20 movies like Louisiana Story, ordered by similarity : Tarnation(2003), Kabul, City in the Wind(2018), Trantasia(2006), Justin Bieber: Never Say Never(2011), Spellbound(2002), A Lion in the House(2006), Last Train Home(2009), Capturing the Friedmans(2003), Of Fathers and Sons(2017), Thunder Bay(1953), Little Sister(2015), Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper(2016) ...
6.6/10
Documentary
USA
1948
77 Minutes
Joseph Boudreaux Lionel Le Blanc Mrs. E. Bienvenu Frank Hardy C.P. Guedry
young boy father mother oil driller calm louisiana bayou oil drilling platform family home oil family childhood business growing up transformation 1940s
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
7.1/10
Documentary
USA
2003
87 Minutes
filmmaker mother grandmother grandfather boyfriend gay man creative quirky family home houston new york city family dysfunction mother/son relationship mental illness homosexuality abusive relationship growing up transformation 2000s
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
7.1/10
Documentary
Afghanistan|Germany|Japan|Netherlands
2018
88 Minutes
bus driver terrorist brother father family member friend bleak brooding tense emotional touching disheartening afghan village house bus iran desert terrorism suicide bombing family
A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details of two kids and a bus driver, set against the background of a city destroyed by politic and religious powers.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2006
88 Minutes
transsexual performer mother father contestant filmmaker touching emotional intense las vegas stage family home beauty pageant training gender identity family prejudice going home underdog growing up
In 2004, Las Vegas promoters planning a review starring Jahna Steele invite trans women to participate in "The World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant," a two-day contest from which ... See full summary »
1.6/10
Documentary
USA
2011
105 Minutes
Boyz II Men
mother father musician mentor fan confident lighthearted stage backstage recording studio family home new york city justin bieber pop music show business family fame concert rise growing up
This documentary follows Justin Bieber with some footage of performances from his 2010 concert tour.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Documentary, Comedy
USA
2002
97 Minutes
Paige Kimble Jonathan Knisely Balu Natarajan Julianne Ruth
child parent teacher announcer reporter uplifting charming inspiring hotel washington, d.c. family home spelling bee success competition class distinctions childhood family rivalry quest underdog
Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.
8.7/10
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
factory worker mother father daughter son seamstress fascinating emotional striking solemn china factory train train station village family worker's rights tradition work vs. family work-life balance
Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.
7.7/10
Documentary, Biography
USA
2003
107 Minutes
David Friedman Jesse Friedman
father son brother mother victim police officer creepy emotional family home great neck, n.y. suburbia prison child molestation family wretched excess fall mystery 2000s
Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
7.3/10
Documentary
Germany|USA|Syria|Lebanon|Netherlands|Qatar
2017
98 Minutes
islamic fundamentalist family son soldiers muslim bleak disturbing syria war zone growing up islamic fundamentalism family soldiers documentaries growing up 2010s
Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
James Stewart Joanne Dru Dan Duryea Gilbert Roland Marcia Henderson Robert Monet Jay C. Flippen Antonio Moreno Harry Morgan Fortunio Bonanova
oil driller oil worker fisherman daughter sister love interest engaging spirited louisiana coast oil drilling platform fishing boat family home small town prospecting oil culture clash fishing small-town life rivalry
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
7.8/10
Documentary
USA
2016
107 Minutes
fashion designer mother son inspiring united states fashion icon mother/son relationship life family history family growing up 20th century
Gloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper discuss their notable family's history.
7.1/10
Documentary
France
2010
79 Minutes
baby mother father filmmaker sister brother lighthearted positive endearing mongolia tokyo namibia san francisco household babies culture parenthood family cultural differences childhood
A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
2008
99 Minutes
Matt Boren Ken Jacobs Flo Jacobs Dana Varon Richard Edson Piero Arcilesi Eleanor Hutchins
businessman son father mother wife brother charming sad profound new york city office family home bedroom kitchen los angeles aging nostalgia childhood responsibility family
A man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1995
85 Minutes
Jerry Barone Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Al Pacino Joe Grifasi Joanna Merlin Andy Romano Ron McLarty Patrick Borriello Donna Mitchell Mary Lou Rosato Rosemary DeAngelis
boy child grandfather family family member charming emotional heartwarming melodramatic moving sad united states city suburb slum movie theater economic crisis family life family tragedy family secrets
Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
6.7/10
Documentary
UK
2019
91 Minutes
mother baby family member gripping moving powerful family home beach living space bathroom bedroom united kingdom medicine life story epic journey childhood life understanding 2010s
Director Jeanie Finlay charts a transgender man's path to parenthood after he decides to carry his child himself. The pregnancy prompts an unexpected and profound reckoning with conventions of masculinity, self-definition and biology.
6.5/10
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.
3.7/10
Sci-Fi, Drama
Mexico|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Kyra Sedgwick Tim Daly Natalia Dyer John Patrick Amedori Valorie Curry Sam Daly Roberto Aguire Jeremy Childs Christina Mandrell
family family member father child dark disheartening engaging emotional frightful gripping intense uneasy earth apocalypse relationships family dysfunction family feud family fall escape
As the SUN burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting divides amongst each other.
8.3/10
Documentary, Drama
USA
1994
174 Minutes
William Gates Arthur Agee Sheila Agee Isiah Thomas Bill Gleason
basketball player teenager mother father coach teacher uplifting powerful gutsy emotional chicago westchester, ill. basketball court family home basketball ambition high school racism class distinctions growing up
A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
7.2/10
Documentary
Germany|USA
2005
88 Minutes
Mina Block
documentarian father old flame mother sister friend emotional engaging powerful long island, n.y. family home party suburbia marriage family secrets death starting over interview relocation mystery
Documentary filmmaker Doug Block had every reason to believe his parents' 54-year marriage was a good one. But when his mother dies unexpectedly and his father swiftly marries his former ... See full summary »
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