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Putty Hill (2010)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Friends and family of Cory, a young man who has died of an overdose, gather at a Baltimore-area karaoke bar for his wake and compare stories about him. Gradually, as it becomes clear that there are many holes in their recollections about Cory, they fill in the blanks by talking about things that reveal aspects of their own lives. Among those mourning him and searching for meaning are his cousin Jenny, his sister Zoe and his brother James.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, mumblecore, atmospheric, gloomy, independent film
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family problems, drug abuse, death in the family, life is a bitch, introspection, family in crisis, social relations, estrangement, hopes, father daughter relationship, overdose, waking up, youth, coming of age, dealing with death, death, graffiti, taxi, family relations, heroin, poverty, tattoo, getting home, skateboard ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family problems, family relations, family in crisis, hopes, dysfunctional family, parents and children and death in the family mostly in Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Putty Hill: A Long Way Home (2003), Alpha Male (2006), 33 Scenes from Life (2008), The Wool Cap (2004), When Andrew Came Home (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
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Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, estrangement, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, elderly lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
death, family relations, introspection, self discovery, family problems, parents and children, parent child relationship, dealing with death, lifestyle, hopes, estrangement, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Plot:
redemption, friendship, introspection, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, human nature, family life, custody, addiction, hopes, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sad
Plot:
kids in trouble, kidnapping, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, captivity, family in crisis, estrangement, family problems, danger, single parent, confined ...
Time:
90s
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, best friend, couples, single parent, orphan, hopes, life is a bitch, starting over, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
544
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, small town, introspection, family problems, human nature, family relations, friendship, family in crisis, swimming, swimmer, sex crime, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
death in the family, last wish, family problems, family relations, introspection, hopes, siblings relations, dealing with death, brother brother relationship, minimalism, very little dialogue, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
One summer morning, 12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene wake at dawn to pick peas and perhaps shoot a wild duck on their family's Montana farm. In a nearby pasture, Arnold's gun fires accidentally. His brother ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
farm, coming of age, boy, youth, little boy, grief, hunting, depression, death of brother, guilt, family relations, death in the family ...
Time:
80s
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriage gracefully for ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sincere, touching, serious ...
Plot:
introspection, love and romance, family problems, looking for love, couples, crumbling marriage, folklore, unfulfillment, runaway, coming of age, marital separation, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a stint in prison, Sonny returns to his home in East Texas, determined to repair his relationship with his son. Standing in his way is his brother, who has turned the home into a crumbling meth lab (IMDb.com)
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
methamphetamine, meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, drug abuse, homecoming, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, small town ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
coping, family relations, redemption, terminal illness, parents and children, estrangement, unfulfillment, family in crisis, father son relationship, asian prostitute, family problems, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, rough, informative ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, addiction, family relations, human nature, society, family problems, family in crisis, women of color, feminist, child abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Friends and family gather around the death bed of Gavin, where they assist in the dying man's suicide. But though Gavin's pain has been laid to rest, the grief felt by everyone there has only begun, and Walking on Water compassionately ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
infidelity, terminal illness, lgbt, couples, family problems, dysfunctional family, tragic love, death in the family, love and romance, introspection, youth, addiction ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, life is a bitch, hopes, coming of age, human spirit, family problems, family in crisis, terminal illness, dealing with death, child illness, sick child, first love ...
Place:
ireland, usa
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation center, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, addiction, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
609
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After their parents abandon the family, a young woman works to take care of her younger siblings.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, family problems, life is a bitch, siblings relations, family relations, college dropout, mentally challenged, amphetamine, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A reluctant reunion of two estranged sisters. One is on the verge of marriage; the other is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Both struggle with truths they're hiding from each other - and from themselves. Jenny has rejected her tumultuous ...
Style:
talky, sincere, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, siblings relations, family problems, city life, rivalry, ego clash, estrangement, lifestyle, twists and turns, mental disorder, lost girl, snobbism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
family relations, redemption, rivalry, death in the family, sport team, athlete's life, last will and testament, estrangement, father son relationship, getting home, sex with brother in law, american football ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
603
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, dishonesty, parents and children, family relations, police investigation, family problems, family in crisis, death in the family, shopping mall, family drama, families, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
225
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, poignant ...
Plot:
couples, hopes, family in crisis, family relations, starting over, redemption, couple relations, human spirit, family problems, death in the family, grief, loss ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
23%
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:
22%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in 1974 Texas, three teen siblings struggle with the death of their father and try to live with their abusive mother. When one of the teens is sent away because the mother can't cope with his autism, the teens embark on a life changing road ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
autism, road trip, dysfunctional family, family problems, on the road, youth, family relations, escapades, self discovery, obsessive quest, death in the family, teenage life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
19%
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