Movies like By Dawn's Early Light 2001

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By Dawn's Early Light (2001)
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By Dawn's Early Light (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Mike Lewis leaves L.A. to stay with his grandfather in Colorado for the summer, he hates the old man's cowboy ways. When Mike demands to go home, the old man agrees and saddles up a couple of horses for a six week trip toward California, home, the Pacific and redemption.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, captivating, independent film
Plot: grandparent grandchild relationship, self discovery, youth, family relations, teenage life, hopes, male bonding, coming of age, horse riding, friendship between men, summer, dysfunctional family, teenage boy, school, friends, teenager, cowboy, spoiled brat, grandfather grandson relationship, loss of grandfather, skinny dipping, teen rebel, male friendship, family
Time: 90s
Place: colorado, los angeles, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and independent film films with plots about coming of age, youth, teenage life, family relations, friends, parents and children and teenager mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like By Dawn's Early Light: Two Bits (1995), Logan (2010), Time Stands Still (1982), Funeral Kings (2012), Man in the Chair (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Two Bits (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, independent film, anamorphic ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, rich and poor, world war one, family relations, friends, hopes, self discovery, friendship, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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Logan (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A teen does everything he can to finish his younger brother's project when tragedy strikes.
Style: sincere, sentimental, captivating, serious, independent film ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, human spirit, teenage life, follow your dream, family problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, friendship, hopes, bittersweet, brother brother relationship, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Time Stands Still (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dinis suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in 1956, and since then Dini's mother has had to take care of her two sons on her own. A friend of ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, rough, serious
Plot: family problems, family relations, rebellion, teenage life, high school, youth, coming of age, family life, high school life, teenager, socialism, boy ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: hungary
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Funeral Kings (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style: humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, youth, group of friends, altar boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, teenage boy, sexual content, teenage life, friends, buddies ...
Time: near future, 21st century
Place: usa
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59%
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Man in the Chair (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: follow your dream, obsessive quest, friendship, youth, aging, society, lifestyle, family relations, filmmaking, teenage life, parents and children, hollywood ...
Time: year 2007
Place: usa, los angeles
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The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands, France, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she has won in a contest organized by a soft-drinks company. The prize is a beautiful new car. All Delia has to do now is appear in front of the camera in a ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: youth, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, family life, family relations, moral dilemma, parents and children, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, small town, makeover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, romania
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The Dream Kids (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: JB suffers from a heart malformation .He falsifies his medical file ,so that he can enter a top athlete training center.
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, serious ...
Plot: friendship, teenage life, ambition, follow your dream, youth, hopes, social relations, friends, athlete's life, lifestyle, contests and competitions, boarding school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Foreign Letters (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching
Plot: coming of age, introspection, friendship, culture clash, teenage life, fish out of water, society, youth, hopes, immigrant, social relations, family life ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place: usa, vietnam, israel
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45%
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All the Wilderness (2014)
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, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: boy, teenage life, teenage boy, family relations, coming of age, self discovery, single parent, youth, therapist, mother son relationship, problem, boyhood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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44%
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Drunkboat (2010)
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: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sad
Plot: family relations, single parent, haunted by the past, social relations, youth, parents and children, self discovery, coming of age, teenage life, suburbs, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, illinois
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43%
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Spin (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: "Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tucci), who then leaves him for ten years in the care of his Hispanic ranch hand (Blades) and his wife (Delany). Once in high school, Eddie ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
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Time: 50s
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42%
True Adolescents (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At 34, struggling Seattle musician Sam finds himself broke, jobless and losing touch with the person he wants to become. When his girlfriend kicks him out, he's forced to crash with his Aunt Sharon and is reluctantly enlisted to take her teen ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, mumblecore ...
Plot: youth, lifestyle, buddies, family relations, friends, on the road, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, male nudity, gay interest, wilderness, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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42%
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Quitters (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Quitters tells the story of the Raymans, a wealthy Jewish family that's falling apart. The son, Clark, is a bright and curious high schooler with a talent for manipulation. As his mother May enters treatment for a pill addiction, and he and his ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, independent film
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Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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41%
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Being 14 (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
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The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Elizabeth Alison Gray is just your average suburban 11-year old waiting for adolescence to arrive when she finds out her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, she runs away to find the truth.
Style: sentimental, humorous, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
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The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating
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Jess + Moss (2011)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 83 min.
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Style: atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, stylized, captivating ...
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Waterproof (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Time: 90s
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The Last Summer (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
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Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: belgium, europe
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38%
The Runnin' Kind (1989)
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Bruno (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
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36%
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Palo Alto, CA (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Duration: 89 min.
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Face (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
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Jo's Boy (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Grandson of a legendary rugby player, son of a legendary rugby player, and he himself a legendary rugby player, Jo Canavero raises his only son, Tom, in a small village in the Tarn region. To the great displeasure of Jo, thirteen-year-old Tom is as ...
Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, serious, realistic
Audience: teens
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Just Like the Son (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, captivating, independent film ...
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32%
As Cool as I Am (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, teenage life, family relations, family problems, youth, crumbling marriage, parents and children, teenage angst, coming of age, teen romance, suburbs, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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32%
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Toe to Toe (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Out on the lacrosse pitch, wealthy but troubled Jesse and poor but driven Tosha form an easy and deep bond, but their relationship is threatened once they enter the hallways of an elite prep school they attend in Washington, D.C. There, they must ...
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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32%
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Just Breathe (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, sentimental
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Time: 21st century
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