Movies like The Best Little Girl in the World
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The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Casey Powell is a young teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nevosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-induced vomiting, because of her troubled home life and problems at school in which her bickering parents must put aside their differences to help her recover before her condition kills her.
Style:
psychological, sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
eating disorder, bulimia, psychopath, mental disorder, trouble, self-help, mental illness, anorexia, school, youth, misfit, family relations, parents and children, teenage life, elderly, physical appearance, human nature, hopes, unfulfillment, power relations, teenager, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, disease ...
Time:
80s
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Most similar movies to The Best Little Girl in the World
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, hopes, family problems, coming of age and society mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Best Little Girl in the World: The Fat Boy Chronicles (2010), Feed (2017), Sharing the Secret (2000), My Louisiana Sky (2001), For the Love of Nancy (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The Fat Boy Chronicles is a motion picture about Jimmy Winterpock, an obese high-school student who deals with bullying and trying to lose weight. The film is inspired by a true story and was released in 2010 as a major motion picture.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, inspirational, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fat boy, teenage love, human spirit, bullying, hopes, misfit, high school, society, win over, follow your dream, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them - even their dreams are connected.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
anorexia, eating disorder, youth, love, hospital, hospitalization, life is a bitch, adaptation, illness, mental illness, redemption, society ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends secretly binges and purges.
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eating disorder, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, teenage daughter, bulimia, mental illness, family relations, family life, parent child relationship, starvation, obsession, physical appearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, self discovery, family life, society, family problems, parents and children, disability, small town life, child's point of view, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, compassion ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The parents of an anorexic woman fight to save her life.
Style:
neurotic, contemplative, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eating disorder, anorexia, self harm, weight loss, refusing to eat, trouble, psychological disorder, bulimia, depression, psychology, problem, illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. The disease slowly tears the family apart. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal told with warmth, depth ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
anorexia, teenage girl, eating disorder, sisterhood, mental disorder, family relations, siblings relations, youth, kids in trouble, parents and children, illness, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Meet the Hunters your typical all-American family: two committed parents and two lovely daughters. However, looks can be deceiving because this family is plagued by the nit-picking comments of an overzealous mother determined to keep her daughters ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot:
eating disorder, mental illness, mental institution, self harm, dysfunctional family, family relations, obsession, family problems, life is a bitch, physical appearance, parents and children, anorexia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, social, disturbing, neurotic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
eating disorder, anorexia, obsession, physical appearance, weight loss, dancer, internet, imaginary friend, social issues, family problems, social problems, lifestyle change ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A 14-year-old girl in late 1960's America is inadvertently sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help.
Style:
psychedelic, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
marijuana, recovery, hippie, drug addiction, drug, addiction, high school, prostitute, teenage girl, runaway, cocaine, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Laurence, a young schoolteacher from Lyons, takes a week's leave. During the break, she reflects on her career and her personal life.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
discipline, couples, family relations, contests and competitions, love and romance, youth, family gatherings, school teacher, fear of commitment, sex talk, high school, self confidence ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
lyon, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two friends keep their vomiting a secret until one friend almost dies.
Style:
emotional, psychological
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eating disorder, bulimia, anorexia, disability, desire, love, self harm, depression, mental illness, troubled teen, trouble, teen social issues ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, human nature, youth, family problems, couples, estrangement, terminal illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
322
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The movie spotlights an intelligent high school senior and National Merit Scholar (Bryant) who has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a high school equivalency night class, tends to the needs of her widower father, Jesse ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, single parent, small town, coming of age, teenage life, destructive relationship, family relations, couples, parents and children, youth, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sad, thought provoking, depressing ...
Plot:
teacher, mental illness, estrangement, friendship, children, inspiration, introspection, school, imaginary, alice in wonderland, imaginary friend, imagination ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, ireland
Similarity:
20%
372
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits and earning a little extra by playing the accordion in the ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, parents and children, life is a bitch, teenage life, redemption, shoplifting, mistaken identity, society, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
355
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, love and romance, human nature, youth, family life, single parent, introspection ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Samantha is recovering from a suicide attempt and ready for a fresh start in life. She has to fight for the custody of her daughter.
Style:
sincere, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
parents and children, custody, mental illness, family life, starting over, hopes, family relations, family problems, mother daughter relationship, depressed woman, rock paper scissors, suicide attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The emotional story of a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis in the environment of others with mental and emotional problems. He finds intimacy with Lisa, a young woman suffering from schizophrenia.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic, spiritual ...
Plot:
mental illness, multiple personality disorder, angst, mental disorder, insanity, schizophrenia, mental institution, teenage love, coming of age, young lovers, psychiatric hospital, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Martha is a businesswoman and divorced mother of two children - Augusta and Jack. However, when docile Augusta becomes a teenager, feelings of anger and self-hate cause her personality to undergo a scary transformation, and Martha realizes that this ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, rough, disturbing, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lifestyle, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, kids in trouble, hopes, rise and fall, single parent, alcohol abuse, uncontrollable, intrigue, teenage life, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, san francisco
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina discovers although it has torn ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, pregnant teenager, lifestyle, teenage life, family in crisis, hopes, high school, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation center, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, addiction, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, mental health, family relations, family problems, human spirit, mental disorder, ptsd, illness, suicidal, psychology, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, and loss. And a set of drums. Oh, and the Pope. POPE DREAMS is about a directionless ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
terminal illness, hopes, follow your dream, parents and children, family relations, young lovers, coming of age, teenage life, unfulfillment, human nature, mother son relationship, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer, a summer which changes the lives of the two of them, and their friends and family.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
summer vacation, family relations, farmer, teenage life, family problems, estrangement, youth, parents and children, friendship, elderly, adolescence vs adulthood, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting, bleak ...
Plot:
adoption, youth, foster child, child abuse, child care, disease, innocence lost, dysfunctional family, abusive father, homeless, society, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
18%
722
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, youth, human spirit, teenage life, custody, family problems, society, hopes, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, family in crisis, sexual abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style:
touching, realistic, gloomy, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friends, teenage life, life is a bitch, boy girl relationship, youth, family problems, friendship, high school life, social relations, dysfunctional family, school, social decay ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Ruth Matthews's husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter Sally handles her father's death in a very odd manner. As Sally's condition worsens, Ruth takes her to see Jake, an expert in childhood autism. ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, psychological thriller, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
autism, disability, child's point of view, mental illness, fantasy world, reflection, scared, psychopath, medical, youth, self discovery, single parent ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
missionary, couples, redemption, self discovery, life is a bitch, youth, working class, terminal illness, disorder, family relations, tragic hero, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
18%
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