Movies like Death of a Superhero
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Death of a Superhero (2011)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, emotional, sad, cult classic, teen, dramatic, realistic, complex ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, life is a bitch, hopes, coming of age, human spirit, family problems, family in crisis, terminal illness, dealing with death, child illness, sick child, first love, mortality, cancer, teenager, illness, traumatic childhood, disability, teen angst, mental health, social work, boyhood, melancholy, psychologist, boy ...
Place:
ireland, usa
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Most similar movies to Death of a Superhero
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about hopes, life is a bitch, youth, family problems, family relations, parents and children and human spirit mostly in Drama, Family and Sport genres. Some movies like Death of a Superhero: Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009), Cool Kids Don't Cry (2012), Putty Hill (2010), Ocean Heaven (2010), Ways to Live Forever (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, serious, realistic
Plot:
sick child, hospital, friendship, nurse, boy, coming of age, child illness, terminal illness, wrestling, youth, human spirit, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, leukemia, youth, teenage love, life is a bitch, teenager, hopes, school, sick child, social relations, first kiss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Friends and family of Cory, a young man who has died of an overdose, gather at a Baltimore-area karaoke bar for his wake and compare stories about him. Gradually, as it becomes clear that there are many holes in their recollections about Cory, they ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family problems, dysfunctional family, drug abuse, death in the family, social relations, estrangement, life is a bitch, hopes, introspection, family in crisis, father daughter relationship, overdose ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a father's tireless love for his autistic son. A terminally ill father's attempt to teach his autistic son the necessary life skills to survive on his own before he passes away. It is also a poignant tribute to the infinite ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
terminal illness, autism, single parent, life is a bitch, father son relationship, love, family problems, parents and children, unfulfillment, disability, mentally challenged, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, sad ...
Plot:
teenage life, friendship between boys, youth, child cancer, leukemia, friends, death, coming of age, best friend, human spirit, life is a bitch, child illness ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A religious organization interferes with the life of a terminally ill girl.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, spiritual ...
Plot:
child cancer, children, guardian angel, family relations, family problems, doctors and patients, family in crisis, hopes, youth, parents and children, life is a bitch, religion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
hopes, infidelity, coming of age, bittersweet, dishonesty, friendship, parents and children, life turned upside down, child illness, family in crisis, terminal illness, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, ireland
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
Style:
touching, depressing, anime, sad, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
world war two, hunger, orphan, war, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, children, desperation, death of child, boy, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Several events convinced Marion that God was leading her to a cure for Craig and that the ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, christian film
Plot:
brain tumor, terminal illness, child illness, christian, hopes, life is a bitch, disability, miraculous event, journalism, sick child, faith, youth ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
26%
201
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, Harvest is a portrait of a family awkwardly yet delicately hanging on to what was, what ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
war veteran, summer, self discovery, family gatherings, youth, elderly, homecoming, family problems, hopes, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
high school, family problems, child illness, against the odds, terminal illness, human spirit, family relations, disability, family in crisis, school, parents and children, relationship vs career ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple whose son had been diagnosed as mentally retarded, and was institutionalized, are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is in fact deaf.
Style:
thought provoking, independent film, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
sign language, deaf, coming of age, deafness, hearing, youth, family relations, spouse leaving, family problems, disability, hopes, mute or deaf ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam. Sam is a black waiter and Hally's friend and teacher. Hally is required to laugh at his ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
youth, hopes, friendship, racism, interracial relations, human spirit, redemption, family problems, dysfunctional family, social decay, life is a bitch, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
child prostitution, little girl, poverty, family relations, family problems, social relations, estrangement, social misfits, youth, hopes, parents and children, leaving home ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with Pompe disease - a condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. With the support of ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, inspirational, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
medical, hopes, race against time, family drama, cure, against the odds, family problems, unlikely partners, doctors and patients, child illness, family in crisis, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, portland oregon, boston, las vegas, california ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A successful American family retreat to their summer home on the banks of Lake Erie to find meaning in life, illness, loss, and change this Christmas. With a successful career in the wine business, and two amazing children, what more can a family ...
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, touching, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
christmas, human spirit, family life, family problems, couples, hopes, love and romance, life is a bitch, road not taken, parents and children, miraculous event, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
20%
384
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
autism, nursing, moral dilemma, parents and children, society, social misfits, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, youth, single parent, family problems, child illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and ...
Style:
edutainment, controversial, uplifting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
blaster, health, medicine, slice of life, medical, youth, child hero, family relations, hospital, bittersweet, family problems, family life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, baltimore
Similarity:
20%
722
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, youth, human spirit, teenage life, custody, family problems, society, hopes, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, family in crisis, sexual abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany, Italy
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
20 short films about human rights.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, gloomy, contemplative ...
Plot:
human spirit, introspection, redemption, youth, life is a bitch, social differences, discrimination, idealism, injustice, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, asia, usa, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involved with strangers for the first time since his son's death long ago.
Style:
emotional, serious, sincere, disturbing, sad ...
Plot:
christmas, cancer, human spirit, parents and children, family gatherings, hopes, girl, holiday, youth, xmas, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
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 ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
missionary, couples, redemption, self discovery, life is a bitch, youth, working class, terminal illness, disorder, family relations, tragic hero, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to move on with their lives together.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, starting over, single parent, teenage life, family problems, death in the family, youth, introspection, hopes, parents and children, family in crisis, single father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
disability, family problems, family relations, parents and children, hopes, single parent, human spirit, life is a bitch, introspection, small town, family in crisis, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bilal, a Muslim high school senior works at his family's long-owned taxi stand. "The Stand," as they call it, has been the source of all activity and money for the family for the last sixty years. It seems like Bílal is about to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, follow your dream, teenage life, family business, society, youth, hopes, human spirit, workplace, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
19%
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:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
aging, teenager, disease, mortality, family drama, coming of age, parent child relationship, hopes, grief, resilience, loss, intimate ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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 ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
coping, family relations, redemption, terminal illness, parents and children, estrangement, unfulfillment, family in crisis, father son relationship, asian prostitute, family problems, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sad
Plot:
kids in trouble, kidnapping, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, captivity, family in crisis, estrangement, family problems, danger, single parent, confined ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
malaria, hospital, death of child, illness, political activism, volunteer, dealing with death, human spirit, redemption, hopes, parent child relationship, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
18%
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