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10½ (2010)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, child abuse, social worker, isolation, youth, danger, police, precocious child, redemption, coming of age, hopes, violence, teachers and students, society, power relations, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, discipline, solitary, masturbation, oral sex, teacher student relationship, 10 year old ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, quebec
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about youth, boy, coming of age, life is a bitch, little boy, society and children mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like 10½: Play (2011), Jet Boy (2001), All the Invisible Children (2005), Twist (2003), The Devils (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, transgressive, inspirational ...
Plot:
boy, friendship between boys, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, gang, coming of age, youth, society, rivalry, mind game, danger, human nature ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dave Schultz' feature debut Jet Boy is a drama about a boy attempting to figure out his future. Nathan (Branden Nadon) goes on a search to find his father after his mother dies of a drug overdose. Nathan has been prostituting himself in order ...
Style:
independent film, sexy, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, man boy relationship, gay, boyhood, orphan, child neglect, boy, teenage boy, teenager, teenage prostitution, lgbt teen, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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71%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.
Style:
anthology, touching, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, child abandonment, homeless, aids, young heroes, life is a bitch, social decay, survival, youth, danger, society ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, serbia, napoli italy, naples italy, sao paulo brazil
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100%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the currency and hustling is the game.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, crying ...
Plot:
male prostitute, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, sexual relations, youth, drug abuse, lgbt, pimp, addiction, apprentice, society ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Les Diables (The Devils) chronicles the struggle of an autistic girl and her brother trying to survive without their parents.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, kids in trouble, autism, brother sister incest, orphan, trauma, pursuit, on the run, brother sister relationship, incest, mentally challenged, child abandonment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country:
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
As Macedonia faces its difficult transition, a boy escapes into a world of his own creation.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
youth, parents and children, teenage life, friendship, kids in trouble, dysfunctional family, coming of age, boy, school, society, family problems, poet ...
Place:
macedonia, paris france, former yugoslavia, europe, france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Meet Chala, an eleven year-old boy with a hard life and strong respect for Carmela, his sixth grade teacher. The pair develops a solid bond, but after Carmela suffers an accident, things get complicated…
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, inspirational ...
Plot:
boy, hopes, female teacher, alcoholic mother, kids in trouble, hardcase students, society, rebellion, youth, dedicated educator, teachers and students, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
Similarity:
100%
813
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
12-year-old Eli finds himself at summer CAMP
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, christian film ...
Plot:
child abuse, boy, summer camp, camp counselor, youth, kids in trouble, friendship, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
75%
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4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, parents and children, dog, danger, life is a bitch, society, coming of age, child, boy, little boy, pets, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
social worker, juvenile delinquent, teen angst, juvenile delinquency, teenage boy, judge, pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, juvenile detention, mother's boyfriend, truancy, nervousness ...
Time:
year 2015, 90s, year 1997
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
El Bola, a 12 year old boy a.k.a. "Pellet" is a 12 year old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The arrival of a new boy at school changes his attitude ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, disturbing, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, friendship, kids in trouble, abusive father, boy, school, childhood, youth, tattoo artist, social worker, self discovery, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, bleak, sad, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, pedophilia, child molestation, man boy relationship, catholic priest, childhood, pedophile, lgbt teen, pedophile priest, homosexual rape, catholic orphanage, child molester ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
canada, newfoundland, london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Unloved is film that gives a child's eye view of the U.K.'s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger. Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
child care, foster child, social worker, abandonment, orphanage, isolation, life is a bitch, hopes, abusive father, youth, estranged mother, abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Although he is only ten years old, Jack is responsible for himself and his little brother Manuel and this fills him with pride. Their single mother works during the day and often goes out at night. There’s no father in sight. One day, Manuel burns ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
boy, young heroes, teenage life, youth, self discovery, brother brother relationship, child as adult, child care, coming of age, family relations, life turned upside down, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
During a medical examination, 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt, he strives for cleanliness and perfection and is obsessed with ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, disturbing, gloomy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
boy, youth, life is a bitch, coming of age, bullying, child murder, social misfits, misfit, vengeance, teenage boy, humiliation, youth gang ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
kazakhstan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.
Style:
disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
boy, circus, youth, child prostitution, human trafficking, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, kidnapping, kids in trouble, hopes, dishonesty, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, berlin germany, ukraine, europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Raimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kids in trouble, childhood, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, bittersweet, boy, teenage boy, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
latvia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family problems, obsessive quest, escapades, innocence lost, danger, childhood sweetheart, child romance, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The movie show us how life was in Argentina for dissident people, in the seventies, under the military government.
Style:
serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, political ...
Plot:
operation condor, coming of age, life is a bitch, family life, family in danger, dictator, youth, confined, parents and children, political unrest, isolation, society ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
latin america, argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot:
orphan, social worker, man boy relationship, child abuse, adoption, single parent, absent father, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
england, europe, wales
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Plot:
adoption, friendship, family relations, custody, on the road, introspection, petty criminal, redemption, hopes, road trip, boy, foster home ...
Place:
new york, usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
boy, political conflict, ethnic conflict, little boy, child, post war, teenager, muslim, life is a bitch, military, coming of age, children in wartime ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kosovo, eastern europe, balkan, serbia
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the late 70s, young Petra Grust begins teaching at the progressive Odenwald School. She is flattered by the trust placed in her by its widely respected headmaster Simon Pistorius. But gradually certain incidents at the boarding school begin to ...
Style:
dark, bleak, tense, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
child abuse, boarding school, suicide attempt, childhood trauma, trauma, child sexual abuse, whistleblower, betrayal, haunting, moral dilemma, gay, guilt ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A mentally ill young woman Valda convinces herself that a boy growing up in an orphanage is her child. Following the footsteps of a thousands Lithuanians, she immigrates to Ireland to earn money to save him. "Loss" portrays the beauty and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, art house, melancholic, intercultural ...
Plot:
boy, secrets, tragedy, loss, immigration, adoption, migration, humanist, custody battle, grief, identity, loneliness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
child prostitute, life is a bitch, kids in trouble, social decay, youth, danger, society, prostitution, social worker, police, children, call girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
manila philippines, the philippines, asia
Similarity:
22%
661
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
family relations, friendship, coming of age, life is a bitch, social misfits, young heroes, youth, child abuse, teenage girl, teenage boy, abusive father, alcoholic father ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The dysfunctional twenty-three years old Sarah takes her six year old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and lowlife ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, rough, depressing ...
Plot:
child abuse, pedophile, rape, child molester, child rape, child molestation, prostitute, sex, coming of age, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, society ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
indiana, asia, tennessee
Similarity:
50%
636
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, orphan, kids in trouble, children, male bonding, coming of age, life is a bitch, human spirit, juvenile delinquency, friendship, boarding school life, teenage life ...
Time:
60s, year 1960
Place:
hungary, europe
Similarity:
20%
659
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
redemption, youth, power relations, juvenile delinquency, human spirit, hopes, society, fire brigade, friendship, rivalry, friend, troubled youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Barbarians" is a teenage drama about coming of age in a world where there is no opportunity. A portrait of a young generation growing up in a society of lost values.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, rough, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, life is a bitch, youth, society, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, barbarian, boy, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, serbia
Similarity:
18%
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