20 movies like Sorted, ordered by similarity : Trainspotting(1996), Shotgun Stories(2007), The Member of the Wedding(1952), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself(2002), Putty Hill(2010), Enter the Void(2009), A Handful of Dust(1988), The Gentle Gunman(1952), We Own the Night(2007), The Rules of Attraction(2002), Very Bad Things(1998), The Favor(2006) ...
Drama
UK|USA
2000
102 Minutes
Matthew Rhys Sienna Guillory Tim Curry Fay Masterson Jason Donovan Steven Marcus Kelly Brook Sebastian Knapp
lawyer brother girlfriend dark london estate drugs raves accidental death transformation
A young lawyer gets more than he bargains for while investigating his brother's mysterious death.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1996
94 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch
drug addict friend student girlfriend drug dealer sociopath amusing dark gritty edinburgh london household apartment pub hotel addiction abandonment friendship crime death
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Michael Shannon Douglas Ligon Barlow Jacobs Natalie Canerday Glenda Pannell
son brother half brother girlfriend wife older brother brooding brutal arkansas cemetery family home farm family dysfunction feud family death violence crime rivalry revenge
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1952
91 Minutes
Ethel Waters Julie Harris Brandon de Wilde Arthur Franz Nancy Gates William Hansen James Edwards Harry Bolden Dickie Moore Danny Mummert June Hedin
girl cousin maid brother girlfriend father dark amusing small town family home kitchen wedding the south alienation puberty fantasy unusual friendship coming of age transformation discovery
A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark|UK|Sweden|France
2002
106 Minutes
Jamie Sives Adrian Rawlins Shirley Henderson Lisa McKinlay Mads Mikkelsen Julia Davis Susan Vidler Robert McIntosh Lorraine McIntosh Gordon Broem
shop owner brother cleaning lady daughter doctor older brother dark offbeat touching amusing bookstore hospital glasgow, scotland suicide romance family depression death relationships discovery
The chronically suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.
Drama
USA
2010
87 Minutes
Dustin Ray Cody Ray Zoe Vance Sky Ferreira James Siebor Cathy Evans Virginia Heath Casey Weibust Drew Harris Marina Siebor
dead person sister brother cousin friend uncle emotional dark profound baltimore bar death loss existential crisis mourning family friendship discovery transformation quest
A young man's untimely death unites a fractured family and their community through shared memory and loss.
Drama
France|Germany|Italy|Canada|Japan
2009
162 Minutes
Nathaniel Brown Paz de la Huerta Cyril Roy Emily Alyn Lind Jesse Kuhn Olly Alexander
brother drug addict sister prostitute mother cop dark shocking dreamy raw tokyo strip club underworld united states street haunting death brother/sister relationship family memory
An American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.
Drama
UK
1988
118 Minutes
James Wilby Kristin Scott Thomas Rupert Graves Judi Dench Anjelica Huston Alec Guinness Pip Torrens Cathryn Harrison
aristocrat englishman wife son friend socialite engaging dark emotional south america england london estate english countryside bedroom infidelity greed class distinctions divorce travel
The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
Drama
UK
1952
86 Minutes
ira agent brother irishman police officer friend intense brooding suspenseful belfast, northern ireland cottage london countryside irish republican army brotherhood terrorism moral dilemma doubt political unrest discovery transformation
In 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods.
Crime, Drama
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Mark Wahlberg Eva Mendes Robert Duvall Antoni Corone Moni Moshonov Alex Veadov Tony Musante
club owner drug lord father police chief girlfriend friend brooding suspenseful brooklyn, n.y. club death pursuit drugs police work revenge pursuit revenge transformation 1980s
A New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian Mafia hitmen.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2002
110 Minutes
James Van Der Beek Ian Somerhalder Shannyn Sossamon Jessica Biel Kip Pardue Thomas Ian Nicholas Kate Bosworth Fred Savage Eric Stoltz Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Faye Dunaway
college student drug dealer ex-girlfriend womanizer younger brother love interest dark amusing disturbing melodramatic new hampshire camden college dormitory party bar campus sex drugs music friendship
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Drama
USA
1998
100 Minutes
Christian Slater Cameron Diaz Daniel Stern Jeanne Tripplehorn Jon Favreau Jeremy Piven Leland Orser Joey Zimmerman Tyler Malinger Carla Scott Russell B. McKenzie
man real estate agent friend brother mechanic fiancée dark offbeat amusing las vegas hotel room los angeles bachelor party hardware store desert accidental death murder engagement cover-up guilt
A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.
Drama
Mexico|USA
2006
110 Minutes
Frank Wood Ryan Donowho Isidra Vega Paige Turco Michael Higgins Laura Breckenridge Wally Dunn Sterling K. Brown Jesse Kelly
photographer girlfriend single mother teen boy teen girl father figure dark emotional suburbia family home mother/child relationship death teen angst new love foster care drugs growing up transformation 2000s
Lawrence (played by Frank Wood), a photographer living on his own in New Jersey, rekindles a relationship with his old flame Caroline (played by Paige Turco) shortly before she dies in an ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|USA
1988
105 Minutes
Denzel Washington Dorian Healey Amanda Redman Sean Chapman Graham McTavish Geff Francis Frank Harper Craig Fairbrass
paratrooper cop friend girlfriend criminal war hero dark gritty intense london inner city vigilantism military citizenship poverty crime racism quest revenge transformation
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
Drama
USA
1972
96 Minutes
Stacy Keach Jeff Bridges Susan Tyrrell Candy Clark Nicholas Colasanto Art Aragon Curtis Cokes Sixto Rodriguez Billy Walker Wayne Mahan Ruben Navarro
boxer trainer friend girlfriend gritty dark bleak california gym bar comeback boxing redemption alcoholism friendship aging pursuit rivalry underdog fall
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
War, Drama
Germany
1930
90 Minutes
Fritz Kampers Gustav Diessl Claus Clausen Gustav Püttjer Jackie Monnier Hanna Hoessrich Else Heller Aribert Mog Vladimir Sokoloff
lieutenant student soldier wife mother friend brooding dark disheartening somber france trenches battlefield village germany world war i horrors of war disillusionment death military life
A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1966
114 Minutes
Michael Caine Shelley Winters Millicent Martin Julia Foster Jane Asher Shirley Anne Field Vivien Merchant Eleanor Bron Denholm Elliott Alfie Bass Graham Stark
ladies' man girlfriend friend quirky witty london car sex infidelity pregnancy illness romance growing up transformation 1950s
An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.
Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
George Raft Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino Gale Page Alan Hale Roscoe Karns John Litel Henry O'Neill George Tobias Charles Halton
truck driver brother business owner wife girlfriend uneasy gritty suspenseful cool california courtroom false accusations murder mental breakdown brotherhood dangerous job affair forbidden love transformation 1940s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
97 Minutes
Victoire Thivisol Marie Trintignant Xavier Beauvois Claire Nebout Matiaz Bureau Caton Delphine Schiltz Aurélie Vérillon Léopoldine Serre Henri Berthon Carla Ibled Luckie Royer
child mother father friend aunt somber emotional powerful france small town school death afterlife accident childhood religion superstition discovery growing up transformation
A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.
Biography, Drama
USA
2010
116 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Christian Bale Amy Adams Melissa Leo Jack McGee Melissa McMeekin Bianca Hunter Erica McDermott Jill Quigg Dendrie Taylor Kate O'Brien
boxer brother girlfriend mother trainer sister tense emotional inspiring massachusetts london boxing ring fighting family dysfunction drug addiction training documentary filmmaking prison life rise underdog
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.