Movies like A Lion in the House

20 movies like A Lion in the House, ordered by similarity : Last Train Home(2009), Tarnation(2003), Kabul, City in the Wind(2018), The Sunshine Boy(2009), Sicko(2007), The Way We Get By(2009), Indestructible(2007), The C Word(2016), Capturing the Friedmans(2003), Radiant City(2006), Bright Leaves(2003), Another Road Home(2004) ...

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A Lion in the House

Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.

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Last Train Home

Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.

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Tarnation

Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.

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Kabul, City in the Wind

A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details of two kids and a bus driver, set against the background of a city destroyed by politic and religious powers.

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The Sunshine Boy

Unwilling to accept a gloomy prognosis for her autistic son, Keli, Margrét begins a journey from Iceland to the United States for proper treatment. Director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson chronicles a powerful story of love and discovery.

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Sicko

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.

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The Way We Get By

On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine. Filled with unexpected turns, their ... See full summary »

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Indestructible

Diagnosed with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, film-maker Ben Byer starts documenting his life. One of the most intimate and powerful films you will encounter on a degenerative illness.

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The C Word

A personal, important, surprising, and funny documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention.

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Capturing the Friedmans

Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

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Radiant City

An examination of the nature of modern suburbia.

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Bright Leaves

North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Bright Leaves describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North ... See full summary »

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Another Road Home

The Personal Story Of An Israeli's Quest To Find Her Palestinian Caregiver

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The Cream Will Rise

The Cream Will Rise is a documentary that exposes the turbulent and troubling side of singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins' early years when a confrontation with her mother forces her to ... See full summary »

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Trantasia

In 2004, Las Vegas promoters planning a review starring Jahna Steele invite trans women to participate in "The World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant," a two-day contest from which ... See full summary »

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1 a Minute

The film chronicles the diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer survivor, interspersed with personal tales from famous international celebrities who are also survivors, or affected closely by cancer.

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Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

Gloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper discuss their notable family's history.

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Babies

A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo.

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The Alps

John Harlin III attempts to climb the North Face of the Eiger, the site of his father's death forty years earlier.

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Which Way Home

"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like ... See full summary »

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Aida's Secrets

Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century ... See full summary »

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