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The Florida Project (2017)
145K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Style:
sincere, touching, inspirational, visually stunning, social, aesthetic, anamorphic, captivating, funny, political ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
friendship, poverty, social services, mother daughter relationship, children, motel, single mother, little girl, childhood, swimming pool, eviction, female friendship, waitress, summer, single parent, prostitution, friendship between girls, innocence, drug addiction, best friend, pizza, coming of age, sex work, child protagonist, prostitute ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
florida, nebraska, orlando florida
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Most similar movies to The Florida Project
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sad, independent film, weird and social films with plots about coming of age, mother daughter relationship, family relations, friendship, childhood, women and teenager mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like The Florida Project: Thirteen (2003), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Sherrybaby (2006), Capernaum (2018), Maid (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, touching, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disability, small town, mentally challenged, mental illness, self discovery, responsibility, brothers, character study, coming of age, life philosophy, life & death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 70s, 60s
Place:
iowa, texas, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, cult classic, sexual, depressing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
parole officer, drug abuse, fondling, prison, drug addict, orgasm, mother daughter relationship, support group, addiction, oral sex, starting over, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2006, 70s, 21st century
Place:
delaware, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
122K
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Style:
sad, social, depressing, rough, cynical ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
poverty, refugee, traumatic childhood, slum, misery, neglected child, child abuse, low lives, child neglect, child protagonist, starving child, child labor ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east, nebraska, sarajevo ...
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75%
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118K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Inspired by the powerful New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land, Maid will chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to - barely - make ends meet as she battles ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, deep, political ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
homelessness, single mother, children, memories, life, poor family, custody, sexualized violence, sexual abuse, job, life is a bitch, domestic violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
23K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style:
serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, indiana, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, surprise ending
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
brother sister relationship, hardship, coming of age, high school prom, poverty, library, high school student, caught stealing, teenage protagonist, death of friend, factory, police department ...
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
100%
65K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, touching, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, single mother, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, childhood, troubled teen, teenage boy, mother love, mother son relationship, teenager, adhd ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, near future, year 2015, year 1982 ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
Similarity:
100%
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68K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Style:
sexy, emotional, sincere, bleak, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, age difference, coming of age, teenage girl, rebelliousness, mother's boyfriend, hopes, dancing, youth, sexual content, older man younger woman relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, california
Similarity:
100%
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Style:
controversial, sad, independent film, crying, disgusting ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
11 year old girl, coming of age, competition, menarche, friendship, hijab, dancer, dancing, child, dancehall girl, pedophilia, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Style:
emotional, political, disturbing, realistic, compassionate ...
Plot:
poverty, working class, carpenter, bureaucracy, homeless, single mother, friendship, heart attack, self discovery, immigrant, social services, welfare ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 90s
Place:
united kingdom, england, northern england, britain
Similarity:
100%
216K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Style:
road movie, serious, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
van, homeless, motor home, on the road, loss of job, road trip, nomad, journey, desert, homelessness, skinny dipping, healing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 90s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
nevada, nebraska, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Israel, Greece
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, grim, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vacation, motherhood, flashback, beach, greek island, girl, caught masturbating, adultery, doll, sex, female nudity, infidelity ...
Time:
2020s, 90s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship ...
Style:
visually stunning, touching, captivating, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
relationships, coma, korean american, small town, architecture, friendship, family relations, social problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family life ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, year 1954, year 1950, year 2008
Place:
indiana, midwest
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Style:
depressing, sad, heartbreaking, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
sadness, family drama, loneliness, suicide attempt, depression, loss, death, uncle nephew relationship, dysfunctional family, guardian, nephew, grief ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
massachusetts, boston, nebraska, new england
Similarity:
60%
350K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Style:
sexy, inspirational, lgbt cinema, visually stunning, art house ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
forgiveness, drug dealer, lgbtq, coming of age, lgbt, african american, homosexuality, gay, gay interest, dysfunctional family, drug addict, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
florida, atlanta georgia, indiana, idaho, miami
Similarity:
100%
43K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Style:
inspirational, independent film, sincere, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
rehabilitation, childhood trauma, father son relationship, absent mother, motel, child protagonist, abusive father, child, alcoholic father, alcoholic, forgiveness, group therapy ...
Time:
year 2019, 90s, year 2015, year 1995, 2000s ...
Similarity:
100%
43K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get ...
Style:
independent film, harsh, disturbing, talky, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
lgbt, friendship, transgender, christmas, lgbtqi, christmas eve, prostitute, infidelity, male nudity, unfaithful boyfriend, pimp, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, indiana
Similarity:
100%
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525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style:
compassionate, sad, sweet, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, social worker, depression, troubled teen, teenager, foster child, adolescence, suicide attempt, coming of age, mental illness, problem child, self harm ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
50%
360K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style:
gothic, cute, art house, sexual, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, first love, loss of virginity, father daughter relationship, prom, female protagonist, teenager, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 2002, year 2003, near future ...
Place:
sacramento california, california, new york, usa
Similarity:
50%
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:
20%
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:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
childhood, divorce, child, dysfunctional family, unsupportive parent, custody battle, marriage, family in crisis, family problems, crumbling marriage, starting over, crumbling relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, crying, depressing, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
children, poverty, boy, friendship, coming of age, bully, neighbor, urban decay, rat, strike, british, death of child ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, britain, nebraska
Similarity:
18%
178K
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Style:
black and white, inspirational, period piece, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
maid, class differences, pregnant woman, servant, pregnancy, routine, nanny, mission, saving a life, child, female protagonist, middle class ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, year 1970, year 1971
Place:
mexico city, nebraska, south america, mexico
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female nudity, single mother, foster home, pregnancy and birth, single parent, motherhood, family relations, pregnant girlfriend, kids and family, family life, adoption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california, oakland california, california, bay area
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Style:
touching, depressing, atmospheric, gloomy, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
poverty, childhood, children, young kid, child abandonment, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, innocence lost, responsibility, neglect, jailbait, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia, california ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, death, boy, good deed, disfigurement, addiction, abusive husband, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
tibet, usa, nevada, las vegas
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
skateboard, skateboarder, teenage girl, feminist, mother daughter relationship, sisterhood, social media, female friendship, coming of age, food, lgbt, rebellious youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
18%
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