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Keys to the Heart (2018)
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Keys to the Heart (2018)
Original name: 그것만이 내 세상
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An older brother is a washed-up boxer. His younger brother is a genius pianist with physical disability. The brothers make up through their mother who is full of stories of her past.
Style: thought provoking, touching
Plot: mother son relationship, family relations, parents and children, mental illness, dysfunctional family, self discovery, family problems, human relationship, family drama, disability, compassion, sibling relationship, life philosophy, siblings relations, bittersweet, character study, complex characters, family bonds, hunting, asian, terminal illness, family love, pianist, responsibility, scientist
Keyword: korean

Most similar movies to Keys to the Heart

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, semi serious and humorous films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, bittersweet and self discovery mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Keys to the Heart: Jack of the Red Hearts (2015), Isn't It Delicious (2013), Dad (1989), The Discoverers (2012), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.
Style: touching, compassionate, thought provoking, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, disability, brother sister relationship, mother son relationship, marriage, autism, mental illness, understanding, unlikely friendships, compassion, husband wife relationship, small town ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Isn't It Delicious (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Joan Weldon discovers she is dying of lung cancer, she sets out to reconcile her dysfunctional relationships with her three children, her husband, and along the way, her former best friend. The family's destructive ways are offset by messy ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, humorous, touching ...
Plot: self discovery, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, family life, terminal illness, bittersweet, husband wife relationship, one night stand, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 6.3
 5K
Dad (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A busy executive (Ted Danson) learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him (Jack Lemmon) than ever before. Estranged from his own son (Ethan ...
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, uplifting, inspirational ...
Plot: father son relationship, aging, family drama, hospital, family bonds, doctor, hopes, parents and children, family life, terminal illness, redemption, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Discoverers (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a ...
Style: road movie, semi serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, family problems, siblings relations, love, bittersweet, highway travel, road trip, on the road
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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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 ⇓
48%
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Gio was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book. Now that he is about to go to high school, however, Jack no longer believes that his brother is a superhero, in fact, ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental
Plot: life philosophy, family relations, brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, siblings relations, family life, bittersweet, small town, nursing, happy ending, youth, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.2
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Manhood (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.
Style: sentimental, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, life turned upside down, manhood, youth, family problems, disorder, dysfunctional family, parents and children, dark humor, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
In Memory of My Father (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The youngest son of a legendary Hollywood producer, a Robert Evans type, accepts a bribe from his father to document his death.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, touching, entertaining ...
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, family problems, love and romance, lifestyle, parents and children, hollywood, narcissism, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, corpse, funeral ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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We Are Family (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India, Australia, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Maya is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three childerens, Aleya ( Aachal Munjal ), Ankush ( Nominath Ginsberg ), and Anjali ( Diya Sonecha ). Who thinks nothing much then the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, uplifting, humorous, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family problems, couples, family relations, family life, parents and children, rivalry, couple relations, family drama, dysfunctional family, cancer, household, photographer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
They Are All Dead (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Mexico, Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Just by watching Lupe stuck at home in her robe and slippers, no one would will guess that in the 80's she was a rock star. Gone are the times of concerts, fame and success. Agoraphobia does not let her leave home. She depends entirely on ...
Style: psychological, sincere, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot: gay teenager, life is a bitch, family life, family problems, family relations, terminal illness, parents and children, down on your luck, rock star, brother sister relationship, lgbt, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.3
 365
Mother Ghost (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths bathroom sink. The same jewelry she was buried in. Keith tells his wife Karen, about the jewelry ...
Style: humorous, touching, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Plot: self discovery, crumbling marriage, family relations, family problems, bittersweet, death in the family, humour, mother son relationship, psychiatrist, dealing with death, unfulfillment, family in crisis ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Jasmine Vine in Seethamma's Courtyard (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Brothers Peddodu and Chinnodu are unemployed and do not get along well due to their contrasting natures. They have problems marrying the women they love before an accident changes their lives.
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: family relations, sibling relationship, fall in love, love and romance, family drama, parents and children, village life, siblings relations, wedding, brother, village, telugu
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by others such as her late mother and older sister, and the stories of the people connected to her.
Style: psychological, compassionate, heartbreaking, touching
Plot: husband wife relationship, family relations, supportive spouse, feminist, female protagonist, parenthood, unfulfillment, life philosophy, parents and children, life is a bitch, memory lapse, bittersweet ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.4
 2K
Two Weeks (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped — together — for two weeks.
Style: touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, spiritual ...
Plot: introspection, eccentric family, family life, estrangement, family problems, single parent, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, parents and children, homecoming, dying, terminal illness ...
Time: year 2006
Place: usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Tru Confessions (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Trudy Walker hated her life. She thought it was totally messed up until she found out about a contest that could change everything..
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, heartfelt ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot: youth, coming of age, parents and children, ambition, follow your dream, family relations, estrangement, family life, siblings relations, teenage life, teenage boy, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Sunset in My Hometown (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
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Duration: 123 min.
Story: On the day that underground rapper Hak-soo fails his 7th audition, he receives a call from his hometown that his father is in the hospital. But he finds out that it was his father's plot to bring him to Byeon-san. To top it all, he is ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, disturbing, psychological
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, hopes, homecoming, couples, family problems, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, estrangement, eccentric family, family life, love and romance ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.5
 2K
Kingdom Come (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
Style: touching, humorous, light, intense, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: year 2001
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, contemplative ...
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.7
 16
The Kid (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: serious, sincere, captivating, rough, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.6
 223
Mo (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Every kid wants to be cool and fit in - life's a blast even when you're different. When Mo's reflection is revealed, he sees a body that doesn't quite resemble any of his peers. Here, he tells the tale of his youth, growing up on ...
Style: sentimental, semi serious, feel good, touching, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, long island
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices.
Style: humorous, satirical, talky, not serious, realistic ...
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Time: 90s
Place: minnesota, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Brooklyn Lobster (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: emotional, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: family business, family relations, save the day, family problems, restaurant, working class, estrangement, parents and children, bank, siblings relations, family in crisis, society ...
Time: year 2005
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Raspberry Magic (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Eleven-year-old Monica Shah is a brainy schoolgirl whose science fair project about growing raspberries becomes a touching emotional crusade. After her dad leaves and her mother falls into a funk, Monica decides it's her job to rescue the ...
Style: sincere, sentimental, captivating, humorous, sad ...
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.8
 2K
The Adults (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The treasure hunt deep within as individuals and as a family is an admirable trio whose interpretation is as nuanced as it is poignant.
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, thrilling, poignant
Audience: adult
Plot: family relations, confronting the past, family problems, gambler, life is a bitch, satire, troubled past, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, relationship problems, brother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.5
 1K
Last Weekend (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: family problems, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, dark humor, family gatherings, gay, friendship, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, lgbt, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.
Style: sentimental, touching, psychological, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dysfunctional family, youth, aunt, grandmother, bike, mental health, coming of age, candy store, brother, bittersweet, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 1940s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1942
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.9
 318
Logan (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A teen does everything he can to finish his younger brother's project when tragedy strikes.
Style: sincere, sentimental, captivating, serious, independent film ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, human spirit, teenage life, follow your dream, family problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, friendship, hopes, bittersweet, brother brother relationship, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.4
 699
Kryptonite! (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching
Plot: dysfunctional family, youth, family problems, family relations, imaginary friend, older sister, escape from reality, bittersweet, superhero, little boy, young boy, tradition ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.3
 541
Spin (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: family relations, youth, society, self discovery, introspection, haunted by the past, teenage life, friends, family problems, orphan, hopes, eccentric family ...
Time: 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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