20 movies like Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage, ordered by similarity : The Karate Kid(2010), Christmas Angel(2011), The Champ(1931), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), Never Steady, Never Still(2017), Staying Together(1989), Eeshwar(1989), Frisco Jenny(1933), Swami(2007), So Big(1953), The Weaker Sex(1948), My Bill(1938) ...
Kids & Family, Other, Drama
USA|Canada
2008
103 Minutes
Jared Padalecki Marcia Gay Harden Peter O'Toole Aaron Ashmore Geoffrey Lewis Chris Elliott Charlotte Rae Richard Burgi
artist mentor mother son townsperson inspiring heartwarming california sierra nevada mountains cottage christmas painting poverty success rise underdog 1970s
A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
Kids & Family, Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA|China
2010
140 Minutes
Jaden Smith Jackie Chan Taraji P. Henson Wenwen Han Rongguang Yu Zhensu Wu Zhiheng Wang Jared Minns Shijia Lü Yi Zhao Bo Zhang
student son mentor mother martial arts master single mother engaging endearing inspiring touching heartwarming china beijing detroit sport tournament mountain temple bullying martial arts new love
Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.
Other, Drama
Italy
2011
90 Minutes
Timothy Spall Brenda Blethyn Celia Imrie Mel Smith Joseph Phillips Jassa Ahluwalia Elijah Baker Janet Dibley Ellie Greenwood Angus Harrison
boy son mother brother teacher emotional heartwarming mushy tender uplifting england hospital school church street house mother/son relationship dreams angels christmas
The life of medieval author Christine de Pizan (Amanda Sandrelli).
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
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 »
Drama
Canada
2017
111 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Théodore Pellerin Mary Galloway Nicholas Campbell Jared Abrahamson Jonathan Whitesell Beverley Elliott Lorne Cardinal Eric Keenleyside Chilton Crane Sean Owen Roberts
mother son teenager father oil worker disabled person emotional heartwarming inspiring moving sad alberta, canada oil field house support group small town parkinson's disease mother/son relationship alienation struggle
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.
Drama
USA
1989
91 Minutes
Sean Astin Stockard Channing Melinda Dillon Jim Haynie Levon Helm Dinah Manoff Dermot Mulroney Tim Quill Keith Szarabajka Daphne Zuniga
father mother brother son older brother younger brother emotional heartwarming amusing small town restaurant family business life lessons coming of age father/son relationship mother/son relationship brotherhood growing up 1980s
The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.
Drama
India
1989
180 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Asha Sachdev Sadashiv Amrapurkar Saeed Jaffrey Gulshan Grover Vinod Mehra Bharati Achrekar Jayshree Gadkar Bal Dhuri Vikram Gokhale Rakesh Pandey
autistic person widow son artist mother airy charming moving india town street house autism abuse single mothers childhood love marriage love underdog
Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.
Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Ruth Chatterton Donald Cook James Murray Louis Calhern Helen Jerome Eddy Hallam Cooley Pat O'Malley Harold Huber J. Carrol Naish
young woman son prostitute district attorney lawyer madam incredible melodramatic unrestrained san francisco brothel foster home chinatown ruins prison mother/son relationship prostitution crime poverty murder
Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2007
180 Minutes
father terminally ill person mother precocious child headmaster melodramatic endearing heartwarming moving mumbai, india village family home united states father/son relationship education mother/son relationship aspirations class struggle poverty sacrifice
Swami, Radha and their kid shift to Mumbai after selling off their ancestral home in a village. In Mumbai, they get their kid admitted to a school that's patronized by children belonging to... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Jane Wyman Sterling Hayden Nancy Olson Steve Forrest Elisabeth Fraser Martha Hyer Walter Coy Richard Beymer Tommy Rettig Roland Winters Jacques Aubuchon
mother husband son composer artist surrogate child engaging moving rousing illinois farm chicago parenthood career family mother/son relationship art aspirations growing up transformation
In the late 1890s, a young widowed woman becomes a successful farmer and can send her son, nicknamed 'So Big', to college. After graduating, he finds a job as an architect, but forgoes his dream in favor of an immediate financial success.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1948
89 Minutes
Ursula Jeans Cecil Parker Joan Hopkins Derek Bond Lana Morris John Stone Digby Wolfe
mother son soldier emotional engaging united kingdom family home war zone war work mother courage mother/son relationship rise love 1940s
Life on the home front during World War 2. Martha Dacre tries to keep her home running as normal, during the run up to the D Day landings. With several lodgers to contend with, and her son ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
widow daughter son aunt wealthy woman mother bleak melodramatic inspiring house yard poverty family great depression scandal loneliness mother/son relationship fall love transformation
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA|Australia
2018
92 Minutes
Jake Busey J.K. Simmons Noel Gugliemi Patricia Kalis Levi Leyba Keanu Wilson Elizabeth De Razzo Zeyah Pearson
family son musician friend parent grandmother lighthearted inspiring emotional endearing playful america music family relationships drought guitar songwriting miracles growing up underdog
A Hispanic family find hope in their extraordinary son named Sailboat when a personal gesture awakens a global desire. Armed with a "little guitar", Sailboat leads an offbeat cast into the miraculous story of the greatest secret never told.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
France|India|Belgium|Singapore|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Dhanush Bérénice Bejo Erin Moriarty Barkhad Abdi Gérard Jugnot Ben Miller Abel Jafri Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
artist mother young woman indian american magician emotional amusing inspiring creative charming heartwarming mumbai, india paris closet village city home family history death of mother
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
Drama
USA
1997
97 Minutes
Mac Davis Cynthia Sikes Greg Coolidge Andrew Prine Dennis Burkley Monica Lacy Jay Underwood Jerry Haynes Clive Revill J.W. Johnson Kyle Moody
radio personality football player son mayor townsperson heartwarming uplifting amusing oklahoma small town football field imagination football small-town life competition dreams deception underdog rise 1990s
Will Clark loves his job as radio announcer for the local high school football team, the Nowata Possums. He loves it so much that he continues announcing even after the town decides to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1976
102 Minutes
Walter Matthau Tatum O'Neal Vic Morrow Joyce Van Patten Ben Piazza Jackie Earle Haley Alfred W. Lutter Brandon Cruz Shari Summers Joe Brooks Maurice Marks
coach baseball player son father adversary manager cheeky outlandish heartwarming san fernando valley baseball field california baseball alcoholism father/son relationship children vs. adults troubled youth sportsmanship underdog rivalry
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Drama
UK
2016
101 Minutes
Rafe Spall Emilia Fox Elaine Cassidy William Stagg Matthew Stagg Richard Cordery Susan Jameson Ross McCormack
father single father deceased mother son young boy brother moving emotional engaging endearing england life lessons mother's death mother/son relationship father/son relationship breast cancer disease death challenge love
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.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Kids & Family, Drama
Australia
1976
88 Minutes
young boy father aborigine pelican ranger teacher fascinating heartwarming powerful emotional australia river delta family home beach town coast father/son relationship animals cross-cultural relations life lessons
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.