Movies like In My Life

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In My Life (2009)
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In My Life (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Shirley is a woman who wants to be in control of everything. Working as a librarian in a public school, a firm "Sshhh!" from her makes the students tremble in fear. But in her family, her unwarranted intervention in the lives of her children and their families keeps her emotionally detached from them. Realizing that she has lost the command she once had, she goes to New York to reunite with Mark , her estranged gay son who is now suffering from colon cancer. But Shirley doesn't know this and living with Mark in New York comes with a cost. She has to live with her son's lover Noel who is an illegal immigrant. Everything is going right until circumstances forces Shirley to go back to the Philippines. Now that she's back with her family, she realizes that something is wrong she is not happy.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tagalog, queer cinema
Plot: gays and lesbians, family relations, parents and children, terminal illness, gender, parent child relationship, gay relationship, gay son, mother son relationship, lifestyle, relationships, society, social relations, workplace, workplace situations, gay, lgbt, unfulfillment, death, subway, cancer, mother, hospital, surgeon, homosexual ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, the philippines, harlem, manhattan new york city, harlem manhattan new york city
Keyword: filipino

Most similar movies to In My Life

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, captivating and sincere films with plots about family relations, parents and children, gay, family problems, gender, gays and lesbians and gay interest mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like In My Life: In the Heart (2014), Melting Away (2011), Die Beautiful (2016), In the Gloaming (1997), The First Beautiful Thing (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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In the Heart (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
Style: touching, psychological, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: couple relations, tragic love, love and romance, parents and children, terminal illness, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, relationships, fighting illness, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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95%
Your Only Mother: This Is The Last! (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the media limelight as she releases a book of her life in her journey as a mother to her children and as a mother to the people of the Philippines. Ina now ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, parody, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: mother, parent child relationship, motherhood, female protagonist, illness, death, family feud, anxiety, family problems, family relations, terminal illness, obsession ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Melting Away (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Shlomo who discovers in his son's Assaf room, women's clothing and accessories, decides to 'teach the boy a lesson'. When Assaf returns to his parents' home on a rainy night from a party, his attempts to enter home fail. His ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: transsexual, gender, parents and children, terminal illness, family relations, bittersweet, father son relationship, gay, transgender, hospital, israeli, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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 947
Die Beautiful (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake.
Style: lgbt cinema, light, psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: transsexual, gay, brother sister relationship, gay slur, father son relationship, gay lead character, family relations, friendship, friendship between men, friend, funeral, drag queen ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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In the Gloaming (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: aids, gay, lgbt, family relations, terminal illness, hiv, bereavement, lgbtq, childhood, cancer, dying, gay son ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything ...
Style: sincere, semi serious, realistic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: mother, femme fatale, mother son relationship, parents and children, homecoming, family life, small town, terminal illness, passion, parent child relationship, youth, siblings relations ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Momma's Man (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Momma's Man an adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house. An odd premise, but executed with skill and tenderness.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, mumblecore, sincere ...
Plot: midlife crisis, introspection, family problems, family relations, love and romance, eccentric family, family life, parents and children, unfulfillment, pregnancy, relationship problems, living together ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Darker Than Midnight (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, touching, queer cinema
Plot: social misfits, lgbt, friendship, family relations, youth, parents and children, society, gay, androgyny, boyhood, leaving home, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, sicily, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Only Mother (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story evolves around the ups and downs of being a single mother, Ina the main protaganist. Her three husbands leave her with 12 children and a financial problems that she needs to shoulder. Simple plot with a hilarious cast. Packed with laughs ...
Style: entertaining, light, captivating, funny, tagalog ...
Plot: mother, female protagonist, single parent, parent child relationship, motherhood, parenthood, sibling rivalry, children, single mother, kids and family, parents and children, family relations ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Hush! (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first - Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted - but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history ...
Style: semi serious, psychological, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: lifestyle, love and romance, couples, family relations, family life, baby, pregnancy, gay, gay parent, gay relationship, gay interest, gay asian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
An Ordinary Family (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… with his boyfriend.
Style: humorous, emotional, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: gay, family relations, estrangement, family problems, family gatherings, gender, society, brother brother relationship, family vacation, brother brother conflict, friendship, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Life Must Go On (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter.
Style: captivating, sincere
Plot: cancer, parent child relationship, reconciliation, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict, alcoholic, terminal illness, father daughter relationship, father and daughter, relationship problems, relationships, family problems ...
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52%
Spoiler Alert (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Style: dramatic, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, queer cinema
Audience: adult
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay couple, gay interest, lgbt, man dances with a man, terminal illness, gay romance, couples, relationships, love affair, love ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Times Have Been Better (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After moving in with his beau, 30ish banker Jérémy (Arnaud Binard) decides to let the cat out of the bag, telling his unsuspecting parents, Guy (Bernard Le Coq) and Rosine (Charlotte de Turckheim), that he's gay. Though they've always ...
Style: semi serious, emotional, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: gay son, gay, family relations, gays and lesbians, gender, society, family problems, family in crisis, farce, parents and children, lgbt, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Our Sons (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Our Sons is a 1991 made-for-TV movie starring Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret as two mothers of gay sons, one of whom is dying of AIDS. As a small town waitress, Ann-Margret's character must overcome her own homophobia and learn to love her son ...
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot: aids, gay, estrangement, family relations, hospital, parents and children, family problems, friendship, gays and lesbians, small town, lgbt, gay couple ...
Time: 90s
Place: arkansas, usa, california, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Reception (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The complex relationship between a wealthy French woman and her best friend a, gay black American, is thrown into turmoil when her estranged daughter comes to visit them with her new husband for the weekend in upstate New York. Through a series of ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, sentimental, sexy ...
Plot: wedding, family relations, family gatherings, homecoming, parents and children, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, couples, estrangement, family life, unfulfillment, gay african american ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Animal Project (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As a thirty something acting teacher attempts to push a group of eager young performers out of their comfort zones, he struggles with his own ability to live an authentic and fulfilling life with his teenage son.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching
Plot: gay interest, self discovery, family relations, actor's life, workplace, society, artists and showbiz, parents and children, workplace situations, misfit, dream, theater ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Isn't It Delicious (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Joan Weldon discovers she is dying of lung cancer, she sets out to reconcile her dysfunctional relationships with her three children, her husband, and along the way, her former best friend. The family's destructive ways are offset by messy ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, humorous, touching ...
Plot: self discovery, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, family life, terminal illness, bittersweet, husband wife relationship, one night stand, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Jeffrey (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jeffery, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying.
Style: humorous, witty, sexual, touching, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, aids, glbt, lgbt, lgbtq, hiv, celibacy, homosexuality, love, happy ending, lgbtqi, gay interest ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Best Things in the World (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, family relations, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, gender, teenage life, gay, lgbt, gay interest, father son relationship, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Comedy - Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbt, gay parent, couples, family problems, family relations, society, couple relations, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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42%
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Mothers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning ...
Style: captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: parents and children, murder, elderly, introspection, estrangement, family relations, gender, society, life, small town life, relationships, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
It Was the Son (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, ...
Style: captivating, psychological, humorous, light, realistic ...
Plot: working class, family relations, family problems, parents and children, society, tragedy, murder, friendship, mafia, family life
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Mommies, Happy New Year! (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A continuation of a famous Russian comedy "Mamy" ("Mommies").
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: mother, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, holiday, social relations, kids and family, working mom
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Double Parked (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: mother son relationship, coming of age, juvenile delinquent, teenager, child abuse, parent child relationship, family life, financial problem, friendship, family problems, money problems, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Pedro (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, aids, hiv, rising to stardom, fighting the system, human spirit, idealism, life is a bitch, society, hopes, terminal illness, lgbt ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1994
Place: cuba, san francisco, miami, latin america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Dune (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An Israeli man searches for his father in France.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: family relations, introspection, family problems, estrangement, hopes, investigation, haunted by the past, parents and children, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, gender, aging ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
My Mother Likes Women (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: "Sofia introduces her three adult daughters to her new lover who is their age and happens to be a woman. The women, in particular Elvira find it extremely difficult to accept their mothers sudden apparent sexual reversal. The news pushes the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: lesbian, lesbian seduction, gays and lesbians, family relations, lgbt, friendship, couple relations, youth, unfulfillment, lifestyle, looking for love, gay ...
Place: spain, europe, czechoslovakia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Quitter (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
Style: sincere, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, single parent, homecoming, unfulfillment, love, basketball player, career, baseball
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Hippocrates (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he’s certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father works doesn’t turn out the way he hoped it would. Responsibility is overwhelming, his father is all but ...
Style: touching, realistic, semi serious, captivating, social ...
Plot: medicine, hospital, doctor patient relationship, workplace, doctors and patients, fear of death, nothing goes right, workplace situations, doctor, father son relationship, job, medical ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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