20 movies like Cries and Whispers, ordered by similarity : Tokyo Story(1953), Wild Strawberries(1957), After the Storm(2016), Little Sister(2015), Shotgun Stories(2007), Five Days Without Nora(2008), Still Alice(2014), Three Brothers(1981), A One and a Two...(2000), The Crowd(1928), Short Time(1990), Love After Love(2017) ...
Drama
Sweden
1972
95 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Harriet Andersson Ingrid Thulin Kari Sylwan Erland Josephson George Arlin Henning Moritzen Anders Ek
dying person suicidal person sister maid doctor priest brooding somber family home sweden mansion death family meaning of life infidelity suicide quest transformation 19th century
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Drama
1953
134 Minutes
Chishu Ryu Chieko Higashiyama Setsuko Hara Haruko Sugimura Sô Yamamura Kuniko Miyake Kyoko Kagawa Eijiro Tono Nobuo Nakamura Shiro Osaka Hisao Toake
father mother doctor hairdresser daughter-in-law soldier brooding sad somber tokyo osaka, japan train family home family aging death quest transformation 1950s
An elderly Japanese couple (Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama) visit their busy children but are not treated with respect.
Drama
1957
90 Minutes
Victor Sjöström Ingrid Thulin Bibi Andersson Gunnar Björnstrand Jullan Kindahl Folke Sundquist Björn Bjelfvenstam Gunnel Brostrom
doctor daughter-in-law husband wife son ingénue brooding emotional highway car sweden family home meaning of life love triangle marriage transformation quest 1950s
An old Swedish professor (Victor Sjöström) sees his life pass by in a series of nightmarish flashbacks.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Michael Shannon Douglas Ligon Barlow Jacobs Natalie Canerday Glenda Pannell
son brother half brother girlfriend wife older brother brooding brutal arkansas cemetery family home farm family dysfunction feud family death violence crime rivalry revenge
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Fernando Ciangherotti Silvia Mariscal Enrique Arreola Ari Brickman Juan Carlos Colombo Marina de Tavira Juan Pablo Medina Max Kerlow Verónica Langer Angelina Peláez Martin LaSalle
widower ex-wife rabbi old man doctor son dark amusing offbeat mexico city family home apartment kitchen suicide funeral judaism will and testament family love fall
A woman's suicide just before Passover creates many complications for her ex-husband (Fernando Luján) and their family.
Drama
USA|UK|France
2014
97 Minutes
Julianne Moore Richard Glatzer Alec Baldwin Kristen Stewart Kate Bosworth Hunter Parrish Erin Darke Victoria Cartagena Shane McRae Stephen Kunken Seth Gilliam
professor linguist daughter son doctor somber brooding emotional doctor's office family home office college alzheimer's disease illness dementia mother/child relationship discovery transformation fall 2010s
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Drama
Italy|France
1981
113 Minutes
Philippe Noiret Michele Placido Vittorio Mezzogiorno Charles Vanel Andréa Ferréol Maddelena Crippa Sara Tafuri Pietro Biondi Maddalena Crippa
son brother matriarch judge factory worker counselor dreamy offbeat melodramatic tender italy rural community family home grief reunion death family relationships idealism transformation
Three men face their mother's death.
Drama
2000
173 Minutes
Nien-Jen Wu Kelly Lee Jonathan Chang Issei Ogata Elaine Jin Ke Suyun
father son daughter charming tender profound funeral wedding family home taiwan death marriage family growing up transformation sacrifice 2000s
A man (Nien-Jen Wu) deals with the possibility of losing his job, a wedding, a mother-in-law's stroke and an ex-girlfriend.
Drama
USA
1928
104 Minutes
Eleanor Boardman James Murray Bert Roach Estelle Clark Daniel G. Tomlinson Dell Henderson Lucy Beaumont Freddie Burke Frederick Alice Mildred Puter
employee wife mother-in-law father-in-law son daughter endearing touching new york city family home office meaning of life family love growing up transformation 1920s
The life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles and downfalls.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada
1990
97 Minutes
Dabney Coleman Matt Frewer Teri Garr Barry Corbin Joe Pantoliano Xander Berkeley Rob Roy Kaj-Erik Eriksen Dee Jay Jackson Shawn Clements
police detective wife son partner police captain doctor amusing thrilling madcap playful police station doctor's office family home seattle restaurant misdiagnosis life insurance dangerous assignment family lifestyle changes
When a police detective thinks he is dying and learns that his life insurance pays out more if he dies in the line of duty, he tries to make that happen.
Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Andie MacDowell Chris O'Dowd James Adomian Juliet Rylance Dree Hemingway Francesca Faridany Seth Barrish Marlene Brown Paul L. Brown Romy Byrne
mother son widow touching emotional brooding charming tense uneasy family home suburbs grief family starting over love transformation rise 2010s
Following the death of their father, two sons deal with the trials of their own lives while watching their mother explore new beginnings of her own.
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.
Drama
Japan
1952
100 Minutes
Kinuyo Tanaka Masao Mishima Akihiko Katayama Kyoko Kagawa Eiji Okada
mother husband daughter sister son japanese man melodramatic tender moving japan family home street factory mother/daughter relationship family postwar japan poverty marriage hard times sacrifice
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
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.
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Victor Moore Beulah Bondi Fay Bainter Thomas Mitchell Porter Hall Barbara Read Maurice Moscovich Elisabeth Risdon Minna Gombell Ray Mayer
husband wife son daughter daughter-in-law young boy bleak emotional somber family home aging poverty family marriage grief love sacrifice 1930s
An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
Drama
West Germany
1976
105 Minutes
Margit Carstensen Brigitte Mira Ingrid Caven Armin Meier Irm Hermann Gottfried John
husband wife daughter son photographer communist disturbing melodramatic profound factory family home dining room street frankfurt, germany workplace violence media circus family grief hostage situation mother/daughter relationship
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Salli Richardson-Whitfield Nicole Parker Keith David Michael B. Jordan Ernie Hudson Rockmond Dunbar Michael Beach Tasha Smith Tisha Campbell-Martin
exotic dancer dying person father pastor sister son emotional uplifting tender touching atlanta georgia church hospital redemption religion homecoming family sister relationship transformation
When her father unexpectedly falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica "Jesse" Brown returns home for the first time in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish - that she take over as... See full summary »
Drama
France|Canada
1999
89 Minutes
Romane Bohringer Laurent Lucas Charlotte Laurier David DiSalvio Stephen J. Smith Simon Hetu Richard Notkin Robert Warren Mourad Mimouni
priest husband wife son sick child father tender amusing emotional montreal, quebec canada family home city church infidelity marital problems boredom family love triangle illness
Paul and Marguerite have loved each other for 5 years, their love is organic, visceral and strong, constantly shifting from the real to the absolute and from the absolute to the tragic.
Drama
USA
2007
100 Minutes
Cameron Bancroft Bellamy Young Aidan Mitchell Josh Leonard Amber Benson Mickey Jones Edie McClurg Channing Nichols Melissa Fitzgerald Zachary Gardner
doctor son mayor widower emotional endearing heartwarming north carolina family home medicine rivalry death father/son relationship grief transformation quest 2000s
In order for a big-city doctor to get the job of a lifetime, he must spend his summer in Dunn's Rock, North Carolina. Arriving with his 10-year old son, he discovers what is most important and learns to enjoy the simple things in life.