Movies like Scent of a Woman
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Scent of a Woman (1992)
326K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, dramatic, realistic, touching, feel good, talky, clever, emotional, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, blindness, mentor, blind character, thanksgiving, tango, human spirit, human nature, loneliness, coming of age, disability, preparatory school, depression, life philosophy, change of heart, teaching the ways of the world, suicide attempt, complex characters, life, blind man, unlikely friendships, loss of eyesight, ex military, justice, dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new england, usa, seattle
Keyword:
reboot, life lessons, educational film, gangsters, challenge, change
Most similar movies to Scent of a Woman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sincere films with plots about friendship, hopes, coming of age, friends, inspiration, motivation and grief mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Scent of a Woman: Good Will Hunting (1997), The Intouchables (2011), Dead Poets Society (1989), Forrest Gump (1994), The Shawshank Redemption (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, philosophical, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
mathematics, professor, genius, prodigy, philosophy, psychology, life philosophy, life, university, psychotherapy, mentor, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, 2010s
Place:
boston, harvard university, massachusetts, america, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
friendship, disability, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, disabled person, lifestyle change, human relationship, handicapped, culture clash, friends, interracial friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style:
philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
teacher, suicide, coming of age, friendship, poetry, poet, mentor, philosophy, teachers and students, literature, youth, teenager ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1989, year 1959
Place:
vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
2.2M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
life & death, philosophy, life philosophy, mentally challenged, destiny, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, storytelling, life, journey ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., vietnam, china, alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style:
clever, inspirational, touching, sentimental, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, freedom, human spirit, hopes, stephen king, life, friendship between men, friendship, plot twist, life philosophy, adaptation ...
Time:
1940s, 90s, 1950s, 2010s, year 1994 ...
Place:
usa, america, iran, persia, pacific ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Movies like The Shawshank Redemption
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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:
sentimental, touching, feel good, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mentor, friendship, dedicated educator, prejudice, literature, basketball, teacher, african american, prodigy, writers, coming of age, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, scotland, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, sentimental, compassionate, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, disability, abandoned by father, coming of age, writers, friendship, tragedy, justice, loneliness, depression, redemption, mentor ...
Place:
seattle, salt lake city utah, idaho, utah, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, road movie, realistic ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, road trip, teacher, on the road, children, homeless, letter, poverty, youth, adoption, great ending ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
homeless, life, human spirit, life philosophy, family drama, rags to riches, success, rise to the top, single father, against the odds, life is a bitch, down on your luck ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, san francisco, bay area, california, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and ...
Style:
psychological, touching, melancholic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
forgiveness, blind character, friendship, blindness, pardon, mentor, depression, loneliness, adaptation, life philosophy, justice, life & death ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like The Pursuit of Happyness
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Style:
touching, depressing, sincere, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
grief, friendship, 9/11, dealing with death, mental illness, friends, tragic event, loss of loved one, loss, alone, mental disorder, buddies ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, lyrical, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, dying, quadriplegic, life is a bitch, marital infidelity, character study, disability, musician, teaching the ways of the world, family relations, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
257K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style:
touching, sad, tear jerker, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
aids, courtroom drama, lawyer, hiv, gay, lgbt, discrimination, lawsuit, medical, courtroom, trial, judiciary ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
116K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style:
bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
rape, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, teacher, poverty, child abuse, aids, illiteracy, domestic violence, african american, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
543K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Style:
road movie, sincere, uplifting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
autism, road trip, redemption, disability, runaway, brother brother relationship, mentally challenged, siblings relations, family relations, casino, mental illness, mathematics ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
las vegas, california, ohio, cincinnati ohio, missouri ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Films like Fried Green Tomatoes
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A circle of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to console a suicidal member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political differences ...
Style:
independent film, inspirational, atmospheric, surreal, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, suicide attempt, depression, relationships, suicide, friends, group of friends, life philosophy, writer's block, anxiety, introspection, college graduate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york state, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
314K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, depressing, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, life changing experience, true love, existentialism, life & death, suicide, philosophy, sadness, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style:
feel good, road movie, light, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
road trip, thanksgiving, travel, on the road, buddy, snow, holiday, train, airplane, airport, railway, traveling salesman ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
129K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, school, friendship, happiness, teacher, girl, children, child custody, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place:
persia, boston, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
976K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style:
motivational, dramatic, psychological, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, mentor, teachers and students, follow your dream, emotional abuse, desire for fame, drummer, musician's life, musician, public humiliation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
peru, manhattan new york city, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
Plot:
teacher, friendship, coming of age, mentor, loneliness, injustice, teaching the ways of the world, false accusation, teaching, education, disfigurement, children ...
Time:
60s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man ...
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
high school, coming of age, anti semitism, preparatory school, justice, friendship, american football, judaism, working class, youth, football, school ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
israel, massachusetts, harvard university, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
811K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, suspense, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, elderly, veteran, racism, prejudice, gunfight, widower, gangster, interracial relations, old man, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.
Style:
realistic, talky, psychological, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, vietnam veteran, friendship, dialogue, loneliness, depression, idealism, complex characters, siblings relations, haunted by the past, love and romance, homecoming ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
usa, vietnam, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. The captain, Fausto, who wants no pity, brooks no disagreement, and charges into every situation, nicknames the youth Ciccio, and spends the next few ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, black comedy, uplifting, serious ...
Plot:
blind man, blindness, blind character, bitterness, road trip, disability, soldier, female nudity, suicide, twins, woman with a gun, circus ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Fight Club
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
disability, jazz, youth, music, illness, musician's life, fall in love, hopes, coming of age, love and romance, prodigy, misfit ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Style:
touching, sad, thought provoking, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, chicano, family relations, father son relationship, prison, high school, gang, mafia, culture, transformation, urban, marriage ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sincere, unusual plot structure, dramatic ...
Plot:
disability, cerebral palsy, biopic, artist, working class, writers, handicapped, paralysis, medical, painter, art, poet ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
ireland, england, dublin ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, teachers and students, alcoholic, life philosophy, good deed, disfigurement, death, boy, alcoholism, addiction ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
tibet, nevada, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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:
depressing, psychological, bleak, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, human relationship, teen angst, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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