20 movies like Our Very Own, ordered by similarity : Little Sister(2015), What Will People Say(2017), Falling Angels(2003), Loveling(2018), Incendies(2010), Khudgarz(1987), The Man in the Moon(1991), Two Bits(1995), Local Boys(2002), National Velvet(1944), Stella's Last Weekend(2018), Two Friends(1986) ...
Drama
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Ann Blyth Jane Wyatt Donald Cook Farley Granger Joan Evans Ann Dvorak Natalie Wood Gus Schilling Phyllis Kirk Jessie Grayson Martin Milner
teen girl adoptive mother adoptive father biological mother sister boyfriend emotional heartwarming los angeles family home long beach, calif. adoption family graduation secret identity crisis discovery growing up transformation 1950s
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in ... See full summary »
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.
Drama
Norway|Germany|Sweden|France|Denmark
2017
106 Minutes
Maria Mozhdah Adil Hussain Ekavali Khanna Rohit Saraf Ali Arfan Sheeba Chaddha Lalit Parimoo Nokokure Dahl Isak Lie Harr Jannat Zubair Rahmani Freddy Singh
teen girl friend boyfriend father mother family member tense emotional uneasy raw norway house school pakistan party bedroom family relationships culture culture shock
The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.
Comedy, Drama
2003
101 Minutes
Miranda Richardson Callum Keith Rennie Katharine Isabelle Kristin Adams Monté Gagné Kett Turton Mark McKinney Ingrid Nilson Carman Fielding Courtney Goodison Melissa Brown
teen girl daughter father mother married man sister offbeat dark quirky emotional saskatchewan, canada family home bomb shelter family dysfunction sisterhood coming of age secrets relationships mental illness growing up
In 1969 three disgruntled sisters deal with their domineering father (Callum Keith Rennie) and catatonic mother (Miranda Richardson).
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
Drama
Canada|France
2010
130 Minutes
Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman Mohamed Majd Baya Belal Abdelghafour Elaaziz Nabil Sawalha
mother sister father brother employer lawyer profound tense powerful gripping montreal notary office family home small town middle east family secrets self-discovery journey estrangement twins
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Drama
India
1987
180 Minutes
Jeetendra Shatrughan Sinha Bhanupriya Amrita Singh Govinda Neelam
friend adoptive brother mother sister father emotional moving heartwarming tense india family home family brotherhood class distinctions coming of age father/son relationship betrayal underdog growing up sacrifice
Sita Sinha watches as her young son, Bihari fights another young, wealthy lad, Amar for spattering dirt on his body using his car. Sita then intervene, separates both, take them to her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1991
99 Minutes
Sam Waterston Tess Harper Gail Strickland Reese Witherspoon Jason London Emily Warfield Bentley Mitchum Ernie Lively
teen girl sister teen boy father mother endearing tender emotional louisiana farm family home field first love love triangle sibling rivalry sister relationship accident betrayal growing up love
A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.
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.
Drama
USA
2002
102 Minutes
Eric Christian Olsen Stacy Edwards Jeremy Sumpter Giuseppe Andrews Chaka Forman Mark Harmon Lukas Behnken Archie Kao Shelby Fenner
brother boyfriend gang leader surfer mother girl emotional heartwarming engaging california beach house ocean surfing relationships family coming of age romance brotherhood growing up
Two brothers and their surfing buddies face new challenges and adventures over the course of a memorable summer.
Drama
USA
1944
125 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor Donald Crisp Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Reginald Owen Norma Varden Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Terry Kilburn
equestrian jockey daughter father mother trainer inspiring heartwarming england countryside racetrack family home aspirations horse racing family friendship competition discovery growing up transformation
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
Romance, Drama
USA
2018
102 Minutes
Nat Wolff Alex Wolff Polly Draper Paulina Singer Nick Sandow Julia Macchio Julia Abueva Leo Heller
young man brother love interest young woman mother father charming cheeky emotional heartwarming moving touching new york united states family home beach arcade party young love love triangle
STELLA'S LAST WEEKEND is the story of two brothers whose relationship is challenged when they find they are in love with the same girl, but it is also about the unshakable bond between them.
Drama
1986
76 Minutes
Emma Coles Kris Bidenko Kris McQuade Stephen Leeder Debra May Peter Hehir Tony Barry Kerry Dwyer Arthur Faynes Kim Antonios Denise Roberts
teen girl friend mother boyfriend father sad profound sydney beach school house friendship mother/daughter relationship adolescence family coming of age divorce growing up transformation 1980s
Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
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.
Drama, Romance
Switzerland|Germany
2015
90 Minutes
Jenny Schily Lars Eidinger Urs Jucker Victoria Schulz
teen girl pregnant teen teenage mother mother lover father amusing engaging emotional moving melodramatic uplifting family home coming of age challenge family relationships sexual awakening adventure discovery
When her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Raúl Castillo Sheila Vand Evan Rosado Isaiah Kristian Josiah Gabriel Michael Pemberton Amelia Campbell Giovanni Pacciarelli
brother mother father boy friend bleak brash emotional endearing moving house woods lake park upstate new york family dysfunction family relationships brother relationship growing up escape
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Miley Cyrus Greg Kinnear Liam Hemsworth Kelly Preston Bobby Coleman Hallock Beals Nick Lashaway Carly Chaikin Nick Searcy Kate Vernon
teenager father mother brother boyfriend love interest emotional melodramatic heartwarming tybee island, georgia family home beach beach house small town church rebellion family illness music new love
A rebellious girl is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
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.
Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Sarah Davenport Lea Thompson Melanie Stone Allie Jennings Taylor Murphy Elise Jones Lucas Grabeel Ian Bohen Stuart Edge Bart Johnson
sister novelist family member mother love interest sick person heartwarming emotional touching charming sad house attic new york city college sister relationship writing tragedy love family
A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite ... See full summary »