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Kid-Thing (2012)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Austin, 10-year-old Annie tears around on her BMX bike, hurls dough at cars, and smashes things up with her baseball bat. Her father, a goat-farmer-cum-demolition-derby driver, does little parenting. Annie has no friends her age, so her daily routine is filled with solitary mischief. Playing in the woods one day, she hears a woman’s plaintive call for help from an abandoned well. Though Annie feels driven to visit the well daily, she is unsure about how to deal with the woman’s plight.
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, bleak, sinister, poignant, tension, grim, mumblecore, suspense
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, loneliness, dysfunctional family, isolation, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, neglect, character study, preteen, loss of innocence, small town, solitude, curiosity, unhappiness, slice of life, intimate, ethical dilemma, minimalism, slow burn, homeless, poverty, lonely, dark humor, danger ...
Place:
texas, austin texas
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Most similar movies to Kid-Thing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, tense, atmospheric and bleak films with plots about isolation, coming of age, character study, small town, psychological drama, slow burn and intimate mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Kid-Thing: Holler (2020), Sleeping Beauty (2008), Dark Paradise (2023), The End of the Chain (2017), Forced Orphans (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, surprise ending
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
brother sister relationship, hardship, coming of age, high school prom, poverty, library, high school student, caught stealing, teenage protagonist, death of friend, factory, police department ...
Place:
ohio
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Do-yeon, a 6th grade elementary school student, meets her cousin Sang-jun at her grandmother's funeral. On the last day of the funeral Do-yeon and Sang-jun go into an empty classroom near the funeral. There they have their first sexual ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, grim, intense ...
Plot:
sexual awakening, rape, rape victim, coming of age, abuse, dysfunctional family, trauma, unsettling, incest, violence, violent, child abuse ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Viktor also deteriorates, and she faces the darkness and emptiness of the universe.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, existential, dark ...
Plot:
grief, female protagonist, loss, dysfunctional family, mourning, young adult, character study, secrets, identity crisis, betrayal, isolation, trauma ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Parents Divorced. Children suffer.
Style:
heartbreaking, bleak, tense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family drama, divorce, psychological trauma, house, abusive relationship, emotional abuse, domestic violence, social issues, intimate, family secret, loss of innocence ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Valerio is a lonely young boy who can't get on with the others of the same age. He just observes without been seen and tries to compare himself to them, especially with two tough guys from his swimming course. One day Valerio sees something ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, contemplative, tension, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, loneliness, bullying, coming of age, isolation, adolescence, introspection, loss of innocence, self discovery, childhood, male protagonist ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates finds himself in the centre of a murder investigation that exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, atmospheric, crime drama, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, small town, family secret, murder investigation, childhood trauma, family drama, loss of innocence, investigation, summer, suspicion, secret revealed ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cyprus
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A rock-climbing geologist who finds an unexpected friendship in the high desert.
Style:
contemplative, independent film, art house
Plot:
friendship, rock climbing, isolation, geology, solitude, self discovery, character study, loneliness, tenderness, intimate, slow burn, male friendship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, a socially-awkward teen, Charlie, grapples with the guilt and judgement that ensues. He must confront the prison-like bondage of his fear when the perpetrator comes after him. In this tribute to contemporary ...
Style:
slow cinema, bleak, melancholic, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, trauma, mother son relationship, slow burn, mental health, intimate, isolation, socially awkward, fear, family drama, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
In and around America and the autumn of 1963. A man and his tools. A boy and his shoes.
Style:
independent film, reflective, art house, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
compassion, empathy, intimate, character study, isolation, small town life, minimalism, solitude, abandonment, trauma, autumn, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
america, massachusetts
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, ...
Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, melancholic, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
fear of death, obsession, female protagonist, compassion, character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, redemption, domestic drama, manipulation, isolation, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, mind blowing, melancholic
Plot:
aspiration, gender roles, slice of life, resilience, childhood, female protagonist, village, determination, imagination, coming of age, social realism, patriarchy ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Drama - Richard Clayton is a maintenance man at the local police station of the small town of Montauk, Arizona. He spends his days keeping the offices clean and the equipment running. He spends his nights drinking and killing the occasional ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
isolation, countryside, female protagonist, healing, solitude, dark past, slow burn, character study, resilience, minimalism, intimacy, rebirth ...
Similarity:
20%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A two-part omnibus consisting of b/w comedy about a group of friends who try to cover up a murder, and thriller set in an abandoned warehouse where three policemen guard their witness-collaborator who claims "they" will come and shoot them ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dread, black and white, sinister ...
Plot:
abandoned warehouse, omnibus, paranoia, moral ambiguity, isolation, witness protection, claustrophobia, violence, cat and mouse, dark humor, slow burn, ethical dilemma ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Stranded on her way home, Sruthi hitches a long ride with KK who turns out to be her dad's buddy. Sruthi's mother seems to be reassured hearing that KK is with her daughter now. However her husband is troubled on hearing the news. ...
Style:
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Plot:
family drama, social commentary, moral ambiguity, confrontation, character study, ethical dilemma, mistrust, unsettling, coming of age, family honor, road trip, small town ...
Similarity:
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161
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Each character involved in this psychological exploration of family and sexuality discovers what it means to suffer inexplicable torment rather than be alone.
Style:
independent film, existential, contemplative, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
desert, solitude, isolation, loneliness, character study, alienation, female protagonist, introspection, psychological torment, family secret, sexuality, artist ...
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, gothic
Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
grim, intense, art house, noir
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Doktor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality. The story is based on the 1905 ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, bleak, contemplative, existential ...
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, village life, hardship, realism, social isolation, loss, minimalism, slice of life, intimate, slow burn, small town ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves in a desolate and dreamlike world.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, surreal, poetic
Plot:
small town, abandonment, coming of age, family drama, adolescence, loss, isolation, desolation, mysterious disappearance, grief, motherhood, slow burn ...
Time:
future
Place:
california
Similarity:
18%
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Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, realistic, bleak, tense, atmospheric
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mental health, grief, self discovery, isolation, character study, youth, guilt, mourning, coming of age, teenage angst, intimate, dysfunctional family ...
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Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, dark drama, period piece, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, female protagonist, isolation, adolescence, toxic masculinity, character study, small town, identity, loneliness, haunting, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
newfoundland, canada
Similarity:
18%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ela, 15, has a love affair, which results in her being sent to a re-education center.
Style:
tension, intense, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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377
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, grim, slow cinema
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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