Movies like The Third Side of the River
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The Third Side of the River (2014)
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Original name: La tercera orilla
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tensions rise when a doctor (Daniel Veronese) pressures his teenage son to follow in his footsteps.
Style:
emotional, realistic, psychological, tense, serious
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, teenage life, small town, under the surface, father son relationship, double life, father, youth, social relations, small town life, favoritism, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
argentina, latin america
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Most similar movies to The Third Side of the River
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, youth, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, coming of age and teenage life mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Third Side of the River: Absence (2014), Little Glory (2011), Rebounce (2011), Thursday Till Sunday (2012), Swimmers (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A daily, familiar, sexual and emotional drama. Based on the character Serginho, the plot is based around various aspects of this "no longer a boy, not yet a man". We follow his day to day: the recently acquired role of man of the house, ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, bleak
Plot:
teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, youth, family problems, child as adult, family relations, teachers and students, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boy ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After his parents’ death, Shawn, 19 and mildly delinquent, tries to look after his little sister to cash in on his dad’s life insurance. But you can’t buy love -- and you sure can’t ignore it. Shawn will find out he’s got more to gain by ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
custody, family problems, coming of age, family relations, teenage life, rivalry, youth, family life, small town, dog, siblings relations, brother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
316
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
REBOUNCE is a colorful, tough and powerful film featuring Frederikke Dahl Hansen in the leading role. She plays opposite Anne Sofie Espersen and Dar Salim, and despite being only 16 years old she portrays toughness, charm, and vulnerability ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, rough, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
age difference, coming of age, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, family relations, drug abuse, adolescence vs adulthood, dysfunctional family, youth, mother, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, europe
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74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As she and her family embark on a short vacation, a Chilean teenager slowly comes to the realization that her parents might be splitting up.
Style:
serious, tense, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, parents and children, on the road, bittersweet, protecting from truth, crumbling marriage, siblings relations, under the surface, parents separation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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445
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, emotional, serious, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
youth, small town, introspection, friendship, human nature, family problems, family relations, family in crisis, swimming, sex crime, dysfunctional family, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Movies similar to My Son
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, tense
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, elderly, immigrants, golden years, society, family problems, jewish
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
172
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Life on the Rock never seemed easy, but for Mitsy it is especially rough. The teenager has been abandoned by her mother, a particularly unfit parent prone to both the bottle and the sex trade. She is left to be brought up by her mercurial ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot:
sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, prostitute, single parent, youth, family relations, estrangement, family problems, small town life, absent mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, newfoundland
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, biting
Plot:
alcohol abuse, social relations, family problems, hollywood, small town life, small town, dysfunctional family, youth, life is a bitch, suspense, religion, abuse ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
child abuse, pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, teenage life, parents and children, custody, sexual abuse, dysfunctional family, redemption, life is a bitch ...
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48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The wife and son of an unemployed, foul-tempered man suffer under ever-worsening domestic violence. One day while his father is taking a nap, the young son decides to take matters into his own hands. In a panic, the wife and son both believe the man ...
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, realistic, psychological
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive father, family problems, family relations, disability, family in crisis, life is a bitch, domestic disturbance, dysfunctional family, parents and children, couple relations, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Films like Memories of Summer
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected daughter is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sexy, sexual
Plot:
teenage life, parents and children, friendship, human nature, single parent, disgraced, youth, love and romance, family problems, family life, dysfunctional family, isolation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new england, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
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, realistic, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, death in the family, dysfunctional family, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, couples ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot:
coming of age, boy, family relations, dysfunctional family, friendship, lifestyle, parents and children, siblings relations, family problems, youth, single parent, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, disorder, youth, single parent, life turned upside down, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, addiction, children, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved man, is frustrated to find himself neglected by his own ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, grandfather granddaughter relationship, coma, husband wife relationship, hospital, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The movie spotlights an intelligent high school senior and National Merit Scholar (Bryant) who has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a high school equivalency night class, tends to the needs of her widower father, Jesse ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
single parent, small town, coming of age, teenage life, destructive relationship, family relations, couples, parents and children, lifestyle, youth, love and romance, society ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
765
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style:
captivating, touching, atmospheric, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
missing child, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, self discovery, family relations, dysfunctional family, adolescence vs adulthood, rebelliousness, rebellion, estrangement, parents and children, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mathieu Roy's L’Autre maison is an intimate and powerful family drama featuring three generations of great Quebec Actors. Marcel Sabourin plays Henri Bernard, an 86 year-old man with a failing grip on reality. His sons, a jet setting middle ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, family problems, dysfunctional family, aging, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, memory loss, elderly, father son relationship, brothers, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Noémie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from working class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world. They are a source of serious concern for family and friends, who sense them capable of going to extremes. Noémie ...
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
human nature, teenage life, society, youth, family problems, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, coming of age, rebellion, rebelliousness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Broken Roads is a contrasted portrait of life, dealing with loss, a journey of rediscovery & the hills climbed which forever change us.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
estrangement, teenage life, small town life, youth, small town, family tragedy, grandmother grandson relationship, curses spells and rituals, loss, love, death, coming of age
Time:
21st century
Place:
colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Edward's father walked out on his family years ago. In the years since, his mother has become a fundamentalist Christian and fallen for the school's self-righteous principal, Henry Howland. When Howland begins to mistreat Edward's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, contemplative
Plot:
dysfunctional family, arson, sibling relationship, vengeance, betrayal, society, coming of age, single parent, youth, school, small town life, small town ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, rough ...
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, coming of age, family relations, family problems, couple relations, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, teenage life, working class, hospital, parents and children ...
Place:
florida, usa
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41%
816
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Julien and his mum care for each other very much. But Julien has committed a deadly sin: he is growing into a teenager! Worse, he has found himself a girlfriend of his age. "Mummy" is not going to tolerate such an ignominy. Julien is HER ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
mother son relationship, teenage boy, puberty, psychological abuse, incestuous desire, domineering mother, dysfunctional family, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, suburban life, mentally unstable ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, society, youth, parents and children, small town, teenage life, sexual abuse, teenage girl, pastor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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, hopes, self discovery, elderly, family problems, parents and children, countryside, adolescence vs adulthood, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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:
touching, sincere, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, winter, family problems, family in crisis, single parent, youth, teenage life, drug abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, working class, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about liberation and redemption.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
family relations, childhood, parenthood, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, youth, coming of age, coping, orphan, troubled youth, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The difficulties two sisters face raising their teenage daughters
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family problems, coming of age, family relations, obsession, youth, family life, teenage life, hidden truth, single parent, parents and children, teenager, abusive relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Summer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, elderly lovers, youth, family life, estrangement, family problems, couples, love and romance, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On the day of his college graduation, Preston Plummer cannot think of a single thing he really loves. Adrift, Preston follows a beautiful but troubled young woman to a small island town where he begins to fall for her, but it all threatens to fall ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, realistic, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
love affair, haunted by the past, family relations, college graduate, young lovers, social relations, family problems, small town, fall in love, island, love, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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