Movies like Sand 2000
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Sand (2000)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young man tries running from his past by hiding from his two violent brothers, only to have them track and harass him and his friends.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, rough, suspense, independent film, realistic
Plot:
starting over, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, fall in love, family problems, uninvited guest, on the run, homecoming, rivalry, sexual harassment, small town, attempted rape, beach, profanity, social misfits, sexual content, good versus evil, low lives, siblings relations, small town life, violent content, revenge, past, cocaine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, mojave desert
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Most similar movies to Sand
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, independent film and suspenseful films with plots about life is a bitch, family relations, small town, family problems, haunted by the past, society and rivalry mostly in Drama, Family and Mystery genres. Some movies like Sand: The Forger (2012), Dance with the One (2010), The Fall (2008), Dark Heart (2006), Noble Things (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot:
art, forgery, forger, dishonesty, cons and scams, painter, art forgery, homeless teenager, beach, hustler, teen romance, artist ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
california, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Nate's little brother and hippie dad depend on him for literally everything, but the well-meaning, small time pot dealer Nate wants nothing more than to run away with Nikki, the love of his life, and get out of Texas.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, haunted by the past, danger, family relations, family problems, teenage life, save the day, on the run, drug dealer, love, rivalry, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
48%
121
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two brothers are forced to confront a terrible crime that was hidden in their past.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, rough, serious, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, false accusation, haunted by the past, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, legal, injustice, life is a bitch, family relations, dedicated lawyer, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Upon returning home as a hero from the Iraq War, Special Forces Agent Matt Taylor (Joelson) is thrown right into another battle. This time it is in his once quiet hometown where, as in Iraq, you don't know who are friends and who are enemies. ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
homecoming, anti war, military life, starting over, battles, military, survival, soldier, unemployment, haunted by the past, small town, ptsd ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy Wayne Collins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee. Forced to return home to the piney woods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face his imprisoned brother, his dying father and the demons he left behind.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, estrangement, homecoming, introspection, small town, unfulfillment, lifestyle, profanity, bar fight, ambition, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
40%
531
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot:
starting over, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, teenage life, obsession, on the run, investigation, family problems, hiding, small town, psychotherapist, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This powerful, hard-edged crime drama explores the dark side of the American immigrant experience and dares to ask, "How far would you go to survive?" Lana’s only chance to escape the war-torn Balkans is her long-lost brother, Darko, a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
starting over, survival, immigrant, gangster, criminal heroes, prostitute, society, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, betrayal, revenge, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, serious, inspirational
Plot:
parents and children, memory loss, hopes, self discovery, small town life, homecoming, family relations, small town, sexual content, friends, haunted by the past, old people ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Despite allegations of sexual abuse against her ex-husband, Jody (Faith Ford) has lost a custody battle for Samantha (Hanna Hall) and faces a choice of turning her daughter over to him, or taking flight and risking kidnapping charges. Pursued by ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private investigator, on the run, fugitive, small town, divorced parents, private detective, veterinarian, age difference, child abuse, youth, mother daughter relationship, hiding place ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
35%
306
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot:
hopes, redemption, island, starting over, social misfits, couple relations, human nature, estrangement, family problems, friendship, ocean, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, bookies, loser, bet, dishonesty, life is a bitch, down on your luck, disorder, unlikely criminals, unlikely partners, moral dilemma, gangster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, florida, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, contests and competitions, dishonesty, terrorism, legal, law enforcement, rivalry, life is a bitch, investigation, wrongfully committed, small town life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels. Five parallel coming-of-age stories dramatize the stages of grief. A youthful mother in a custody battle over her children, finds ...
Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, youth, addiction, custody, society, bittersweet, homosexual ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a stint in prison, Sonny returns to his home in East Texas, determined to repair his relationship with his son. Standing in his way is his brother, who has turned the home into a crumbling meth lab (IMDb.com)
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
methamphetamine, meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, drug abuse, homecoming, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, small town ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
People always told Santos he was something special. His Uncle told him to get a skill, so he became a hustler and with his three,they became "The Stick Up Kids" Harlem would never be the same. They thought they had it all... Money, cars, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, rivalry, friends, buddies, criminal's revenge, urban ghetto life, society, dishonesty, cons and scams, black, african american, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, starting over, prodigy, haunted by the past, society, ambition, redemption, rivalry, youth, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new york, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
abuse, alcohol abuse, social relations, family problems, small town life, small town, hollywood, dysfunctional family, youth, life is a bitch, religion, bare chested male ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
downfall, haunted by the past, going straight, society, family problems, addiction, down on your luck, dysfunctional family, hopes, re-education, drug abuse, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story is of a small town in the early west and of a 'shooter' of reputation that drifts into it and stands up to the controlling family that runs it. But far from a John Wayne, this hero is caught and brutally beaten and left to die, ...
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, prostitute, nudity, revenge, female whipping, shootout, violent content, small town life, old west, heroes, rivalry, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Allie moves to Texas and embraces the slower pace of life and gun culture. She tries to maintain healthy relationships as the weapons she uses to protect herself lead her to a paranoid withdrawal from life.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
starting over, haunted by the past, hopes, danger, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, weapons, coming of age, life turned upside down, on the road, down on your luck, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who are supported by one Irish mafia clan, and his family, which are members of another.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mobster, irish gangster, irish mob, gangster, mafia, rivalry, buddies, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, friends, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lorie Walker ( Meagan Good), attends a ritzy private school in a small southern town. Raised by her grandmother Valerie ( Ruby Dee), she often daydreams of becoming a professional dancer. After a chance meeting with a renowned music video director, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, dancer's life, ambition, sex scene, rise and fall, follow your dream, life is a bitch, small town, celebrity culture, rivalry, society, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In life, there's silver, and there's lead, says Rikki Ortega, as he moves to be king of the street in "Ánglio," L.A.'s east side. Older brothers and a brother-in-law are in his way. While they think they are driving out the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, life is a bitch, siblings relations, urban ghetto, destiny, blind ambition, police detective, shakespeare ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with the death of her lover. He was killed by South-American fascists.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
kidnapping, clinic, dystopia, life is a bitch, politics, against humanity, confined, on the run, danger, state affairs, survival, legal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, homecoming, moral dilemma, society, life is a bitch, working class, family relations, family problems, post traumatic stress disorder, ex soldier, urban, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
fall in love, dysfunctional family, prostitute, life is a bitch, social decay, family problems, friends, society, love and romance, friendship, haunted by the past, sexual content ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the book by Caroline B. Cooney, a girl happens to look down at a milk carton one day and she sees herself on the back! Could her parents really have kidnapped her?
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
love, abused child, kidnapping, family relations, uncover truth, life is a bitch, coming of age, love and romance, young heroes, youth, siblings relations, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young loner wandering the back roads of North Carolina comes across an abandoned baby. He immediately starts seeking the baby's parents, but starts developing a bond with the child that explores his own isolated roots.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
missing child, abandoned baby, family relations, family problems, orphan, isolation, missing person, adoption, violent content, rivalry, legal action, misfit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
north carolina, appalachia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
23%
427
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a young shoe salesman whose overestimation of his own sharpness leads to gambling debts, pissed-off loan sharks, and overall misery.
Style:
gloomy, independent film, contemplative, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
profanity, violent content, gangster, best friend, sexual content, family relations, life is a bitch, nothing to lose, twentysomething life, friendship, friends, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
23%
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