Movies like Return to Innocence
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Return to Innocence (2001)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. Based on the novel of the same name by Gary M. Frazier, this poignant tale also stars Andrew Martin, Steve De Forest, Jeff Harman and Brett Chukerman.
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, art house, bleak
Plot:
child abuse, pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, sexual abuse, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, custody, redemption, lgbt, childhood, false accusation, street kid, youth, society, chief of staff
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and psychological films with plots about youth, life is a bitch, family problems, family relations, coming of age, parents and children and society mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Return to Innocence: Suspect (2005), Accused (2005), Jet Boy (2001), Absence (2014), Future Weather (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Teacher Rob Dekoster is a good man, albeit a bit too frivolous and liberal with funds the local arts center's interim director. His wife Nelle, who sometimes abuses drugs, spoils his ingrate teenage stepdaughter Sandy, who is kind only to her ...
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false accusation, family relations, manipulation, rivalry, life is a bitch, legal, couple relations, dishonesty, vengeance, youth, family problems, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in class. When Stine accuses her father of sexual abuse, and is ...
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Plot:
sexual abuse, incest, child abuse, lawyer, under the surface, family relations, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, youth, incestuous relationship, degradation ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
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:
touching, realistic, serious, emotional, sexy ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, man boy relationship, orphan, child neglect, gay, youth, prostitute, teenage prostitution, coming of age, lifestyle, young heroes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
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171
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A daily, familiar, sexual and emotional drama. Based on the character Serginho, the plot is based around various aspects of this "no longer a boy, not yet a man". We follow his day to day: the recently acquired role of man of the house, ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, bleak
Plot:
teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, youth, family problems, child as adult, family relations, teachers and students, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boy ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Japan
Duration: 98 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, realistic ...
Plot:
child abuse, pedophile, rape, sex, sexual abuse, child molester, parents and children, child rape, coming of age, police, psychologist, innocence lost ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teenage loner becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to rethink their futures.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
family relations, environmentalism, society, family problems, dysfunctional family, gain trust, teenage life, life is a bitch, youth, bittersweet, coming of age, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
sweden, eastern europe
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692
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, psychological, serious, sincere
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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22%
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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, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
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Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, mentally unstable, society, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, nightlife, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tensions rise when a doctor (Daniel Veronese) pressures his teenage son to follow in his footsteps.
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, serious, tense
Plot:
coming of age, family problems, family relations, parents and children, teenage life, under the surface, dysfunctional family, small town, father son relationship, double life, father, favoritism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary ...
Style:
disturbing, touching, thought provoking, rough, tense ...
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Time:
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598
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 ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
greece, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 74 min.
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, touching ...
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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