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The Family Tree (2020)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Panama
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
An old Panamanian holiday tradition personified as a homeless man disrupts the life of a workaholic animal rescuer to show him the true meaning of love, friendship and family.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, surreal, poignant, reflective, independent film
Plot:
christmas, holiday, friendship, male pubic hair, nostalgia, lgbt, animal rescue, homelessness, gay, love, redemption, magic realism, loneliness, memory, tradition, transformation, bittersweet, hopes, character study, male nudity, supernatural, workaholic, ritual, community, intimate ...
Place:
panama
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Most similar movies to The Family Tree
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, reflective and independent film films with plots about friendship, intimate, bittersweet, redemption, gay interest, gay and lgbt mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Romance genres. Some movies like The Family Tree: How to Make Gravy (2024), The Christmas Wife (1988), We (2003), Return to Go (2000), Taxi Love (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Prisoner Joe writes a letter to his brother Dan about wanting to be with family at Christmas, lamenting how he can't make the gravy for the roast and how much he misses everyone. Based on the iconic Australian song by Paul Kelly.
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, sentimental
Plot:
christmas, longing, sibling relationship, intimate, nostalgia, isolation, adaptation, character study, remorse, regret, imprisonment, jail cell ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The Christmas Wife is a made-for-cable television drama based on a story by Helen Norris. An aging and recent widower, not wanting to spend his first Christmas alone, responds to an ad in the newspaper which reads: "You are not alone. We make ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, romantic drama, reflective, sentimental ...
Plot:
christmas, widower, loneliness, christmas eve, companionship, grief, melancholy, aging, bittersweet, character study, intimate, secret past ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
87%
291
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A summer trip to Berlin offers a fleeting glimpse into the lives of the country's youth in this vibrant, character-driven drama from director Martin Gypkens. When twentysomething Florian arrives in town to pay a visit to long-lost pal Pit, the ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, friendship, coming of age, lgbt, youth, slice of life, summer, nostalgia, relationships, realism, urban ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, romantic drama, multicultural, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, hiv, aids, nude beach, naked in public, homosexuality, illness, community, lgbtq, gay interest, desperation, loss ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
east berlin
Similarity:
75%
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100
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joža was wounded in combat during the events of the Croatian War of Independance and now works as a taxi driver in Zagreb, encountering various clients, all of which help him to cope with his past, and reveal to him what it truly means to be human.
Style:
emotional, reflective, poignant, melancholic, anthology
Plot:
taxi driver, loneliness, humanity, war veteran, wounded soldier, empathy, intimate, slice of life, character study, passenger, healing, identity ...
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
While visiting his recently-divorced father, Wylie discovers the camera and video diaries of Clayton. With his college friends over, Wylie begins to explore his desires through daydreams and reality. His roommate Greg is the object of his obsession. ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
father son relationship, gay, male nudity, gay interest, gay crush, erotica, lgbtq, sexual awakening, sexual tension, self discovery, obsession, college life ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Portrays the universe of an eternal being that exists within a lifecycle filled with disappointments and hopelessness. It's the chronicle about the search for love and the fight against oblivion.
Style:
existential, reflective, melancholic, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
loneliness, character study, loss, hopelessness, memory, frustration, identity crisis, alienation, intimate, lgbt, gay, redemption ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Johnny leaves a Washington State juvenile facility and travels to Olympia where he meets other gay men and starts to put to rights some of the wrongs done to gay youths
Style:
independent film, emotional, reflective
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, identity, self discovery, intimate, introspection, character study, healing, redemption, angst, friendship, coming of age ...
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Heading on a transatlantic voyage at sea from an Italian lab to America, D'Agostino is the story of a human clone left for dead at the shores of Santorini Greece. This lost cargo, commissioned by wealthy individuals for organ tranplants, is ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, bleak, serious, independent film
Plot:
moral dilemma, gay, male pubic hair, friendship, friends, self discovery, human nature, unfulfillment, mentally unstable, isolation, confined, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fernando, on the production line piques his interest and Elias finds ...
Style:
sensual, melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, gay interest, gay sex, lgbt, social realism, identity, coming of age, sexual awakening, working class, slice of life, young adult ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
St. Sebastian College is only open to male, homosexual students. The same goes for the faculty who fought passionately to create this gay utopia free from hatred and discrimination. But beneath the seemingly perfect façade, a quagmire of jealousy, ...
Style:
talky, romantic, touching, emotional, psychological
Plot:
gay subtext, gay interest, male nudity, gay club, gay lead character, gay sex, high school, love affair, love, friends, love interest, gay youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his own daughter, just in time for Christmas.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, uplifting, feel good ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, hopes, heartwarming, love story, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, love affair, relationship problems, musician ...
Similarity:
56%
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina ...
Style:
touching, humorous, emotional, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
christmas, love and romance, hopes, angel, parents and children, couple relations, holiday, winter, new year, jealousy, christmas eve, gay interest ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
THE LAST PASSPORT takes place in a passport office...or so you think. George Miller is a 70 year old man who through a variety of encounters, takes us on a journey through his mysterious past to show us we are not all that different.
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, reflective, philosophical ...
Plot:
self discovery, humanity, life lesson, memory, identity, single, mentor, magic realism, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
56%
142
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Plot The eponymous Dusty is an appropriately named dingo, or wild dog. Roaming the fertile fields of Australia, Dusty is captured as a puppy. Though dingoes are normally averse to human companionship, Dusty attaches himself to an old, worn-out ...
Style:
heartfelt, tear jerker, emotional, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, animal, friendship, companionship, nature, bittersweet, wildlife, heartwarming, loneliness, slice of life, outback, farm ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
australia
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hector has been living on the motorways for years. His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food. The story follows his journey south from ...
Style:
road movie, social, realistic, art house, compassionate
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, homelessness, journey, loneliness, character study, pilgrimage, drifter, melancholy, isolation, british, identity, social realism ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four people become trapped in the once-vibrant Rosemont Lodge during a blizzard before Christmas.
Style:
emotional, tension, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas, blizzard, snowstorm, hopes, isolation, pregnancy, birth, life changing, family tragedy, domestic drama, grief, transformation ...
Place:
utah
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After losing their mother, Mía and Moi take refuge in a ramshackle family home, in the countryside, in the middle of nowhere. With them, Biel, Moi’s boyfriend. Together the three of them try to rest and heal the wounds. Especially in the case of ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, talky, touching, emotional
Plot:
gay subtext, male nudity, lgbt, gay interest, gay, beach, gay lead character, mental illness, siblings, family relations, couples, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Fannie Fairchild locked up her heart when her beloved George was killed in the Great War. But now she faces her own mortality and realizes that she has no one to maintain her grave with flowers.
Style:
reflective, melancholic, romantic drama, emotional, spiritual ...
Plot:
mortality, loss, loneliness, elderly man, intimate, bittersweet, acceptance, character study, aging, friendship, memory, compassion ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
A short film that tells the story of three older men who come into the same restaurant on Wednesday mornings at the same time every week. The story is told from the perspective of Megan, the newly hired waitress at the restaurant that takes classes ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, uplifting, independent film
Plot:
restaurant, empathy, humanity, compassion, routine, personal growth, slice of life, intimate, friendship, faith, bittersweet, healing ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A French-American millionaire (William Holden), his girlfriend (Virna Lisi) and his war buddy (Andre Bourvil) try to grant his dying son's every wish.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, sentimental, period piece, existential ...
Plot:
christmas, father son relationship, terminal illness, radiation poisoning, family drama, grief, bittersweet, childhood, loss, compassion, intimate, single father ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna has lost her memory but she hasn’t forgotten how to cook. One night she shows up in a working-class neighborhood. There she meets Roula and gets a job as a cook and a place to stay at his shabby seaside tavern. In the kitchen, amidst the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
cooking, amnesia, female protagonist, food, identity, memory loss, character study, seaside, community, everyday life, friendship, working class ...
Place:
greece, europe
Similarity:
46%
462
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, family relations, haunted by the past, parents and children, family problems, hopes, estrangement, christmas, intimate, soul searching, identity crisis, male protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tobias Jacobsen is 42. When the doctors tell him he is fatally ill, the earth opens up beneath him and he finds himself plunging into the abyss. It makes him think of the time he was 13 and his girlfriend got him to jump off the balcony of her ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, existential, poignant, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
illness, dark humor, life & death, terminal illness, coming of age, midlife crisis, memory, bittersweet, flashback, intimate, tragedy, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
44%
472
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Seven short stories about growing up gay in America and searching for true love.
Style:
anthology, romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming of age, identity, sexuality, lgbtq, male protagonist, self discovery, relationships, acceptance, community, slice of life ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Price (Bryce Blais)goes to a Middle East country on a pretext of being a tourist. However his real purpose is to find his best friend/lover Bo (Drew Boylan) who suddenly disappear without a trace. In a country where homosexual acts alone can get you ...
Style:
realistic, poignant, emotional, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, tour guide, friendship, gay slur, homosexuality, mysterious disappearance, gay relationship, gay romance, tragic event, gay love ...
Place:
middle east, jordan
Similarity:
43%
663
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Slovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy's family.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, heartfelt, emotional, reflective
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, intergenerational friendship, solitude, bonding, introspection, slice of life, urban, fish out of water, isolation, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, talky, romantic ...
Plot:
gay father, homosexuality, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay sex, gay orgy, male nudity, gay parent, gay subtext, self destructing ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A long term couple on the verge of closing their open relationship find themselves in uncharted territory when one of them forms an intense connection with a younger man. Their individual fears and desires collide over a hot Texas summer.
Style:
crying
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male nudity, dog, gay relationship, gay sex, gay interest, open relationship, jealousy, polyamory, bisexuality, gay subtext ...
Place:
austin texas, texas
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five friends get together for a holiday dinner two years after the friend that linked them all passed away. They discover he has left behind his journal, which challenges all their relationships over the course of one evening.
Style:
psychological, christmas special, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, friendship, grief, christmas dinner, problem, xmas, friends, christmas spirit, reunited friends, christmas season, dinner, group of friends ...
Similarity:
41%
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