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Beans (2020)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, young girl, land dispute, politics, woman, pregnancy, racism, cemetery, blockade, grownups, little girl, siege, first kiss, driving, interview, indigenous people, car, sister sister relationship, showdown, underage drinking, woods, girlhood, cycling, 12 year old ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, 1990s
Place:
quebec, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, independent film, captivating and emotional films with plots about coming of age, mother daughter relationship, family relations, woman, female protagonist, teenager and indigenous mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Beans: Good Riddance (1980), Naturally Native (1998), Where the Spirit Lives (1989), Schoolgirls (2020), The Sex of the Stars (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentians, Michelle lives in an isolated house with her mentally-challenged brother Guy and her 13 year old daughter Manon. Together the three of them survive by running a small firewood business and ...
Plot:
mental illness, illness, parent child relationship, brother sister relationship, accidental death, pregnancy, coming of age, autumn, runaway, lower class, death of brother, mother daughter relationship ...
Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, joy and relationships of three sisters as they attempt to start their own business. Of American Indian ancestry, but adopted by white foster parents as young children, each sister has her own identity ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
racism, slice of life, sisterhood, identity, family drama, family relations, sisters, cosmetics, cultural conflict, injustice, female friendship, resilience ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
native american, native, massacre, indigenous people, civil rights, indians, racism, political activism, resistance, american indian, solidarity, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
south dakota
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be ...
Style:
historical drama, heartbreaking, period piece, bleak, reflective ...
Plot:
native american, boarding school, indigenous people, kidnapping, native, racism, genocide, colonialism, identity, resilience, assimilation, trauma ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Prodded by the rebellious Brisa, puberty is awakening in twelve-year-old Celia. Quickly, the two become allies against the rigid rules of authority in the Catholic girls’ school. However, questions about the right bra, cool bands and sexy clothing ...
Style:
melancholic, unusual plot structure, psychological, contemplative, light ...
Plot:
coming of age, single mother, nun, catholic school, school, girl, new friend, homework, friends, friendship, society, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
spain
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Every child who has lost a parent early in life (whether due to death or the separations of divorce or for any other reason) longs to see that parent again. Many have kept up a running dialogue in their heads of things they would say to them if they ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
transsexual, lgbtq, family relations, lgbt, parents and children, transvestism, estrangement, unfulfillment, coming of age, human nature, society, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
quebec, europe, france
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In a very dry summer in an isolated community far from the city. Sofia, Clara and Lucas face their first loves and fears, while preparing the New Year's party, without knowing that nature threatens them.
Plot:
woman, women, coming of age, teenager, cycling, motorcycle, horse, burglary, bicycle, dog, bare breasts, new year ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
parent child relationship, teenage girl, divorce, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, family relations, teenage protagonist, adolescence, grownups, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, teenager ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, gay, gay father, friendship, best friend, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, father son relationship, underage drinking, lgbtq, bisexual ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
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:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
Fictional portrayal of 'The Summer of 1990' in Kanehsatake: the major conflict between a Mohawk community and the Canadian and Quebec governments - over the expansion of a golf course into an aboriginal cemetery.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
civil rights, crisis, indigenous people, civil unrest, showdown, human rights, social justice, racial tension, activism, mature, small town, native american ...
Time:
90s
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Whatever she does, Eunhee feels like an outsider. Then her new Chinese teacher turns out to be so utterly different from everybody else. A compassionate and meticulously told narrative of a seemingly regular summer that leaves nothing unchanged.
Style:
sexy, touching, captivating, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, teacher student relationship, relationships, female protagonist, personal growth, middle school, high school, family relations, teenage girl, adolescence, lgbt teen, family problems ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
seoul, south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
66%
744
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
A thin child of about 10, nicknamed "Crow" because she mimics the bird, has no friends and rejects a teacher's hug. At home, she is left on her own, her mom locks her out while entertaining a lover or is asleep. One morning, Crow sees ...
Style:
surreal
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
children, little girl, woman, coming of age, childhood, magic realism, nudity, child kidnapping, young girl, daydreamer, child abduction, nude bathing ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young women unsure of her cultural heritage, arrives in rural Quebec, Canada.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
farm, coming of age, immigrant, family problems, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, down on your luck, racism, homecoming, teenage life, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Guatemala, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
arranged marriage, poverty, teenage life, unfulfilled love, youth, love and romance, wedding planning, coming of age, volcano, mother daughter relationship, feminist, native ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa, latin america, guatemala
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business. Mon Oncle Antoine is Director Claude Jutra's masterpiece: A ...
Style:
art house, social, contemplative, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, small town, christmas, foster child, mining, uncle nephew relationship, youth, countryside, boy, infidelity, loss of son, catholic priest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1971
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
Style:
realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
anti semitism, coming of age, problem, holocaust, neo nazi, nazism, nationalism, life is a bitch, female protagonist, nazi, racial discrimination, tragic past ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The 12 years old well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time together and Karen teaches Lonnie some of her favorite occupancies, like make-up, shoplifting, skipping school and lying to the parent about it, but ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, teenager, coming of age, youth, female friendship, friendship between girls, female bonding, young girl, middle school, woman, strong female lead, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of an Aboriginal family's attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the urging of headstrong teenager Trilby, the Comeaways relocate from their family camp, to a house in the main town.
Style:
political, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot:
australian aboriginal, blaxploitation, indigenous people, native, native american, family relations, segregation, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance, coming of age, misfit ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa, australia
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Taking a short-cut home from work, high-schooler Billie Simms is raped. Not only does the incident cause an unwanted pregnancy that damages her college expectations, but it also outrages her smugly religious father who pressures her to give up the ...
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, period piece, tragic
Plot:
child born of rape, pregnant from rape, rape, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, family drama, guilt, child illness, redemption, religious hypocrisy, shame, religious conflict ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Naples. Present day. Giovanna, a combative 60-year-old social worker on the frontline of the daily war against pervasive criminality, is confronted, like a modern Antigone, with a moral dilemma that threatens to destroy her work and her life. ...
Plot:
neighborhood, mother daughter relationship, urban, coming of age, helicopter, police arrest, little girl, painting, female protagonist, baby, arrest, police ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy, naples italy, napoli italy
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, emotional, teen ...
Plot:
coming of age, closeted homosexual, teenage girl, single father, sexual awakening, father daughter relationship, teenage sexuality, family relations, ambition, blind ambition, teenage life, rebelliousness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, newfoundland
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery: when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted and, later, that her conception was the product of a rape.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, emotional
Plot:
redheaded woman, dark secret, abused woman, rape, adoption, family problems, family relations, terminal illness, missing person, custody, doctors and patients, babies and infants ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1964
Place:
canada
Similarity:
52%
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506
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While her father is away serving in the military, Sadie battles to preserve his place on the home front when her mother takes an interest in the newest resident at the Shady Plains Trailer Park.
Style:
independent film, tense, emotional, realistic, dark ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, trailer park, female protagonist, child protagonist, character study, family drama, moral ambiguity, jealousy, manipulation, sabotage, absent father ...
Similarity:
52%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
With the death of their mother, two sisters (Nona and Cressy) return to their childhood home in Northern Australia where their third sister, Mae, lived looking after their mother. The funeral happens and the three find themselves together in the ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
aborigine, indigenous people, female warrior, woman, ashes, illegitimacy, sister sister relationship, arson, opera singer, island, homecoming, three sisters ...
Place:
tasmania, australia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
South of the Moon is the story of a young boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain and torment of regret.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, uncle nephew relationship, teenager, relationship problems, life is a bitch, teenage life, social issues, relationships, uncle, social problems, family problems, little boy ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Camille wanders through the countryside talking with frogs and chickens: she sails through life as a carefree soul. But for her older sister, the introverted Mylia, things are more complicated. Mylia is lost between the uncertainty in her family ...
Style:
stylized, feel good, art house
Plot:
sister sister relationship, teenager, coming of age, women, loner, bullying, new school, rural setting, frog, chicken, voice over narration, party ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, Canada, France, Qatar
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia sent to her best friend from 1980’s Beirut. Maia refuses to open the box or confront ...
Style:
semi autobiographical
Plot:
painful memories, suicide of father, woman, death of brother, mother daughter relationship, christmas, lebanese civil war, photography, cemetery, snowstorm, death of father, social network ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 2010s
Place:
lebanon, quebec, beirut lebanon
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, political
Plot:
feminist, domestic violence, indigenous people, social problems, life is a bitch, relationships, pregnant woman, women in society, help, female protagonist, social misfits, class society ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 227 min.
Story:
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
Style:
historical drama, period piece
Plot:
world war two, religion, working class, family drama, economic crisis, social realism, catholicism, poverty, depression era, sacrifice, illness, small town life ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
48%
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