Movies like Little Men
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Little Men (2016)
8K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece, Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian, and Tony's mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious.
Style:
social, sentimental, sincere, atmospheric, touching, captivating, melancholic, compassionate, dorama, powerful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
best friend, boy, friendship between boys, bullying, father son relationship, 13 year old, landlord tenant relationship, coming of age, teacher, friendship, psychotherapist, teenage girl, family relations, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, aspiring actor, storytelling, absent father, grandfather grandson relationship, marital problem, theatre director, acting class, lgbtq, friendship between men, mother son relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
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Most similar movies to Little Men
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, sincere and serious films with plots about friendship, coming of age, family relations, boy, teenage boy, youth and teenager mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Little Men: Close (2022), The Exploding Girl (2009), And Then I Go (2017), The Dynamiter (2011), All the Wilderness (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
47K
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two thirteen year-olds have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. An emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and ...
Style:
sad, dramatic, disturbing, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boyhood, friendship between boys, intimacy, childhood, best friend, friendship, suicide, coming of age, teen suicide, ice hockey, friend, loss of son ...
Place:
belgium, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.
Style:
mumblecore, touching, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lovers apart, young lovers, looking for love, disability, youth, introspection, husband wife relationship, coming of age, male female relationship, friends, party ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set ...
Style:
sincere, touching, melancholic, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
autism, self discovery, parents and children, teenage life, family relations, social misfits, youth, imagination, boy, little boy, subway, disability ...
Time:
year 1984, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, friendship, school shooting, police, boy, friendship between boys, tragedy, best friend, revenge, school, teenage boy, junior high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, youth, little boy, american football, family relations, family problems, social relations, innocence lost, small town life, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
30%
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:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, teenage boy, therapist, teenage life, mother son relationship, family relations, self discovery, coming of age, youth, single parent, problem, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 1992 Chicago, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, crying
Plot:
friendship between boys, best friend, african american, little boy, single mother, young boy, friendship, problem, lifestyle change, friends, lifestyle, changing lives ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.
Style:
rough, serious, touching, bleak, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, haunted by the past, dealing with death, teenage life, family relations, tragic event, youth, boyhood, life is a bitch, life philosophy, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
homosexuality, gay marriage, lgbtq, gay, gay interest, lgbt, teacher, gay couple, relationships, wedding, couple relations, male male relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Style:
touching, melancholic, sentimental, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, gay, culture clash, religion, teenage pregnancy, gay latino, character study, life turned upside down, starting over, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, glendale california, spain
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, Portugal
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Javi and his friend Carlos visit an old house on the outskirts of a small Spanish village. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
dog sex, boys' school, coming of age, youth, boy, friends, village life, little boy, boyhood, trippy, schoolboy, friendship ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 60s
Place:
spain, europe, basque country
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.
Style:
captivating, psychological, touching, sentimental, indie film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, family relations, gay, father son relationship, teenage boy, theft, husband wife relationship, marriage, birthday, fired from the job, domestic violence ...
Place:
new york state, brooklyn new york city, spain, philadelphia, new york
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sixteen-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition, and their time together becomes limited to Tuesdays. This emotionally charged story of desire, responsibility, and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, captivating ...
Plot:
teenage girl, gender, coming of age, lgbtq, lgbt, lgbt teen, transgender, disorder, youth, parents and children, transsexual, realism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
childhood, judaism, friendship between boys, afterlife, friendship, coming of age, boy, youth, catholicism, mentor, rabbi, religion ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 20th century, year 1976, 1930s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, starting over, love and romance, couple relations, small town life, brother brother relationship, suburbs, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, american football ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
florida, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A deeply personal story about the strength of family, the complexity of friendship, and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi autobiographical, period drama ...
Plot:
high school friend, grandparent grandchild relationship, relationships, social problems, direction and purpose, grownups, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, dream, childhood, boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
50K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, Rohan returns to the small industrial town of Jamshedpur and finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn't even know existed. ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, friendship, family reunited, parents and children, homecoming, family problems, step siblings, family relations, estrangement, youth, journey ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
middle east, india, asia
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA, Germany, Qatar
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ayiva recently left his home in Burkina Faso in search of a way to provide for his sister and his daughter. He takes advantage of his position in an illegal smuggling operation to get himself and his best friend Abas off of the continent. Ayiva ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, melancholic, rough ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, smuggling, migration, interracial relations, family relations, job seeking, storytelling, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, drunkenness, friendship, promise ...
Place:
italy, africa, libya, algeria, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
29%
65K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, touching, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, single mother, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, childhood, troubled teen, teenage boy, mother love, mother son relationship, teenager, adhd ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, near future, year 2015, year 1982 ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, gay, gay father, friendship, best friend, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, father son relationship, underage drinking, lgbtq, bisexual ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sensitive 12-year-old Alf is the low man on his class' totem pole, and he's sick of it. Forming a secret, Machiavellian alliance with another student who also has grown weary of being bullied, he hatches a plan to throw a wrench into the ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
boy, bullying, children, friendship between boys, friendship, coming of age, revenge, fight, scandinavian girl, violence, school, retribution ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A troubled teenager attempts to conquer the girl he's in love with, who seems out of reach. He's lured into criminal activities and becomes alienated from family and friends.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, hood
Audience:
teens
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, youth gang, teenage love, interracial friendship, friendship between boys, street life, teaching the ways of the world, wooing, teenage life, drug dealing, boy, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more ...
Style:
sad, sincere, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
food, mother son relationship, gay, drinking, friendship, promise, slacker, lie, chemotherapy, new life, drinking alcohol, addiction ...
Time:
year 2000, year 1983, year 2013
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, mexico
Similarity:
29%
380K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Style:
philosophical, melancholic, cerebral, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, teenager, high school, adolescence, domestic abuse, family drama, youth, divorced parents, stepsister stepsister relationship, relationships, marriage ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 90s, near future ...
Place:
texas, ethiopia, houston texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When he first enters the Montpellier Opera House, Victor knows nothing about music. Nor does he know his father, Samuel Rovinski, who is there to conduct Mahler’s 6th symphony. To change the course of his suddenly uncertain future, for Nadia his ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, parents and children, family relations, single parent, bittersweet, teenage boy, father son relationship, orchestra conductor, father son reunion, little boy, boyhood, father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
estrangement, parents and children, single parent, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, germany, italy, berlin germany, milan italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Lila is experiencing an ennui-filled Brooklyn summer. She awkwardly wears a Kabuki-esque mask of sunscreen at the beach and plays third wheel to Chiara, her more experienced friend, and Chiara’s boyfriend, Patrick. Determined to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, teenage girl, youth, first sex, sexual attraction, sexual desire, self discovery, best friend, friendship, wooing, hot guys ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Raquel, a 13 year old living in Queens, NY, struggles to make sense of her life after the deportation of her parents. Things quickly change upon the arrival of a new teacher and the return of her young uncle.
Style:
touching, contemplative, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
second chance, teacher student relationship, new teacher, missing mother, broken family, children, loneliness, coming of age, missing father, middle school, latina, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
29%
612
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, teenage love, family life, self discovery, family problems, couples, teenage life, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Similarity:
29%
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