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Alex of Venice (2014)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, romantic drama, independent film
Plot:
starting over, self discovery, life turned upside down, family relations, parents and children, family life, family problems, breakup, eccentric family, relationship vs career, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, lawyer, interracial love relationship, nursing, interracial romance, personal growth, jury, coming of age, courtroom, trial, profanity, single parent, strong female presence, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice california
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Most similar movies to Alex of Venice
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, youth, hopes, family life and family in crisis mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Romance genres. Some movies like Alex of Venice: Like Dandelion Dust (2009), Blueprint (2003), August (2008), Bottled Up (2013), Lap Dance (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the gritty, realistic lives of a struggling family, and a privileged family. Their lives intersect, intertwine and collide, all for the love of a little boy. This film ...
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
custody, hopes, adoption, starting over, parents and children, social worker, family life, wife abuse, adopted son, christian, family in crisis, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, florida
Similarity:
100%
920
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the world-famous composer Iris Sellin learns that she has an incurable illness. She - a person who wanted to live for ever - does however not give in. In order ...
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, sincere
Plot:
cloning, composer, fear of death, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, solace, life turned upside down, immortal, terminal illness, scientist, genetics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
northern germany, canada, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
August is a 2008 drama film directed by Austin Chick and produced by 57th & Irving. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, suspense, touching
Plot:
brother brother relationship, wall street, family relations, siblings relations, rise and fall, workplace, down on your luck, parents and children, life is a bitch, interracial couple, finance, father son relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A solitary woman (Melissa Leo) earning her living by delivering mail and body piercing, makes every attempt to help her volatile adult daughter (Marin Ireland) get on her feet, and in-so-doing neglects herself, channeling all of her womanly desires ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, fall in love, life is a bitch, addiction, drug abuse, love and romance, parents and children, single parent, sexual attraction, passionate kiss, profanity, hudson river ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever.
Style:
sexy, touching, serious, realistic, sexual
Plot:
stripper, lap dance, exotic dancer, strip club, female nudity, sex scene, interracial sex, infidelity, cancer, moral dilemma, dancer's life, life turned upside down ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of their evil, which she believes to be the cause of their mother's mental illness. ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, atmospheric, controversial ...
Plot:
mental illness, girl, dysfunctional family, youth, child's point of view, spirituality, divine intervention, sister sister relationship, obsession, coming of age, mysticism, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, interracial relations, estrangement, interracial rape, death in the family, haunted by the past, family problems, society, hopes, unfulfillment, dysfunctional family, family gatherings ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa, alabama
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Samantha is recovering from a suicide attempt and ready for a fresh start in life. She has to fight for the custody of her daughter.
Style:
sincere, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
parents and children, custody, mental illness, family life, starting over, hopes, family relations, family problems, mother daughter relationship, depressed woman, rock paper scissors, suicide attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman named Esmeralda and her family move to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. The transition is difficult due to the many challenges she and her family face.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, hispanic
Plot:
immigrant, lifestyle, human spirit, rise to the top, family life, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, hopes, youth, single parent, teachers and students ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, puerto rico, usa, latin america, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
20%
306
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot:
hopes, redemption, island, starting over, social misfits, couple relations, human nature, estrangement, family problems, friendship, ocean, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the deaths of her adoptive parents. She finds that connection with her birth family in the Navajo community. But ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, sexual
Plot:
self discovery, adoption, starting over, couple relations, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, twins, society, family life, orphan, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bilal, a Muslim high school senior works at his family's long-owned taxi stand. "The Stand," as they call it, has been the source of all activity and money for the family for the last sixty years. It seems like Bílal is about to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, follow your dream, teenage life, family business, society, youth, hopes, human spirit, workplace, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
20%
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:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
youth, golf, hopes, coming of age, teenage life, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, daydreamer, misfit, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
missionary, couples, redemption, self discovery, life is a bitch, youth, working class, terminal illness, disorder, family relations, tragic hero, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
20%
740
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:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching, sad
Plot:
family relations, single parent, haunted by the past, parents and children, youth, social relations, suburbs, coming of age, self discovery, teenage life, teenager, boat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
20%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Single mother Tyree Battle struggles to keep her young son Thaniel away from the gang-plagued city streets that he is mixed up in. Under severe gang pressure, Thaniel accidentally shoots Jewish shopkeeper Eli Zeal in a botched robbery attempt. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, gang, homecoming, family problems, self discovery, aging, redemption, single parent, youth, going straight, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bob is a landscape gardener and handyman with a typical American family. But his ailing father, Buster, is hiding a secret past while his sister, Stephanie, holds onto a secret of her own. When Bob proposes to his girlfriend and gets involved in a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere, independent film
Plot:
life turned upside down, family life, hopes, parents and children, under the surface, family relations, nothing goes right, family problems, disorder, dysfunctional family, destiny, suburban life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
disability, jazz, youth, music, illness, misfit, hopes, love and romance, single parent, prodigy, lifestyle, musician's life ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, canada
Similarity:
19%
230
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, bleak
Plot:
introspection, follow your dream, moral dilemma, relationship vs career, ambition, workplace situations, parents and children, workplace, couples, hopes, family life, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a freezing January evening, school bus driver Lesley completes her route, but her final inspection abruptly ends when a bluebird comes into view. What happens next shakes her small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have ...
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, winter, family problems, family in crisis, youth, single parent, dysfunctional family, drug abuse, teenage life, parents and children, working class, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
lesbian, family life, dysfunctional family, family problems, culture clash, parents and children, single parent, human nature, youth, family in crisis, suburbs, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
18%
201
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, Harvest is a portrait of a family awkwardly yet delicately hanging on to what was, what ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
war veteran, summer, self discovery, family gatherings, youth, elderly, homecoming, family problems, hopes, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
single father, family in crisis, babies and infants, family relations, single parent, family problems, parents and children, life turned upside down, parent child relationship, death in the family, father son relationship, baby ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed violent crimes who nobody else takes on. She gradually got estranged from her family, but ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, serious
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, parents and children, mental illness, unfulfillment, aging, family problems, lawyer, getting home, love, village, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. During her heavy drinking period she divorced and lost custody of her two boys. Now she wants them to be a part of her life ...
Style:
sexy, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, estrangement, starting over, parents and children, haunted by the past, family problems, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, actor's life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, coming of age, family relations, family in crisis, family problems, couple relations, teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hospital, working class, single parent ...
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle of the annual Mummer's Parade.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, society, divorce, parents separation, young lovers, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Al Klein and his longtime friend, Ash Martini, own a used car lot and these two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Klein still pines for his ex-wife Barbara who left him years ago for a more successful man. After their son ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, comedy drama ...
Plot:
family business, workplace, parents and children, disorder, dealer, workplace situations, father son relationship, mentor, escapades, male protagonist, frustration, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League ...
Style:
contemplative, independent film, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, family problems, mentally challenged, family life, parents and children, sister sister relationship, mental retardation, ghost writer, bad father, human nature, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, harvard university, yale university
Similarity:
18%
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