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Paper Covers Rock (2008)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Samantha is recovering from a suicide attempt and ready for a fresh start in life. She has to fight for the custody of her daughter.
Style:
sincere, psychological, touching, emotional, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
parents and children, custody, family relations, family life, mental illness, family problems, starting over, hopes, mother daughter relationship, depressed woman, psychologist, depression, swimming pool, woman, sister sister relationship, suicide attempt, rock paper scissors, cycling, woman in underwear, riding a bicycle
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about family relations, family problems, parents and children, hopes, family life, life is a bitch and mother daughter relationship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Paper Covers Rock: Like Dandelion Dust (2009), Little John (2002), An Unexpected Family (1996), Choco (2012), Invisible Child (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the gritty, realistic lives of a struggling family, and a privileged family. Their lives intersect, intertwine and collide, all for the love of a little boy. This film ...
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
custody, hopes, adoption, starting over, parents and children, social worker, family life, wife abuse, adopted son, christian, family in crisis, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, estrangement, single parent, custody, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, pregnancy, love, child hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, england, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Ruth Whitney abandons her two children with her sister Barbara is left to take care of them, at first none of them like it but soon they grow to like each other. Then over a year later Ruth comes back saying she wants her kids and Barbara goes ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
youth, guardian, redemption, family relations, adoption, custody, family life, hopes, human spirit, legal, life is a bitch, legal action ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, optimism, society, hopes, family problems, unemployment, parents and children, husband wife relationship, loss of job, blaxploitation, strong female presence, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, latin america, colombia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A woman with two children believes she has three and her husband and oldest daughter play along with her to keep her balanced (or as close to balanced that a woman with an invisible child can be). However, when the family hires a new nanny, it is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, touching
Plot:
imaginary friend, youth, evil child, family relations, dysfunctional family, mental illness, couples, estrangement, family problems, master and servant, couple relations, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends secretly binges and purges.
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eating disorder, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, teenage daughter, bulimia, mental illness, family relations, family life, parent child relationship, starvation, obsession, physical appearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a short story by the acclaimed author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, comes a holiday story of family and forgiveness. Recently widowed Mary Bassett (Helene Joy) and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm. Suddenly, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, period drama
Plot:
thanksgiving, family problems, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, farm, youth, hopes, parents and children, family life, teenage life, loss of partner, christmas ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 1800s
Place:
america, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
missing person, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, loss of child, obsession, haunted by the past, loss of daughter, social misfits, isolation, family relations, misfit, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, depression, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, divorce, mother daughter relationship, suicide, attempted rape, three sisters, psychology, character study ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, self discovery, family life, society, family problems, parents and children, disability, small town life, child's point of view, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, compassion ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
614
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
starting over, introspection, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, life turned upside down, family problems, redemption, hopes, couples, optimism, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The close bond between two elderly sisters is threatened when one of them begins to have romantic feelings for a local mechanic.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, independent film, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot:
family drama, intimate, character study, empathy, small town, compassion, intolerance, female friendship, loneliness, resilience, personal growth, reconciliation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of their evil, which she believes to be the cause of their mother's mental illness. ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, atmospheric, controversial ...
Plot:
mental illness, girl, dysfunctional family, youth, child's point of view, spirituality, divine intervention, sister sister relationship, obsession, coming of age, mysticism, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer (Joanne Woodward) and her daughters Ruth (Roberta Wallach) and Matilda (Nell Potts) are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have ...
Style:
touching, psychological, realistic, sentimental, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
redemption, coming of age, cheerleading, teacher, dysfunctional family, single father, family problems, family life, parents and children, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, mental illness ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to move on with their lives together.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, starting over, single parent, teenage life, family problems, death in the family, youth, introspection, hopes, parents and children, family in crisis, single father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, mental health, family relations, family problems, human spirit, mental disorder, ptsd, illness, suicidal, psychology, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
death in the family, last wish, family problems, family relations, introspection, hopes, siblings relations, dealing with death, brother brother relationship, minimalism, very little dialogue, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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895
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, hopes, job seeking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. During her heavy drinking period she divorced and lost custody of her two boys. Now she wants them to be a part of her life ...
Style:
sexy, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, estrangement, starting over, parents and children, haunted by the past, family problems, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, actor's life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
clinic, parent child relationship, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, parents and children, therapy, mother daughter relationship, mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle of the annual Mummer's Parade.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, society, divorce, parents separation, young lovers, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
22%
297
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, redemption, destiny, society, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, hopes, family life, parents and children, black, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved man, is frustrated to find himself neglected by his own ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, grandfather granddaughter relationship, hospital, husband wife relationship, coma, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
poverty, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, youth, homeless, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
family life, family problems, parents and children, single parent, family gatherings, society, hopes, small town, death in the family, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed violent crimes who nobody else takes on. She gradually got estranged from her family, but ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, serious
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, parents and children, mental illness, unfulfillment, aging, family problems, lawyer, getting home, love, village, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, dull life, parents and children, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, turk, sexual content, chance, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Plot:
redemption, friendship, introspection, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, human nature, family life, custody, addiction, hopes, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Similarity:
20%
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