Movies like Emile
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Emile (2003)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
orphan, redemption, introspection, haunted by the past, homecoming, betrayal, family life, dysfunctional family, family problems, starting over, elderly, human nature, hopes, countryside, reconciliation, brother brother relationship, farm, family abandonment, family relations, college, university, parents and children, life is a bitch, family in crisis, siblings relations ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
england, canada, europe, british columbia
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Most similar movies to Emile
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, life is a bitch and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Emile: The Wool Cap (2004), Surrender, Dorothy (2005), 33 Scenes from Life (2008), Broken Wings (2002), Moving On (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Plot:
redemption, friendship, introspection, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, human nature, family life, custody, addiction, hopes, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, best friend, couples, single parent, orphan, hopes, life is a bitch, starting over, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
death, family relations, introspection, self discovery, family problems, parents and children, parent child relationship, dealing with death, lifestyle, hopes, estrangement, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Style:
emotional, touching, lyrical, depressing, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, hopes, children, midlife crisis, family life, human nature, couple relations, haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, love and romance, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
starting over, introspection, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, life turned upside down, family problems, redemption, hopes, couples, optimism, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Style:
erotic, psychological, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
stepmother stepson relationship, older woman younger man relationship, sex scene, sex with stepmother, illicit affair, incest overtones, stepmother, sex with stepson, car accident, mother son incest, marijuana, obsession ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to move on with their lives together.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, starting over, single parent, teenage life, family problems, death in the family, youth, introspection, hopes, parents and children, family in crisis, single father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Patricia (Kate Fahy) and her two children, young adults Edward (Tom Hiddleston) and Cynthia (Lydia Leonard), arrive for a break at a holiday cottage. As rain and wind lash against the windows, Patricia grows exasperated at the absence of her ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family in crisis, parents and children, estrangement, siblings relations, family gatherings, introspection, mental disorder, grief, nature, road trip, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, hopes, job seeking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is a comedian struggling with his comedy, and his brother, Matthew, is a boxer consumed with the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, interracial relations, addiction, drug abuse, haunted by the past, family problems, couples, hopes, couple relations, life is a bitch, rehabilitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, estrangement, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, elderly lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
death in the family, last wish, family problems, family relations, introspection, hopes, siblings relations, dealing with death, brother brother relationship, minimalism, very little dialogue, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, siblings relations, self discovery, elderly, hopes, family problems, countryside, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, fish out of water, culture clash, family life, homecoming, society, family problems, terminal illness, parents and children, life is a bitch, under the surface, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, north korea, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, Harvest is a portrait of a family awkwardly yet delicately hanging on to what was, what ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
war veteran, summer, self discovery, family gatherings, youth, elderly, homecoming, family problems, hopes, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
738
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges a big birthday. But as the festivities come to an end, repressed conflicts rise to the surface. Old wounds are opened and a new family is ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, homecoming, family gatherings, under the surface, parents and children, estrangement, strong female presence, family problems, siblings relations, male nudity, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Gaby owns a farm on which he raises lambs: Bouchard & Sons Farm. But he has no sons. Rather, he has two daughters that he raised like princesses and who live far away, in the big city. One day, the oldest asks him for some financial support ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
farm, parents and children, introspection, family relations, selflessness, countryside, father daughter relationship, elderly, father, old man, farmer, rural area ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, deportation, family problems, hopes, aging, introspection, haunted by the past, bittersweet, elderly, gender, death in the family, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
redemption, family relations, cons and scams, drug abuse, family life, family gatherings, teenage life, high school, addiction, parents and children, homecoming, buddies ...
Time:
year 1988, 80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young man feels compelled to travel with his grand-father. Tthe young man wants to find his father who ran away with the corpse of his ex-wife.
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, sincere, realistic
Plot:
dysfunctional family, on the road, estrangement, family problems, family relations, haunted by the past, parents and children, elderly, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse, death in the family, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mathieu Roy's L’Autre maison is an intimate and powerful family drama featuring three generations of great Quebec Actors. Marcel Sabourin plays Henri Bernard, an 86 year-old man with a failing grip on reality. His sons, a jet setting middle ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, family problems, dysfunctional family, aging, family relations, estrangement, memory loss, parents and children, elderly, father son relationship, love, brothers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
coping, family relations, redemption, terminal illness, parents and children, estrangement, unfulfillment, family in crisis, father son relationship, asian prostitute, family problems, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the request of his mother Gitte, Marko, who has been living in Berlin for years, drives off to the countryside to visit his parents. His hopes of spending a quiet and relaxing time with his family fall short when Gitte surprises everyone by ...
Style:
sincere, serious, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, family relations, parents and children, introspection, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, housewife, berlin wall, stasi, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
34%
297
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, redemption, destiny, society, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, hopes, family life, parents and children, black, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
disability, family problems, family relations, parents and children, hopes, single parent, human spirit, life is a bitch, introspection, small town, family in crisis, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, exciting, sentimental ...
Plot:
forbidden love, vengeance, family relations, hopes, haunted by the past, human nature, love and romance, unfulfillment, introspection, parents and children, friend, long lost daughter ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2001
Place:
canada, angola, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
gay interest, skinny dipping, loss of lover, aids, mourning, lgbt, glbt, family problems, couples, family relations, estrangement, family in crisis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How should you spend your time if your days are numbered? This is the question facing Linda, a young woman suffering from a congenital heart defect. Contrary to her doctors’ expectations she has managed to survive to celebrate her thirtieth ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
sisters, introspection, family relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, surgical operation, journey, dealing with death, unfulfillment, siblings relations, sister sister relationship, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany, hamburg germany, paris france
Similarity:
34%
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