Filmed by some of the best directors in Hollywood – Ron Howard, Brett Ratner, Paul Giamatti, Akiva Goldsman, Angela Bassett and Peter Berg – Breakthrough brings you six thought-provoking and imaginative stories of scientific discovery as it explores cutting-edge projects with breakthrough potential, transformative tools that could solve pressing problems. Can unleashing the creative potential of talented people result in revolutionary change?
Faith tag: Family
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Soul Surfer
Soul Surfer is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film directed by Sean McNamara and based on the 2004 book of the same name by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, and Rick Bundschuh about Hamilton’s life as a surfer after losing her left arm from a shark attack and her subsequent recovery. The film stars AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, and Lorraine Nicholson with Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Sonya Balmores, Branscombe Richmond, and Craig T. Nelson. Filming took place in Hawaii in early 2010, with additional filming taking place in Tahiti in August 2010.
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I Still Believe
I Still Believe is a 2020 American biographical Christian romantic drama film directed by the Erwin brothers and starring KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Shania Twain, Melissa Roxburgh, and Gary Sinise. It is based on the life of American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp and his first wife, Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer shortly before they married. Camp’s song “I Still Believe” is the film’s namesake.
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A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Adam Shankman and written by Karen Janszen, based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1999 novel. It stars Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote and Daryl Hannah, and was produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
Bonhoeffer is a 2024 historical drama thriller film about the German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer, written, produced and directed by Todd Komarnicki. It stars Jonas Dassler, August Diehl, David Jonsson, Flula Borg, Moritz Bleibtreu, and Clarke Peters.
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Adventures in Odyssey
Focus on the Family’s audio drama is the American children’s radio classic. Some episodes show their age; the best ones (the Imagination Station arcs, the Whit stories) remain unmatched. PureRated’s long-drive default.
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The Sound of Music
Robert Wise’s film of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical remains the gold standard of family cinema: Alps, abbey, marionettes, and a quiet defiance of the Anschluss. Long, yes. Worth every minute if you let children sprawl on the rug.
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Little Women
Alcott’s novel in a key of memory. PG for thematic material and a war hospital. PureRated loves it for mothers and daughters; sons who give it twenty minutes usually stay.
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Coco
Pixar’s visit to Día de Muertos is a film about ancestor and song. Families who prefer not to linger in folk-religious imagery can skip; PureRated includes it because the ethic is honor thy father and mother, loudly and in color.
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Finding Nemo
Pixar’s finest parent-child film. G-rated, funny, and secretly about anxiety. PureRated keeps it on the littles rail permanently.