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To the Bone (2017)
59K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
Style:
bleak, captivating, emotional, teen, psychological, sad, factual, cult classic, aesthetic, profound ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
eating disorder, illness, anorexia, mental health, therapy, suicide, psychology, stepmother, mental illness, self harm, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, psychologist, life is a bitch, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, psychological manipulation, fighting illness, health situation, teenager, lgbt, youth, experiment, unconventional method ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
arizona, los angeles, phoenix arizona
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Most similar movies to To the Bone
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, realistic, serious and disturbing films with plots about illness, mental illness, mental health, life is a bitch, family problems, hospital and mental disorder mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres. Some movies like To the Bone: Little Miss Perfect (2016), My Skinny Sister (2015), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Hunger Point (2003), Red Band Society (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, thought provoking
Plot:
anorexia, self harm, weight loss, eating disorder, student, teenager, high school, family problems, peer pressure, teenage girl, child illness, social problems ...
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89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. The disease slowly tears the family apart. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal told with warmth, depth ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
anorexia, teenage girl, eating disorder, sisterhood, mental disorder, family relations, siblings relations, youth, kids in trouble, parents and children, illness, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style:
psychological, crying, gothic, serious, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental illness, suicide, coming of age, psychiatric ward, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, psychiatrist, borderline personality disorder, insanity, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1967, 60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Meet the Hunters your typical all-American family: two committed parents and two lovely daughters. However, looks can be deceiving because this family is plagued by the nit-picking comments of an overzealous mother determined to keep her daughters ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot:
eating disorder, mental illness, mental institution, self harm, dysfunctional family, family relations, obsession, family problems, life is a bitch, physical appearance, parents and children, anorexia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Children and teenagers become friends in a hospital where they are all patients. Together they try to escape the sad reality to create their own world with their own codes , while the nursing staff do their best to bring them a little happiness ...
Style:
touching, captivating, compassionate, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage life, medical, doctors and patients, sick child, friendship, anorexia, medicine, child cancer, youth, teenager, hopes, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
86%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them - even their dreams are connected.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
anorexia, eating disorder, youth, love, hospital, hospitalization, life is a bitch, adaptation, illness, mental illness, redemption, society ...
Similarity:
73%
107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
100%
40K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Style:
depressing, heartbreaking, sentimental, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
loneliness, sex, drug addiction, obsession, depression, mental health, suicide, friendship, mental disorder, dead child, loss of wife, suicide attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, mexico, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, drug, junkie, loneliness, mental illness, depression, dream, subculture ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
britain, america, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip. The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, mental health, missing person, male female relationship, domestic violence, media frenzy, true crime, relationship problems, road trip, problem, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
usa, wyoming, florida, utah
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, sad, islamic, entertaining
Plot:
iraq iran war, iranian, child illness, pregnant woman, family problems, pregnancy, mother child relationship, illness, dysfunctional family, parenthood, relationship problems, motherhood ...
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, iraq
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lydia is an overweight sales clerk in a trendy home furnishings store, nearing 30. Though she is a member of a Fat Acceptance Group (a movement dedicated to fighting prejudice against overweight people), she is still struggling with complex feelings ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
support group, friendship, anorexia, unlikely couple, friends, looking for love, human nature, misfit, physical appearance, acceptance, obesity, real estate agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Vittorio is looking for a woman who matches his ideal. Through a classified ad he meets Sonia, a sweet, pleasant, intelligent girl. However, she weighs 125 pounds -- which according to Vittorio is way too much. A goldsmith by trade, Vittorio is ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, disturbing, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
sex horror, starvation, destructive relationship, love affair, couples, human nature, haunted by the past, sexual dysfunction, sexual relations, infidelity, anorexia, imprisonment ...
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, paranoid schizophrenia, mental disorder, mother and daughter, mental illness, mental health, grownups, life is a bitch, family problems, moral dilemma, parents and children, paranoid ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Obsessed with perfection, young gymnast Andie Bradley nearly starves herself to realize her dream of making the Olympic gymnastics team.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, sincere, psychotronic
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
eating disorder, bulimia, gymnastics, anorexia, gymnast, mental illness, weight loss, self harm, illness, public humiliation, humiliation, mental health ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
13%
32K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to ...
Style:
touching, psychological, independent film, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage girl, rape, bullying, youth, rape victim, school, teenage life, innocence lost, teenager, unsupportive friend, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, social, disturbing, neurotic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
eating disorder, anorexia, obsession, physical appearance, weight loss, dancer, internet, imaginary friend, social issues, family problems, social problems, lifestyle change ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, distraught from her vain attempt to connect with her estranged mother, resorts to cutting herself. When she develops an online relationship with an older woman, she learns to accept her sexuality and the endless solitude of sprawling ...
Style:
touching, serious, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, losing-it hero, hopes, coming of age, teenage girl, female sexuality, lesbian interest, solitude, introspection, teenage life, family problems, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is faced with a choice to fight for her life or sacrifice it for another. After years of infertility, a newly-expectant mother is diagnosed with a life-altering disease.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, medical drama, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
motherhood, choice, female protagonist, parenthood, infertility, mother, pregnant woman, sacrifice, pregnancy, woman, ethical dilemma, mother love ...
Similarity:
24%
19K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, sad ...
Plot:
tragedy, violent, church, forgiveness, mass murder, parents, grief, multiple perspectives, mental disorder, relationship problems, backfire, bereavement ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style:
psychological, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place:
oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
What would you do to save your child? A young teenager struggles with a debilitating mental illness as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the rest of her family.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, cult classic ...
Plot:
mental health, mental illness, coming of age, bipolar disorder, family relations, teenager, family problems, teenage boy, parents and children, human nature, teenage life, mother son relationship ...
Similarity:
24%
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348K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style:
cerebral, clever, depressing, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, social problems, human nature, child prodigy, coincidence, depression, sex, cancer, fictional game show, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, terminal illness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, reno nevada
Similarity:
23%
150K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, sad, depressing, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, memory loss, illness, supportive spouse, mother daughter relationship, columbia university, family bonds, terminal illness, family drama, relationships, psychology, memory lapse ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
sheriff, mother child relationship, parent child relationship, family problems, misfit, life is a bitch, family relations, mentally unstable, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, extramarital affair ...
Time:
21st century, labor day
Place:
virginia, usa, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
23%
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, independent film, depressing, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, depression, self harm, addiction, mental health, manic, psychology, therapy, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
new jersey, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of friends travels to the beach to encourage Jason, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. The journey is rooted in nostalgia and desire for a meaningful farewell, although the friends avoid the subject of Jason's illness. Some time ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, buddies, terminal illness, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, friends, dealing with death, fighting illness, illness, relationship problems, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alex, Fedja, Timo and Lara are four troubled teens for whom the upcoming Christmas eve isn't a time of peace and joy: Since they all have a history of escalating family conflicts, they'll be spending the holidays not at home, but in a ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
psychotherapy, christmas, youth, psychiatry, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, mental health, coming of age, psychiatric ward, adolescence, mental patient, troubled youth ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black (Mel Gibson) begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter (Anton Yelchin) pushes for his ...
Style:
touching, depressing, emotional, sentimental, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
depression, mental illness, happy ending, losing-it hero, midlife crisis, mental disorder, dysfunctional family, psychology, family drama, mental health, coping, cheerleader ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
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