Movies like Wild Iris
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Wild Iris (2001)
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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, realistic, talky
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
parents and children, couples, dysfunctional family, hopes, unlikely couple, youth, family relations, love and romance, teenage life, family problems, single parent, introspection, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, wedding, pregnancy, sexual abuse, alcohol abuse, society, store, suburbs, family in crisis, suburban life, bittersweet, dealing with death ...
Time:
contemporary
Most similar movies to Wild Iris
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, couples, youth, dysfunctional family and society mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like Wild Iris: Invisible Child (1999), Anonymes (2009), Household Saints (1993), Desert Bloom (1986), Face (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A woman with two children believes she has three and her husband and oldest daughter play along with her to keep her balanced (or as close to balanced that a woman with an invisible child can be). However, when the family hires a new nanny, it is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
imaginary friend, youth, evil child, family relations, nanny, mental illness, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, couples, master and servant, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
212
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Switzerland, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, teenage life, family life, hopes, introspection, self discovery, parents and children, siblings relations, mother daughter relationship, arab, youth ...
Place:
tunisia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A chronicle of an eccentric Italian-American family in New York City in the 1950's and 60's. Young Teresa dreams of joing the convent, over the objections of her family.
Style:
period piece, independent film, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
christian, catholic, mother-in-law, world war two, single parent, human nature, forbidden love, society, obsessive quest, youth, redemption, hopes ...
Time:
60s, year 1993, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, desert, dysfunctional family, youth, bittersweet, single parent, introspection, crumbling marriage, depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, bad father ...
Time:
1950s, year 1986, 50s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
351
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, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, introspection, culture clash, single parent, youth, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Films like Sex & the Single Mom
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected daughter is ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sexual
Plot:
teenage life, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, love and romance, disgraced, single parent, youth, family life, friendship, teachers and students, isolation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new england, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, family life, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, culture clash, single parent, human nature, youth, suburbs, family in crisis, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarital celibacy. So she gets a pretty healthy dose of her own medicine when she winds up getting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sexual
Plot:
pregnancy, single parent, love, moral dilemma, teenage life, lifestyle, love and romance, society, youth, family problems, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A widow named Harriet and her two children Carrie and Brian are living in rural New York in 1947 and are still recovering from the death of Harriet's husband killed in World War II. Carrie is a tomboy and hangs around with boys and they have ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
youth, mentally challenged, wooing, self discovery, prank, dysfunctional family, hopes, couples, family problems, single parent, love and romance, society ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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:
realistic, semi serious, emotional, touching, talky
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, drunkenness, thanksgiving, social decay, lifestyle, family problems, parents and children, family life, family gatherings, human nature, couple relations, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mady Celliers, an attractive housewife of 60, he spends his life speaking ill of her two daughters and her husband, a man who shows a strange behavior since has retired. Antoine, the eldest son, company director, is unable to make a success of a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, working class, family problems, family in crisis, family life, parents and children, couples, society, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
209
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, family problems, starting over, redemption, human spirit, hopes, couple relations, family in crisis, death in the family, death of child, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man takes his young daughter on a cross-country fly-fishing trip following the death of his father and his wife's decision to get a divorce.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, bittersweet, family relations, couples, family problems, parents and children, breakup, unfulfillment, human nature, hopes, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Summer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, elderly lovers, youth, family life, family problems, couples, estrangement, lifestyle, love and romance, dysfunctional family, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
298
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The movie spotlights an intelligent high school senior and National Merit Scholar (Bryant) who has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a high school equivalency night class, tends to the needs of her widower father, Jesse ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
single parent, teenage pregnancy, small town, coming of age, teenage life, destructive relationship, couples, family relations, parents and children, lifestyle, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Films like Too Young to Be a Dad
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer (Joanne Woodward) and her daughters Ruth (Roberta Wallach) and Matilda (Nell Potts) are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have ...
Style:
touching, psychological, realistic, sentimental, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
redemption, coming of age, teacher, dysfunctional family, single father, family problems, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, emotional, retro ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, self discovery, family life, family problems, society, 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: 99 min.
Story:
Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the women.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
housekeeper, lgbt, female bonding, master and servant, human nature, crumbling marriage, couple relations, boss and employee, follow your dream, love and romance, fall in love, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, gloomy ...
Plot:
lgbt, glbt, loss of lover, aids, gay interest, mourning, couples, family relations, estrangement, family problems, haunted by the past, terminal illness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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, sincere, sentimental, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, stepfather, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, human nature, love and romance, youth, estrangement, couples, family problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, interracial relations, small town life, family relations, fall in love, family life, homecoming, estrangement, couples, family problems, social relations, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1910s, 1900s, 1920s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980's, Debby Miller (Uma Thurman) goes out in New Jersey looking for a man after she is diagnosed with "hysterical blindness".
Style:
psychological, stylized, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
friendship, working class, loneliness, character study, love and romance, single parent, couple relations, family relations, looking for love, hopes, lifestyle, unfulfillment ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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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 ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
small town, coming of age, friendship, lifestyle, introspection, young lovers, womanizer, couples, family problems, youth, society, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2000
Place:
nebraska, england, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman named Esmeralda and her family move to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. The transition is difficult due to the many challenges she and her family face.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, hispanic
Plot:
immigrant, lifestyle, rise to the top, human spirit, family life, teenage life, parents and children, family problems, single parent, youth, hopes, teachers and students ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, puerto rico, latin america, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ 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:
rehabilitation, drug abuse, drug addict, doctors and patients, drug dealing, introspection, teenage life, going straight, hopes, life is a bitch, family problems, couples ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, autumn, estrangement, parent child relationship, couples, family problems, family life, family in crisis, rich and poor, parents and children, dysfunctional family, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, england, usa, europe, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Autumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20 years. Just like their badly built ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, suspense
Plot:
life turned upside down, family life, love affair, crumbling marriage, couple relations, lifestyle, family problems, under the surface, infidelity, family in crisis, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
police, family life, family relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, couple relations, introspection, youth, redemption, siblings relations ...
Place:
usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Single, divorced lawyer Jess Gradwell returns in this sequel as she tries to raise her new three-year-old son, Jake, while dealing with her teenage daughter, Sara's, growing carnal desires with a photographer she meets while planning her high ...
Style:
touching, emotional, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family gatherings, parents and children, looking for love, family relations, love and romance, midlife crisis, lifestyle, youth, couples, teenage life, unfulfillment, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, independent film
Plot:
dysfunctional family, rape, introspection, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty, haunted by the past, female nudity, family in crisis, vegetarian ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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