Movies like The Free World

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The Free World (2016)
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The Free World (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
Style: atmospheric, thought provoking, realistic, contemplative, romantic drama
Plot: ex convict, abusive husband, unhappy marriage, domestic violence, husband wife relationship, freedom, false accusation, prison, twists and turns, prison life, convict, adaptation, life philosophy, police brutality, imprisonment, redheaded woman, love, dog, survival, fight, police officer, police, escape, food, violence ...
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Most similar movies to The Free World

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, crying and independent film films with plots about kiss, food, family relations, telephone call, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship and eating mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like The Free World: A Better Life (2011), The Green (2011), Great Expectations (1998), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Fruitvale Station (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Better Life (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Plot: immigrant, single father, u.s. mexico border, american dream, truck, father son relationship, single parent, parenthood, character study, teenage life, working class, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, mexico, southern california, usa ...
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95%
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The Green (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay teacher, gay, gay relationship, false accusation, gay slur, life turned upside down, lgbt, couples, couple relations, society, male male relationship, gay couple ...
Time: year 1998, 21st century
Place: connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Great Expectations (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the ...
Style: romantic, heartbreaking, emotional, sexy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: childhood, artist, art, love, love story, fall in love, painting, inheritance, social differences, stranger, understanding, painter ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, florida, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Style: inspirational, social, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: african american, sex scene, racism, prison, police, love, dating, love story, injustice, black american, wrongful conviction, black ...
Time: 2010s, 70s
Place: puerto rico, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Style: independent film, psychological, meditative, surreal, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: couples, obsession, suicide attempt, loneliness, philosophy, family relations, love affair, life turned upside down, marriage, breakup, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time: year 1951, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city, new haven connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Style: emotional, sad, hood, intense, heartbreaking ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: racism, african american, police brutality, black, black history, introspection, civil rights, black lives matter, character study, new year's eve, tragic hero, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2007, year 2009 ...
Place: california, new york, usa, san francisco, oakland california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Queen & Slim (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An exploration of America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. The film centers on a black man and black woman who go on a first date that goes awry after the two are pulled over by a police officer at a ...
Style: road movie, thought provoking, exciting, sad, disturbing ...
Audience: date night
Plot: racist cop, on the run, first date, african american, black, police officer killed, riot, dysfunctional family, police officer, dating, manhunt, black american ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: florida, cleveland ohio, cuba, georgia, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Personal Velocity (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Style: talky, intense, stylized, touching, serious ...
Plot: starting over, adolescence, family relations, hitchhiker, human nature, couple relations, love affair, parents and children, couples, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
Time: year 2002
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, india ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Uncertainty (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Every choice has a consequence. But what if the flip of a coin could trigger two separate but parallel destinies? Bobby (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Kate (Lynn Collins) are a young New York couple at a crossroads whose lives are about to take very ...
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, clever, experimental ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: on the run, family gatherings, couple relations, fear, little girl, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, time travel, couples, time warp, road not taken, urban ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Angel Eyes (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once, but twice.
Style: emotional, romantic, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: fall in love, guilt, love story, policewoman, storytelling, love and romance, haunted by the past, couple relations, wife abuse, love, starting over, mysterious character ...
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
Style: melancholic, bleak, tense, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot: police officer, fugitives, prison, love triangle, chase, criminal heroes, escapades, on the road, passion, love, relationships, bittersweet ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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The Immigrant (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 1921 New York. an immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Style: atmospheric, harsh, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prostitution, immigrant, immigration, corruption, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, society, forceful separation, sisters ...
Time: 1920s, year 2013, 20th century
Place: poland, israel, america, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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The Choice (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
Style: romantic, touching, emotional, sweet, scenic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: love, couples, true love, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, happy ending, destiny, hospital, moral dilemma, life & death, love story ...
Time: year 1988, year 1946, year 1989, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Little Accidents (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy—in a web of secrets.
Style: suspense, sad, psychological, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot: small town, teenage boy, extramarital affair, adultery, coming of age, solace, marital problem, investigation, tragic event, disappearance, husband wife relationship, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Our Friend (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.
Style: sad, captivating, touching, cult classic, family comedy
Audience: date night
Plot: friends, terminal illness, cancer, friendship, family relations, husband wife relationship, best friend, supportive friend, couple relations, coping, assistant, help ...
Time: year 2008, year 2014, year 2012, year 2015, year 2010 ...
Place: new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Leo (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, sincere ...
Plot: released from prison, infidelity, prison, going straight, life is a bitch, family problems, love affair, prison life, confined, husband wife relationship, hot and sexy, pregnancy ...
Time: 60s
Place: mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 6.8
 2K
Dandelion (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender ...
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: small town, dysfunctional family, parents and children, young lovers, desperation, depression, compassion, jail, self discovery, amor, fishing village, bad father ...
Place: idaho, usa, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Crown Heights (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
Style: realistic, intense, suspense, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: prison, miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction, friendship, false accusation, husband wife relationship, african american, injustice, lie, fighting the system, black, freedom ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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New Life (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocence of a childhood friendship, through adolescent attraction, their love strengthens and grows. ...
Style: romantic, rough, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: best friends in love, cancer, car accident, childhood friend, relationships, french girl, romantic relationship, childhood love, couples, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic event ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: 28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get through to three people who were close to Gund--his brother, widow, and younger mistress--so he can get ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, rough, tense ...
Plot: social relations, obsessive quest, lifestyle, writer's life, college graduate, village, writers, male female relationship, journey, flirting, teacher, storytelling ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: uruguay, south america, latin america, greece, colorado ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Everything, Everything (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.
Style: romantic, sincere, captivating, romantic drama, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, love, illness, neighbor, teen romance, teenage love, interracial love, interracial romance, teenage girl, love interest, teenage protagonist, teenage boy ...
Time: year 2017
Place: hawaii, america, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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 472
Beloved/Friend (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on a work of Josep Maria Benet i Jornet entitled "Testament", the film tells the story of an aging professor of medieval literature with the dilemma of deciding who will inherit his essay on "The Book of friend and loved" ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological, crying
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, pregnancy, midlife crisis, friendship, terminal illness, best friend, friends, couples, infidelity, sexual relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.3
 599
Finding Home (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Inheriting her grandmother's remote island Inn causes Amanda to re-evaluate her life and decisions.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, independent film, gloomy ...
Plot: haunted by the past, family relations, island, homecoming, dysfunctional family, uncover truth, self discovery, family life, parents and children, family problems, couples, introspection ...
Time: 2000s
Place: maine, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style: touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, teenage life, youth, first love, couples, teenage love, high school, family relations, love, classmate, drinking problem ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, key west florida
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82%
 5.3
 22K
By the Sea (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Malta, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of ...
Style: scenic, artsy, melancholic, depressing, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hotel, voyeurism, cigarette smoking, voyeur, depression, self pity, manuscript, travel, borderline personality disorder, husband wife relationship, female nudity, male nudity ...
Time: 70s, year 2015
Place: france, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 6.6
 9K
The Greatest (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out ...
Style: touching, captivating, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, teenage mother, childhood sweetheart, family relations, loss of son, loss of child, crumbling marriage, youth, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life ...
Time: year 2009, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style: clever, inspirational, touching, sentimental, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, human spirit, hopes, stephen king, life, friendship between men, friendship, plot twist, life philosophy, adaptation ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, 1950s, 2010s, year 1994 ...
Place: usa, america, iran, persia, pacific ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 6.2
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Jamesy Boy (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted ...
Style: serious, sincere, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot: prison, friendship, prison life, criminal, teaching the ways of the world, confined, jail, gang, drug, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lawyer, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.1
 10K
Blue Bayou (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
Style: thought provoking
Plot: korean american, exile, migration, tattoo, husband wife relationship, airport, father daughter relationship, adoption, deportation, east asian lead, lawyer, pregnant wife ...
Time: year 2009, year 2016, year 1981, year 1964, year 2000 ...
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.4
 32K
The Edukators (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Style: political, philosophical, psychological, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rebelliousness, rebellion, debt, rebel, politics, boyfriend, friends, kidnapping, revolution, vandalism, fighting the system, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 1968, 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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