Hardship movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant hardship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere and exciting films and TV shows about / with hardship, family relations, relationships, female protagonist, friendship, coping, society, family problems, male female relationship and love plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in China, South Korea, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as hardship: My Mister (2018), The Fruit of Grisaia (2014), The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017), The Children Nobody Wanted (1981), 17 Miracles (2011), Apple Mortgage Cake (2014), Rain Dogs (2023), Little Women (2022), Doctor Slump (2024), From Love to Happiness (2019).

List of hardship movies

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 9.1
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My Mister (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.
Style: dorama, thought provoking, sincere, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: hardship, healing, life is a bitch, relationships, social problems, supportive friend, employee employee relationship, workplace, loneliness, stealing money, male female relationship, co worker co worker relationship ...
Time: 2010s
Place: east asia, thailand
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The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree. ...
Style: anime, ecchi, psychological, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: life is a bitch, hardship, harem, teenage boy, tragedy, teenage girl, teenage crush, evil, juvenile delinquency, female nudity, student, academy ...
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The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Chise Hatori, 15 years old. Lost, without hope, and without family, she is bought for money – not by another person, but by a non-human sorcerer named Elias. Though she hesitates, she begins life anew as his apprentice and future wife.
Style: anime, enigmatic, romantic, captivating, dark fantasy ...
Plot: drastic change of life, changing lives, first love, supernatural, friendship, dragon, magic, young girl, fairy, life is a bitch, life & death, mysterious stranger ...
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The Children Nobody Wanted (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to become a legal foster parent in the state of Missouri.
Style: political
Plot: ranch, hardship, homelessness, orphan, adoption, house, family home, children, bachelor, foster parent, large family, foster home ...
Time: year 1959, 1950s, 60s
Place: missouri
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 6.2
 2K
17 Miracles (2011)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: As part of the Willie Handcart Company, Levi Savage (Jasen Wade) feared that leaving late in the season would lead to despair and death. What he came to find out is that for every tragedy, there is a multitude of miracles. Based on unbelievable ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, christian film ...
Plot: miraculous event, hardship, religions or cults, society, hopes, immigrant, journey, hunger, religion, latter day saints, emigration, christian ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: utah
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Apple Mortgage Cake (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 each in order to save her home – and how this idea completely changes her and her family.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, inspirational
Plot: hardship, financial problem, single mother, financial difficulty, social problems, money problems, coping, cookery, single parent, needing money, female protagonist, baking ...
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 7.0
 3K
Rain Dogs (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice.
Style: psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating, dark comedy
Plot: hardship, mother daughter relationship, gay, female protagonist, satire, unconventional family, single mother, couple relations, family relations, relationships, single parent, perseverance ...
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 7.8
 7K
Little Women (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: Three sisters, who only have each other and never enough money, get entangled in a conspiracy involving the rich and powerful.
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: hardship, sister sister relationship, sibling relationship, sisters, sister, social problems, family problems, poor family, dysfunctional family, relationships, family relations, poverty ...
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 7.5
 1K
Doctor Slump (2024)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Once rivals in school, two brilliant doctors reunite by chance — each facing life’s worst slump and unexpectedly finding solace in each other.
Style: romantic comedy, thrilling, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: plastic surgeon, hardship, workaholic, best friend, teacher, professor, doctor, male female relationship, relationships, friends, couple relations, love and romance ...
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From Love to Happiness (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Style: realistic, serious, dramatic, exciting, captivating
Plot: love triangle, hardship, married life, life lesson, friendship, fight, couple relations, male female relationship, love, society, husband wife relationship, couples ...
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Irreplaceable Love (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story: After Li Chu Yao loses her younger brother Chu Chen to an accident, Li Luo Shu, the orphan who lives across the street, takes Chu Chen's place in the Li household to appease his mentally unstable mother. Years pass, and Luo Shu develops ...
Style: dramatic, dorama, captivating, emotional
Plot: orphan, older woman younger man relationship, mother son relationship, hardship, death, accident, cohabitation, post traumatic stress disorder, family relations, couple relations, relationships, love
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If There Is No Tomorrow (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: I Am Yu Huanshui is a story for the underdogs about a man who tolerates as much as he can, yet things change when he discovers that he is terminal ill.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: hardship, cancer, social problems, lifestyle change, fighting illness, life is a bitch, male protagonist, coping, changing lives, society, family problems, illness ...
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 6K
Breathless (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, rough, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, friendship, self discovery, going straight, loan shark, hitman, danger, redemption, starting over, hopes, child in peril, rebellious youth ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: asia, korea, south korea
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 8.4
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Crystal Boys (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the homonymous novel by Pai Hsien-yung, the story takes place in Taipei in the 1970s, and follows a short period in the life of a young man called Li-Qing (nicknamed A-Qing). When A-Qing is expelled from his school because of ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay subtext, male homosexuality, hardship, social issues, gay lead character, life is a bitch, family problems, lgbt teen, buddy ...
Time: 70s
Place: taiwan
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 8.1
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My Rosy Life (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Maeng Soon-yi has sacrificed everything in her life for the sake of others. She missed out on her youth because she was too busy taking care of her father, who started drinking heavily after her mother abandoned them when Soon-yi was 10 years old. ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: cancer, hardship, male female relationship, relationships, social problems, marital problem, family relations, fighting illness, life is a bitch, illness, family life, care ...
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 6.6
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Pirated Copy (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A portrait of contemporary Chinese society based on the ubiquitous illegal trade in pirated DVDs.
Style: humorous, parody, suspense, feel good, light ...
Plot: smuggler, chase, police officer, obstacle, terminal illness, love, police, prostitute, robbery, adultery, social issues, hardship ...
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The Rakugo Movie (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Rakugo Eiga is a film featuring Japan's traditional art, 'rakugo' as its theme. It is a modern adaptation of three rakugo tales presented in three short films.
Style: humorous, tense, rough, suspense, anthology ...
Plot: abusive father, student, dysfunctional family, family relations, father son relationship, gangster, father daughter relationship, death, murder, underage drinking, hardship, child in peril ...
Place: japan, usa
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 7.2
 4K
Morphine (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, morphine, doctor, urban decay, drug addiction, civil war, hopelessness, world war one, hardship, loneliness, rivalry ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: russia
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Sweet Magnolias (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small, Southern town of Serenity.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, light, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, life, women, small town life, lovers, friendship, love, life changing experience, girlfriend, female friendship, faith, business ...
Place: south carolina
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 3.1
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Melany Rose (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: A dark psychological thriller following Dr. Sullivan as she attempts to expose a government conspiracy surrounding Dr. Freeman and his test subjects made up of former death row inmates. Inspired by MKUltra; the illegal CIA mind control experiment ...
Style: suspense, dark, twisted, emotional, serious ...
Plot: black ops, conspiracy, cia, government, problem, male doctor, character study, self destructing, power relations, troubled, doctors and patients, social anxiety disorder ...
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Love is True (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot: mother, hardship, female protagonist, fertility, career change, relationship vs career, career, social climber, women, coping, woman, friendship ...
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Moms and Mothers (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1970s Turkey, Moms and Mothers tells the story of two different young women whose lives become unexpectedly intertwined. Kader lives in a small village in Anatolia and longs for nothing more than a happy life with Mustafa, but following a ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, exciting, serious
Plot: baby, pregnant woman, female protagonist, woman, motherhood, single mother, coping, mother love, women, destiny, hardship, child ...
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Wenderella's Diary (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: Shan Liang is the founder of a well-known dating app, while Wen Yu is a high heels designer. In the eyes of everyone, they are a prince and a princess, both talented and beautiful. After they get married, Wen Yu's socialite life sets up a ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, sincere, exciting, sentimental
Plot: design, love affair, hardship, couple relations, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, coping, couples, fall in love, love, male female relationship
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This England (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Inside the halls of power, Boris Johnson grapples with Covid-19, Brexit, and a controversial personal and political life during his tumultuous first months as Prime Minister.
Style: dramatic, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: british prime minister, government, politician, virus, politics, hardship, deadly virus, coping, fight, british politics, british, prime minister ...
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 6.3
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Strange Heaven (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Basia and Marek have been on the run their whole lives. Along with their nine-year-old daughter Ula, they experience what it’s like to be an immigrant in Sweden. When a Swedish social worker visits their home, she witnesses Ula’s everyday ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, rough
Plot: children, emigration, soccer, social worker, kidnapping, foster home, parents and children, new life, family problems, family in crisis, relocation, starting over ...
Place: poland
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The Legend of Tomiris (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 156 min.
Story: This is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.
Style: captivating, disturbing, brutal, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: czar, nomad, turkish history, strong female character, female warrior, barbarian, medieval, throne, female protagonist, revenge, coping, daughter ...
Time: 10th century, 6th century, ancient times
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 6.5
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Big Time Rush (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this opportunity of a lifetime, these ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, semi serious, funny, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: teenager, music band, rising to stardom, friends, siblings relations, high school, high school life, teenage life, ex athlete, family relations, music, athlete's life ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, minnesota, usa
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Two Days, One Night (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style: depressing, independent film, sincere, serious, compassionate ...
Audience: teens
Plot: depression, unemployment, injustice, working class, female protagonist, solidarity, workplace, loss of job, employer employee relationship, moral dilemma, guilt, poverty ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france, ethiopia, europe
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 6.8
 3K
Casa Grande (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story: As a privileged teenager living in an affluent suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Jean has little to worry about beyond games, grades and girls. But as his overbearing father drags the family into debt, Jean is forced into a change of lifestyle which opens ...
Style: emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, under the surface, class differences, parents and children, family problems, social differences, power relations, family life, unfulfillment, social relations, society, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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 6.5
 1K
Fatima (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Fatima, a Moroccan-born woman who now lives in France with her two teenage daughters, with whom she is barely able to communicate.
Style: touching, realistic, captivating, sincere
Plot: studying, racism, separated parents, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, maid, working class, language barrier, cleaning lady, school, single mother, teenager ...
Time: 2010s
Place: algeria, middle east, france
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