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April's Daughter (2017)
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Original name: Las hijas de Abril
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother. April arrives, willing to her daughters, but we soon understand why Valeria had wanted her to stay away.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, melancholic, cult classic
Plot:
teenage girl, real estate agent, mother daughter relationship, baby, infidelity, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager, male nudity, teenage mother, lgbt, mother in law, teenager, beach, yoga, single mother, pregnant woman, newborn baby, newborn, 17 year old, seaside, male objectification, horny woman, sexually frustrated woman, nudity, naked breasts ...
Time:
year 2017
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Most similar movies to April's Daughter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, touching, sincere and psychological films with plots about teenage girl, teenager, mother daughter relationship, female nudity, coming of age, female protagonist and cigarette smoking mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like April's Daughter: Mom at Sixteen (2005), Memory (2023), All Cats Are Grey (2014), The Unpolished (2007), Double Mommy (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, teenage mother, mother daughter relationship, mother and daughter, pregnant girl, pregnant teenager, baby, babies and infants, unwanted pregnancy, wanting a baby, pregnancy, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
nova scotia, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Chile, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as ...
Plot:
dementia, high school reunion, caregiver, recovering alcoholic, single mother, childhood trauma, female nudity, teenage girl, social worker, memory, abuse, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
This Belgian drama is about the special bond between father and daughter. Paul is a 46 year old PI. Dorothy is almost 16 and has an identity crisis when she finds out her father isn't her biological father. Her mother won't tell her ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
private detective, unknown father, obsession, youth, teenage life, paternity revealed, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, fatherhood, nightclub, coming of age, photograph ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, europe, belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, sincere, serious
Plot:
dysfunctional family, generation gap, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, parent child relationship, relocation, coming of age, drug use, unfaithful husband, female nudity, cheating wife, bare breasts ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a paternity test, they find out that Ryan is only the father of ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, touching, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, love, twins, teenager, relationships, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, pregnancy, twists and turns, love triangle ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík, She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspenseful, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, absent mother, sex scene, small town, childhood friend, gay, older woman younger man sex, female nudity, alcoholism, nudity, boyhood, lgbt ...
Place:
iceland, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, thought provoking ...
Plot:
teenage girl, pregnancy and birth, tragic love, religion, teenage protagonist, cultural difference, 17 year old, teenage boy, teenager, female protagonist, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
31%
782
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, social
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family relations, child, single mother, parents and children, fighting illness, family life, family problems, relationships, teenage life, teenage girl, illness ...
Place:
israel, palestine
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager, anti conformist, teenage girl, soldier, boyfriend, english teacher, broken engagement, 17 year old, teacher student relationship, fired from the job, chaos ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of two brothers who, even though they have absolutely nothing in common, open a bar together that quickly becomes a regular hangout for nighthawks. Despite the success, they must soon face up to the difficulties inherent in running a ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, psychological, captivating
Plot:
brother brother relationship, sex scene, baby, husband wife relationship, car, money, infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, alcohol abuse, cafe, smoking, cocaine ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story revolves around 22-year-old Laure, who is trying to find her feet. After performing brilliantly in her literature studies, she enrols as a communications officer in the Naval Fusiliers. She will quickly have to adapt to and assimilate the ...
Style:
inspirational, light, sincere, semi serious
Plot:
male objectification, seaside, military, sea, mother daughter relationship, mentor, female nudity, female soldier, women in the military, translator, sex scene, beach ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, crying, independent film ...
Plot:
teenage girl, statutory rape, teenage sex, summer vacation, mother daughter relationship, sex with a minor, teenager, teenage life, teenage love, couple relations, intrigue, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to ...
Plot:
stepfather, female nudity, child abuse, bare breasts, pregnant teenager, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, nudity, male pubic hair, rural setting, bare butt, pregnant woman, sexual relations ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ely is 17 years old. After school, she works few hours at a pet shop. When Ely learns that she is pregnant, her inner world explodes even though she tries to go on with her daily routine as if nothing was different. She is afraid and upset, and she ...
Style:
psychological, tense, contemplative, touching, unusual plot structure
Plot:
teenager, 17 year old, teenage protagonist, female protagonist, teen angst, pregnancy, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, friends, love, homeless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
teenage girl, female protagonist, social problems, teenager, parents and children, family problems, grownups, sex scene, coming of age, 16 year old, singing, police ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Fatima, a Moroccan-born woman who now lives in France with her two teenage daughters, with whom she is barely able to communicate.
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, captivating
Plot:
studying, racism, muslim woman, mother daughter relationship, separated parents, female protagonist, language barrier, cleaning lady, working class, school, single mother, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
algeria, middle east, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man calls into question his life choices and his own morals after a flirtation with a teenage girl at the beach.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, ambiguous ending
Plot:
beach, teenager, infidelity, marital infidelity, teenage girl, couple relations, relationships, beach party, writers, male female relationship, character study, coastal town ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
29%
342
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A tearaway teenage girl, at war with her mum, and trying to take control of her life, forms an amazing and unbreakable bond with a new friend. They raise hell, stick two fingers up at the world, and laugh like they never have before... but can Ellen ...
Style:
captivating, melancholic, rough, touching, disturbing
Plot:
teenage girl, underage sex, sex with a minor, older man teenage girl relationship, mother daughter relationship, single mother, friendship, party, female friendship, friend, female protagonist, dancing ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
scotland, london
Similarity:
29%
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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:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Ireland, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jade is a young mother in the prime of her life when an acid attack leaves her severely burned. While her face has been reconstructed, her beauty is lost beneath the scars. Descending a self-destructive path with relationships crumbling, Jade must ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, touching, sentimental
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
plastic surgery, women, single mother, friendship, infidelity, trial, baby, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, adaptation, catastrophe, society ...
Place:
morocco
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After moving in with her boyfriend, Mila becomes aware of her loss of desire.
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
female nudity, female exhibitionist, sexual repression, female sexuality, nightclub, teenage girl, sea, woman, phantom, nudity, beach, dancing ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the expectations of three generations, she tries to discover who she really ...
Style:
touching, psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, lgbt, family relations, death of mother, cancer, mother daughter relationship, loss of mother, terminal illness, lesbian, sex scene, teenager ...
Similarity:
28%
607
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Lena is a lonely, plump adolescent girl. Much to her surprise she gets a relationship with the popular but unreliable Daan. Lena moves in with Daan and his strange father Tom and is willing to do a lot for his love. More than a lot.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, leaving home, older man younger woman sex, teenage love, parents and children, physical appearance, teenage life, youth, family relations, family problems, teenager, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, europe, rotterdam netherlands
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
TIERRA MADRE is based on the true story of Aidee Gonzalez, a woman determined to raise her children with her female partner in the Mexican border town of Tecate. Aidee works hard as an exotic dancer providing for her family. One day her girlfriend ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
lesbian, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, society, gays and lesbians, friendship, couples, friends, gay parent, mother daughter relationship, infidelity, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the death of her mother, 17-year-old Prudence finds herself living alone in her Paris apartment. Then she meets Maryline, a rebel of her own age, who introduces her to the thrills of motorcycle racing on the biker circuit at Rungis. ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, teenage love, family problems, teenage girl, troubled youth, drug abuse, woman, death in the family, car race, motorcycle race ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
28%
279
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, sexual awakening, youth, teenage life, teenage love, family relations, parents and children, bittersweet, teenage boy, teenage girl, nude young male, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Greg and Kellie are two well adjusted and highly-motivated teenagers, from happy homes with loving parents. They find they have much in common, including their future college goals, their love of family and the Lord. They fall in love and into ...
Style:
independent film, christian film
Plot:
pregnant teenager, faith, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, love, teenage boy, doctor, dream, unplanned pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, hospital ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
It's 1956 in the beach town of Trilby. After asking the questions pertaining to the situation, sixteen year old working class Robert Joseph Jones - who prefers to be called Bo Jo - asks his same aged girlfriend, upper middle class Julie Greher, ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, coming of age, family conflict, class differences, small town, working class, gender roles, societal hypocrisy, pregnant teenager, teenage mother, pregnancy and birth, romantic triangle ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old girl in the deprived outskirts of a sprawling Sicilian city becomes a local celebrity to her needy community when word spreads that she just might be able to perform miracles.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, teenage life, satire, family problems, lifestyle, youth, society, hopes, parents and children, dysfunctional family, suburbs, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sicily, italy, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sixteen-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition, and their time together becomes limited to Tuesdays. This emotionally charged story of desire, responsibility, and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, captivating ...
Plot:
teenage girl, gender, coming of age, lgbtq, lgbt, lgbt teen, transgender, disorder, youth, parents and children, transsexual, realism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
28%
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