20 movies like Killer of Sheep, ordered by similarity : Hera Pheri(1975), Wildlife(2018), Rafiki(2018), Ek Nai Paheli(1984), The Cakemaker(2017), Roma(2018), Two Bits(1995), Khoya Khoya Chand(2007), The Light Between Oceans(2016), Carol(2015), Another Year(2010), Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein(2002) ...
Drama
USA
1977
80 Minutes
Henry Sanders Kaycee Moore Charles Bracy Angela Burnett Eugene Cherry Jack Drummond
patriarch wife child friend bleak moving solemn los angeles slaughterhouse house street poverty inner-city life family unusual occupations underdog sacrifice love 1970s
Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Kenya|South Africa|Germany|Netherlands|France|Norway|Lebanon|UK
2018
83 Minutes
Samantha Mugatsia Sheila Munyiva Neville Misati Nice Githinji Charlie Karumi Muthoni Gathecha Vitalis Waweru Mellen Aura Jimmy Gathu Nini Wacera Dennis Musyoka
best friend father lesbian love interest family member emotional touching cool tender passionate solemn nairobi kenya house bar forbidden love lesbianism secret love secret life forbidden love
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Drama
India
1984
120 Minutes
singer young man young woman love interest bleak moving emotional endearing sad shocking india city house bungalow hospital true love love-hate relationship family relationships family ties love
Bhairavi, a renowned singer, sees a revolutionary Sandeep badly injured and takes him home for treatment. Sandeep had left his father Upendra as Sandeep had taken to terrorism. He hated ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
Drama
Mexico|USA
2018
135 Minutes
Yalitza Aparicio Marina de Tavira Marco Graf Fernando Grediaga Daniela Demesa Carlos Peralta Nancy García Jorge Antonio Guerrero Enoc Leaño Diego Cortina Autrey
maid nanny wife husband child lover emotional moving sad tense endearing mexico city house beach shop theater apartment pregnancy family relationships
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Drama
USA
1995
85 Minutes
Jerry Barone Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Al Pacino Joe Grifasi Joanna Merlin Andy Romano Ron McLarty Patrick Borriello Donna Mitchell Mary Lou Rosato Rosemary DeAngelis
boy child grandfather family family member charming emotional heartwarming melodramatic moving sad united states city suburb slum movie theater economic crisis family life family tragedy family secrets
Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
Drama, Romance
India
2007
129 Minutes
Shiney Ahuja Anil Chaudhary Soha Ali Khan Rajat Kapoor Sushmita Mukherjee Sonya Jehan Vinay Pathak
author wife second wife actress director bleak brooding sad disheartening emotional moving india city mumbai movie set house bungalow stardom depression yearning for love
Circa 1960s Lucknow-based author Zafar Ali Naqvi, who has issues with his father and his four wives, including the 4th one who lusts after him, re-locates to Bombay, starts writing for ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
UK|New Zealand|USA|India|Australia
2016
133 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander Rachel Weisz Bryan Brown Jack Thompson Emily Barclay Caren Pistorius Florence Clery Thomas Unger Jane Menelaus Garry McDonald
lighthouse keeper wife dead person baby friend family member brooding emotional intense lighthouse house boat bedroom yard island love miscarriage loss second chance secrets
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Drama, Romance, Action
India
2002
171 Minutes
family family patriarch family member lover young woman young man charming endearing engaging intense heartwarming melodramatic family dinner party celebration family feud cultural differences attraction friendship relationships
Two feuding neighboring families are brought together to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Vishnupratap Singh (Vikram Gokhale) and his wife (Farida Jalal), much to the dislike of Rudra ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
India
1982
169 Minutes
Jeetendra Rekha Rishi Kapoor Tina Ambani Shreeram Lagoo Nirupa Roy Deven Verma Reena Roy
young man childhood friend young woman father intense suspenseful gripping spirited moving sad india house bungalow dance hall dance floor love at first sight friendship love triangle marriage love
Two close and devout Muslim youth, Javed and Akhtar, are childhood pals. They both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman, Firdaus. Since Akhtar is wealthy, and comes from a noble ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Romance
India
2013
130 Minutes
Vivek Oberoi Neha Sharma Nassar Atif Aslam Vishwanath Chatterjee
thug criminal lover girlfriend family member hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap india city town house love at first sight love interest family relationships love adventure transformation 2010s
Jayantabhai is a street-thug and small time gangster, who unexpectedly falls in love with his enemy, who is Simrin. A romantic caper about how people unknowingly fall in love with people they least expect to.
Drama
India
2002
180 Minutes
Madhavan Jimmy Sheirgill Sanjay Suri Namrata Shirodkar Sonali Kulkarni Hrishita Bhatt Raqesh Vashisth
friend handicapped person sister wife husband singer emotional endearing moving touching heartwarming india dubai house bungalow love jealousy love-hate relationship sacrifice changed priorities
Tells the story of three friends Krish Kumar, Hrithik Mittal and Devdarshan Suri alias Dev, who all are from different walks of life as they strive to win the battle of life consisting of ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2000
193 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Urmila Matondkar Mahima Chaudhry Johnny Lever Reema Lagoo Paresh Rawal Gulshan Grover Shivaji Satham
young man young woman lover criminal best friend uncle emotional heartwarming engaging melodramatic mumbai, india police station house love triangle love unrequited love family relationships criminal past love pursuit
Policeman Vishal is shot when his boss bungles a raid on a boat. To avoid the wrath of Vishal's family, his boss hires a lookalike to stop their suspicions. But when the policeman's ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Drama
UK
2017
101 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Dominic Cooper Jalil Lespert Frances Barber Marthe Keller
mother father child teacher depressed person friend solemn tense emotional disheartening moving london house train station school yard depression escape marriage family
An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.
Drama
UK
1994
102 Minutes
Crissy Rock Vladimir Vega Ray Winstone Sandie Lavelle Mauricio Venegas Clare Perkins Jason Stracey Luke Brown Lily Farrell Scottie Moore Linda Ross
alcoholic mother lover social worker judge bleak intense apartment england projects office parenthood mother/child relationship child abuse poverty new love underdog sacrifice love 1990s
This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive relationship to ... See full summary »