20 movies like Street Scene, ordered by similarity : Saving Face(2004), My Foolish Heart(1949), Lady for a Day(1933), My Bill(1938), Mother's Day(2018), Lady Bird(2017), Graduation(2016), Blonde Fist(1991), Stella Dallas(1937), A Way of Life(2004), Unhook the Stars(1996), Fast Color(2018) ...
Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney William Collier Beulah Bondi Estelle Taylor Max Montor David Landau Matt McHugh Russell Hopton Greta Grandstedt Tom H. Manning Adele Watson
mother father daughter neighbor student bleak gritty new york city brownstone stoop poverty adultery aspirations gossip fall revenge transformation 1930s
Twenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a microcosm of the American melting pot interacts with each other during a summer heatwave.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Drama
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Dana Andrews Susan Hayward Kent Smith Lois Wheeler Jessie Royce Landis Robert Keith Gigi Perreau Karin Booth Todd Karns Philip Pine Martha Mears
old friend wife alcoholic daughter old flame mother bleak melodramatic brooding new york city party house connecticut first love divorce world war ii loveless marriage mother/daughter relationship friendship sacrifice
After being visited by an old friend, a woman recalls her true love, the man she met and lost years ago.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
widow daughter son aunt wealthy woman mother bleak melodramatic inspiring house yard poverty family great depression scandal loneliness mother/son relationship fall love transformation
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
Drama
2018
90 Minutes
Anna Maxwell Martin Vicky McClure Daniel Mays David Wilmot Simone Kirby
mother terrorist family victim son gritty powerful tense england city united kingdom terrorism political unrest mother/son relationship mother courage transformation revenge 1990s
Two women living on opposite sides of the Irish Sea are brought together by the Warrington bombing in 1993.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Drama
Romania|France|Belgium
2016
128 Minutes
Adrian Titieni Maria-Victoria Dragus Rares Andrici Lia Bugnar Malina Manovici Vlad Ivanov Petre Ciubotaru David Hodorog Gheorghe Ifrim Lucian Ifrim
father daughter attacker police officer brutal disheartening disturbing emotional gripping uneasy transylvania small town rape rape aftermath revenge moral dilemma father/daughter relationship fatherhood love revenge
A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
Drama
UK
1991
100 Minutes
Margi Clarke Carroll Baker Ken Hutchison Sharon Power Angela Clarke Lewis Bester
boxer estranged father opponent friend lover single mother bleak brash confident fiery gritty gutsy new york liverpool, england new life father/daughter relationship boxing domestic life women in sports catharsis
A woman attempts to escape her domestic problems by fleeing to New York in search of her father. She finds him, and also new problems, some friendship, a romance, and an unexpected career as pro-boxer, to make ends meet.
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Dawn O'Day Barbara O'Neil Alan Hale Marjorie Main Edmund Elton George Walcott Gertrude Short Tim Holt Nella Walker
mother wife daughter husband father wealthy man melodramatic uneasy engaging camp massachusetts small town mill family home mother/daughter relationship divorce class distinctions marriage family relationships
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Drama
UK
2004
90 Minutes
Stephanie James Nathan Jones Gary Sheppeard Dean Wong Sara Gregory Oliver Haden Brenda Blethyn
teenage mother grandmother social worker neighbor brother daughter dark gritty thrilling cardiff, wales council estate library police station custody battle racism paranoia family dysfunction abuse poverty growing up
At 17 LeighAnne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet. A neighbour (actually from Turkey) ... See full summary »
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Romance, Drama
UK
2003
111 Minutes
Romola Garai Rose Byrne Henry Thomas Marc Blucas Bill Nighy Tara Fitzgerald Sinead Cusack Henry Cavill
father daughter sister american brother mother emotional charming england castle countryside poverty family father/daughter relationship writing marriage seduction love growing up 1930s
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Italy|Japan
2010
98 Minutes
Stephen Dorff Elle Fanning Chris Pontius Michelle Monaghan Laura Chiatti Simona Ventura Benicio Del Toro Lala Sloatman
actor daughter father party girl mother stripper dreamy offbeat melodramatic engaging touching dark hollywood, calif. hotel ice-skating rink italy car city father/daughter relationship debauchery
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
95 Minutes
Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Constance Cummings Boris Karloff DeWitt Jennings Mary Doran Ethel Wales Clark Marshall Arthur Hoyt John St. Polis Paul Porcasi
young man district attorney daughter cellmate guard informant bleak gripping intense club prison car cell murder prison life difficult decision father/daughter relationship solitary confinement romance fall
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
107 Minutes
Alan Bates Janet Suzman Peter Bowles Sheila Gish Joan Hickson Elizabeth Robillard Murray Melvin Fanny Carby
mother father daughter friend bleak offbeat shocking family home england parenthood mother/daughter relationship cerebral palsy family transformation quest 1970s
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2001
100 Minutes
Q-Tip Fat Joe Mary J. Blige Elvis Costello Danny Hoch Patrick McDade Seth Meier Darrin O'Brien Brian A. Wilson
juvenile delinquent mother stepfather lawyer bully drug dealer gritty brooding bleak housing project prison ghetto courtroom urban poverty prison life mother/child relationship artistic struggle legal battle accidental death fall
A young man lives and learns while growing up on the street and in and out of correctional facilities.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
91 Minutes
Jacqueline Kim Tzi Ma Kathy Shao-Lin Lee Elaine Kao Freda Foh Shen Rossif Sutherland Mia Riverton Jayce Bartok Sebastian Stan Stephen Rowe Cindy Cheung
father daughter businesswoman medical student high-school student engaging offbeat disheartening new york state new york city relationships escape lesbianism practical jokes communication suicide temptation transformation growing up fall
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Alice Brady Maureen O'Sullivan Franchot Tone Phillips Holmes Ted Healy Russell Hardie C. Henry Gordon Alan Edwards Ben Alexander
stage mother stage manager lover daughter actress artist melodramatic touching family home broadway theater boston new york city hospital boat mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction ambition deception show business blackmail
A vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband's stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. But when the daughter shows some talent, the mother become a stage mother... See full summary »
Comedy, Action, Drama
India
2013
150 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Tamannah Mahesh Manjrekar Paresh Rawal Zarina Wahab Riteish Deshmukh Anil Dhawan Rajendra Gupta Leena Jumani Chunky Pandey Vindu Dara Singh
father mother son family member priest murderer emotional bleak disheartening intense inspiring india indian village mumbai city murder threats left for dead revenge revenge
When a temple priest commits suicide after being dishonored by an evil landlord, his son returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance.