Movies like Lilet Never Happened

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Lilet Never Happened (2012)
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Lilet Never Happened (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world with her wits. But she has to face up to reality when she runs out of innocent dreams.
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak, emotional
Plot: life is a bitch, social decay, kids in trouble, youth, prostitute, sexual abuse, society, danger, child prostitute, prostitution, social worker, police, children, relationships, urban, coming of age, prison, street kid, snow white, mother daughter relationship, waitress, shoplifting, pedophilia, child prostitution, street child
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: manila philippines, asia, the philippines

Most similar movies to Lilet Never Happened

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and disturbing films with plots about life is a bitch, society, youth, coming of age, kids in trouble, social decay and prostitute mostly in Drama, Horror and Biography genres. Some movies like Lilet Never Happened: Bog of Beasts (2006), The Boys of St. Vincent (1992), Not Today (2013), Maya (2001), Holly (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bog of Beasts (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
Style: disturbing, realistic, bleak, serious, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rape, coitus, sexual torture, youth, kids in trouble, village, village life, life is a bitch, innocence lost, prostitute, voyeurism, poverty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Boys of St. Vincent (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
Style: realistic, disturbing, bleak, sad, art house ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pedophilia, child abuse, catholic priest, child molestation, man boy relationship, catholic orphanage, pedophile priest, homosexual rape, orphanage, child molester, childhood, underage sex ...
Time: 70s, year 1975
Place: canada, newfoundland
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100%
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Not Today (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Caden Welles is living life as large as any 20-year-old could dream … until his eyes are opened to a world few Americans know still exists: a thriving human-trafficking trade. Spurred by a true purpose, an unlikely new friendship, and the prayers ...
Style: disturbing, uplifting, thought provoking, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot: youth, hopes, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, human spirit, injustice, family problems, escapades, danger, prostitute, society, obsessive quest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.1
 297
Maya (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story: MAYA is a coming of age story set against an outlawed brutal practice of ritual rape still occurring in some parts of India.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, sincere, emotional, grim ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, sexual abuse, religions or cults, kids in trouble, injustice, parents and children, life is a bitch, society, moral dilemma, introspection, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City. Director Sistach fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two adolescent girls which is torn apart when one of them is brutally raped.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Plot: sexual abuse, life is a bitch, family relations, social decay, woman in danger, rich and poor, family problems, city life, urban ghetto life, gender, youth, sexual harassment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, mexico city
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30%
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Holly (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Israel, Cambodia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick, an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, psychological, bleak, touching ...
Plot: innocence lost, child prostitution, lifestyle, young heroes, going straight, society, life is a bitch, hopes, redemption, social decay, youth, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: youth, murder, hate crime, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay, real life, violent content, injustice, gender ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: wyoming, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
King of Thieves (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.
Style: disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot: youth, circus, boy, child prostitution, human trafficking, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, kidnapping, kids in trouble, hopes, dishonesty, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, berlin germany, ukraine, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Children of Sarajevo (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of Sarajevo ended, writer-director Aida Begic’s follow-up to her 2008 Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize-winning debut Snow tells the story of two orphaned ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, bleak, serious, gloomy
Plot: life is a bitch, orphan, society, youth, social decay, siblings relations, friendship, bosnian war, european, world war, family relations, money
Time: 21st century
Place: bosnia, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Without Destination (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: coming of age, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, society, sexual abuse, drug abuse, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Rose Seller (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: 13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother beats her.
Style: social, serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: gang, children, homeless, tramp, hobo, feminist, juvenile delinquent, teenage girl, intimacy, homelessness, street kid, poverty ...
Time: 90s
Place: colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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10 1/2 (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: boy, child abuse, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, social worker, life is a bitch, isolation, youth, danger, redemption, coming of age, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
If Nothing Else Works Out (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, danger, drug abuse, social decay, society, drug dealing, prostitute, unemployment, lgbt, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.7
 190
The Wild Dogs (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot: social decay, rich and poor, culture clash, family relations, society, life is a bitch, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.8
 168
Johnny (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Johnny, the megalomaniac leader of a group of squeegee kids, finds a video camera and pushes his followers into "acting" out increasingly dangerous "scenes".
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot: street gang, videotaping, filmmaking, sexual abuse, megalomaniac, urban ghetto life, addiction, city life, urban, down on your luck, teenage life, coming of age ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The dysfunctional twenty-three years old Sarah takes her six year old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and lowlife ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, rough, serious, depressing ...
Plot: child abuse, pedophile, rape, sex, child molester, sexual abuse, child rape, coming of age, police, psychologist, child molestation, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2004
Place: tennessee, indiana, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
A Children's Story (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story focuses on the life of an 11-year old boy surrounded by criminality and poverty in the suburbs of Naples.
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, bleak, realistic
Plot: street kid, juvenile delinquency, youth, friends, danger, society, life is a bitch, coming of age, social worker, teaching the ways of the world, social decay, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Return to Innocence (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, redemption, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, custody, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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When Andrew Came Home (2000)
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, realistic, serious, emotional, sad
Plot: kids in trouble, kidnapping, coming of age, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, parents and children, captivity, family problems, estrangement, danger, confined, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Macho Dancer (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A former American soldier becomes an exotic dancer and male prostitute in Manila.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, male prostitution, lgbt, gay, glbt, police corruption, prostitute, gay subtext, male stripper, sexual abuse, teenage life, murder ...
Time: 80s
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Boy Called Twist (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: youth, street kid, juvenile delinquency, young heroes, danger, gang, society, orphan, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rich and poor, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, africa, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.8
 353
Baby for Sale (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the highest bidder. The couple become part of a sting operation to bust the baby-selling ring.
Style: disturbing, sincere, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: babies and infants, adoption, black market, trial, sting operation, fighting the system, kids in trouble, social decay, life is a bitch, dishonesty, society, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.4
 632
Barbarians (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "Barbarians" is a teenage drama about coming of age in a world where there is no opportunity. A portrait of a young generation growing up in a society of lost values.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, sincere, tense ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, youth, life is a bitch, society, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, barbarian, boy, hooligan ...
Time: 21st century
Place: serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Bloody Kids (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The slender premise springs from the actions of two listless 11-year-old boys, the cold, manipulative Leo, and his weaker, more impressionable friend, Mike. Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an ...
Style: offbeat, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: boy, gangster, kids in trouble, social misfits, society, youth, juvenile delinquency, prank, city life, teenage life, gory, social decay ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.1
 2K
Jet Boy (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Dave Schultz' feature debut Jet Boy is a drama about a boy attempting to figure out his future. Nathan (Branden Nadon) goes on a search to find his father after his mother dies of a drug overdose. Nathan has been prostituting himself in order ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, erotic ...
Plot: orphan, kids in trouble, man boy relationship, child neglect, gay, youth, prostitute, boy, teenage prostitution, coming of age, lifestyle, lgbt teen ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.1
 1K
Bo (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Fifteen year old Deborah meets Jennifer who steers her into a career as an escort. Under the alias Bo she begins a new life that she cannot handle and starts a downward spiral that only she can end.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, rough, sad ...
Plot: prostitute, teenage prostitution, downfall, destructive relationship, escort, lifestyle, teenage life, woman in danger, society, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: antwerp, belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.3
 1K
Life Hits (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille she slacks her school work, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is ...
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, rough, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: revenge, lifestyle, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, high school life, friendship, social misfits, youth, drug abuse, misfit, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Egg and Stone (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Meticulous in every way: the non-professional actors with incredible skills, the beautiful camerawork, the timing and dosing of the tragic storyline about a fourteen-year-old Chinese girl from the countryside. A grown-up feature film debut by a ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, no music
Plot: pregnancy, kids in trouble, estrangement, youth, life is a bitch, adoption, village, abortion, struggle, down on your luck, countryside, menstruation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.0
 549
Streeters (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Authentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.
Style: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, gang, social decay, society, youth, drug dealing, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, police corruption, social misfits, down on your luck ...
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.8
 864
The New Man (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Sweden 1951. A new society is developing, a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: society, pregnancy, youth, teenage life, mental illness, win over, injustice, power relations, life is a bitch, misfit, confined, mental institution ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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