Movies like Minari

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Minari (2020)
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Minari (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A Korean-American family moves to Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. With the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother, the stability of their relationships is challenged even more in this new life in the rugged Ozarks, testing the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Style: sad, independent film, sincere, captivating, thought provoking, offbeat, breathtaking, social, period piece, deep ...
Audience: teens
Plot: korean american, husband wife relationship, farmer, american dream, grandmother grandson relationship, friendship, farm, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, heart condition, coming of age, coping, family life, new life, direction and purpose, social problems, aspiration, lifestyle, countryside, money problems, teenager, water, meaning of life, church, exile ...
Time: 80s, 2020s, future
Place: arkansas, east asia, nebraska
Keyword: korean, challenge

Most similar movies to Minari

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, captivating, sincere and realistic films with plots about food, husband wife relationship, family relations, eating, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship and telephone call mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Minari: Columbus (2017), Driveways (2019), That Evening Sun (2009), Places in the Heart (1984), Little Forest (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Columbus (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship ...
Style: captivating, sincere, touching, serious, cerebral ...
Plot: father son relationship, korean american, relationships, coma, small town, architecture, friendship, family relations, family life, social problems, family problems, couple relations ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 1950, year 1954, year 2008
Place: indiana, midwest
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100%
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Driveways (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with grouchy old Del from next door.
Plot: death of sister, boyhood, transformation, boy, gay, teenager, single mother, widower, birthday party, young boy, summer, neighbor ...
Time: year 2008
Place: new york state
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100%
That Evening Sun (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
Style: serious, tense, sentimental, realistic, rough ...
Plot: farm, betrayal, retirement home, homecoming, parents and children, danger, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, family problems, grudge, country, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Places in the Heart (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Style: uplifting, christian film, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night, family outing
Plot: great depression, farm, blindness, racism, small town, ku klux klan, survival, friendship, mother, blind character, bittersweet, redemption ...
Time: 1930s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1935
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Little Forest (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
Style: sincere, sad, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: countryside, cooking, farming, female protagonist, childhood friend, food, young woman, friendship, love, pet dog, winter, male female relationship ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Burning (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic ...
Style: suspense, art house, ambiguous ending, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: class differences, metaphor, suspicion, stalking, arson, anger, aspiring writer, rural setting, childhood friend, tragic love, asian, fire ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south korea, seoul, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Miss Juneteenth (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: teenage girl, single mother, american dream, beauty queen, african american, cheerleader, black, breakup, talent show, money problems, overprotective mother, freedom ...
Time: 2020s, year 2004, year 1865, year 2019
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Armageddon Time (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A deeply personal story about the strength of family, the complexity of friendship, and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
Style: semi autobiographical, disturbing, captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot: boy, american dream, coming of age, friendship, first day of school, grandfather grandson relationship, brother brother relationship, urban setting, childhood, father son relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, high school friend ...
Time: year 1980, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Blue Bayou (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
Style: thought provoking
Plot: korean american, exile, migration, tattoo, husband wife relationship, airport, father daughter relationship, adoption, deportation, east asian lead, lawyer, pregnant wife ...
Time: year 2009, year 2016, year 1981, year 1964, year 2000 ...
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.4
 38K
C'mon C'mon (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.
Style: black and white, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious ...
Plot: uncle nephew relationship, travel, family relations, nephew, child protagonist, boyhood, relationships, radio announcer, road trip, childhood, child, boy ...
Time: future
Place: new york, new orleans, los angeles, oakland california, detroit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.8
 646
So B. It (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.
Style: sad
Plot: mother daughter relationship, cross country, coming of age, young girl, mental disorder, mentally challenged person, foster parent, bank, lake, baby girl, mail, bus driver ...
Place: reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.7
 2K
Walkout (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, political ...
Plot: politics, discrimination, society, righting the wronged, fighting the system, teachers and students, lifestyle, rebelliousness, dedicated educator, activism, resistance, high school ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1968
Place: los angeles, california, usa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.1
 1K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.3
 181K
Nomadland (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Style: road movie, serious, social, sad, sincere ...
Audience: adult
Plot: van, homeless, traveler, motor home, loss of job, on the road, journey, nomad, road trip, homelessness, snow, loneliness ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 90s, year 2011
Place: nevada, nebraska, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.
Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: friendship, immigrant, women, self discovery, haunted by the past, hopes, feminist, culture clash, parents and children, human nature, love, coming of age ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, china, bay area, usa, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Wildlife (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry—a housewife and a golf pro—in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job—and his sense of ...
Style: melancholic, suspenseful, indie film, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: unemployment, coming of age, teenage boy, infidelity, parents and children, cheerleader, fired from the job, marital separation, family relations, family drama, father son relationship, unemployed ...
Time: 60s, 90s, year 1960
Place: montana, sarajevo, idaho, portland oregon, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.5
 115K
The Fabelmans (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story about a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves.
Style: semi autobiographical, dramatic, reflective, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: father son relationship, coming of age, childhood, bullying, family relations, relationships, mother son relationship, boy, filmmaking, mother, life, father ...
Time: 2020s, year 1964, year 1965, 20th century, year 1957 ...
Place: arizona, northern california, new jersey, california, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, mental illness, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 7.5
 71K
The Farewell (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, atmospheric, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: lie, masseuse, grief, wedding, female protagonist, terminal illness, women, dialogue, life, grandmother granddaughter relationship, lovers, disability ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: china, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.9
 366K
Boyhood (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Style: melancholic, independent film, depressing, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: childhood, coming of age, divorced parents, dysfunctional family, family drama, teenager, youth, domestic abuse, adolescence, divorce, brother sister relationship, stepsister stepsister relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 90s, near future, 2000s ...
Place: texas, usa, ethiopia, houston texas, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
The Kite Runner (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Style: disturbing, emotional, inspirational, sincere, psychological ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: childhood, friendship, muslim, coming of age, guilt, courage, islam, betrayal, rape, mission, haunted by the past, child ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: afghanistan, middle east, china, iraq, bay area ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.1
 7K
James White (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more ...
Style: sad, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: terminal illness, mother son relationship, gay, drinking, friendship, promise, slacker, lie, chemotherapy, drinking alcohol, new life, addiction ...
Time: year 2000, year 1983, year 2013
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set ...
Style: touching, sincere, disturbing, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot: autism, self discovery, parents and children, teenage life, family relations, social misfits, youth, imagination, boy, disability, illness, train ...
Time: year 1984, year 2012, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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An American Rhapsody (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States, must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter ...
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Plot: immigrant, justice, family relations, cold war, police investigation, family bonds, adolescence, friendship, love and romance, self discovery, human nature, on the run ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 2001, 60s, 50s ...
Place: hungary, california, europe, austria, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.7
 44K
In America (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An Irish immigrant family adjusts to life in the United States, a chance to get over the lost son. They have no money and the apartment is in bad condition.
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Plot: childhood, redemption, immigrant, immigration, artist, loss of son, starting over, dying, children, society, acceptance, family problems ...
Time: 80s, year 2002, 2000s, 20th century
Place: new york, ireland, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.7
 192K
Another Round (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
Style: dark comedy, social, psychological, unusual plot structure, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: experiment, teacher, friendship, drunkenness, group of friends, alcohol abuse, midlife crisis, drinking, teacher student relationship, marriage, dancing, existential loneliness ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, year 2011, year 2013, 21st century
Place: copenhagen, denmark, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.6
 12K
Four Good Days (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, touching
Plot: heroin, mother, drug, drug addict, massage, recovering drug addict, family relations, rehabilitation, problem, parents and children, coping, mother and daughter ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.5
 22K
The Namesake (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: India, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: immigrant, childhood, marriage, generation gap, childbirth, relationships, parenthood, life, rebel, family life, society, acceptance ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2006, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: india, new york, usa, ohio, taj mahal
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
What They Had (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Style: sentimental, captivating, sincere, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: alzheimer's disease, memory loss, mother daughter relationship, drinking, lie, blizzard, self discovery, introspection, drinking alcohol, family drama, illness, dementia ...
Place: chicago, sacramento california, florida, california, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style: melancholic, touching, emotional, depressing, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, disability, self discovery, mental illness, small town, mentally challenged, responsibility, life philosophy, brothers, coming of age, family drama, family problems ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993, 60s, 70s
Place: iowa, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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