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Boy (2010)
 7.5
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Boy (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story: It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters.
Style: touching, humorous, unusual plot structure, surreal, visually appealing, poignant, cult classic, emotional, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Plot: coming of age, childhood, absent father, youth, small town, daydreamer, family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, mischievous children, robbery, loser, siblings relations, exploitation, hidden truth, unsupportive parent, boy, treasure, reconciliation, poverty, dysfunctional family, gang, drunkenness, goat, summer ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, year 2010, year 1984, 20th century, future
Place: new zealand, oceania, tokyo
Keyword: dreams

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, touching and semi serious films with plots about coming of age, youth, family relations, parents and children, boy, dysfunctional family and father son relationship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Boy: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), My Life as a Dog (1985), The Way Way Back (2013), Tricks (2007), Bruno (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Style: funny, touching, feel good, humorous, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, nature, adoption, wilderness, boy, hunting, juvenile delinquent, childhood, manhunt, dog, fat boy, countryside ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: new zealand, indiana, oceania, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Life as a Dog (1985)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, philosophical, existential ...
Plot: coming of age, children, boy, tomboy, boxing, childhood, adolescence, loneliness, terminal illness, nude model, heartwarming, friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Way Way Back (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style: touching, realistic, teen, independent film, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: summer, teenager, vacation, friendship, coming of age, loneliness, shyness, youth, dysfunctional family, boy, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.0
 2K
Tricks (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Six-year-old Stefek challenges fate. He believes that setting a chain of events in motion will help him get closer to his father who left his mother. His sister helps him bribe fate with small sacrifices, but things go wrong and then Stefek tries a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: coming of age, brother sister relationship, family relations, parents and children, small town, siblings relations, teaching the ways of the world, single parent, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, magic realism, traumatic childhood ...
Place: poland, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.0
 2K
Bruno (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family life, parents and children, family problems, prodigy, society, hopes, eccentric family, friends ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.0
 734
Treading Water (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: At first glance, Mica seems a perfectly normal boy. But first glances can often be deceiving... For one, Mica's house is now a museum honouring Guillermo Garibai, the legendary Mexican crooner. Mica spends most of his time there, giving guided ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, touching, realistic ...
Plot: first love, fall in love, youth, love and romance, traumatic childhood, parents and children, high school, family relations, coming of age, misfit, boy, self acceptance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.8
 34K
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Morocco, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, ...
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay, homosexual, childhood, father son relationship, drug addict, gender, lgbtq, gay teenager, glbt, gay interest, teenage boy ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2005, y2k ...
Place: canada, quebec, holy land, israel, jerusalem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Léon is ten years old, has lots of problems and an overly fertile imagination. Of course, there is mom and dad who are always fighting, and those annoying neighbors who get to spend the summer at the beach. And then, there's Léa, the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous, biting ...
Plot: coming of age, children, unrequited love, youth, childhood, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, prank, parents and children, eccentric family, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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A Bag of Hammers (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, whose direction is tested by an abandoned child, worn beyond his years; together they invent the family they've always needed.
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, indie film ...
Plot: youth, friendship, bully, coming of age, family relations, dysfunctional family, criminal, fight, misfit, single parent, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, southern california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Accidents Happen (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything ...
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, clever, humorous ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, dysfunctional family, family life, family problems, haunted by the past, teenage life, parents and children, social relations, dark humor, teenage boy, suburbs ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.6
 6K
Small Change (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a ...
Style: existential, aesthetic, art house, realistic, serious ...
Plot: childhood, coming of age, child abuse, boy, traumatic childhood, children, teacher, school, creepy child, medical, professor, professional ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Best Things in the World (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, family relations, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, gender, teenage life, gay, lgbt, gay interest, father son relationship, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.1
 54K
Parenthood (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the ...
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, funny, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, pregnancy, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, single mother, teenage girl, little girl, husband wife relationship, birthday party ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Misfortunates (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: 13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Can he defy his destiny?
Style: semi serious, touching, sincere, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: youth, uncle nephew relationship, siblings relations, family life, family relations, teenage life, eccentric family, coming of age, male bonding, drug addiction, friendship between men, alcoholic ...
Time: year 2009, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: europe, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.0
 11K
Crooklyn (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style: humorous, touching, sentimental, stylized, light ...
Plot: coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, black, african american, family relations, school, child's point of view, parents and children, black people ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home even though he is finally happy and popular. Written by Todd ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, youth, mental illness, terminal illness, eccentricity, family drama, insanity, cancer, child hero, social justice, children ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.4
 3K
West Is West (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Comedy sequel to "East is East". Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is ...
Style: feel good, humorous, witty, touching, semi serious ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, youth, love and romance, looking for love, family problems, society, siblings relations, teenage life, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1975
Place: england, pakistan, europe, middle east, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.9
 437K
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must ...
Style: sad, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, psychological ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: world war two, nazi, boy, satire, nazi germany, jewish girl, nazism, first love, hitler, violence, coming of age, hitler youth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 2010s, year 2019, year 1944
Place: germany, los angeles, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Nicostratos the Pelican (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After his wife died a man refuses to go out and doesn't want to talk to his only son. Life has no meaning for him. One day his son finds a baby pelican and decides to leave the bird at home. Pelican helps the boy find his father again and ...
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, humorous, sad ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: human animal relationship, father son relationship, love and romance, island, teenage life, parents and children, hopes, human spirit, social relations, sea, greek island, pelican ...
Place: greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.5
 610
No. 2 (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...
Style: semi serious, realistic, emotional, captivating, humorous
Plot: family relations, family gatherings, siblings relations, parents and children, family history, family problems, aging, heir, party, pacific islander, blaxploitation, brother ...
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.8
 2K
Abel (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When 9-year-old Abel assumes his absent father's role as man of the house, he garners his family's respect, and life resumes a comfortable rhythm -- until a man arrives at the house, claiming he's the long-lost patriarch
Style: atmospheric, humorous, light, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, youth, family relations, coming of age, child as adult, family problems, parents and children, friendship, boy, latinos, family conflict, innocence lost ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, realistic, depressing, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, bullying, dysfunctional family, misfit, humiliation, teenager, youth, school, social outcast, female protagonist, childhood, high school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, near future, year 1995
Place: new jersey, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style: depressing, talky, sincere, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teenager, adultery, marriage, boy, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2005, near future, 2000s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 7.4
 547K
Juno (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style: funny, touching, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, pregnancy, adoption, teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, high school, love and romance, female protagonist, teenage girl, strong female character, friendship ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.3
 96K
Submarine (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar ...
Style: visually appealing, witty, surreal, touching, talky ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, virginity, high school, school, teenager, teenage love, high school life, youth, teen angst, social relations, loss of virginity ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 80s, 20th century
Place: wales, england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.2
 52K
Orange County (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is ...
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, high school, dysfunctional family, coming of age, family relations, drug, youth, horniness, sex with a minor, cheerleader, teenage life, parents and children ...
Place: california, southern california, usa, yale university, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.5
 14K
Rocket Science (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style: clever, sincere, psychological, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: high school, coming of age, debate, teenager, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, nothing goes right, contests and competitions, misfit, teacher ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Style: mockumentary, absurd, humorous, gothic, parody ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, teens, adult
Plot: vampire, dark humor, werewolf, friendship, supernatural, goth, blood, immortality, social misfits, roommate, zombie, found footage ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 1912, year 1978, year 1997 ...
Place: new zealand, oceania, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
You'll Be a Man (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Leo is 10 and wise beyond his years. A solitary dreamer who seeks refuge in books. When the carefree 20-year-old Theo steps into his life, it forces Leo out of his shell. Despite their age difference, the two becomes best friends, helping each other ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching
Plot: adult child friendship, youth, coming of age, family relations, parents and children, friends, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, father son relationship, mental illness, teenager, babysitter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.8
 32K
Now and Then (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, ...
Style: feel good, emotional, touching, teen, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, chick flick, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, small town, women, female friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, childhood, youth, teenager, teenage life, children, friends ...
Time: 90s, 70s, year 1991, year 1970, year 1995 ...
Place: usa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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