Movies like Holler
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Holler (2020)
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal winter working the scrap yards during the day and stealing valuable metal from the once thriving factories by night. With her goal in sight, Ruth finds that the ultimate cost of an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, and she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.
Style:
surprise ending, ambiguous ending
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
brother sister relationship, hardship, poverty, coming of age, high school prom, theft, high school student, woman, factory, library, teenage protagonist, vandalism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of friend, stealing a car, house party, police department, caught stealing, financial difficulty, kiss, hospital visit, roller skating, high school graduation, stolen car
Place:
ohio
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Most similar movies to Holler
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, independent film and psychological films with plots about coming of age, poverty, teenager, teenage girl, friendship, kiss and mother daughter relationship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Holler: Hala (2019), Rocks (2019), Giant Little Ones (2018), The Street Where We Live (2019), The Migrants (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Meet 17-year-old Hala, who struggles to balance being a suburban teenager with her traditional Muslim upbringing. As she comes into her own, Hala finds herself grappling with a secret that threatens to unravel her family.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, inspirational, crying
Audience:
teens
Plot:
muslim girl, teenage girl, muslim woman, muslim, coming of age, teenager, mother daughter relationship, family relations, religion, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time:
year 2019
Similarity:
100%
6K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspense, rough, social
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, absent mother, coming of age, brother sister relationship, little brother, teenage protagonist, homeless, friendship, life is a bitch, grownups, society, nothing goes right ...
Place:
east end london, london
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"I'm just two paychecks away from being on the street." In the aftermath of the nation's financial crisis, Mary, a single mom with two kids, finds herself faced with that exact situation when the factory where she works closes ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
poverty, working class, social problems, family in crisis, financial crisis, family relations, mother son relationship, life is a bitch, fired from the job, financial problem, crisis, money problems ...
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family.
Style:
melancholic, period piece, road movie, art house
Plot:
poverty, hardship, working class, family drama, village life, social realism, blue collar, slice of life, family bonds, coming of age, resilience, character study ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place ...
Style:
psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage girl, father daughter relationship, addiction, teenager, incest, war veteran, father daughter incest, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, rural setting, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, montana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, homeless, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, working class, forceful separation, redemption, neglect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, usa, new york, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A teenage boy and girl discover a renewed sense of possibility as they go on a road trip to photograph lighthouses along the California coast.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, teen, road movie
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
lighthouse, follow your dream, photographer, teenage life, teenager, cerebral palsy, travel, road trip, dream, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, adolescence, couple relations ...
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Plot:
protest, activist, woman, biracial, mother daughter relationship, grief, hugging, friendship between girls, party, high school, female protagonist, teenager ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005
Place:
florida
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.
Style:
independent film, creepy
Plot:
food, broker, mother, restaurant, mother child relationship, daughter, chef, girl, hardship, mother daughter relationship, poverty, stealing ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, rough, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, interracial rape, rape, poverty, defloration, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, pimp, family in crisis, sister sister relationship, teenage girl, prostitute ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, usa
Similarity:
100%
498
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenager in Echo Park deals with the loss of his mother and his attraction to a girl not considered "cool" by his friends.
Style:
realistic, sincere, captivating, light, psychological ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage love, youth, high school, couples, teenage life, social relations, friendship, society, self discovery, poverty, homeless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
208
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young girl seduced by a boy's affluent seemingly idyllic family and goes to extremes to gain acceptance.
Style:
crying
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poverty, loss of virginity, coming of age, teenage girl, homeless, new student, mother daughter relationship, sex, first time, agoraphobia, troubled marriage, orgasm ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
17-year-old Jackie is in distress as her older brother Matthew gets his first girlfriend and prepares for college. Though Matthew does not share her incestuous desire, Jackie fights the intrusion of reality on her idyllic childhood world
Style:
psychological, captivating, mumblecore, thought provoking
Plot:
brother sister relationship, incest, single mother, incestuous desire, forbidden sex, forbidden love, unrequited love, house party, sex with sister, family relations, family problems, love interest ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Other Girls tells the story of four young girls nearing graduation, all of them struggling with various issues.
Style:
psychological, suspense, touching, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school student, group of friends, friendship, drug use, teenage protagonist, fall in love, couples, teenager, lesbian, young woman, unplanned pregnancy, anger ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland, lithuania, helsinki finland
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, teen, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage life, youth, teenager, teenage girl, crush, loneliness, high school life, high school, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
california, palo alto california, britain, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The Mutants (Portuguese: Os mutantes) is a 1998 Portuguese film by director Teresa Villaverde, starring Ana Moreira and Alexandre Pinto. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
bleak
Plot:
pregnant teenager, abused child, erotica, woman, friendship, police officer, theft, homeless teenager, friendship between boys, teenage girl, brother, father ...
Place:
portugal
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%
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621
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style:
realistic, touching, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Once considered a teen prodigy, a recovering addict sobers up and tries to get her writing career back on track. She begins a relationship with a rising author known for his wartime memoirs.
Style:
captivating, crying, entertaining
Plot:
relationships, writers, rock star, musician, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship vs career, writer's life, couple relations, male female relationship, female nudity, rabbi ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Style:
sincere, touching, inspirational, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
friendship, poverty, social services, mother daughter relationship, children, motel, single mother, little girl, childhood, swimming pool, eviction, female friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
florida, nebraska, orlando florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
violence, psychopath, life is a bitch, hospital, society, danger, brutality, life & death, homelessness, homeless, poverty, angry ...
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio, cincinnati ohio, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
100%
588
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Austin, 10-year-old Annie tears around on her BMX bike, hurls dough at cars, and smashes things up with her baseball bat. Her father, a goat-farmer-cum-demolition-derby driver, does little parenting. Annie has no friends her age, ...
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, bleak, poignant, grim ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, female protagonist, dysfunctional family, loneliness, isolation, moral ambiguity, preteen, character study, neglect, small town, unhappiness ...
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
100%
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