Movies like Mothers Child

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Mothers Child (2020)
 8.2
 7K
Mothers Child (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A couple mutually decide to give their baby up for adoption to go back to living their separate lives.
Style: emotional, realistic, sincere, independent film, melancholic
Plot: adoption, parenthood, loss, separation, character study, intimate, female protagonist, grief, introspection, regret, social issues, bonding, slice of life, bittersweet, ethical dilemma, minimalism, male protagonist, identity, hopes, slow burn, couples
Time: contemporary

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Most similar movies to Mothers Child

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and independent film films with plots about intimate, character study, bittersweet, urban, slice of life, grief and loss mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Mothers Child: The Ribbon (2024), The Branches (2016), Migratory Birds (2018), After the Winter (2021), Broken Windows (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Ribbon (2024)
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.
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Plot: pregnancy, grief, miscarriage, empathy, loss, homelessness, motherhood, marriage, compassion, healing, social issues, domestic drama ...
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The Branches (2016)
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
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Time: 2010s
Place: ohio, midwest
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Migratory Birds (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Diego is hosting a farewell party in his house before he leaves on a trip that no one knows about.
Style: reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot: secrets, house party, introspection, intimate, relationships, bittersweet, friendship, regret, single, identity, character study, slice of life ...
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After the Winter (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
Style: melancholic, emotional
Plot: friendship, coming of age, nostalgia, small town, introspection, diaspora, migration, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, memory ...
Place: montenegro
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71%
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 4.2
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Broken Windows (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four Women, Four Dreams, Four Realities
Style: realistic, independent film, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot: self discovery, grief, friendship, loss, intimate, relationships, introspection, identity crisis, slice of life, party, mourning, slow burn ...
Time: 21st century
Similarity:
61%
 7.4
 614
Moving On (2009)
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
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 6.4
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Patchwork (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Chara’s family is everything to her, and yet she sometimes ponders a life without them. When she strikes up a hesitant friendship with a young girl, she is inexorably forced to confront a painful past and to answer a burning question: Is ...
Style: emotional, melancholic, realistic, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: motherhood, domestic drama, character study, identity, female protagonist, gender roles, intimate, realism, family secret, trauma, friendship, intimacy ...
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55%
 5.4
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The Quiet Roar (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 77 min.
Story: MARIANNE (Evabritt Strandberg) is a 68-year old woman diagnosed with a terminal disease. Left with angst, she seeks therapy at a clinic where she is treated with Psilocybin (LSD) and meditation by a counselor, Eva (Hanna Schygulla). Through this she ...
Style: contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: aging, elderly, drug abuse, introspection, disease, dealing with death, terminal illness, female protagonist, subconscious, character study, youth, hallucination ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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Moon and Thunder (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When Yasuko (Eriko Hatsune) was a child, her mother left their home. She grew up not knowing what an ordinary family is. Satoshi's (Kengo Kora) mother was the girlfriend of Yasuko's late father. One day, Satoshi appears in front of ...
Style: melancholic, psychological, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot: absent mother, orphan, family secret, mother daughter relationship, character study, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, love and romance, forbidden love, love interest, unrequited love ...
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50%
 5.9
 655
Spirit of Dust (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A man lives alone in Istanbul. He makes a living doing odd jobs for several people, but dreams of being a singer.
Style: melancholic, emotional, independent film
Plot: dream, loneliness, male protagonist, character study, ambition, singing, working class, housekeeper, struggle, introspection, urban, aspiration ...
Place: istanbul turkey
Similarity:
49%
Month of Madhu (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Madhumati, a 19-year-old Indo-American girl, whose visit to Vizag for a family wedding takes an unforeseen turn after a clash with her mother. Meanwhile, Madhusudhan, a separated and unemployed man, grapples with his failing marriage to Lekha. Their ...
Style: romantic drama, contemplative, realistic, emotional, art house ...
Plot: slice of life, complex characters, character study, intimate, separation, self discovery, everyday life, loneliness, minimalism, slow burn, identity, regret ...
Similarity:
49%
The Merry Bus (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Armenia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Focuses on a woman and child after the 1988 earthquake that rocked the Soviet state of Armenia. They find themselves listening to telephone wires and call it music. They became close and the little boy decides that he has found the basis for the ...
Style: sincere, psychological, captivating, emotional, poignant ...
Plot: female protagonist, adopted son, mother love, childhood, motherhood, bonding, mother son relationship, relationships, family relations, child, foster child, adoptive mother ...
Place: armenia
Similarity:
45%
Twenty-Five Five (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: emotional, reflective, melancholic, realistic
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Place: washington state
Similarity:
44%
Close Enough (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 62 min.
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Style: emotional, independent film, realistic, melancholic
Plot: high school friends, female friendship, self discovery, character study, coming of age, weekend getaway, maturity, awkwardness, nostalgia, honesty, bittersweet, identity ...
Similarity:
41%
 6.4
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Running (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A whole year went by before musician Juliane Hansen was able to put her running shoes back on — a year after her partner, Johann König, took his own life. Although her friend Rieke offers all the support she can, Juliane feels lonely and ...
Style: melancholic, contemplative, emotional, psychological, slow cinema ...
Plot: grief, healing, mourning, recovery, suicide, loss, bereavement, loneliness, running, loss of partner, guilt, cello ...
Similarity:
41%
 6.0
 2K
Jai Ganesh (2024)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
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Style: thought provoking, emotional, intense, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot: disability, paraplegic, resilience, introspection, character study, healing, isolation, identity, redemption, empathy, grief, loss ...
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Reach the Sky (2019)
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
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Time: 21st century
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41%
 4.4
 40
Happy Baby (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Plastic Symphony (2022)
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Place: eastern europe, vienna
Similarity:
40%
 6.0
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A Perfect Day (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lebanon, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
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Time: 2000s
Place: lebanon, middle east
Similarity:
39%
 5.5
 450
The Last Fall (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: nfl, starting over, self discovery, introspection, love affair, hopes, homecoming, unfulfillment, football, male protagonist, father son relationship, financial difficulty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Similarity:
39%
 5.4
 25
Antonia (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style: emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot: unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place: chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
38%
 6.5
 1K
Collision (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
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Style: emotional, bleak, realistic, intense, tense ...
Audience: adult
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 6.3
 143
Lucky Child (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: emotional, melancholic, realistic, art house, independent film ...
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Similarity:
36%
Chasing the Wind (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.
Style: melancholic, contemplative, realistic
Plot: grief, grandfather, funeral, getting home, family conflict, family drama, loss, intimate, character study, small town, mourning, confrontation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: berlin germany
Similarity:
36%
 6.9
 18
Scorn (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: bittersweet, love, family problems, introspection, couples, couple relations, human nature, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, urban, abuse, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
Similarity:
36%
 6.1
 71
The Other (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story: An intimate portrait of a woman's mental confrontation and drifting between dream and reality after experiencing loss.
Style: psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot: mental health, grief, character study, intimate, female protagonist, loss, loneliness, memory, isolation, confrontation, identity, minimalism ...
Similarity:
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 5.8
 145
Greatest Hits (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Canada, Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When Gabino's father returns home after a long absence, the two men awkwardly attempt to re-establish a relationship; but Gabino and his mother quickly tire of this man who has become a stranger to them and decide to kick him out, before ...
Style: sincere, semi serious, clever, realistic, experimental ...
Plot: estrangement, father son relationship, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, family problems, filmmaking, character study, absent parent, introspection, alienation, machismo ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
Similarity:
34%
 5.3
 148
Hedgehog (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The daughter of a late comic is forced to confront her fears of performing.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
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Similarity:
34%
 5.9
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Siblings (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Thirty-year-old twins Jenna and Joni find out that their father has a third child. Sister Jóna lives in Iceland. The siblings' meeting will change everyone's world, relationships and future. As each searches for meaning in their own ...
Style: emotional, reflective
Plot: relationships, siblings, character study, family drama, twins, intimate, half sister, identity, identity crisis, reconciliation, realism, bittersweet ...
Place: iceland, finland
Similarity:
33%