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King Jack (2015)
4K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, independent film, psychological, f word
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boyhood, small town, bullying, teenage boy, brutality, coming of age, friendship, teenager, baseball, school, violence, party, mental illness, cruelty, drinking, teenage life, boy, youth, friends, rivalry, summer, memory, dancing, threat, pursuit ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york state
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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 coming of age, teenager, friendship, boy, youth, little boy and teenage boy mostly in Drama, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like King Jack: Stand by Me (1986), Lean on Pete (2017), The Cure (1995), I Am David (2003), Sleeping Giant (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
482K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, cult classic, atmospheric, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
oregon, usa, normandy
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Charley, a teen living with his single father, finds work caring for an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete. When he learns Pete is bound for slaughter, the two embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier in search of a place to call home.
Style:
road movie, sad, exciting, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
portland oregon
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100%
12K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Eric, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Eric also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, aids, coming of age, boy, boyhood, friendship, terminal illness, sick child, children, hiv, cancer, friendship between boys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, minnesota, usa, california, new orleans ...
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, tense, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
boy, self discovery, rescue, hopes, friendship, coming of age, children, human spirit, danger, courage, boyhood, holocaust ...
Time:
1950s, year 1951, year 2003, post world war two, year 1952 ...
Place:
denmark, switzerland, italy, europe, greece ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, f word
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boyhood, summer, death, teenage boy, coming of age, lake, teen drinking, water, high school student, gay, childhood, child ...
Place:
canada
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children's home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his ...
Style:
road movie, crying
Plot:
prison, child abuse, boy, traumatic childhood, coming of age, reform school, children, little boy, childhood, prisoner, father son relationship, bare butt ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Brothers Danny and Zak, 15 and 13 & 3/4 are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is otherwise busy, and running low on cash. To make some money they decide to rent out the ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, teenage life, teenager, friendship, drug dealer, brother brother relationship, on the road, self discovery, friends, rebellion, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style:
intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wilderness, river, coming of age, friendship, survival, summer, nature, camping, youth, camp, mountain climbing, chess ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
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18K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Favoring pedigree dogs, a new regulation puts a severe tax on mixed breeds. Owners dump their dogs and shelters become overcrowded. 13-year-old Lili fights desperately to protect her pet Hagen, but her father eventually sets the dog free on the ...
Style:
tense, heartbreaking, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
dog, revenge, animal attack, human animal relationship, teenager, redemption, brutality, friendship, dog attack, children, girl dog relationship, betrayal by friend ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
hungary, eastern europe, europe, budapest, madrid ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, youth, little boy, american football, family relations, family problems, social relations, innocence lost, small town life, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy—in a web of secrets.
Style:
suspense, sad, psychological, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, small town, teenage boy, adultery, disappearance, coming of age, solace, marital problem, investigation, husband wife relationship, tragic event, secret ...
Similarity:
40%
8K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic, exciting ...
Plot:
bare breasts, bare chested male, college campus, gay slur, dormitory, drug use, sibling relationship, brotherhood, gay, death of friend, roommate, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, columbus ohio
Similarity:
40%
199K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and make a pact to help him escape from an island in the Mississippi.
Style:
suspense, sweet, southern gothic, suspenseful, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, childhood, bittersweet, ex convict, first love, fugitives, teenage boy, love story, obsession, hopes, river ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, arkansas, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.
Style:
rough, serious, touching, bleak, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, haunted by the past, dealing with death, teenage life, family relations, tragic event, youth, boyhood, life is a bitch, life philosophy, boy ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, independent film, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, skateboard, friends, society, social differences, rock, buddies, life is a bitch, coming of age, bullying, teenager, cultural difference ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, south central los angeles, beverly hills
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, friendship, teenager, children, vengeance, dysfunctional family, family relations, loss of son, family problems, family in crisis, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, teen, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, runaway, friendship, summer, lifestyle change, friendship between boys, high school, teenage runaway, rebelliousness, teenager, hospital, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa, california, tokyo
Similarity:
37%
770
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Greta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom.
Style:
captivating, serious, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
road trip, coming of age, father daughter relationship, family relations, family problems, siblings relations, parents and children, single parent, single father, dysfunctional family, on the road, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, oklahoma, missouri
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, obsessive quest, coming of age, teenage boy, road trip, sexual content, escapades, friends, friendship between boys, bird, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new england
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, epic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, boy, male nudity, children, friendship, adolescence, youth, rivalry, school, teacher, revenge ...
Time:
year 1994, 60s, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
37%
380K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Style:
philosophical, melancholic, cerebral, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, teenager, high school, adolescence, domestic abuse, family drama, youth, divorced parents, stepsister stepsister relationship, relationships, marriage ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 90s, near future ...
Place:
texas, ethiopia, houston texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
indian reservation, american football, american indian, society, youth, family problems, social relations, death in the family, dysfunctional family, teenage boy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nebraska, indiana, south dakota
Similarity:
37%
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:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, teenage boy, therapist, teenage life, mother son relationship, family relations, self discovery, coming of age, youth, single parent, problem, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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:
chick flick, girls' night, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, high school, teenage love, high school life, school, lifestyle, buddies, family relations, friendship, misfit, love and romance, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood", Lee plans to make ...
Style:
touching, feel good, stylized, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, childhood, coming of age, filmmaking, friendship between boys, youth, bullying, small town, children, school, boy, family relations ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three Russian street kids, who live on their wits in a train station, take off to the countryside hoping to make it across the border to a better life in Poland. They are alternately looking for tenderness and pushing it away because they sense that ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot:
boy, youth, friendship, leaving home, young heroes, self discovery, obsessive quest, on the road, optimism, escapades, starting over, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, russia, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
With high school in the rearview, five teenagers from inland Oregon embark on one last adventure. Piling into a van with a busted tail light, their mission takes them to a place they’ve never been—the Pacific coast, five hundred miles away. ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, independent film, melancholic, existential ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
road trip, friendship, teenage boy, group of friends, small town, teenager, coming of age, teenage protagonist, teenage life, friends, adolescence, lifestyle ...
Place:
oregon, pacific ocean, portland oregon
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
Style:
touching, road movie, sentimental, realistic, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, tourette's syndrome, mental illness, friendship, coming of age, on the road, mentally unstable protagonist, father son relationship, obsessive quest, escapades, social misfits, mental health ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, tokyo, reno nevada
Similarity:
36%
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