Movies like The Good Road
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The Good Road (2013)
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Pappu is a truck driver. Supporting his parents and extended family is beyond his means. Now, he has been presented a plan. An accident will be staged. Pappu will "die". Insurance payments are substantial.David and Kiran, a middle class urban couple, with their son Aditya, are on a holiday. Aditya will be accidentally separated from them during a brief halt at a Dhaba. And his loss will only be discovered several hours, and several hundred kilometers later. They must double back to find him. Poonam is an 11-year old-year-old child from the city.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, road movie, gujarati
Plot:
missing child, boy, parents and children, family relations, working class, dishonesty, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, urban, society, cons and scams, dog, police officer, desert, vacation, puppy, on the road, child prostitution, pimp, little girl, road trip, suv, police station, lost ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
india, asia
Most similar movies to The Good Road
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, parents and children, society, family problems, youth, husband wife relationship and working class mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Good Road: Trap Street (2013), Lost and Love (2015), Under the Starry Sky (2013), The Way We Are (2008), Labour of Love (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Qiuming is a trainee at a digital mapping company. His job is to survey the streets of the ever-changing city and keep the mapping system up to date. Typical of his generation, Qiuming is upbeat, energetic, and totally immersed in the world of ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching
Plot:
investigation, family relations, privacy invasion, dishonesty, parents and children, urban, urban setting, intrigue, mysterious character, surveillance, bumper car, off the grid
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After his young son goes missing, Lei (Andy Lau) begins a 14-year quest to find him.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
missing child, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, on the road, family problems, escapades, parents and children, relationship problems, road trip, family relations, father and son, inspiration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Senegal
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching
Plot:
on the road, fish out of water, parents and children, starting over, immigrant, family relations, hopes, culture clash, society, friendship, dishonesty, migration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, italy, africa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Way We Are is a respectful, unglamorous, and serenely charming portrait of regular people and a Hong Kong town that normally gets a bad rap. It may put you to sleep, but the visit and Ann Hui's quiet touch are exceptionally worthwhile.
Style:
touching, emotional, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, working class, society, single parent, family problems, unfulfillment, poverty, boy, loss of daughter, hopes, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in the crumbling environs of Calcutta, Labour of Love is a lyrical unfolding of two ordinary lives suspended in the duress of a spiralling recession.
Style:
realistic, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
love and romance, couple relations, introspection, working class, society, couples, solitude, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, bittersweet, love, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, kolkata
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A collegian in turbulent Mumbai attempts to improve his lifestyle.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, working class, rich and poor, follow your dream, social differences, political unrest, parents and children, society, youth, state affairs, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tells the story of seven Iranian transgender individuals living in Tehran who live pieces of their own lives on the screen.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
gender, hidden identity, social misfits, discrimination, disorder, religions or cults, transvestism, family relations, couple relations, dishonesty, society, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mady Celliers, an attractive housewife of 60, he spends his life speaking ill of her two daughters and her husband, a man who shows a strange behavior since has retired. Antoine, the eldest son, company director, is unable to make a success of a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, working class, family problems, family in crisis, family life, parents and children, couples, society, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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, touching, serious, emotional, tense
Plot:
family relations, elderly, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, society, immigrant
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 2008, New York mother Tiffany Rubin faced every parent's worst nightmare when her six year old son Kobe vanished into thin air. Upon learning that Kobe had been kidnapped by his biological father and taken to South Korea, Tiffany seeks the ...
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
kidnapping, family problems, confined, rescue, parents and children, family relations, single parent, husband wife relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, mother son relationship, black, urban ...
Place:
usa, south korea, korea, new york, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Thailand, Laos
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. After his village is displaced to make way for a massive dam, Ahlo escapes with his ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, touching, serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, down on your luck, contests and competitions, parents and children, friendship, society, human spirit, post war, change of luck, family relations, boy, children ...
Place:
asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Serenely resigned to his impending death but deeply afraid at the prospect of being cremated, an elderly carpenter seeks to have his last wishes carried out in this gentle, beautifully realized drama from director Li Ruijin. (TIFF)
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, contemplative
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, family problems, death in the family, elderly, little girl, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, cousin cousin relationship, little boy, youth, cousin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Bao stays with his grandfather for the summer and is shocked to see there are no modern appliances.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, family relations, family problems, friends, parents and children, elderly, youth, countryside, school, boy, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, parents and children, life is a bitch, hopes, family relations, couples, husband wife relationship, drug smuggling, society, youth, couple relations, prison life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, thoughtful, life turned upside down, family in crisis, down on your luck, family relations, cigarette smoking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Films like Dearest
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Amidst religious riots, a son deals with his mother's life-threatening injuries, and her last request.
Style:
cult classic, touching, powerful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, husband wife relationship, religious intolerance, religious fanatic, illegitimate child, single mother, hindu, bittersweet, religions or cults, family relations, uninhibited rivalry, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
David Jason stars as cockney ex-docker Don Mitchell in this emotional drama. Don is incredibly proud of his son David’s affluent lifestyle. The cars, the detached house and private schooling for the children were things Don could only dream about ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, contemplative, captivating, serious
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, estrangement, relationship vs career, working class, society, couples, emotionless, life turned upside down, family in crisis, three generations, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, coming of age, family relations, family in crisis, family problems, couple relations, working class, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hospital, teenage life ...
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, working class, family problems, suburbs, family relations, society, siblings relations, eviction, parents and children, child, poverty ...
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
799
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Astitva is a bold film with adultery. An ambitious male chauvinist and his loving wife are happily married but the guy is not able to give time to the family as he want to make it big in life. His work is of paramount importance to him. His work ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, social ...
Plot:
seduction, independence, husband wife relationship, family relations, dysfunctional marriage, family problems, crumbling marriage, love and romance, dishonesty, breakup, infidelity, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Films like Mourning
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Victor, a father, travels the roads with his teenage son, Felix. For Felix, the trip is a school of life, as his first romantic encounter helps him better understand his father and get closer to him.
Style:
road movie, realistic, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, on the road, parent child relationship, parents and children, love and romance, single parent, hopes, son, father son relationship, teenager, single father, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, parents and children, life is a bitch, danger, society, dog, boy, child, pets, youth, friends, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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, friendship, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, siblings relations, parents and children, single parent, youth, family problems, unfaithful wife ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
optimism, family relations, family problems, hopes, society, parents and children, unemployment, husband wife relationship, loss of job, blaxploitation, strong female presence, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, colombia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A man trying to keep himself afloat and marry the woman he loves sees all that's dear to him threatened in this drama. Marcus (Sam Louwyck) works as a maintenance man for a Belgian power company, keeping lines and electrical towers in repair ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, workplace, family life, parents and children, human nature, unfulfillment, love, accident, father daughter relationship, working class, life is a bitch ...
Place:
belgium, europe, rotterdam netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Films like Beverly Lewis' The Confession
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style:
atmospheric, sincere, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, juvenile delinquency, missing child, teenage life, youth, family relations, rebellion, dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, family problems, estrangement, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
melbourne, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, on the road, parents and children, bittersweet, protecting from truth, crumbling marriage, siblings relations, under the surface, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Does God exist? Does Science prove God's existence or provide more reasons to doubt? Doug Holloway (David de Vos), a family man on the verge of financial and marital ruin, embarks on a journey to find his birth father, Dr. Eugene Holland ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, christian film
Plot:
prodigy, religions or cults, family relations, on the road, memory loss, obsessive quest, research, illness, husband wife relationship, scientist, faith, christian ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, sincere, disturbing, spiritual ...
Plot:
missing child, missing son, social decay, society, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, dehumanization, parents and children, factory worker, against humanity, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, mumbai india, delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, Belgium, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. ...
Style:
touching, contemplative, serious, realistic
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, corpse, poverty, family relations, society, introspection, youth, self discovery, forces of nature, parents and children, occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, indochina, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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