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Earth Mama (2023)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, dramatic, crying, independent film
Plot:
pregnancy, female nudity, single mother, foster home, pregnancy and birth, single parent, motherhood, kids and family, family relations, family life, pregnant girlfriend, african american, poverty, adoption, nudity, community, custody, forest, life, photographer, addiction, mother, beach, hospital, belief in god ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california, california, oakland california, bay area
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Most similar movies to Earth Mama
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, pregnancy, family problems, mother daughter relationship, baby, parents and children and single parent mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Earth Mama: Parallel Mothers (2021), A Cross to Bear (2012), The Florida Project (2017), Losing Isaiah (1995), What Makes a Family (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, tear jerker, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, spanish civil war, pregnancy, childbirth, mother daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, grave, pregnant teenager, babysitter, theater, female bonding ...
Time:
2020s, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mother of a 15-month old daughter and would-be dancer, fighting alcoholism and the hardships of living on the streets gets help from a home for women and tries to find the will to live and get her life back on track
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, inspirational ...
Plot:
addiction, friendship, starting over, adoption, poverty, pregnancy, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, optimism, couples, babies and infants ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
71%
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:
sincere, touching, inspirational, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
friendship, poverty, social services, mother daughter relationship, children, motel, single mother, little girl, childhood, swimming pool, eviction, female friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
florida, nebraska, orlando florida
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, heartbreaking, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
adoption, custody battle, courtroom drama, racist, custody, justice, single parent, parents and children, family problems, legal action, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
cuba
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brooke Shields believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Jones passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, touching, uplifting ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, gender, terminal illness, lesbianism, lesbian, custody, pregnancy, family life, family problems, lgbtq, breakup, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A provocative drama about an IVF mix-up which results in a white woman giving birth to a black boy.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
parenthood, parents, custody, baby, legal, pregnancy and birth, parents and children, race, ethical dilemma, disorder, pregnancy, motherhood ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
Style:
anthology, sincere, touching, captivating, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter conflict, mother daughter relationship, photograph, mother, daughter, holiday, photographer, mother and daughter, pregnancy, pregnant woman, paternity revealed, rock band ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Everything Put Together is a 2000 film directed by Marc Forster starring Radha Mitchell and Megan Mullally.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, touching, depressing ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, pregnancy, redemption, family problems, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, social decay, dysfunctional family, terminal illness, family life, babies and infants, female friendship ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, dramatic, independent film ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
rural setting, african american, ordinary people, life, countryside, generation, female protagonist, slice of life, woman, life & death, coming of age, pregnancy ...
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later she ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, touching
Plot:
adoption, aids, hiv, medicine, child illness, child care, foster child, foster parent, women, orphan, poverty, homeless ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a woman finally becomes pregnant but is diagnosed with a deadly condition, she must lean on her family to save her unborn child.
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy, relationships, woman, family relations, family drama, family bonds, motherhood, female protagonist, parenthood, pregnancy and birth, serious illness, couple relations ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young widow, supporting herself and her son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint.
Style:
emotional, period piece, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
custody battle, single mother, widow, female protagonist, striptease, motherhood, burlesque, female exploitation, survival, exploitation, sexual content, moral dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.
Style:
crying
Plot:
young mother, poverty, parenting, resilience, working class, social realism, slice of life, social services, hopes, solidarity, female friendship, urban ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, teenage mother, mother daughter relationship, mother and daughter, pregnant girl, pregnant teenager, baby, babies and infants, unwanted pregnancy, wanting a baby, pregnancy, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
adoptive mother, newborn baby, social services, motherhood, foster home, baby, unwanted pregnancy, hospital, society, divorced woman, parents, woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
brittany, france, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Style:
sad, crying
Plot:
adoption, foster parent, children, foster child, neglected child, child care, mother and daughter, love, youth, poverty, poor family, christmas carol ...
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, touching, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
working class, loneliness, life, multiple storylines, existentialism, parents and children, couple relations, society, relationships, sister sister relationship, missing person, making love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
london, los angeles, england, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the gritty, realistic lives of a struggling family, and a privileged family. Their lives intersect, intertwine and collide, all for the love of a little boy. This film ...
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
custody, hopes, adoption, starting over, parents and children, social worker, family life, wife abuse, adopted son, christian, family in crisis, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, florida
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, prison, going straight, family problems, life is a bitch, prison life, love affair, confined, husband and wife, hot and sexy, husband wife relationship, cheating wife ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, estrangement, single parent, custody, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, pregnancy, love, child hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, england, los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, kids in trouble, teenage life, youth, drug dealing, gang, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return to her parents' house along the Basque coast for guidance while her partner is temporarily away.
Style:
emotional, captivating, thrilling, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, woman, family relations, parenting, newborn baby, domestic drama, mother child relationship, family life, family problems, kids and family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
basque country, spain, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
poverty, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, youth, homeless, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tear jerker ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, wanting a baby, miscarriage, baby, motherhood, grief, family drama, infertility, custody battle, domestic drama, medical malpractice, artificial insemination ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
37%
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, adoption, against the odds, couples, custody, family life, parents and children, family relations, single parent, hospital, holiday, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sylvie and Maggie are strangers living on opposite coasts, leading very similar lives with husbands that travel for work too much and daughters about to leave the nest. But when their daughters befriend each other on a college tour, they soon ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, disturbing, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
motherhood, family secret, betrayal, infidelity, female friendship, domestic drama, family life, female alcoholic, alcoholic, family drama, love triangle, mother and daughter ...
Similarity:
36%
107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
35%
607
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, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, leaving home, older man younger woman sex, teenage love, parents and children, physical appearance, teenage life, youth, family relations, family problems, teenager, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, europe, rotterdam netherlands
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy, touching ...
Plot:
aids, hiv, sick child, death of child, little boy, youth, hiv positive, family relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dr. Julie Farr presides over three impending births and cannot help but get involved in the lives of her troubled patients.
Style:
compassionate, medical drama, heartfelt, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, pregnancy, childbirth, maternity ward, motherhood, empathy, parenthood, family relations, domestic drama, personal growth, social issues, clinic ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
33%
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