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A Kid (2016)
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Original name: Le fils de Jean
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Matthieu, a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. He is alone, in hostile territory…Filled with secrets, this story about one man’s coming to term with the foreign family he never knew he had is complex with interconnected themes such as masculinity, family, paternity and filial devotion coiling in the layers underneath.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
unknown father, fatherhood, father son relationship, lake, brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, dysfunctional family, family relations, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, lost love, alternative medicine, bare chested male, death of father, mysterious death, writers, inheritance, love affair, funeral, brother, painting, family conflict, secret, search party ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
quebec, canada, france, paris france, montreal, montreal quebec, montreal quebec canada
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Most similar movies to A Kid
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and realistic films with plots about family relations, family problems, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, life is a bitch and relationships mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like A Kid: The New Life of Paul Sneijder (2016), Paris Prestige (2016), Heat Wave (2009), Another House (2013), When Time Got Louder (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Following a rare accident, Paul Sneijder opened his eyes to the reality of his life as a "senior manager" in Montreal: his work no longer interested him, his wife annoyed him and deceived him, his two sons despised him ... How can we ...
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, ambition, existential crisis, psychiatrist, loss of daughter, new job, drastic change of life, lifestyle change, family problems, changing lives, family relations ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
canada, montreal, dubai
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nasser, a 30-something Parisian with a troubled past, returns to Paris after some jail time. Margot, his probation officer, urges him to work at LE PRESTIGE, his brother's bar located right next to the Moulin Rouge, in the heart of Pigalle - ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
brother brother relationship, criminal, con artists, brother brother conflict, ex convict, bar owner, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, brothers, life is a bitch, ambitious man, black ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
71%
580
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the death of her unfaithful husband, Gisele, a social worker of 52 years, falls madly in love with Yannick, one of her former customers and kleptomaniac addict. She tries to repress her feelings, but the attraction she has for this 19 year old ...
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, male female relationship, older woman younger man sex, infidelity, mistress, social worker, couple relations, love story, relationships, love and romance, parents and children, family problems ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
67%
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:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.
Style:
lgbt cinema, disturbing, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lgbt, sexual desire, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, family problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, love affair, brother sister relationship, forbidden love, woman ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A married woman has an affair with a suicidal lover while caring for her husband's sick relatives.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
unhappy marriage, middle aged, family problems, marital problem, family relations, parents and children, family life, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, middle aged man, father son relationship, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When her daughter Chloé runs away from home, Jeanne is disappointed with the response of the police, for whom a teenager runaway is not a priority, and she realizes she can only rely on herself.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, teenager, runaway, missing child, mother child relationship, teenage daughter, problem, motherhood, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Élevé par des parents parfaits dans une banlieue proprette, frère cadet d'une fille à qui tout réussit et flanqué d'un ami tombeur, le pauvre Thomas se sent bien ordinaire. Alors qu'il tente désespérément de terminer ses ...
Style:
captivating, romantic drama, realistic, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
waitress, relationships, parent child relationship, father son relationship, male female relationship, family problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle change, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec, montreal
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shay is a young African-American college student whom is forced to take a year off from school to return to her hometown where she struggles with her anger and insecurity when she's forced to confront her alcoholic mother, Nona, whom is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
college, dysfunctional family, homecoming, family problems, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, single parent, alcohol abuse, mother daughter relationship, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, France, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Jonny visits his father Nikitas in his cabin in the woods after 20 years, the hermit ignores him. But to prevent the muddy ground from being pulled out from under their feet for reasons of profit, father and son must dig deep into it...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, neo western ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family conflict, father son conflict, mountain, forest, estrangement, dysfunctional family, countryside, relationship problems, family problems, father son estrangement, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
relationship problems, family problems, dysfunctional family, bereavement, problem, life is a bitch, discrimination, death of partner, bank, inheritance, cemetery, lesbian love ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Coming of age drama following a daughter, her mother and her wayward younger brother as their relationship reaches critical mass.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
rebel, depression, family relations, dysfunctional family, male female relationship, life is a bitch, family life, relationship problems, relationships, family problems, eccentric family, seaside ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Akim, young Muslim will become imam sees his upset when he is touched by the love of Christ ... In a family chaos that opposes his brother identity Akim attempt to be accepted by his family.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, self discovery, religions or cults, society, cause and meaning, family in crisis, introspection, life turned upside down, religion, belief in god, culture clash, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
43%
167
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Arman is about to turn 18. He was adopted as a baby by Jasna and Senad, who were unable to have children of their own. However, four years after the adoption, Jasna gives birth to Dado. Throughout his life, Arman has had a hard time coping with ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
adopted son, relationships, problem, brothers, drug, family problems, drug addiction, social problems, junkie, life is a bitch, mother son relationship, family relations ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young man who lives with his mother and has never known his father, heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man who works as a publisher in Paris. After he attempts to kill him, he finds filial love thanks to his uncle.
Style:
emotional, art house, dramatic, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
single mother, father son relationship, search for father, family drama, coming of age, parenthood, character study, family conflict, identity crisis, fatherhood, moral ambiguity, bittersweet ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Tomas is happy as family father, raising teen son Milan (as his knavish buddy) and running-especially gastronomically- a club with his mother Nike, whose absences to take course aiming for career progress causes tension. Covering for Milan's ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
father son relationship, fatherhood, adultery, family drama, search for father, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, relationships ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An executive manager, his wife and his family, at the point when his professional choices are about to overturn all their lives. Philippe Lemesle and his wife are separating, their love irretrievably damaged by pressures of work. A successful ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
marital problem, marital crisis, family problems, life is a bitch, coworker, relationship problems, relationship vs career, divorce, psychiatric patient, husband wife relationship, resistance, birthday ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A middle-aged writer is looking for a quiet retreat; a slightly younger female estate agent gives him details of a house a close to Venice.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
amateur detective, bisexual woman, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, family relations, family problems, parents and children, missing person, dealing with death, infidelity, parenthood, erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venice, europe, france
Similarity:
40%
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:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, life is a bitch, confronting the past, troubled past, family problems, father and son, father, family relations, tragic past, relationships, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Vlad was five his mother was killed. And the only person whom Vlad blames for her death is his father . On the 20th anniversary of the tragedy the young man decides to gather all his relatives together to dot all the i's and cross all the ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
family secret, father son relationship, guilt, family drama, uncover truth, murder mystery, changing lives, family relations, character change, family problems, family tragedy, murder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe, russia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A single mother abandons her 8-year-old daughter after meeting someone in a nightclub.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, touching, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
adult child friendship, mother daughter relationship, little girl, relationship problems, mother child relationship, parents and children, family problems, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, mother and daughter ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Víctor is a film director who is overcome by his own misfortunes. He is an alcoholic, unemployed and terribly depressed, largely because of the death of his wife. However, Victor is still the best in one thing: telling fantastic stories to his ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
filmmaker, father son relationship, social problems, life is a bitch, filmmaking, money problems, father and son, family relations, ambition, dysfunctional family, family problems, life ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, dysfunctional family, relationships, death of son, husband wife relationship, death, prediction, life is a bitch, death of child, life & death, family problems, social problems ...
Place:
north africa, africa, sudan
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father’s birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jinseob’s abnormal behavior, and the past of the three ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
family problems, sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, relationships, life is a bitch, confronting the past, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, women, troubled past, tragic past ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Yuri and Takumi are brother and sister who faced unusually harsh treatment by their father. An act of brutality keeps them extremely close together until an older couple occupy the house where their secret was buried.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, sincere
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family problems, brother sister relationship, family relations, male female relationship, life is a bitch, tragic past, tragic love, family secret, relationship problems, confronting the past, brother sister incest ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An illegal Chinese immigrant and her teenage daughter are held captive in their home after a stranger breaks in.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
prostitution, mother daughter relationship, changing lives, illegal prostitution, family relations, lifestyle change, prostitute, family problems, mysterious stranger, mother and daughter, life is a bitch, relationship problems ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
34%
192
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The script of this film was very loose and most of the dialog was improvised by the cast
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
brother brother relationship, father son relationship, family relations, father son reunion, troubled past, death, half brother half brother relationship, jealousy, brother, birthday party, dark past, haunted by the past ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Salvo was five when his father Vincenzo was arrested, practically before his eyes. Seven years later Salvo lives with his uncles and his cousin a controlled and peaceful existence in the Turin area, but his father returns and claims his son for four ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, road movie
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, family relations, relationships, dysfunctional family, father son estrangement, estrangement, father, ex convict, father and son, relationship problems, family problems ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
34%
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