20 movies like Close to Home, ordered by similarity : Is Anybody There?(2008), Soldier in the Rain(1963), Babylon(1980), The Deer Hunter(1978), Caterina Goes to Town(2003), Mauvaises fréquentations(1999), Girls Town(1996), Kai Po Che!(2013), Chinese Coffee(2000), Hera Pheri(1975), Australian Rules(2002), Reality Bites(1994) ...
Drama
2005
98 Minutes
Dalia Hager Smadar Sayar Naama Schendar Irit Suki Katia Zimbris Ami Weinberg Danny Geva Anna Stephan Ilanit Ben Yaakov Sharon Reginiano Jana Ettinger
military officer teen girl friend powerful engaging tender israel explosion friendship trust military life rivalry growing up 2000s
Though initially wary of one another, two Israeli teenagers (Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar) bond over their shared dislike of military duty.
Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Michael Caine Bill Milner Anne-Marie Duff David Morrissey Rosemary Harris Elizabeth Spriggs Leslie Phillips Peter Vaughan Linzey Cocker Sylvia Syms Ralph Ineson
young boy magician magician's assistant best friend friend teenager charming playful engaging suspenseful witty friendship best friends relationships unlikely friendship magic adventure discovery growing up mystery
A death-obsessed youth (Bill Milner) befriends an aging magician (Michael Caine) who longs to join his wife in the afterlife.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1963
87 Minutes
Jackie Gleason Steve McQueen Tuesday Weld Tony Bill Tom Poston Chris Noel Ed Nelson Lew Gallo Rockne Tarkington Lewis Charles Sam Flint
sergeant military officer friend teen girl endearing engaging army base cafeteria american south carnival courtroom military life friendship aspirations unlikely romance jealousy discovery rivalry 1960s
The bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.
Drama
UK|Italy
1980
95 Minutes
Brinsley Forde Karl Howman Trevor Laird Brian Bovell Victor Romero Archie Pool Mel Smith Beverly Michaels Maggie Steed Bill Moody Stefan Kalipha
dj mc friend girlfriend neighbor cool disheartening emotional engaging gritty melancholy moving offbeat profound raw spirited uneasy london united kingdom black culture
The movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in West London. The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
War, Drama
USA
1978
183 Minutes
Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Savage John Cazale Meryl Streep George Dzundza Chuck Aspegren Shirley Stoler
soldier friend girlfriend wife enemy blue-collar worker bleak disturbing powerful intense emotional brutal clairton, pa. battlefield vietnam pow camp wedding town horrors of war vietnam war
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Drama
France
1999
98 Minutes
Maud Forget Lou Doillon Micheline Presle Ariane Ascaride Robinson Stévenin Maxime Mansion Delphine Rich François Berléand Cyril Cagnat Dan Martin
high-school student friend boyfriend girlfriend teen girl teen boy emotional dark melodramatic hedonistic school party france nightclub sexual awakening friendship relationships first love loss of innocence prostitution
Delphine is a sweet innocent young girl, her new best friend pulls her into a world where she falls in love with a local pretty boy. Working her hardest to make him love her drags her into prostitution.
Drama
USA
1996
88 Minutes
Lili Taylor Anna Grace Bruklin Harris Aunjanue Ellis Ramya Pratt Guillermo Díaz Ernestine Jackson Stephanie Berry Nathaniel Freeman Asia Minor Michael Imperioli
teen girl rape victim friend ex-boyfriend rapist unwed mother tender gutsy raw emotional new jersey high school baseball field diner classroom suicide troubled youth rape friendship female bonding
A look at a group of girl friends coming-of-age during their senior year of high school in urban America. Nikki and Emma have a heart to heart talk one evening about how much they'll miss ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Drama
USA
2000
99 Minutes
writer photographer friend girlfriend doorman engaging emotional passionate tense greenwich village apartment restaurant friendship jealousy regret aging unemployment writing rivalry rise
Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Drama
Australia
2002
98 Minutes
Nathan Phillips Luke Carroll Lisa Flanagan Tom Budge Simon Westaway Celia Ireland Kevin Harrington Tony Briggs Martin Vaughan
friend aborigine soccer player father teen boy teen girl rousing emotional moving inspiring australia bay coast town soccer field bar sports racism interracial romance crime
In Prospect Bay, a remote outpost on the South Australian coast, two communities, the Goonyas and the Nungas, come together on the one field they have in common, the football field. But the... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1994
98 Minutes
Winona Ryder Ethan Hawke Ben Stiller Janeane Garofalo Steve Zahn Swoosie Kurtz Joe Don Baker John Mahoney Harry O'Reilly Susan Norfleet David Pirner
documentarian yuppie slacker gay man tv personality friend witty engaging quirky tender houston austin, texas television studio house office bar love triangle post-college friendship dating
A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Generation X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Keira Knightley Chloë Grace Moretz Sam Rockwell Ellie Kemper Mark Webber Jeff Garlin Gretchen Mol Kaitlyn Dever Daniel Zovatto Jodi Thelen Dylan Arnold
woman boyfriend classmate girl friend teacher amusing charming cheeky quirky grocery store house bedroom school office car growing up life responsibility love
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
2006
96 Minutes
Raven-Symone Adrienne Bailon Kiely Williams Sabrina Bryan Belinda Lori Anne Alter Abel Folk Golan Yosef
teen girl pop star singer singer-songwriter friend creative engaging passionate positive spirited uplifting barcelona manhattan music competition music stage spain coffee shop fame stardom singing
Members (Raven, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams) of a teenage vocal group find adventure while participating in a music festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
98 Minutes
Ellar Coltrane Ian Nelson Analeigh Tipton Callan McAuliffe Ella Hunt Bill Milner Hayden Szeto Lana Condor Victoria Justice
best friend band member friend love interest girlfriend cheeky amusing emotional charming stage bar woods house apartment growing up friendship romance broken heart love triangle love
A coming-of-age story about the complexities of young romantic relationships.
Drama
USA
1972
96 Minutes
Stacy Keach Jeff Bridges Susan Tyrrell Candy Clark Nicholas Colasanto Art Aragon Curtis Cokes Sixto Rodriguez Billy Walker Wayne Mahan Ruben Navarro
boxer trainer friend girlfriend gritty dark bleak california gym bar comeback boxing redemption alcoholism friendship aging pursuit rivalry underdog fall
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
Drama
1986
76 Minutes
Emma Coles Kris Bidenko Kris McQuade Stephen Leeder Debra May Peter Hehir Tony Barry Kerry Dwyer Arthur Faynes Kim Antonios Denise Roberts
teen girl friend mother boyfriend father sad profound sydney beach school house friendship mother/daughter relationship adolescence family coming of age divorce growing up transformation 1980s
Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.
Drama, History
1965
115 Minutes
Orson Welles Jeanne Moreau John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford Marina Vlady Keith Baxter Norman Rodway
friend girlfriend prince henry iv hostess wife brash cheeky amusing sad england battlefield castle pub inn royal life father/son relationship friendship loyalty war
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Drama
USA
2014
165 Minutes
Ellar Coltrane Patricia Arquette Ethan Hawke Lorelei Linklater Tamara Jolaine Nick Krause Jordan Howard Evie Thompson
child mother father sister classmate friend charming cool creative classroom backyard bedroom dining room dark room bowling alley growing up life family travel birthdays
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Romance, Drama
USA
1926
113 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lars Hanson Barbara Kent William Orlamond George Fawcett Eugenie Besserer Marc McDermott Marcelle Corday Rolfe Sedan
soldier countess count friend uncle pastor melodramatic germany ballroom train station adultery friendship loyalty military violence love triangle forbidden love rivalry transformation 1920s
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other once fiercely loved.