Movies like Standing Up

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Standing Up (2013)
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Standing Up (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a vicious summer camp prank; But rather than have to return to camp and face the humiliation, they decide to take off, on the run together. What follows is a three day odyssey of discovery and self-discovery.
Style: touching, sincere, realistic, serious, sad, independent film
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: youth, friendship, child's point of view, coming of age, summer camp, children, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, child, on the road, runaway, missing child, first love, love, porn, happiness, introvert, discovery, road trip, boyhood, child romance, prank, friends, instructor ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sentimental films with plots about youth, coming of age, family relations, friendship, parents and children, friends and teenage life mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Standing Up: My Louisiana Sky (2001), The Golden Seal (1983), Little Man Tate (1991), Kauwboy (2012), Alabama Moon (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Louisiana Sky (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, emotional, retro ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: youth, self discovery, family life, family problems, society, parents and children, disability, small town life, child's point of view, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, compassion ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: louisiana, usa
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100%
The Golden Seal (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A lonely 10-year-old boy living with his parents in a remote coastal part of Alaksa, spontaneously finds a legendary golden seal and her newborn pup. But the greed for her valuable pelt sets off the hunters, including his own father, the local ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, feel good, touching, sentimental
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, legend, hunter, rescue, nature, family relations, fighting the system, coming of age, bounty hunter, friendship, seal the animal, animal life ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Little Man Tate (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his ...
Style: intellectual, inspirational, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: prodigy, child prodigy, coming of age, mathematics, genius, autism, single mother, child genius, friendship, psychology, mentor, children ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Kauwboy (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Ten-year-old Jojo lives with his father, a security guard with a volatile personality who drinks to manage the unspoken despair he feels about his wife's absence, which he refuses to discuss with his son. In the midst of so much uncertainty, ...
Style: touching, sincere, serious, melancholic, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: parents and children, coming of age, family problems, dysfunctional family, friendship, father son relationship, youth, pets, escape from reality, dishonesty, bird, life & death ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Alabama Moon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, date night, teens
Plot: wilderness, best friend, boy, friendship, coming of age, orphan, life turned upside down, father son relationship, friends, youth, adventurer, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa
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100%
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Cuties (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Style: controversial, independent film, sad, crying, disgusting
Plot: coming of age, 11 year old girl, competition, friendship, child, dancer, dancing, teenage sex, twerking, dancehall girl, brother sister relationship, teenager ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Emily of New Moon (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and ...
Style: serious, realistic, period drama
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: orphan, adoption, family relations, child's point of view, starting over, uncover truth, youth, coming of age, young heroes, family problems, island, family life ...
Time: victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, 1900s, turn of the century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Kisses (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family problems, escapades, obsessive quest, danger, innocence lost, first love, child, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe, dublin ireland
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26%
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The Rocket (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Thailand, Laos
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. After his village is displaced to make way for a massive dam, Ahlo escapes with his ...
Style: realistic, captivating, sincere, touching, serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, down on your luck, contests and competitions, parents and children, friendship, society, human spirit, post war, change of luck, family relations, boy, children ...
Place: asia, thailand
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26%
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Drunkboat (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sad
Plot: family relations, single parent, haunted by the past, social relations, youth, parents and children, self discovery, coming of age, teenage life, suburbs, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Derby Stallion (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it.
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: jockey, horse trainer, self discovery, friendship, human spirit, against the odds, teenage life, rivalry, follow your dream, youth, contests and competitions, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.4
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The Battery (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Because of his younger brother’s poor health, Takumi and his family move to a different Japanese town. There, Takumi, an incredibly gifted baseball pitcher, gradually alienates his relatives and friends by putting sports above all else in life.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, baseball, family relations, teenage life, social misfits, youth, misfit, athlete's life, high school life, family life, siblings relations, solitary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.7
 408
Just Breathe (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sydney is a troubled teen heading for trouble. After being caught shoplifting and a case of alcohol poisoning, Sydney's desperate single mother sends her off to the country to live with her father, Ben, and his new pregnant wife, Emma. Sydney ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, sentimental
Audience: teens
Plot: stepmother stepdaughter relationship, kleptomania, self discovery, teenage life, youth, family relations, parents and children, friendship, countryside, bittersweet, shoplifting, underage drinking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.3
 519
Toe to Toe (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Out on the lacrosse pitch, wealthy but troubled Jesse and poor but driven Tosha form an easy and deep bond, but their relationship is threatened once they enter the hallways of an elite prep school they attend in Washington, D.C. There, they must ...
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lacrosse, friendship, teenage life, self discovery, coming of age, youth, social differences, racism, strong female lead, teen rebel, female bonding, rebel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Angels Sing (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife ...
Style: touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, friendship, coming of age, holiday, mysterious character, christmas movie
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.7
 328
Ricochet River (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: hree teenagers looking for adventure find more than they expected in this coming-of-age drama. High school seniors Wade (Jason James Richter) and Lorna (Kate Hudson) have spent all their lives in the small logging town of Calamus Grove, a ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: coming of age, culture clash, interracial relations, teenage life, love and romance, self discovery, small town, on the road, youth, lifestyle, society, social misfits ...
Time: 60s, 90s
Place: oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.6
 3K
Paradise (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Willard Young is a 10-year-old boy who is sent by his mother to stay with her best friend Lily Reed, who lives in the Delta shrimp-fishing country in a town called Paradise. Lily and her husband Ben have been living in an unmentioned emotional ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, sad, cult classic ...
Plot: small town, love, friendship, coming of age, bullying, youth, death, women, childhood love, village, children, child ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.4
 946
Swimming (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two girl friends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina find their relationship changing as they encounter new arrivals to the town.
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, friendship, youth, couple relations, fall in love, self discovery, teenage life, teenage love, small town life, best friend, lesbian sex, human nature ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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I Won't Come Back (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Belarus
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Anya, a young academic raised in an orphanage, is on the cusp of success when she’s accused of drug possession. While in limbo hiding from the police, she hits the road with Kristina, another orphan several years Anya’s junior, in search of her ...
Style: touching, sincere, road movie, serious, tragic ending ...
Plot: orphan, teenage life, friends, false accusation, odd couple, obsessive quest, escapades, friendship, young girl, escape, little girl, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, europe, kazakhstan, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Wise Kids (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A vivid, dynamic Southern coming-of-age drama, takes place in the transitional space between high school and college, when life seems to be all questions and no answers, and the future is scarily wide open. Set in and around a Charleston, SC Baptist ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, contemplative, sexual ...
Plot: coming of age, best friend, single parent, family relations, self discovery, introspection, teenage life, lgbt, youth, society, direction and purpose, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south carolina, usa, southern usa, charleston south carolina
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20%
The Lost & Found Family (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When her husband dies, Mrs. Ester Hobbes (Ellen Bry, TV's St. Elsewhere) learns that his wealth was just an illusion. Her only real inheritance is a run-down Southern home occupied by a foster family. Slowly, Mrs. Hobbes finds herself making ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: adoption, family relations, family problems, orphan, society, youth, introspection, religions or cults, parents and children, redemption, self discovery, blood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Odd Girl Out (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: bullying, high school, teenage love, school, high school life, family relations, lifestyle, buddies, friendship, friends, teenage life, teachers and students ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Just Like the Son (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: adoption, friendship, family relations, custody, on the road, introspection, petty criminal, redemption, hopes, road trip, foster home, boy ...
Place: new york, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Breakfast with Curtis (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Syd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: friendship, friends, drug, teenage boy, coming of age, death threat, depression, love and romance, love, couples, youth, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: urban ghetto life, homeless, coming of age, youth, life is a bitch, friendship, teenage life, lifestyle, working class, hopes, forceful separation, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, sad, thought provoking ...
Plot: teacher, mental illness, friendship, children, inspiration, school, introspection, estrangement, imaginary friend, imaginary, imagination, psychology ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Clara's Heart (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic, serious
Audience: kids
Plot: grief, women, youth, dysfunctional family, friendship, adolescence, black, child hero, sex crime, racism, family relations, couples ...
Time: 80s
Place: jamaica, baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Becoming Redwood (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A quirky coming of age story about an 11-year-old boy named Redwood who dreams that if he can beat Jack Nicklaus at the 1975 Master's of golf he'll reunite his parents.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot: youth, golf, coming of age, teenage life, life turned upside down, estrangement, daydreamer, family relations, parents and children, disorder, hopes, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on the book by Caroline B. Cooney, a girl happens to look down at a milk carton one day and she sees herself on the back! Could her parents really have kidnapped her?
Style: serious, realistic
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: abused child, love, family relations, kidnapping, youth, fall in love, young heroes, love and romance, coming of age, uncover truth, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
All the Wilderness (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new friend and a quirky young woman begin to draw him out of his shell.
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: boy, teenage life, teenage boy, family relations, coming of age, self discovery, single parent, youth, therapist, mother son relationship, problem, boyhood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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