20 movies like Elephant, ordered by similarity : At Close Range(1986), South Central(1992), The Clan(2015), Cocote(2017), Little Odessa(1994), Toast(2010), Hotel Salvation(2016), The Confirmation(2016), Walking Out(2017), In a Better World(2010), Around the Bend(2004), City Island(2009) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
2003
81 Minutes
Alex Frost Eric Deulen John Robinson Elias McConnell Jordan Taylor Carrie Finklea Nicole George Brittany Mountain Alicia Miles Kristen Hicks Bennie Dixon
student murderer father son disturbing brutal high school suburbia school shootings father/son relationship troubled youth wretched excess revenge discovery 2000s
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
111 Minutes
Sean Penn Christopher Walken Mary Stuart Masterson Chris Penn Millie Perkins Eileen Ryan Tracey Walter R.D. Call David Strathairn J.C. Quinn Candy Clark
father son crime boss girlfriend chilling dark disturbing pennsylvania family home town crime revenge father/son relationship rivalry revenge transformation 20th century
Reunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong.
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Biography
Argentina|Spain
2015
110 Minutes
Guillermo Francella Peter Lanzani Antonia Bengoechea Gastón Cocchiarale Stefanía Koessl Franco Masini Fernando Miró Giselle Motta
father son clansman murderer kidnapper crime boss intense suspenseful gory brutal disturbing brooding argentina villa clan war mafia kidnapping murder family secrets rise
The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
Drama
Argentina|Germany|Qatar|Dominican Republic
2017
106 Minutes
Vicente Santos Yuberbi de la Rosa Enerolisa Núñez Judith Rodriguez Perez Pepe Sierra Ricardo Ariel Toribio
gardener father murder victim murderer wealthy man family member tense emotional uneasy brooding brutal dominican republic house countryside funeral road murder revenge father/son relationship family
An Evangelical Christian man attends the funeral services of his father in his hometown, where he has to participate in religious rites that clash with his beliefs and finds himself pressured to take revenge on the murderer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1994
98 Minutes
Tim Roth Edward Furlong Moira Kelly Vanessa Redgrave Maximilian Schell Paul Guilfoyle David Vadim Natalya Andreychenko
hit man father dying person brother ex-girlfriend mistress somber sad brooklyn, n.y. hotel brighton beach, n.y. contract killing mafia family mother/son relationship father/son relationship revenge wretched excess 1990s
Early 1990s drama about a family of Soviet Jews living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach ocean-side neighborhood nicknamed Little Odessa.
Comedy, Drama
2010
96 Minutes
Helena Bonham Carter Freddie Highmore Ken Stott Oscar Kennedy Victoria Hamilton Matthew McNulty Frasier Huckle Ben Aldridge Nigel Slater
son mother father stepmother cook student heartwarming melodramatic spirited countryside pub united kingdom school hotel family cooking father/son relationship nigel slater homosexuality rivalry
A boy (Oscar Kennedy) adjusts to his new stepmother (Helena Bonham Carter) while taking an interest in culinary arts.
Comedy, Drama
India
2016
102 Minutes
Adil Hussain Lalit Behl Geetanjali Kulkarni Palomi Ghosh Navnindra Behl Anil K. Rastogi
father son dying person emotional endearing sad india father/son relationship death journey discovery discovery adventure 21st century
Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.
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.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2010
113 Minutes
Mikael Persbrandt Trine Dyrholm Ulrich Thomsen Markus Rygaard William Jøhnk Nielsen Bodil Jørgensen Elsebeth Steentoft Martin Buch Anette Støvelbæk Kim Bodnia
bully friend father doctor son wife tense dark emotional engaging kenya denmark school father/son relationship marital problems bullying absence friendship loss revenge
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Drama
USA
2004
83 Minutes
Christopher Walken Josh Lucas Michael Caine Glenne Headly Jonah Bobo Kathryn Hahn Norbert Weisser Laurie O'Brien David Eigenberg Michael O'Neill Lily Knight
grandfather father son nurse young boy dying person emotional moving quirky american southwest house van los angeles albuquerque, n.m. father/son relationship road trip death male bonding dysfunctional family family history
A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.
Comedy
USA
2009
103 Minutes
Andy Garcia Julianna Margulies Steven Strait Emily Mortimer Ezra Miller Dominik García-Lorido Carrie Baker Reynolds Hope Glendon-Ross Alan Arkin Louis Mustillo Jee Young Han
prison guard ex-convict wife daughter father son hilarious touching bronx, n.y. prison audition school family home island family forgiveness father/son relationship responsibility love new life
Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson James Stewart Rose Stradner Lionel Stander Douglas Scott John Carradine Sidney Blackmer Grant Mitchell
gangster wife reporter henchman brother son melodramatic gripping spirited new york city alcatraz island newsroom household street organized crime murder father/son relationship marriage kidnapping imprisonment
A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
Drama
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Montagu Love Robert E. O'Connor Jay Eaton Lina Basquette Thelma Todd Ed Brady Fred Warren William B. Davidson Alice Joyce William Walling
blackmailer governor wife mother son father melodramatic shocking tense suspenseful death row city cabaret prison murder capital punishment blackmail father/son relationship crime family
A crook blackmails a governor because of knowing his wife's dark past.
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
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.
Crime, Drama
Japan
1979
128 Minutes
Ken Ogata Rentarô Mikuni Chocho Miyako Mitsuko Baishô Nijiko Kiyokawa Mayumi Ogawa
serial killer wife father madam truck driver ex-convict bleak brutal tense japan city suburbia prison brothel murder manhunt relationships incest investigation mental illness
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
Drama
UK
2016
101 Minutes
Rafe Spall Emilia Fox Elaine Cassidy William Stagg Matthew Stagg Richard Cordery Susan Jameson Ross McCormack
father single father deceased mother son young boy brother moving emotional engaging endearing england life lessons mother's death mother/son relationship father/son relationship breast cancer disease death challenge love
A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.
Crime, Drama
Canada
2018
93 Minutes
Art Hindle Jeremy Ferdman Sera-Lys McArthur John Tench Jonathan Koensgen Tara Spencer-Nairn Jennifer Dale Andy McQueen Rachel Wilson
robber thief father son gambler witty cheeky engaging gripping gritty striking small town canada dementia gambling robbery heist father/son relationship quest wretched excess
When his criminal father is diagnosed with dementia, a young thief plans a series of reckless heists in order to battle the disease and pay off a dangerous gambling debt.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Pullman Marcia Gay Harden Alfred Molina Richard Schiff Callard Harris Mariana Klaveno Tahmoh Penikett
judge son wife tense disturbing dark bleak courtroom house town illinois trial murder affair father/son relationship fall mystery 2010s
After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.