Movies like The Hero 2017
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The Hero (2017)
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
Style:
psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, exciting, thought provoking, spaghetti western, neo western, feel good, iconic ...
Plot:
cancer, marijuana, old man, actor, drug dealer, beach house, father daughter relationship, dying, audition, sex scene, aging, friendship, doctor, estranged daughter, loneliness, sadness, ex husband ex wife relationship, father daughter estrangement, comedy club, father daughter reunion, senior citizen, katana, metaphor, comedian, award ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
los angeles
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Most similar movies to The Hero
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, captivating, f word and realistic films with plots about kiss, drinking, friendship, apology, drinking alcohol, mother daughter relationship and telephone call mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Hero: I'll See You in My Dreams (2015), Love After Love (2017), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), All My Life (2020), The Lovers (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
elderly lovers, relationships, friendship, life, aging, solitude, depression, dating, weed, lone hero, drinking, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A sixty-something mother and her two adult sons cope and move onward following the death of their larger-than-life father/husband.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, f word
Plot:
female nudity, middle aged woman, mother son relationship, death of father, brother brother relationship, humiliation, family relations, writers, grief, bare butt, nudity, unfaithfulness ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A couple's wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.
Style:
romantic, heartbreaking, touching, compassionate, captivating ...
Plot:
cancer, asian man white woman relationship, star crossed lovers, wedding, dying, interracial romance, illness, destiny, hopes, fiance fiancee relationship, male female relationship, relationships ...
Time:
2020s, year 2015
Place:
bahamas, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.
Style:
sensual, captivating, sincere, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
lovers, middle aged woman, sex scene, marital problem, love triangle, marriage, secret, name calling, father son relationship, love, amor, aged person ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Lily Bloom overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in ...
Style:
romantic drama, satirical, absurd
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
abusive relationship, domestic abuse, love, domestic violence, male female friendship, neurosurgeon, love triangle, defiant, macabre, florist, trauma, adaptation ...
Place:
maine, boston
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
Style:
touching, sentimental, philosophical, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
cancer, husband wife relationship, love, hospital, family relations, couples, love and romance, life philosophy, power of love, lung cancer, destiny, illness ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
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, family comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
best friend, friends, terminal illness, cancer, friendship, husband wife relationship, family relations, assistant, coping, help, couples, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2012, year 2013, year 2008, year 2011 ...
Place:
new orleans, alabama, pakistan
Similarity:
32%
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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, sincere, thought provoking, touching, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
best friends in love, cancer, childhood friend, relationships, childhood love, french girl, car accident, romantic relationship, couples, tragic event, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship ...
Similarity:
32%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Style:
sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, obsession, teacher student sex, male teacher female student affair, couples, infidelity, love and romance, male female relationship, hospital, love story, hedonism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner ...
Style:
thought provoking, touching, captivating, melancholic, neo noir ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, doctor, terminal illness, breast cancer, dying, femme fatale, promise, lie, mother daughter relationship, actress, life is a bitch, love ...
Time:
year 1979, year 2017, 70s, year 1981, 80s
Place:
liverpool, los angeles, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, touching, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, lesbian, lgbt, bisexual girl, teenage girl, lesbian teen, novelist, first lesbian experience, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, tomboy, aunt niece relationship, dating ...
Time:
year 1968, year 1992, 90s, 19th century, 1850s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, south carolina
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
Style:
erotic, captivating, disturbing, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love, mother daughter relationship, heroin addict, party, student, women, filmmaker, destiny, love affair, hopes, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1980, 2010s, year 2019, 80s, year 1975 ...
Place:
venice, london, italy, england
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
Style:
touching, sincere, psychological, realistic, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, love affair, death of husband, art class, fall in love, couples, physical appearance, friendship, delusion, secret, broken heart, painting ...
Time:
year 1994, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mexico
Similarity:
30%
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, sincere, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, childhood sweetheart, teenage mother, loss of child, family relations, loss of son, crumbling marriage, youth, family problems, death in the family, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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:
sincere, independent film, psychological, meditative, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, obsession, suicide attempt, philosophy, family relations, love affair, life turned upside down, marriage, crumbling marriage, couple relations, hopes, breakup ...
Time:
year 1951, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city, new haven connecticut ...
Similarity:
30%
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%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared ...
Style:
feel good, light, sincere, touching, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
father daughter relationship, coming of age, lesbian, musician, music, teenage daughter, interracial family, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian love, love and romance, lesbian relationship ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
Style:
cerebral, suspense, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
marriage, husband wife relationship, doctor, old woman, flash forward, dead husband, friendship, aging, love, redemption, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
near future, future, year 1979
Similarity:
29%
3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When two college students, Sam and Thea, meet Coles at a party, their mutual attraction is immediate, leading to a passionate and awkward night together, and the onset of an intensely charged bond. As they continue to push the sexual boundaries of ...
Style:
erotic, melancholic, intense, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sex, infidelity, threesome, friendship, love triangle, college, passion, betrayal, loneliness, complex characters, haunted by the past, buddies ...
Time:
year 1993, 2000s, year 2002, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
new york, london, england, europe, usa
Similarity:
29%
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:
sexy, erotic, depressing, melancholic, artsy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
voyeur, hotel, voyeurism, self pity, depression, manuscript, borderline personality disorder, sexual frustration, female nudity, male nudity, nudity, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s
Place:
france, peru
Similarity:
29%
37K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy ...
Style:
cerebral, art house, melancholic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
old woman, marriage, childless couple, anniversary, aging, elderly, anniversary party, jealousy, promise, character study, haunted by the past, family secret ...
Time:
2010s, year 1962, 21st century
Place:
england, usa, switzerland, berlin germany, tokyo
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama - Sean, a young thirty-something coffee shop owner, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He desperately wants to have a baby before he dies, and asks his best friend Kristy to bear his child. - John Riedlinger, Amy Colon, Patrick Coyle
Style:
touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, family relations, best friend, terminal illness, pregnancy, tragic hero, couples, family problems, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
Style:
romantic, melancholic, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
wedding, loss of father, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship, party, father son relationship, friend, wedding ceremony, retired cop, marijuana ...
Time:
year 1969
Place:
los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, first sex, love and romance, loss of virginity, teenager in love, female friendship, teen romance, friendship, youth, wooing, teenage love ...
Time:
year 1992, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, tennessee, yale university ...
Similarity:
28%
25K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous ...
Style:
touching, reflective, emotional, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
depression, fall in love, older man younger woman relationship, love, age difference, love story, artist, salesman, older man younger woman romance, dating, slacker, honest ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, new york ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A wild teenage girl orchestrates a romance between her nanny and her father, who is a recovering addict.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, cerebral, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, love affair, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, coping, happy ending, redheaded woman, addiction, ambition, family relations, friendship, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana, iowa, chicago
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, serious, romantic, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
mccarthyism, love story, naval officer, couples, politics, husband wife relationship, passion, breakup, world war two, adultery, true love, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, 1950s, post world war two ...
Place:
usa, california, new york, middle east, malibu california ...
Similarity:
28%
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, scenic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, couples, true love, fall in love, happy ending, love and romance, couple relations, destiny, love story, enemies to lovers, hospital, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1989, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
birthday, marriage proposal, dating, birthday present, surprise birthday party, birthday party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, elopement, self doubt, roommate, dancer, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
santa monica california, usa, california, paris france, boston ...
Similarity:
28%
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