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The Thing with Feathers (2025)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a tragic loss, a grieving father tries to raise his young sons whilst dealing with an unlikely, unpredictable, and uninvited houseguest.
Style:
emotional, psychological, melancholic, contemplative, poignant, surreal, art house, independent film, f word
Plot:
father son relationship, coping, loss, family drama, mourning, bereavement, healing, brotherhood, symbolism, magic realism, trauma, intimate, boy, slow burn, isolation, small town, coming of age, beach, hallucination, brother, crow, supermarket, breakdown, widower, death of mother ...
Place:
united kingdom
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Most similar movies to The Thing with Feathers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, psychological and art house films with plots about grief, intimate, loss, isolation, small town, father son relationship and healing mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Thing with Feathers: Anemone (2025), Together (2009), Last Child (2017), Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994), Sentimental Value (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship—one that ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
father son relationship, brother brother relationship, brotherhood, family drama, brothers, reconciliation, recluse, siblings, estrangement, slow burn, empathy, secrets ...
Place:
northern england, ireland
Similarity:
95%
237
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A family of a father, a mother and their son is looking forward to go on vacation. On the way they experience an accident, and their lives are suddenly and unexpectedly turned upside down.
Style:
captivating, realistic, emotional, melancholic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
father son relationship, grief, family relations, mourning, family drama, bereavement, loss, lost love, loss of loved one, lifestyle change, drastic change of life, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When their son drowns while saving the life of a friend, the couple offer to take the boy in. What can they do with the kid who outlived their own son? The father tries to teach him work and looks after him like family. The mother is distant to him ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss, mourning, family drama, social problems, kids and family, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, loss of child ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, UK, Turkey
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, art house, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, family drama, sisterhood, memory, estranged father, reconciliation, legacy, family secret, sibling rivalry, intimate, stage actress ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Little Marco suffers from his parents' divorce. He runs away from home and is hit by a car. He drags on but eventually dies under a tree with pink leaves, remembering a story his grandmother told him.
Style:
tragic ending, emotional, melancholic, poignant, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
childhood, tragedy, divorce, runaway, loss, child protagonist, family drama, grief, death of child, accident, symbolism, family conflict ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
67%
485
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Magnus, a handsome teenager, wants to commit suicide and his father tries to change his mind.
Style:
psychological, emotional, melancholic, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
suicide, father son relationship, coming of age, family drama, intimate, mental illness, redemption, bittersweet, healing, dark humor, alienation, isolation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the death of his estranged father, Louis is left feeling he hasn't achieved as much as he had hoped for. A chance encounter with figures from his past triggers a set of events that shakes his perception of life.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.
Style:
emotional, tension, psychological, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
reform school, mental health, teacher student relationship, education, character study, responsibility, desperation, burnout, social issues, trauma, realism, crisis ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alexander Way, a secondary school teacher with a fractured personal life, finds himself attempting to rescue a woman from a violent sexual attack. Alexander finds himself overpowered, beaten & taken to hospital. Jesiah Jarvus, a famous British ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
marriage, school, family relations, doctor, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, teacher, father daughter relationship, violence, cancer, trauma, hospital ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, existential, bleak ...
Plot:
death, mourning, terminal illness, father son relationship, mortality, grief, family relations, illness, teacher, father and son, loss of father, school teacher ...
Similarity:
51%
225
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, poignant ...
Plot:
couples, hopes, family in crisis, family relations, starting over, redemption, couple relations, human spirit, family problems, death in the family, grief, loss ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
151
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man and his son move from the Pacific coast of Colombia to Cali, but have a difficult time adapting to the city. When his son is killed, the father must go through the hard process of grief while trying to find roots in a place that does not ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, bleak, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
family tragedy, loss, mourning, father son relationship, grief, character study, family drama, migration, social realism, adaptation, intimate, urbanization ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A girl grieving the horrific loss of her parents moves in with relatives, who try their best to welcome her into the family.
Style:
emotional, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mental health, uncle niece relationship, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, loss, grief, family drama, post traumatic stress, family life, loss of father, loss of mother, family problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, UK, Brazil
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Parallel stories connected through an intimacy with death. The living and the dead communicate through visions, memories and reality.
Style:
surreal, emotional, melancholic, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
grief, loss, memories, intimate, afterlife, a vision, mourning, supernatural, ghost, haunting, existentialism, spirituality ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of self-rediscovery seen through the eyes of a grief-stricken trumpeter, who finds salvation in a lighthouse and its two suicidal visitors.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
lighthouse, grief, suicide, seaside, empathy, loneliness, trumpet player, salvation, healing, intimate, mourning, redemption ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story set across the lush wine country of both Australia and Spain, a young man explores the nature of father-son relationships and the pathway toward understanding and forgiveness.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
father son relationship, grownups, coming of age, winery, adolescence vs adulthood, vineyard, family relations, wine, family drama, forgiveness, self discovery, bittersweet ...
Place:
spain, australia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After the death of his father, a teenage boy forms a healing friendship with a park ranger in the Yorkshire Dales.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, pastoral, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
coming of age, teenage protagonist, park ranger, landscape, father son relationship, friendship, grief, family drama, healing, nature, resilience, companionship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
yorkshire
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Viktor also deteriorates, and she faces the darkness and emptiness of the universe.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, existential, dark ...
Plot:
grief, female protagonist, loss, dysfunctional family, mourning, young adult, character study, secrets, identity crisis, betrayal, isolation, trauma ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
44%
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:
41%
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:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An American student living a privileged existence at Glasgow School of Art faces the unexpected death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, self discovery, loss, grief, female protagonist, loss of family, changing lives, life is a bitch, loss of father, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle change ...
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A father tries to rekindle his relationship with his son after years of absence and lack of communication. He takes him on a car ride across northern Norway, hoping it is not too late.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, estrangement, coming of age, reconciliation, family drama, father son estrangement, estranged father, family problems, absent father, estranged son, journey ...
Similarity:
39%
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:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A little boy, craving for his father's attention, imagines a made-up "Mr. President" who looks just like his father but is caring and attentive.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, black and white, art house ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
child, imaginary friend, father son relationship, imagination, boy, childhood, longing, delusion, mental health, neglect, abandonment, family drama ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An estranged father and son spend the day ambling around a cemetery, wandering the wilderness, searching for family, and stumbling through disharmony and heartache.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, dramatic, serious, harsh ...
Plot:
father son relationship, son, father, father and son, cemetery, character study, estrangement, family drama, family relations, alienation, parents and children, estranged son ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman in love, a weak man, a father stumbling with his emotions, an uncle dependent on the past and a teenager meet at Zagor’s boarding house. Despite the serenity of the house, they all struggle to find the peace that they each need.
Style:
psychological, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
boarding house, character study, teenager, father son relationship, love, household, slice of life, domestic drama, intimate, memory, isolation, loss ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming of age story set in the Vietnamese countryside during the late 1980s, as told through the eyes of a 12 year old boy named Thieu. Thieu and his younger brother Tuong share and do everything together. Their days unfold like a whimsical and ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, touching, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
childhood, brother brother relationship, boy, fall in love, coming of age, family relations, innocence, family drama, sibling relationship, brotherhood, village life, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 1989
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a high school boy learns that his father committed suicide, he begins a journey to find hope and reconciliation in the midst of his grief.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, poignant ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hopes, suicide, bereavement, father son relationship, faith, depression, grief, family relations, relationships, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, loss of father ...
Similarity:
34%
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