20 movies like The Magdalene Sisters, ordered by similarity : Mouchette(1967), Lady Bird(2017), Beyond the Hills(2012), Oliver Twist(1948), Cool Hand Luke(1967), The Boys of St. Vincent(1992), Bad Boys(1983), The Orphanage(2007), The Nun(1966), Anne of Green Gables(1934), A Shine of Rainbows(2009), Circle of Friends(1995) ...
7.7/10
Drama
Ireland|UK
2002
119 Minutes
Geraldine McEwan Anne-Marie Duff Nora-Jane Noone Dorothy Duffy Eileen Walsh Mary Murray Britta Smith Frances Healy Eithne McGuinness Rebecca Walsh Eamonn Owens
teen girl mother superior nun rebel orphan inmate bleak disturbing ireland convent school orphanage church imprisonment sexism abuse religion pregnancy rape growing up
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Drama
1967
78 Minutes
Nadine Nortier Marie Cardinal Jean Vimenet Paul Hébert Suzanne Huguenin Raymonde Chabrun Jean-Claude Guilbert Marie Susini Marine Trichet
teen girl father mother poacher warden teacher dark uneasy powerful bleak france village school cabin adolescence family dysfunction poverty child abuse rape suffering
7.4/10
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.
7.5/10
Drama
Romania|France|Belgium
2012
150 Minutes
Valeriu Andriuta Liliana Mocanu Doru Ana Cosmina Stratan Cristina Flutur Dana Tapalaga Catalina Harabagiu Gina Tandura Vica Agache Nora Covali Dionisie Vitcu
orphan best friend nun german romanian young woman engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming gripping thrilling orphanage germany romania church relationships friendship religion religious beliefs
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Drama
1948
105 Minutes
Robert Newton Alec Guinness John Howard Davies Kay Walsh Francis L. Sullivan Anthony Newley Henry Stephenson Mary Clare Josephine Stuart Ralph Truman
orphan pickpocket criminal kidnapper wealthy man girlfriend dense gripping melodramatic london orphanage street hideout child abuse crime class distinctions kidnapping growing up escape pursuit
Dickens' London waif (John Howard Davies) is pressed into Fagin's (Alec Guinness) street gang led by bully Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) and the Artful Dodger.
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1967
129 Minutes
Paul Newman George Kennedy J.D. Cannon Lou Antonio Robert Drivas Strother Martin Jo Van Fleet Wayne Rogers Anthony Zerbe Ralph Waite Harry Dean Stanton
prisoner warden guard police officer mother brash cool moving bleak amusing gritty florida prison farm hideout country road church cell prison rebellion escape
A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
1992
200 Minutes
Henry Czerny Johnny Morina Brian Dooley Brian Dodd Philip Dinn Jonathan Lewis Jeremy Keefe Greg Thorney Michael Wade Ashley Billard Sam Grana
priest orphan police officer brutal dark shocking intense canada newfoundland orphanage scandal sexual abuse political corruption catholic church escape temptation 1970s
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1983
123 Minutes
Sean Penn Reni Santoni Esai Morales Jim Moody Ally Sheedy Eric Gurry Clancy Brown Robert Lee Rush John Zenda
teenager gang members prisoners tough guy girlfriend brother bleak raw frightening prison chicago school teenage rebellion prison accident rape revenge growing up rivalry fall
Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
7.4/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|Mexico
2007
105 Minutes
Belén Rueda Fernando Cayo Geraldine Chaplin Montserrat Carulla Mabel Rivera Andrés Gertrúdix Roger Príncep Edgar Vivar
orphan husband son mother ghost old woman suspenseful emotional striking frightening spain orphanage haunted house beach shed cave orphans illness disappearance parenthood
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Drama
1966
155 Minutes
Anna Karina Liselotte Pulver Micheline Presle Francine Bergé Christiane Lenier Yori Bertin Francisco Rabal
nun mother superior priest father mother lawyer bleak somber passionate dense france convent chapel village street hypocrisy patriarchy religion homosexuality parental pressure
Forced into a nunnery in 18th-century France, a woman (Anna Karina) becomes an object of lust and persecution there.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1934
79 Minutes
Dawn O'Day Tom Brown O.P. Heggie Helen Westley Sara Haden Murray Kinnell Gertrude Messinger June Preston Charley Grapewin Hilda Vaughn
orphan doctor brother sister schoolboy emotional charming prince edward island farm school orphanage family feud illness young love adoption farming forbidden love growing up underdog 1900s
A romantic teenage girl is adopted by a pair of elderly siblings in turn-of-the-century Canada.
7.1/10
Kids & Family, Drama
Canada|Ireland
2009
101 Minutes
Connie Nielsen Aidan Quinn John Bell Jack Gleeson Tara Alice Scully Niamh Shaw Bonnie Bollivar Gerald Boner Laura Doherty Adam Downey Karl O'Neill
orphan wife husband emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming passionate orphanage irish sea ireland orphanage loneliness new life adoption trust nature love rescue
A lonely orphan's life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself.
6.6/10
Drama
Ireland|USA|UK
1995
96 Minutes
Chris O'Donnell Minnie Driver Geraldine O'Rawe Saffron Burrows Alan Cumming Colin Firth Aidan Gillen
student pregnant woman orphan priest doctor manager charming emotional village dublin ireland university catholic church marriage pregnancy religion friendship love growing up 1950s
3 women, who've been friends since childhood, meet at university in Dublin in 1957. Student and boyfriend life begins.
6.5/10
Drama
France
1950
102 Minutes
Nicole Stéphane Edouard Dermithe Renée Cosima Jacques Bernard Jean-Marie Robain Melvyn Martin Maria Cyliakus Maurice Revel
sibling bully teen boy teen girl orphan stranger dreamy disturbing melodramatic offbeat france house school bedroom coming of age isolation incest fantasy world jealousy brother/sister relationship
On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Drama, History
UK|Australia
2010
105 Minutes
Emily Watson David Wenham Hugo Weaving Richard Dillane Lorraine Ashbourne Kate Rutter Greg Stone Tara Morice Stuart Wolfenden
social worker victim orphan caregiver bleak disheartening nottingham, england office australia orphanage sweatshop child abuse immigration deception civil rights government cover-up orphans wretched excess quest 1980s
Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
France
1959
93 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Claire Maurier Albert Remy Guy Decomble Patrick Auffray Georges Flamant Yvonne Claudie Robert Beauvais
son mother father friend teacher bleak disheartening france paris apartment school childhood child custody troubled youth rebellion growing up underdog 1950s
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
7.9/10
Drama
UK
1969
109 Minutes
David Bradley Freddie Fletcher Lynne Perrie Colin Welland Brian Glover Bob Bowes Bernard Atha Joey Kaye
young boy falcon mother brother bleak spirited england city household school childhood abuse blue collar birds falconry coming of age underdog growing up 1960s
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
7.9/10
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
7.6/10
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
2014
106 Minutes
Erik Estrada Ben Davies Irma P. Hall Courtney Buck Jason Crabb Wesley Elder Lucas Smissen Stacey Bradshaw Kelsey Brooks Stephanie Bettcher
student actor school principal schoolteacher god inspiring heartwarming uplifting lighthearted moving school high school united states the bible acting school play religion faith god struggle
Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their theater, music and dance departments ... See full summary »
8.3/10
Drama
Soviet Union
1985
142 Minutes
Aleksey Kravchenko Olga Mironova L. Lautsyavichius Vladas Bagdonas Evgeny Tilicheev Aleksandr Berda
son girl peasant nazi mother eerie dreamy disturbing byelorussia forest village war massacre escape dreams survival world war ii growing up metamorphosis transformation
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
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