Movies like Untamed Love

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Untamed Love (1994)
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Untamed Love (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A badly abused girl of 6 is saved from having to be admitted to an institution by a dedicated Special Education teacher whose class she's been placed in until there is an opening in the hospital. In that time they form a strong bond and the child begins to heal. The teacher begins to think an institution is not what this child needs.
Style: tear jerker, tearjerker
Plot: abuse, children, youth, child abuse, child hero, depression, father daughter relationship, anger, psychological abuse, neglected child, physical abuse, courtroom, disturbed child, poor white trash, trailer

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and touching films with plots about child abuse, abuse, children, youth, life is a bitch, family relations and father daughter relationship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Untamed Love: Trapped In Silence (1986), A Child's Cry for Help (1994), For the Love of a Child (2006), Breaking the Silence (1992), Born Innocent (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trapped In Silence (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
Plot: child, children, abuse, adoption, child abuse, therapy, mute, therapist, child murder, silence
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Child's Cry for Help (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A recently widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. While there a loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor suspects that there is something wrong, and theorizes that the mother is deliberately making her ...
Plot: abuse, children, child abuse, medicine, wife, love, doctor, mother daughter relationship, single parent, self doubt, housekeeper, lawsuit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
For the Love of a Child (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: 1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary ...
Style: touching, disturbing, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot: child abuse, orphan, rescue, danger, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, parents and children, selflessness, family relations, family problems, adoption, abuse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Style: sad, crying
Plot: adoption, foster parent, children, love, mother and daughter, youth, neglected child, poverty, poor family, adoptive mother, toys, adoptive father ...
Place: iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Breaking the Silence (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Defending a teen charged with patricide drudges up dark memories for a lawyer.
Plot: patricide, trauma, lawyer, murder, physical abuse, child abuse, courtroom, teenage boy, childhood trauma, flashback, haunted by the past, incest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Born Innocent (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one ...
Style: grindhouse, controversial, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, prison rape, women in prison, runaway, female psychopath, riot, rape, brutality, psychotic, hell, children, cautionary tale ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An 11 year old girl accuses her father of incest.
Style: historical drama, independent film, crying
Plot: child abuse, boy, anal rape, father daughter incest, incest, father daughter relationship, repressed memory, accusation, trial, court, liar, father ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Something About Amelia (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The movie follows the Bennett family after Amelia tells her school counselor that her father has sexually abused her.
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, sincere, sexual
Plot: childhood sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abuse, woman in danger, incest, sexual content, sex maniac, life is a bitch, innocence lost, youth, family problems, kids in trouble ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Aurore (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After the sudden death of her mother, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed step-mother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death. Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, crying, depressing ...
Plot: stepdaughter, child abuse, stepmother, domestic disturbance, physical abuse, life is a bitch, hidden truth, family relations, society, parents and children, trial, children ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place: quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.9
 575
Ellen Foster (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: adoption, youth, child abuse, disease, innocence lost, dysfunctional family, society, human spirit, life is a bitch, young heroes, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.
Plot: dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality disorder, psychological abuse, rehearsal, funeral, panic attack, new year's eve party, cruise ship, wedding, restaurant, child abuse, rabbit ...
Place: minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann. When a series of court rulings over the divorce go against him, Thatcher decides a more drastic solution is needed - murder! A series of ...
Plot: woman killed, lawyer, love, trial, domestic violence, dysfunctional marriage, custody battle, murder suspect, abuse, custody, divorce, physical abuse ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 10K
Hope (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
Style: disturbing, uplifting, heartbreaking, sad, suspenseful ...
Plot: trial, child, hopes, sexual assault, recovery, victim, father daughter relationship, hospital, child abuse, rapist, surgery, psychotherapist ...
Place: korea, east asia, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Nobody Owns Me (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Ã…sa ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, youth, family relations, single parent, disorder, family problems, dysfunctional family, children, addiction, parents ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.3
 101
Runaway Father (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman's husband leaves her and their three daughters. Years later she sets out to find him and get him to pay back child support.
Plot: father daughter relationship, redhead, library, mother daughter relationship, abandoned by husband, abortion, fast food restaurant, secret identity, welfare, abandoned by father
Place: virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Gracie's Choice (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, custody battle, coming of age, youth, custody, adoption, responsibility, parents and children, family values, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, emotional, touching, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual abuse, coming of age, rape, family relations, dysfunctional family, pedophile, parents and children, life is a bitch, domestic violence, child abuse, children, child rape ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 1950s, 50s
Place: south carolina, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...
Style: psychological, touching, sentimental, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, missing person, family drama, children, family relations, kidnapped, family life, parents and children, police detective, family problems, hostage ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot: trial, true crime, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, legal, dedicated lawyer, obsession, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: racism, civil rights, african american, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, children, interracial relations, haunted by the past, family relations, black, teenager ...
Time: year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: south carolina, indiana, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
Plot: stalker, sexual harassment, trial, courtroom, true crime
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
A Brand New Life (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is ...
Style: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: children, orphan, youth, adoption, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, parents and children, girl, child abandonment, abandoned by father, family problems ...
Time: year 2009, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: korea, south korea, seoul, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.3
 116K
Precious (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style: bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: rape, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, teacher, poverty, child abuse, aids, illiteracy, domestic violence, african american, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place: new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The sequel to "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" in which Betty Broderick is on trial for the murder of her ex-husband and his new wife.
Plot: love, divorce, murder, revenge, courtroom, lawyer, true crime
Place: san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Men Don't Tell (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
Style: emotional, sad
Plot: domestic violence, abusive wife, abusive relationship, domestic abuse, abuse, men's rights, child abuse, victim, sexual abuse, mental health, husband wife relationship, woman hits a man ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Gimme Shelter (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
Style: emotional, serious, psychological, rough, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: abusive mother, pregnancy, homeless, mother daughter relationship, starting over, survival, human spirit, family problems, youth, social misfits, life is a bitch, domestic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Terror in the Woods (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story of two twelve-year-old girls who attack their friend as a sacrifice to an internet legend, the Suzerain.
Style: psychotronic, suspense, rough, suspenseful
Plot: killer child, middle school, mental illness, murder, children, legends and myths, sacrifice, human sacrifice, internet, brutality, youth, paranormal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In 1981, during the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot and left paralyzed.
Plot: intrigue, assassination, obstacle
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.9
 92K
Short Term 12 (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style: sad, compassionate, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: child abuse, depression, social worker, adolescence, teenager, suicide attempt, self mutilation, troubled teen, foster child, coming of age, mental illness, self harm ...
Time: year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Return to Innocence (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, redemption, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, custody, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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