Movies like Hurt 2016
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Hurt (2016)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mandy White is a cheerleader. Dan LaCoy is a football player. Jason Dobbs is a bully. Eli Barker is an artist. Asia Borg is a foster kid. What they all have in common however, is that they are hurting. Each one deals with their own personal issues including depression, alcoholic parents, peer pressure, academic pressures and thoughts of suicide. All the while the school counselor Professor Shepard is doing his best to meet their needs and see that their futures are well prepared for. However, despite all the direction, the right questions are not asked and one of the students slips through the cracks. Mandy, Dan, Jason, Eli or Asia commits to a school shooting...and despite their hardships, no one sees it coming.
Style:
emotional, dark, tense, realistic, intense, independent film, grim, educational, suspenseful
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
depression, high school, bullying, suicide, school shooting, tragedy, high school life, mental health, loneliness, violence, youth, desperation, adolescence, social issues, peer pressure, trauma, bully, anger, isolation, grief, alienation, foster home, guilt, counselor, responsibility ...
Place:
virginia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, intense and tense films with plots about coming of age, isolation, peer pressure, teenager, bullying, high school and small town mostly in Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Hurt: Valley (2014), The Choking Game (2014), Pitong Dalagita (2006), Misguided Behavior (2017), Tenkiller (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This is the story of three sensitive teens who are forced to deal with violence at home, violence at school. It is a story of friendship, of love and hate, where the adolescents world is revealed as cruel and beautiful, a world where the desire to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, coming of age, buddies, youth, family relations, violence, bullying, graphic violence, trauma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Taryn finds herself gaining much-desired popularity when the charismatic new girl at school claims her as a “breath sister," teaching Taryn about the Choking Game. Hiding it from her ever-present mother, best friend, and teachers, Taryn sees ...
Style:
psychological, teen, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When six girls and a guy all teenagers are found with their wrists slit on a high school playground, it's left to their guidance counselor to try to make sense of the mystery behind the apparent suicide pact. Told in nonlinear fashion, the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
teenager, friendship, love, self discovery, school, lesbian, teen suicide, high school, counselor, multiple perspectives, trauma, grief ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Truth can hurt sometimes...but not even death can keep a secret.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
bullying, tragedy, teenage life, life is a bitch, school, high school, police officer, schoolboy, teenager, father and son, depression, mockery ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
One year after the tragic death of his best friend, an eighteen-year-old machinist struggles with the split of his parents and the violent way of life surrounding him.
Style:
emotional, tension, intense, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, grief, teenager, trauma, loss, mourning, family drama, family conflict, young adult, confrontation, friendship, anger ...
Place:
oklahoma city, oklahoma
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Gabriella, a courageous and tough New York teenager. She witnesses the killing of her father, a beloved teacher at her high school, who tries to help a student being bullied. Trying to recover from their grief, Gabriella and her mother move to ...
Style:
realistic, intense, emotional, suspense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
bullying, high school, courage, coming of age, young adult, grief, survival, new school, peer pressure, resilience, justice, teen angst ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen suicide, high school, grief, depression, mental health, mourning, loss, teen angst, coming of age, family conflict, trauma, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A journey through the memories of teenager Paul Varderman as he reflects on the events leading to the fatal moment his life is cut short. Paul moves to a new school and becomes involved with 'The Freaks', a group on the periphery of school ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, gang, teenage life, youth, high school life, downfall, kids in trouble, bullying, teen angst, tragedy, coming of age, outsider ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On 20 November 2012, 15-year-old Andrea Spezzacatena took his own life. It was the first case in Italy of bullying and cyberbullying that led to a minor's suicide. The triggering incident was his choice to wear a pair of red trousers, a gift ...
Style:
sad, dark, educational, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cyberbullying, teen suicide, suicide, isolation, loss, bullying, mental health, shame, peer pressure, mother son relationship, grief, youth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gabino, a very dedicated and hardworking young high school student, he is infatuated with Maty and tries to make her fall in love with him. After an incident in the school, where Gabino and his two friends are suspended for harassing Maty, she ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, unrequited love, teenage life, love and romance, youth, sexual harassment, high school, relationship problems, tragic love, neglect, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.
Style:
intense, tension, ambiguous ending, suspense, southern gothic
Plot:
trauma, small town, character study, coming of age, teen angst, mental health, loss, grief, moral ambiguity, violence, teen violence, family conflict ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Story:
Ross is trying to come to terms with the suicide of one of his classmates, as he finds his life falling down around him. Suddenly he finds himself involved in a new friendship with the new girl in school, Róisín. She helps to lead him in the right ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, lgbt cinema, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
suicide, school, friendship, teenager, youth, homosexuality, coming of age, love and romance, friends, lesbian, lgbt, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Silver Forest is a brutally realistic coming-of-age story, set in a small Swiss town in a bleak winter landscape. A group of boys struggle with their mounting anger with the mundane world, resulting in a string of escalating acts of violence. Deep ...
Style:
intense, grim, brutal, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
violence, loss of innocence, adolescence, coming of age, peer pressure, realism, forest, escalation, alienation, identity crisis, murder, small town ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The lives of a Hollywood actress battling drug addiction, a teen with a violent past, a teacher fighting to keep a dream alive, and a cop caught in a love triangle are brought together by fate.
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film, tense, touching ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, hopes, love triangle, haunted by the past, dedicated educator, youth, hollywood, rehabilitation, trauma, celebrity, recovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This Story is about the unpredictable journey of Goutham, who takes on to experience the best weed in the world not knowing that his life is going to end soon due to drug addiction.
Style:
dark, intense, melancholic, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
weed, substance abuse, addiction, mother son relationship, drug addiction, self destructing, family conflict, mental health, marijuana, desperation, tragedy, obsession ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspenseful
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
youth gang, coming of age, peer pressure, moral dilemma, adolescence, rite of passage, friendship, small town, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, teen angst, high school life ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An old grudge, a misunderstood sexual advance and a drug score hurl three suburban teens into a head on collision of lust, intoxication, and pent up aggression.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, clever, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
The dramatic story of a group of young people’s response to a desperate teen’s cry for help.
Style:
independent film, emotional, psychological, bleak, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
depression, teen suicide, mental health, teenage angst, isolation, coming of age, alienation, intimate, introspection, self harm, friendship, social realism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
39%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of Liam, a neglected teenager who lives in a family where alcohol, violence and sex play the main role. He grows up to be a confused youngster which ends in a very aggressive act to break with his past.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, family relations, domestic abuse, alcoholism, trauma, troubled past, foster home, life is a bitch, tragic past, confronting the past, dysfunctional family, young adult ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
sad, realistic, educational, intense, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
alcoholism, substance abuse, rehabilitation, alcoholic, divorce, babysitter, drinking, teenage protagonist, young woman, coming of age, family drama, teen angst ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
38%
379
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jordi é um adolescente que perdeu recentemente seu pai e que, junto à sua mãe, decide mudar de cidade para começar uma nova vida. Em princípio tudo parece bem, mas o destino reservado para ele será uma terrível surpresa já que quando Jordi ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, school bullying, bullying, family relations, teenage life, change of luck, family problems, social problems, new life, lifestyle, schoolboy, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Der 17-Jährige Gymnasiast Oliver Rother bringt seine Gedanken, Gefühle und Erlebnisse gern in Hip-Hop-Texten zum Ausdruck. Als ihm seine Lehrerin Selma Vollrath eine Sechs für eine Deutscharbeit über "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" ...
Style:
tension, psychological thriller, twisted
Plot:
teenager, school, youth, high school, student, anger, power, alienation, mental health, fear, suspicion, psychiatry ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a high school boy learns that his father committed suicide, he begins a journey to find hope and reconciliation in the midst of his grief.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, poignant ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hopes, suicide, bereavement, father son relationship, faith, depression, grief, family relations, relationships, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, loss of father ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A drama based around a boxing school owner and his son.
Style:
emotional, realistic, intense, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
boxing, family drama, father son conflict, adolescence, trauma, grief, guilt, machismo, loss, mourning, coach, working class ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chimo turns 18 years and comes from a humble and supportive family. Since childhood he was bullied and even today, while working multiple jobs and dreaming of starting his own business, he continues to face his bully: El Rubio. When Chimo has the ...
Style:
emotional, intense, tension
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, revenge, rivalry, bullying, adolescence, youth, working class, neighborhood, teen angst, transformation, redemption ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Micha's mother leaves his irascible father, he tries to prevent their divorce by any means he can think of, but his attempts to hold the family together lead to a catastrophe...
Style:
tense, grim, dark, period piece, social ...
Plot:
children, sex scene, childhood, abusive father, child abuse, bullying, domestic violence, dysfunctional family, loss of innocence, violence, trauma, coming of age ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, school shooting, youth, humiliation, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, teenage life, mistreatment, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
estonia, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, intense, emotional, dark, tense ...
Plot:
bullying, sibling rivalry, family drama, domestic violence, abuse, mother son relationship, moral dilemma, trauma, coming of age, character study, family conflict, isolation ...
Similarity:
33%
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