20 movies like Bereft, ordered by similarity : Gran Torino(2008), Still Walking(2008), Simple Things(2007), Love, Simon(2018), Small Engine Repair(2006), A Single Man(2009), Love After Love(2017), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), Shoplifters(2018), A Majority of One(1961), Winter Solstice(2004), South(2016) ...
Drama
USA
2004
98 Minutes
Vinessa Shaw Tim Blake Nelson Tim Daly Marsha Mason Michael C. Hall Edward Herrmann Amy Van Nostrand
widow mentally challenged person guardian manager relative emotional brooding vermont shop household death grief friendship family photography dating quest transformation 2000s
A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while dealing with her family, employer, and other residents of her small town.
Drama
Germany|USA
2008
117 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Christopher Carley Bee Vang Ahney Her Brian Haley Geraldine Hughes Dreama Walker Brian Howe John Carroll Lynch William Hill Brooke Chia Thao
veteran neighbor gang member son grandchild immigrant dark emotional gripping brooding powerful highland park, mich. household barbershop church street neighborhood crime friendship death
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Drama
Japan
2008
114 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe You Yoshio Harada Ryôga Hayashi Haruko Kato Kirin Kiki Yui Natsukawa Hotaru Nomoto Kazuya Takahashi Shohei Tanaka
mother father son wife daughter stranger emotional dark family home japan family dysfunction grief death discovery transformation 2000s
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
Drama
USA
2007
100 Minutes
Cameron Bancroft Bellamy Young Aidan Mitchell Josh Leonard Amber Benson Mickey Jones Edie McClurg Channing Nichols Melissa Fitzgerald Zachary Gardner
doctor son mayor widower emotional endearing heartwarming north carolina family home medicine rivalry death father/son relationship grief transformation quest 2000s
In order for a big-city doctor to get the job of a lifetime, he must spend his summer in Dunn's Rock, North Carolina. Arriving with his 10-year old son, he discovers what is most important and learns to enjoy the simple things in life.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Nick Robinson Josh Duhamel Jennifer Garner Tony Hale Katherine Langford Alexandra Shipp Logan Miller Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Keiynan Lonsdale Joey Pollari Miles Heizer
teen boy teenager family member friend love interest amusing cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming positive house high school coming out growing up teen romance family relationships friendship growing up
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Comedy, Drama
Ireland
2006
98 Minutes
ex-convict mechanic assistant friend singer emotional amusing uplifting small town ireland mill automobile repair shop bar house country music small-town life aspirations guilt friendship transformation
Doug, an aspiring country singer, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town with nobody believing in his heartbreaking voice and talent as a musician. His wife has left him... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2009
99 Minutes
Colin Firth Julianne Moore Nicholas Hoult Matthew Goode Jon Kortajarena Paulette Lamori Ryan Simpkins Ginnifer Goodwin Teddy Sears Aaron Sanders Lee Pace
professor homosexual lover student friend male prostitute brooding emotional profound cheeky suburb house college beach gas station suicide grief friendship homosexuality teaching
An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Andie MacDowell Chris O'Dowd James Adomian Juliet Rylance Dree Hemingway Francesca Faridany Seth Barrish Marlene Brown Paul L. Brown Romy Byrne
mother son widow touching emotional brooding charming tense uneasy family home suburbs grief family starting over love transformation rise 2010s
Following the death of their father, two sons deal with the trials of their own lives while watching their mother explore new beginnings of her own.
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
153 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness Ray Danton Madlyn Rhue Mae Questel
mother daughter son-in-law widower neighbor emotional melodramatic ship family home japan friendship marriage family mother/child relationship grief racism love transformation 1960s
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness.
Drama
USA
2004
93 Minutes
Anthony LaPaglia Aaron Stanford Mark Webber Allison Janney Michelle Monaghan Brendan Sexton III Ron Livingston Ebon Moss-Bachrach Jason Fuchs Paul Iacono Lars Engström
widower angry young man brother girlfriend neighbor father brooding emotional sad new jersey suburb house street school death loss grief dysfunctional family healing bereavement
In this suburban drama, a widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
Drama
USA
2016
77 Minutes
Darragh O'Toole Emily Lamey Joe Rooney Andie McCaffrey Byrne Gary Buckley Andrea Kelly Saoirse Long Seán McGillicuddy
son girl mother father brooding emotional melancholy moving quirky sad tender ireland death of father estrangement search family reunification family relationships friendship growing up growing up
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
Drama
USA
2008
96 Minutes
Micheal J. Smith Sr. JimMyron Ross Tarra Riggs Johnny McPhail
father twin widow son uncle mother bleak emotional powerful calm mississippi delta convenience store backyard school radio station house suicide grief father figure family dysfunction
A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.
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
Poland
1985
108 Minutes
Grazyna Szapolowska Maria Pakulnis Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Radziwilowicz Artur Barcis Michal Bajor Hanna Dunowska Adam Ferency Jerzy Kamas Elzbieta Kilarska Marek Kondrat
husband wife son political prisoner lawyer activist brooding profound dreamy emotional warsaw, poland jail court hotel household grief marriage political unrest ghosts social change
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Drama
2009
110 Minutes
Chiara Caselli Louis-Do de Lencquesaing Alice De Lencquesaing Michaël Abiteboul Manelle Driss Sandrine Dumas Eric Elmosnino Dominique Frot Alice Gautier Valérie Lang
father wife daughter sister lawyer film studio executive brooding emotional somber france cottage house office family depression death secret life obsession career vs. family discovery
Grégoire's life seems perfect, he has a job as a film producer and a beautiful wife and child, but when Grégoire's financial and emotional reserves reach a breaking point his family's love and resilience is tested.
Romance, Drama
USA|Canada|UK
2009
109 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Jennifer Aniston Dan Fogler Judy Greer Joe Anderson John Carroll Lynch Martin Sheen Frances Conroy Sasha Alexander Clyde Kusatsu Michael Kopsa
author self-help guru widower florist friend father-in-law engaging emotional endearing workshop seattle flower shop talk show restaurant woods life lessons death of spouse grief the past relationships
A widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru, falls for the hotel florist where his seminar is given, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.
Biography, Drama
2016
119 Minutes
Rebecca Hall Michael C. Hall Tracy Letts Maria Dizzia J. Smith-Cameron John Cullum David Alexander Kim Shaw Timothy Simons Morgan Spector
reporter anchorman station manager mother co-worker friend brooding emotional intense florida newsroom television studio stage house crime scene journalism ethics emotional involvement desperation defiance
In 1974, a female TV news reporter aims for high standards in life and love in Sarasota, Fla, and missing her mark is not an option. Based on true events.
Drama
USA
1993
115 Minutes
Ashley Judd Todd Field Bentley Mitchum Allison Dean Dorothy Lyman Betsy Douds
pretty woman friend son love interest emotional tender florida tennessee store household romance friendship relocation grief loss love triangle discovery love transformation 1990s
A young woman struggles for independence and identity in a small Florida tourist town.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
119 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Frank Langella George MacKay Samantha Isler Annalise Basso Nicholas Hamilton Shree Crooks Charlie Shotwell Ann Dowd Erin Moriarty Missi Pyle
widower son daughter father-in-law family member priest brooding cheeky emotional forest cabin bar bus washington state house loss culture clash reality travel self-determination
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.