Movies and TV shows like My Girl 2009
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My Girl (2009)
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Original name: マイガール
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Back in his high school years, Kazama Masamune had a girlfriend four years his senior, who one day left to go study abroad. Now, six years later, Kazama hears that his girlfriend has passed away, and that she had secretly given birth to their daughter, who is now five years old. Kazama then decides to raise his daughter on his own.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, sentimental, emotional, feel good, melancholic
Plot:
male protagonist, single parent, single father, parent child relationship, parenting, child protagonist, family drama, paternity revealed, family bonds, family relations, parents and children, father daughter relationship, parenthood, fatherhood, family problems, lifestyle, eccentric family, child custody, slice of life, heartwarming, family secret, bittersweet, modern life, nostalgia, family secrets
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional and thrilling films and TV series with plots about family relations, family drama, slice of life, family problems, family life, relationships and intimate mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like My Girl: The Beginning of the Sea (2024), Black Kite (2013), Back of Father (2014), Beautiful Rain (2012), Being April (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
Yasu's mother passed away when he was very young and his father abandoned him. Yasu's wife, Misako, also lost both her parents when she was young. The two spend their days in happiness, watching their young son, Akira, grow up. ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.
Style:
anthology, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, family relations, family drama, relationship problems, kids and family, family life, multiple storylines, social problems ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
A young daughter (Mana Ashida) supports her father (Etsushi Toyokawa) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
illness, father, father and daughter, memory loss, parent child relationship, family drama, family relations, fighting illness, kids and family, alzheimer's disease, parents and children, family life ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Three kids. Three dads. One mum. Mum is April (Pauline Quirke), a 39-year-old single mother living in Leicester, who has had three children by three different fathers. Richard (Victor McGuire), her husband since she was 18, is a plumber who still ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, comedy drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
single mother, blended family, family drama, single parent, family relations, kids and family, lifestyle, eccentric family, divorced parents, family life, family problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
Screenwriter Liu Xiangshang has a relatively free schedule in his daily schedule. He is responsible for the education and care of his son Guoning and daughter Guobao at home, while his wife Dai Jing chooses to work in an out-of-town company with a ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, friendship, family drama, high school life, parenting, relationships, parents, kids and family, parents and children, parenthood, parent child relationship, children ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
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Story:
Boyet, a young man with mild intellectual disability who has a quiet, simple life with his mother, will be changed when they find out that he has a child. Despite their state in life and Boyet's condition, they will take care of the child with ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, tear jerker ...
Plot:
disability, intellectual disability, child, single father, parenthood, family drama, fatherhood, children, changing lives, family life, lifestyle, parents and children ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
A work about the delightful and heartbreaking story of a family growing up while raising a child, centering on a single dad Geum Kang San and adopted child Ok Mi Rae who is the apple of his eye.
Style:
exciting, captivating, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
single father, family relations, harassment, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, adoption, family drama, family problems, kids and family, teenage girl, father, family life ...
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
The Hayashidas were a typical happy family of father, mother, two boys and two girls. Until it all changed suddenly with the untimely death of the father, Shinpei. While still mourning his passing, the children are hit by another bit of shocking ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother, family drama, parenthood, grief, family relations, relationships, social problems, unplanned pregnancy, family problems, lifestyle, pregnancy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
A dad who is popular with the ladies and a mom that continues to love the dad without any doubt like a young girl. The four sisters that the unbelievably ironclad husband and wife raised includes, an unmarried and divorced, a marriage hunter, a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, comedy drama, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, kids and family, family drama, sisterhood, relationship problems, family problems, sister sister relationship, love affair, lifestyle, large family, husband wife relationship, family life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
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Story:
Mahesh and his mother embark on an adventurous journey filled with hilarious situations as they try to make quick money to repay a huge loan.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, situational comedy, sitcom ...
Plot:
middle class, family relations, family drama, changing lives, relationships, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, parents and children, satire, family problems, eccentric family, father son relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
The Secrets of Life centers the heartwarming, intense and a bit thrilling story of Kuzgun family whose happiness was wrecked when the secrets of family members comes out one after another. While the audience is captured by the heart breaking and ...
Style:
dramatic, heartbreaking, emotional, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
family secret, forbidden love, love, family bonds, secrets, family drama, family problems, secret, family relations, secret past, couple relations, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Based on the manga "Daisuki!! Yuzu no Kosodate Nikki (I Love You! Yuzu's Parenting Diary)" by Mizuho Aimoto, this Japanese TV drama focuses on a woman named Yuzu Fukuhara, who, despite her adult age, has a condition that affects her ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
intellectual disability, female protagonist, pregnancy, love story, motherhood, mentally challenged, mental retardation, parent child relationship, parenting, family drama, mental disorder, woman ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
TV show
Story:
Ana Margarida Rosa Lobo, a 70-year-old actress at the end of her career, discovers she has Alzheimer's and without explaining to anyone, she decides to end her five-decade marriage with Sérgio and move to another house to enjoy her lucidity ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
female protagonist, memory loss, family drama, aging, elderly man, alzheimer's disease, husband wife relationship, family life, parent child relationship, problem, relationships, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Three generations of a family living together in an idyllic villa juggle the demands of their wedding planning business and their own personal crises.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, romantic drama, realistic ...
Plot:
three generations, parents and children, family drama, relationships, family relations, family life, love, money problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, financial problem, eccentric family ...
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
Top-ranked market research manager, Man Tin-Tzi, is an expert at price comparison. Tin-Tzi who relishes his yuppie lifestyle has been longing for early retirement. But the sudden return of his eight-year-old son seems to have completely shattered ...
Style:
serious, captivating, entertaining, exciting, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, father daughter relationship, parenthood, relatives, family relations, sibling relationship, family life, father and son, family problems, father, daughter ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her parents and younger brother in Yokohama. One day she travels to Iwate Prefecture with her boyfriend Masaki ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, sentimental ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, male female relationship, family relations, food, family problems, relationship problems, coming of age, family business, responsibility, heartwarming, hospitality ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Teppan is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2010–2011. It was the 83rd Asadora. It starred a new actress, Miori Takimoto, in the role of a young woman raised by an adopted family in Onomichi who learns of her real grandmother and ...
Style:
asadora, thrilling, captivating, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
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Story:
Wie Dae-Han is an ex-lawmaker and is a materialistic kind of politician. He wants to get elected as lawmaker again. One day, 18-year-old girl Da-Jung comes to him. She tells him that he is her real father. Her mother raised four children, including ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama, political
Plot:
father, politician, caretaker, family relations, family problems, paternity revealed, political campaign, father daughter relationship, fatherhood, kids and family, parents and children, family life ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Eguchi Yosuke plays the character of Onishi Katsuo, a 35-year-old carpenter and former college football player who sees life almost in the same balance as a football game (guts and glory along with team spirit). One day he learns that his friend (a ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
children, loss of mother, bereavement, family problems, adopted son, child custody, foster parent, loss of family, lifestyle change, loss of father, foster child, foster home ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
The life story of a father and his five daughters.
Style:
serious, captivating, dramatic, entertaining, heartfelt ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, husband and wife, family drama, family bonds, family relations, large family, wife, father and daughter, family problems, kids and family, family life, daughter ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Wealthy daughter of a hotel chain mogul meets poor widowed father of three. Despite their vastly different values and beliefs, will their chanced encounter blossom into something more?
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling ...
Plot:
class differences, male female relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, couple relations, couples, love interest, love affair, relationship problems, heartwarming, family values ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
Four people born on the same day. All four are about to live the most important day of their lives. While Cem is preparing to celebrate his birthday with his wife, Reyhan, Reyhan's birth pains begin. Even though there is a risky birth, they ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
family bonds, family drama, parenthood, parent child relationship, dysfunctional family, male female relationship, lifestyle, husband wife relationship, family relations, family problems, multiple storylines, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
In the late 1970's, Jang Dal-Goo went to the Middle East and settled down in the small kingdom. He became Count Souad Fahd Ali and found success there, but he returns to South Korea to find his daughter. He appears in front his daughter Lee ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, family drama, absent father, family life, unknown father, estranged father, father, lifestyle, family problems, family relations, lifestyle change, homecoming ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, korea, middle east
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
This drama is about a story of a big family.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
house, family conflict, slice of life, parent child relationship, family values, family drama, generation gap, family relations, family life, eccentric family, large family, three generations ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
TV show
Story:
'Alkis-Petros-Basil-Aris ... 4 men. 4 siblings or otherwise 4 seasons, as their mother used to say when they were children. 4 different types of men with different lives, different women and careers, different I want and need. What unites them ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
brothers, relationships, family drama, family relations, brother brother relationship, family life, social problems, family problems, kids and family, lifestyle, brother, midlife crisis ...
Place:
greece
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
After the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu struggles to care for her two children.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
single mother, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, mother and daughter, woman, motherhood, family relations, family drama, mother love, parenting, family problems, mother daughter estrangement ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
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Story:
Burned out and taken for granted, a working mom suspects her partner is cheating, so to win back his attentions, she feigns a medical diagnosis.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lie, family drama, family relations, domestic drama, deception, female protagonist, motherhood, working mom, family in crisis, parents and children, family bonds, family problems ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all contact, each must make her own way in an unforgiving world. Hardships abound in the struggle to ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
emigration, family relations, family problems, separation from family, family reunited, immigration, brother sister reunion, sister, sister sister relationship, family life, eccentric family, relationships ...
Place:
brazil, japan
Similarity:
34%
400
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Egami Mei is a genius surgeon, but is somehow still lacking. On the other hand, his younger sister Satsuki is poor at studying, but she has a good nature and a strength for living. "Boku no Imouto" is a human drama about these two siblings ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
brother sister conflict, sibling relationship, family drama, relationships, family relations, social problems, conflict, brother sister relationship, family conflict, family problems, siblings relations, siblings ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
33%
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