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Movies like Pay It Forward 2000
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Pay It Forward
Movies closest to Pay It Forward
Miracles from Heaven 2016Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
Brandi Carlile - Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis 2026Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
Unstoppable 2024Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
The Way Back 2020Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Jhund 2022Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Chak De! India 2007Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
Swiped 2025Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
The Beautiful Game 2024Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
Hard Miles 2024Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
The 5th Quarter 2010Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
Fly Away Home 1996Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
Rise 2022Also earnest, classical in form and grave
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Series
Tiger 2021Also earnest, classical in form and grave
Para Volver a Amar 2010Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
The Good Doctor 2017Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Books
Why We Can't Sleep 2020Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Lion 2016Also earnest, classical in form and grave
The 50th law 2009Also contemporary, earnest and grave
Albums
- I Still Believe 2010Also earnest, classical in form and grave
- Cloud 9 2026Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
- Julien 1973Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
Games
I, Hope 2018Also earnest, contemporary and grave
Deer & Boy 2026Also earnest, contemporary and grave
Sally's Law 2016Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
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