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Dear Eleanor (2016)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Style:
serious, realistic, political, captivating, road movie, touching
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
first lady, democrat, youth, cross country, obsessive quest, friends, best friend, teenage life, international crisis, politics, actress, road trip, kennedy family, cuban missile crisis, white house, cold war, escapades, coming of age, teenager, president, teenage girl, u.s. president, american politics, john f. kennedy, jail ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 1960s
Place:
america, colorado, usa
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Most similar movies to Dear Eleanor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and independent film films with plots about youth, coming of age, teenage life, friends, family relations, friendship and teenager mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Dear Eleanor: A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013), The Year I Did Nothing (2019), Logan (2010), By Dawn's Early Light (2001), Man in the Chair (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, obsessive quest, coming of age, teenage boy, road trip, sexual content, escapades, friends, friendship between boys, bird, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Set in 1985, Manila, 3 siblings spend an extended summer waiting to immigrate to the United States, while their country gets ready to evict their homeland's notorious dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, serious, tagalog ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
revolution, martial law, immigration, protest, election, politics, activism, summer, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, pop culture ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
the philippines
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A teen does everything he can to finish his younger brother's project when tragedy strikes.
Style:
serious, sincere, sentimental, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, human spirit, teenage life, follow your dream, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, hopes, friendship, bittersweet, brother brother relationship, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Mike Lewis leaves L.A. to stay with his grandfather in Colorado for the summer, he hates the old man's cowboy ways. When Mike demands to go home, the old man agrees and saddles up a couple of horses for a six week trip toward California, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, captivating, independent film
Plot:
grandparent grandchild relationship, self discovery, hopes, youth, family relations, teenage life, male bonding, coming of age, horse riding, male friendship, friendship between men, summer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, follow your dream, friendship, youth, society, aging, lifestyle, family relations, teenage life, filmmaking, parents and children, hollywood ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in 1974 Texas, three teen siblings struggle with the death of their father and try to live with their abusive mother. When one of the teens is sent away because the mother can't cope with his autism, the teens embark on a life changing road ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
autism, road trip, dysfunctional family, family problems, on the road, youth, family relations, escapades, self discovery, obsessive quest, death in the family, teenage life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
Style:
independent film, political
Plot:
john f. kennedy, federal bureau of investigation, president, kennedy family, attorney general, prince, politics, cold war, politician, oval office, cia, white house ...
Time:
60s
Place:
dallas texas, washington d.c., usa, america, texas
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, introspection, fish out of water, culture clash, teenage life, society, youth, hopes, immigrant, social relations, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place:
usa, vietnam, israel
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, friendship between boys, youth, group of friends, teenage boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, male friendship, boy, sexual content ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
Style:
captivating, humorous, light, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, bullying, coming of age, summer job, first love, family relations, self discovery, grownups, society, couples, bare chested male, male objectification ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york state
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, couple relations, best friend, lifestyle, love and romance, babies and infants, coming of age, family problems, teenage life, siblings relations, crumbling marriage ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unlike most gangs, the ButterCream gang does good deeds. Their leader, Pete, has to go live with his aunt in Chicago. But things don't go well in Chicago and Pete is changed when he returns. Soon Pete is hanging around with the wrong crowd. But ...
Style:
epic, independent film, realistic, serious, touching
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
aunt nephew relationship, religious, street punk, friendship, gang, small town, small town life, city life, teenage life, friends, family relations, buddies ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chicago, utah
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, high school life, teenage girl, youth, popularity, teenage love, prom, teenage life, secret identity, first love, shyness ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sad, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, childhood memory, friendship, animal, boy, american football, children, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, oxford university
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The poignant, coming of age story about a group of eleven year old girls in their final summer before middle school.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, touching, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
youth, friendship, parents and children, best friend, teenage life, follow your dream, family life, family relations, summer vacation, child, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
Style:
touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, couple relations, teenage girl, teenage life, married man, coming of age, single parent, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, family relations, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, seattle
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new friend and a quirky young woman begin to draw him out of his shell.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, teenage boy, therapist, teenage life, mother son relationship, family relations, self discovery, coming of age, youth, single parent, problem, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Family, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tuur and Lambert are best friends. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuurs dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems so be part of it. Lamberts family on the other hand choose to obey the Germans. ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, children in wartime, friendship, youth, coming of age, teenager, child, best friend, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, village life, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place:
holland
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, sincere, humorous, family saga ...
Plot:
family relations, african american, road trip, civil rights, social differences, coming of age, society, injustice, family gatherings, child, on the road, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, alabama, michigan
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an evil dictator threatens to take over the kingdom, Princess Rosalinda gets put into the Princess Protection Program. She is taken under the wing of General Joe Mason, an agent from the agency, and his daughter, Carter, who works after school ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
teenager, high school, princess, friendship, youth, teenage life, best friend, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, friends, school, royal family ...
Place:
louisiana, canada, california
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Pass the Light tells the story of Steve Bellafiore, an 17 year old high school senior who decides to run for Congress in order to protect the faith that he so loves.
Style:
serious, realistic, feel good, christian film, uplifting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
idealism, teenage life, rivalry, against the odds, campaign, youth, parents and children, society, high school, college, teenage girl, coming of age ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton is Frankie and Ingrid Uribe is Hazel, Frankie's neighbor and best friend. Frankie is ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, baseball, ballet, small town, follow your dream, dancer's life, hopes, feminism, family relations, teenage life, politics ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, light, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, brother brother relationship, on the road, friendship, family relations, disorder, youth, escapades, little boy, phd, migrant, mexican cartel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, independent film, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, youth, rich and poor, world war one, haunted by the past, parents and children, friendship, teenage life, family life, family relations, friends, hopes ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
44%
556
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
"Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tucci), who then leaves him for ten years in the care of his Hispanic ranch hand (Blades) and his wife (Delany). Once in high school, Eddie ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, society, youth, self discovery, introspection, haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, friends, hopes, orphan, parents and children ...
Time:
50s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
School... there is the popular crowd. Teachers favor some students over others. Because of this, Violet decides to start a school paper, which exposes many embarrassing secrets of popular kids who think they run the campus.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, high school life, social relations, coming of age, teenage love, teenage life, social misfits, misfit, lifestyle, misfit partners, friendship, suburbs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Alison Gray is just your average suburban 11-year old waiting for adolescence to arrive when she finds out her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, she runs away to find the truth.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, adoption, coming of age, family relations, parents and children, family problems, obsessive quest, on the road, family in crisis, hopes, self discovery, escape ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. He studies dolphin ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, light, humorous, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
island, tourism, dolphins, coming of age, research, tourist, dysfunctional family, parents and children, estrangement, family relations, friendship, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The curiously named, Moondance Alexander is a spirited teen living with her eccentric mother. She is faced with another uneventful summer until she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers who has jumped out of his paddock. Although Moondance ...
Style:
realistic, serious, feel good, sincere
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
horse, horse riding, girl horse relationship, hopes, friendship, follow your dream, ambition, young heroes, human spirit, obsessive quest, against the odds, athlete and trainer ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, ...
Style:
political, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, spy, president, diplomacy, political intrigue, un, race against time, nuclear, cold war era, conspiracy, cuban missile crisis ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
cuba, ussr, north america, the philippines, usa ...
Similarity:
44%
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