Movies like Tully 2000
If you like "Tully" you are looking for emotional, sentimental and touching movies about / with small town, young lovers, coming of age, friendship, womanizer, introspection and lifestyle themes of Drama genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Tully (2000)
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tully Jr. and Earl live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault. While the shy, reclusive Earl spends his free time watching movies, the cockier Tully works his way through a succession of short-term affairs and an off-again, on-again relationship with April, a stripper in town. When their childhood friend Ella returns to town to start a veterinary practice, however, Tully falls for her -- although the townsfolk have their doubts that he could ever commit to one woman.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, serious, independent film, realistic, romantic, social, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
small town, young lovers, coming of age, friendship, womanizer, introspection, lifestyle, youth, parents and children, couples, society, family problems, haunted by the past, farm, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, bittersweet, drinking, stripper, family relations, love and romance, family in crisis, social relations, crumbling marriage, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2000
Place:
nebraska, england, usa, europe
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Tully
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, serious and emotional films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, coming of age, youth, love and romance and friendship mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Tully: Wild Iris (2001), Jack (2004), All You Need (2001), The Keys to the House (2004), My Louisiana Sky (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
497
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman and her teenage son move back in with her mother to work together in the family bridal business.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, talky, realistic
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
couples, dysfunctional family, parents and children, unlikely couple, hopes, family relations, family problems, teenage life, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, single parent ...
Similarity:
100%
612
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, teenage love, family life, self discovery, family problems, couples, teenage life, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Beth's life was going backwards. Her husband suddenly walks out on her, she has an alcoholic mother, an ambivalent father and so she decides to begin making a change by going back to school in order to take charge of her life.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional, talky
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, drunkenness, thanksgiving, lifestyle, social decay, couple relations, society, human nature, family problems, parents and children, family gatherings, family life ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
estrangement, parents and children, single parent, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, germany, italy, berlin germany, milan italy
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, self discovery, family life, society, family problems, parents and children, disability, small town life, child's point of view, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, compassion ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
terminal illness, dying, father son relationship, relationships, cancer, dysfunctional family, reconciliation, illness, divorce, hopes, fighting illness, destiny ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
single parent, infidelity, family relations, dysfunctional family, couples, life is a bitch, estrangement, family problems, gender, love and romance, elderly, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san diego california, los angeles, miami
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
childhood, judaism, friendship between boys, afterlife, friendship, coming of age, boy, youth, catholicism, mentor, rabbi, religion ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 20th century, year 1976, 1930s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
sexual tension, funeral, mentor, haunted by the past, family problems, parents and children, family relations, drinking problem, chess, coming of age, love story, love ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 70s ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, southern usa, usa, alabama ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After his father's untimely suicide, Cufe leaves his home in a Native American reservation in search of a more fulfilling life.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, parents and children, last wish, native, american indian, aunt nephew relationship, indigenous people, indians, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.
Style:
retro, captivating, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
small town, scandal, infidelity, mother in law, family relations, dysfunctional family, social relations, couples, estrangement, family problems, crumbling marriage, single parent ...
Time:
year 1961, 50s
Place:
new york, massachusetts, new hampshire, usa, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of their evil, which she believes to be the cause of their mother's mental illness. ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, atmospheric, controversial ...
Plot:
mental illness, girl, dysfunctional family, youth, child's point of view, spirituality, divine intervention, sister sister relationship, obsession, coming of age, mysticism, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Style:
uplifting, gothic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
great depression, ku klux klan, racism, farm, blindness, small town, lynching, mother, single mother, survival, friendship, blind character ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1984, 80s
Place:
texas, southern usa, austin texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.
Style:
mumblecore, touching, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lovers apart, young lovers, looking for love, disability, youth, introspection, husband wife relationship, coming of age, male female relationship, friends, party ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
civil rights, racism, african american, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, racial segregation, children, american south, abuse, interracial relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
indiana, africa, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Gifted 18-year-old Meg has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Left to care for her emotionally disturbed younger sister, her world begins to unravel. She finds an outlet in writing poetry and support from her ...
Style:
disturbing, poignant, depressing, heartbreaking, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
teenage girl, power relations, cheerleading, teachers and students, teacher student relationship, dysfunctional family, depression, innocence lost, family in crisis, character study, complex characters, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
ohio, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, first love, cinema, nostalgia, filmmaking, love story, flashback, haunted by the past, philosophy, friendship, adolescence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place:
italy, sicily, rome italy, europe, corsica
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, starting over, love and romance, couple relations, small town life, brother brother relationship, suburbs, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, american football ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
florida, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
28%
Movie in collections
544
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, small town, introspection, family problems, human nature, family relations, friendship, family in crisis, swimming, swimmer, sex crime, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, usa
Similarity:
28%
355
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, touching, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, love and romance, human nature, youth, family life, single parent, introspection ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1978, five teenagers in Shelbyville, Tennessee look to meet the actress Sondra Locke, who's rumored to return to town for the local premiere of her big Hollywood movie.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, teenage love, society, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, friendship, teenage life, parents and children, small town, suburbs, best friend ...
Time:
70s
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo) - she wants them to find their long lost brother, who was taken away by their father (Jack ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, autumn, estrangement, parent child relationship, rich and poor, siblings relations, parents and children, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, family life, couples, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, europe, england, usa, harvard university
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
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, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, estrangement, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, elderly lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Movie in collections
966
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two girl friends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina find their relationship changing as they encounter new arrivals to the town.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, fall in love, couple relations, self discovery, teenage life, small town life, teenage love, best friend, human nature, gender ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, south carolina
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, human nature, youth, family problems, couples, estrangement, terminal illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with an illegal immigrant friend of a friend. The two get closer and fall in love, but face turmoil.
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
city life, couples, society, immigrant, redemption, friendship, youth, love, love story, family relations, age difference, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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)
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
methamphetamine, meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, drug abuse, homecoming, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, small town ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
20%
152
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You is a love story. It spans 21 years, bouncing around in time, creating a kind of family quilt that wraps around a father as he struggles to overcome the grief of losing his beloved wife and raise their daughter alone. A coming-of-age journey for ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, parents and children, redemption, hopes, single parent, haunted by the past, love, teenager, loss of mother, friendship, grieving widower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Related movie lists
