20 movies like Closely Watched Trains, ordered by similarity : The Confirmation(2016), Sylvia Scarlett(1935), Life Begins for Andy Hardy(1941), Having You(2013), The Human Comedy(1943), Scent of a Woman(1975), The Hotel New Hampshire(1984), Somewhere(2010), Welcome Stranger(1947), Mattress Men(2016), People Will Talk(1951), The Virgin Soldiers(1969) ...
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
Czechoslovakia
1966
89 Minutes
Václav Neckár Jitka Bendová Vladimír Valenta Josef Somr Vlastimil Brodský Jirí Menzel
train conductor apprentice father resistance fighter offbeat cheeky tender czechoslovakia train station small town hotel virginity world war ii resistance attempted suicide growing up sacrifice 1940s
An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.
6.4/10
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.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
94 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Brian Aherne Edmund Gwenn Natalie Paley Dennie Moore Lennox Pawle Daisy Belmore
love interest father con artist artist daughter cheeky unrestrained hilarious emotional france england train countryside swindling impersonation father/daughter relationship romance smuggling suicide quest
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden
young man father mother girlfriend friend cheeky engaging moving small town new york city apartment park office garage maturing city life unemployment father/son relationship death growing up
Hoping his son will attend his alma mater, Judge Hardy agrees to let Andy look for work in New York for the summer before committing to start college. In the big city, Andy is confronted with the harsh realities of life and love.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
118 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Frank Morgan James Craig Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marsha Hunt Fay Bainter Darryl Hickman Donna Reed Van Johnson
young boy young girl boss man woman brother heartwarming emotional amusing small town house high school track office europe world war ii home front young love family communication
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
7.6/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1975
102 Minutes
Vittorio Gassman Alessandro Momo Agostina Belli Moira Orfei Franco Ricci
captain blind person aide soldier old flame father figure cheeky emotional uplifting turin, italy naples, italy train genoa rome blindness suicide nostalgia train travel mentorship adventure
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. The captain, Fausto, who wants no pity, brooks no disagreement, and charges into every ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1984
110 Minutes
Jodie Foster Beau Bridges Rob Lowe Paul McCrane Lisa Banes Jennifer Dundas Seth Green Nastassja Kinski
father mother son daughter brother sister offbeat quirky amusing emotional new hampshire hotel austria family dysfunction incest homosexuality extremism death coming of age discovery
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.
6.3/10
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Italy|Japan
2010
98 Minutes
Stephen Dorff Elle Fanning Chris Pontius Michelle Monaghan Laura Chiatti Simona Ventura Benicio Del Toro Lala Sloatman
actor daughter father party girl mother stripper dreamy offbeat melodramatic engaging touching dark hollywood, calif. hotel ice-skating rink italy car city father/daughter relationship debauchery
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Ireland
2016
81 Minutes
Michael Flynn Paul Kelly
sales manager business owner father friend colleague eccentric amusing cheeky endearing heartwarming lighthearted offbeat house ireland shop club computer world desperation failing business debt
Trying to save his struggling mattress business, Michael Flynn reinvents himself as the eccentric online persona 'Mattress Mick', under the guidance of his friend Paul Kelly. As business begins to grow, their friendship starts to implode.
Comedy, Drama
1951
110 Minutes
Cary Grant Jeanne Crain Finlay Currie Walter Slezak Hume Cronyn Sidney Blackmer Basil Ruysdael Katherine Locke
physician student friend professor father dean offbeat quirky striking university hospital small town illegitimate child medicine morality friendship jealousy discovery love sacrifice
A doctor's unconventional theories of medicine and relationship with a young student place his reputation in jeopardy.
6.1/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1969
96 Minutes
private schoolteacher prostitute sergeant british soldier daughter engaging touching rousing jungle school train singapore virginity war love interest medical operation train crash mission growing up
A group of young British soldiers billeted in Singapore of the year 1950 dreaming about winning the love of the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.
Drama
1944
126 Minutes
Irene Dunne Alan Marshal Frank Morgan Roddy McDowall Peter Lawford Dame May Whitty C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Van Johnson John Warburton Jill Esmond
pretty woman father british soldier son colonel girlfriend melodramatic moving london hotel hospital romance world war i world war ii mother/son relationship loss love growing up sacrifice 1940s
A woman (Irene Dunne) from Oklahoma marries an English aristocrat (Alan Marshal) and raises a son between World War I and World War II.
7.3/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1987
111 Minutes
Sebastian Rice Edwards Sarah Miles David Hayman Derrick O'Connor Susan Wooldridge Sammi Davis Ian Bannen Jean-Marc Barr Annie Leon
son sister brother father mother soldier inspiring endearing emotional london suburbia family childhood war world war ii growing up adventure 1930s
Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1974
121 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Micheline Lanctôt Jack Warden Randy Quaid Joseph Wiseman Denholm Elliott Henry Ramer Joe Silver Zvee Scooler Robert Goodier Allan Rosenthal
jew father uncle girlfriend grandfather gangster cheeky confident witty rousing montreal quebec resort laurentian mountains anti-semitism ambition poverty family dysfunction love honor
In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama, Music
USA
2018
97 Minutes
Nick Offerman Kiersey Clemons Ted Danson Sasha Lane Blythe Danner Toni Collette Quincy Dunn-Baker Alex Reznik
single father daughter musician store owner singer heartwarming emotional touching moving creative record store house coffee shop bedroom recording studio father/daughter relationship band growing up musicians singing
A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
117 Minutes
Christine Lahti Sara Walker Andrea Burchill Anne Pitoniak Barbara Reese Bill Smillie Wayne Robson Margot Pinvidic
sister aunt niece orphan woman neighbor madcap offbeat emotional amusing pacific northwest small town household woods living room small-town life family dysfunction suicide coming of age fitting in
After their mother commits suicide, two sisters end up living with their kind but peculiar aunt in their grandmother's old house in a small 1950s town.
7.5/10
Drama
Italy|France
1959
99 Minutes
Eleonora Rossi Drago Jean-Louis Trintignant Jacqueline Sassard Lilla Brignone Cathia Caro Raf Mattioli Federica Ranchi Enrico Maria Salerno
young man father widow son friend love interest engaging intense playful italy beach nightclub apartment romance world war ii father/son relationship mother/son relationship self-sacrifice ignorance discovery
Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
Norway|Germany|France|Denmark
2007
89 Minutes
Baard Owe Espen Skjonberg Henny Moan Bjørn Floberg Kai Remlow Per Jansen Bjarte Hjelmeland Gard Eidsvold Lars Oyno Anette Sagen Bjorn Jenseg
engineer friend old man child police officer dog offbeat moving eerie train airport oslo retirement deception assault blindness family love discovery transformation
A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.
6.9/10
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.
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