20 movies like I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, ordered by similarity : Spider(2002), Face to Face(1975), Lost Angels(1989), Lady Bird(2017), Custody(2017), Loveling(2018), Giant Little Ones(2018), The Young Poisoner's Handbook(1995), Whip It(2009), David and Lisa(1962), Family Life(1971), What Will People Say(2017) ...
Drama
USA
1977
96 Minutes
Kathleen Quinlan Bibi Andersson Reni Santoni Susan Tyrrell Diane Varsi Signe Hasso
patient psychiatrist teen girl mother father creative tense uplifting mental institution fantasy world mental illness therapy childhood trauma schizophrenia growing up transformation 1970s
A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2002
98 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Miranda Richardson Gabriel Byrne Bradley Hall Lynn Redgrave John Neville Gary Reineke Philip Craig
mental patient schizophrenic father mother mistress friend disturbing intense dark mental institution halfway house london canal pub kitchen memory mental illness childhood trauma family dysfunction secret
Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.
Drama
Sweden
1975
136 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Gunnar Björnstrand Aino Taube-Henrikson Kari Sylwan Sif Ruud
psychiatrist grandmother grandfather patient rapist dark creative uneasy mental institution house sweden mental breakdown suicide psychoanalysis memory discovery transformation 1970s
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
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
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
Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Darren Mann Taylor Hickson Maria Bello Kyle MacLachlan Niamh Wilson Hailey Kittle Peter Outerbridge Stephanie Moore Kiana Madeira Olivia Scriven
best friend girlfriend mother father partygoer tense emotional touching intense high school party swimming pool house classroom convenience store friendship love growing up teen romance teen culture
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Comedy, Drama
UK|Germany|France
1995
106 Minutes
Hugh O'Conor Antony Sher Ruth Sheen Roger Lloyd-Pack Charlotte Coleman Paul Stacey Samantha Edmonds John Abbott
teen boy stepmother father psychiatrist mental patient sister dark quirky cheeky outlandish london house school asylum factory graham young poison family misanthropy murder
This film is based on a true story about a British teenager who allegedly poisoned family, friends, and co-workers. Graham is highly intelligent, but completely amoral. He becomes ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
111 Minutes
Elliot Page Marcia Gay Harden Kristen Wiig Drew Barrymore Juliette Lewis Daniel Stern Landon Pigg Alia Shawkat Jimmy Fallon Zoë Bell Eve
teen girl mother father roller skater coach best friend charming uplifting texas small town coming of age sports friendship small-town life rebellion mother/daughter relationship growing up transformation 2000s
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Drama
USA
1962
94 Minutes
young man girl mother psychiatrist eerie dark intense mental institution city house mental illness family dysfunction trust maturing love discovery transformation 1960s
Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
Drama
UK
1971
105 Minutes
Sandy Ratcliff Bill Dean Grace Cave
mother father daughter nurse bleak disheartening intense london mental institution mental illness abortion rebellion family depression aimless youth growing up escape 1970s
A teenage girl suffers a nervous breakdown.
Drama
Norway|Germany|Sweden|France|Denmark
2017
106 Minutes
Maria Mozhdah Adil Hussain Ekavali Khanna Rohit Saraf Ali Arfan Sheeba Chaddha Lalit Parimoo Nokokure Dahl Isak Lie Harr Jannat Zubair Rahmani Freddy Singh
teen girl friend boyfriend father mother family member tense emotional uneasy raw norway house school pakistan party bedroom family relationships culture culture shock
The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.
Drama
UK|USA
1972
105 Minutes
child speech therapist divorcée model chef mother sad tender emotional winsome london apartment kitchen office street childhood friendship mother/son relationship loneliness grief
A young American boy unable to overcome a speech defect is disturbed by the constant bickering of his parents, and when they get divorced, he slides into an emotional breakdown.
Drama
UK
1976
74 Minutes
Lance Kerwin Michael Landon Brian Keith DeAnn Mears Melissa Sue Anderson Randy Faustino Dermott Downs Walker Edmiston Herb Vigran Cliff Pellow Bing Russell
mother runner coach uplifting disturbing gutsy school track house mother/son relationship bed wetting track and field olympics childhood trauma growing up transformation underdog 1970s
Terry is divorced from his German wife and has a Finnish girlfriend Christina. At Thelma's suggestion they join her and Bob on a caravan holiday but due to a mishap the men get separated ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
Switzerland|Germany
2015
90 Minutes
Jenny Schily Lars Eidinger Urs Jucker Victoria Schulz
teen girl pregnant teen teenage mother mother lover father amusing engaging emotional moving melodramatic uplifting family home coming of age challenge family relationships sexual awakening adventure discovery
When her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too.
Drama
USA
1951
79 Minutes
Claire Trevor Sally Forrest Carleton G. Young Robert Clarke Kenneth Patterson Marcella Cisney Joseph Kearns William Hudson
teen girl love interest mother father tennis player melodramatic tense spirited santa monica, calif. country club new york city tennis court wimbledon mother/daughter relationship tennis deception new love ambition manipulation growing up
Tennis prodigy Florence Farley is torn between romance and her mother's ambitions.
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
France
1994
93 Minutes
Virginie Ledoyen Cyprien Fouquet Laszlo Szabo Jean-Pierre Darroussin Dominique Faysse Smail Mekki Jackie Berroyer Jean-Christophe Bouvet Ilona Gyori Renee Amzallag Caroline Doron
teen boy teen girl father mother teacher artist wild emotional dark suburb france institution party woods commune on the run teen angst rebellion disillusionment family dysfunction
When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?
Drama
USA
1948
108 Minutes
mental patient husband psychiatrist disturbing emotional gripping mental institution united states household mental illness marriage romance childhood psychoanalysis fall love transformation 1940s
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.