Movies like Seize the Day 1986
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Seize the Day (1986)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.
Style:
depressing, independent film, bleak, realistic, gloomy, semi serious, thinking, road movie, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
stock market, unemployment, hotel, salesman, marketing, startup, family relations, job seeking, stock exchange, literary, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, midlife crisis, couples, dysfunctional family, self discovery, society, family problems, down on your luck, single parent, working class, introspection, family in crisis, crumbling marriage, going straight ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, year 1956, 1950s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, ireland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, gloomy and touching films with plots about family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment and couples mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Seize the Day: Turn the River (2007), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), Sweet Nothing (1995), We Were the Mulvaneys (2002), Curse of the Starving Class (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy, crying ...
Plot:
billiards, gambling, hopes, family relations, kidnapping, family problems, addiction, parents and children, dysfunctional family, introspection, going straight, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
canada, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, coming of age, parents and children, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, pedophile, physical abuse, child molestation, sexual assault ...
Time:
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Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out of debt and buy some nice things for ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, serious, independent film, crying ...
Plot:
drug addiction, drug abuse, loneliness, family problems, family relations, downfall, introspection, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, misfit, money, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by the same name, We Were the Mulvaneys is a sensitive portrayal of one family's journey as they face conflict, fear, tragedy and ultimately, themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, family problems, couples, love and romance, life is a bitch, family in crisis, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, loneliness, trouble, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left ...
Style:
gloomy, independent film, realistic, serious
Plot:
alcoholic, poverty, farm, family relations, coming of age, family life, family in crisis, unemployment, cons and scams, rich and poor, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1920s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style:
emotional, depressing, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, unwanted pregnancy, loneliness, depression, poverty, injustice, family problems, parents and children, couples, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, florida, algeria ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman Perry Krohn attempts to juggle the needs of his dedicated wife, demanding mistress and grown children while facing his own certain death from lung cancer.
Style:
realistic, talky, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
aids, hollywood, father son relationship, family relations, terminal illness, infidelity, showbiz, family problems, artists and showbiz, dealing with death, family in crisis, family life ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Salesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, atmospheric, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
elderly, american football, dysfunctional family, family relations, mental illness, american dream, estrangement, parents and children, parent child relationship, family problems, family in crisis, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
gay interest, skinny dipping, loss of lover, aids, mourning, lgbt, glbt, family problems, couples, family relations, estrangement, family in crisis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
419
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot:
love affair, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, couples, betrayal, love and romance, working class, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two ...
Style:
inspirational, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
homeless shelter, coming of age, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, homeless, homeless man, homeless woman, apartment building, children, daughter, mother ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressfull workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
model, photographer, fashion, mental illness, fashion model, fashion industry, psychiatrist, paranoia, mental breakdown, modeling, lesbian, suicide ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, paris france, jamaica
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two teenage daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1950s Indiana.
Style:
touching, sad, sentimental, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family relations, hopes, down on your luck, terminal illness, cons and scams, life is a bitch, betrayal, human nature, single parent ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1994, 60s, 50s
Place:
california, indiana
Similarity:
23%
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:
family relations, interracial relations, estrangement, interracial rape, death in the family, haunted by the past, family problems, society, hopes, unfulfillment, dysfunctional family, family gatherings ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, alabama
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, road movie, humorous ...
Plot:
family in crisis, midlife crisis, starting over, self discovery, obsessive quest, introspection, human nature, society, couple relations, love and romance, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
August is a 2008 drama film directed by Austin Chick and produced by 57th & Irving. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, suspense, touching
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, serious, scary ...
Plot:
addiction, infidelity, rehabilitation, cocaine, dysfunctional family, going straight, family life, working class, drug abuse, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, cliche ...
Place:
new york, new york state, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug addict, rehabilitation, drug abuse, introspection, drug dealing, doctors and patients, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After obtaining his medical degree from Madras Medical College, Dr. Abraham Verghese decides to re-locate to Johnson City, Tennessee. He eventually gets married to Rajani, who is an accomplished dancer, and has a boy, Steven. Since Abraham ...
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
aids, medical, hiv, gay, small town, terminal illness, hospital, lgbtq, dedication, husband wife relationship, gay interest, physician ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
tennessee, usa, india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
Style:
talky, sincere, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, moral dilemma, parents and children, family life, dysfunctional family, family problems, youth, life is a bitch, self discovery, teenage life, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
usa, bronx new york city, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Contemporary story of a couple whose marriage has gone astray, partly due to the infidelity of both partners and also the fact that their eldest son was killed in a car accident 8 years before.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
road trip, family problems, introspection, human nature, dysfunctional family, elderly, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, hopes, on the road, married couple, comedian ...
Place:
connecticut, minneapolis minnesota, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
poverty, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, youth, homeless, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they gradually get to know one another and bond over their respective trials and tribulations.
Style:
serious, talky, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
sauna, making love, widow, introspection, female friendship, elderly, hopes, human spirit, self discovery, love and romance, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, independent film, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, estrangement, mental illness, human nature, family problems, couples, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he hands the second child over to Caroline without his wife's ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sad, gloomy ...
Plot:
down syndrome, haunted by the past, disability, child illness, family problems, parents and children, crumbling marriage, love and romance, obsession, hidden identity, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, pittsburgh
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Abruptly abandoned by her husband in a country completely foreign to her, Colombian native Mariana (Paola Mendoza) struggles to take care of herself and her two young children on the unforgiving streets of New York City. Sebastian Villada, Laura ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
poverty, immigrant, family relations, urban setting, human spirit, starting over, family problems, working class, hopes, life is a bitch, american dream, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, new york, colombia, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, drug abuse, family life, unemployment, siblings relations, addiction, against the odds, society, youth ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
downfall, haunted by the past, going straight, society, family problems, addiction, down on your luck, dysfunctional family, hopes, re-education, drug abuse, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is a comedian struggling with his comedy, and his brother, Matthew, is a boxer consumed with the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, interracial relations, addiction, drug abuse, haunted by the past, family problems, couples, hopes, couple relations, life is a bitch, rehabilitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
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