20 movies like Wise Blood, ordered by similarity : Sylvia Scarlett(1935), The Miracle Woman(1931), The Playboys(1992), The Ice Storm(1997), Drishyam(2015), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018), Sarkar(2005), The Great Man Votes(1939), Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven(1976), The Bay Boy(1984), The Crowd(1928), Wild Strawberries(1957) ...
Drama
USA
1979
108 Minutes
Brad Dourif Amy Wright Harry Dean Stanton Dan Shor John Huston Mary Nell Santacroce Ned Beatty William Hickey J.L. Parker
priest daughter con artist blind person police officer outlandish quirky train church forest street small town religion impersonation meaning of life transformation temptation fall 1950s
Fresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.
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.
Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck David Manners Sam Hardy Beryl Mercer Russell Hopton Charles Middleton Eddie Boland Thelma Hill Aileen Carlyle Harry Todd
woman preacher con artist blind person pilot touching uplifting street church apartment radio station faith con game disillusionment redemption religion fall transformation love 1930s
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Drama
USA|UK|Ireland
1992
110 Minutes
Albert Finney Aidan Quinn Robin Wright Milo O'Shea Alan Devlin Niamh Cusack Ian McElhinney Stella McCusker
single mother baby actor police officer priest amusing heartwarming frenetic northern ireland small town church farm jail tent motherhood opposites attract judgment love triangle small-town life religion
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1997
113 Minutes
Kevin Kline Joan Allen Henry Czerny Adam Hann-Byrd David Krumholtz Tobey Maguire Christina Ricci Jamey Sheridan Elijah Wood Sigourney Weaver Katie Holmes
father mother son daughter neighbor temptress dark amusing melodramatic sad connecticut small town new york city house party woods family small town sexual awakening first love
In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
father mother daughter police officer son thrilling gripping intense powerful house bungalow police station ashram forest protection father/daughter relationship family relationships love quest pursuit
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Crime, Drama
India
2005
124 Minutes
gangster son wife daughter-in-law henchman bleak intense suspenseful thrilling emotional moving mumbai, india house bungalow street office police station gangsters family relationships brotherhood
The authority of a man, who runs a parallel government in Mumbai, is challenged. His son rises to face his enemies.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
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
Canada|France
1984
104 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Kiefer Sutherland Alan Scarfe Peter Donat Mathieu Carrière Isabelle Mejias Chris Wiggins Leah Pinsent
police officer sister son mother brother father dark touching tense emotional nova scotia canada town bay church young love religion family witnessing murder difficult decision
A teenage boy living in a Cape Breton coal mining community during the 1930's finds himself contemplating life and is haunted by a murder he witnessed in town.
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.
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
UK|Canada
1998
112 Minutes
Roshan Seth Soni Razdan Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah Ranjit Chowdhry Sam Dastor Kurush Deboo Pearl Padamsee Vrajesh Hirjee Shazneen Damania Kurush Dastur
husband wife father son daughter artist engaging uplifting india neighborhood household indian independence movement religion family struggle life lessons war transformation quest 1970s
Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Drama
USA
1927
90 Minutes
Emil Jannings Belle Bennett Phyllis Haver Donald Keith Fred Kohler
father wife son moll gangster henchman chilling melodramatic household bank train car street milwaukee family seduction robbery accidental killing poverty desperation
A happy bank clerk loses his identity after a robbery and is then presumed dead.
Drama
France
1992
110 Minutes
François Cluzet Brigitte Roüan Jean-François Stévenin Grégoire Colin Marina Golovine Frédéric Quiring Faye Gatteau Emmanuel Morozof
veterinarian wife son daughter police chief hustler emotional creepy somber small town paris household disappearance loss family dysfunction identity mental illness fall transformation 1990s
Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and Serge, a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance ... See full summary »
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
UK
1957
93 Minutes
husband wife mistress son emotional moving house bedroom hotel office divorce adultery loyalty family temptation forbidden love fall 1950s
A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
119 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Frank Langella George MacKay Samantha Isler Annalise Basso Nicholas Hamilton Shree Crooks Charlie Shotwell Ann Dowd Erin Moriarty Missi Pyle
widower son daughter father-in-law family member priest brooding cheeky emotional forest cabin bar bus washington state house loss culture clash reality travel self-determination
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Drama, History
USA
1998
172 Minutes
Oprah Winfrey Danny Glover Thandie Newton Kimberly Elise Beah Richards LisaGay Hamilton Albert Hall Irma P. Hall Carol Jean Lewis Kessia Kordelle Jude Ciccolella
former slave daughter ghost husband schoolteacher son emotional dark chilling ohio household plantation market slavery mother/daughter relationship haunting murder sexual abuse abandonment mystery
Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman