20 movies like So Young, So Bad, ordered by similarity : Transamerica(2005), This Boy's Life(1993), Moonlight(2016), Room(2015), Carol(2015), Middle of Nowhere(2012), We the Animals(2018), A Taste of Honey(1961), Freak Show(2017), Far From Heaven(2002), As Good as It Gets(1997), Allure(2017) ...
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Paul Henreid Catherine McLeod Grace Coppin Cecil Clovelly Anne Francis Rita Moreno Anne Jackson Enid Pulver
warden psychiatrist assistant matron teen girl juvenile delinquent emotional disturbing reform school classroom solitary confinement institutionalization abuse prison life rehabilitation delinquency escape transformation discovery 1950s
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the "unfortunate" young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
115 Minutes
Robert De Niro Ellen Barkin Leonardo DiCaprio Jonah Blechman Eliza Dushku Chris Cooper Carla Gugino Zachary Ansley
young boy stepfather mother friend recruiter emotional disturbing touching tense seattle wilderness school diner household domestic violence family dysfunction troubled youth unhappy marriage peer pressure alcoholism
The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2016
111 Minutes
Mahershala Ali Shariff Earp Alex Hibbert Ashton Sanders Trevante Rhodes Janelle Monáe Naomie Harris Jaden Piner Jharrel Jerome Andre Holland Edson Jean
young man gay man african-american mother father lover brooding emotional intense miami beach house street car school growing up homosexuality acceptance love trust
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Drama
Canada|Ireland|UK|USA
2015
118 Minutes
Brie Larson Jacob Tremblay Joan Allen Sean Bridgers Tom McCamus William H. Macy Megan Park Amanda Brugel
mother son young boy charming brooding creative emotional intense room united states real world imprisonment kidnapping confinement escape mother/son relationship love life curiosity discovery
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
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.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA|UK|Sweden
2017
91 Minutes
Alex Lawther Abigail Breslin AnnaSophia Robb Bette Midler Laverne Cox Willa Fitzgerald Celia Weston Mickey Sumner Eddie Schweighardt John McEnroe Larry Pine
teen boy teen girl transfer student mother father bully emotional creative spirited endearing positive profound high school house classroom library locker room football field transsexuality bullying
Follows the story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA|France
2002
107 Minutes
Julianne Moore Dennis Quaid Dennis Haysbert Patricia Clarkson Viola Davis James Rebhorn Celia Weston
wife gay/lesbian gardener psychiatrist maid dark emotional household connecticut florida hotel infidelity civil rights friendship homosexuality racism gossip forbidden love discovery 1950s
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
138 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear Cuba Gooding Jr. Skeet Ulrich Shirley Knight Yeardley Smith Lupe Ontiveros
writer artist neighbor waitress psychiatrist dog quirky emotional new york city apartment diner romance friendship homosexuality confrontation obsessive-compulsive disorder redemption discovery love transformation
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Canada
2017
105 Minutes
Evan Rachel Wood Jason Sanchez Julia Sarah Stone Denis O'Hare Maxim Roy Joe Cobden
housekeeper mother daughter teen girl runaway father dark emotional disturbing intricate intense uneasy house apartment bar bedroom obsession obsessive love growing up disappearance
A house cleaner meets a teenaged girl and convinces her to run away and live with her in secret.
Drama
USA
1967
129 Minutes
Paul Newman George Kennedy J.D. Cannon Lou Antonio Robert Drivas Strother Martin Jo Van Fleet Wayne Rogers Anthony Zerbe Ralph Waite Harry Dean Stanton
prisoner warden guard police officer mother brash cool moving bleak amusing gritty florida prison farm hideout country road church cell prison rebellion escape
A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Drama
Soviet Union
1985
142 Minutes
Aleksey Kravchenko Olga Mironova L. Lautsyavichius Vladas Bagdonas Evgeny Tilicheev Aleksandr Berda
son girl peasant nazi mother eerie dreamy disturbing byelorussia forest village war massacre escape dreams survival world war ii growing up metamorphosis transformation
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Weber Paul Boneberg Ed Wolf Daniel Goldstein Guy Clark
lesbian gay man nurse woman bleak emotional moving sad san francisco aids homosexuality disease death epidemic sexually transmitted diseases transformation fall discovery 2010s
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Ireland|UK
2019
86 Minutes
middle-aged man homosexual family married man gripping gritty engaging intense dublin docks ireland discovery homosexuality loss of job loss of hope vulnerability discovery escape fall temptation
Colm, mid-40s has a comfortable life: a managerial job in Dublin's docks, two teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, a destructive figure, Colm's emotional life cracks open, and his downward spiral continues when he is made redundant. Drinking heavily and unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in ... See full summary »
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1983
120 Minutes
Kate Nelligan Judd Hirsch David Dukes Stockard Channing Jacqueline Brookes Keith McDermott Kathleen Widdoes Danny Corkill Cheryl Giannini David Simon William Duell
mother son detective ex-husband melodramatic shocking bleak thrilling family home school street police station columbia university brooklyn, n.y. kidnapping sexual abuse investigation missing persons obsession divorce
This movie, centering on a child's abduction, casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
1952
143 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Miki Odagiri Kyôko Seki
bureaucrat co-worker writer mayor prostitute sad emotional dark office japan illness politics death alcoholism loneliness meaning of life transformation fall 1950s
A rigid clerk (Takashi Shimura) resolves to do something of lasting importance after learning that he is dying of cancer.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.