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Bird (2024)
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
Style:
powerful, crying
Plot:
young girl, menstruation, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, bridesmaid, mysterious man, puberty, bare chested male, domestic violence, teenage pregnancy, brother sister relationship, coming of age, biracial, magic realism, lgbt, grave, angry, domestic abuse, dog, dancing, horse, fight, snake, wedding, friendship ...
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Most similar movies to Bird
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, realistic, serious and independent film films with plots about coming of age, family relations, friendship, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, dancing and father daughter relationship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Bird: Fish Tank (2009), The Last Summer in La Boyita (2009), Lola (2024), War Pony (2022), Aftersun (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
68K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Style:
sexy, emotional, sincere, bleak, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, age difference, coming of age, teenage girl, rebelliousness, mother's boyfriend, hopes, dancing, youth, sexual content, older man younger woman relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, california
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Young Jorgelina feels estranged from her boy-crazy older sister, who has entered adolescence and doesn't want to hang around with little kids anymore. Finding refuge in their Boyita camper-van, Jorgelina travels with her father to the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
friendship, ranch, abused child, coming of age, youth, intersex, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, family relations, countryside, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
78%
976
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
19-year-old Lola James is trying to work to save enough money to get her beloved little brother, Arlo, out of their toxic home. Until one tragic night, when her whole world gets uprooted. From that moment on, nothing will ever be the same.
Style:
bleak, depressing, crying
Plot:
pregnant from rape, brother sister relationship, stripper, little brother, cocaine, strip club, prostitution, abusive boyfriend, theft, sexual abuse, drug abuse, cannabis ...
Time:
year 2002
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The interlocking stories of two Lakota boys growing up on Pine Ridge Reservation. At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho can’t wait to become a man. Bound by their shared search for belonging, each of the ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, crying
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
native american reservation, halloween, indian reservation, multiple storylines, relationships, social problems, lifestyle, social issues, tattoo on face, poverty, marijuana, poodle ...
Place:
turkey, south dakota
Similarity:
76%
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125K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Turkey, Philippines, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum. As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, semi autobiographical, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
vacation, coming of age, father daughter relationship, depression, hotel, memory, 11 year old girl, swimming pool, past, memories, lesbian, gay ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
turkey, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style:
emotional, depressing, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, unwanted pregnancy, loneliness, depression, poverty, injustice, family problems, parents and children, couples, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, florida, algeria ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.
Style:
crying
Plot:
young mother, poverty, parenting, resilience, working class, social realism, slice of life, social services, hopes, solidarity, female friendship, urban ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
76%
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:
74%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Style:
touching, melancholic, sentimental, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, gay, culture clash, religion, teenage pregnancy, gay latino, character study, life turned upside down, starting over, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, glendale california, spain
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.
Style:
emotional, captivating, serious, realistic, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
police dog, dysfunctional family, depression, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, alcoholic, going straight, family problems, coming of age, youth, hopes, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, new york
Similarity:
72%
535
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Qatar, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.
Style:
crying
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, coming of age, 11 year old girl, family relations, photograph, murder, young girl, friendship, teenager, sick, dream, videotaping ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 80s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making ...
Style:
depressing, rough, realistic, bleak, controversial ...
Plot:
drug addict, drug addiction, profanity, drug abuse, cocaine, proles, lower class, wife abuse, heroin, addiction, dysfunctional family, drug ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
71%
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:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Style:
sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, gay love, teenager, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay sex, male homosexuality, exploring sexuality, lgbt teen, male nudity ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, new york, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
69%
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, captivating, hood ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, teenager, youth, society, poverty, peer pressure, street gang, against the rules, dull life, teenage life, black ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, africa, france
Similarity:
68%
23K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style:
serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, indiana, europe
Similarity:
68%
107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female nudity, single mother, foster home, pregnancy and birth, single parent, motherhood, family relations, pregnant girlfriend, kids and family, family life, adoption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california, oakland california, california, bay area
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.
Style:
captivating, psychological, touching, sentimental, indie film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, family relations, gay, father son relationship, teenage boy, theft, husband wife relationship, marriage, birthday, fired from the job, domestic violence ...
Place:
new york state, brooklyn new york city, spain, philadelphia, new york
Similarity:
67%
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:
67%
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 ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, coming of age, parents and children, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, pedophile, physical abuse, child molestation, sexual assault ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story exploring the issue of hardship in modern-day Britain through a young couple scraping to get by in a casual jobs market. A hard-up delivery driver and his carer wife are pushed to breaking point as they struggle to keep their family afloat ...
Style:
social, political, disturbing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
working class, poverty, social realism, father daughter relationship, delivery man, teenage boy, father son relationship, job interview, husband wife relationship, couples, adaptation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1984, year 1996, year 2008, 2010s
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two sisters and their male counterparts struggle with the negative influences of their youths over a 50-year period.
Style:
serious, captivating, psychological, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, deception, father son relationship, coming of age, sister sister relationship, mental illness, parenthood, betrayal, parents and children, memory, courage ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes ...
Style:
independent film, touching, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, hypocrisy, infidelity, male nudity, girl man relationship, magic realism, dog attack, coming of age, female protagonist, baking, security guard, trailer home ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
australia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two ...
Style:
inspirational, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
homeless shelter, coming of age, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, homeless, homeless man, homeless woman, apartment building, children, daughter, mother ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ludovic is a small boy who cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl, talks of marrying his neighbor's son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. His actions lead to problems for him and his family.
Style:
controversial, lgbt cinema, touching, psychological, social ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
gender, lgbtq, glbt, cross dressing, coming of age, transsexual, gay, children, gay slur, gay crush, transgender, women ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
france, belgium, paris france, europe
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Focuses on a working class girl who is struggling to create a life for herself with her gay co-worker after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand with a black sailor.
Style:
independent film, sexual, black and white, depressing, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, working class, kitchen sink realism, social realism, interracial relations, friendship, pregnant teenager, single mother, dysfunctional family, single parent, family relations, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
single parent, infidelity, family relations, dysfunctional family, couples, life is a bitch, estrangement, family problems, gender, love and romance, elderly, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san diego california, los angeles, miami
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, crying, depressing, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
children, poverty, boy, friendship, coming of age, bully, neighbor, urban decay, rat, strike, british, death of child ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, britain, nebraska
Similarity:
65%
165
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama, with skateboards, set in Texas.
Style:
crying
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, punk rock, older woman younger man relationship, age-gap relationship, punk, bare butt, nudity, unfaithfulness, psychiatric hospital, brother brother relationship, teenage girl, swimming ...
Similarity:
64%
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