Movies like Firstborn
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Firstborn (1984)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with it. Until he discovers Sam's illegal activities.
Style:
tension, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, biting, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, teenager, domestic violence, drug addiction, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, secret relationship, brother brother relationship, abusive boyfriend, killer, abusive parent, teen violence, physical abuse, mother child relationship, little brother, school, family relations, chase, dysfunctional family, single parent, family in danger, woman in danger, obsession, youth, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
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Most similar movies to Firstborn
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, family relations, teenager, youth, teenage boy, death and fight mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Firstborn: Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000), Visitor Q (2001), Killing Mr. Griffin (1997), The Word (2014), The Occupant (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rape, obsession, sexualized violence, murder, suburbs, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, friendship, protective male, youth ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A father who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. He proceeds to have sex with his daughter who is now a prostitute, and films his son being humiliated and hit by classmates. ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bloody, tense, cult classic ...
Plot:
incest, sex, rape, father daughter incest, macabre, violent, psychopath, prostitute, breast feeding, necrophilia, obsession, sexual harassment ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The high school students didn't mean to kill Mr. Griffin. They wanted to make him suffer. But when their mean English teacher turns up dead, they have to find out who killed them before the police arrests them all.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, sexual attraction, emotional abuse, choice, kidnapping, high school, teachers and students, high school life, murder, teenage life, vengeance, uncover truth ...
Time:
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538
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Days before the end of the school year, Liliana gives Janek an ultimatum, giving him 24 hours to either prove his love for her or forget about her altogether.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
drunken teenager, mother daughter conflict, beach party, teenage love, obsession, teenage life, youth, high school life, revenge, jealousy, coming of age, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe, central europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An unemployed executive is forced to sell his apartment. When he discovers that he still has the keys, he becomes obsessed with the family that now lives there and decides to recover the life he has lost, at any price.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
blackmail, intruder, stalker, stalking, delivery, sociopath, psychological manipulation, manipulation, unemployed, suspicion, jealousy, couples ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, suspenseful, serious, transgressive ...
Plot:
pedophile, pedophilia, child abuse, isolation, boy, child molestation, little boy, life is a bitch, kidnapped child, child rape, emotional abuse, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, austria, central europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, re-education, juvenile detention, escape attempt, survival, prison life, youth, danger, confined, power relations, boy ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
654
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, thanksgiving, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, lgbt, family problems, survival, youth, rehabilitation, drug dealing, society ...
Place:
boston, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
illegal drugs, addiction, murder, danger, drug dealing, dishonesty, mental disorder, mythical creature, psychology, nightshift, pregnancy, nightlife ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young man moves to a new town after experiencing a tragedy and becomes involved with a gang of Satan-worshipping teens who believe they have supernatural powers. But by the time he realises he’s in too deep, it may be too late to escape.
Style:
gothic, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
gang, occult, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, social decay, youth, society, violence spree, friendship, teenage life, parents and children, heavy metal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, teenage life, youth, teenage love, social relations, rivalry, family relations, murder, social network, danger, blood, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
35%
22K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, psychological, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, stalking, obsessive love, stalker, hospital, unrequited love, female psychopath, swimming pool, sexual obsession, swimming, dangerous attraction, teenager ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When 16 year old Scott Byers decided to bring a camcorder to school, none of his schoolmates ever imagined what was to come. Only Scott's five closest friends and followers have the insight on his master plan. He is on a quest for the ultimate ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
voyeurism, loss of control, life is a bitch, introspection, destructive relationship, buddies, youth, teenage life, bullying, sociopath, suicide, high school ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A vengeful widow is out to seduce the relatives of the man she blames for her husband's death.
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
femme fatale, erotica, sexual relations, first sexual experience, dysfunctional family, lesbianism, female villain, seductress, sex scene, seduction, rough sex, passionate sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Eszter, 16, is secretly in love with her English teacher, while Peter, also 16, is hopelessly in love with Eszter. One day, the teacher announces that he is leaving the school to move to London. That same day, Eszter receives a farewell e-mail ...
Style:
sexy, touching, disturbing, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
teenage girl, jealousy, love triangle, teacher, crush, teenage protagonist, school, friend, phone sex, introvert, dog, sociopathy ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
abusive husband, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, woman killed, age-gap relationship, young love, age difference, love and romance, investigation, betrayal, life is a bitch, family problems, couples ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
10K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style:
harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, curse, juvenile delinquency, murder, homelessness, tragedy, lifestyle, danger, parents and children, single father, violence, boy ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, savannah georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, grief, death, family relations, buddies, youth, parents and children, society, village, accidental death, coming of age, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Adapting a Dutch bestseller inspired by a shocking real-life crime, Menno Meyjes (screenwriter of The Color Purple and Lionheart) directs this excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
couple relations, restaurant, family relations, life is a bitch, under the surface, family problems, couples, haunted by the past, parents and children, juvenile delinquency, family in crisis, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
34%
51K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Naoto was ignored by other people. During his school days, Chihiro was the first person who called his name. Naoto dreams of seeing her again and tries to find her. Finally, after 11 years, he locates her, but she is a totally different person now. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, crying
Plot:
rape, husband rapes wife, peeping tom, obsession, violent husband, following someone, awkward situation, uninvited guest, possessed human, visitor, socially awkward, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
youth, motocross, father son relationship, juvenile delinquent, social worker, death of mother, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug addict, rehabilitation, drug abuse, introspection, drug dealing, doctors and patients, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
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268
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set in Norfolk, amidst an idyllic, brooding landscape, an innocent teenage boy and his battle-weary father live a simple life. Days are spent hunting, fishing and daydreaming. Out-of-nowhere, disrupting this tranquility, a mysterious intense figure ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
father son relationship, mercenary, hitman, teenage life, single parent, isolation, youth, life is a bitch, family relations, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
Style:
dark, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
perfectionist, sociopathy, mental illness, manipulative person, bad kids, revenge, chess, boy, secretly observing, teachers and students, crime and punishment, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
single mother, female nudity, teenage boy, family relations, parents and children, social differences, teenage life, summer, life is a bitch, sex scene, making love, butler ...
Time:
year 2005, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A High school Photographer breaks his own rules and falls in love with his teenage model
Style:
sexy, psychosexual thriller, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
female nudity, dangerous attraction, murder, investigation, high school life, twists and turns, teenage life, love and romance, father son relationship, photographer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, golf ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean ...
Style:
feel good, hood, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
youth gang, teacher, vigilante, high school, vigilantism, gang, school teacher, mentor, gangster, chase, ghetto, urban ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
oakland california, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the ...
Style:
meditative, depressing, emotional, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
prison, coming of age, dysfunctional family, murder, teacher, prison life, writers, family relations, theft, parents and children, investigation, loss of sibling ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
california, paris france, italy, phoenix arizona, los angeles ...
Similarity:
33%
61K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, sexy, sexual, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, teenager, obsessive love, stalker, rape, danger, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, violence against women ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
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33%
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