Movies like Flowers for Algernon 2000
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Flowers for Algernon (2000)
2K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, contemplative, medical drama, crying, weeping, thought provoking, intellectual, period drama
Plot:
mentally challenged, laboratory, prodigy, genius, experiment, misfit, social misfits, hopes, blind ambition, fall in love, doctors and patients, disorder, research, tragedy, mother son reunion, bakery, mental retardation, autism, wandering, society, ambition, experiment gone awry, power relations, scientist, maze ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and sincere films with plots about hopes, misfit, society, family relations, power relations, disability and youth mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Romance genres. Some movies like Flowers for Algernon: Charly (1968), Little Man Tate (1991), Awakenings (1990), One Day Like Rain (2007), The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to his was right.
Style:
intelligent, psychological, clever, touching, depressing ...
Plot:
experiment, mental retardation, bakery, intelligence, tragedy, janitor, laboratory, pumpkin, doomed love, disability, teacher, mental disorder ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his ...
Style:
inspirational, intellectual, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
prodigy, child prodigy, coming of age, mathematics, single mother, single parent, genius, child genius, children, friendship, psychology, mentor ...
Time:
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Place:
ohio, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
hospital, mental illness, mental institution, illness, doctors and patients, medical, fighting illness, doctor, medicine, catatonia, disability, patient ...
Time:
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Place:
bronx new york city, new york, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl living in California suburbia devises a metaphysical experiment designed to save the world from what she sees as an impending doom...but the results of such an experiment prove to be both beneficial and destructive.
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, serious, offbeat
Plot:
save the world, friendship, obsession, youth, experiment gone awry, society, friends, introspection, hopes, teenage life, nothing goes right, idealism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
marriage of convenience, arranged marriage, love and romance, world war two, society, destiny, pregnancy, unhappy marriage, pretend relationship, hopes, soldier, marriage ceremony ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 50s
Place:
usa, colorado
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Michael Switzer.
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
child molester, autism, mentally challenged, teacher student relationship, testimony, courtroom, victim, teacher, mental illness, sexual cruelty, children, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
571
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The celebrated heart surgeon Dr. Thomas Vrain supports the research of the offbeat scientist Aldo Gehring, who is inventing an artificial heart. Dr. Vrain performs the first artificial human heart transplant against the advice of the Ethics ...
Style:
philosophical, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
medicine, medical, nudity, power relations, transplant, moral dilemma, society, idealism, introspection, against the rules, doctors and patients, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.
Style:
psychotronic, realistic, serious, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
medical, mental institution, hospital, psychiatric hospital, nurse, medicine, psychiatric ward, kitchen sink realism, psychopath, power relations, disability, kids in trouble ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
31%
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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:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Romania, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonathan Vogel (Guillaume Depardieu) would like to turn back the clock and undo the accident that led to his disability and destroyed his life. When he learns that Stivlas Karr (Carlo Brandt), a well-known professor and geneticist, has developed a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, stylized, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
disability, mad scientist, family relations, parents and children, doctors and patients, power relations, experiment gone awry, laboratory, estate, misfit, disorder, genetic engineering ...
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, starting over, prodigy, haunted by the past, society, ambition, redemption, rivalry, youth, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A quirky coming of age story about an 11-year-old boy named Redwood who dreams that if he can beat Jack Nicklaus at the 1975 Master's of golf he'll reunite his parents.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
youth, golf, hopes, coming of age, teenage life, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, daydreamer, misfit, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, canada
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
high school, family problems, child illness, against the odds, terminal illness, human spirit, family relations, disability, family in crisis, school, parents and children, relationship vs career ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, ship, human nature, power relations, injustice, misfit, hopes, human spirit, anarchist, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
31%
920
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, captivating, sincere
Plot:
cloning, composer, fear of death, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, solace, life turned upside down, immortal, terminal illness, scientist, genetics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
northern germany, canada, germany
Similarity:
31%
378
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, touching, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 1996, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new england
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
disability, jazz, youth, music, illness, misfit, hopes, love and romance, single parent, prodigy, lifestyle, musician's life ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, canada
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the women.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lgbt, female bonding, housekeeper, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, hopes, human nature, couple relations, society, master and servant, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for mentally retarded children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
teaching, school, teachers and students, mentally challenged, human spirit, dedicated educator, hopes, psychiatry, youth, medical, american football, adoption ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.
Style:
independent film, psychological, serious, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
couples, interracial relations, friendship, hopes, society, coping, family life, family in crisis, misfit, disability, optimism, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Noah Connelly is a boxer with a tireless opponent: Autism. But when he meets a dancer named Alexia, the two discover together that the toughest fight may be not be of the body, but of the heart.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sexual, humorous ...
Plot:
autism, true love, unlikely couple, love affair, society, social differences, athlete's life, lifestyle, love and romance, friendship, fall in love, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, redemption, hopes, couple relations, misfit, starting over, culture clash, family life, immigrant, society, couples, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
china, washington d.c., usa, asia, persia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A reporter gets the scoop on the first ever human cloning, but the furor surrounding the event jeopardizes the baby's birth and the career of the responsible doctor.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
privacy invasion, moral dilemma, life turned upside down, human clone, couple relations, doctors and patients, couples, family relations, parents and children, family problems, scoop, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffless 'head' ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, contemplative
Plot:
teachers and students, society, misfit, power relations, hopes, rebellion, dedicated educator, hardcase students, youth, interracial relations, school, idealism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Elle a une passion: la danse. Une ambition: danser a Broadway. Un handicap: elle est muette. Le samedi soir, dans une boite new-yorkaise, elle affronte les plus grands DJ et, quelle que soit la musique, techno, funk, jazz ou soul, elle garde le ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
dancing, true love, disco, dancer's life, follow your dream, laboratory, sign language, audition, against the odds, nightlife, love affair, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, paris france, usa, europe, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of the latest week on the earth before the announce of the landing of an extraterrestrial society on earth seen by the eyes of a misogynist man with only the desire solitude and routine.
Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, captivating, deep ...
Plot:
solitude, alien encounter, benign alien, life turned upside down, disorder, misogynist, extraterrestrial, danger, society, post apocalyptic, superhero, flying saucer ...
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Rising rock star, TJ Cray, gets the shot of a lifetime, an audition with a A & R man. On the way into the city, a carload of drunks smash into his car, severing his hands. He drops out of the business and becomes a homeless drunk. Cray wakes ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, psychotronic
Plot:
musician, nightclub, cyberpunk, dj, alcoholism, pity, dance club, vigilantism, homelessness, tolerance, philosophy, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, independent film
Plot:
female nudity, bare breasts, writers, psychotherapy, waking up, biopic, insane asylum, poet, power relations, disability, writer's life, elderly ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
england, canada, europe, london
Similarity:
30%
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