20 movies like Wild for Kicks, ordered by similarity : Moonrise Kingdom(2012), Nowhere Boy(2009), Custody(2017), Fish Tank(2009), Home From the Hill(1960), Blinded by the Light(2019), Rachel Getting Married(2008), Purple Rain(1984), Dirty Dancing(1987), Laggies(2014), Two Friends(1986), This Happy Breed(1944) ...
Drama
UK
1960
92 Minutes
David Farrar Noëlle Adam Christopher Lee Gillian Hills Adam Faith Shirley Anne Field Peter McEnery Claire Gordon Oliver Reed
divorce teen girl beatnik jazz musician stepmother dance hall girl brash campy cheeky hedonistic melodramatic quirky sultry england divorce stepfamily rivalry growing up 1960s
An impetuous teenage girl, resentful of her father's new wife, tries to wreck the marriage regardless of the consequences.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Bruce Willis Edward Norton Bill Murray Frances McDormand Tilda Swinton Jared Gilman Kara Hayward Lucas Hedges Charlie Kilgore Andreas Sheikh Chandler Frantz
boy girl mother father police captain scout dreamy quirky witty island wilderness new penzance new england on the run running away young love search family dysfunction misunderstanding storm
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.
Biography, Drama
UK|Canada
2009
97 Minutes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Kristin Scott Thomas Anne-Marie Duff David Threlfall Thomas Brodie-Sangster David Morrissey Sam Bell Ophelia Lovibond Jack McElhone Josh Bolt James Johnson
musician teen boy aunt uncle mother paul mccartney emotional amusing cheeky fascinating liverpool, england funeral stage park house family estrangement john lennon music mother/son relationship
A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
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
Netherlands|UK
2009
124 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Katie Jarvis Kierston Wareing Harry Treadaway Charlotte Collins Jason Maza Chelsea Chase Jack Gordon Sarah Counsell Brooke Hobby Rebecca Griffiths
teen girl mother sister boyfriend bleak gritty emotional apartment abandoned building essex, england school party mother/daughter relationship neglect poverty dance rebellion relationships discovery rivalry
Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Drama
USA
1960
150 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Eleanor Parker George Peppard George Hamilton Everett Sloane Luana Patten Anne Seymour Constance Ford Ken Renard Ray Teal Hilda Haynes
wealthy man son mother girl shopkeeper shocking melodramatic texas family home grocery store cabin wilderness cemetery infidelity father/son relationship wealth family dysfunction growing up rise 1960s
Dramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s.
Drama, Music, Comedy
UK|USA|France
2019
114 Minutes
Viveik Kalra Hayley Atwell Rob Brydon Kulvinder Ghir Nell Williams Aaron Phagura Meera Ganatra Dean-Charles Chapman Sally Phillips
teenager father mother friend love interest teacher powerful uplifting inspiring hilarious cheeky england high school house bedroom new york city bruce springsteen music growing up culture
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
111 Minutes
Anne Hathaway Rosemarie DeWitt Bill Irwin Debra Winger Tunde Adebimpe Mather Zickel Anisa George Anna Deavere Smith Jerome Lepage Beau Sia
sister bride father mother groom family member quirky brooding melodramatic new england family home hair salon home interracial romance drug addiction wedding family deception struggle rivalry
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Musical, Romance, Drama
USA
1984
111 Minutes
Prince Apollonia Kotero Morris Day Jerome Benton Clarence Williams III Olga Karlatos Billy Sparks Jill Jones
musician singer rival father mother brooding sultry minneapolis nightclub household family dysfunction abuse music stardom love triangle quest rivalry love rise 1980s
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.
Drama, Romance
USA
1987
100 Minutes
Jennifer Grey Patrick Swayze Jerry Orbach Cynthia Rhodes Jack Weston Jane Brucker Kelly Bishop Lonny Price Charles Honi Coles "Cousin Brucie" Morrow
dance instructor girl father mother pregnant woman sister sultry emotional thrilling catskills resort house woods club summer love father/daughter relationship dance abortion tradition class conflict
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Keira Knightley Chloë Grace Moretz Sam Rockwell Ellie Kemper Mark Webber Jeff Garlin Gretchen Mol Kaitlyn Dever Daniel Zovatto Jodi Thelen Dylan Arnold
woman boyfriend classmate girl friend teacher amusing charming cheeky quirky grocery store house bedroom school office car growing up life responsibility love
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
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.
Drama
1944
115 Minutes
Robert Newton Celia Johnson John Mills Kay Walsh Stanley Holloway Amy Veness Alison Leggatt
travel agent wife mother-in-law sister-in-law socialist child cheeky melodramatic emotional england suburbia household working class war family growing up love transformation 1930s
An adaptation of Noel Coward's play traces a number of years in the life of a middle-class London family.
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, History
1965
115 Minutes
Orson Welles Jeanne Moreau John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford Marina Vlady Keith Baxter Norman Rodway
friend girlfriend prince henry iv hostess wife brash cheeky amusing sad england battlefield castle pub inn royal life father/son relationship friendship loyalty war
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Drama
USA
1958
108 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman Burl Ives Jack Carson Judith Anderson Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood Larry Gates Vaughn Taylor Patty Ann Gerrity Robert "Rusty" Stevens Brian Corcoran
alcoholic wife father brother mother sister-in-law sultry melodramatic mississippi family home marriage family love money rivalry quest 1950s
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Drama
USA
2016
77 Minutes
Darragh O'Toole Emily Lamey Joe Rooney Andie McCaffrey Byrne Gary Buckley Andrea Kelly Saoirse Long Seán McGillicuddy
son girl mother father brooding emotional melancholy moving quirky sad tender ireland death of father estrangement search family reunification family relationships friendship growing up growing up
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
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
UK|Spain|Germany|France
2017
113 Minutes
Emily Mortimer Bill Nighy Patricia Clarkson Hunter Tremayne Honor Kneafsey James Lance Jorge Suquet Frances Barber
widow store owner friend girl wealthy woman amusing cheeky emotional tense england bookstore house park mansion party rivalry relationships book small business grief
England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
Drama
USA
1999
110 Minutes
Justin Urich Eric Balfour Chadwick Palmatier Keili Lefkowitz Jed Rhein Brandon Scott Peterson Aaron Nomaktchiensky Michael Rothhaar Jordana Capra
high-school student brother musician accompanist actor teen girl dark emotional cheeky amusing high school house car theater sibling rivalry love triangle acting bullying gangs fitting in
A battle between two brothers tears their family apart.
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.