Movies like I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

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) ...

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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

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Spider

Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.

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Face to Face

A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.

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Lost Angels

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.

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Lady Bird

In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

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Custody

A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.

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Loveling

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.

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Giant Little Ones

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.

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The Young Poisoner's Handbook

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 »

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Whip It

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.

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David and Lisa

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.

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Family Life

A teenage girl suffers a nervous breakdown.

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What Will People Say

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.

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Baxter!

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.

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The Loneliest Runner

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 »

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Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents

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.

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Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Tennis prodigy Florence Farley is torn between romance and her mother's ambitions.

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Two Friends

Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.

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Cold Water

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?

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The Snake Pit

A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.

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Sweet Sixteen

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.

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