20 movies like Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, ordered by similarity : The Confirmation(2016), After the Storm(2016), Loveling(2018), Little Sister(2015), Lady Bird(2017), Pain and Glory(2019), My Winnipeg(2007), Dean(2016), The Forgotten Kingdom(2013), Mes Petites Amoureuses(1974), Unhook the Stars(1996), Never Steady, Never Still(2017) ...
Drama
Canada|Netherlands|Portugal|Finland
1993
93 Minutes
Colm Feore Gale Garnett Katya Ladan David Hughes Gerry Quigley Carlo Rota Peter Millard
pianist father mother cousin promoter filmmaker calm profound moving fascinating canada family home truck stop glenn gould drug addiction eccentricity classical music talent rise discovery
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
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.
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.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
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
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
Spain|France
2019
113 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Asier Etxeandia Penélope Cruz Leonardo Sbaraglia Julieta Serrano Nora Navas Raúl Arévalo Cecilia Roth Pedro Casablanc Susi Sánchez
director first love addict family mother laborer brooding cool creative engaging emotional heartwarming moving passionate profound somber spirited tender touching madrid
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Canada
2007
80 Minutes
filmmaker fan mother winsome offbeat canada small town family home winnipeg, canada film historical events nostalgia loyalty discovery love growing up 2000s
Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this portrait of film-maker Guy Maddin's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Romance, Drama
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Jerry Mofokeng Nozipho Nkelemba Zenzo Ngqobe Lillian Dube Moshoeshoe Chabeli Lebohang Ntsane Jerry Phele
young man childhood friend schoolteacher estranged father orphan priest confident emotional engaging profound passionate south africa slum johannesburg, south africa village bus south africa discovery growing up memories
What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on account of a horrific experiment gone awry?
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
123 Minutes
Martin Loeb Ingrid Caven Jacqueline Dufranne Vincent Testanière Roger Rizzi Anne Stroka
boy mother mother's boyfriend grandmother friend girl endearing calm tender striking south of france paris apartment school bicycle shop coming of age adolescence desire loneliness family
A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the... See full summary »
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
Canada
2017
111 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Théodore Pellerin Mary Galloway Nicholas Campbell Jared Abrahamson Jonathan Whitesell Beverley Elliott Lorne Cardinal Eric Keenleyside Chilton Crane Sean Owen Roberts
mother son teenager father oil worker disabled person emotional heartwarming inspiring moving sad alberta, canada oil field house support group small town parkinson's disease mother/son relationship alienation struggle
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
Drama
France
2005
80 Minutes
Melvil Poupaud Jeanne Moreau Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Daniel Duval Marie Rivière Christian Sengewald Louise-Anne Hippeau Henri de Lorme Walter Pagano Ugo Soussan Trabelsi
photographer partner waitress husband sister grandmother intricate moving calm photography studio paris loft family home truck stop café terminal illness family self-discovery loneliness impotence
A fashion photographer with terminal cancer elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
Drama
1970
90 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell Daniel Keyes Conrad Bain Jon Richards James Karen
father son mother fiancée sister college professor moving tender emotional bleak touching brooding new york city parents' house diner hospital father/son relationship independence family grief
A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).
Drama
USA|Mexico
2013
96 Minutes
Kaya Scodelario Jessica Biel Frances O'Connor Jimmi Simpson Aneurin Barnard Alfred Molina Sam Jaeger Spencer Garrett Anne Ramsay
young woman young man family neighbor emotional intense moving profound suspenseful uneasy united states suburb house psychiatric ward train mother's death father/daughter relationship death family relationships growing up
A troubled girl becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother.
Drama
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Ann Blyth Jane Wyatt Donald Cook Farley Granger Joan Evans Ann Dvorak Natalie Wood Gus Schilling Phyllis Kirk Jessie Grayson Martin Milner
teen girl adoptive mother adoptive father biological mother sister boyfriend emotional heartwarming los angeles family home long beach, calif. adoption family graduation secret identity crisis discovery growing up transformation 1950s
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
USA
2018
102 Minutes
Nat Wolff Alex Wolff Polly Draper Paulina Singer Nick Sandow Julia Macchio Julia Abueva Leo Heller
young man brother love interest young woman mother father charming cheeky emotional heartwarming moving touching new york united states family home beach arcade party young love love triangle
STELLA'S LAST WEEKEND is the story of two brothers whose relationship is challenged when they find they are in love with the same girl, but it is also about the unshakable bond between them.
Drama
India
1956
105 Minutes
Pinaki Sengupta Kanu Bandyopadhyay Karuna Bannerjee Ramani Sengupta Charuprakash Ghosh Smaran Ghosal Santi Gupta Ranibala Sudipta Roy Ajay Mitra Subodh Ganguli
young boy mother father widow sad moving india calcutta, india village mother/child relationship family death school loneliness loss growing up discovery 1950s
Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
Kids & Family, Drama
Canada
1990
103 Minutes
Gerard Parkes Joshua Murray David Ferry Wanda Cannon Nathaniel Moreau Katharine Isabelle Marsha Moreau
boy cousin grandfather horse mother father moving touching heartwarming manitoba, canada farm imagination rural life moving coming of age family childhood adventure transformation sacrifice
Tells the story of a young man's struggle to keep his world from changing. Placed in the rural setting of the mid 1950s, it revolves around William Jamison and his colorful old Grampa Jack.... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
Switzerland|Germany
2015
90 Minutes
Jenny Schily Lars Eidinger Urs Jucker Victoria Schulz
teen girl pregnant teen teenage mother mother lover father amusing engaging emotional moving melodramatic uplifting family home coming of age challenge family relationships sexual awakening adventure discovery
When her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too.