Movies like Tiger Warsaw
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Tiger Warsaw (1988)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, contemplative
Audience:
manly
Plot:
family relations, redemption, youth, addiction, graphic violence, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, teenage life, high school, drug abuse, homecoming, buddies, going straight, hopes, cons and scams, family gatherings, empire, profanity, reunion
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, family problems, youth and redemption mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Tiger Warsaw: The End of Innocence (1990), Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991), Cook County (2008), Face (2002), Waterproof (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
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realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
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nervous breakdown, rehabilitation, family problems, drug abuse, parents and children, doctors and patients, mental institution, life is a bitch, rehabilitation center, family relations, power relations, addiction ...
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
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realistic, serious, touching, gloomy, emotional
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, family life, addiction, drug abuse, siblings relations, unemployment, against the odds, hopes, rehabilitation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a stint in prison, Sonny returns to his home in East Texas, determined to repair his relationship with his son. Standing in his way is his brother, who has turned the home into a crumbling meth lab (IMDb.com)
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realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, drug abuse, parents and children, homecoming, small town, adolescence vs adulthood, released from prison ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
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88%
342
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage life, parents and children, opposites attract, family relations, friends, immigrants, love and romance, introspection, youth, single parent, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Single mother Tyree Battle struggles to keep her young son Thaniel away from the gang-plagued city streets that he is mixed up in. Under severe gang pressure, Thaniel accidentally shoots Jewish shopkeeper Eli Zeal in a botched robbery attempt. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
family relations, gang, homecoming, family problems, going straight, immigrants, aging, youth, redemption, self discovery, single parent, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, dysfunctional family, hopes, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, family relations, family problems, couples, addiction, parents and children, drug abuse, lovers apart ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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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 ...
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atmospheric, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, parents and children, family relations, buddies, redemption, estrangement, hopes, friends, bittersweet, car accident ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a young man working in Rhode Island's state corrections system and his relationship with a convicted murderer who is dying of AIDS and spending his remaining days on hospital detail.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, talky ...
Plot:
prison, hospital, redemption, estrangement, one more chance, family relations, haunted by the past, terminal illness, life sentence, hopes, life is a bitch, murderer ...
Place:
rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, sexual abuse, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, hopes, redemption, domestic disturbance, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, touching, emotional
Plot:
youth, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, aging, terminal illness, teenage life, jazz, teenager, rapid aging
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
homecoming, family relations, family life, redemption, society, parents and children, soldier, buddies, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, psychopath, gulf war ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
redemption, orphan, introspection, haunted by the past, homecoming, betrayal, human nature, starting over, hopes, elderly, family life, dysfunctional family ...
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Samantha is recovering from a suicide attempt and ready for a fresh start in life. She has to fight for the custody of her daughter.
Style:
sincere, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
parents and children, custody, family problems, family relations, hopes, starting over, mental illness, family life, mother daughter relationship, depressed woman, psychologist, depression ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about liberation and redemption.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
family relations, childhood, parenthood, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, youth, coming of age, coping, orphan, troubled youth, traumatic childhood ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Laurence, a young schoolteacher from Lyons, takes a week's leave. During the break, she reflects on her career and her personal life.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
contests and competitions, love and romance, youth, couples, family relations, family gatherings, school, self confidence, sex talk, high school, teacher student relationship, fear of commitment ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, death in the family, dysfunctional family, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, couples ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
Style:
captivating, gloomy, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
aids, youth, family relations, terminal illness, family problems, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, hopes, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, family in crisis ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Ruth Whitney abandons her two children with her sister Barbara is left to take care of them, at first none of them like it but soon they grow to like each other. Then over a year later Ruth comes back saying she wants her kids and Barbara goes ...
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Story of a man Bill Januson whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor lives in Vienna with Annette, his beautiful Austrian wife and their daughter Pamela. It’s spring. Fleeing his work, Victor spends his days outside: he plays with Pamela, pays a visit to Annette’s parents, loiters in the park with the drug ...
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drug addiction, redemption, teenager, crumbling marriage, family relations, family problems, addiction, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, estrangement ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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