20 movies like The Return, ordered by similarity : The Confirmation(2016), Never Steady, Never Still(2017), Staying Together(1989), Mum's List(2016), Dean(2016), Sweet Sixteen(2002), Transamerica(2005), Hotel Salvation(2016), South Central(1992), Exit Marrakech(2013), Mother(2009), Family Tree(2000) ...
Drama
Russia
2003
110 Minutes
Ivan Dobronravov Vladimir Garin Konstantin Lavronenko Natalya Vdovina Galina Petrova Aleksey Suknovalov Lazar Dubovik Elizaveta Aleksandrova Lyubov Kazakova
father son teenager mother emotional dark somber uneasy russia small town car boat island abandonment absence reunion father/son relationship discovery growing up mystery
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
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.
Drama
Canada
2017
111 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Théodore Pellerin Mary Galloway Nicholas Campbell Jared Abrahamson Jonathan Whitesell Beverley Elliott Lorne Cardinal Eric Keenleyside Chilton Crane Sean Owen Roberts
mother son teenager father oil worker disabled person emotional heartwarming inspiring moving sad alberta, canada oil field house support group small town parkinson's disease mother/son relationship alienation struggle
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
Drama
USA
1989
91 Minutes
Sean Astin Stockard Channing Melinda Dillon Jim Haynie Levon Helm Dinah Manoff Dermot Mulroney Tim Quill Keith Szarabajka Daphne Zuniga
father mother brother son older brother younger brother emotional heartwarming amusing small town restaurant family business life lessons coming of age father/son relationship mother/son relationship brotherhood growing up 1980s
The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.
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.
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.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
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.
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.
Adventure, Drama
Germany
2013
123 Minutes
Samuel Schneider Ulrich Tukur Hafsia Herzi Josef Bierbichler Marie-Lou Sellem Abdesslam Bouhssini Amine El Bnouhi Stefanie Höner Ronja Jerabek Clara-Marie Pazzini Tom Radisch
teenager father director girl single mother powerful rousing emotional morocco city desert car father/son relationship holidays first love reconciliation freedom adventure discovery love
Troubled teenager Ben (16) unintentionally confronts his father Heinrich (Tukur), a successful German theatre director staging a play in Marrakesh, with his past and his neglected ... See full summary »
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Drama
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Robert Forster Naomi Judd Cliff Robertson Andrew Lawrence Matthew Lawrence Kate Forster Krystal Benn Genevieve Butler Tony Tarantino Susan Gayle Watts D. Elliot Woods
father mother son brother drifter emotional touching california small town household countryside environmentalism tree family small-town life father/son relationship discovery growing up 1990s
A friendless young boy finds a cause: saving an ancient oak tree standing in the way of a new real-estate development. But his father is the developer - how will this father-son drama resolve? With Cliff Robertson.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Canada|France
2003
99 Minutes
Rémy Girard Stéphane Rousseau Marie-Josée Croze Marina Hands Dorothée Berryman Johanne-Marie Tremblay Dominique Michel Louise Portal Yves Jacques Pierre Curzi Sophie Lorain
father professor son friend love interest emotional profound amusing montreal canada vermont death terminal illness health care father/son relationship philosophy sex discovery love 2000s
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
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
Italy|France
1959
99 Minutes
Eleonora Rossi Drago Jean-Louis Trintignant Jacqueline Sassard Lilla Brignone Cathia Caro Raf Mattioli Federica Ranchi Enrico Maria Salerno
young man father widow son friend love interest engaging intense playful italy beach nightclub apartment romance world war ii father/son relationship mother/son relationship self-sacrifice ignorance discovery
Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Drama
1970
90 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell Daniel Keyes Conrad Bain Jon Richards James Karen
father son mother fiancée sister college professor moving tender emotional bleak touching brooding new york city parents' house diner hospital father/son relationship independence family grief
A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2018
110 Minutes
J. Michael Finley Madeline Carroll Dennis Quaid Trace Adkins Cloris Leachman Jason Burkey Mark Furze Randy McDowell Cole Marcus Alexander Dominguez Brody Rose
musician father son band member teacher friend incredible inspiring heartwarming emotional creative tense texas stage recording studio house auditorium coming of age family father/son relationship
The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.