Movies like Boy Called Twist
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Boy Called Twist (2004)
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's gang of street urchins. With a gritty honesty steeped in its vibrant characters, Boy called Twist superbly captures the contemporary equivalents of Dickens' seedy individuals as it shadows the timeless tale in its own inimitable style.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
youth, street kid, juvenile delinquency, young heroes, gang, rich and poor, orphan, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, cons and scams, negligence, coming of age, chance, child in peril, boarding school life, danger, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
south africa, africa, cape town south africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about youth, society, life is a bitch, coming of age, family relations, orphan and rich and poor mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Boy Called Twist: David Copperfield (1970), Macondo (2014), David Copperfield (2000), Streeters (2001), If Nothing Else Works Out (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy, emotional ...
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coming of age, charles dickens, orphan, boarding school, youth, society, young heroes, life is a bitch, family relations, power relations, family problems, destiny ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drama centered on an 11-year-old Chechnyan refugee living in Vienna whose life is thrown into disarray when a friend of his deceased father materializes.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
coming of age, youth, interracial relations, society, life is a bitch, immigrants, misfit, boy, father, urban ghetto, little boy, urban ghetto life
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An orphan with a rough childhood becomes a barrister.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, charles dickens, social differences, teaching the ways of the world, life is a bitch, young heroes, society, adulthood, rich and poor, child as adult, orphan ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
538
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Authentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, bleak
Plot:
social decay, gang, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, police corruption, urban ghetto life, society, youth, drug dealing, life is a bitch, down on your luck, social misfits ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, human nature, drug abuse, social decay, drug dealing, prostitute, society, unemployment, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with the voices of Joan d'Arc. Her French nanny seeks out the help of a rich suitor to take her and the orphan away when she realizes that the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
orphan, nanny, betrayal, coming of age, family relations, society, domestic disturbance, youth, mentally challenged, young heroes, twins, power relations ...
Time:
80s, 50s
Place:
virginia, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows up in the company of a bitter old woman, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, Estella. Pip learns the rewards of both vindictiveness and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative
Plot:
charles dickens, youth, rich and poor, haunted by the past, boarding school life, humble, unfulfilled love, teaching the ways of the world, destiny, generosity, social differences, power relations ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, serious, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
young heroes, missing child, youth, life is a bitch, obsession, discrimination, family problems, family relations, parents and children, society, racism, interracial relations ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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617
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
redemption, youth, juvenile delinquency, power relations, human spirit, society, hopes, fire brigade, friendship, rivalry, friend, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother beats her.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
gang, children, feminist, teenage girl, juvenile delinquent, street kid, poverty, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, prostitute, on the run, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Barbarians" is a teenage drama about coming of age in a world where there is no opportunity. A portrait of a young generation growing up in a society of lost values.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
teenage rebellion, juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, society, life is a bitch, youth, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, boy, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Aged eight, Victoria spends a night in the home of a wealthy white family; years later, she encounters them again and her life is changed forever.
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
interracial couple, adoption, family life, family relations, youth, society, hopes, parents and children, destiny, rich and poor, class differences, family reunited ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
disability, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, human spirit, introspection, single parent, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, social decay, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Home Beyond the Sun is the story of persecution, faith, and freedom escaping a world of fear. A bible college student, Jenna goes to teach in an area of China where her faith is forbidden. She discovers an orphanage and befriends a Chinese orphan, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
orphan, family relations, rebellion, hopes, life is a bitch, society, rich and poor, adoption, religions or cults, christian, teacher, chase ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
886
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Israel, Cambodia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick, an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, psychological, bleak, touching ...
Plot:
innocence lost, child prostitution, lifestyle, going straight, young heroes, society, hopes, life is a bitch, redemption, social decay, youth, village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cambodia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and solve her problems, but…
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
lifestyle, friendship, bittersweet, life is a bitch, love and romance, downfall, couples, down on your luck, singleness, city life, friends, twentysomething life ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Raja is a nineteen year old orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush gardens and palm trees. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Marrakech, Raja is a cross-cultural drama ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot:
opposites attract, age difference, unlikely couple, social differences, fall in love, couples, orphan, love and romance, obsession, society, youth, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Chile, Germany, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, touching, sexy ...
Plot:
orphan, family problems, juvenile delinquency, destructive relationship, moral dilemma, dishonesty, youth, strong sexual content, siblings relations, death in the family, adolescence vs adulthood, erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a resilient and spirited young girl and her proud and dignified family, who are part of Ireland's "traveller" community.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic
Plot:
life is a bitch, youth, misfit, social misfits, realism, family relations, culture clash, parents and children, society, resilience, discrimination, single mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Siberia. Late autumn. In taiga, in the deserted village there lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. A pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighborhood. One of these dogs is Leshia's best friend. ...
Style:
touching, gloomy, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
elderly, wilderness, golden years, life is a bitch, orphan, isolation, forest, survival, nature, post soviet, coming of age, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, gloomy
Plot:
gang, poetry, teenage life, fighting the system, idealism, youth, rebellion, life is a bitch, society, dedicated educator, school, stoners ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, parents and children, life is a bitch, society, dog, boy, child, pets, family relations, friends, youth, animal cruelty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a world filled with hatred, their only hope was magic. Believe and anything can happen.
Style:
touching, emotional, atmospheric, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, friendship, racism, culture clash, human spirit, life is a bitch, vengeance, injustice, haunted by the past, society, gang, anti semitism ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, life is a bitch, human spirit, family problems, family in crisis, hopes, coming of age, terminal illness, teenager, dealing with death, child illness, first love ...
Place:
ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, society, teaching the ways of the world, gangsters, graphic violence, family relations, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican woman, hangs out on the beach at Las Terrenas. With her boyfriend, Yeremi, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists there. However Noelí also has a steady ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, atmospheric
Plot:
moral dilemma, love and romance, dishonesty, gays and lesbians, rich and poor, cons and scams, society, lgbt, island, lesbian, woman, homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, serious, emotional, sexy ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, man boy relationship, orphan, child neglect, gay, youth, prostitute, teenage prostitution, coming of age, lifestyle, young heroes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Giorgi is 16 years old when he discovers another world through American films forbidden in all Soviet Union until then. Since the post-revolutionary chaos in his home town, Tbilisi, Giorgi has wanted to have succeeded by following the path of his ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
teenage life, family relations, youth, juvenile delinquency, prodigy, political unrest, society, brother brother relationship, brothers, brother, criminal, bandit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia (former ussr)
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of Sarajevo ended, writer-director Aida Begic’s follow-up to her 2008 Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize-winning debut Snow tells the story of two orphaned ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, bleak, serious, gloomy
Plot:
orphan, life is a bitch, society, social decay, youth, siblings relations, friendship, bosnian war, family relations
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens to time Radio Station; on Sundays she likes to ride the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot:
existentialism, food, rich and poor, city life, working class, countryside, social decay, urban ghetto life, down on your luck, social misfits, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
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Place:
sao paulo brazil, brazil
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