20 movies like Raining Stones, ordered by similarity : Parasite(2019), The Confirmation(2016), Sylvia Scarlett(1935), Disgrace(2008), Lady Bird(2017), Dad and Dave: On Our Selection(1995), Murmur of the Heart(1971), Dean Spanley(2008), American Beauty(1999), Saving Face(2004), Funny Story(2018), Brilliant Lies(1996) ...
Comedy, Drama
UK
1993
90 Minutes
Bruce Jones Julie Brown Ricky Tomlinson Tom Hickey Gemma Phoenix Mike Fallon Jonathan James George Moss
poor person sidekick blue-collar worker butcher father daughter charming bleak playful tense manchester, england farm church van working class religion odd jobs pride bad luck poverty
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2019
132 Minutes
Song Kang-ho Yeo-jeong Jo So-dam Park Woo-sik Choi Sun-kyun Lee Seo-joon Park Jung Ziso Jeong-eun Lee Andreas Fronk Hyae Jin Chang Myeong-hoon Park
son mother daughter maid father tense bleak sad hilarious family home party estate secret hideout vanity class distinctions poverty murderous rampage hostage situation misfortune escape
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
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
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.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1995
110 Minutes
Leo McKern Joan Sutherland Geoffrey Rush David Field Noah Taylor Essie Davis Celia Ireland Ray Barrett Barry Otto Nicholas Eadie Murray Bartlett
farmer wife son politician neighbor amusing charming australia farm small town family farming politics father/son relationship growing up transformation 19th century
Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1971
118 Minutes
Léa Massari Benoît Ferreux Daniel Gélin Michael Lonsdale Ave Ninchi Gila von Weitershausen Fabien Ferreux Marc Winocourt Micheline Bona Henri Poirier Liliane Sorval
young boy young girl priest mother father charming dark playful france church bar family home coming of age sex scandal illness alcohol incest growing up temptation
As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.
Comedy, Drama
New Zealand|UK
2008
100 Minutes
Jeremy Northam Sam Neill Bryan Brown Peter O'Toole Judy Parfitt Art Malik
father son dean guru cleric lawyer charming moving witty offbeat england university rural community father/son relationship death spirit world memory reincarnation dog transformation
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
122 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Annette Bening Thora Birch Wes Bentley Mena Suvari Peter Gallagher Allison Janney Scott Bakula Sam Robards Chris Cooper Barry Del Sherman
husband father young girl stalker student boyfriend witty disheartening intense household high school car suburbia infatuation mother/child relationship sex depression death family escape
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
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.
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Matthew Glave Emily Bett Rickards Jana Winternitz Nikki Limo Lily Holleman Jessica Diggins Aschleigh Jensen Pete Gardner Reginald VelJohnson Jacob Wysocki
older man daughter estranged father friend girlfriend tense amusing emotional shocking uneasy california wedding restaurant bar woods love triangle awkward situations love father/daughter relationship secret
A dramedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter when she invites him to her woodland wedding.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1996
93 Minutes
Gia Carides Anthony LaPaglia Zoe Carides Ray Barrett Michael Veitch Catherine Wilkin Neil Melville Grant Tilly
businesswoman boss sister father conciliator friend intricate fiery melbourne, australia office courtroom sexual harassment child molestation court battles father/daughter relationship truth friendship mystery fall 1990s
Susy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1997
122 Minutes
Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Giorgio Cantarini Giustino Durano Sergio Bustric Marisa Paredes Amerigo Fontani Horst Buchholz Lidia Alfonsi Giuliana Lojodice Pietro De Silva
father mother son waiter schoolteacher nazi moving playful emotional sad bleak frightening italy concentration camp hotel household bookstore big city holocaust concentration camp
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Drama
Italy|UK
1999
98 Minutes
Ray Winstone Tilda Swinton Lara Belmont Freddie Cunliffe Kate Ashfield Aisling O'Sullivan Colin Farrell Annabelle Apsion
father mother son daughter baby bleak disturbing intense england household waterfront incest child molestation family sex discovery growing up fall 1990s
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Comedy, Drama
2017
101 Minutes
Bruno Ganz Hildegard Schmahl Sylvester Groth Evgenia Dodina Alexander Fehling Natalia Belitski
grandfather stalinist nazi politician brooding profound intense intricate quirky melodramatic east germany berlin russia stalinism birthdays political activism propaganda alcoholism occupation escape
Drama, Comedy
1984
94 Minutes
Louis Ducreux Sabine Azéma Michel Aumont Monique Chaumette Claude Winter Geneviève Mnich Thomas Duval Quentin Ogier Katia Wostrikoff Jean-Roger Milo Pascale Vignal
painter father son wife daughter charming airy engaging france country house family painting memory aging discovery 1910s
A lonely old French painter's (Louis Ducreux) adult children and their offspring visit him one summer day in 1912.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
107 Minutes
Alan Bates Janet Suzman Peter Bowles Sheila Gish Joan Hickson Elizabeth Robillard Murray Melvin Fanny Carby
mother father daughter friend bleak offbeat shocking family home england parenthood mother/daughter relationship cerebral palsy family transformation quest 1970s
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
2008
75 Minutes
Thomas Turgoose Kate Dickie Piotr Jagiello Perry Benson Ireneusz Czop Elisa Lasowski Ben Porter Steven Hillman
teen boy best friend father love interest waitress photographer emotional bleak midlands london household coming of age friendship father/son relationship poverty family discovery escape 2000s
A black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Daveed Diggs Rafael Casal Janina Gavankar Jasmine Cephas Jones Ethan Embry Tisha Campbell-Martin Utkarsh Ambudkar Kevin Carroll Nyambi Nyambi Jon Chaffin Wayne Knight
ex-convict probation officer best friend police officer suspect entrepreneur bleak disturbing gripping intense oakland, calif. truck apartment street life after prison witnessing murder racial issues police brutality starting over temptation
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.