Movies like Caravan
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Caravan (2025)
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Original name: Karavan
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Overwhelmed by motherhood, Ester steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her son David, with an intellectual disability. They meet a young drifter whose open heart transforms their makeshift family into something freer, lighter, and full of unexpected hope.
Style:
road movie
Plot:
single mother, autism, motherhood, freedom, rebellion, mother son relationship, countryside, intellectual disability, teenager, vacation, boy, family relations, mental illness, teenage boy, female protagonist, single parent, mute character, domestic drama, 15 year old, czech abroad
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
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Most similar movies to Caravan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and emotional films with plots about family relations, mother son relationship, single mother, female protagonist, teenager, single parent and coming of age mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Caravan: Backwards (2022), No Letting Go (2015), All the Wilderness (2014), Byways (2004), We Are Never Alone (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Inspired by real events, the story of a young mother of an autistic boy, whose long-term persistence and struggle with bureaucracy and human heartlessness led to significant changes in the Polish education system.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, realistic, captivating
Plot:
mother, autism, social problems, fighting the system, mother and son, single parent, lifestyle, single mother, education, child illness, fighting illness, parent child relationship ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
What would you do to save your child? A young teenager struggles with a debilitating mental illness as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the rest of her family.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, cult classic ...
Plot:
mental health, mental illness, coming of age, bipolar disorder, family relations, teenager, family problems, teenage boy, parents and children, human nature, teenage life, mother son relationship ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new friend and a quirky young woman begin to draw him out of his shell.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, teenage boy, therapist, teenage life, mother son relationship, family relations, self discovery, coming of age, youth, single parent, problem, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
86%
159
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Victor, a father, travels the roads with his teenage son, Felix. For Felix, the trip is a school of life, as his first romantic encounter helps him better understand his father and get closer to him.
Style:
road movie, realistic, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, on the road, parent child relationship, parents and children, hopes, love and romance, single parent, son, father son relationship, teenager, single father, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, brittany
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the Czech provinces, a handful of people come together: a paranoid prison guard, his hypochondriac neighbour and the latter’s silent, despairing wife, a lovesick nightclub manager and a stripper who is a ...
Style:
captivating, rough, tense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
teenager, paranoid, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, money, boy, paranoia, stolen money, corpse, jail, female protagonist, teenage boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Raimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kids in trouble, childhood, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, bittersweet, boy, teenage boy, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
latvia
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of a teenage boy who suffers from a rare disorder that prevents him from feeling. We follow the journey of a single mother going through her son's physical and emotional changes.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, captivating, serious, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
boy, coming of age, mother son relationship, connection, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, adolescent boy, parents and children, teenage boy, adolescence, adolescent girl, teenage son ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a mother returns to her musical roots, she rediscovers the passion of her youth, and finds a way to connect with her troubled youngest son.
Style:
heartfelt, captivating, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, female protagonist, teenage son, family relations, mother, teenager, lifestyle change, musician, relationships, bonding, family drama, self discovery ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Raised by a single mother, a bullied 17 year-old girl seeks guidance from her best friend and the girl's older sister.
Style:
captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, lesbian, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, lgbtq, bullying, social problems, single parent, single mother, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, friends ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
single mother, widow, female protagonist, working woman, family relations, family problems, society, social problems, social issues, mother son relationship, culture clash, financial problem ...
Place:
iran, asia, middle east
Similarity:
48%
158
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband’s teenage son by herself.
Style:
suspense, captivating, emotional, realistic, tension
Plot:
tragic past, family problems, mother son relationship, family drama, confronting the past, kids and family, parenting, parents and children, motherhood, relationship problems, problem solving, troubled past ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, busan
Similarity:
47%
723
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raise her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of professional competence training class, Marie cannot accept it. Dreaming of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
prostitution, mother son relationship, prostitute, prostitute mother, female protagonist, single mother, motherhood, family drama, financial problem, blind ambition, money problems, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A massive segment of the Sun has broken off and is heading for Earth, whose surface is slowly heating up to an unbearable level. A strange mood pervades a debilitated world: anything could happen, virtually anywhere, without warning. Even in a ...
Style:
road movie, crying, allegory, mumblecore
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, masturbation, gay interest, gay, teenage boy, 18 year old, gay subtext, end of the world, lgbt, lgbt teen, bus driver, sexual predator ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
central europe, europe
Similarity:
46%
384
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
autism, nursing, moral dilemma, parents and children, society, social misfits, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, youth, single parent, family problems, child illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female nudity, single mother, foster home, pregnancy and birth, single parent, motherhood, family relations, pregnant girlfriend, kids and family, family life, adoption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california, oakland california, california, bay area
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Fatima, a Moroccan-born woman who now lives in France with her two teenage daughters, with whom she is barely able to communicate.
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, captivating
Plot:
studying, racism, muslim woman, mother daughter relationship, separated parents, female protagonist, language barrier, cleaning lady, working class, school, single mother, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
algeria, middle east, france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Pappu is a truck driver. Supporting his parents and extended family is beyond his means. Now, he has been presented a plan. An accident will be staged. Pappu will "die". Insurance payments are substantial.David and Kiran, a middle class ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, road movie, gujarati
Plot:
missing child, boy, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, working class, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, urban, society, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the 90s, Isabella was eighteen and a star. 20 years later, she is still singing those same songs in small town bars with her son Bruno, playing guitar. It's because of him that her career stopped. At least it's what she tells herself.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
singing, family relations, female singer, pop star, relationships, guitarist, son, parent child relationship, single mother, mother and son, loneliness, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, 2010s
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, crying ...
Plot:
teenager, loss of father, loss of husband, life is a bitch, family problems, single mother, mother son relationship, dysfunctional family, single parent, teenage life, family tragedy, family life ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, France, Slovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A couple embark on an early vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn. Boasting exquisite camera work, the film is also unforgettable for its wholly original ...
Style:
sentimental, poignant, captivating, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
lost dog, brother sister relationship, dog, teenage boy, vacation, mother son relationship, family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, shipwreck, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
central europe, prague
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, single parent, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, danger, suicide, juvenile delinquent, robbery, mother son relationship, poverty, society ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, mississippi, africa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When her daughter Chloé runs away from home, Jeanne is disappointed with the response of the police, for whom a teenager runaway is not a priority, and she realizes she can only rely on herself.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, teenager, runaway, missing child, mother child relationship, teenage daughter, problem, motherhood, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A single mother struggles to pay the rent and put food on the table for her 10 year old son.
Style:
social, serious, touching, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
poverty, single mother, parents and children, single parent, dysfunctional family, ambition, working class, bittersweet, frustration, friendship, female protagonist, life philosophy ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.
Style:
slow cinema, sexy, experimental, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
loneliness, minimalism, feminism, female protagonist, housewife, prostitution, prostitute, single mother, feminist, widow, chores, mother son relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, france, brussels belgium
Similarity:
40%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Angela's deafness raises concerns during her pregnancy regarding connecting with her daughter. Post-delivery, partner Héctor supports her as she learns to mother in a society lacking adequate accommodations for the hearing-impaired.
Style:
heartfelt, melancholic, tense
Plot:
motherhood, deafness, parenting, female protagonist, sign language, domestic drama, pregnancy, family relations, resilience, intimate, social realism, adaptation ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been dodging 'The System' to keep her son with her, instead of putting him in an institution. ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, tear jerker, psychological, tension ...
Plot:
autism, mother, family drama, single parent, compassion, single mother, sacrifice, caregiver, responsibility, stress, mental health, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
529
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Day breaks on the eighth floor in a suburban neighbourhood of Lisbon and 14-year-old David’s grandfather is still in hospital. Doctors give him only a few days to live. The imminence of death and the void that it will leave force David to become ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, sincere, touching, contemplative, light
Plot:
boy, family relations, school, best friend, girl, teenage boy, half sister, mother son relationship, boyhood, little boy, hospital, stepfather ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Kazakhstan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Life creates many obstacles for 12 years old boy - Tedo. Tedo belongs to the generation, which was forced to mass displacement because of the civil war in Abkhazia, one of the most beatiful places in Georgia. The civil war took away everything Tedo ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, life is a bitch, on the road, estrangement, family relations, poverty, single parent, parents and children, search for father, journey, grownups ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
europe, caucasus, georgia
Similarity:
36%
161
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Colombia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Anna is a young woman living in Paris, daily struggling with her emotional frailty. She tries to spend more time with her ten-year-old son, Nathan, but Philippe, her former husband, does not trust her anymore and threatens to take full custody of ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, motherhood, family bonds, family drama, ex husband ex wife relationship, ex couple relations, changing lives, family problems, family relations, family life, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
colombia, paris france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ki is a young woman who no longer wants to live with the father of her child. She moves into a house in which lives Miko, a serious man who does not care for distractions. The responsibility of raising a child on her own comes up against the need to ...
Style:
captivating, light, realistic, emotional, witty ...
Plot:
single mother, parenthood, female protagonist, independent woman, young mother, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young couple ...
Similarity:
35%
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