Movies like Palmer

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Palmer (2021)
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Palmer (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.
Style: thought provoking, touching, captivating, inspirational, dramatic, cult classic, crying, motivational
Audience: date night, teen drama
Plot: ex convict, little boy, lgbtq, starting over, lgbt, small town, tough guy, friendship, boy, funeral, death of grandmother, grandmother grandson relationship, gay, poverty, life is a bitch, new life, open relationship, social problems, family problems, relocation, grandmother, dark past, confronting the past, troubled past, drug ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Keyword: challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, touching, realistic and serious films with plots about lgbt, lgbtq, gay, friendship, family relations, life is a bitch and family problems mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Palmer: My Own Private Idaho (1991), Adopt a Highway (2019), The Fallout (2021), One Percent More Humid (2017), The Boys in the Band (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style: road movie, surreal, art house, lgbt cinema, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, homosexual, friendship, homosexuality, friendship between men, lgbt, male prostitute, character study, alienation, unrequited love, love, road trip ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place: idaho, portland oregon, seattle, rome italy, indiana ...
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Adopt a Highway (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Having spent the last 21 years in a Californian prison for possession of marijuana, a middle-aged man must find his way in a world that has changed completely since he was incarcerated in the 1990's. Finding an abandoned baby in a dumpster sets ...
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, touching, colorful, scenic ...
Plot: ex convict, baby, new life, angst, journey, parenting, internet, adoption, baby girl, abandoned baby, loss of job, foster home ...
Place: usa, california
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100%
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The Fallout (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Style: suspense, emotional, disturbing, psychological, teen ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: lgbt, school shooting, lesbian love, high school student, teenage life, teenage crush, psychological trauma, tragic event, post traumatic stress, social problems, family problems, love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
One Percent More Humid (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A pair of childhood friends reunite during their summer break from college and deal with a traumatizing experience from their past.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, independent film
Plot: grownups, friendship, best friend, relationship problems, couple relations, confronting the past, couples, love triangle, tragic love, love interest, summer vacation, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Boys in the Band (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story: At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
Style: realistic, heartbreaking, serious, compassionate, powerful ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, friendship, gay crush, gay cruising, lgbtq, male objectification, mental health, male pubic hair ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1968
Place: new york
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100%
Turn the River (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Style: realistic, psychological, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: billiards, gambling, kidnapping, family relations, family problems, hopes, dysfunctional family, addiction, parents and children, estrangement, introspection, starting over ...
Time: year 2007
Place: canada, new york, usa
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100%
Everything Must Go (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style: touching, realistic, feel good, humorous, talky ...
Plot: friendship, addiction, salesman, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over, marital problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, texas, phoenix arizona
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100%
The Florida Project (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Style: touching, sincere, aesthetic, social, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: poverty, mother daughter relationship, social services, friendship, children, motel, summer, single mother, little girl, childhood, eviction, female friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: florida, nebraska, orlando florida
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33%
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José (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min.
Story: José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay relationship, lgbt, sex scene, religion, male pubic hair, gay sex, lgbtq, gay slur, love, grandmother ...
Place: guatemala
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Alaska Is a Drag (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Tough, but diva fabulous, Leo, an aspiring drag superstar, is stuck working in a fish cannery in Alaska. He and his twin sister are trapped in the monotony of fist fights and fish guts. Out of necessity, Leo learned to fight back, which catches the ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, brother sister relationship, lgbtq, life is a bitch, wrestler, fight, social problems, fistfight, drag racing, african, lesbian ...
Place: alaska
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48%
Prisoner's Daughter (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. When his daughter’s abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: father daughter relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, social problems, family problems, family relations, ex convict, relationship problems, kids and family, dysfunctional family, prisoner, family life ...
Place: las vegas
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Private Desert (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 121 min.
Story: 40-year-old Daniel has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation for violence. When Sara, his internet love affair, stops answering his texts he decides to drive north in search of her, starting on what is apparently ...
Style: psychological, touching, talky, sexy, romantic ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, police officer, male nudity, gay club, love, obsession, gay lead character, sex scene, road trip, lgbt, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: northeast brazil
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We the Animals (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.
Style: captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching, indie film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: boy, lgbt, gay, coming of age, family relations, gay porn, father son relationship, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, theft, birthday, marriage ...
Place: new york state, philadelphia, spain, brooklyn new york city, new york
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47%
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Little Birds (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lily and Alison face a life-changing event after they leave their Salton Sea home and follow the boys they meet back to Los Angeles.
Style: touching, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: attempted rape, teenage life, coming of age, self discovery, rebellion, youth, street kid, estrangement, bait, leaving home, adolescence vs adulthood, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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47%
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Honey Boy (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Style: inspirational, independent film, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father son relationship, rehabilitation, absent mother, child protagonist, abusive father, motel, child, alcoholic father, forgiveness, group therapy, childhood trauma, boyhood ...
Time: year 2019, year 2015, 90s, year 2005, year 1995 ...
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46%
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Life Support (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, sincere ...
Plot: aids, hiv, drug abuse, lifestyle, going straight, friendship, drug addict, addiction, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, hopes, society ...
Place: new york, usa
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Bad Hair (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, political ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, single parent, obsession, family relations, society, urban ghetto, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: venezuela, africa
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46%
Around the Block (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, deep ...
Plot: teacher, urban ghetto, school, dysfunctional family, youth, idealism, hopes, society, lesbian, lgbtq, fall in love, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, new south wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Dark Side of Love (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two brothers on different life paths, a gay waiter with a crush on an eligible bachelor and a drug addict in a twisted dependent relationships with his girlfriend, reunite to mourn the death of their mother.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: gay, family relations, addiction, family problems, estrangement, death in the family, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, lgbtq, male pubic hair, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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45%
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Sparrows (2015)
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, suspenseful, sincere, melancholic
Plot: coming of age, absent mother, sex scene, grandmother, small town, childhood friend, gay, incest, boyhood, father, child, boy ...
Place: iceland, reykjavik iceland
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44%
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, lgbt, gay, transsexual, homecoming, going straight, starting over, family problems, estrangement, redemption, dysfunctional family, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
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All Together Now (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
Style: captivating, thought provoking, touching, psychological, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, homeless, poverty, school, mother daughter relationship, death of mother, parents and children, dream, best friend, friends, social relations, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2020s
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God Made Man (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Leading double lives and seeking redemption, a transgender man, a drag queen and a corrupt lawyer collide in this urban purgatory.
Style: neo noir, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, homelessness, crooked lawyer, drag queen, transgender, oral sex, sex addict, transsexual, lgbtq, dance, blackmail, gay ...
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44%
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Nowhere (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "Nowhere" is a drama about Adrian and Sebastian, a Colombia couple living together in New York City. When Sebastian is faced with immigration complications, Adrian must learn to overcome his fear of rejection from his family back in ...
Style: romantic, psychological, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay love, immigration, gay couple, fall in love, chase, escapades, gay relationship, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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44%
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Any Day Now (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal ...
Style: thought provoking, sad, sincere, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, adoption, gay adoption, lgbt, gay couple, down syndrome, homosexual, gay slur, gay parent, district attorney, disability ...
Time: 70s, year 2012, year 1979, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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44%
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Spa Night (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
Style: serious, sincere, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, lgbt, korean american, dysfunctional family, spa, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, gay crush, gay interest, immigrant, gay slur ...
Place: los angeles
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44%
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: friendship, small town, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, small town life, cannibalism, female bonding, midlife crisis, female protagonist, discrimination, lesbian love ...
Time: 1920s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.7
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Ironweed (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery ...
Style: touching, intense, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, homeless, mental illness, redemption, alcoholism, halloween, couple relations, best friend, parents and children, rich and poor, buddies, human nature ...
Time: 1900s, 1930s, year 1987, 1910s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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43%
Two Men in Town (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Algeria, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: sheriff, haunted by the past, starting over, going straight, small town, friendship, society, redemption, parole, convict, arrest, mexican american border ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Funny Boy (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay teenager, name calling, civil war, family relations, relationships, lgbtq, ethnic slur, star crossed lovers, relationship problems, social problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: sri lanka
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