Generation gap movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant generation gap movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, sentimental, serious, feel good and emotional films and TV shows about / with generation gap, family relations, parents and children, youth, coming of age, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, friendship, love and teenager plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as generation gap: Freaky Friday (2003), October Sky (1999), Modern Family (2009), 20th Century Women (2016), The Namesake (2006), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Antonia's Line (1995), A Bronx Tale (1993), Georgia Rule (2007).

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 6.3
 151K
Freaky Friday (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek ...
Style: funny, teen, light, romantic comedy, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, date night ...
Plot: body swapping, high school, mother daughter relationship, teenager, wedding, body swap, switching bodies, child as adult, soul transference, switching places, teenage girl, generation gap ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.8
 97K
October Sky (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style: inspirational, touching, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: small town, teacher, follow your dream, teenage life, against the odds, friendship, biopic, generation gap, mathematics, mining, space program, scientist ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: west virginia, virginia, usa, appalachia, indianapolis indiana
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 8.5
 478K
Modern Family (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 5378 min.
TV show
Story: The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, mockumentary, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, everyday life, family relations, generation gap, family life, adolescence, gay adoption, parents and children, mother daughter relationship, couple relations, blended family, gay couple ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, southern california, usa, los angeles
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20th Century Women (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – ...
Style: sentimental, stylized, cult classic, independent film, aesthetic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: coming of age, feminism, teenager, feminist, parenting, women, teenage boy, single mother, loneliness, teenage girl, parent child relationship, parenthood ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2016, year 1979
Place: new york
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 7.5
 22K
The Namesake (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: India, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: immigrant, childhood, marriage, generation gap, childbirth, relationships, parenthood, life, rebel, family life, society, acceptance ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2006, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: india, new york, usa, ohio, taj mahal
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: friendship, small town, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, small town life, cannibalism, female bonding, midlife crisis, female protagonist, discrimination, lesbian love ...
Time: 1920s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style: feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: soccer, football, culture clash, friendship, hinduism, wedding, feminism, immigrant, tradition, stereotypes, coach, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany
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Antonia's Line (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around ...
Style: touching, melancholic, sentimental, independent film, art house ...
Plot: village life, strong female character, village, lesbian, philosophy, friendship, women, magic realism, free love, mathematics, generation gap, widow ...
Time: post world war two
Place: germany, holland
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 7.8
 159K
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style: sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: mafia, gangster, coming of age, organized crime, mentor, mobster, loyalty, gang leader, cosa nostra, father son relationship, friendship, mob boss ...
Time: 60s, year 1960, 20th century, year 1993, 90s ...
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state
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 5.9
 26K
Georgia Rule (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding ...
Style: teen, melancholic, stylized, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, small town, dysfunctional family, family problems, teenager, parents and children, rebellious daughter, confession, justice, generation gap, family relations, uncontrollable ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: idaho, usa, san francisco, salt lake city utah
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Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Monsieur Ibrahim is a story about a young Jewish boy in Paris who meets an old Muslim Turkish grocery store owner. The film touches the themes of friendship and love as the old man is a father figure to the boy as he teaches him of the Koran. The ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, emotional, uplifting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, muslim, adoption, religion, friendship, self discovery, youth, man boy relationship, childhood, koran, generation gap, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s, year 2003
Place: paris france, europe, middle east, switzerland, turkey ...
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The Wonder Years (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The show achieved a spot ...
Style: touching, sitcom, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, high school, first love, teenage life, coming of age, family relations, love and romance, siblings relations, family life ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa
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Dead Poets Society (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style: philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: teacher, suicide, coming of age, friendship, poetry, poet, mentor, philosophy, teachers and students, literature, youth, teenager ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1989, year 1959
Place: vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a ...
Style: fairy tale, surreal, suspenseful, disturbing, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: innocence, teenage girl, magic realism, folk horror, coming of age, surrealism, supernatural, menstruation, wedding night, occult, seductive behavior, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: year 1970, near future, 19th century
Place: central europe, eastern europe, czech republic
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 7.5
 44K
Whale Rider (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style: touching, emotional, thought provoking, atmospheric, poignant ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: sexism, whale, tradition, coming of age, childhood, culture clash, empowerment, youth, society, female protagonist, women, loss of son ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new zealand, oceania
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The House of the Spirits (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Denmark, Portugal
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, family saga, melancholic ...
Plot: civil war, magic realism, farm, justice, dysfunctional family, politics, coup d'etat, rape, family relations, dictatorship, generation gap, parents and children ...
Time: 1940s, year 1993, 1930s, 1920s, 70s ...
Place: latin america, chile
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A River Runs Through It (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style: touching, sentimental, intense, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot: fishing, coming of age, self discovery, father son relationship, beautiful scenery, brother brother relationship, childhood, river, wilderness, brothers, tragedy, secrets ...
Time: 1900s, year 1992, 1920s, 1910s, 1930s ...
Place: montana, usa
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, depressing, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: suicide, suburbs, depression, overbearing parent, suicide attempt, teenager, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, teenage life, coming of age, friendship, suicidal ...
Time: 70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, yale university
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Since Otar Left (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Georgia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The one joy in the lives of a mother and daughter comes from the regular letters sent to them from Paris from the family's adored son, Otar. When the daughter finds out that Otar has died suddenly, she tries to conceal the truth from her ...
Style: touching, harsh, sentimental, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: elderly, poverty, human nature, life is a bitch, protecting from truth, generation gap, society, family problems, loss of child, parents and children, dealing with death, death ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, tbilisi, russia ...
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 6.4
 215K
17 Again (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside ...
Style: romantic, feel good, entertaining, light, funny ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, youth, body swapping, teenage life, popularity, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, high school life, bullying, family relations, college, wish come true ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1989, 80s, 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 6.9
 12K
Towelhead (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Style: disturbing, sensual, melancholic, controversial, compassionate ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, pedophilia, sexual exploration, adolescence, sexual abuse, sex with a minor, child abuse, older man younger woman relationship, child molestation, teenager, age difference, racism ...
Time: year 2007, 90s, year 1990, year 1991
Place: austin texas, usa, houston texas, texas
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 5.6
 2K
No Filter (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a woman visits a Chinese doctor, she discovers her pain is due to pent-up rage, and the only cure is to fully express herself, whatever may come.
Style: feel good, funny, light, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: self control, generation gap, relationship problems, anger issues, family relations, nervous breakdown, family problems, social satire, nervousness, anger, marital problem, anger management ...
Place: chile, santiago chile
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The Queen's Classroom (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Drama series depicts the conflicts and struggles between a cold-hearted female teacher and her students over a one school year period.
Style: humorous, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: teacher, school, generation gap, instructor, female teacher, fighting the system, teacher student relationship, high school teacher, schoolboy, high school life, middle school, education ...
Place: korea
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The Last Shift (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Stanley, an aging fast food worker, prepares to work his final graveyard shift after 38 years. When he's asked to train his replacement, Jevon, Stanley's weekend takes an unexpected turn.
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, light, sentimental ...
Plot: retirement, generation gap, racism, probation, father son relationship, black, friendship, mentor, friends, dishonesty, food, hardship ...
Place: usa, michigan
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 7.7
 6K
The Way Home (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The story begins on a fine summers morning, when San-woo and his mother board a bus to the country. It is soon clear that the unsophisticated rural passengers annoy the seven-year-old urban boy. His mother is taking him to live with his 78-year-old ...
Style: touching, sentimental, stylized, rough, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids
Plot: coming of age, childhood, parents and children, grandmother grandson relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, love, life & death, children, generation gap, friendship, village life, adolescence ...
Time: year 2002
Place: korea, asia, south korea
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The Music Never Stopped (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must ...
Style: uplifting, sincere, touching, surprise ending, indie film ...
Plot: memory loss, father son relationship, human spirit, introspection, terminal illness, parents and children, generation gap, rehabilitation, redemption, life is a bitch, estrangement, treatment ...
Time: 2010s, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: peru, usa
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Style: sentimental, touching, compassionate, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: interracial relations, racism, culture clash, miscegenation, african american, social commentary, interracial marriage, doctor, liberal, prejudice, widower, interracial love ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, california, america, usa, hawaii
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 7.9
 18K
Still Walking (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Twelve years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger's life, Kyohei and Toshiko welcome their surviving children home for a family reunion. Younger son Ryota still feels that his parents resent that he isn't ...
Style: serious, contemplative, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: family reunited, family gatherings, family life, generation gap, bereavement, dealing with death, reconciliation, parents and children, old age, generation, father daughter relationship, love ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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Pieces of April (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her ...
Style: realistic, emotional, intense, talky, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: holiday, thanksgiving, road trip, family drama, food, dysfunctional family, cancer, eccentric family, loneliness, reconciliation, parents and children, family feud ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city
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 7.9
 105K
Amour (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Style: philosophical, sad, sincere, art house, reflective ...
Plot: elderly, aging, death, old couple, life & death, elderly lovers, husband wife relationship, life philosophy, illness, love, family relations, daughter ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: paris france, germany, nebraska, france
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