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The Fatherless (2011)
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The Fatherless (2011)
Original name: Die Vaterlosen
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story: They never expected Kyra to turn up again. The two brothers and their sister, brought together when their father dies, are stunned by the appearance of their sister.Kyra suddenly vanished over twenty years ago during the breakup of the hippie commune where they were all born. She is like a stranger to them now... but when she discovers that her very existence has been kept secret, she starts to uncover old mysteries. And soon all the brothers and sisters find themselves unearthing the roots of their childhood memories they had suppressed in order to survive. In her debut feature film Marie Kreutzer embarks upon an intriguing and disturbing journey into the past, a gripping study of belonging and solitude, bonds and freedom. Written by Novotny & Novotny Film
Style: sincere, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, suspense, gloomy
Plot: family relations, dysfunctional family, self discovery, haunted by the past, family problems, siblings relations, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, brother sister relationship, family secret, family reunited, relationships, loneliness, kids and family, parents and children, relationship problems, estranged mother, mother son reunion, mother daughter reunion, mother daughter estrangement, estrangement, estranged family member, hippie commune, female nudity ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s

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Most similar movies to The Fatherless

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and captivating films with plots about family relations, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, estrangement, siblings relations and hopes mostly in Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Fatherless: Breadcrumbs (2016), A Night for Dying Tigers (2010), Pandora's Box (2008), Hidden Diary (2009), Offline (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Breadcrumbs (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Liliana decides to return to Uruguay she will have to face up to a new dilemma, perhaps the last great dilemma of her life: To choose between supporting a collective case for female prisoners, raped during the time of the dictatorship, or to ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, sincere, psychological
Plot: mother son relationship, family relations, dysfunctional family, homecoming, family problems, relationship problems, parents and children, family reunited, mother son reunion, kids and family, getting home, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Night for Dying Tigers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The night before Jack (Gil Bellows) is slated to begin a five-year prison sentence for murder, his wife, Melanie (Jennifer Beals), and assorted siblings gather for a dinner to bid Jack farewell and good luck on his trip up the river. But the party ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, couple relations, parents and children, conflict, rapist, couples, siblings relations, rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Pandora's Box (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, siblings relations, self discovery, hopes, elderly, family problems, parents and children, countryside, adolescence vs adulthood, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 6.4
 553
Hidden Diary (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, sincere, serious, gloomy
Plot: dysfunctional family, mysterious past, murder, parent child relationship, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, haunted by the past, bittersweet, small town, beach, cemetery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Offline (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot: haunted by the past, redemption, starting over, society, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, estrangement, hopes, job seeking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
She Is Not Crying, She Is Singing (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A tale of deliverance. Laura, 27 years old, lives alone in the outskirts of a large town. She learns that her father is in a coma, after a serious car accident. She decides to visit him at the hospital as a last opportunity to settle old scores, ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot: hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, estrangement, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, family secret, car accident, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This finely acted, delicate and provocative new film by one of France’s most impressive filmmakers—working here with his son, Nathan—depicts the troubled life of an adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a ...
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, toddlers
Plot: mother son reunion, youth, foster child, disorder, haunted by the past, parents and children, adoption, family relations, family problems, mischievous children, dysfunctional family, siblings relations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Constellation (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family ...
Style: emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot: interracial relations, family relations, estrangement, death in the family, haunted by the past, family problems, hopes, unfulfillment, society, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, interracial romance ...
Time: 1950s, 21st century
Place: usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Blondie (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges a big birthday. But as the festivities come to an end, repressed conflicts rise to the surface. Old wounds are opened and a new family is ...
Style: realistic, emotional, atmospheric, serious, touching ...
Plot: family relations, homecoming, family life, family gatherings, estrangement, parents and children, under the surface, siblings relations, family problems, strong female presence, male nudity, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
A Father's Choice (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, captivating, sincere
Plot: horse, youth, parents and children, family life, teenage life, family relations, family problems, love and romance, single parent, dysfunctional family, estrangement, farm ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Erratum (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style: atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: self discovery, homecoming, haunted by the past, buddies, parents and children, family relations, hopes, redemption, profanity, friends, estrangement, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Blessed (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style: atmospheric, sincere, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot: self discovery, juvenile delinquency, missing child, teenage life, youth, family relations, rebellion, dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, family problems, estrangement, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: melbourne, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Mano po 6: A Mother's Love (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chinese blood man. Her family was believed to bring curse to Olive's famiily. Because of this, Melinda was not accepted by Uy's family as one ...
Style: captivating
Plot: sister in law, teenage rebellion, relationship problems, mother and daughter, relationships, mother daughter relationship, child custody, family reunited, family relations, kids and family, family problems, parents and children ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
North to Home (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Suzanne McBride is excited to spend her birthday with her family. It will be the first time that her three adopted daughters will be together in years. This seems like a great time for a family reunion, but the sisters are each wrestling with unique ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: family reunited, confrontation, mother daughter relationship, family problems, mother daughter reunion, sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, relationship problems, family secret, eccentric family, mother and daughter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
33 Scenes from Life (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: death, family relations, introspection, self discovery, family problems, parents and children, parent child relationship, hopes, dealing with death, lifestyle, estrangement, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Archipelago (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Patricia (Kate Fahy) and her two children, young adults Edward (Tom Hiddleston) and Cynthia (Lydia Leonard), arrive for a break at a holiday cottage. As rain and wind lash against the windows, Patricia grows exasperated at the absence of her ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, family in crisis, parents and children, siblings relations, estrangement, introspection, family gatherings, biopic, siblings, road trip, grief ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.5
 145
Passover Fever (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Part funny part sad movie about a family Passover dinner.
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: israeli, twins, family relations, single parent, dealing with death, nanny, eating disorder, family problems, couples, family gatherings, haunted by the past, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Things Behind the Sun (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved man, is frustrated to find himself neglected by his own ...
Style: psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot: estrangement, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, grandfather granddaughter relationship, hospital, husband wife relationship, coma, family secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Union Square (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A reluctant reunion of two estranged sisters. One is on the verge of marriage; the other is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Both struggle with truths they're hiding from each other - and from themselves. Jenny has rejected her tumultuous ...
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, talky, emotional ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, siblings relations, ego clash, rivalry, lifestyle, city life, estrangement, twists and turns, mental disorder, lost girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.9
 82
Godfather (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A 2012 Kannada film
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense
Plot: revenge, father and son, mother and daughter, dysfunctional family, family problems, identity crisis, brother brother relationship, family relations, kids and family, parents and children, relationship problems, guilt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.7
 118
Mile Zero (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Mile Zero is a story about a father with a remarkable capacity to love.
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, gloomy
Plot: kidnapping, estrangement, couples, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage, breakup, wilderness, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, parents and children, utopia ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Home for the Weekend (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On the request of his mother Gitte, Marko, who has been living in Berlin for years, drives off to the countryside to visit his parents. His hopes of spending a quiet and relaxing time with his family fall short when Gitte surprises everyone by ...
Style: serious, sincere, disturbing, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot: mental illness, parents and children, family relations, introspection, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, berlin wall, stasi, bittersweet, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
My Brother, My Sister (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When their father's will forces them to live together, siblings Nik and Tesla — and Tesla's kids — try to overcome their differences to become a family.
Style: disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, emotional
Plot: brother sister reunion, family relations, family problems, family reunited, parents and children, father daughter relationship, kids and family, relationship problems, marital argument, living together, dysfunctional family, schizophrenic ...
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Two Gates of Sleep (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: death in the family, hopes, introspection, last wish, family relations, family problems, dealing with death, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, minimalism, death of mother, journey ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 2K
Mommo (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A brother and sister are split up after their mother dies, their father remarries, and their new stepmother rejects them.
Style: touching, sincere, atmospheric, serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kids in trouble, dysfunctional family, family relations, youth, estrangement, siblings relations, family problems, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, death in the family, brother sister relationship, child ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
About Her Brother (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Ginko’s younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, human nature, family problems, bittersweet, unfulfillment, redemption, family feud, brother sister relationship, relationships, relationship problems, problem solving, living together ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.6
 110
Never Die (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Chayo returns to her hometown to care for her elderly mother and cope with her death. Surrounded by love and sublime beauty, Chayo has to give up something that as a woman and mother is inalienable. That will be the price of her freedom.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, parents and children, tradition, elderly, unfulfillment, death in the family, homecoming, female protagonist, day of the dead, mother daughter relationship, grandmother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Cracks in Concrete (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A drama centered on two men at different states in life: Ertan, an ex-con who is trying to make amends for his past actions and Mikail, a teen-aged drug runner an aspiring musician.
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, emotional, bleak
Plot: going straight, hidden identity, follow your dream, ex convict, family problems, family relations, estrangement, juvenile delinquency, youth, parents and children, teenage life, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vienna, europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.4
 347
Hidden Love (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Style: psychological, touching, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: psychiatrist, parent child relationship, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, mental institution, parents and children, clinic, therapy ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Policeman's Wife (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: accident, couple relations, family problems, domestic violence, family relations, couples, small town, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, parents and children, police officer, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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