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Beautiful Ohio (2006)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Style:
clever, sentimental, serious, realistic, offbeat, independent film
Plot:
mathematics, coming of age, family relations, teenage love, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, family in crisis, siblings relations, youth, family life, teenage life, society, small town, estrangement, small town life, favoritism among siblings, genius, teenage girl, voyeur, father son relationship, teenage boy, flash forward, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, budapest, hungary, cleveland ohio, budapest hungary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, coming of age and family problems mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Beautiful Ohio: The Automatic Hate (2015), Birds of America (2008), Two-Bit Waltz (2014), The Art of Crying (2006), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Davis Green's (Joseph Cross) alluring young cousin Alexis (Adelaide Clemens) appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father’s wishes, Davis travels to rural, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, mumblecore, f word
Plot:
sex between cousins, cousins incest, cousin cousin relationship, brother sister relationship, skinny dipping, family secret, overheard conversation, brother sister incest, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, brother brother conflict, dark secret, sister sister relationship ...
Place:
new york state, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, family saga ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, insomnia, family relations, couples, estrangement, family problems, youth, vengeance, family gatherings, parents and children, couple relations, introspection ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
teenage love, dysfunctional family, family life, siblings relations, teenage life, family relations, best friend, parents and children, love and romance, family problems, eccentric family, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Life is not easy for 11-year-old Allan living in South Jutland during the early 1970s. His mentally unstable father frequently threatens suicide and his mother has long since given up. It's up to Allan to keep the family together. When a rival ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
child's point of view, coming of age, dysfunctional family, society, small town, young heroes, lifestyle, family life, family problems, understanding, obsession, youth ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe, scandinavia, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
Style:
touching, emotional, intense, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, human nature, crumbling marriage, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, dealing with death, estrangement, book, snow ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts, maine
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style:
clever, sincere, teen, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, high school, debate, nothing goes right, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, misfit, contests and competitions, teacher, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas, and one in particular was his wet dream as half of America's in the 1950s: Marilyn Monroe. The difference is, one summer holiday he actually decided to enlist his spineless ...
Style:
crying, road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
hollywood, coming of age, friendship, on the road, obsession, childhood friend, road trip, teenage boy, small town, flashback, college student, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1993, 60s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.
Style:
sincere, light, entertaining, humorous, twisted ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, sex, teenage life, sexual relations, love and romance, parents and children, teenage love, artists and showbiz, teen angst, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, coming of age ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, teen, disturbing, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, adolescence, exploring sexuality, sexual awakening, family relations, sex, loss of virginity, teenage life, eccentric family, parents and children, social differences ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills, tokyo
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, homecoming, hopes, family problems, couples, family relations, love and romance, estrangement, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, dark humor, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, family life, family problems, haunted by the past, teenage life, parents and children, social relations, teenage boy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Morocco, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay interest, gender, gay, glbt, homosexual, childhood, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, drug addict, gay teenager, gay bar ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2005, y2k ...
Place:
canada, quebec, jerusalem, israel, holy land ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
Style:
black comedy, independent film, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, small town, insomnia, adultery, self destructing, infidelity, family relations, erotic scene, forbidden love, extramarital affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
connecticut, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed ...
Style:
cynical, talky, depressing, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nudity, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, greed, secrets, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film is about a boy who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall. The boy has obsessive compulsive parents. The boy is obsessed with a cheerleader named Lacy, who lives across the street from.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
genius, mathematics, cheerleader, dysfunctional family, family relations, prodigy, family problems, couples, couple relations, youth, society, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
600
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Fat Girls is an original off-beat comedy feature. It focuses on Rodney Miller, not your typical Texas high school student...he is a theater lover and his ultimate dream is to be on Broadway. Awkward and shy, he doesn't have many people to talk ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
coming of age, oral sex, american football, high school student, masturbation, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, eccentric family, youth, obsession, social misfits ...
Place:
texas, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
politics, coming of age, cheerleader, male nudity, 17 year old, friendship, infidelity, self discovery, single parent, teenage love, best friend, introspection ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, year 1996, 90s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, milwaukee wisconsin, massachusetts, europe ...
Similarity:
22%
612
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, teenage love, family life, self discovery, family problems, couples, teenage life, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Japanese tourist, Tokio, meets a 15-year-old Hong Kong girl and her grandmother left behind in Hong Kong while their family emmigrates to Canada.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
food, age-gap relationship, sex, autumn, restaurant, immigration, immigrant, family relations, friendship, culture clash, grandparent grandchild relationship, first time ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
hong kong, canada, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Did you ever wish you could get the hottest girl in school? This is the story of how non-jock Henry (Gregory Smith) indeed gets the girl, Grace (Jordana Brewster), but not without complications.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual, sexy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, best friend, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, high school life, sexual relations, love and romance, teenager, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey, oregon, usa, russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, high school, coming of age, dysfunctional family, horniness, cheerleader, family relations, drug, youth, love and romance, lifestyle, siblings relations ...
Place:
california, southern california, usa, yale university, mexico
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, witty ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, parents and children, youth, love and romance, save the day, social differences, social relations, working class, father son relationship, male nudity, skinny dipping ...
Time:
70s, year 2006, 20th century
Place:
new york, long island, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, gender, teenage life, lgbt, gay, boy, gay interest, father son relationship, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law ...
Style:
humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school life, teenager, father son relationship, american football, adaptation, high school, family relations, prank, honest, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, y2k, year 1999
Place:
usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, new england ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, youth, car accident, grief, accidental death, society, love, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Chad, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two boys (Tamir & Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave. While surreptitiously watching a movie, they think they see their father speaking to them and steal the film to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
against the odds, coming of age, family relations, kids in trouble, obsessive quest, young heroes, missing person, family problems, estrangement, life is a bitch, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, tangier morocco, morocco
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state
Style:
emotional, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
family business, save the day, family relations, working class, family problems, restaurant, society, siblings relations, family in crisis, bank, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin) - find themselves at odds with ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
restaurant, runner, coming of age, argument, passionate kiss, punched in the face, woman in short shorts, teenager, age-gap relationship, food, siblings, family relations ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
20%
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