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Reviving Ophelia (2010)
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Reviving Ophelia (2010)
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, teen drama
Plot: family problems, coming of age, obsession, youth, family relations, family life, teenage life, parents and children, single parent, hidden truth, teenager, women, abusive relationship, sisters, siblings relations, disgraced, nobody believes, kids in trouble, violence, emotional abuse, physical abuse, abuse, abusive boyfriend, psychotic, domestic abuse ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, coming of age, teenage life, family problems and teenager mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Reviving Ophelia: Of Boys and Men (2008), Lucky Girl (2001), Anonymes (2009), Stay (2013), Emily of New Moon (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Of Boys and Men (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, youth, car accident, grief, death of wife, accidental death, love, society, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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Lucky Girl (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kaitlyn is a high school student whose obsession with gambling leads to her accumulating a mountain of debt. Her habit also causes a high degree of family tension.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking
Audience: teens
Plot: gambling addiction, gambling, money raising, addiction, debt, obsession, teenage life, kids in trouble, family in crisis, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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100%
 6.2
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Anonymes (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Switzerland, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
Style: serious, thought provoking, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, coming of age, teenage life, family life, hopes, introspection, self discovery, parents and children, siblings relations, mother daughter relationship, arab, youth ...
Place: tunisia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Stay (2013)
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 life, parents and children, single parent, unsupportive spouse, homecoming, family relations, love, vicious, women, family problems, troubled relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Emily of New Moon (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and ...
Style: serious, realistic, period drama
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: orphan, adoption, family relations, child's point of view, starting over, uncover truth, youth, coming of age, young heroes, family problems, island, family life ...
Time: victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, 1900s, turn of the century
Place: canada
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100%
Mother, I Love You (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Raimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Audience: teens
Plot: kids in trouble, childhood, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, bittersweet, mother and son, boy, financial problem ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: latvia
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29%
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Amy & Isabelle (2001)
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: touching, realistic, serious, sexual
Plot: teenage life, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, love and romance, disgraced, single parent, youth, family life, friendship, teachers and students, isolation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new england, maine
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26%
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2008)
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: emotional, realistic, serious, touching, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, coming of age, elderly lovers, youth, family life, family problems, couples, estrangement, lifestyle, love and romance, dysfunctional family, bittersweet ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada
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25%
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The Pregnancy Project (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Pregnancy project tells the real story of Gaby Rodriguez, a seventeen-year-old who attended a Washington state high-school and made her senior school project the treatment of pregnant teenagers by pretending to be pregnant.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: pregnancy, teenage life, high school, family relations, youth, dishonesty, parents and children, teachers and students, teenage pregnancy, teenager, teaching, teen social issues ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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24%
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The Battery (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Because of his younger brother’s poor health, Takumi and his family move to a different Japanese town. There, Takumi, an incredibly gifted baseball pitcher, gradually alienates his relatives and friends by putting sports above all else in life.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, baseball, family relations, teenage life, social misfits, youth, misfit, athlete's life, high school life, family life, siblings relations, solitary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Lena (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Lena is a lonely, plump adolescent girl. Much to her surprise she gets a relationship with the popular but unreliable Daan. Lena moves in with Daan and his strange father Tom and is willing to do a lot for his love. More than a lot.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, leaving home, teenage love, parents and children, teenage life, physical appearance, youth, family problems, family relations, teenager, loneliness, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe, rotterdam netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.4
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Sisters (2009)
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: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: sisters, family relations, youth, introspection, family problems, dysfunctional family, parents and children, siblings relations, single parent, self discovery, coming of age, obsessive quest ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: italy, lyon, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on the book by Caroline B. Cooney, a girl happens to look down at a milk carton one day and she sees herself on the back! Could her parents really have kidnapped her?
Style: serious, realistic
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: abused child, love, family relations, kidnapping, youth, fall in love, young heroes, love and romance, coming of age, uncover truth, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, captivating, sincere
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: stepsister stepsister relationship, youth, life turned upside down, disorder, family problems, family relations, family in crisis, sister sister relationship, half sister, sisters, teenage life, child custody ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Poll Diaries (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Estonia
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In 1914 on a family estate, Oda helps a wounded anarchist, and as their illicit friendship deepens, a family turmoil erupts as the war closes in.
Style: atmospheric, contemplative, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: world war one, experimenting, obsession, estate, family relations, moral dilemma, parents and children, collector, coming of age, youth, german history, fall in love ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: estonia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
All the Wilderness (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new friend and a quirky young woman begin to draw him out of his shell.
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: boy, teenage life, teenage boy, family relations, coming of age, self discovery, single parent, youth, therapist, mother son relationship, problem, boyhood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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23%
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his consent, so he takes his son to his grandmother's house to fight for custody.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: christmas, against the odds, adoption, custody, couples, family life, family relations, parents and children, hospital, single parent, holiday, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
My Skinny Sister (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. The disease slowly tears the family apart. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal told with warmth, depth ...
Style: psychological, serious, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: anorexia, mental illness, eating disorder, teenage girl, family relations, siblings relations, sisterhood, kids in trouble, youth, parents and children, mental disorder, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Face (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, introspection, culture clash, single parent, youth, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.0
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Little Glory (2011)
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, teenage life, family relations, rivalry, youth, small town, family life, dog, poverty, homeless ...
Time: 21st century
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.7
 706
Drunkboat (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sad
Plot: family relations, single parent, haunted by the past, social relations, youth, parents and children, self discovery, coming of age, teenage life, suburbs, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Sebbe (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience: teens
Plot: single parent, coming of age, teenage boy, introspection, teenage life, life is a bitch, losing-it hero, youth, juvenile delinquency, society, escape from reality, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.8
 255
1st Love (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, captivating
Plot: coming of age, youth, teenage love, teenage life, sexual awakening, family relations, parents and children, oral sex, bittersweet, teenage boy, teenage girl, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Dark Was the Night (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: loss of father, teenager, loss of husband, family problems, life is a bitch, single mother, mother son relationship, teenage life, family relations, family tragedy, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Absence (2014)
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, realistic, touching, emotional, bleak
Plot: dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, child as adult, parents and children, family relations, youth, teachers and students, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boy ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.8
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Rebounce (2011)
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, captivating, emotional, rough, psychological ...
Plot: age difference, coming of age, parents and children, teenage life, drug abuse, family relations, family problems, youth, dysfunctional family, adolescence vs adulthood, mother, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, scandinavia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.0
 145
Booky's Crush (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Thomsons - parents Thomas and Francie, and children Willa, Arthur, Beatrice (nicknamed Booky) and Jakey - are a loving working class family living in the Depression era in Toronto. Arthur is showing aptitude in drawing, and although his parents ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: youth, family relations, teenage life, teenage love, society, love and romance, family life, parents and children, working class, coming of age, first love, child ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.8
 218
Taken Away (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A corrupt politician covers up his daughter Vicky's pregnancy by forcing her to give the baby up for adoption. The newborn is adopted by a loving couple unable to have children, but a year later Vicky, now in college, realizes she was forced ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: custody, adoption, courtroom drama, righting the wronged, parents and children, single parent, family relations, rivalry, teenage life, fighting the system, youth, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
A Night for Dying Tigers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The night before Jack (Gil Bellows) is slated to begin a five-year prison sentence for murder, his wife, Melanie (Jennifer Beals), and assorted siblings gather for a dinner to bid Jack farewell and good luck on his trip up the river. But the party ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, couple relations, parents and children, conflict, rapist, couples, siblings relations, rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.5
 175
Crackie (2009)
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, touching, emotional
Plot: sexual abuse, dysfunctional family, teenage life, parents and children, single parent, prostitute, youth, family relations, family problems, estrangement, small town life, absent mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: newfoundland, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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