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Orphan (2009)
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Original name: Huacho
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Chilean family deals with the new values in a quickly changing world.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
family relations, social differences, human spirit, parents and children, family life, society, family problems, introspection, hopes, village, family in crisis, poverty, lack of money, village life, social relations, bittersweet, biopic, school, video game, summer, mother, boy, old man, grandfather, bus ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
chile, latin america
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Most similar movies to Orphan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, hopes, family life, society and family in crisis mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Orphan: With a Girl of Himalaya (2008), Here and There (2012), Shirley Adams (2009), Atlantic. (2014), The Wolberg Family (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Korean executive ventures into the Himalayas in order to deliver the remains of a Nepalese migrant worker to his family.
Style:
realistic, emotional, surreal, serious, atmospheric
Plot:
family relations, obsessive quest, family problems, fish out of water, dealing with death, misfit, human nature, introspection, escapades, hopes, death in the family, family life ...
Place:
nepal, asia, korea, himalaya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Pedro returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico after years of working in the US. He finds his daughters older, and more distant than he imagined. His wife still has the same smile. Having saved some earnings from two trips to the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, psychological
Plot:
family relations, immigrant, society, hopes, parents and children, life is a bitch, getting home, music band, poverty, worker, migration, countryside ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
disability, family problems, family relations, parents and children, hopes, single parent, human spirit, life is a bitch, introspection, small town, family in crisis, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
27%
606
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Morocco, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious
Plot:
human spirit, starting over, hopes, family life, danger, escapades, ocean, survival, sea, climbing, rock climbing, nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, morocco
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
26%
144
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, France, Panama
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
With the closure of the sugar mill, the little town of Molasses is devastated, lifeless. Aldo and Monica form a young married couple that do not find a way to survive. By supporting each other, they try to save their world without loosing their ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere
Plot:
unemployment, working class, family life, social relations, parents and children, couple relations, family relations, couples, society, small town, poverty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
child prostitution, little girl, poverty, family relations, family problems, social relations, estrangement, social misfits, youth, hopes, parents and children, leaving home ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
25%
152
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, touching, sentimental, emotional, spooky ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, teenage life, introspection, culture clash, hopes, society, homecoming, immigrant, love and romance, youth, family life, social differences ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, france, africa
Similarity:
25%
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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:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alfredo and Susanna are two well-off fifty-year-olds who lead a stimulating cultural life. He is an architect and she is a psychologist; they live in Rome but spend their weekends at their country home in Umbria, where they love to spend their days ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, emotional, erotic
Plot:
idealism, life turned upside down, lifestyle, couples, life is a bitch, social differences, hopes, couple relations, family problems, culture clash, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
pension, colonel, hopes, small town, parents and children, family relations, downfall, couple relations, haunted by the past, small town life, family life, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the request of his mother Gitte, Marko, who has been living in Berlin for years, drives off to the countryside to visit his parents. His hopes of spending a quiet and relaxing time with his family fall short when Gitte surprises everyone by ...
Style:
sincere, serious, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, family relations, parents and children, introspection, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, housewife, berlin wall, stasi, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, clever, touching ...
Plot:
couples, family in crisis, destiny, family life, love and romance, family relations, social worker, unemployment, human nature, society, starting over, parents and children ...
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
23%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, optimism, society, hopes, family problems, unemployment, parents and children, husband wife relationship, loss of job, blaxploitation, strong female presence, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, latin america, colombia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Patricia (Kate Fahy) and her two children, young adults Edward (Tom Hiddleston) and Cynthia (Lydia Leonard), arrive for a break at a holiday cottage. As rain and wind lash against the windows, Patricia grows exasperated at the absence of her ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family in crisis, parents and children, estrangement, siblings relations, family gatherings, introspection, mental disorder, grief, nature, road trip, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
22%
426
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Mexico, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Agustín forgets things; he is aging and he knows it. María is never alone: she watches over everyone, sleeps very little, and works too much. She’s increasingly overwhelmed. One day, on impulse, María decides to abandon Agustín. The tightening ...
Style:
touching, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, working class, mental illness, society, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, single parent, poverty, nursing, urban ghetto, waiting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay, latin america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Bao stays with his grandfather for the summer and is shocked to see there are no modern appliances.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, family problems, friends, family relations, parents and children, elderly, youth, countryside, school, little boy, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
Similarity:
22%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox and feeds it to his wife and baby daughter. No-one suspects anything until the meat is finished and Helge tries to sell the hide at a local market. He is spotted by ...
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot:
starvation, social injustice, nordic, family relations, bull, poverty, social relations, family problems, social differences, prison, dysfunctional family, village life ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1991
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In a rural school in the middle of the mountains, a girl who is starting to become a woman feels the profound need to discover her true identity. She does not know who her father is and she is determined to find him, but her mother does not approve ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, obsessive quest, self discovery, on the road, family problems, hopes, youth, parents and children, teachers and students, coming of age, search for father, unknown father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
21%
355
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, love and romance, human nature, youth, family life, single parent, introspection ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
En is an 18-year-old who has lost his father to cancer. As his family is drawn together in a sudden tragedy, he has to decide what he believes in. But in a country where ideologies are forged on constantly shifting sands, he struggles to stay true ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, parents and children, family relations, introspection, teenage life, youth, soldier, missing person, alzheimer's disease, infidelity, teenage boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, singapore
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, siblings relations, self discovery, elderly, hopes, family problems, countryside, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
family life, family problems, parents and children, single parent, family gatherings, society, hopes, small town, death in the family, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The big city challenges him, though, especially when his illiteracy is exposed.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, learning
Plot:
family relations, family problems, youth, life is a bitch, hopes, society, human spirit, dysfunctional family, child illness, countryside, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
kentucky, ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ayesha is a widow with a secret past, living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border. When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives, Saleem and a few of the town's other young men ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, poignant
Plot:
islam, wartime life, family life, self discovery, politics, hopes, small town life, haunted by the past, death in the family, parents and children, culture clash, family in crisis ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 1947, year 1979
Place:
pakistan, india, middle east, asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Zion, aged 14 and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, youth, society, introspection, teenage life, haunted by the past, working class, family in crisis, siblings relations, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
homestead, family relations, power relations, estrangement, family problems, farm, social relations, human nature, countryside, family life, family in crisis, village life ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, europe, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, family problems, working class, family relations, eviction, society, suburbs, parents and children, siblings relations, poverty, child ...
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot:
family relations, forbidden love, family problems, family gatherings, family life, wartime life, life is a bitch, love and romance, bittersweet, village, family in crisis, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lebanon, israel, middle east
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to move on with their lives together.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, starting over, single parent, teenage life, family problems, death in the family, youth, introspection, hopes, parents and children, family in crisis, single father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
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