Movies like Bright Angel

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Bright Angel (1990)
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Bright Angel (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) assists a versatile girl (Taylor) on her long quest to get her brother out of jail.
Style: road movie, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, independent film, bleak, contemplative, gloomy
Plot: on the road, family problems, destructive relationship, jail, parents and children, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, siblings relations, brother, equality, marital problem, hidden treasure, skinny dipping, coming of age, youth, friends, family relations, profanity, self discovery, sexual content, violent content, female nudity, bare breasts, girl ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, montana, wyoming
Keyword: americana

Most similar movies to Bright Angel

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, independent film and suspenseful films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, youth, profanity, teenage life and violent content mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Bright Angel: Hellion (2014), American Gun (2005), Inhale (2010), Annie's Garden (1997), Road to Paloma (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hellion (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: motocross, youth, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquent, father son relationship, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, social worker, death of mother, family relations, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain, usa
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100%
 6.1
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American Gun (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Style: thought provoking, emotional, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: family relations, on the road, family problems, teenage life, single mother, human nature, single parent, dealing with death, working class, parents and children, death in the family, brother brother relationship ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, virginia, oregon
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100%
 6.5
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Inhale (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot: transplant, doctor, moral dilemma, child illness, parents and children, family problems, couple relations, escapades, society, street kid, male pubic hair, daughter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.7
 320
Annie's Garden (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In front of his 15-year-old son, a father loses his temper and strikes his younger daughter, thinking she's trying to run away from him. Jump ahead ten years: the dad is dead, the mom is gone, and the son, Luke, is raising his now grown sister, ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: bad father, small town, life is a bitch, youth, family problems, family relations, small town life, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, journal, secret, death of father ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Road to Paloma (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After a brutal injustice occurs on a Native American reservation, a son must find redemption for the actions of his past. Road to Paloma is the beautiful journey of two bikers traveling across America's vast west. While Native American Wolf ...
Style: road movie, serious, realistic, retro, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biker, on the run, vigilantism, friendship, nothing to lose, motorcycle, vengeance, on the road, family relations, chases and races, bike, revenge ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
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35%
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Undertow (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style: harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, murder, brutality, tragedy, homelessness, danger, lifestyle, parents and children, violence, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska, mexico
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32%
 6.3
 628
Steel City (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style: emotional, touching, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: police, family life, family relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, couple relations, introspection, youth, redemption, siblings relations ...
Place: usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Refuge (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After their parents abandon the family, a young woman works to take care of her younger siblings.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, independent film
Plot: teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, family in crisis, family problems, family relations, siblings relations, life is a bitch, college dropout, mentally challenged, party, amphetamine ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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30%
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California Scheming (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A teen seductress pulls three other privileged Malibu kids into her devious scheme, and unforeseen consequences force the group to face their own fears and mortality.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual content, best friend, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, danger, disorder, teenage life, boy girl relationship, teenager, profanity, manipulation, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, malibu california
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29%
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Future Weather (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teenage loner becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to rethink their futures.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot: coming of age, family relations, environmentalism, society, family problems, dysfunctional family, teenage life, gain trust, youth, life is a bitch, bittersweet, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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C Me Dance (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A teenage dancer in training for the Los Angeles ballet discovers that she is dying of cancer, only to discover that the Devil is real after getting the miracle that she and her father both prayed for. Shortly after discovering that her dream of ...
Style: serious, touching, suspenseful, suspense, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, good versus evil, society, youth, danger, imaginary, dancer's life, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, hopes, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Thursday Till Sunday (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As she and her family embark on a short vacation, a Chilean teenager slowly comes to the realization that her parents might be splitting up.
Style: serious, tense, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, on the road, parents and children, bittersweet, protecting from truth, crumbling marriage, siblings relations, under the surface, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile
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27%
Little Nikita (1988)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: fbi, cold war, teenager, investigation, death, teenage boy, killer, name calling, family relations, spy, youth, hidden identity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, san diego california, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Return to Innocence (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, redemption, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, custody, family problems ...
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26%
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Missionary (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, infidelity, dangerous attraction, danger, stalking, couples, parents and children, single parent, love triangle, sex scene, bad boy, dysfunctional relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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25%
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Allegiance (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After being granted a questionable transfer that will keep him stateside as his National Guard unit deploys for Iraq, Lieutenant Danny Sefton becomes embroiled in a last minute AWOL attempt by one of his soldiers — forcing him to choose between ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film
Plot: military, soldier, moral dilemma, military life, friendship, on the run, wartime life, military base, family problems, life is a bitch, chases and races, superior officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, usa
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25%
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Autumn Blood (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two young orphans in the Tirolian Mountains come under siege by a vicious band of hunters. Frightened of being separated by child services following the death of their mother, a self-sufficient 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother - who ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: teenage rape, rape, youth, orphan, social relations, isolation, child in peril, coming of age, family relations, teenage life, vengeance, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
White Irish Drinkers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but ineffective mother are caught up in a life of petty crime. Older brother Danny concocts a daring ...
Style: sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: family problems, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, siblings relations, family life, parents and children, male pubic hair, society, hopes, working class, domestic disturbance, irish mob ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, ireland, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The End of Innocence (1990)
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, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, rehabilitation center, addiction, power relations, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Where the Day Takes You (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group of teen-age runaways try to survive in the streets of Los Angeles. Drugs, prostitution, violence and bureaucratic indifference all pose threats to the kids, who nevertheless prefer this harsh life to going back to their families. King, ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, independent film, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage prostitution, prostitution, homelessness, realism, homeless, runaway, hustler, coming of age, drug addiction, troubled youth, criminality, street kid ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Zion and His Brother (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Zion, aged 14 and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides ...
Style: serious, realistic, bleak
Plot: family crisis, brother brother relationship, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, society, youth, introspection, siblings relations, family in crisis, haunted by the past, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Blood of My Blood (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune.
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family relations, starting over, estrangement, parents and children, hopes, on the road, criminal heroes, mexican immigrant, boy, coming of age, border, immigrant ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Style: serious, realistic, bleak
Plot: courtroom, murder, family problems, family relations, parents and children, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, courtroom drama, legal, life is a bitch, false accusation, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, beverly hills, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Norfolk (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Set in Norfolk, amidst an idyllic, brooding landscape, an innocent teenage boy and his battle-weary father live a simple life. Days are spent hunting, fishing and daydreaming. Out-of-nowhere, disrupting this tranquility, a mysterious intense figure ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: teenage life, hitman, family problems, parents and children, single parent, family in crisis, youth, life is a bitch, family relations, isolation, father son relationship, mercenary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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24%
Saving Grace B. Jones (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Style: emotional, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: couples, family in danger, redemption, homecoming, domestic disturbance, family relations, life turned upside down, family in crisis, estrangement, mentally unstable, hopes, disorder ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951
Place: missouri, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.2
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Absence (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A daily, familiar, sexual and emotional drama. Based on the character Serginho, the plot is based around various aspects of this "no longer a boy, not yet a man". We follow his day to day: the recently acquired role of man of the house, ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, bleak
Plot: dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, child as adult, parents and children, family relations, youth, teachers and students, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boy ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.7
 341
Bypass (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?
Style: touching, serious, suspenseful, gloomy, realistic ...
Plot: life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, society, parents and children, family relations, youth, down on your luck, terminal illness, urban, working class, criminal
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.7
 1K
Tiger Warsaw (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: manly
Plot: redemption, family relations, profanity, drug abuse, teenage life, homecoming, parents and children, addiction, cons and scams, family gatherings, high school, family life ...
Time: year 1988, 20th century, 80s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 3.7
 971
Toxic (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The lives of a nightclub owner, a crime boss, a stripper, a bartender, two hitmen, a prostitute and a psychic take a turn for the worse when they are trapped in an escaped mental patient's sinister path of madness and destruction.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, mental illness, mentally unstable, violence spree, criminal's revenge, vengeance, sexual content, murder, strip club, prostitute, nightclub, crime boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.5
 740
The Wait (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An enigmatic phone call from a psychic catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, surreal, mumblecore ...
Plot: siblings relations, supernatural, family in crisis, death of mother, afterlife, faith, waiting, love, death, sexual content, profanity, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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