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The Confirmation (2016)
7K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time with Anthony, especially since their first day together is a series of characteristically unfortunate events, including his truck breaking down, his landlord locking him out of the house, and the theft of his toolbox, which he needs for an upcoming job. As Walt and Anthony set about finding the guy who stole the tools and improvise around their other misfortunes, they begin to discover a true connection with each other, causing Walt to become a better father and Anthony to reveal the promise and potential of the good man he will become.
Style:
light, touching, humorous, spiritual, political, cult classic, contemplative
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, father and son, money problems, second marriage, family relations, husband wife relationship, divorce, confession, boyhood, alcohol abuse, theft, recovering alcoholic, carpenter, pawnshop, eviction notice, divorced parents, pickup truck, alcoholism, youth, father, subculture, forgiveness, little boy, stepfather ...
Place:
washington state
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Most similar movies to The Confirmation
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, touching and realistic films with plots about youth, boy, father son relationship, family relations, coming of age, friendship and little boy mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like The Confirmation: Nebraska (2013), Josh and S.A.M. (1993), The Zigzag Kid (2012), It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008), The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
128K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Style:
road movie, black and white, depressing, humorous, meditative ...
Plot:
road trip, small town, dysfunctional family, aging, elderly, confronting the past, on the road, relationships, old age, obsessive quest, character study, honest ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, nebraska, usa, california
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in Florida. Meanwhile Josh tells Sam that he is a "S.A.M." that is going to be sent to ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
coming of age, road trip, youth, nothing goes right, brother brother relationship, journey, cross country, on the road, family relations, family life, sibling relationship, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, texas, florida, usa, africa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The son of the world's greatest detective embarks on a high-stakes adventure in this action-packed adaptation of the beloved book by Israeli writer David Grossman. (TIFF)
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, detective, crying
Plot:
coming of age, escapades, passion, child's point of view, rescue, family relations, self discovery, husband wife relationship, friendship, youth, dream, child in peril ...
Place:
europe, france, holland
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Léon is ten years old, has lots of problems and an overly fertile imagination. Of course, there is mom and dad who are always fighting, and those annoying neighbors who get to spend the summer at the beach. And then, there's Léa, the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever, dark comedy ...
Plot:
unrequited love, coming of age, children, childhood, youth, dysfunctional family, abused child, abandoned by mother, faking illness, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boyhood ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Style:
touching, funny, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, family friendly
Plot:
boy, wish come true, desire, child, parents and children, childbirth, couple relations, family values, family relations, hopes, coming of age, profanity ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A feel-good comedy about the laughter, excitement and fun that come with being a kid! Joshua is a thoughtful 10-year-old looking for some simple answers to life's eternal questions. The problem is that no one - including his concerned parents ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, happy ending, religion, life philosophy, existentialism, boys' school, death in the family, teenage life, baseball, boy, friendship ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
philadelphia, usa, rome italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, father son relationship, orphan, childhood trauma, imagination, writers, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, children, single father ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Climb aboard for an extraordinary version of Mark Twain's sweeping adventure when Walt Disney presents The Adventures of Huck Finn, starring Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings). Directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns), ...
Style:
road movie, gothic, epic, juvenile, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, childhood, slavery, friendship, coming of age, interracial friendship, child, racism, river, runaway, medieval, youth ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1993, 1840s, 19th century
Place:
missouri, mississippi, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Australia, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Style:
touching, road movie, emotional, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
genius, young heroes, prodigy, children, coming of age, childhood, on the road, child prodigy, train, loneliness, tragedy, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, usa, washington d.c., chicago
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood", Lee plans to make ...
Style:
touching, feel good, stylized, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, childhood, coming of age, filmmaking, friendship between boys, youth, bullying, small town, children, school, boy, family relations ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, destiny, illegitimate son, friendship, happy ending, disability, small town, voice over narration, child protagonist, bus accident, boy, secret ...
Time:
1950s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1964 ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted ...
Style:
suspense, melancholic, disturbing, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
boy, friendship between boys, bully, bullying, sea, childhood, child, coming of age, found footage, family relations, adoption, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, czech republic
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11-years-old.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, emotional, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boy, working class, youth, family relations, family life, misfit, cons and scams, social differences, physical appearance, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1942, year 1965, 20th century ...
Place:
canada, montreal, quebec, italy
Similarity:
25%
973
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a young hustler and, after stealing a gangster's car, the two embark on an adventure down ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship between boys, interracial friendship, gangster, youth, culture clash, chase, runaway, african american, hitman, gang, friendship, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
chicago, usa, southern usa, louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Morgan Roberts, a middle aged adult in crisis, reunites with his best friend when he returns to the summer camp of his youth. His troubles seem to magnify when he is joined by a rag-tag group of 10 year old campers. Through their struggles they ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, slapstick
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
summer camp, youth, boy, puberty, friendship, life is a bitch, disorder, mischievous children, friends, terminal illness, coming of age, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, young heroes, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story set in Missouri, "The Trial of Old Drum" tells the story of a valiant golden retriever, Old Drum, an orphan dog that becomes a boy's best friend and is then forced to stand trial for killing a neighbor's ...
Style:
touching, realistic, light, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, courtroom drama, golden retriever, boy, legal investigation, against the odds, family relations, righting the wronged, rivalry, dedicated lawyer, pets ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off course thanks to Greg's newest scheme to get to a video gaming convention.
Style:
road movie, entertaining, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
travel, road trip, boy, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family life, diary, mother son relationship, trip, on the road, parenthood, journey ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A headstrong 16 year old Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. Katy then sets her mind to tame a ...
Style:
teen, talky, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, animal, hopes, horse ranch, family relations, self discovery, love and romance, parents and children, family life, animal life, introspection ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, wyoming
Similarity:
23%
221
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Drengen Freddie elsker hunde og hader hundemishandlere. Så da han ser en mand på gaden være rigtig modbydelig mod sin hund, tager han affære og kidnapper hunden, som han giver navnet Storm. Freddie gemmer Storm på sit værelse, for hans far vil ...
Style:
serious, touching, feel good, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, contests and competitions, parents and children, friendship, pets, animal life, friends, family relations, youth, father son relationship, elementary school, jealousy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Secret of the Magic Gourd follows the wondrous adventures of a young schoolboy named Wang Bao. When Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, light, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
magical object, desire, friends, family relations, hopes, youth, friendship, rivalry, little boy, escapades, filmmaking, heroes ...
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, gender, teenage life, lgbt, gay, boy, gay interest, father son relationship, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, kids in trouble, friendship, mischievous children, boy, coming of age, political unrest, society, obsession, boyhood, friends, little boy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Family, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boy, single father, children, friendship, stolen money, gang, amateur detective, coming of age, unemployment, solidarity, breakdance, kidnapping ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, obsessive quest, coming of age, teenage boy, road trip, sexual content, escapades, friends, friendship between boys, bird, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict - but also ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
renaissance, world war two, self discovery, communist, boy, pregnancy, elementary school, prostitute, unfaithfulness, substitute teacher, teacher, love letter ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1946, post world war two
Place:
eastern europe, europe, czech republic, prague, czechoslovakia ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, animal, friendship, pets, canine, boy and dog, interracial relations, family relations, wilderness, family life, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 1940s
Place:
tennessee, usa, georgia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, dark humor, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, family life, family problems, haunted by the past, teenage life, parents and children, social relations, teenage boy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers. A middle-aged Jewish man meets his father for the first time at the funeral of his mother. A south-Asian accountant introduces his white fiance ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, death in the family, siblings relations, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, father and son, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for ...
Style:
touching, humorous, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, absent father, daydreamer, youth, small town, beach, family relations, father son relationship, mischievous children, parents and children, boy ...
Time:
year 1984, year 2010, 2010s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, tokyo
Similarity:
21%
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