UPlifting True Stories

UPlifting True Stories

True stories to uplift and inspire.

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UPlifting True Stories
  • Mary White

    Movie

    The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16. TV-PG-L

  • Harry & Snowman

    Movie

    TV-PG-V. The story of immigrant Harry DeLeyer and the plow horse he rescued from slaughter.

  • The Last Champion

    Movie

    TV-14. A former championship wrestler is forced to face his past when he returns to the hometown he left in disgrace twenty years earlier. Can he become the hero his town expected or will he remain a prisoner of his past mistakes?

  • The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry

    Movie

    Rated TV-G Twelve-year-olds Dustin, Albert and Mark are looking forward to a summer of fun in 1970. When Dustin mows the lawn of seventy-five year old Jonathan Sperry, a unique friendship develops.

  • Magnus

    Movie

    TV-PG-L. Through access to an extensive amount of archival footage and home movies, filmmaker Benjamin Ree follows Magnus Carlsen's meteoric rise to the top of the chess world in this unique coming-of-age story.

  • Newton's Grace

    Movie

    TV-PG-V. Newton's Grace is the true story of a real "Prodigal Son," the story of miraculous forgiveness and change that lies behind the powerful words of one of the world's most beloved hymns.

  • The Audrey Hepburn Story

    Movie

    TV-PG-DL. The biography of one of Hollywood's most famous actresses, Audrey Hepburn. Her story spans from her early childhood as a Dutch ballerina, to coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring five hard years of living in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II. After Audrey settl...

  • As Dreamers Do: The Amazing Life of Walt Disney

    Movie

    TV-PG-L. Armed with an ever growing imagination and eternal optimism, Walt develops skills as an animator early in life. He overcomes a variety of hardships to become one of the biggest icons in the world.

  • The Way Home

    Movie

    An inspirational true story about how a rural community rallied around a distraught family to search for their missing two year-old boy and through doing so changed the lives of many of those involved.

  • I Am Potential

    Movie

    Patrick was a talented musician who always wanted to be a part of something bigger than himself. He dreamed of one day joining the University of Louisville marching band but there was one problem: Patrick Henry was born without eyes or the ability to walk.

  • Great Alaskan Race

    Movie

    TV-PG-L. Based on a true story - In 1925's historic great race of mercy, a group of brave dog sledders travel 700 miles to save the small children of Nome, Alaska from a deadly epidemic.

  • Jenifer

    Movie

    The triumphant true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. TV-PG

  • Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot

    1 season

    TV-PG-D. They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning minds, they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. What really unfolded behind the monolith of Kennedy power is revealed for the first time through...

  • 23 Blast: Blind Faith

    Movie

    When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible, total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe, protected life or to summon the courage through playing football to step back into the world.

    23 Blast is based on the amazing, true story of Travis Freeman. A typic...

  • A Murder of Innocence

    Movie

    Based on a true story, a community is rocked by a double-homicide and the police struggle to find the killer. The resident pastor helps his town overcome the aftershocks while his wife comes to grips with fear through her faith. Viewer Discretion Advised. TV-14

  • Adventures of Pepper and Paula

    Movie

    TV-PG-V. Based on the true life adventures of Pistol Packin' Paula and her dog, Pepper. Paula, a world champion gunslinger working for a Wild West show, has a terrible car accident and loses everything. With help from Pepper, a dog she rescued, she recovers and wins her old job back.

  • Small Miracles

    1 season

    In this series, Judd Hirsch and Kathryn Kates guide the way on timeless true stories that inspire and show the will of the human spirit. TV-PG

  • Jesus Calling

    4 seasons

    EXCLUSIVELY on UP Faith & Family! Join our host each week as they sit down with special guests who share their real stories of heartache and success, and how their faith inspired them through it all.

  • Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

    3 seasons

    This light-hearted police drama follows a sheltered deaf woman who is about to start her first real job with the FBI. When she is given the tedious task of analyzing fingerprints, Sue is disappointed but doesn't remain there for long. An FBI agent discovers her ability to read lips and promotes S...

  • Susie's Hope

    Movie

    Donna Lawrence, the survivor of a pit bull attack, adopts a pit bull mix puppy that was beaten, set afire and left for dead. Together, they learn to love and forgive as they seek justice and protection for all animals.

  • Life of a King

    Movie

    Based on the inspiring and uplifting true story of Eugene Brown, an ex-convict who teaches a group of troubled youth chess to help give them direction in life.

  • Tim McGraw and Faith Hill: Country Lovin'

    Movie

    TV-PG-DLS. They met by chance but, alas, it was bad timing. He proposed in a trailer dressing room. She responded with lipstick kisses on a mirror. A blending of music and marriage that defies time. Soul 2 Soul. The beat goes on.

  • A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

    Movie

    Seventeen-year-old Daniel Huffman reminisces about the personal choice he made to save his ailing grandmother.

  • Fearless Faith

    Movie

    Officer Shep sets out on a courageous mission to lay his life down and save his partner when Colton, a respected sheriff's deputy, begins to question his faith. TV-G