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My Family (1995)
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930's. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the 50's. As the second generation become adults in the 60's, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, sad, independent film, serious, captivating, realistic, hispanic, hood, sentimental ...
Plot:
immigrant, chicano, family relations, prison, father son relationship, mafia, gang, culture, high school, urban, death of wife, transformation, marriage, wedding, murder, coming of age, pregnancy, youth, misfit, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, society, babies and infants ...
Time:
1920s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s, 70s, 20s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
Keyword:
gangsters, latin
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and independent film films with plots about family relations, society, youth, parents and children, coming of age, couples and love and romance mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like My Family: Gran Torino (2008), La Bamba (1987), Scent of a Woman (1992), Imperial Dreams (2014), Face (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
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Duration: 108 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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