20 movies like Late Spring, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Okaasan(1952), Fatima(2015), Having You(2013), Christmas Manger(2018), Sweet Home Carolina(2017), An Autumn Afternoon(1962), Black Rain(1988), Snapshots(2018), Stage Mother(1933), Early Summer(1951), Make Way for Tomorrow(1937) ...
Drama
1949
107 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Haruko Sugimura Jun Usami
widower professor daughter aunt fiancée endearing touching family home japan theater family marriage social standing conformity sacrifice love 1940s
A widowed professor (Chishû Ryû) fakes an impending marriage to spur his adult daughter (Setsuko Hara) to get on with her life.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Drama
Japan
1952
100 Minutes
Kinuyo Tanaka Masao Mishima Akihiko Katayama Kyoko Kagawa Eiji Okada
mother husband daughter sister son japanese man melodramatic tender moving japan family home street factory mother/daughter relationship family postwar japan poverty marriage hard times sacrifice
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
Other, Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Andrea Logan Steve Young Tara Reid Randy Wayne Graham Schneider
old man widower daughter foster child rancher love interest charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving touching ranch bethlehem united states family home grief faith christmas hope
An elderly man grapples with his wife's death until his young daughter and his estranged foster child re-enter his life, giving him a new purpose.
Drama, Romance
USA
2017
84 Minutes
Heather McComb Paul Greene Lexi Giovagnoli Kiersten Warren Elayna Grace Preston Grant Lunden De'Leon Jason Serrano Jim Gooden Starla Christian Julie Norman
single mother daughter love interest family former lover emotional endearing heartwarming moving touching south carolina countryside small town inheritance family relationships bonding love reflection adventure
Diane is a struggling single mom in LA. Just when things are at their worst, but she will have to live in small town USA for a year and take care of a dog for a year before the house is hers.
Drama
Japan
1962
115 Minutes
Shima Iwashita Shinichiro Mikami Keiji Sada Chishu Ryu
widower son daughter teen boy suitor fiancé amusing touching solemn tokyo household wedding japan family arranged marriage fatherhood aging father/son relationship responsibility transformation
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
Drama
1988
122 Minutes
Yoshiko Tanaka Kazuo Kitamura Etsuko Ichihara Shôichi Ozawa Norihei Miki Keisuke Ishida
young woman uncle aunt poor person survivor bleak touching brutal emotional hiroshima, japan village family home city hiroshima bombing radiation illness social standing marriage family underdog
Five years after World War II, Hiroshima's survivors still struggle with the memories of their horrible ordeal.
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Brett Dier Brooke Adams Piper Laurie Max Adler Emily Baldoni Shannon Collis Cathy DeBuono Emily Goss Christopher McVay Shana Sarin
matriarch daughter granddaughter husband grandmother love interest sultry emotional endearing moving touching house kitchen lake living room family love relationships friendship secret love
When a grandmother's secret past collides with her granddaughter's secret future and her daughter's angry present, can the love of three generations be enough to accept decades of deceit. With a simple roll of film it begins.
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 »
Drama
1951
124 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Kuniko Miyake Chikage Awashima Chieko Higashiyama Kuniko Igawa Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
career woman daughter brother mother father businessman emotional moving tokyo family home office city japan marriage tradition independence family working woman love triangle love
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Victor Moore Beulah Bondi Fay Bainter Thomas Mitchell Porter Hall Barbara Read Maurice Moscovich Elisabeth Risdon Minna Gombell Ray Mayer
husband wife son daughter daughter-in-law young boy bleak emotional somber family home aging poverty family marriage grief love sacrifice 1930s
An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
Drama, Romance, Action
India
2002
171 Minutes
family family patriarch family member lover young woman young man charming endearing engaging intense heartwarming melodramatic family dinner party celebration family feud cultural differences attraction friendship relationships
Two feuding neighboring families are brought together to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Vishnupratap Singh (Vikram Gokhale) and his wife (Farida Jalal), much to the dislike of Rudra ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Romance, Drama
USA
2011
80 Minutes
Ashley Williams Marla Sokoloff Nick Zano Brad Johnson Sean Bott Jason Celaya Jaclyn Hales Danielle Chuchran
sister poor person young woman love interest colleague family endearing heartwarming moving winsome united states spa family home town love life family relationships wealth discovery
Two sisters find that they have to make their own way in the world after their father is jailed. Elinor is a cleaner in a spa. Marianne works for a marketing company but she also makes scented lotions, which turn out to be a real winner.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Comedy, Drama
Japan
1958
120 Minutes
Shin Saburi Chishu Ryu Teiji Takahashi Kinuyo Tanaka Fumio Watanabe Ineko Arima Chieko Naniwa Miyuki Kuwano Nobuo Nakamura
father mother daughter sister friend fiancé endearing touching witty calm japan wedding household factory arranged marriage family traditions independence social customs generation gap women's rights
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
Comedy, Drama
France
2004
150 Minutes
Emmanuelle Devos Mathieu Amalric Catherine Deneuve Maurice Garrel Nathalie Boutefeu Jean-Paul Roussillon Magalie Woch Hippolyte Girardot Noémie Lvovsky Elsa Wolliaston Geoffrey Carey
father daughter grandchild ex-lover fiancé emotional grenoble, france mental institution family home paris family terminal illness love marriage mental illness transformation quest 2000s
Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.
Drama
USA
1959
130 Minutes
Richard Egan Dorothy McGuire Sandra Dee Arthur Kennedy Troy Donahue Constance Ford Beulah Bondi Jack Richardson Martin Eric Peter Constanti Junius Matthews
wealthy man wife daughter old flame alcoholic son melodramatic passionate engaging maine hotel seaside family home pine island loveless marriage affair family secrets young love summer vacation unplanned pregnancy
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
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.