Movies like Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist (2005)
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, sentimental, costume drama, period piece, touching, serious, suspense, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
orphan, redemption, childhood, poverty, child abuse, boyhood, boy, injustice, orphanage, chess, children, corporal punishment, group of teenagers, death sentence, apprentice, friendship, literary, urban, lifestyle, danger, child, charles dickens, runaway, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, middle ages, year 2005, 1800s, 1830s, 18th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Most similar movies to Oliver Twist
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and emotional films with plots about life is a bitch, youth, society, coming of age, orphan, boy and friendship mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Oliver Twist: Les Misérables (1998), Oliver! (1968), Cruella (2021), This Is England (2006), The Thief (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Style:
touching, sincere, costume drama, epic, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
redemption, hopes, literary, going straight, rise to the top, revenge, prison escape, prisoner, ex convict, prejudice, christian, napoleonic era ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, year 1998
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 386 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies giving birth to him in an English work-house in the 1820s.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, emotional, gloomy, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, charles dickens, child abuse, injustice, society, danger, young heroes, life is a bitch, coming of age, confined, youth, rich and poor ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Style:
visually appealing, sentimental, social, dark, terrifying ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
orphan, broadway, charles dickens, child, children, dance, street kid, runaway, happy ending, dancing, dog, shipwreck ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1968, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver ...
Style:
costume drama, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
victorian england, orphan, child's point of view, child abuse, street kid, friendship, social decay, danger, society, life is a bitch, youth, injustice ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Charles Dickens' classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion. Richard Dreyfuss portrays Fagin, the unscrupulous leader of the young pick-pockets Oliver (Alex Trench) initially falls in with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
orphan, charles dickens, youth, oliver twist, children, control, injustice, friends, friendship, kidnapping, social decay, coming of age ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
100%
293K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to ...
Style:
fairy tale, light, visually appealing, captivating, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
fashion, robbery, personality change, villain, fashion designer, female villain, villainess, dalmatian, designer, criminal, life is a bitch, change of heart ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, future, year 1965, year 1964
Place:
london, england, britain, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, sincere, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
coming of age, death, betrayal, soldier, family relations, cons and scams, parents and children, hospital, drinking, orphanage, thief, passion ...
Time:
50s, post world war two, year 1997, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, black sea, siberia, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An orphan with a rough childhood becomes a barrister.
Style:
costume drama, realistic, serious, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
charles dickens, orphan, coming of age, friendship, social differences, teaching the ways of the world, life is a bitch, society, young heroes, adulthood, child as adult, rich and poor ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
generosity, orphan, charles dickens, unfulfilled love, benefactor, love and romance, redemption, social differences, rise to the top, hopes, haunted by the past, youth ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, serious, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
charles dickens, on the run, gambling, frame up, orphan, countryside, survival, downfall, addiction, unlikely criminals, mysterious character, life is a bitch ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, charles dickens, social differences, society, rise to the top, hopes, power relations, generosity, passionate love, rags to riches, victorian england, napoleonic era ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive ...
Style:
costume drama, sentimental, period piece, visually stunning, satirical ...
Plot:
charles dickens, orphan, victorian england, poverty, kite, aunt, child's point of view, children, blackmail, survivor, friendship, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, future, 1840s ...
Place:
england, europe, dover england, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
Plot:
charles dickens, childbirth, orphan, imprisonment, street kid, sibling relationship, thug, young boy, siblings, imprisoned, oliver twist, mother dies in childbirth ...
Time:
80s, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, child abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, step parent, manic, orphan, youth, literary, victorian england, rise to the top, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe, dover england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, disturbing, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, innocence lost, heroin, juvenile delinquency, prison, downfall, teenager, dysfunctional family, drug dealing, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 2002, 80s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot:
coming of age, david copperfield, swing, orphan, boarding school, power relations, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, youth, society, young heroes ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
charles dickens, estate, inheritance, aristocracy, orphan, secret, investigation, uncover truth, abbey, social differences, injustice, society ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, tense, rough, grim ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
redemption, child abuse, children, coming of age, boy, dysfunctional family, working class, juvenile detention, youth, corporal punishment, childhood, poverty ...
Time:
year 1999, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, california
Similarity:
20%
32K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just ...
Style:
sincere, harsh, captivating, rough, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
redemption, baby, urban ghetto life, poverty, criminal, slum, gang, childhood, friendship, street life, murder, coming of age ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa, boston
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA, India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Style:
touching, uplifting, motivational, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
poverty, childhood, destiny, orphan, rags to riches, against the odds, love, street life, society, journey, true love, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 2005 ...
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia, taj mahal, britain
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A haunted soldier just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely friends — and one another’s last shot at redemption.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
boy, friendship, haunted by the past, escapades, redemption, family problems, journey, missing person, orphan, danger, youth, boyhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
Style:
suspense, road movie, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, prison, fugitives, life philosophy, moral ambiguity, on the run, boy, child abuse, road trip, small town, prison escape, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1963, year 1993
Place:
texas, austin texas, birmingham alabama, alaska, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style:
serious, uplifting, sentimental, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
charles dickens, rich and poor, social differences, dysfunctional family, injustice, family relations, power relations, rivalry, life is a bitch, society, youth, siblings relations ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Morocco, Tunisia, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, bleak, islamic, social ...
Plot:
homeless, street kid, youth, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, poverty, kids in trouble, friendship, danger, society, gang, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, middle east, maghreb, morocco
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, ski, petty criminal, mountain, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, boy, self discovery, society, family relations, unemployment, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, france, europe, alps, swiss alps
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
spanish civil war, post war, coming of age, revenge, hate, human nature, society, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, uncover truth, injustice, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
spain, catalonia, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, homeless, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, working class, forceful separation, redemption, neglect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, usa, new york, africa
Similarity:
19%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
boy, family relations, odd couple, dysfunctional family, friendship, black, life is a bitch, orphan, danger, african american, hip hop culture, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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