20 movies like Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, ordered by similarity : A Taste of Honey(1961), The Joy Luck Club(1993), Saving Face(2004), High Tide(1987), Bellissima(1951), Terms of Endearment(1983), Two Is a Family(2016), The Second Mother(2015), Carol(2015), Anywhere but Here(1999), Lady Bird(2017), Fatima(2015) ...
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
86 Minutes
Laureen Chew Kim Chew Victor Wong Ida Chung Cora Miao John Nishio Amy Hill Keith Choy Joan Chen George Wu
mother daughter boyfriend fortuneteller love interest tender amusing san francisco chinatown house mother/daughter relationship romance maturing immigration tradition love sacrifice growing up 1980s
In San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune ... See full summary »
7.5/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
7.7/10
Drama
USA|China
1993
138 Minutes
Rosalind Chao Tamlyn Tomita France Nuyen Vivian Wu Andrew McCarthy Kieu Chinh Tsai Chin Lisa Lu Ming-Na Lauren Tom Chao-Li-Chi
mother grandmother daughter immigrant heartwarming touching emotional china san francisco house family history mother/daughter relationship immigration generational divide cross-cultural romance culture clash growing up sacrifice forbidden love transformation
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
7.0/10
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.
7.8/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1951
112 Minutes
Anna Magnani Walter Chiari Tina Apicella
mother daughter father celebrity child actor talent scout emotional heartwarming amusing hilarious lighthearted melodramatic italy talent agency ambition hope dream vs. reality childhood relationships mother/daughter relationship
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
7.4/10
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.
Comedy, Drama
2016
118 Minutes
Omar Sy Clémence Poésy Gloria Colston Antoine Bertrand Ashley Walters Clémentine Célarié Anna Cottis Raphael Von Blumenthal
man love child love interest mother single father daughter emotional engaging endearing witty moving amusing paris france london england beach flat abandoned baby abandonment
A man's life is turned upside down when an old flame leaves a child on his doorstep, claiming it is his. He moves to London and raises the child by himself.
7.8/10
Drama
Brazil
2015
112 Minutes
Regina Casé Michel Joelsas Lourenço Mutarelli Karine Teles Camila Márdila Helena Albergaria Luis Miranda Theo Werneck Luci Pereira
housekeeper maid family member mother daughter son charming disheartening heartwarming emotional melodramatic intense brazil são paulo apartment relationships single mothers mother/daughter relationship abandonment love
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
7.2/10
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.
6.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
114 Minutes
Susan Sarandon Natalie Portman Eileen Ryan Ray Baker John Diehl Shawn Hatosy Bonnie Bedelia Caroline Aaron Hart Bochner
mother daughter husband love interest emotional heartwarming wisconsin beverly hills, calif. mother/daughter relationship responsibility moving fame family dysfunction growing up love 1990s
A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.
7.4/10
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.
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.
6.9/10
Drama, Music, Comedy
UK|USA|France
2019
114 Minutes
Viveik Kalra Hayley Atwell Rob Brydon Kulvinder Ghir Nell Williams Aaron Phagura Meera Ganatra Dean-Charles Chapman Sally Phillips
teenager father mother friend love interest teacher powerful uplifting inspiring hilarious cheeky england high school house bedroom new york city bruce springsteen music growing up culture
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Comedy, Drama
2003
89 Minutes
Kate Dollenmayer Christian Rudder Myles Paige Jennifer L. Schaper Lissa Patton Rudder Marshall Lewy Andrew Bujalski
college graduate coworker friend love interest tattoo artist amusing brooding emotional intricate boston office household relationships friendship love alcohol maturing responsibility growing up love
4.9/10
Comedy, Romance
Italy|Spain|USA|UK|Sweden
2015
87 Minutes
Sarah Jessica Parker Raoul Bova Claudia Cardinale Rosie Day Paz Vega Chiara Bassermann Marco Bonini Barney Harris
single mother teacher woman mother daughter teen girl former lover romantic interest couple love interest man lighthearted positive emotional endearing airy amusing charming rome italy
Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA|Spain
2010
98 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Josh Brolin Anthony Hopkins Gemma Jones Freida Pinto Lucy Punch Naomi Watts Roger Ashton-Griffiths Jim Piddock Pauline Collins Celia Imrie
psychic lover daughter ladies' man adulterer writer witty playful amusing heartwarming tender london street park household home art gallery infatuation infidelity mother/child relationship
Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.
5.5/10
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
128 Minutes
Rajkummar Rao Shruti Haasan Gautam Gulati Darshan Jariwala Ninad Kamat Ranjeet
young man young woman neighbor love interest friend indian amusing charming playful lighthearted engaging cheeky india neighborhood love interest young love first love expedition tradition family
Gattu (Rajkummar Rao) has a problem, he loves Binny (Shruti Haasan) who lives in their neighborhood. But everyone says that the girls of the neighborhood should be treated as own sister or ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany|UK
2005
121 Minutes
Joan Allen Kevin Costner Erika Christensen Evan Rachel Wood Keri Russell Alicia Witt Mike Binder Dane Christensen Tom Harper Danny Webb Magdalena Manville
radio host daughter baseball player mother neighbor emotional amusing quirky touching house bloomfield hills, mich. suburbia family dysfunction drinking love love growing up 2000s
When her husband unexpectedly disappears, a sharp-witted suburban wife and her daughters juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas and family dynamics.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Shelley Winters Elizabeth Hartman Wallace Ford Ivan Dixon John Qualen Elisabeth Fraser
blind person boyfriend mother charming emotional passionate los angeles household park interracial romance racism love social change mother/daughter relationship love forbidden love discovery 1960s
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
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