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Goodbye June (2025)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Style:
emotional, realistic, dark comedy, melancholic, independent film, sensitive, compassionate, black humor, nostalgic
Plot:
christmas, family drama, siblings, domestic drama, holiday, life & death, grief, terminal illness, family reunited, bittersweet, house, mature, forgiveness, family secret, reconciliation, empathy, intimate, personal growth, resilience, small town, christmas time, dark humor, family secrets
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Most similar movies to Goodbye June
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, melancholic and independent film films with plots about small town, family drama, intimate, bittersweet, grief, reconciliation and forgiveness mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like Goodbye June: Max Dagan (2024), April, May and June (2019), Landlocked (2021), Holiday Baggage (2008), Shadowboxing (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Trying to get his dying father out of prison with a compassionate release, Max Dagan needs the help of the daughter of the man his father killed.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, bleak, melancholic, tension
Plot:
redemption, forgiveness, father son relationship, family drama, prison, guilt, moral dilemma, second chance, dying man, reconciliation, grief, family secret ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
To inform each personally about her impending death, Mies summons her three daughters home. The three half-sisters April, May and June, each of whom has a different father, start to question their lives: "Where are we at in life? What do we ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
mother, family drama, mother daughter estrangement, sister sister relationship, family problems, sisters, women, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, estrangement, family relations, estranged sister ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After his mother's death, a man is reunited with his estranged, transgender parent as they journey to scatter her ashes off the Georgia coast.
Style:
melancholic, independent film
Plot:
parent child relationship, reconciliation, grief, family drama, loss of mother, road trip, acceptance, estrangement, forgiveness, empathy, identity, family secret ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Pediatrician by day, single mom by night, SARAH invites her estranged husband, PETE, back to their suburban home for the Holidays on one condition: he must reconcile with their daughters before she agrees to finalize a trial separation with divorce.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film
Plot:
christmas, holiday, family drama, relationships, family conflict, parenting, marriage, reconciliation, single mother, female protagonist, divorce, parent child relationship ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An offbeat yet serious family drama about coming home, arrested development and infidelity.
Style:
reflective, serious, realistic, melancholic, offbeat
Plot:
infidelity, getting home, family drama, arrested development, betrayal, house, homecoming, midlife crisis, mature, personal growth, intimate, loss ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four cousins are excited to celebrate Christmas with each other until their estranged grandfather summons them home for their beloved grandmother’s memorial.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, satirical, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, family reunited, family problems, family relations, cousin cousin relationship, sisters, satire, relationships, sister sister relationship, eccentric family, bittersweet, reconciliation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three estranged adult sisters return home for their parents anniversary to learn their father is dying; his final wish to have one last perfect weekend sends everyone into a whirlwind of buried family secrets and conflict.
Style:
tear jerker, melancholic
Plot:
terminal illness, family drama, mortality, bittersweet, last wish, reconciliation, grief, sibling rivalry, regret, forgiveness, homecoming, mature ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-convict, after spending six years in prison, tries to re-establish a relationship with the son he hasn't seen in all that time.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, emotional, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
father son relationship, ex convict, family drama, second chance, redemption, reconciliation, estranged son, forgiveness, regret, male protagonist, parenting, bittersweet ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A generous and stubborn elderly boxing coach gets along with everyone except his own son. They're reunited after the death of the old man's wife and forced to face old grievances.
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
father son relationship, grief, boxing, family drama, loss of spouse, mourning, reconciliation, regret, forgiveness, elderly man, bittersweet, small town ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Peter King discovers that his father had audio recorded everything that happened in his childhood home. This comes as Pete and his family clean out the house before it is repossessed. With only five days left, he must reconcile with a past that has ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
father son relationship, religion, reconciliation, family drama, family secret, memory, loss of faith, grief, regret, intimate, small town, confession ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The life and journey of Hameed to find his biological mother and how his life changes when Aisha comes into his life.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
mother son relationship, search for mother, family drama, adoption, identity, self discovery, domestic drama, longing, family reunited, male protagonist, coming of age, family secret ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
"Grief Share" centers around a diverse group of individuals who are brought together by their mutual desire to heal. Each member of the class has experienced a profound loss and each individual's story parallels the parables of Jesus.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, sincere, reflective, spiritual ...
Plot:
grief, faith healing, loss, healing, bereavement, support group, hopes, empathy, mourning, faith based, religious, community ...
Similarity:
63%
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:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, suspense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
mourning, family secret, grief, family drama, funeral, mature, flashback, road trip, intimate, regret, siblings, small town ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman experiences a medical miracle, after which she has only a few days to bring together her estranged children, save the family's wallpaper business and rekindle an old flame.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, melancholic, road movie
Plot:
dementia, mother daughter relationship, family drama, memory loss, empathy, bittersweet, healing, second chance, aging, mature, heartwarming, small town ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A film about the reunion of a family broken by the pain and because of the pain can be reunited. An intense story, told in a soft and sensitive way, showing the search and dedication of a man rediscovering family and the love that unites the ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, reflective, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
love, reconciliation, family bonds, family drama, family reunited, brothers, domestic drama, brotherhood, forgiveness, father son relationship, homecoming, redemption ...
Place:
brazil, italy
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
native american, getting home, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, family relations, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, native, indigenous people, family drama, estranged brother, sibling rivalry ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35-year-old drug addict who is determined to make this his last day. And Adonna Frost, suffering from advanced ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
cancer, drug addict, terminal illness, death, dying, mortality, family relations, empathy, child protagonist, character study, grief, addiction ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three distanced, discordant brothers strive to put aside their differences as they reunite after decades at their ancestral home to give their dying mother a peaceful send off, but soon are at loggerheads as the house brings up painful memories of ...
Style:
emotional, serious, intense, realistic
Plot:
brothers, family drama, dying mother, sibling rivalry, bereavement, domestic drama, painful memories, estrangement, memory, grief, family secret, parent child relationship ...
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52%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the death of their father, three siblings return to the family home where they grew up. They intend to sell it and follow their very different paths. But as memories surface in every corner, a fear of getting rid of the past and an impulse to ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, semi serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
family reunited, siblings, memories, family drama, mourning, family home, grief, family relations, lifestyle, relationships, domestic drama, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Terminally ill Anna returns to Oregon to reconnect with her estranged brother while simultaneously making the heart-wrenching choice to end her life putting to use the Death with Dignity Act.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, existential, realistic, independent film
Plot:
sibling relationship, terminal illness, euthanasia, ethical dilemma, family drama, loss, grief, brother sister relationship, reconciliation, acceptance, bittersweet, intimate ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A recently separated ladies' magazine reporter, a young couple who are in love, an unfaithful but jealous crane driver, a longing father and his unknowing daughter, the home coming fisherman's son who seeks reconciliation with his parents, ...
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, bittersweet, regret, melancholy, empathy, parent child relationship, reconciliation, domestic drama, longing, intimate, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
49%
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:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He meets Matsunaga Chie, who attends a music college, and they start dating. Each day becomes all the more bright and enjoyable for Shingo because of the lively ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
terminal illness, female protagonist, family drama, motherhood, breast cancer, bittersweet, life & death, sacrifice, acceptance, empathy, slice of life, cooking and food ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Kyle and Jen, estranged siblings, travel from New York City to rural Pennsylvania to pack up the home of their recently deceased mother. While there, they make a discovery that turns their world upside-down. A Picture of You is a serious movie ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
bittersweet, siblings relations, family problems, family relations, estrangement, life turned upside down, dealing with death, death in the family, siblings, secrets, family drama, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
family drama, second chance, redemption, guilt, trauma, family secret, healing, uncle niece relationship, bittersweet, moral dilemma, intimate, forgiveness ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
Style:
realistic, emotional, road movie, melancholic
Plot:
reconciliation, married couple, funeral, road trip, introspection, character study, intimate, reflection, communication, soul searching, memories, nostalgia ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
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:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film describes the relationship between a father and his two motherless sons in Ireland, and how it changes when their aunt from London arrives.
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, tension, melancholic
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, family bonds, brothers, realism, loss, grief, small town, healing, family secret, slice of life, reconciliation ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Koen is a fatherless, eighteen year old boy who wants to free himself from the suffocating relationship with his mother. He struggels with the balance between independency and love. When he meets Colet, he tries to keep his distance, but she is both ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, teenager, coming of age, mother son relationship, independence, self discovery, search for father, family drama, young love, identity, absent father, intimate ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
42%
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