20 movies like The Captain From Koepenick, ordered by similarity : Queen of Hearts(1989), The Confirmation(2016), Amarcord(1973), Cyrus(2010), Miss Firecracker(1989), Red Dog: True Blue(2016), Judge Hardy's Children(1938), The Weaker Sex(1948), Irina Palm(2007), John and the Missus(1987), Toast(2010), High Tide(1987) ...
Comedy, Drama
West Germany
1956
93 Minutes
Heinz Ruehmann Hannelore Schroth Martin Held Willy A. Kleinau Leonard Steckel Friedrich Domin Erich Schellow Walter Giller
cobbler soldier government official townsperson mother ex-convict playful spirited striking germany town shop pub city hall social customs imperialism impersonation theft militarism bureaucracy
A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1989
112 Minutes
Vittorio Duse Joseph Long Anita Zagaria Eileen Way Vittorio Amandola Ian Hawkes Tat Whalley Ray Marioni Sarah Hadaway Jimmy Lambert
husband wife mother-in-law son jilted lover shop owner touching emotional creative italy small town london coffee shop house true love family immigrants small business luck underdog
Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a café in an Italian neighborhood. One day their father loses the... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|France
1973
125 Minutes
Magali Noël Bruno Zanin Pupella Maggio Armando Brancia Ciccio Ingrassia Nando Orfei Luigi Rossi Gianfilippo Carcano Josiane Tanzilli
son father mother amusing cheeky dreamy spirited italy small town waterfront fascism family sex small-town life growing up transformation 1930s
A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
91 Minutes
Jay Duplass John C. Reilly Jonah Hill Marisa Tomei Catherine Keener Matt Walsh Diane Mizota Kathy Wittes Katie Aselton
man son mother girlfriend ex-wife hilarious emotional quirky house party park mother/child relationship moving dating marriage loneliness competition love rivalry quest
John and Molly, a divorced middle aged man and a single mother meet at a friends party and start up a small relationship, all John has to do now is meet Molly's son... Cyrus
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
102 Minutes
Holly Hunter Mary Steenburgen Tim Robbins Alfre Woodard Scott Glenn Veanne Cox Ann Wedgeworth Trey Wilson Amy Wright Bert Remsen Christine Lahti
orphan cousin beauty pageant contestant seamstress southern belle lighthearted amusing spirited confident yazoo city, miss. house hall beauty pageant competition small town individuality schemes small-town life underdog quest
Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2016
88 Minutes
Jason Isaacs Thomas Cocquerel Levi Miller Bryan Brown Hanna Mangan Lawrence John Jarratt Justine Clarke Steve Le Marquand
father son brother dog pet pet owner animal endearing emotional heartwarming playful positive australia pet care human connection human-animal friendship family childhood trials life
An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure, between a young boy and a scrappy one-of-a-kind dog that would grow up to become an Australian legend.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
78 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Betty Ross Clark Ann Rutherford Robert Whitney Ruth Hussey
judge son daughter wife love interest lobbyist amusing charming washington, d.c. small town courtroom mount vernon houseboat museum law small-town life family government scandal quest
Judge Hardy, trying to find a relative of an aged couple to prevent them from losing their home, enlists the aid of his son Andy.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1948
89 Minutes
Ursula Jeans Cecil Parker Joan Hopkins Derek Bond Lana Morris John Stone Digby Wolfe
mother son soldier emotional engaging united kingdom family home war zone war work mother courage mother/son relationship rise love 1940s
Life on the home front during World War 2. Martha Dacre tries to keep her home running as normal, during the run up to the D Day landings. With several lodgers to contend with, and her son ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Belgium|Germany|Luxembourg|UK|France
2007
103 Minutes
Marianne Faithfull Miki Manojlovic Kevin Bishop Siobhan Hewlett Dorka Gryllus Jenny Agutter Corey Burke Meg Wynn Owen Susan Hitch Flip Webster
prostitute grandmother sick person son owner grandson somber amusing endearing london sex shop hospital prostitution illness money mother/son relationship surgery desperation sacrifice love
Maggie, a 60-year-old widow, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson, Olly. After one attempt at trying to find a job, she finds herself roaming the... See full summary »
Drama
Canada
1987
100 Minutes
Gordon Pinsent Jackie Burroughs Randy Follett Jessica Steen Timothy Webber Roland Hewgill Neil Munro
miner husband wife son townsperson government official bleak emotional powerful newfoundland small town household canada small-town life mining displacement family government marriage quest
A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2010
96 Minutes
Helena Bonham Carter Freddie Highmore Ken Stott Oscar Kennedy Victoria Hamilton Matthew McNulty Frasier Huckle Ben Aldridge Nigel Slater
son mother father stepmother cook student heartwarming melodramatic spirited countryside pub united kingdom school hotel family cooking father/son relationship nigel slater homosexuality rivalry
A boy (Oscar Kennedy) adjusts to his new stepmother (Helena Bonham Carter) while taking an interest in culinary arts.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
mother daughter grandmother teen girl singer drifter touching emotional dark new south wales, australia town seaside trailer park beach alcoholism mother/daughter relationship estrangement abandoned child reunion secret past
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Comedy, Drama
2016
98 Minutes
Javier Gutiérrez Anna Castillo Manuel Cucala Ana Ulloa Juanma Lara Nikolai Will Pep Ambròs Aina Requena Carme Pla Miguel Ángel Aladren
young girl grandfather son uncle friend love interest moving charming cheeky calm creative emotional engaging spain germany love loss journey quest relationships
Comedy, Drama
Ireland
2006
98 Minutes
ex-convict mechanic assistant friend singer emotional amusing uplifting small town ireland mill automobile repair shop bar house country music small-town life aspirations guilt friendship transformation
Doug, an aspiring country singer, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town with nobody believing in his heartbreaking voice and talent as a musician. His wife has left him... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
New Zealand|UK
2008
100 Minutes
Jeremy Northam Sam Neill Bryan Brown Peter O'Toole Judy Parfitt Art Malik
father son dean guru cleric lawyer charming moving witty offbeat england university rural community father/son relationship death spirit world memory reincarnation dog transformation
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Romance, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Germany|USA
2008
97 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Meg Ryan Colin Hanks Selma Blair Trevor Morgan Keith David Enrico Colantoni Marco St. John Paul Sampson
mother son art thief fiancée accomplice fbi agent amusing spirited thrilling family home restaurant museum street mother/son relationship new life theft gunfight secret identity surveillance love
Henry Durand is a young federal agent who is given a difficult assignment: spy on his mother and her boyfriend who is suspected of leading a gang of art thieves.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
95 Minutes
Lou Taylor Pucci Seth Green Cary Elwes Kristin Bauer Kenneth Welsh Tyler Stentiford Mackenzie Munro Al Sapienza Lisa Ryder Dewshane Williams Jayne Eastwood
grandfather grandmother grandson autism man young man charming emotional endearing engaging lighthearted quirky united states town autism love true love quest grandparent/child relationship job
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
123 Minutes
Martin Loeb Ingrid Caven Jacqueline Dufranne Vincent Testanière Roger Rizzi Anne Stroka
boy mother mother's boyfriend grandmother friend girl endearing calm tender striking south of france paris apartment school bicycle shop coming of age adolescence desire loneliness family
A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
India
2017
133 Minutes
Irrfan Khan Saba Qamar Deepak Dobriyal Delzad Hiwale Taran Bajaj Jaspal Sharma Swati Das Vijay Kumar Dogra
young man husband wife daughter hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap amusing india town city house school chasing dreams education confusion impersonation false identity quest
A couple from Chandni Chowk aspire to give their daughter the best education and thus be a part of and accepted by the elite of Delhi.