Movies like White Girl 2008
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White Girl (2008)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Debbie, a working class single mother from Leeds, moves her family to Bradford, where they find themselves in an ethnic minority. Daughter Leah must adapt to being the only white girl at school.
Style:
realistic, emotional, intense, tension
Audience:
teens
Plot:
islam, racism, muslim, hijab, faith, single mother, working class, family drama, religious conversion, social realism, social commentary, community, female protagonist, identity crisis, multiculturalism, domestic abuse, youth, isolation, peer pressure, high school life, coming of age, alcoholic, domestic violence, alcoholism, abusive husband ...
Time:
2000s, contemporary
Place:
britain, northern england, england, yorkshire
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Most similar movies to White Girl
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, intense and melancholic films with plots about coming of age, social realism, family drama, working class, isolation, moral dilemma and community mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like White Girl: Royal Wedding (2010), Pressure (1976), Ray & Liz (2018), Fighting Back (1982), Murdered By My Boyfriend (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It's July 1981, the Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana. In a small Welsh town where her fifteen-year-old daughter Tammy has organized a street party, Linda Caddock recently made redundant and married to wannabe singer and all-round dreamer ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
working class, society, gender, feminism, social relations, social differences, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, wedding, family drama, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england
Similarity:
95%
391
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
Style:
melancholic, period piece, black cinema
Plot:
coming of age, identity crisis, reggae, interracial relations, family conflict, racial discrimination, city life, nostalgia, multiculturalism, social realism, black history, radical ...
Time:
70s
Place:
britain, england, london
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, art house, intense, disturbing ...
Plot:
child neglect, brother, poverty, working class, family drama, dysfunctional family, social realism, biopic, autobiography, intimate, trauma, slice of life ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
birmingham alabama
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fighting Back is a 1982 Australian film about troubled teenagers.
Style:
intense, realistic, emotional, period piece, independent film
Plot:
troubled teen, juvenile delinquency, teen angst, character study, violence, rebellion, identity crisis, social realism, family drama, teacher student relationship, confrontation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Drama telling the true story of what happens to a teenage girl when she falls in love with the wrong man. The everyday story of young love turns dark and sinister when the handsome and charming stranger seeks to dominate every aspect of the young ...
Style:
social, captivating, heartbreaking, crime drama, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
domestic violence, jealousy, real life, abusive relationship, murder, relationship problems, marital problem, relationships, jealous man, troubled marriage, jealous spouse, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As he strives to make it on his own, Nick Ramsey has alienated his father by rejecting his upbringing and lifestyle. Now 25, Nick has been rejected by his girlfriend and vows to turn his life around.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, emotional, intense, tension ...
Plot:
family drama, family conflict, father son relationship, moral dilemma, self discovery, identity crisis, redemption, male protagonist, second chance, blue collar, regret, working class ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
How technological gadgets impact children on various ways.
Style:
realistic, emotional
Plot:
children, technology, social media, teenager, education, youth, parenting, high school life, family drama, social commentary, coming of age, cautionary tale ...
Similarity:
60%
142
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern Alberta town. Their eleven-year-old son arrives later from boarding school. David conceals a dark secret which caused the family to leave England ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, dramatic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, family secret, secrets, small town, friendship, outsider, isolation, motherhood, betrayal, racism, intimate, identity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, canada
Similarity:
56%
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158
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Nico (33), German-Persian, emancipated and happy, is the most popular geriatric nurse for her patients. With her best friend Rosa (37), she enjoys the summer in Berlin. A xenophobic attack tears the self-confident NICO from its self-determined ...
Style:
intense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, xenophobia, female empowerment, resilience, female protagonist, friendship, female friendship, ptsd, self defense, social realism, social commentary, mental health ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
52%
72
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot mainly in South East London, it’s about Micky Mason, a skilled manual worker who, since the Crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. He takes a course of action that is completely out of character, but it’s the only way he can ...
Style:
realistic
Plot:
character study, struggle, working class, resilience, blue collar, unemployment, survival, empathy, family drama, social realism, social commentary, economic crisis ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A divorced woman leaves Damghan with her child to live and work in Tehran but her ex-husband does everything in his capability to force her to go back.
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, divorce, female protagonist, mother child relationship, single mother, custody battle, struggle, patriarchy, social realism, gender roles, independent woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tehran, iran
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Peter is in his early forties and until recently he worked in a factory, but after Slovenia's integration into the European Union, the factory closed down and Peter and his colleagues have been made redundant. Slowly but surely, he is losing ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, art house
Plot:
unemployment, suicide attempt, working class, desperation, social commentary, loss, midlife crisis, isolation, social realism, self esteem, domestic drama, identity crisis ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
slovenia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice of her father and joins his son, a left-wing ...
Style:
realistic, serious, period piece, intense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
sexual harassment, social commentary, women's rights, social realism, feminism, factory, female protagonist, empowerment, resilience, activism, confrontation, class conflict ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
britain, liverpool, london, northern england, england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lourenço is the son of Francisco Figueiredo, a soccer coach in the beginning of a very promising career. Everything goes well: Francisco's team is in the Portuguese Cup final and Lourenço is going to be class valedictorian in a very ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, inspirational, melancholic
Plot:
father son relationship, hopes, family drama, personal growth, soccer, resilience, dignity, coming of age, teenager, youth, identity crisis, redemption ...
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Samir Majan a young man born and raised a Muslim in the Middle East attends college in America. While at college Samir becomes a Christian, and must go home and face his family.
Style:
christian film, serious, emotional, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
religious conversion, christian, cultural conflict, religious persecution, christianity, coming of age, family drama, homecoming, spiritual journey, faith, moral dilemma, spiritual awakening ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father's behest, fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to ...
Plot:
coming of age, islam, dormitory, adolescence, youth, introspection, loss of innocence, identity crisis, father son relationship, self discovery, high school life, adaptation ...
Similarity:
47%
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:
47%
47
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Emma is told she has cancer and two months to live and must clean up her life before she dies, to prevent the children from falling into the hands of her abusive ex-husband.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, realistic, intense
Plot:
mother love, single mother, mortality, protective parent, terminal illness, female protagonist, domestic violence, family drama, resilience, custody battle, bittersweet, confrontation ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Goliat is set in a small industrial town somewhere in Sweden. When Roland is sentenced to prison, his son, 16-year old Kimmie, is expected to provide for the family by taking over his dad's criminal business. This is a task he's not ready ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
small town, youth, coming of age, working class, teenager, moral ambiguity, family drama, loss of innocence, social realism, character study, legacy, poverty ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, and the view from her window is better than ...
Style:
emotional, tension, melancholic, independent film, tragic
Plot:
poverty, family drama, dysfunctional family, small town, survival, love triangle, domestic drama, trailer park, motherhood, resilience, working class, character study ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
maine
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Follows Megan, who in a desperate attempt to keep her new job at a Welsh warehouse, presses Alys – who is pregnant – to get her "pick rate" up, putting her and her baby at risk.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
workplace, warehouse, job, life, worker, pregnant woman, social commentary, coworker, life is a bitch, social problems, new job, female protagonist ...
Place:
wales, britain
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bébé Tigre is Many, a 17-year-old Indian boy who has been living in France for two years. A teenager like any other, he divides his time between school, friends, and his girlfriend. But the pressures placed on him by his parents in India force him ...
Style:
realistic, independent film, tension, serious, touching ...
Plot:
youth, immigrant, coming of age, illegal immigrant, social realism, integration, identity, slice of life, city life, multiculturalism, empathy, identity crisis ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A seventh-grade girl from a village, raised by her single mother, follows her teacher's vision by educating locals in Kannada. Her mission shows determination and cultural pride.
Style:
heartfelt, realistic, inspirational
Plot:
village, determination, social change, female empowerment, single mother, coming of age, social realism, family drama, female protagonist
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Three women struggle in their social and cultural environments and face unforeseeable crises. Based on true events.
Style:
serious, realistic, tension, art house, melancholic
Plot:
virginity, women, honor, crisis, social realism, cultural conflict, social commentary, patriarchy, gender roles, shame, adolescence, branding iron ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
43%
293
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An eighteen-year-old boy is released from an institute for minors with no family support, and for the first time tastes the bittersweet flavor of freedom; an imprisoned mother longs to go back and start all over again. These are the characters taken ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
house arrest, coming of age, mother son relationship, social realism, family drama, loneliness, isolation, slice of life, humanity, identity, poverty, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Life isn't easy for 10-year old Ricky - his cooler, bigger brother Micha, who just dropped out of school, is always giving him a hard time. Their parents business is in trouble, and with emotions running high, Michas conflicts with his father ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, tension, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, sibling rivalry, family drama, friendship, youth, working class, childhood, small town, slice of life, adolescence, maturation, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
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
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A hardworking lorry driver who works at an old paper mart learns about the presence of a bomb and does everything he can to stop it from exploding.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
bomb, problem, bomb threat, driver, truck driver, threat, moral dilemma, social realism, working class, humanism, empathy, anti war ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full-time mother of 17 year-old Ziggy. When the company that employed her is taken over, subject to the laws of capitalism, Karine will have to choose between being true to herself, or lie to protect herself and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense
Plot:
moral dilemma, motherhood, female protagonist, parent child relationship, empathy, social realism, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, single mother, capitalism, housekeeper, working class ...
Similarity:
42%
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:
41%
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