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August (2008)
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
August is a 2008 drama film directed by Austin Chick and produced by 57th & Irving. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001, one month prior to the 9/11 attacks.
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching, suspense
Plot:
brother brother relationship, wall street, family relations, rise and fall, siblings relations, workplace, parents and children, life is a bitch, down on your luck, interracial couple, finance, father son relationship, entrepreneurship, startup, entrepreneur, internet, interracial relations, stock market, bare chested male, interracial love, interracial love relationship, hustler, interracial, economist, computer genius ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to August
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and independent film films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, father son relationship, death, drinking and friendship mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sport genres. Some movies like August: Margin Call (2011), Being Flynn (2012), Mac (1992), Alex of Venice (2014), Lullaby (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
160K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, family friendly
Plot:
wall street, stock broker, finance, stock market crash, stock market, corporate greed, marketing, rivalry, insider trading, vengeance, corporate world, speculation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 2001, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During his twenties, a young man works at various homeless shelters in Boston, where he often intersects with his brilliant but troubled father.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
father son relationship, homeless, absent father, homeless shelter, writer's life, suicide, anal rape, poet, writers, estrangement, family relations, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, new york
Similarity:
100%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Niccolo (Mac) Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers and leads their family after their beloved father dies. Their father was a builder and his sons continue in this family trade. At first, they work for Polowski, who does shoddy work and cheats on ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
working class, family business, ambition, workplace, society, boss and employee, family in crisis, family life, construction, brother brother relationship, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1992
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
starting over, life turned upside down, self discovery, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, family relations, breakup, relationship vs career, family problems, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, sad
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, mercy killing, siblings relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, estranged family member, death in the family, death, choice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, new york, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
single mother, family relations, on the road, family problems, teenage life, single parent, dealing with death, human nature, working class, death in the family, parents and children, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, oregon, virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A portrait of two couples at a crossroads. What was supposed to be a romantic getaway for two young lovers, turns into an uncomfortable confrontation when the young man's estranged father shows up ... with his own girlfriend. As their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
country house, family relations, family problems, introspection, estrangement, dysfunctional family, parents and children, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, awkward situation, parenthood, estranged father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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609
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After their parents abandon the family, a young woman works to take care of her younger siblings.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, family problems, life is a bitch, siblings relations, family relations, college dropout, mentally challenged, amphetamine, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Frank, Angela, and their two children are evicted from their New York City apartment, they have no choice but to move into a homeless shelter. After a few difficult months, good news comes their way on Christmas Eve: a nearby housing project ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, sad ...
Plot:
coping, christmas, life is a bitch, eviction, homeless, survival, realism, family problems, race against time, ex athlete, parents and children, down on your luck ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Al Klein and his longtime friend, Ash Martini, own a used car lot and these two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Klein still pines for his ex-wife Barbara who left him years ago for a more successful man. After their son ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, comedy drama ...
Plot:
family business, workplace, parents and children, disorder, dealer, workplace situations, father son relationship, mentor, escapades, male protagonist, frustration, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, hood ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
cheerleader, sex scene, hopes, basketball, family problems, ambition, follow your dream, family relations, youth, athlete's life, prodigy, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, indiana, pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
single father, family in crisis, babies and infants, family relations, single parent, family problems, parents and children, life turned upside down, parent child relationship, death in the family, father son relationship, baby ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In South Boston, where Irish roots run deep and Catholic tradition reigns, two brothers face similar hardships but lead far different lives. While older brother Terry descends into drugs and crime, 16-year-old Cole vies to make the state baseball ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
baseball, teenage boy, coming of age, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, family relations, confession, youth, family life, parents and children, teenage life, hospital ...
Place:
boston, usa, ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and ...
Style:
depressing, serious, sincere, social, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unemployment, corporate world, business, corporation, workplace, money, finance, greed, family problems, starting over, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his ...
Style:
sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
boxing, journalism, african american, ex athlete, hopes, american football, boxer, athlete's life, lifestyle, newspaper, introspection, change of luck ...
Time:
year 2007, 1950s, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado, detroit, las vegas ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, starting over, love and romance, couple relations, small town life, brother brother relationship, suburbs, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, american football ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
florida, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
32%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tully Jr. and Earl live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault. While the shy, reclusive Earl spends his free time watching movies, the cockier Tully works his way through a succession of short-term affairs and an ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
small town, young lovers, coming of age, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, womanizer, youth, society, couples, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2000
Place:
nebraska, europe, usa, england
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
Style:
talky, sincere, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, moral dilemma, parents and children, family life, dysfunctional family, family problems, youth, life is a bitch, self discovery, teenage life, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
usa, bronx new york city, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy, crying ...
Plot:
billiards, gambling, hopes, family relations, kidnapping, family problems, addiction, parents and children, dysfunctional family, introspection, going straight, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
canada, new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic painter who has turned his back on not only art but life. The ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
painter, self discovery, friendship, family relations, youth, parents and children, unsupportive parent, artists and showbiz, inspiration, art, mentor, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2006, year 1974, year 1991, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however,the pattern ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
immigrant, hopes, loneliness, food, society, rich and poor, fall in love, haunted by the past, city life, sadness, survival, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, usa, barcelona, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A television drama that revolves around a family that runs a pharmaceutical company.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Plot:
family business, pharmaceutical company, family relations, workplace, family problems, parents and children, love, rivalry, couples, ethical dilemma, family drama, morality ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 ...
Style:
melancholic, sentimental, independent film, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
friendship, writers, storytelling, eccentricity, alone in the world, character study, writer's life, human nature, buddies, secret, reporter, philosophy ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, north carolina ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After being cuckolded, Morgan Midwood's life explodes. Turning to his ne'er-do-well best friend Nick, the two embark on an epic journey, tackling issues with women, family, a rogue drug dealer, and one revolutionary piece of furnishing.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, workplace, once promising, family business, nothing goes right, parents and children, love and romance, self discovery, buddies, workplace situations, bittersweet, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre Blair) realizes that "his" future may not be "their" future. This news comes as a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
small town, hopes, friends, ambition, follow your dream, couples, family relations, troublemaker, lifestyle, love and romance, musician's life, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
writer's life, single father, family bonds, writers, book, family problems, introspection, love and romance, dealing with death, parents and children, family life, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, london
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
restaurant, workplace romance, interracial relations, fighting the system, workplace, social differences, hopes, love and romance, society, boss and employee, power relations, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
Similarity:
29%
331
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The only goal of an ageing Indian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Desi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.
Style:
multicultural, independent film, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
immigrant, interracial relations, culture clash, parents and children, siblings relations, family problems, family relations, society, introspection, bittersweet, daughter, son ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, india, new york, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, interracial relations, estrangement, interracial rape, death in the family, haunted by the past, family problems, society, hopes, unfulfillment, dysfunctional family, family gatherings ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa, alabama
Similarity:
28%
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