20 movies like Real Women Have Curves, ordered by similarity : Lady Bird(2017), Blinded by the Light(2019), The Edge of Seventeen(2016), Loveling(2018), Ladies in Black(2018), Girl Flu(2016), Mes Petites Amoureuses(1974), Full Grown Men(2006), Words and Pictures(2013), Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family(2011), Freedom Writers(2007), Dean(2016) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
93 Minutes
America Ferrera Lupe Ontiveros Ingrid Oliu George Lopez Brian Sites Jorge Cervera Jr. Felipe de Alba Soledad St. Hilaire Lourdes Perez Jose Gerardo Zamora Jr. Manuel Edgar Lujan
student seamstress teacher grandmother mother latina inspiring moving los angeles workshop house high school education self-esteem virginity tradition family dysfunction race relations discovery growing up
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
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, Music, Comedy
UK|USA|France
2019
114 Minutes
Viveik Kalra Hayley Atwell Rob Brydon Kulvinder Ghir Nell Williams Aaron Phagura Meera Ganatra Dean-Charles Chapman Sally Phillips
teenager father mother friend love interest teacher powerful uplifting inspiring hilarious cheeky england high school house bedroom new york city bruce springsteen music growing up culture
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Comedy, Drama
USA|China
2016
105 Minutes
Hailee Steinfeld Haley Lu Richardson Blake Jenner Kyra Sedgwick Woody Harrelson Hayden Szeto Alexander Calvert Eric Keenleyside Nesta Cooper Daniel Bacon Lina Renna
teen girl best friend older brother mother teacher love interest cheeky emotional cool high school house yard store classroom office lust growing up rejection friendship dating
High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2018
109 Minutes
Julia Ormond Rachael Taylor Angourie Rice Vincent Perez Ryan Corr Nicholas Hammond Noni Hazlehurst Luke Pegler Alison McGirr Shane Jacobson Deborah Kennedy
schoolgirl store clerk woman father mother european woman amusing charming confident cool engaging inspiring department store sydney australia work retail sales education conflict of interest gender roles
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Katee Sackhoff Jade Pettyjohn Heather Matarazzo Jeremy Sisto Judy Reyes Diego Josef Isaiah Mustafa Jonah Beres
young girl mother sister classmate friend young boy cheeky amusing emotional california school house classroom bathroom bedroom menstruation growing up immaturity friendship self-esteem
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
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 »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
78 Minutes
Matt McGrath Judah Friedlander Alan Cumming Amy Sedaris Jim Fyfe Jerry Grayson Deborah Harry Katie Kreisler Joie Lee
father husband young boy mother childhood friend bartender endearing playful spirited house car amusement park bar trailer florida road trip self-discovery friendship family responsibility
A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada|Australia
2013
111 Minutes
Clive Owen Juliette Binoche Amy Brenneman Bruce Davison Keegan Connor Tracy Adam DiMarco Valerie Tian Eva Allan Janet Kidder David Lewis Josh Ssettuba
woman man teacher art teacher english teacher student brooding charming emotional intense moving quirky witty uplifting prep school school america competition love courtship
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Comedy, Drama
2011
106 Minutes
Tyler Perry Bow Wow Loretta Devine Cassi Davis Lauren London David Mann Tamela Mann Isaiah Mustafa Rodney Perry Shannon Kane Natalie Desselle
grandmother matriarch mother daughter son husband uplifting inspiring house atlanta georgia family cancer reunion mother/daughter relationship love 2000s
Madea (Tyler Perry) gathers the clan together to help her niece (Loretta Devine) cope with some distressing news about her health.
Drama
Germany|USA
2007
123 Minutes
Hilary Swank Patrick Dempsey Scott Glenn Imelda Staunton April Lee Hernandez Deance Wyatt Mario Vanetta Smith John Benjamin Hickey Pat Carroll Jason Finn
teacher student teenager principal mother inspiring uplifting los angeles school education empowerment poverty race relations growing up transformation 2000s
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Germany
2001
110 Minutes
Tobias Retzlaff Anja Sommavilla Jürgen Vogel Maria Schrader Kai Wiesinger Max Befort David Klock Tim Hansen Maurice Kumar Sergej Moya Anita Schulz
teen boy teenager mother grandmother relative engaging charming heartwarming witty lighthearted berlin small town family relationships travel coming of age adventure discovery pursuit growing up
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
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.
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.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2003
101 Minutes
Mandy Moore Allison Janney Trent Ford Alexandra Holden Dylan Baker Nina Foch Mackenzie Astin Connie Ray Mary Catherine Garrison Sonja Smits Peter Gallagher
high-school student sister fiancé bad boy mother father charming lighthearted touching amusing toronto suburb high school classroom household teen romance relationships dating marriage family
A teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1993
118 Minutes
Johnny Depp Juliette Lewis Mary Steenburgen Leonardo DiCaprio Darlene Cates Laura Harrington Mary Kate Schellhardt Kevin Tighe John C. Reilly Crispin Glover Penelope Branning
young man brother sister mother housewife love interest moving emotional iowa small town countryside household family dysfunction siblings affair rural life mental impairment new love discovery transformation
A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
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.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2010
97 Minutes
Craig Roberts Yasmin Paige Noah Taylor Paddy Considine Sally Hawkins Melanie Walters Sion Tudor Owen Gemma Chan
teen boy welshman classmate father mother girl endearing charming amusing offbeat wales school house beach bridge bedroom virginity coming of age family dysfunction marriage
15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.