20 movies like The Glass Menagerie, ordered by similarity : Sweet Sixteen(2002), The Second Mother(2015), Fatima(2015), The Champ(1931), Woodpeckers(2017), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), My Bill(1938), If Beale Street Could Talk(2018), Summer Hours(2008), Papillon(2017), Unhook the Stars(1996), The Escape(2017) ...
Drama
USA|Canada
1987
134 Minutes
mother son daughter gentleman disheartening emotional intense apartment st. louis abandonment family dysfunction marriage failure obsession illness fall underdog wretched excess 1930s
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
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.
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.
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
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
widow daughter son aunt wealthy woman mother bleak melodramatic inspiring house yard poverty family great depression scandal loneliness mother/son relationship fall love transformation
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
Romance, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Kiki Layne Stephan James Regina King Colman Domingo Teyonah Parris Michael Beach Aunjanue Ellis Dave Franco Diego Luna Pedro Pascal Emily Rios
daughter fiancé wrongly accused mother pregnant woman emotional gritty tense tender powerful harlem, n.y. prison apartment street subway family wrongful conviction love relationships parenthood
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
Drama
France
2008
102 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Charles Berling Jérémie Renier Édith Scob Dominique Reymond Kyle Eastwood Alice De Lencquesaing Eric Elmosnino
mother brother sister son daughter emotional moving paris france household family mother/child relationship inheritance mortality art siblings discovery love 2000s
Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
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
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
USA
2001
132 Minutes
Sean Penn Michelle Pfeiffer Dakota Fanning Dianne Wiest Loretta Devine Richard Schiff Laura Dern Brad Allan Silverman Joseph Rosenberg Stanley DeSantis Doug Hutchinson
father daughter mentally disabled person lawyer foster mother friend disheartening profound emotional courtroom foster home apartment soccer game coffee shop school parenthood father/daughter relationship mental disability custody battle friendship
A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
Drama
India
1986
180 Minutes
Rajesh Khanna Smita Patil Aruna Irani Anita Kanwar Shafi Inamdar Satish Shah Rajesh Puri Baby Guddu Pradeep Saxena Rishabh Shukla Daljit Kaur
widow widower son daughter-in-law granddaughter grandson emotional endearing india bungalow park household emotional abuse family dysfunction domestic life aging companionship discovery underdog 1980s
After the death of their spouses; the elderly Amrit Lal Sharma and Kamla Srivastav are abused by their biological children. They get into contact with each other due to their grandchildren ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2019
111 Minutes
Joe Manganiello Sofía Vergara Kevin William Paul Denis O'Hare Michael Rispoli Vincent Pastore James Madio Burt Young
baseball player girlfriend gang member prisoner baseball coach emotional intense powerful positive golf course prison crime scene staten island, n.y. apartment baseball field second chance baseball life after prison fall pursuit
After serving 17 years in prison for a violent mistake he made in his youth, a once-aspiring baseball player returns to his Bronx neighborhood.
Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Walter Huston James Stewart Beulah Bondi Gene Reynolds Guy Kibbee Charles Coburn John Carradine Ann Rutherford Leatrice Joy Gilbert
preacher surgeon mother professor brash disheartening emotional small town school battlefield church maryland virginia american civil war father/son relationship medicine family neglect mother/son relationship rise
Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm.
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Drama
Italy|France
1974
82 Minutes
Monique Melinand Hubert Deschamps Philippe Léotard Nathalie Baye
mother wife husband son daughter-in-law father dark disheartening raw emotional france store hospital bedroom cancer family dysfunction infidelity terminal illness marriage rivalry
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ... See full summary »
Drama
Ireland
2014
102 Minutes
Kerry Fox Moe Dunford Philip Jackson Catherine Walker Aaron Monaghan Conor Mullen David Herlihy Tommy O'Neill
mentally ill person suicidal person cop mother emotional heartwarming intense dublin ireland mother/son relationship dysfunctional relationship obsessive love growing up love 2010s
When a young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
Drama
2018
90 Minutes
Anna Maxwell Martin Vicky McClure Daniel Mays David Wilmot Simone Kirby
mother terrorist family victim son gritty powerful tense england city united kingdom terrorism political unrest mother/son relationship mother courage transformation revenge 1990s
Two women living on opposite sides of the Irish Sea are brought together by the Warrington bombing in 1993.