Movies like The Learning Tree
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The Learning Tree (1969)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, semi autobiographical, contemplative, adaptation directed by original author
Plot:
coming of age, racism, murder, racial issues, boy, family relations, social justice, blaxploitation, small town, countryside, christmas, teenager, segregation, courtroom, black american, youth, interracial relations, discrimination, teenage life, society, americana, introspection, moral dilemma, lifestyle, innocence lost ...
Time:
1920s, 20s
Place:
kansas, africa, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about youth, society, family relations, coming of age, life is a bitch, racism and teenage life mostly in Drama, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like The Learning Tree: Jasper, Texas (2003), Sudie and Simpson (1990), Ricochet River (2001), The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), The Sky Is Gray (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, realistic, serious
Plot:
racism, small town, investigation, fighting the system, social decay, social differences, african american, life is a bitch, society, human spirit, murder, injustice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 1940s.
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serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
youth, friendship, racism, interracial relations, small town, false accusation, hopes, opposites attract, life is a bitch, society, human nature, coming of age ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
hree teenagers looking for adventure find more than they expected in this coming-of-age drama. High school seniors Wade (Jason James Richter) and Lorna (Kate Hudson) have spent all their lives in the small logging town of Calamus Grove, a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, talky
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, interracial relations, culture clash, teenage life, love and romance, self discovery, on the road, small town, social misfits, youth, best friends, lifestyle ...
Time:
60s, 90s
Place:
oregon, usa
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27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small ...
Style:
gothic, thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
deaf, loneliness, racism, coming of age, disability, suicide, disabled person, doctor, african american, deafness, drifter, sign language ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, alabama, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Drama - From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the ...
Style:
thought provoking, uplifting, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
racism, african american, youth, blaxploitation, family relations, injustice, life is a bitch, society, interracial relations, parents and children, bittersweet, dentist ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
louisiana
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25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
coming of age, racism, adoption, alcohol abuse, homelessness, blaxploitation, family relations, suicide, couples, urban ghetto, friends, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, atlanta georgia
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24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set at a Southern college during the 1950s, three co-eds (Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen and Phoebe Cates) re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fraternity, sorority, coming of age, racism, interracial relations, college, injustice, life is a bitch, media, youth, journalism, opposites attract ...
Time:
50s
Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa
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24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, serious, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
young heroes, missing child, youth, life is a bitch, obsession, discrimination, family problems, family relations, parents and children, society, racism, interracial relations ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, youth, family relations, family problems, american football, social relations, innocence lost, dysfunctional family, teenage life, siblings relations, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, children, interracial relations, haunted by the past, family relations, teenager, social differences ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place:
south carolina, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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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:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, teenage life, teenage boy, family relations, coming of age, self discovery, single parent, youth, therapist, mother son relationship, boyhood, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, society, introspection, life is a bitch, injustice, social decay, discrimination, small town life, small town, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young, white teacher is assigned to an isolated island off the coast of South Carolina populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
teacher, racism, school, youth, island, education, black history, psychology, humanist, civil rights, blaxploitation, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married ...
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realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, americana, culture clash, society, love and romance, pregnancy, hopes, coming of age, youth, small town, road not taken, wooing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, americana, parents and children, discrimination, teenage life, politics ...
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Place:
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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:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
single parent, small town, coming of age, teenage life, destructive relationship, family relations, couples, parents and children, lifestyle, youth, love and romance, society ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, contemplative
Plot:
hip hop, lifestyle, introspection, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, urban ghetto life, family life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should be become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, boy, murder, innocence lost, first sexual experience, bittersweet, suburban life, teenage love, siblings relations, homecoming, small town, forbidden love ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
nova scotia, canada, canada, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a ...
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sincere, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, serious ...
Plot:
racism, family relations, discrimination, injustice, social differences, parents and children, rich and poor, single parent, follow your dream, couple relations, racial discrimination, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sincere
Plot:
youth, korean war, migration, immigrants, coming of age, family relations, bittersweet, society, human nature, hopes, misfit, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, rough, controversial ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, uncover truth, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, social decay, human spirit, life is a bitch, lifestyle, youth, idealism, society ...
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Vermont town in the 1950's hires a new minister based on his war record and capable presentation, but then are shocked when he shows up and is a black man. Things go completely wrong for ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
racism, murder, small town, false accusation, dishonesty, society, legal, life is a bitch, courtroom, social relations, small town life, price of justice ...
Time:
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Place:
vermont, usa, quebec
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
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realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, society, youth, parents and children, small town, teenage life, sexual abuse, teenage girl, pastor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Coming-of-Age drama telling the story of the strong bond between Xavier and his little brother Jacques and their struggle to remain together despite all odds.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sentimental
Plot:
coming of age, youth, brother brother relationship, rebelliousness, forceful separation, summer, family relations, life turned upside down, countryside, boy, childhood, brother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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20%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, blaxploitation, basketball, african american, racial issues, racism, murder, interracial relations, youth, sport, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.
Style:
rough, serious, touching, bleak, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, human nature, haunted by the past, dealing with death, teenage life, family relations, tragic event, youth, life is a bitch, life philosophy, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Edward's father walked out on his family years ago. In the years since, his mother has become a fundamentalist Christian and fallen for the school's self-righteous principal, Henry Howland. When Howland begins to mistreat Edward's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, contemplative
Plot:
dysfunctional family, arson, sibling relationship, vengeance, betrayal, society, coming of age, single parent, youth, school, small town life, small town ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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20%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
12-year-old boy and his older brother have just lost their dad. At their summer cottage, the younger boy befriends a black doctor who has to deal with local prejudice and racism.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, touching, sincere
Plot:
racism, youth, social justice, interracial relations, friendship, small town, society, hopes, family relations, family problems, friends, social relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, sad
Plot:
family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, haunted by the past, social relations, self discovery, suburbs, coming of age, teenage life, teenager, boat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
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19%
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, sentimental, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, stepfather, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, couples, estrangement, family problems, human nature, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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