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The Path (2022)
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Original name: Der Pfad
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Fleeing from the Nazis, two children, a journalist father, and a dog must make their way through the hazardous Pyrenees mountain range.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, dog, prison, children, nazi, boy, father son relationship, disguise, fascist, parents and children, runaway, fugitives, parent child relationship, father and son, child, mischievous children, son, owner dog relationship, teenage son, bribery, adolescence, bare chested male, fascism
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and touching films with plots about family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, boy, children, coming of age and father mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Path: Dad (2010), Sivas (2014), Dany (2018), My Friend Henry (2004), Jack (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
After a long separation, a father and his son spend the day fishing on the river bank. On a beautiful autumn Sunday, surrounded by the majestic countryside, they seem to be alone in the world. They must start all over again.
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
family relations, youth, parent child relationship, parents and children, countryside, father son relationship, nature, kids and family, father and son, separated parents, father, river ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
95%
4K
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, touching, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, parents and children, dog, danger, life is a bitch, society, coming of age, child, boy, little boy, pets, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
83%
793
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dany, the king of petty thefts, did not wait until the end of his prison sentence to reunite with his 13-year-old son Sullivan. The only thing he now needs is a job and an apartment to regain custody of his son.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, psychological, satirical, disturbing
Plot:
father son relationship, prison, family relations, parents and children, parent child relationship, prisoner, parenthood, father and son, kids and family, father, satire, jail ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When 12-year-old Elsi Björkman and her mother Paula return from a week's holiday abroad, Elsi immediately notices that someone has been in her room. She tells her mother about it, but she does not believe her. At the local supermarket Elsi ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, touching, sincere, suspenseful
Plot:
child, childhood, friendship, parent child relationship, mental health, shoplifting, family relations, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, family tragedy, secret, responsibility ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Although he is only ten years old, Jack is responsible for himself and his little brother Manuel and this fills him with pride. Their single mother works during the day and often goes out at night. There’s no father in sight. One day, Manuel burns ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
boy, young heroes, teenage life, youth, self discovery, brother brother relationship, child as adult, child care, coming of age, family relations, life turned upside down, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In his new film, an intriguing and delicately crafted drama, Malmros portrays the poignant story of a man, who grew up in very modest circumstances in the early years of the 20th century, but whose diligence, intelligence and willingness to endure ...
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, disturbing
Plot:
neurosurgeon, world war two, surgeon, coming of age, family relations, journalism, moral dilemma, father son relationship, professor, hospital, medicine, nordic ...
Time:
1940s, 80s, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
60%
821
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Differently abled and single parent Veerayya, with limited financial resources embarks on an endless pursuit to make his son Raju's biggest dream of traveling on an aeroplane come true.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, dramatic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dream, father son relationship, flying, aspiration, family drama, human spirit, perseverance, heartwarming, determination, boy, father and son, family life ...
Similarity:
59%
536
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, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, thoughtful, life turned upside down, family in crisis, down on your luck, gift, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A weekend in the Bavarian Alps. 25-year-old Hannes meets his father after 8 years of separation in a little mountain hut. By the influence of their very different girlfriends Ann and Lavinia, the stage-director-father and his actor-son cautiously ...
Style:
sincere, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
redemption, family relations, courage, guilt, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, estranged father, male female relationship, compassion, anger, irreverence, cabin in the woods ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An alcoholic father must take control of his wayward children when their mother is killed.
Style:
serious, gloomy, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
domestic violence, psychology, marital abuse, family relations, parent child relationship, addiction, on the run, weakness, family problems, heist, haunted by the past, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The frustrated parents of two hyperactive kids realise the key to unlock their kids' potential lies in them accepting the kids' exuberant nature, thanks to an understanding doctor and his teacher wife.
Style:
captivating, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, compassionate ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, adhd, family life, mental disorder, mental illness, relationships, parents and children, child, mischievous children, lifestyle, family relations, parent child relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Jojo lives with his father, a security guard with a volatile personality who drinks to manage the unspoken despair he feels about his wife's absence, which he refuses to discuss with his son. In the midst of so much uncertainty, ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, melancholic, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
parents and children, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, bird, father son relationship, youth, pets, escape from reality, dishonesty, life & death, children ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, social, dramatic ...
Plot:
transsexual, mental health, father son relationship, separated parents, transgender, wildlife, transsexuality, runaway, wilderness, gay, family relations, desire for fame ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
orphanage, working undercover, immigrant, legal action, society, life is a bitch, kidnapping, spy, fraud, undercover agent, abduction, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Thailand, Laos
Duration: 96 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, serious, sincere, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, down on your luck, parents and children, contests and competitions, society, human spirit, friendship, family relations, post war, change of luck, boy, children ...
Place:
asia, thailand
Similarity:
48%
302
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Recently released from jail, Andrés experiences an emotional rupture from his 12-year-old son, José Ramón, following a dark family tragedy that nobody is bold enough to confront.
Style:
erotic, independent film, hispanic, f word
Plot:
boy, coming of age, father son relationship, boyhood, nude boy, children, dream, school, english class, soccer, black cat, language learning ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of a teenage boy who suffers from a rare disorder that prevents him from feeling. We follow the journey of a single mother going through her son's physical and emotional changes.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, captivating, serious, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
boy, coming of age, mother son relationship, connection, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, adolescent boy, parents and children, teenage boy, adolescence, adolescent girl, teenage son ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from ...
Style:
realistic, tense, touching, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, boy, youth, family relations, friendship, society, culture clash, working class, german history, aftermath, nordic ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, 50s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding ...
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, uplifting
Plot:
childhood, parent child relationship, search for father, mother daughter relationship, single mother, motherhood, stealing a car, father daughter relationship, child, dating, single parent, woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Love makes a bad relationship between father and son all the more rancorous in this drama from Hungarian director Viktor Oszkar Nagy. A convict (Janos Derzsi) returns home after a long stretch in prison to a less than enthusiastic welcome; his son ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
parent child relationship, aunt nephew relationship, father son relationship, father son reunion, father son estrangement, family life, dysfunctional family, father and son, male female relationship, family problems, family relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Salvo was five when his father Vincenzo was arrested, practically before his eyes. Seven years later Salvo lives with his uncles and his cousin a controlled and peaceful existence in the Turin area, but his father returns and claims his son for four ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, road movie
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, family relations, relationships, dysfunctional family, father son estrangement, estrangement, father, ex convict, father and son, relationship problems, family problems ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
family in danger, couples, political unrest, isolation, parents and children, fugitives, survival, state affairs, woods, husband wife relationship, colonialism, sick mother ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Chile, Norway
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Andrés and his son Pedro live in a working district of Caracas and hardly ever see each other. While Andrés fills his time doing different jobs, Pedro wanders the streets playing with friends and learning from the violent atmosphere around him.
Style:
serious, touching, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure
Plot:
friendship, parents and children, youth, friends, teenage boy, fight, death of friend, father son relationship, danger, society, family relations, children ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
venezuela
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ben Westman is a widowed father who has to take care of his two young children, Lindsay of twelve, and little Dylan of eight. Things get complicated when he is fired. Now, all three must remain together and try to overcome the situation in which ...
Style:
touching, psychological, captivating, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot:
single father, family relations, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, boy, single parent, uncle nephew relationship, parents and children, parenthood, family problems, money problems, father and son ...
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, road movie
Plot:
father son relationship, father son reunion, son, relationship problems, family reunited, family relations, self discovery, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, father, absent father ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Heart-wrenching story of a woman who takes another's identity to survive the most horrible time of the 20th Century. Miriam is the triumphant story of one woman's survival and success, which takes place in Lithuania over a period of forty ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
survival, world war two, survivor, holocaust, struggle for survival, new identity, life is a bitch, female protagonist, soldier, prison, fight, suffering ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nikola’s children are taken away from him after social services decide that he is too poor to provide them with a decent living environment. He sets off on foot to lodge a complaint in Belgrade.
Style:
captivating, independent film, social, entertaining
Plot:
corruption, small town, parents and children, social issues, corrupt official, fighting the system, social problems, dysfunctional family, foster home, father son relationship, social relations, father and son ...
Place:
serbia, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, sentimental, sad ...
Plot:
single father, father son relationship, dying father, single parent, terminal illness, father and son, foster home, family relations, father, parents and children, relationships, kids and family ...
Place:
northern ireland
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a recent and difficult divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot:
custody battle, abduction, boy, children, family relations, on the run, family conflict, husband wife conflict, father son relationship, resort, mother daughter conflict, teenage girl ...
Place:
canary islands, eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
13-year-old Pablo is a quiet, lonely boy with a troubled past. His only friend is Julia, a shameless 15-year-old girl who is more than willing to help Pablo with his transition from childhood to adolescence, and give him some advice on sex, love and ...
Style:
emotional, serious, captivating, disturbing, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, stranger, teenage girl, boy, nudity, flashback, male nudity, surrogate father, lgbt teen, masturbation, father son relationship, dog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
37%
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