Movies like Bastard Out of Carolina
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Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance. The film won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special" and was nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special", "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special", and "Outstanding Made for Television Movie". It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, touching, thought provoking, sexy, psychological, rough, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
sexual abuse, coming of age, rape, domestic violence, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, life is a bitch, pedophile, children, sexual assault, family in crisis, child rape, women, parenthood, suspense, child molestation, corporal punishment, female protagonist, physical abuse, couple relations, family problems, mother daughter relationship, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, single mother ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 40s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
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teens, teen drama
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child abuse, torture, court, confined, dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, murder, captivity, true crime, family problems, domestic violence, threat ...
Time:
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Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
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Place:
kansas, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). When Violet is brought on as ...
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controversial, disturbing, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic ...
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teens, teen drama
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child prostitution, virginity, innocence lost, prostitution, loss of virginity, girl man relationship, world war one, photographer, sexuality, brothel, child prostitute, prostitute ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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disturbing, bleak, rough, controversial, emotional ...
Plot:
incest, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, innocence lost, loneliness, incest rape, father daughter relationship, small town, psychology, guilt ...
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Place:
england, europe, london
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67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family. This film evokes the haunting quality of memory while creating a heartfelt portrait of a boy's ...
Style:
stylized, inspirational, serious, emotional, sexy ...
Plot:
childhood, adaptation, loneliness, working class, small town, family problems, society, americana, religion, child's point of view, world war two, youth ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his ...
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catholicism, fascism, youth, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, unemployment, sin, life is a bitch, jewish, family problems, society, parents and children ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
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Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
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bleak, brutal, harsh, disturbing, controversial ...
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Plot:
convent, nun, life is a bitch, human spirit, corporal punishment, mistreatment, punishment, sexual harassment, human rights, religion, sin, catholic orphanage ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, thought provoking, depressing, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, human relationship, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, society, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, bleak, emotional, melancholic ...
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teens
Plot:
abortion, sexual abuse, rape, unwanted pregnancy, friendship, communism, depression, illegal abortion, doctor, realism, hotel, coming of age ...
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Place:
romania, california, eastern europe, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
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emotional, intense, touching, disturbing, serious ...
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Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, bad mother, dysfunctional family, women's prison, manipulation, teenage life, murder, loneliness, mental illness, women, family relations ...
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The War Zone similar movies
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style:
dark, atmospheric, gloomy, depressing, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poverty, missing person, small town, family in crisis, female protagonist, girl, dysfunctional family, realism, down on your luck, bail, life is a bitch, coming of age ...
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Place:
missouri, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Irish immigrant family adjusts to life in the United States, a chance to get over the lost son. They have no money and the apartment is in bad condition.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
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disturbing, emotional, controversial, realistic, serious ...
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teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, teenager, investigation, father daughter relationship, bullying, child abuse, rape and revenge, internet, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, teenage girl, teenage life ...
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Country: USA, UK, France, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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disturbing, psychological, serious, rough, realistic ...
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child abuse, pedophile, rape, sex, sexual abuse, child molester, parents and children, child rape, coming of age, police, psychologist, innocence lost ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Odette is eight, she likes to dance and draw. Why would she be wary of a friend of her parents who offers to play "Tickling"? Once an adult, Odette frees her word, and plunges body and soul into her career as a dancer, in the whirlwind of ...
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Country: USA
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing
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34%
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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touching, sentimental, emotional, intense, sincere ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980's, Debby Miller (Uma Thurman) goes out in New Jersey looking for a man after she is diagnosed with "hysterical blindness".
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new jersey, tokyo, usa
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34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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This sequel to Flowers in the Attic picks up 10 years after Cathy, Chris and Carrie managed to escape Foxworth Hall.
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serious, disturbing, realistic, emotional
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Place:
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100%
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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disturbing, psychological, serious
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100%
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on ...
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