Movies like I Am Sam

20 movies like I Am Sam, ordered by similarity : Lady Bird(2017), White God(2014), Caterina Goes to Town(2003), Badrinath Ki Dulhania(2017), Two Friends(1986), The Weather Man(2005), Diary of a Lost Girl(1929), Ladies of Leisure(1930), Custody(2017), Graduation(2016), Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story(2005), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007) ...

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I Am Sam

A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.

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Lady Bird

In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

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White God

Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.

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Caterina Goes to Town

Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.

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Badrinath Ki Dulhania

Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota belong to small towns but have diametrically opposite opinions on everything. This leads to a clash of ideologies, despite both of them recognizing the goodness in each other.

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Two Friends

Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.

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The Weather Man

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

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Diary of a Lost Girl

After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.

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Ladies of Leisure

An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.

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Custody

A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.

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Graduation

A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.

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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.

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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »

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The Maid

A live-in maid (Catalina Saavedra) becomes distraught when her employer (Claudia Celedón) hires another woman (Mercedes Villanueva) to help her out.

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Gracie

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

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Kramer vs. Kramer

Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.

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To Sleep With Anger

A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.

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Saving Face

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

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Because of Winn-Dixie

A mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.

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Skin

A South African woman (Sophie Okonedo) appears to be black despite being born to white parents (Sam Neill, Alice Krige).

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Lover for a Day

A young woman returns home after the breakdown of a relationship to discover her father is dating a woman her age.

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