20 movies like One Deadly Summer, ordered by similarity : Fatima(2015), After the Storm(2016), Down Terrace(2009), Testament(1983), Deadlier Than the Male(1956), Mother(2009), Winter's Bone(2010), High Tide(1987), Stella Dallas(1937), Sweetheart(1992), The Reflecting Skin(1990), The Ice Storm(1997) ...
Drama
France
1983
133 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Alain Souchon Suzanne Flon François Cluzet Manuel Gelin Jenny Cleve Michel Galabru Maria Machado
young woman mother mechanic aunt deaf person rapist dark disturbing suspenseful melodramatic france small town garage family home rape investigation deception unusual romance family honor small-town life
Oozing sensuality, a young woman arrives in a small town and gets married to the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
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.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
2009
93 Minutes
Robert Hill Robin Hill Julia Deakin David Schaal Tony Way Kerry Peacock Michael Smiley Mark Kempner Gareth Tunley Kali Peacock
father son uncle girlfriend mother politician rousing suspenseful witty dark house prison bedroom england organized crime betrayal family pregnancy deception discovery
A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.
Drama
USA
1983
89 Minutes
Jane Alexander William Devane Roxana Zal Rossie Harris Lukas Haas Philip Anglim Lilia Skala Leon Ames Lurene Tuttle Rebecca De Mornay Kevin Costner
mother father son daughter neighbor disturbing dark intense california small town nuclear attack survival family apocalypse rescue sacrifice 1980s
The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.
Drama
France
1956
113 Minutes
Jean Gabin Danièle Delorme Lucienne Bogaert Robert Arnoux Liliane Bert Gérard Blain Aimé Clariond Gabrielle Fontan Germaine Kerjean Robert Manuel Jean-Paul Roussillon
restaurant owner young woman ex-wife housekeeper mother-in-law employee dark chilling suspenseful emotional paris restaurant apartment bar france street murder plot deception betrayal estrangement
André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André... See full summary »
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Drama
USA
2010
99 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence John Hawkes Kevin Breznahan Dale Dickey Garret Dillahunt Sheryl Lee Lauren Sweetser Tate Taylor
daughter family brother father sheriff lawman bleak dark gritty suspenseful the ozarks arkansas rural community abandonment family dysfunction poverty drug trade conspiracy darkness sacrifice
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
mother daughter grandmother teen girl singer drifter touching emotional dark new south wales, australia town seaside trailer park beach alcoholism mother/daughter relationship estrangement abandoned child reunion secret past
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Dawn O'Day Barbara O'Neil Alan Hale Marjorie Main Edmund Elton George Walcott Gertrude Short Tim Holt Nella Walker
mother wife daughter husband father wealthy man melodramatic uneasy engaging camp massachusetts small town mill family home mother/daughter relationship divorce class distinctions marriage family relationships
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
1992
107 Minutes
Jacques Dutronc Patrick Bruel Mathilda May Vernon Dobtcheff Sophie Broustal Bruce Myers Eric Da Silva Benoît Magimel Jurgen Zwingel Hans-Heinz Moser Jean Dautremay
police detective businessman wife boss suspect dark suspenseful lyon, france zurich alps town murder investigation love triangle corruption deception mystery pursuit 1990s
A sweet-talking con man starts to turn his life around when he falls in love in this family oriented comedy.
Drama
UK|Canada
1990
95 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Lindsay Duncan Jeremy Cooper Sheila Moore Duncan Fraser David Longworth Robert Koons David Bloom
boy widow brother father friend mother eerie disturbing suspenseful idaho small town fantasy world small-town life family murder practical jokes vampires growing up mystery 1950s
In the 1950's, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
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.
Romance, Drama
USA
2011
80 Minutes
Ashley Williams Marla Sokoloff Nick Zano Brad Johnson Sean Bott Jason Celaya Jaclyn Hales Danielle Chuchran
sister poor person young woman love interest colleague family endearing heartwarming moving winsome united states spa family home town love life family relationships wealth discovery
Two sisters find that they have to make their own way in the world after their father is jailed. Elinor is a cleaner in a spa. Marianne works for a marketing company but she also makes scented lotions, which turn out to be a real winner.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2001
99 Minutes
Tilda Swinton David Siegel Goran Visnjic Jonathan Tucker Peter Donat Josh Lucas Raymond J. Barry Tamara Hope Jordan Dorrance Georgeann Johnson Holmes Osborne
mother son lover husband deputy tense suspenseful intricate lake california family home blackmail cover-up maternal instinct homosexuality family discovery sacrifice mystery 1990s
A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1983
132 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Debra Winger Jack Nicholson Jeff Daniels Danny DeVito John Lithgow Betty King Lisa Hart Carroll Huckleberry Fox Troy Bishop
mother daughter professor astronaut touching emotional sad small town midwest family home family romance cancer mother/daughter relationship love growing up 1980s
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.
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.
War, Drama
2013
117 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lauryn Canny Adrianna Cramer Curtis Maria Doyle Kennedy Larry Mullen Jr. Mads Ousdal Chloe Annett
family photojournalist young woman mother daughter husband emotional engaging fiery gripping intense powerful war zone home kabul, afghanistan africa refugee camp ireland career family
A war-zone photojournalist's (Juliette Binoche) dedication to her dangerous job places her at odds with her family (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny).
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1983
120 Minutes
Kate Nelligan Judd Hirsch David Dukes Stockard Channing Jacqueline Brookes Keith McDermott Kathleen Widdoes Danny Corkill Cheryl Giannini David Simon William Duell
mother son detective ex-husband melodramatic shocking bleak thrilling family home school street police station columbia university brooklyn, n.y. kidnapping sexual abuse investigation missing persons obsession divorce
This movie, centering on a child's abduction, casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who ... 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 »