilling dark disheartening disturbing emotional engaging gripping incredible melancholy moving amsterdam concentration camp hideout holocaust
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
factory worker mother father daughter son seamstress fascinating emotional striking solemn china factory train train station village family worker's rights tradition work vs. family work-life balance
Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.
8.7/10
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
7.0/10
Documentary
USA
2007
44 Minutes
mountain climber wife daughter father thrilling uneasy spectacular gutsy the alps switzerland dangerous job mountain climbing family honor father/daughter relationship redemption nature adventure quest 2000s
John Harlin III attempts to climb the North Face of the Eiger, the site of his father's death forty years earlier.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2002
94 Minutes
Steve Rosenbaum
police officer rescue worker civilian fireman filmmaker powerful patriotic moving new york city manhattan, n.y. 9/11 attacks terrorism rescue disaster rise fall sacrifice 2000s
This documentary from director Steven Rosenbaum presents the experiences of a diverse group of regular Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Featuring ... See full summary »
8.3/10
Documentary, Drama
USA
1994
174 Minutes
William Gates Arthur Agee Sheila Agee Isiah Thomas Bill Gleason
basketball player teenager mother father coach teacher uplifting powerful gutsy emotional chicago westchester, ill. basketball court family home basketball ambition high school racism class distinctions growing up
A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
2011
113 Minutes
T.J. Martin Bill Courtney
football coach football player high-school student inspiring intense heartwarming memphis, tenn. high school football field lumberyard football high school mentorship sports underdog growing up 2000s
Chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
2003
90 Minutes
Megan Mylan
orphan immigrant refugee adoptive father peter nyarol dut santino majok chuor moving emotional inspiring sudan village nebraska north dakota airplane houston culture clash refugees immigration new life war
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest ... See full summary »
Documentary
2000
76 Minutes
resistance fighter jew hitler youth survivor bleak dark intense moving germany concentration camp holocaust homosexuality third reich torture death survival underdog wretched excess escape 1990s
Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman chronicle the persecution of homosexuals under the Third Reich. Narrated by Rupert Everett.
7.7/10
Documentary
UK|USA
2000
122 Minutes
Alexander Gordon
jew child german czech foster child british man bleak chilling england foster home germany czechoslovakia austria world war ii refugees adoption nazis kindertransport holocaust escape
The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied Germany in the late 1930s.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
2010
88 Minutes
schoolteacher young boy mother lawyer father benefactor emotional engaging profound uplifting kenya village harvard university sweden house poverty education generosity united nations human rights
A young Kenyan's life changes drastically when his education is sponsored by a Swedish stranger. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received.
8.0/10
Documentary, Biography
USA
2001
141 Minutes
Paul Mazursky Irene Kane James B. Harris Marie Windsor Richard Schickel Christiane Kubrick
director actor producer film critic daughter wife fascinating amusing inspiring los angeles bronx, n.y. movie set school house stanley kubrick filmmaking rise transformation 1990s
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
1999
102 Minutes
Mick Foley Jake Roberts Barry W. Blaustein Mark Calloway Matthew Hyson Dwayne Johnson Joanie Laurer Jerry Lawler Paul Levesque
wrestler narrator vince mcmahon friend journalist promoter touching powerful wrestling ring wrestling family father/daughter relationship sports dangerous job training pursuit sacrifice 1990s
A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
8.2/10
Documentary
France
1994
103 Minutes
gypsy daughter family member dancing girl family patriarch mother fascinating dark moving uplifting gypsy settlement spain india caravan persecution nonconformity gypsy culture family honor traveling nomadic lifestyle
The journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
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