20 movies like The Divided Heart, ordered by similarity : Wildlife(2018), Shoplifters(2018), Custody(2017), Beyond the Hills(2012), La Maison de Nina(2005), The Orphanage(2007), Sky Without Stars(1955), One Potato, Two Potato(1964), The Brothers Bloom(2008), These Wilder Years(1956), A Cry From the Streets(1959), Donald Cried(2016) ...
Drama
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Cornell Borchers Yvonne Mitchell Armin Dahlen Alexander Knox Geoffrey Keen Liam Redmond Eddie Byrne Theodore Bikel Ferdinand Mayne Andre Mikhelson Pamela Stirling
orphan missing person child judge adoptive father adoptive mother melodramatic emotional bleak germany orphanage house courtroom street adoption presumed dead family foster care custody battle world war ii
A story of litigation between a birth mother and an adopted family due to a child lost during a war.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
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.
Drama
Romania|France|Belgium
2012
150 Minutes
Valeriu Andriuta Liliana Mocanu Doru Ana Cosmina Stratan Cristina Flutur Dana Tapalaga Catalina Harabagiu Gina Tandura Vica Agache Nora Covali Dionisie Vitcu
orphan best friend nun german romanian young woman engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming gripping thrilling orphanage germany romania church relationships friendship religion religious beliefs
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Drama, History
France
2005
109 Minutes
Agnès Jaoui Sarah Adler Katia Lewkowicz Arié Elmaleh Charles Berling Adèle Csech Jérémy Sitbon Vincent Rottiers Alexis Pivot Max Levy Lola Naymark
orphan soldier child jew refugee woman emotional moving solemn orphanage france chateau paris world war ii holocaust childcare culture clash religious differences orphans transformation
During WWII a group of Jewish children is sent to a castle outside Paris to hide there until things cool down, but it eventually becomes their new home. Later, children from the liberated concentration camps arrive there as well.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|Mexico
2007
105 Minutes
Belén Rueda Fernando Cayo Geraldine Chaplin Montserrat Carulla Mabel Rivera Andrés Gertrúdix Roger Príncep Edgar Vivar
orphan husband son mother ghost old woman suspenseful emotional striking frightening spain orphanage haunted house beach shed cave orphans illness disappearance parenthood
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Drama
USA
1964
92 Minutes
Barbara Barrie Bernie Hamilton Richard Mulligan Harry Bellaver Marti Mericka Robert Earl Jones Vinnette Carroll Anthony Spinelli
mother man father judge ex-husband child disheartening touching powerful ohio court factory farm race relations family court battles love custody quest forbidden love
Study of interracial marriage in the 1960's. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2008
109 Minutes
Rachel Weisz Adrien Brody Mark Ruffalo Rinko Kikuchi Maximilian Schell Robbie Coltrane Andy Nyman Nora Zehetner
orphan brother con artist rich girl explosives expert airy amusing emotional heartwarming melodramatic orphanage united states orphans brother relationship swindling world travel love discovery rivalry quest
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Drama
USA
1956
91 Minutes
James Cagney Barbara Stanwyck Walter Pidgeon Betty Lou Keim Don Dubbins Edward Andrews Basil Ruysdael Grandon Rhodes
businessman woman lawyer judge child melodramatic touching small town orphanage courtroom redemption dark secrets lawsuit adoption fatherhood transformation quest discovery 1950s
A middle-aged man tries to reconnect with his illegitimate son, who was given to an orphanage many years ago.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1959
99 Minutes
Max Bygraves Barbara Murray Colin Petersen
social worker orphan electrician poor boy poor girl love interest heartwarming charming melodramatic engaging london orphanage orphans unlikely romance childcare love poverty work discovery love
A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with her charges, a group of adorable, homeless orphans. Music by Larry Adler. (1959; B&W)
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Jesse Wakeman Kris Avedisian Louisa Krause Ted Arcidi Shawn Contois Kate Fitzgerald Patrick Languzzi Robby Morse Levy Alexander Cook Kyle Espeleta
man childhood friend neighbor family member co-worker businessman cheeky emotional creative new york city wall street rhode island train boat funeral going home childhood friends loss memories self-discovery
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Diane Lane Robert Pulcini Tim Robbins James Gandolfini Patrick Fugit Kathleen Quinlan Lolita Davidovich Shanna Collins Thomas Dekker
family documentarian american father mother child passionate outlandish emotional fiery intense melodramatic family home california new york film set united states documentary filmmaking affair cheating
In the 1970s Bill Loud (Tim Robbins) and his wife, Pat (Diane Lane), allow cameras to film their personal lives for the PBS series "An American Family."
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2017
86 Minutes
Kathleen Turner Kevin Zegers Jessica Paré Frances Fisher Jacob Tierney Jessica Parker Kennedy David La Haye Cristina Rosato Luke Kirby Wallace Shawn
bride groom brother father mother family member amusing hilarious emotional tense unrestrained outlandish hotel wedding restaurant coffee shop van wedding family dysfunction parent/child relationship
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Jane Withers John McGuire Sally Blane Sidney Toler Gloria Roy Gordon Westcott Francis Ford Emma Dunn
orphan adoptive father adoptive mother tramp child actor charming hilarious heartwarming orphanage family home theater farm train chicago adoption vaudeville false accusations child exploitation assumed identity running away
After obtaining her from an orphanage a couple exploit entertainer Withers till she runs away and later becomes a professional.
Drama
USA
2011
138 Minutes
Brad Pitt Sean Penn Jessica Chastain Fiona Shaw Irene Bedard Jessica Fuselier Hunter McCracken Laramie Eppler Tye Sheridan
father mother son brother middle-aged man architect brooding emotional profound small town waco, texas household wilderness street childhood existential crisis nature memory family aging
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
2018
79 Minutes
Walter Rodríguez Catalina Saavedra Germán De Silva Ignacio Giménez Rodolfo García Werner Andrew Bargsted Josefina Paredes Germán Baudino
father mother ranch owner brother cross-dresser young boy tense emotional uneasy sad argentina farm car house woods cross-dressing gender identity hidden identity family parent/child relationship
Marcos, a shy young boy, lives with his family in rural Argentina. Gender roles are rigid, the family needs money, and he is expected to help keep the cattle herded. But Marcos finds time to slip away to secretly put on makeup and try on dresses.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Rose Byrne Octavia Spencer Isabela Moner Tig Notaro Gustavo Quiroz Julianna Gamiz Margo Martindale Julie Hagerty Michael O'Keefe Tom Segura
wife husband adopted daughter brother sister airy amusing hilarious emotional melodramatic heartwarming united states orphanage school adoption orphanage new experiences trust lie sibling relationship
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
Drama
USA|Spain
2009
126 Minutes
Naomi Watts Annette Bening Kerry Washington Jimmy Smits Samuel L. Jackson S. Epatha Merkerson Cherry Jones Elpidia Carrillo Shareeka Epps David Morse Eileen Ryan
mother daughter physical therapist lawyer husband emotional powerful profound law office hospital restaurant household orphanage adoption parenthood marriage pregnancy family regret discovery
A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
Drama
Ireland|Canada
1998
120 Minutes
Aidan Quinn James Caan Stephen Rea John Cusack Moya Farrelly Jacob Tierney Colm Meaney Donal Donnelly Brendan Gleeson John Kavanagh Eamon Morrissey
college student son mother father schoolteacher farmer emotional touching ireland countryside family home village farm united states family secrets irish life class distinctions pregnancy search self-discovery
Widowed Kieran Johnson is a lonely, middle-aged, Chicago-based high school history teacher who feels disconnected to his life. He decides to take a trip to his mother's small old hometown ... See full summary »