Movies like Swimming Upstream

20 movies like Swimming Upstream, ordered by similarity : Staying Together(1989), After the Storm(2016), Mum's List(2016), Never Steady, Never Still(2017), Dean(2016), I Can Only Imagine(2018), Family Tree(2000), The Confirmation(2016), 29th Street(1991), Hotel Salvation(2016), The Champ(1931), CrissCross(1992) ...

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Swimming Upstream

The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.

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Staying Together

The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.

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After the Storm

After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.

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Mum's List

A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.

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Never Steady, Never Still

A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.

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Dean

An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.

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I Can Only Imagine

The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.

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Family Tree

A friendless young boy finds a cause: saving an ancient oak tree standing in the way of a new real-estate development. But his father is the developer - how will this father-son drama resolve? With Cliff Robertson.

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The Confirmation

A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.

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29th Street

Frank's been lucky from the day, he was born. So why's he throwing rocks at a church after winning $6,200,000 in 1976 NYC lottery? He tells his story at the police station.

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Hotel Salvation

Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.

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The Champ

An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.

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CrissCross

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.

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Loveling

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.

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Walking Out

An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.

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Saturday Night Fever

Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.

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Life Is Beautiful

When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

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Rocky Balboa

Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.

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The Noose

A crook blackmails a governor because of knowing his wife's dark past.

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Around the Bend

A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.

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Wild America

Three brothers who are obsessed with animals are given permission from their parents to travel around America with a camera documenting wildlife.

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