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Annie's Garden (1997)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In front of his 15-year-old son, a father loses his temper and strikes his younger daughter, thinking she's trying to run away from him. Jump ahead ten years: the dad is dead, the mom is gone, and the son, Luke, is raising his now grown sister, Annie. He's overprotective, and she seems blood simple, a coquette and an innocent. He runs the diner in town, and one day, Lisa, a callow writer-to-be, comes through from Manhattan, keeping a journal, looking for interesting people. She takes a shine to Annie and then to the muscular and well-read Luke. But what is their secret, how many of the townsfolk are in on it, and what will Lisa do when it all becomes clear?
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
bad father, small town, youth, family relations, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, siblings relations, small town life, writers, male nudity, child abuse, flirting, brother sister relationship, diner, death of father, secret, simpleton, lesbian subtext, abusive father, abuse, male objectification, journal, revenge killing, bare chested male ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and independent film films with plots about family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, parents and children, youth and siblings relations mostly in Drama, Thriller and Family genres. Some movies like Annie's Garden: Bright Angel (1990), Saving Grace B. Jones (2009), Lightning Bug (2004), Blue River (1995), Beyond the Farthest Star (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) assists a versatile girl (Taylor) on her long quest to get her brother out of jail.
Style:
road movie, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, destructive relationship, family problems, on the road, jail, life is a bitch, teenage life, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, brother, marital problem ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, montana, wyoming
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, couples, family in danger, redemption, estrangement, homecoming, domestic disturbance, family relations, hopes, mentally unstable, family problems, disorder ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place:
missouri, usa
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
abuse, alcohol abuse, social relations, family problems, small town life, small town, hollywood, dysfunctional family, youth, life is a bitch, religion, bare chested male ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Edward's father walked out on his family years ago. In the years since, his mother has become a fundamentalist Christian and fallen for the school's self-righteous principal, Henry Howland. When Howland begins to mistreat Edward's ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious
Plot:
dysfunctional family, arson, sibling relationship, youth, coming of age, vengeance, betrayal, society, single parent, family life, teenage life, school ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A twist of fate brings the national spotlight to a forgotten Texas town and a once famous preacher has an opportunity to regain his former glory or seize one last chance to restore his fractured family. Narrated by his fifteen-year-old daughter, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, christian film ...
Plot:
one last chance, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, preaching, youth, religions or cults, clergy, ambition, society, family problems, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
uncover truth, life is a bitch, redemption, social relations, siblings relations, countryside, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, small town, down on your luck, small town life ...
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
72%
531
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot:
starting over, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, teenage life, obsession, on the run, investigation, family problems, hiding, small town, psychotherapist, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
older man younger woman romance, small town life, infidelity, extramarital affair, investigation, couples, who done it, family problems, couple relations, obsession, dangerous attraction, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, harsh, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
violence, vengeance, violent, brutality, revenge, family relations, character study, sibling relationship, family bonds, family feud, siblings relations, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, arkansas, southern usa, california
Similarity:
49%
263
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
.An urban black couple (Terrence Howard, Nicole Parker) traveling via back roads from Chicago to LA has a car breakdown in a backwater town where everyone is white trailer trash and racial epithets are common graffiti. The film tries to examine the ...
Style:
independent film, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
interracial relations, black, fish out of water, on the road, injustice, life is a bitch, society, politics, misfit, small town life, small town, racism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, chicago
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, southern gothic, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, downfall, siblings relations, family life, family problems, family in crisis, life is a bitch, male nudity, siblings, mental retardation ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a quiet southern town, several lives are changed forever when an isolated mute with a dark secret is admitted to a mental institution.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
mental institution, small town life, isolation, family problems, small town, mute, suspect, society, danger, autism, mental illness, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
45%
609
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After their parents abandon the family, a young woman works to take care of her younger siblings.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, family problems, life is a bitch, siblings relations, family relations, college dropout, mentally challenged, amphetamine, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
sex scene, couples, stranger, family problems, mysterious character, danger, drinking, duel, drinking alcohol, romantic triangle, marriage, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy, disturbing
Plot:
children, youth, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, teenage life, family in crisis, unfulfillment, misfit, mute or deaf, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced by an unexpected tragedy.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
family in crisis, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family problems, unsupportive parent, parents and children, college graduate, family drama, infidelity, car crash, cheating wife, abusive father ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
greece
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father (Dirk Bogarde) returns.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, single parent, dishonesty, danger, kids in trouble, homecoming, siblings relations, parents and children, secret ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
41%
544
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, small town, introspection, family problems, human nature, family relations, friendship, family in crisis, swimming, swimmer, sex crime, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, usa
Similarity:
40%
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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:
realistic, serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
love, abused child, kidnapping, family relations, uncover truth, life is a bitch, coming of age, love and romance, young heroes, youth, siblings relations, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
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, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot:
young heroes, missing child, discrimination, interracial relations, racism, family relations, parents and children, family problems, obsession, youth, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
youth, motocross, father son relationship, juvenile delinquent, social worker, death of mother, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa
Similarity:
39%
424
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, best friend, youth, rivalry, urban ghetto life, tough heroes, criminal heroes, prison, murder, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Thomas´ sister dies in an accident, he discovers that her death may be connected to their deceased father´s work in military intelligence. As Thomas embarks on an investigation he soon finds himself and his family under surveillance by an ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, terrorism, estrangement, family problems, bio weapon, parents and children, haunted by the past, death in the family, family relations, courtroom drama, big brother, life turned upside down ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a man recounts the summer of '94, when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father.
Style:
realistic, psychological, f word
Plot:
brother brother relationship, boyhood, abusive father, child abuse, domestic violence, revenge, dysfunctional family, father and son, family problems, bad father, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
abusive husband, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, woman killed, age-gap relationship, young love, age difference, love and romance, investigation, betrayal, life is a bitch, family problems, couples ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
courtroom, murder, family problems, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, courtroom drama, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, legal, patricide, false accusation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Brewster seems to be an almost too perfect example of idyllic small-town America, with everyone living in peace and harmony. So when newcomer Whiley Pritcher starts up his own local cable TV show with the question "what's wrong with ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
small town, social relations, media satire, celebrity culture, small town life, discrimination, dishonesty, society, love and romance, mayor, violence, murder ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but ineffective mother are caught up in a life of petty crime. Older brother Danny concocts a daring ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, hopes, society, working class, domestic disturbance, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, ireland, new york
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 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:
disturbing, touching, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
child abuse, orphan, adoption, rescue, life is a bitch, danger, parents and children, dysfunctional family, selflessness, family relations, family problems, abuse ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 60s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, kidnapping, homecoming, parents and children, family problems, redemption, hopes, child abuse, fish out of water, isolation, teenage girl, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
31%
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