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Little Man Tate (1991)
18K
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 extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.
Style:
inspirational, intellectual, psychological, touching, realistic, independent film, uplifting, sincere, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
prodigy, child prodigy, coming of age, mathematics, single mother, single parent, genius, child genius, children, friendship, psychology, mentor, adolescence, boy genius, chess, mental disorder, mother, youth, working class, women, education, college, hospital, little boy, asperger's syndrome ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa
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Most similar movies to Little Man Tate
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sincere films with plots about youth, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, friendship, society and children mostly in Drama, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like Little Man Tate: Pay It Forward (2000), Standing Up (2013), Stolen Summer (2002), Children of Invention (2009), Finding Forrester (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, death, boy, good deed, disfigurement, addiction, abusive husband, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
tibet, usa, nevada, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a vicious summer camp prank; But rather than have to return to camp and face the humiliation, they ...
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, serious, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
child romance, friendship, child's point of view, youth, coming of age, children, runaway, missing child, self discovery, child, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
childhood, judaism, friendship between boys, afterlife, friendship, coming of age, boy, youth, catholicism, mentor, rabbi, religion ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 20th century, year 1976, 1930s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, family problems, working class, family relations, eviction, society, suburbs, parents and children, siblings relations, poverty, child ...
Place:
boston, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Gus van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
mentor, literature, dedicated educator, coming of age, prejudice, genius, basketball, writers, teacher, african american, prodigy, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, scotland, usa, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sincere, realistic, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, mentor, teacher, friendship, injustice, social misfits, teaching the ways of the world, false accusation, teaching, boyhood, disfigurement, children ...
Time:
60s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sad, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
lawyer, mentally challenged, father daughter relationship, single father, child custody, social services, custody, custody battle, disability, parents and children, foster child, love ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple whose son had been diagnosed as mentally retarded, and was institutionalized, are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is in fact deaf.
Style:
thought provoking, independent film, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
sign language, deaf, coming of age, deafness, hearing, youth, family relations, spouse leaving, family problems, disability, hopes, mute or deaf ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
39%
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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:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of two small town boys from different sides of the tracks: 1950's childhood and self-redemption. Young "Whitey" Black (so called because of a tuft of blanched hair on the left side of his head) lives in poverty with his ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, feel good, emotional, christmas classics ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, christmas, friendship, self discovery, social differences, terminal illness, haunted by the past, parents and children, society, life is a bitch, family life, child illness ...
Time:
50s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teacher, fighting the system, school, human spirit, hopes, teachers and students, parents and children, youth, society, changing lives, social relations, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Harriet, a ten-year old girl, lives together with her big sister and her alcoholic mother out in the countryside. The family runs a motel. Harriet is different from the others, as she owns a great creativity and has nobody to play with. Her infinite ...
Style:
touching, crying, independent film, intellectual, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, mental disorder, coming of age, waterfall, sister, youth, unicorn, ufo, ghost story, orphan, dying, car accident ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 60s
Place:
california, pacific ocean, canada, minnesota, san diego california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, coming of age, family relations, family in crisis, family problems, couple relations, teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hospital, working class, single parent ...
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
38%
621
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style:
realistic, touching, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
african american, coming of age, self esteem, child prodigy, hopes, female protagonist, teacher, prodigy, teachers and students, elementary school, mentor, black ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, washington d.c., america, south central los angeles, usa ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story begins on a fine summers morning, when San-woo and his mother board a bus to the country. It is soon clear that the unsophisticated rural passengers annoy the seven-year-old urban boy. His mother is taking him to live with his 78-year-old ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, stylized, rough, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, parents and children, grandparent grandchild relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, love, life & death, children, generation gap, friendship, village life, love story ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
asia, south korea, korea, paris france, italy ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"Front of the Class" is based on the true story of Brad Cohen -- played in the movie by Jimmy Wolk -- who, "after being challenged by Tourette's syndrome from a very young age, defies all odds to become a gifted teacher
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, tourette's syndrome, dedicated educator, social misfits, teachers and students, school, disability, life philosophy, honest, friendship, father son relationship, understanding ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa, atlanta georgia, england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, missing person, family drama, children, family relations, kidnapped, family life, parents and children, family problems, police detective, hostage ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, touching, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disability, small town, mentally challenged, mental illness, self discovery, responsibility, brothers, character study, coming of age, life philosophy, life & death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 70s, 60s
Place:
iowa, texas, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
single mother, family relations, on the road, family problems, teenage life, single parent, dealing with death, human nature, working class, death in the family, parents and children, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, oregon, virginia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
estrangement, parents and children, single parent, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, germany, italy, berlin germany, milan italy
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
child prodigy, prodigy, boy, music, youth, coming of age, childhood, family relations, pianist, rebelliousness, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, dedicated educator, coming of age, boarding school life, ethics, school teacher, schoolboy, boarding school, teachers and students, youth, hardcase students, boys' school ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., pennsylvania, new jersey
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.
Style:
psychological, inspirational, captivating, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coming of age, charity, little boy, donation, generosity, homelessness, hopes, social problems, family conflict, social activism, family problems, child ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, coming of age, parents and children, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, pedophile, physical abuse, child molestation, sexual assault ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
38%
692
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 12 year old boy and his single mother live separate lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. The boy’s solitude is both a source of freedom and a cause for grief. His explorations slowly bring to ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, working class, small town, parents and children, family problems, youth, society, single parent, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, realism, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, reflective ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, family relations, self discovery, teenage life, interracial relations, hopes, society, idealism, spoiled brat, quibbling, aging, death in the family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot:
orphan, social worker, man boy relationship, child abuse, adoption, single parent, absent father, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
england, europe, wales
Similarity:
38%
875
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Focusing on the bonding between three female (an African American female, a half African American half Latino American female, and a Latino American female) high school members of Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, thought provoking, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
asthma, friendship, high school, teenager, adolescence, musician's life, lifestyle, against the odds, life is a bitch, youth, hopes, society ...
Time:
90s, 80s, future
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, california ...
Similarity:
38%
110K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
psychological, depressing, bleak, thought provoking, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, high school life, teen angst, human relationship, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
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