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My So-Called Father (2014)
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Original name: Min så kallade pappa
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A daughter helps her estranged father who's lost his memory.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
pregnant woman, estranged father, memory loss, parent child relationship, family reunited, family relations, teacher, pregnancy, father daughter relationship, single parent, breakup, recovery, search for father, pregnant daughter, father and daughter, breaking up with girlfriend, memory lapse, artists and showbiz, father daughter conflict, death, hospital, childbirth, actor, amnesia, school teacher ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe
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Most similar movies to My So-Called Father
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, captivating, serious and sincere films with plots about family relations, parents and children, father daughter relationship, family problems, single parent, dysfunctional family and pregnancy mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like My So-Called Father: Like Father (2018), Belleville-Tokyo (2010), Charter (2020), Day and Night (2004), Suddenly (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a workaholic young executive, is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few ...
Style:
light, sincere, sweet, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, workaholic, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict, breakup, parents and children, family relations, father and daughter, humour, family reunited, relationships, travel ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Un couple se dirige vers un train en partance pour Venise. Sur le quai, Julien annonce à Marie qu’il part en rejoindre une autre et s’en va, la laissant seule à Paris, enceinte. Bouleversée, Marie se refuse à être victime de cette ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couple relations, friendship, breakup, workplace, couples, theater, boss and employee, love and romance, family problems, male female relationship, pregnant woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a recent and difficult divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot:
custody battle, abduction, boy, children, family relations, on the run, family conflict, husband wife conflict, father son relationship, resort, mother daughter conflict, teenage girl ...
Place:
canary islands, eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
DAY AND NIGHT is about people that love and want to be loved. It's the story of a father, his young son, his unfaithful wife, her secret lover, his young mistress, his lonely sister, his forgetful mother, a fanatic football coach, a pregnant ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, mistress, love triangle, estrangement, looking for love, infidelity, couples, family relations, human nature, parents and children, suicide, soccer coach ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
65%
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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:
60%
152
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You is a love story. It spans 21 years, bouncing around in time, creating a kind of family quilt that wraps around a father as he struggles to overcome the grief of losing his beloved wife and raise their daughter alone. A coming-of-age journey for ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, parents and children, redemption, hopes, single parent, haunted by the past, love, teenager, loss of mother, friendship, grieving widower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
142
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dom, 36 years old, is a sailor on board of the fishing boat Petit Gael II from the port of Les Sables d'Olonne, a small town in western France. He is used to leave for the open sea for at least three weeks in a row. Despite of his absences, his ...
Style:
psychological, touching, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
fisherman, children, teenager, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, divorced man, moral dilemma, family relations, storytelling, parents and children, boat, tattoo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany ...
Style:
captivating, touching, sentimental, sincere, art house ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, parents and children, poverty, family relations, society, teenage life, elderly, social misfits, grandfather granddaughter relationship, father daughter relationship, very little dialogue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, greece, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
56%
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193
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
parents and children, couples, family problems, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, cancer, rock, strong female presence, female pubic hair, bullfighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mika arrives in Poland to pay a hospital visit to her father, who is suffering from severe brain injury and memory loss. It's the first time they have met in many years, yet her father thinks they still live together and she's a teenager. ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, art film ...
Plot:
memory, father daughter relationship, memory loss, dementia, family relations, relationships, introspection, amnesiac, family life, estrangement, alienation, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
47%
536
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and further apart a mysterious stranger with ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, thoughtful, life turned upside down, family in crisis, down on your luck, gift, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
45%
884
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman finds out she's pregnant and returns home when the expected father wants nothing to do with her.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, family relations, family life, parents and children, single parent, unsupportive spouse, homecoming, love, older man younger woman romance, vicious, women, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, ireland
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Moa is in her early 20s, works at a factory and lives by herself in a cottage in the forest. She is a vegan and follows her friends and demonstrations, mostly to fit in. But at home, by herself, she listens to pop music and use make-up.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
vegetarian, small town, family relations, youth, teenage life, friendship, teenager, relationships, coming of age, feminism, aging, adoption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get past their grievances to be a family again?
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, family gatherings, family relations, estranged father, homecoming, sibling relationship, parents and children, brother sister relationship, siblings, xmas, christmas eve ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ireland, long island
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted into the equation is Lisa’s young son, Leo. However, their simple existence is thrown into disarray when Marie meets and falls in love with Alex, a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, indie film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family problems, love and romance, parents and children, family relations, haunted by the past, sister sister relationship, bookstore, nudity, male nudity, female nudity, psychology, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, lyon, europe
Similarity:
42%
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:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding ...
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, uplifting
Plot:
childhood, parent child relationship, search for father, mother daughter relationship, single mother, motherhood, stealing a car, father daughter relationship, child, dating, single parent, woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dysfunctional Irish family gathers after the death of their patriarch.
Style:
psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, secret, family relations, family reunited, family conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, love, family gatherings, family tragedy ...
Place:
ireland, new york
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
Style:
anthology, sincere, touching, captivating, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter conflict, mother daughter relationship, photograph, mother, daughter, holiday, photographer, mother and daughter, pregnancy, pregnant woman, paternity revealed, rock band ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
horse, father daughter reunion, youth, teenage life, parents and children, family life, family problems, family relations, single parent, love and romance, dysfunctional family, estrangement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, estrangement, single parent, custody, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, pregnancy, love, child hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, england, los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Gaby owns a farm on which he raises lambs: Bouchard & Sons Farm. But he has no sons. Rather, he has two daughters that he raised like princesses and who live far away, in the big city. One day, the oldest asks him for some financial support ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
farm, parents and children, introspection, family relations, selflessness, countryside, father daughter relationship, elderly, father, old man, farmer, rural area ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Minoo returns to her family in Sweden to attend her sister Gita's wedding. Her mother and father believe that she has disgraced the family having worked as a stripper.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, bilingual
Plot:
family relations, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, overprotective parent, wedding party, argument, bad father, immigrant, father, hair salon, mother ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
35%
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244
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
sisters, family relations, family problems, youth, introspection, parents and children, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, self discovery, obsessive quest, single parent, coming of age ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
italy, lyon, europe, france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Realizing that her unknown biological father is probably alive, Sofia leaves behind a degrading and humiliating life and embarks on a journey with her naive half-sister Olivia, both girls hoping to find the caring father figure they so desperately ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, captivating, touching
Plot:
estranged father, father daughter relationship, girl, sister sister relationship, post traumatic stress, hitchhiker, hitchhiking, teenage girl, sisters, female friendship, ptsd, friendship between girls ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
DNA revolves around a woman with close ties to a beloved Algerian grandfather who protected her from a toxic home life as a child. When he dies, it triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate revealing ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, serious, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, family crisis, loss of grandfather, estranged father, male female friendship, alzheimer's disease, family conflict, death of grandfather, grief, woman, female protagonist, photography ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
algeria, paris france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
parents separation, family life, mother and son, aging, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, terminal illness, single parent, fighting illness, nursing, overprotective mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, asia, japan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sibling rivalry and other conflicts are revealed as one daughter, now a successful modern artist living in New York, returns to visit her Texas family.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, captivating, psychological
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, rancher, husband wife relationship, homecoming, manipulation, sibling rivalry, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, family reunited, male female relationship ...
Place:
austin texas, texas
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After learning from her mother that her father lives in India, a young woman goes there to meet him for the first time.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, culture clash, parents and children, single parent, estrangement, search for father, absent father, against the odds, family bonds, long lost relative, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, canada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and because she feels she has someone to love; someone who can love her in return. Everything changes when ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, teenage life, immaturity, family problems, couples, babies and infants, hopes, pregnancy, dysfunctional family, youth, mother child relationship, birth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
33%
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