20 movies like Wild River, ordered by similarity : Spitfire(1934), The Hate U Give(2018), Ford v Ferrari(2019), Widows(2018), Charlotte's Web(2006), Tracktown(2016), Queen to Play(2009), The Rose Tattoo(1955), A Special Day(1977), The Tale(2018), Woman at War(2018), Year by the Sea(2016) ...
Drama
USA
1960
110 Minutes
Montgomery Clift Lee Remick Jo Van Fleet Albert Salmi Jay C. Flippen James Westerfield Jeff Bess Robert Earl Jones Frank Overton Barbara Loden Malcolm Atterbury
matriarch grandchild administrator townspeople gripping passionate river tennessee farmhouse activism environment greed discovery transformation 1930s
A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Robert Young Ralph Bellamy Martha Sleeper Sara Haden Sidney Toler
poor woman neighbor engineer partner father wife emotional bleak moving passionate ozark mountains farm river house wilderness town poverty city vs. country modernization dams
Mountain girl Trigger Hicks, a fierce loner equally handy with a rock or a prayer, is in danger of having her faith-healing mistaken for witchcraft by the neighbors. She shows a vulnerable ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2019
152 Minutes
Matt Damon Christian Bale Jon Bernthal Caitriona Balfe Tracy Letts Josh Lucas Noah Jupe Remo Girone Ray McKinnon JJ Feild Jack McMullen
designer auto builder race car driver rival intense passionate confident creative gripping france america auto race car dealership corporate headquarters desert auto racing design corporate rule rivalry creative process
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2018
128 Minutes
Viola Davis Colin Farrell Michelle Rodriguez Elizabeth Debicki Cynthia Erivo Brian Tyree Henry Daniel Kaluuya Jacki Weaver Robert Duvall Liam Neeson Garret Dillahunt
police officer widow thief driver crime boss thug emotional tense thrilling uneasy gripping gutsy chicago house shooting gallery funeral warehouse gym heist loss
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA|Germany|Australia
2006
98 Minutes
Dakota Fanning Kevin Anderson Gary Basaraba Beau Bridges Essie Davis Siobhan Fallon Hogan
young girl pig farmer spider uncle rat charming tender endearing emotional touching amusing farm amusement park barn farmhouse barnyard friendship meaning of life death
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Alexi Pappas Alexi Pappas Chase Offerle Rachel Dratch Andy Buckley Rebecca Friday Sasha Spencer Remy Teicher Nick Symmond
athlete coach teammate fan baker confident emotional engaging passionate olympics track house oregon city training work-life balance physical transformation discovery growing up love
A young, talented, and lonely long-distance runner twists her ankle as she prepares for the Olympic Trials and must do something she's never done before: take a day off.
Drama
2009
97 Minutes
Sandrine Bonnaire Kevin Kline Valerie Lagrange Francis Renaud Alexandra Gentil Alice Pol Didier Ferrari Laurence Colussi Élisabeth Vitali Daniel Martin Dominic Gould
housekeeper doctor chess player husband daughter expatriate emotional engaging spirited corsica hotel house bar chess self-discovery passion family individuality relationships transformation
A chambermaid (Sandrine Bonnaire) begs a reclusive employer (Kevin Kline) to teach her chess, then discovers that she has a real talent for the game.
Drama
USA
1955
117 Minutes
Anna Magnani Burt Lancaster Marisa Pavan Ben Cooper Virginia Grey Jo Van Fleet Sandro Giglio Mimi Aguglia Florence Sundstrom Dorrit Kelton
widow truck driver daughter boyfriend husband melodramatic passionate brooding louisiana house church truck romance grief betrayal secret deception love transformation fall
A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.
Drama
Italy|Canada
1977
106 Minutes
Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni John Vernon Françoise Berd Tiziano De Persio Maurizio Di Paolantonio Antonio Garibaldi Alessandra Mussolini Nicole Magny Vittorio Guerrieri
housewife homosexual radio personality husband fascist stranger charming emotional passionate profound rome apartment street fascism political debate political repression homosexuality domestic life friendship forbidden love
Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.
Drama
USA|Germany
2018
114 Minutes
Laura Dern Elizabeth Debicki Laura Allen Jason Ritter Ellen Burstyn Common Frances Conroy John Heard Tina Parker Isabella Amara Isabelle Nélisse
journalist professor mother coach boyfriend emotional disheartening moving profound uneasy intense house farm childhood home school child abuse molestation going home past crimes repression
A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.
Comedy, Drama
2018
101 Minutes
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Jóhann Sigurðarson Juan Camillo Roman Estrada Jörundur Ragnarsson Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir Margaryta Hilska Þórhildur Ingunn Haraldur Stefansson Charlotte Bøving
environmentalist political activist choir director adopted daughter adoption agency representative amusing charming creative endearing engaging gutsy heartwarming hilarious offbeat positive quirky spirited iceland activism environmentalism
Halla is a 50-year-old environmental activist who crusades against the local aluminum industry in Iceland. As her actions grow bolder, her life changes in the blink of an eye when she's finally granted permission to adopt a girl from the Ukraine.
Drama
USA
2016
114 Minutes
Karen Allen Yannick Bisson Michael Cristofer Celia Imrie Monique Gabriela Curnen S. Epatha Merkerson Jane Hajduk Amy Van Nostrand
wife husband business owner literary agent sexy man fisherman charming heartwarming passionate touching uplifting house coast apartment small town lake starting over small-town life loneliness self-discovery
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Canada
2006
86 Minutes
Jim Brown Daniel Jeffery Bob Legare Jane MacFarlane Ashleigh Fidyk Curt McKinstry Karen Planden
expert mother father son daughter suburbanite gripping amusing canada suburbia house suburban life isolation society artificial environment family discovery sacrifice 2000s
An examination of the nature of modern suburbia.
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, Adventure
UK
2016
97 Minutes
Rafe Spall Andrew Scott Kelly Macdonald Dane Hughes Orla Hill Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen Bobby McCulloch Seren Hawkes Hannah Jayne Thorp Jessica Hynes Harry Enfield
sibling camper local hero secret agent engaging gripping powerful suspenseful tense island lake town lake district, england adventure camping childhood family secret adventure
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
Drama
Canada|France
2010
130 Minutes
Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman Mohamed Majd Baya Belal Abdelghafour Elaaziz Nabil Sawalha
mother sister father brother employer lawyer profound tense powerful gripping montreal notary office family home small town middle east family secrets self-discovery journey estrangement twins
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
146 Minutes
Shahid Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Alia Bhatt Diljit Dosanjh Satish Kaushik
indian drug addict drug dealer investigator young man musician amusing bleak brash suspenseful gripping thrilling india pakistan drug addiction drug trade investigation political activism politics fight for justice
A story that revolves around drug abuse in the affluent north Indian State of Punjab and how the youth there have succumbed to it en-masse resulting in a socio-economic decline.
Drama
Italy|France|Switzerland|Austria
1994
116 Minutes
Enrico Lo Verso Michele Placido Carmelo Di Mazzarelli Piro Milkani Elida Janushi Sefer Pema Nikolin Elezi Artan Marina Besim Kurti Esmeralda Ara
con artist assistant homeless person little girl immigrant albanian profound disheartening calm touching albania nursing home road town con game poverty journey national identity greed survival
Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.
Drama
2016
100 Minutes
Bérénice Bejo Cédric Kahn Marthe Keller Jade Soentjens Margaux Soentjens Catherine Salée Philippe Jeusette Pascal Rogard
wife husband child ex-partner mother father amusing emotional melodramatic heartwarming intense engaging france house relationships love family unhappy marriage money discovery
Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
99 Minutes
Geena Davis Lois Smith Jon Hamm Tim Robbins Stephanie Andujar Azumi Tsutsui Hannah Gross Leslie Lyles
elderly woman artificial intelligence dead person husband family member emotional eerie fascinating gripping house bedroom living room kitchen art imitating life life cycle aging grief artificial intelligence discovery love
A service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.