20 movies like Dakota Road, ordered by similarity : Gas Food Lodging(1992), The Second Mother(2015), Juke Girl(1942), Little Sister(2015), High Tide(1987), Lassie(1994), So Big(1924), Disgrace(2008), Sunset Song(2015), Unhook the Stars(1996), Fast Color(2018), Country(1984) ...
Drama
UK
1991
88 Minutes
Alan Howard Amelda Brown Charlotte Chatton Jason Carter Rachel Scott Matthew Scurfield Liz Smith David Warrilow
pilot farmer daughter sister mother shop owner melodramatic disheartening somber england small town farm air force base teen pregnancy loss of job eviction depression suicide small-town life growing up
A sensitive drama about a farm labourer's abused daughter who fantasises about the officers of the local U.S. Air Base to escape the guilt and hypocrisy of everyday life. But her dreams of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1992
100 Minutes
Brooke Adams Ione Skye Fairuza Balk James Brolin Robert Knepper David Lansbury Donovan Leitch Chris Mulkey
young woman sister mother love interest emotional airy new mexico small town desert truck stop romance coming of age sister relationship mother/daughter relationship single mothers small-town life growing up love discovery 1990s
A waitress lives with her two teen daughters in a trailer park in New Mexico. They all want a boyfriend.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Richard Whorf George Tobias Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Betty Brewer Donald MacBride Howard da Silva Willard Robertson Faye Emerson
farmer owner girl friend farmhand tense melodramatic florida atlanta farm farming worker's rights friendship framed for murder small-town life greed underdog love sacrifice 1940s
Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
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
1994
92 Minutes
Thomas Guiry Helen Slater Jon Tenney Brittany Boyd Frederic Forrest Richard Farnsworth Michelle Williams Charlie Hofheimer Clayton Barclay Jones
father mother son daughter lassie farmer heartwarming virginia farm family home dogs family farming teen angst love triangle culture clash adventure transformation 1990s
When a family of 4 moves from Baltimore to a farm in rural Virginia, they adopt an abandoned collie. The dog becomes the son's companion and protector, helping him adapt to rural life.
Drama
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Colleen Moore Joseph De Grasse John Bowers Ben Lyon Wallace Beery Gladys Brockwell Jean Hersholt Charlotte Merriam Dot Farley Ford Sterling Frankie Darro
mother farmer son husband married woman teacher melodramatic emotional illinois farm high school mother/son relationship farming struggle affair determination poverty rise sacrifice transformation
Drama
Australia|South Africa
2008
118 Minutes
John Malkovich Jessica Haines Eriq Ebouaney Fiona Press Antoinette Engel Natalie Becker Antonio Fisher David Dennis
professor daughter farmer worker black man rapist disturbing intense passionate countryside cape town, south africa farm college apartheid race relations scandal rape father/daughter relationship identity fall
After having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg
2015
135 Minutes
Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Jack Greenlees Ian Pirie Hugh Ross Niall Greig Fulton Douglas Rankine
daughter farmer abusive father rape victim mother intense disturbing emotional melodramatic raw farm college canada argentina rape violence suicide world war i marriage love
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Drama
1984
109 Minutes
husband wife farmer activist powerful somber iowa small town farm activism alcoholism farming class conflict sacrifice quest 1980s
Iowa farmers (Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley) survive a tornado, then learn they have 30 days to pay off a government loan or else.
Drama
1971
116 Minutes
Julie Christie Alan Bates Dominic Guard Margaret Leighton Michael Redgrave Michael Gough Edward Fox Richard Gibson Roger Lloyd-Pack
teenager pretty woman farmer viscount emotional melodramatic passionate england estate farm countryside forbidden love love triangle infatuation social standing forbidden love growing up discovery 1900s
A circa-1900 British boy (Dominic Guard) carries illicit love letters between a farmer (Alan Bates) and an aristocratic woman (Julie Christie).
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
Canada
1972
106 Minutes
Donald Pleasence Carol Kane Doris Petrie
sister brother soldier mother father friend bleak melodramatic sad small town party canada church rape pregnancy father/daughter relationship guilt religious persecution drinking discovery
A father will do anything to protect his family's reputation when his unmarried teenage daughter becomes pregnant because she was raped by her brother's friend.
Drama
UK
2017
95 Minutes
Siobhan Finneran Sacha Parkinson Molly Wright Robert Emms Steve Evets Aqib Khan Clare McGlinn James Quinn Jessica Baglow Wasim Zakir
jehovah's witnesses young woman mother daughter sister religious person moving gripping bleak united kingdom small town family home college religious gathering mother/daughter relationship religion pregnancy religious beliefs sibling relationship transformation
A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
Drama
UK
2001
115 Minutes
Rebecca Palmer Shane Attwooll Demelza Randall Xavier Tchili Dudley Sutton Ina Clough Eve Steele Etta Kotting Peter-Hugo Daly
newcomer sister boyfriend lover farmer single mother gritty brooding bleak emotional countryside farm youth club england family home farming superstition rural life scam siblings
The tragic story of two sisters whose lives are disrupted by two men. Amidst a landscape of rural hardship and a community consumed with superstition, events unfurl which threaten their sibling bond.
Drama
USA
1978
95 Minutes
Richard Gere Brooke Adams Sam Shepard Linda Manz Robert Wilke Jackie Shultis Stuart Margolin Timothy Scott Richard Libertini Doug Kershaw
worker sister girlfriend farmer wealthy man sad emotional dark texas chicago farm factory river fugitives jealousy farming illness love triangle deception escape
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
Drama
Sweden
1971
148 Minutes
Max von Sydow Liv Ullmann Eddie Axberg Svenolof Bern Aina Alfredsson Allan Edwall Monica Zetterlund Pierre Lindstedt Hans Alfredson Ulla Smidje Eva-Lena Zetterlund
farmer husband wife son daughter somber touching småland, sweden minnesota ship countryside farm river family farming america travel emigration class distinctions adventure
Småland, Sweden, mid-19th century. A farming family struggle with their rocky, unyielding land, and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.
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.