20 movies like The Rack, ordered by similarity : Shepherds and Butchers(2016), Second Best(1994), Custody(2017), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang(1932), Kramer vs. Kramer(1979), The Desperate Hours(1955), Family Law(2006), Forbidden Games(1952), South Central(1992), Ballast(2008), Dean Spanley(2008), The Bigamist(1953) ...
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1956
100 Minutes
Paul Newman Anne Francis Walter Pidgeon Wendell Corey Edmond O'Brien Lee Marvin Cloris Leachman Robert Burton Robert F. Simon Trevor Bardette Adam Williams
military officer father widow prisoner of war lawyer psychiatrist emotional powerful san francisco air force base courtroom death of a child torture treason korean war post-traumatic stress disorder escape transformation 1950s
A decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
6.8/10
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
6.8/10
Drama
UK|USA
1994
105 Minutes
William Hurt Chris Cleary Miles Keith Allen Prunella Scales Jane Horrocks Alan Cumming John Hurt
single father child social worker neighbor uncle prisoner tense powerful emotional wales camp prison house adoption father/son relationship aids parenthood transformation love 1990s
Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?
7.5/10
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.
8.2/10
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1979
104 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Justin Henry Jane Alexander Howard Duff George Coe JoBeth Williams Howland Chamberlin
father mother son friend lawyer judge emotional heartwarming intense apartment park courtroom new york city office divorce court battles parenthood transformation rivalry quest
Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Fredric March Martha Scott Arthur Kennedy Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Alan Reed Bert Freed
criminal prisoner father mother son daughter tense thrilling emotional indianapolis house home invasion escaped criminals hostages family stand-off escape love 1950s
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
6.9/10
Drama
Argentina|Italy|Spain|France
2006
102 Minutes
Daniel Hendler Julieta Díaz Arturo Goetz Adriana Aizemberg Eloy Burman Damián Dreizik Darío Lagos Luis Albornoz Gustavo Pastorini
lawyer teacher judge father son amusing offbeat argentina courtroom family home father/son relationship family dysfunction law rivalry transformation 2000s
As he adjusts to being a husband and father, Ariel Perelman meditates on the ways in which he is similar -- and so very different -- from his own dad.
8.0/10
Drama
France
1952
87 Minutes
Brigitte Fossey Georges Poujouly Lucien Hubert Suzanne Contal Jacques Marin Laurence Badie
orphan son father emotional endearing profound france small town world war ii war childhood death friendship growing up 1940s
A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
2008
96 Minutes
Micheal J. Smith Sr. JimMyron Ross Tarra Riggs Johnny McPhail
father twin widow son uncle mother bleak emotional powerful calm mississippi delta convenience store backyard school radio station house suicide grief father figure family dysfunction
A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.
7.2/10
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.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Joan Fontaine Ida Lupino Edmund Gwenn Jane Darwell Kenneth Tobey John Maxwell Peggy Maley Mack Williams James Todd James Young
bigamist wife waitress son investigator business partner melodramatic emotional san francisco los angeles family home hotel courtroom office bigamy marriage deception adoption double life forbidden love
A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.
7.4/10
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1959
136 Minutes
Paul Newman Barbara Rush Alexis Smith Brian Keith Diane Brewster Billie Burke John Williams Robert Vaughn Otto Kruger Paul Picerni Robert Douglas
lawyer mother sweetheart alcoholic boss' wife birth father melodramatic fiery striking brash philadelphia house courtroom law office korea moral dilemma adultery social climbing blackmail korean war
A promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2004
83 Minutes
Christopher Walken Josh Lucas Michael Caine Glenne Headly Jonah Bobo Kathryn Hahn Norbert Weisser Laurie O'Brien David Eigenberg Michael O'Neill Lily Knight
grandfather father son nurse young boy dying person emotional moving quirky american southwest house van los angeles albuquerque, n.m. father/son relationship road trip death male bonding dysfunctional family family history
A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.
7.0/10
Drama
USA|Germany|Ireland|UK|Netherlands
2002
93 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Aidan Quinn Julianna Margulies Stephen Rea Sophie Vavasseur Alan Bates Niall Beagan Hugh MacDonagh Claire Mullan
daughter father son lawyer judge emotional ireland family home courtroom child custody abandonment divorce alcoholism quest 1950s
Desmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. Unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages. Employed again, Desmond tries to get his kids back.
7.9/10
Drama
Japan
2008
114 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe You Yoshio Harada Ryôga Hayashi Haruko Kato Kirin Kiki Yui Natsukawa Hotaru Nomoto Kazuya Takahashi Shohei Tanaka
mother father son wife daughter stranger emotional dark family home japan family dysfunction grief death discovery transformation 2000s
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
India
2016
102 Minutes
Adil Hussain Lalit Behl Geetanjali Kulkarni Palomi Ghosh Navnindra Behl Anil K. Rastogi
father son dying person emotional endearing sad india father/son relationship death journey discovery discovery adventure 21st century
Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.
6.7/10
Drama
Canada
2005
92 Minutes
Kris Lemche Michael Hogan Matt Craven Pascal Hutton Sarah Lind Kett Turton Michael Robinson Ben Cotton Hank Hastings Suzinn Robinson Waneta Storms
father widower son businessman single mother developer emotional engaging small town canada mountain restaurant lake shop father/son relationship deception idealism small-town life family secrets business
Father and son run their own two-man furniture business but have opposing ideologies on what should guide their craftsmanship, quality or commerce.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1989
116 Minutes
Donald Sutherland Adam Horovitz Amy Locane Don Bloomfield Celia Weston Graham Beckel Patricia Richardson Ron Frazier Joseph D'Angerio William O'Leary Leonard Porter Salazar
teen boy mother father psychiatrist gang member girl emotional gritty wild courtroom psychiatrist's office los angeles nightclub juvenile detention center institutionalization troubled youth divorce father/son relationship family dysfunction growing up
A troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.
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