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My Ain Folk (1973)
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My Ain Folk (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story: When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his other grandmother and uncle. His life is far from happy, filled with silence, rejection and bouts of violence.
Style: bleak, depressing, art house, sincere, touching, offbeat, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: youth, children, childhood, autobiography, neglect, misfit, family relations, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, mental illness, dysfunctional family, teenage life, boarding school, society, family problems, social misfits, down on your luck, realism, siblings relations, boarding school life, kids in trouble, biopic, dog, death ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1973, 40s
Place: scotland, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about youth, family relations, parents and children, society, family problems, life is a bitch and biopic mostly in Drama, Biography and Action genres. Some movies like My Ain Folk: My Childhood (1972), My Way Home (1978), Romulus, My Father (2007), Bad Boys (2003), Inch'Allah Sunday (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Childhood (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
Story: The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is ...
Style: bleak, inspirational, art house, depressing, contemplative ...
Plot: youth, children, boy, childhood, labor, adolescence, love letter, union, strike, child neglect, autobiography, coming of age ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1945
Place: scotland, europe, united kingdom
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My Way Home (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship ...
Style: bleak, art house, depressing, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot: youth, child neglect, rich, poor, poverty, adoption, lgbt, autobiography, neglect, friends, redemption, society ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1978, 50s, 1950s
Place: scotland, egypt, africa, middle east, europe ...
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Romulus, My Father (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: family relations, coming of age, isolation, family problems, hopes, impossible love, couples, couple relations, rivalry, love and romance, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 60s
Place: australia, melbourne
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46%
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Bad Boys (2003)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri ...
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, rough, sincere, serious ...
Plot: mental illness, juvenile delinquency, misfit, social misfits, youth, criminal heroes, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, society, young love ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: europe, finland
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45%
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Inch'Allah Sunday (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of an immigrant woman struggling against old world traditions. Zouina leaves her homeland with her three children to join her husband in France, where he's been living for the past ten years. In a land and culture foreign to her, ...
Style: contemplative, uplifting, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: culture clash, immigrant, abusive husband, estrangement, injustice, human spirit, self discovery, society, dysfunctional family, family problems, gender, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, algeria, europe
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45%
A Time to Live, a Time to Die (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.
Style: realistic, contemplative, slow cinema, aesthetic, thought provoking ...
Plot: family relations, coming of age, boy, children, slice of life, youth gang, siblings relations, teenage life, wartime life, family life, family in crisis, parents and children ...
Time: 1940s, 60s, year 1985, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: taiwan, asia
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44%
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Style: sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: homeless, homeless teenager, against the odds, life is a bitch, drug addict, youth, starting over, university, family problems, dysfunctional family, society, aids ...
Time: 21st century
Place: america, nova scotia, new york, usa
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44%
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Empire of Dirt (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Like many Native families, Lena Mahikan grew up in the cycle of abuse. Her father, a residential school survivor, was an alcoholic until he killed himself when Lena was 10. Her mother, only 14 years her senior, turned to the slots. By the time Lena ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot: small town, haunted by the past, native american, youth, single parent, life is a bitch, danger, society, social misfits, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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43%
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The Long Day Closes (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set in Kensington, a working-class district of Liverpool, England in mid-1950s, this is the story of eleven-year-old Bud, a sad and lonely boy. With cinema as his main source of solace, he haunts the local 'picture-house'. All the while, ...
Style: independent film, semi autobiographical, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: kids
Plot: family relations, lgbt child, coming of age, lgbt, boy, youth, school, childhood, minimal dialogue, gay, children, traumatic childhood ...
Time: year 1992, 1950s, 90s
Place: europe, england
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The Cruel Embrace (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Nicole (Marianne Basler) gives birth to a mentally challenged boy after she is gang-raped by American soldiers at the close of World War II in this grim dramatic tragedy. Young Ludo is hidden in the attic of the family home and continues to yearn ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy, touching ...
Plot: mental disorder, parents and children, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, isolation, kids in trouble, family relations, estrangement, family problems, single parent, misfit, mentally challenged ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, belgium
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43%
Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On November 4, 1970 on The CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite reported on a true, horrific story that was about to rock the country. A 13-year-old girl was discovered in the small Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia who was still in diapers, barely able to ...
Style: realistic, psychological, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Plot: disability, human spirit, life is a bitch, self discovery, family problems, hopes, society, social misfits, doctors and patients, parents and children, mental illness, isolation ...
Time: 70s, year 1970
Place: los angeles, usa
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43%
Bi, Don't Be Afraid (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears ...
Style: psychological, touching, atmospheric, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: childhood, dysfunctional family, family life, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, estrangement, family problems, crumbling marriage, youth, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vietnam, asia
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43%
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Dummy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A coming of age drama about two young brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their mother dies suddenly, leaving them to fend for themselves. While Danny loses himself in music, sex and drugs, his younger brother Jack transforms a life ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, humorous, gloomy
Plot: youth, kids in trouble, brother brother relationship, teenage life, family relations, family in crisis, family problems, death in the family, death of mother, coming of age, mental illness, sibling relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Miracle Run (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Single mom Corrine discovers that her twins are autistic. She refuses to give up on their potential, even though it seems that the rest of the world has turned its back on them. Thanks to this incredible mother's support, her boys accomplish ...
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, touching
Plot: twins, disability, youth, human spirit, against the odds, family relations, hopes, single parent, society, mentally challenged, social misfits, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
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Prince William (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales. After his father, he is next in line to the British throne. A biography of his journey so far....
Style: serious, emotional, touching, controversial, realistic
Plot: royal family, lifestyle, teenage life, youth, state affairs, family problems, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, coming of age, paparazzi, queen of england ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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43%
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Abandoned (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's ...
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, sincere, art house ...
Plot: corporal punishment, orphan, coming of age, children, male bonding, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, human spirit, friendship, teenage life, boarding school life ...
Time: 60s, year 1960
Place: europe, hungary
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43%
The Dance of Reality (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story: “Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro ...
Style: art house, surreal, realistic, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot: surrealism, childhood, father son relationship, coming of age, kids in trouble, family life, dysfunctional family, family relations, street kid, family problems, parents and children, misfit ...
Time: year 2014, year 2013, 2010s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: chile, latin america
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43%
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Aglaya (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary, Romania, Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story: This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on ...
Style: atmospheric, touching, sentimental, emotional, serious ...
Plot: circus, ambition, performer's life, self discovery, dysfunctional family, desire for fame, family relations, artists and showbiz, parents and children, eccentric family, youth, family problems ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: hungary
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43%
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The Kid (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story: His mother has left and Gonzalo doesn't know why. How he is taking care of his little infant sister all alone, though he himself is barely ten years old. Neighbours help and try to figure out what should be done with the two children. Like old ...
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, rough, realistic ...
Plot: kids in trouble, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, child as adult, family problems, youth, family relations, realism, siblings relations, parents and children, single parent
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
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Angela's Ashes (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film ...
Style: touching, depressing, sad, compassionate, serious ...
Audience: toddlers, teen drama
Plot: poverty, life is a bitch, ira, injustice, family relations, youth, parents and children, depression, children, society, human nature, childhood ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place: ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, europe ...
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43%
Nobody Owns Me (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, youth, family relations, single parent, disorder, family problems, dysfunctional family, children, addiction, parents ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: eastern europe
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42%
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Mina Walking (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Afghanistan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Saddled by a senile grandfather and a neglectful father, Mina, an impulsive twelve-year-old Afghan street seller sees her future slipping away when she is forced to neglect her education and walk the streets of Kabul to support her fragmented ...
Style: sincere, realistic, rough, social, bleak ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, family relations, drug abuse, realism, child as adult, rebellion, life is a bitch, family problems, youth, parents and children, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan
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Sebbe (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience: teens
Plot: single parent, coming of age, teenage boy, introspection, teenage life, life is a bitch, losing-it hero, youth, juvenile delinquency, society, escape from reality, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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42%
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The End Is My Beginning (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When an extraordinary man who has lived through all is approaching his end, he decides to call his son to join him for the last time at his home in Tuscany. His intention is to share some valuable conversations about his life as a press ...
Style: touching, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot: introspection, elderly, dealing with death, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, terminal illness, parents and children, family relations, biopic, writers, poet, son ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
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42%
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Edi (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: friendship, teenage life, family relations, homeless, youth, life is a bitch, society, pregnancy, parents and children, destiny, false accusation, magic realism ...
Place: poland, europe
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42%
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Brazuca (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The tragic true story of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent Brazilian shot dead by British police in 2005 at the height of the London terrorist alerts.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, sincere, contemplative
Plot: mistaken identity, wrong place wrong time, injustice, family relations, life is a bitch, society, social differences, immigrant, city life, political unrest, biopic, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, london, england, europe
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42%
Porto of My Childhood (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
Style: semi documentary, serious, touching, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: lifestyle, introspection, society, social relations, filmmaking, city life, first love, artists and showbiz, urban, biopic, bittersweet, river ...
Time: year 2001, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: portugal, europe
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42%
The Brooke Ellison Story (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rendered a quadriplegic since a child from a near-fatal neck injury, a young girl fights against all odds to succeed in life from grade school to her acceptance into college under the assistance of her loyal and dedicated mother.
Style: sincere, uplifting, touching, sentimental, saga ...
Plot: quadriplegic, disability, college, against the odds, hospital, teenage love, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, parents and children, family problems, survival ...
Time: 21st century
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Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An intimate portrait of a resilient and spirited young girl and her proud and dignified family, who are part of Ireland's "traveller" community.
Style: touching, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic
Plot: life is a bitch, family relations, realism, youth, misfit, social misfits, culture clash, parents and children, society, resilience, discrimination, single mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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Lula, the Son of Brazil (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politician in Brazil's history.
Style: sentimental, realistic, sincere, serious, touching
Plot: working class, president, urban ghetto, hopes, family problems, dysfunctional family, social differences, ambition, siblings relations, political activism, rise to the top, single parent ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: brazil, latin america
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