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Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
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Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Abandoned by his father after his mother dies, young PS lives in suburban Sydney with his aunt Lila and her husband George. While they lead a modest existence, PS is happy with them. However, his contentment is derailed when Lila's wealthy sister, Vanessa, returns from England and takes an interest in PS.
Style: anamorphic, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, crying
Plot: coming of age, youth, unrequited love, orphan, dysfunctional family, custody, parents and children, life is a bitch, adoption, bad father, redheaded woman, alcohol abuse, family relations, family life, social differences, society, family problems, single parent, working class, adult virgin, siblings relations, haunted by the past, human nature, eccentric family, death in the family ...
Time: year 1983, 1930s, 1920s, 30s
Place: australia, sydney australia, new south wales
Keyword: reading, pants, cricket the game

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Along the Ridge (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot: coming of age, boy, family relations, friendship, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, siblings relations, parents and children, single parent, youth, family problems, unfaithful wife ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: italy, europe
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Pure (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: rehabilitation, addiction, youth, drug abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, parents and children, teenage life, going straight, drug addiction, friendship ...
Place: london, england, europe
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Bad Hair (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, political ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, single parent, obsession, family relations, society, urban ghetto, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: venezuela, africa
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The Keys to the House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: parents and children, single parent, estrangement, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, hopes, redemption, family relations ...
Time: year 2004
Place: germany, italy, europe, berlin germany, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Nobody Owns Me (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, youth, family relations, single parent, disorder, family problems, dysfunctional family, children, addiction, parents ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: eastern europe
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Marion Bridge (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother and old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, sad ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: dysfunctional family, alcoholic, small town, homecoming, haunted by the past, family problems, family life, parents and children, family gatherings, human nature, life is a bitch, lesbian ...
Place: nova scotia, nova scotia, canada, canada, australia, toronto ontario canada
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Evelyn (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ireland, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, feel good, intense ...
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Time: 50s, year 2002, 1950s, 20th century, year 1953
Place: ireland, sydney australia, scotland, europe, dublin ireland
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Magnifico (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min.
Story: With a daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy and a son who's lost his much-needed scholarship, an impoverished married couple begins to abandon their faith and courage in the face of such misfortune. But when a gifted young boy called ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, prodigy, single parent, dealing with death, society, youth, disability, rich and poor ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lou (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Living in rural New South Wales, working-class single mother Rhia is struggling to evade debt collectors and raise three young daughters. The eldest, and hardened beyond her years, Lou blames Rhia for the departure of her father, who walked out 10 ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: australia, new south wales
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Digging to China (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Harriet, a ten-year old girl, lives together with her big sister and her alcoholic mother out in the countryside. The family runs a motel. Harriet is different from the others, as she owns a great creativity and has nobody to play with. Her infinite ...
Style: touching, intellectual, independent film, crying, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, coming of age, youth, waterfall, sister, motel, age-gap relationship, adolescence, autism, childhood, child, countryside ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 60s
Place: canada, california, pacific ocean, san diego california, minnesota
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25%
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Second Best (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Style: serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: orphan, adoption, social worker, man boy relationship, single parent, absent father, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, hopes, family relations, friendship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: england, europe, wales
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25%
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Admissions (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League ...
Style: contemplative, independent film, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, family problems, mentally challenged, family life, parents and children, sister sister relationship, mental retardation, ghost writer, bad father, coming of age, youth, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, harvard university, yale university
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Mirage (2004)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 107 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Plot: youth, coming of age, life is a bitch, friendship, teenage life, kids in trouble, society, betrayal, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, poet ...
Place: macedonia, paris france, france, europe, former yugoslavia ...
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Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
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Plot: politics, coming of age, radical, family life, political unrest, family problems, immigrant, hopes, journalism, state affairs, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Style: heartbreaking, touching, emotional, melancholic, serious ...
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The Slingshot (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: bleak, serious, harsh, enigmatic, sexy ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 1930s, year 1993, 1920s, 20th century
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23%
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Along the Way (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A funny, gripping and powerful drama about the post graduation summer of four lifelong friends and one night that changed the course of their lives... forever. Like Crash , Saint Elmo s Fire and it s inspiration Stand By Me, Along the WAY is a ...
Style: touching, offbeat, gloomy, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: best friend, college, friendship, friends, youth, hopes, redemption, buddies, coming of age, showbiz, partner, doctor ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, year 1983, 21st century
Place: new york, connecticut, madison square garden manhattan new york city
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23%
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Children of Love (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sexual ...
Plot: youth, family relations, custody, starting over, dysfunctional family, family life, family problems, couples, single parent, love and romance, child custody, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels, europe, brussels belgium
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Marvin & Tige (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he ...
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Time: year 1983, 80s
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22%
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Safe Passage (1994)
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A mother with seven sons feels like she's losing control of her life and her family. But personal...
Style: touching, realistic, melancholic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, mother son relationship, character study, pain, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, family life, parents and children, couples, estrangement, hopes ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: new jersey, middle east, utah, beirut lebanon
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22%
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
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Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
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Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: lyrical, stylized, talky, serious, touching ...
Plot: family relations, unemployment, rebellion, youth, job seeking, housewife, layoff, hopes, family secret, chinawoman, human nature, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan, east asia, asia, china
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Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 157 min.
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Style: emotional, atmospheric, compassionate, disturbing, meditative ...
Audience: kids
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Time: 19th century, year 1987, 1870s, 1890s
Place: denmark, europe, eastern europe
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Liam (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, sincere, depressing ...
Plot: fascism, catholicism, youth, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, unemployment, sin, life is a bitch, starving child, society, family problems, parents and children ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, ireland, middle east, europe, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, emotional, disturbing, social ...
Audience: teens
Plot: child abuse, friendship, kids in trouble, abusive father, school, boy, youth, social worker, life is a bitch, self discovery, childhood, family problems ...
Time: 90s
Place: spain, europe, madrid
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20%
Times and Winds (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living off the earth and a few animals they feed. Fathers always prefer one of their ...
Style: psychological, touching, serious, rough, art house ...
Plot: coming of age, solar eclipse, youth, islam, friendship, dream, teenage life, society, introspection, generation gap, family life, children ...
Time: 21st century
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20%
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: sincere, realistic, meditative, emotional, surreal ...
Plot: childhood, kids in trouble, boy, adoption, realism, orphan, youth, adoptive mother, coming of age, social problems, petty criminal, life is a bitch ...
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Our Father (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Chad, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two boys (Tamir & Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave. While surreptitiously watching a movie, they think they see their father speaking to them and steal the film to ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
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Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
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Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, europe
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