20 movies like Secrets & Lies, ordered by similarity : Fatima(2015), Stella Dallas(1937), Unhook the Stars(1996), Lady for a Day(1933), A Thousand Times Goodnight(2013), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg(1972), Mother's Day(2018), Two Friends(1986), If Beale Street Could Talk(2018), A Majority of One(1961), High Tide(1987), A Taste of Honey(1961) ...
8.0/10
Drama
UK|France
1996
142 Minutes
Timothy Spall Brenda Blethyn Phyllis Logan Marianne Jean-Baptiste Claire Rushbrook Ron Cook Lesley Manville Elizabeth Berrington Michele Austin Lee Ross Emma Amos
doctor mother blue-collar worker daughter brother powerful tense funeral london backyard café family dysfunction mother/daughter relationship family history adoption class distinctions friendship discovery transformation 1990s
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
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.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Dawn O'Day Barbara O'Neil Alan Hale Marjorie Main Edmund Elton George Walcott Gertrude Short Tim Holt Nella Walker
mother wife daughter husband father wealthy man melodramatic uneasy engaging camp massachusetts small town mill family home mother/daughter relationship divorce class distinctions marriage family relationships
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
6.5/10
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.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
War, Drama
2013
117 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lauryn Canny Adrianna Cramer Curtis Maria Doyle Kennedy Larry Mullen Jr. Mads Ousdal Chloe Annett
family photojournalist young woman mother daughter husband emotional engaging fiery gripping intense powerful war zone home kabul, afghanistan africa refugee camp ireland career family
A war-zone photojournalist's (Juliette Binoche) dedication to her dangerous job places her at odds with her family (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny).
6.7/10
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 »
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.
Drama
1986
76 Minutes
Emma Coles Kris Bidenko Kris McQuade Stephen Leeder Debra May Peter Hehir Tony Barry Kerry Dwyer Arthur Faynes Kim Antonios Denise Roberts
teen girl friend mother boyfriend father sad profound sydney beach school house friendship mother/daughter relationship adolescence family coming of age divorce growing up transformation 1980s
Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.
7.1/10
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.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
153 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness Ray Danton Madlyn Rhue Mae Questel
mother daughter son-in-law widower neighbor emotional melodramatic ship family home japan friendship marriage family mother/child relationship grief racism love transformation 1960s
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness.
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.
7.5/10
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.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1990
102 Minutes
Danny Glover Paul Butler Mary Alice Richard Brooks Carl Lumbly Sheryl Lee Ralph Vonetta McGee Wonderful Smith Ethel Ayler
vagabond guest father mother son daughter-in-law uneasy dark powerful emotional los angeles family home street living room kitchen bedroom hospitality friendship family dysfunction illness
A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
2001
97 Minutes
Yolonda Ross Davenia McFadden LaTonya "T" Hagan Mary Mara Rain Phoenix Marc Vann Medusa Ella Joyce Conchata Ferrell Emily Kuroda Patrice Fisher
mother daughter prisoner african-american woman gang leader gritty tense raw dark prison bus library yard mother/daughter relationship prison life drug trade reunion jealousy discovery rivalry
An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1934
106 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Warren William Louise Beavers Rochelle Hudson Ned Sparks Alan Hale Henry Armetta Wyndham Standing
widow daughter housekeeper friend emotional touching atlantic city, n.j. family friendship abandonment race relations business mother/daughter relationship growing up transformation 1930s
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business, but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Hilary Swank Michael Shannon Robert Forster Blythe Danner Taissa Farmiga Josh Lucas Sarah Sutherland Marilyn Dodds Frank Aimee Garcia William Smillie Isabeau Dornevil
mother father brother husband alzheimer's patient daughter touching tense emotional moving amusing house chicago bar hospital dining room marriage love alzheimer's disease family
Bridget returns home at her brother's urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father's reluctance to let go of their life together.
8.2/10
Drama
Sweden|France|West Germany|UK|Norway
1978
97 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Liv Ullmann Lena Nyman Halvar Björk Erland Josephson Arne Bang-Hansen Gunnar Björnstrand Mimi Pollak
mother daughter mentally impaired person pianist melodramatic gripping sad tense sweden household asylum family dysfunction parenthood reunion mental impairment career vs. family mother/daughter relationship sacrifice discovery rivalry
A married daughter who longs for her mother's love is visited by the latter, a successful concert pianist.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
7.2/10
Drama
USA|Spain
2009
126 Minutes
Naomi Watts Annette Bening Kerry Washington Jimmy Smits Samuel L. Jackson S. Epatha Merkerson Cherry Jones Elpidia Carrillo Shareeka Epps David Morse Eileen Ryan
mother daughter physical therapist lawyer husband emotional powerful profound law office hospital restaurant household orphanage adoption parenthood marriage pregnancy family regret discovery
A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
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