Movies like The Favorite Son
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The Favorite Son (1994)
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Original name: Le fils préféré
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jean-Paul Mantegna, the son of Italian immigrants now living in Nice, is a hunted man, riddled with debt and involved in borderline illegal companies. To extricate himself, he has to rely on Philippe and François, his two brothers, and on Raphaël, his father; a family torn by disputes and tragic events. However, by rebuilding family unity, Jean-Paul also discovers the secret of his own destiny...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
lgbt, hotel, brother, family relations, life is a bitch, dangerous animal, gays and lesbians, dysfunctional family, family problems, family in crisis, siblings relations, estrangement, dishonesty, boxing, teacher, construction, homosexual, debt, father son relationship, childhood memory, forgery, brother brother relationship, hotel manager, gay brother, gay son ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
italy, milan italy, nice france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family in crisis, siblings relations and life is a bitch mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Favorite Son: Going Away (2013), Locked in Silence (1999), A Perfect Son (2000), The Sound and the Fury (2014), Archipelago (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two unlikely friends — a supply teacher and a lonely young boy suspended between two estranged parents — embark on a weekend motorcycle voyage full of surprises and unforeseen consequences in this surprisingly tough, unsentimental drama.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, hopes, redemption, weekend, loneliness, women, neglected child, family problems, dysfunctional family, confronting the past, family relations, getting home ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, french riviera, south of france
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy, disturbing
Plot:
children, youth, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, mute or deaf, unfulfillment, misfit, power relations, family problems, family in crisis, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man's terminal illness reunites him with his estranged brother.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, life is a bitch, drug abuse, unfulfillment, family in crisis, death in the family, haunted by the past, lgbt, gay interest, brother brother relationship, death of father, aids ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, parents and children, downfall, life is a bitch, family in crisis, family life, family problems, mental retardation, suicide, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
1910s, 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Patricia (Kate Fahy) and her two children, young adults Edward (Tom Hiddleston) and Cynthia (Lydia Leonard), arrive for a break at a holiday cottage. As rain and wind lash against the windows, Patricia grows exasperated at the absence of her ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, family in crisis, siblings relations, parents and children, estrangement, island, family gatherings, introspection, mental disorder, women, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
lgbt, aids, loss of lover, gay interest, mourning, parents and children, love affair, family in crisis, breakup, terminal illness, midlife crisis, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Zion, aged 14 and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, introspection, youth, society, siblings relations, teenage life, working class, haunted by the past, family in crisis, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A daily, familiar, sexual and emotional drama. Based on the character Serginho, the plot is based around various aspects of this "no longer a boy, not yet a man". We follow his day to day: the recently acquired role of man of the house, ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, bleak
Plot:
teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, youth, family problems, child as adult, family relations, teachers and students, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boy ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, society, addiction, human nature, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, child abuse, women of color, racial issues ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
africa, mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Beneath Jim Marshall's veneer as the all-American father and husband, lies a long suppressed desire that is about to ruin his idyllic family. When Elaine Marshall (Jean Smart) catches her husband and his lover in a hotel room, her anger quickly ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gender, love, unfaithful husband, love affair, family life, infidelity, suburban life, suburbs, breakup, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family in crisis ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Student Eric kills time by spying on his neighbors. Compulsively taking notes on everything within binocular range from his bedroom window, he harasses his neighbors by sending unsigned notes and making their private affairs public. When they ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
voyeurism, adolescence vs adulthood, destructive relationship, dangerous attraction, coming of age, mysterious character, teenage life, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, loneliness, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is heavily in debt. Luckily for the Rastellis, Bolta the accountant uses all the tricks of his art to ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, tense, clever ...
Plot:
ambition, family business, dishonesty, bribery, legal, rise and fall, family relations, bankruptcy, unfulfillment, corporate crime, stock broker, bankrupt ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, family life, haunted by the past, mental illness, human nature, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, couples, estrangement, addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
aids, gay, lgbt, family relations, childhood, lgbtq, bereavement, bittersweet, resentment, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with brittle bone disease, which causes him to have never grown beyond four feet tall. The film follows his sexual ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, touching, sexual
Plot:
disability, fictional biography, handicapped, lgbt, family in crisis, gays and lesbians, life is a bitch, love and romance, gender, sexual abuse, society, family relations ...
Time:
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Place:
india, mumbai india, london, england, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An emotionally distant father attempts to reconnect with the son he abandoned. After his estranged son (Juan Diego Botto) tries to commit suicide, Argentine expat Martín (Federico Luppi) brings the troubled teen live with him in Spain. But though ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
gay, gender, addiction, coming of age, love and romance, teenager, erotica, lgbt, anarchist, dysfunctional family, youth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, spain, latin america, argentina, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges a big birthday. But as the festivities come to an end, repressed conflicts rise to the surface. Old wounds are opened and a new family is ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
homecoming, family relations, family life, family gatherings, parents and children, estrangement, under the surface, siblings relations, family problems, strong female presence, dysfunctional family, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
220
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, youth, introspection, parents and children, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, single parent, obsessive quest, self discovery, coming of age, godparent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, lyon, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mile Zero is a story about a father with a remarkable capacity to love.
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
kidnapping, family relations, family problems, couples, estrangement, crumbling marriage, family in crisis, wilderness, dysfunctional family, breakup, parents and children, utopia ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Edward's father walked out on his family years ago. In the years since, his mother has become a fundamentalist Christian and fallen for the school's self-righteous principal, Henry Howland. When Howland begins to mistreat Edward's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, contemplative
Plot:
dysfunctional family, arson, sibling relationship, vengeance, betrayal, society, coming of age, single parent, youth, school, small town life, small town ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
murder, courtroom, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, parents and children, courtroom drama, life is a bitch, legal, family problems, family relations, patricide, false accusation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, beverly hills, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Giorgi is 16 years old when he discovers another world through American films forbidden in all Soviet Union until then. Since the post-revolutionary chaos in his home town, Tbilisi, Giorgi has wanted to have succeeded by following the path of his ...
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Plot:
teenage life, family relations, youth, juvenile delinquency, prodigy, political unrest, society, brother brother relationship, brothers, brother, criminal, bandit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia (former ussr)
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sad
Plot:
kidnapping, kids in trouble, coming of age, family problems, estrangement, life is a bitch, hopes, confined, single parent, captivity, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, couple relations, family problems, society, death in the family, social decay, pregnancy, love and romance, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, painter, art ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, touching, serious, stylized, psychological ...
Plot:
youth, teenage life, heroin addict, estrangement, dysfunctional family, confined, life is a bitch, dishonesty, family problems, parents and children, addiction, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A reluctant reunion of two estranged sisters. One is on the verge of marriage; the other is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Both struggle with truths they're hiding from each other - and from themselves. Jenny has rejected her tumultuous ...
Style:
talky, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot:
dysfunctional family, siblings relations, family relations, family problems, city life, ego clash, lifestyle, rivalry, estrangement, twists and turns, mental disorder, lost girl ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Christoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father, evolves into the story of a brake-up. With the dead father lurking in the background, secrets gradually emerge threatening to destroy their marriage.
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realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love, marriage, family relations, infidelity, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, dishonesty, unfulfillment, emotionless, resentment, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
czech republic, denmark, europe, central europe, prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Violette, an expectant wife, who opens a nasty barrel of worms by filming a documentary about her dysfunctional family, to be shown to her (as yet) unborn son.Through her ever-present lens, Violette begins to unearth one nasty family secret after ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, pregnancy, uncover truth, infidelity, parents and children, family problems, couples, adultery, disturbed childhood, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, controversial, cynical ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, redemption, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, youth, domestic disturbance, curses spells and rituals, family life, social decay, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
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