20 movies like Back Street, ordered by similarity : The Noose(1928), August(2008), Dean(2016), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), The Chase(1966), Mum's List(2016), Woodpeckers(2017), Never Steady, Never Still(2017), Sangre de Mi Sangre(2007), Barney's Version(2010), Happiness and Tears(2001), I Never Sang for My Father(1970) ...
Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Charles Boyer Margaret Sullavan Richard Carlson Frank McHugh Tim Holt Frank Jenks Esther Dale Samuel S. Hinds Peggy Stewart Nell O'Day Kitty O'Neil
shopgirl banker manufacturer mistress son wife melodramatic moving sad cincinnati shop train station boat new york city apartment affair unrequited love social ostracism father/son relationship business
Five years after meeting and falling in love with a banker, a willful shop girl decides to become his mistress upon learning he has since gotten married and had a son.
Drama
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Montagu Love Robert E. O'Connor Jay Eaton Lina Basquette Thelma Todd Ed Brady Fred Warren William B. Davidson Alice Joyce William Walling
blackmailer governor wife mother son father melodramatic shocking tense suspenseful death row city cabaret prison murder capital punishment blackmail father/son relationship crime family
A crook blackmails a governor because of knowing his wife's dark past.
Drama
2008
88 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Naomie Harris Adam Scott Robin Tunney Andre Royo Emmanuelle Chriqui David Bowie Rip Torn Caroline Lagerfelt
business owner son brother investor girlfriend entrepreneur melodramatic gripping thrilling confident engaging new york city club apartment office city apartment street father/son relationship brother relationship dot-com bubble
The co-founder (Josh Hartnett) of an Internet company tries to win back his lover (Naomie Harris), while his business teeters on the brink of disaster.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Drama
USA
1966
135 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E.G. Marshall Angie Dickinson Janice Rule Miriam Hopkins Martha Hyer Richard Bradford Robert Duvall James Fox
sheriff businessman fugitive wife lackey son tense dark brutal striking thrilling melodramatic texas small town prison swamp on the run home american south prison break
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Drama
UK
2016
101 Minutes
Rafe Spall Emilia Fox Elaine Cassidy William Stagg Matthew Stagg Richard Cordery Susan Jameson Ross McCormack
father single father deceased mother son young boy brother moving emotional engaging endearing england life lessons mother's death mother/son relationship father/son relationship breast cancer disease death challenge love
A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
Canada
2017
111 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Théodore Pellerin Mary Galloway Nicholas Campbell Jared Abrahamson Jonathan Whitesell Beverley Elliott Lorne Cardinal Eric Keenleyside Chilton Crane Sean Owen Roberts
mother son teenager father oil worker disabled person emotional heartwarming inspiring moving sad alberta, canada oil field house support group small town parkinson's disease mother/son relationship alienation struggle
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Argentina
2007
111 Minutes
Jorge Adrián Espíndola Armando Hernández Jesús Ochoa Paola Mendoza Eugenio Derbez Leonardo Anzures Jean Brassard Barbara Danicka
son con artist father prostitute police officer gritty moving powerful new york city mexico restaurant father/son relationship illegal immigration prostitution identity theft impersonation smuggling adventure growing up pursuit
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.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|Canada
2010
132 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Rosamund Pike Minnie Driver Rachelle Lefevre Scott Speedman Bruce Greenwood Mark Addy Saul Rubinek Dustin Hoffman
grump television producer wife ex-wife father son hilarious emotional sad rome montreal, quebec office bar train success failed marriage pregnancy father/son relationship hockey murder investigation
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
Comedy, Drama
2001
209 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri Kajol Hrithik Roshan Kareena Kapoor Rani Mukherji Simone Singh Himani Shivpuri Shah Rukh Khan
adopted son patriarch mother son wife sister-in-law melodramatic emotional fiery spectacular bombay, india london mansion village parental pressure family honor father/son relationship class distinctions arranged marriage indian life
Drama
1970
90 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell Daniel Keyes Conrad Bain Jon Richards James Karen
father son mother fiancée sister college professor moving tender emotional bleak touching brooding new york city parents' house diner hospital father/son relationship independence family grief
A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Drama
France
2001
134 Minutes
Aurélien Recoing Karin Viard Serge Livrozet Jean-Pierre Mangeot Monique Mangeot Nicolas Kalsch Marie Cantet Felix Cantet Maxime Sassier Nigel Palmer Christophe Charles
unemployed person businessman wife son father bleak gripping geneva car apartment family home france unemployment lie money family fear investment fall wretched excess
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
82 Minutes
Menashe Lustig Ruben Niborski Yoel Weisshaus Meyer Schwartz Yoel Falkowitz Mirka Hermoza Laznik Abraham Bresky Jorge Cea
hasidic jew grocer father son widower emotional moving spirited tender new york city grocery store house park cemetery temple judaism single parents single life parent/child relationship love
Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood.
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Drama
USA
1991
129 Minutes
Vincent Spano Joe Morton Tony Lo Bianco Anthony Sarrero Barbara Williams John Sayles Angela Bassett Chris Cooper Gloria Foster Josh Mostel David Strathairn
contractor son father politician mayor homeless person emotional tense new jersey city inner-city life corruption urban poverty real estate father/son relationship law enforcement wretched excess underdog 1990s
An intersecting tale with a multitude of characters living lives which, in one way or another, revolve around an old apartment block scheduled to be demolished.
Drama
Canada
2005
92 Minutes
Kris Lemche Michael Hogan Matt Craven Pascal Hutton Sarah Lind Kett Turton Michael Robinson Ben Cotton Hank Hastings Suzinn Robinson Waneta Storms
father widower son businessman single mother developer emotional engaging small town canada mountain restaurant lake shop father/son relationship deception idealism small-town life family secrets business
Father and son run their own two-man furniture business but have opposing ideologies on what should guide their craftsmanship, quality or commerce.
Biography, Music, Drama, History
Italy|Belgium
2017
94 Minutes
Trine Dyrholm Sàndor Funtek Anamaria Marinca Karina Fernandez Calvin Demba Gordon John Sinclair Thomas Trabacchi Francesco Colella
singer songwriter musician manager son rock star brooding emotional moving raw tense gripping europe stage restaurant road vehicle interview room isolation music business
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.