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Who We Are Now (2017)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not.
Style:
emotional, independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, tense
Plot:
custody battle, mother daughter estrangement, rehabilitation, sister sister relationship, public defender, ex convict, motherhood, family drama, female protagonist, family conflict, character study, women's issues, female friendship, second chance, redemption, moral ambiguity, social realism, trauma, veteran, urban, slice of life, bittersweet, slow burn, ptsd, hottie ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Who We Are Now
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and independent film films with plots about redemption, character study, slow burn, intimate, urban, family drama and social realism mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Who We Are Now: Impetus: A Decision (2017), Linked (2017), Reach the Sky (2019), The Ribbon (2024), The Listener (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Impetus: A Decision follows our hero, Jay Fossier, as he returns home to the states after serving his third and final tour in the middle east. He is forced to return due to P.T.S.D. Home is not so sweet when he returns.
Style:
serious, emotional, independent film, bleak, realistic
Plot:
ptsd, homecoming, military service, mental health, family conflict, small town, character study, veteran, slow burn, flashback, isolation, rehabilitation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, middle east
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
A troubled young man battles his inner demons as he seeks redemption and a second chance in his life.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
redemption, second chance, self discovery, personal growth, soul searching, regret, coming of age, trauma, moral dilemma, loss, isolation, identity ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Milutin’s harmony of life collapses when his wife Magdalena experiences a car accident, defending her body of a one-year-old son who was entrusted with the care of Milutin. Magdalena remains immobile. Love between Milutin and Magdalena has always ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
love, parenthood, family bonds, family drama, disability, marriage, sacrifice, accident, motherhood, trauma, loyalty, intimate ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Molly and Tim are happy newlyweds, but an unexpected miscarriage threatens to tear them apart until they meet Kristin, a pregnant homeless girl in need of a family.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, grief, miscarriage, empathy, loss, homelessness, motherhood, marriage, compassion, healing, social issues, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two strangers - Ruth, a burn unit nurse and Conrad, a shipyard worker - cross paths over a strange weekend in Seattle.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
dreaming, nurse, problem, bonding, character study, redemption, empathy, heroism, intimate, blue collar, slice of life, second chance ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her infant daughter.
Style:
sad, tense, suspenseful, grindhouse, period piece ...
Plot:
child abuse, mother daughter relationship, mental illness, family drama, trauma, emotional abuse, child neglect, female protagonist, social issues, character study, domestic violence, social realism ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
63%
63
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Suzie, a 58 year old depressed taxi driver on the night shift. On Halloween, she finds a 10 year old autistic boy in the back seat of her taxi with 50$ and an address. As Suzie arrived at the father's address, she realizes the mess this family ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, road movie ...
Plot:
autism, loneliness, connection, character study, female protagonist, compassion, lost child, isolation, parent child relationship, midlife crisis, redemption, taxi driver ...
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based on true incidents, Run, Tecato, Run depicts a junkie's efforts to get off heroin in order to reclaim and raise his daughter. Produced for $60,000, the film explores the connections between the Vietnam War, drug addiction and ...
Style:
independent film, period piece, tragic
Plot:
heroin, drug addiction, family drama, rehabilitation, redemption, character study, father daughter relationship, urban, social realism, realism, family conflict, male protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san antonio texas, texas
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a former fistfighter Madis leaves the prison, he feels he will get another chance in life. Nothing can go wrong this time. Madis will be accompanied by his nephew who has something completely opposite in his mind. A game begins where both the ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, realistic, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
second chance, released from prison, ex convict, moral ambiguity, redemption, conflict, character study, moral dilemma, rehabilitation, prison, bittersweet, violence ...
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former prostitute and her reformed convict boyfriend try to make a new start in life. They begin to refurbish a derelict building close to the sea, but people from their past come back to haunt them.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, independent film, suspense
Plot:
redemption, second chance, female protagonist, ex prostitute, branding iron, ex convict, seaside, trauma, intimate, rehabilitation, male protagonist, social realism ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A school takes on a troublesome boy from juvenile hall, in order to try to help him settle back in to normal life. But everything seems to be mounted against him, including a drunken mother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
troubled youth, family drama, rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency, second chance, underdog, redemption, teacher student relationship, character study, social realism, parents, mentor ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Similarity:
55%
465
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, motherhood, family drama, poverty, family problems, family relations, social problems, relationship problems, kids and family, problem ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Brett Cornell learns that the mother of a child he is alleged to have Fathered 5 years prior, has died in an accident, he heads south to try and take custody of the daughter that he never knew. Brett takes to desperate measures to make it in ...
Style:
emotional, tense, independent film, romantic drama, psychological ...
Plot:
family drama, fatherhood, child custody, custody battle, foster home, single father, character study, second chance, moral dilemma, male protagonist, redemption, parenthood ...
Place:
new york, north carolina, south carolina
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Maggie is struggling to keep her life together after the death of her mother when her addict brother shows up, forcing her to make sense of a reality that may not be what it seems.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tense, surreal, intense ...
Plot:
sibling relationship, addiction, grief, family drama, trauma, female protagonist, character study, mourning, family secret, traumatic past, confrontation, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A divorced woman leaves Damghan with her child to live and work in Tehran but her ex-husband does everything in his capability to force her to go back.
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, divorce, female protagonist, mother child relationship, single mother, custody battle, struggle, patriarchy, social realism, gender roles, independent woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tehran, iran
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A broken, guilt-ridden young vet attempts to make amends while renting a room from his fallen brother's widow.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
widow, love affair, veteran, problem, male female relationship, relationships, love interest, couple relations, young widow, relationship problems, guilt, grief ...
Similarity:
52%
29
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After his release from prison, an ex-soldier embarks on a journey to reunite with his family.
Style:
emotional, realistic, intense, melancholic, dark
Plot:
journey, family drama, family reunited, second chance, ex soldier, redemption, reconciliation, ptsd, trauma, reluctant hero, moral ambiguity, traumatic memory ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who teaches him fly fishing as a means to coming to terms with his physical and emotional trauma.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, meditative, contemplative
Plot:
veteran, fly fishing, ptsd, healing, wounded soldier, trauma, rehabilitation, war veteran, traumatized man, post traumatic stress disorder, psychological trauma, vietnam veteran ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An abused, former orphan living in San Francisco returns to New York to reconnect with the love of his life and understand how his past has shaped his future. It's a semi-autobiographical work based on the book of the same name originally ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, independent film, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
character study, trauma, foster home, male protagonist, lost love, introspection, identity, literary, memory, urban, intimate, self discovery ...
Place:
new york, san francisco
Similarity:
50%
143
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Divorced father Marko is hardly ever alone: he is surrounded on all sides by family, friends, co-workers and neighborhood fixers. Yet he is driven to the brink by limited contact with the one person he loves more than anyone – his daughter, who ...
Style:
realistic, heartbreaking, intense, melancholic, tense
Plot:
custody battle, family conflict, divorced father, bureaucracy, child custody, domestic drama, social services, character study, single parent, loneliness, bittersweet, intimate ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
49%
326
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When sex worker Tess falls pregnant, she has to fight to keep her past from swallowing her whole.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, afrikaans, female protagonist, sex worker, prostitute, motherhood, sex work, unwanted pregnancy, troubled past, changing lives, prostitution, unplanned pregnancy ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After two decades in prison Widmer, a former German RAF-terrorist, is released. He meets Valerie, his next door neighbour. The young woman tries to get her life back on track after she lost child custody for her little son. She shows some interest ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
relationships, raf, terrorism, guilt, male female relationship, life is a bitch, love affair, couple relations, tragic past, confronting the past, ex convict, secrets ...
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The lives of a Hollywood actress battling drug addiction, a teen with a violent past, a teacher fighting to keep a dream alive, and a cop caught in a love triangle are brought together by fate.
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film, tense, touching ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, hopes, love triangle, haunted by the past, dedicated educator, youth, hollywood, rehabilitation, trauma, celebrity, recovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
While he is serving time in prison, a man's wife dies and his children disappear. When he gets out of prison, he starts to search for his kids
Style:
road movie, emotional, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
prison, family drama, redemption, fatherhood, children, loss, male protagonist, grief, second chance, ex convict, road trip, survival ...
Time:
70s
Place:
southern usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, ...
Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, melancholic, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
fear of death, obsession, female protagonist, compassion, character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, redemption, domestic drama, manipulation, isolation, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of love and how we must learn to cherish it against all odds in the pursuit of happiness.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, political drama
Plot:
female protagonist, marriage, everyday life, slice of life, character study, moral ambiguity, gender roles, political activism, social realism, resilience, personal growth, beautician ...
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A daughter finds a journal her dad left behind, only to discover there was another woman in his life she knew nothing about. She sets out to find this woman and the reason her father never ended up with the woman he must have loved.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, melancholic, romantic drama, independent film
Plot:
father daughter relationship, family drama, female protagonist, self discovery, memory, intimate, bittersweet, personal growth, small town, reconciliation, investigation, identity ...
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Led to believe his abusive grandfather is responsible for his sister's recent death, Gabriel returns to his humble home in rural New Mexico. Yearning to protect his family, he swears to secretly kill his grandfather, yet at the critical moment, ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, vietnam veteran, uncover truth, grief, veteran, trauma, family drama, family conflict, family secret, getting home, death of sister, abuse ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
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