20 movies like Approaching Union Square, ordered by similarity : The Wind Will Carry Us(1999), Custody(2016), The Young Doctors(1961), Japanese Story(2003), Beautiful Boy(2018), The Spy Gone North(2018), Oklahoma Crude(1973), Suddenly(2002), Red Doors(2005), Carol(2015), Diane(2018), Eureka(2000) ...
Drama
USA
2006
81 Minutes
Katie Kreisler Darren Pettie Jennifer Miranda Holmes Bobby Pataki Victoria Haas Brent Crawford Peter McCain Christine Elise Beth Manspeizer Michael Goldstrom Patricia Randell
passenger cheater woman immigrant addict psychic intricate tense offbeat engaging new york city bus chance meeting fate therapy infidelity long-distance relationship illness discovery transformation
Based on stage monologues, Approaching Union Square is a collage of eleven tales capturing thirty-something New Yorkers struggling to find love and connection in the big city. They all cross paths on a New York City bus.
Drama
Iran|France
1999
118 Minutes
Behzad Dourani
engineer relative young boy assistant townsperson old woman engaging intricate offbeat emotional iran city rural community village house road cultural differences aging unlikely friendship fitting in
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Drama
USA
2016
104 Minutes
Viola Davis Hayden Panettiere Catalina Sandino Moreno Ellen Burstyn Dan Fogler Jaden Michael Bryce Lorenzo Nicholas L. Ashe Julius Tennon Karen Pittman
judge latina mother lawyer woman american african-american woman emotional tense engaging gripping positive court courtroom new york new york city united states america court battles court decision
The lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.
Drama
USA
1961
100 Minutes
Fredric March Ben Gazzara Dick Clark Ina Balin Eddie Albert Phyllis Love Edward Andrews Aline MacMahon Arthur Hill Rosemary Murphy
doctor boss nurse pregnant woman intern tense moving engaging gripping hospital new york city pathology aging medical profession birth illness rivalry discovery 1950s
Medical drama set at one of New York City's hospitals during the early 1960s.
Drama, Romance
Australia
2003
105 Minutes
Toni Collette Gotaro Tsunashima Matthew Dyktynski Lynette Curran Yumiko Tanaka Kate Atkinson John Howard Bill Young Reg Evans George Shevtsov Justine Clarke
business owner woman businessman australian japanese man relaxing dreamy quirky office desert australia culture clash adultery stranded interracial romance business work love discovery temptation
Against the background of an Australian desert, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. ... See full summary »
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.
Drama
South Korea
2018
141 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang Sung-min Lee Cho Jin-Woong Ju Ji-hoon
spy broker government official wife businessman kim jong-il thrilling gripping intense suspenseful tense engaging north korea south korea espionage government secrets intelligence nuclear weapons korean relations mission
In the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
108 Minutes
George C. Scott Faye Dunaway John Mills Jack Palance Bill Lucking Harvey Jason Ted Gehring Cliff Osmond Rafael Campos Woodrow Parfrey John Hudkins
businessman woman fighter father love interest friend spirited engaging amusing confident offbeat oklahoma oil well abuse of power territorial disputes oil business determination land dispute greed discovery
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway), aided by her father (Sir John Mills) and a hobo (George C. Scott), is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
Comedy, Drama
2002
94 Minutes
Tatiana Saphir Carla Crespo Veronica Hassan Beatriz Thibaudin María Merlino Marcos Ferrante Ana María Martínez Susana Pampin Luis Herrera
lonely woman teen girl rebel lesbian kidnapper playful offbeat touching buenos aires, argentina shop cab beach road kidnapping road trip self-discovery female bonding boredom adventure discovery
Two lesbians (Carla Crespo, Veronica Hassan) force a lonely, overweight saleswoman (Tatiana Saphir) into a cab and take her on a road trip.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
91 Minutes
Jacqueline Kim Tzi Ma Kathy Shao-Lin Lee Elaine Kao Freda Foh Shen Rossif Sutherland Mia Riverton Jayce Bartok Sebastian Stan Stephen Rowe Cindy Cheung
father daughter businesswoman medical student high-school student engaging offbeat disheartening new york state new york city relationships escape lesbianism practical jokes communication suicide temptation transformation growing up fall
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Mary Kay Place Jake Lacy Estelle Parsons Andrea Martin Deirdre O'Connell Phyllis Somerville Celia Keenan-Bolger Ray Iannicelli
woman son drug addict volunteer sick person uneasy tense emotional profound amusing touching hospital house bar church homeless shelter secret past troubled past self-sacrifice drug addiction
A woman fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
Drama
Japan|France
2000
218 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Aoi Miyazaki Masaru Miyazaki Yoichiro Saito Ken Mitsuishi Gô Rijû Yutaka Matsushige Sansei Shiomi Kimie Shingyoji
hijacker bus driver schoolboy schoolgirl cousin passenger disheartening intricate emotional japan rural community office bus trauma murder hijacking orphans redemption grief transformation
The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
Crime, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Tom Hardy Noomi Rapace James Gandolfini Matthias Schoenaerts John Ortiz Ann Dowd Michael Aronov James Frecheville Elizabeth Rodriguez Tobias Segal Michael Esper
bartender mobster neighbor puppy abusive husband friend brooding dark intense new york city bar apartment alley car office mobsters money laundering animal rescue abuse love
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Drama
Palestine|France|Germany|Netherlands|Israel
2005
90 Minutes
Kais Nashif Ali Suliman Lubna Azabal Amer Hlehel Hiam Abbass Ashraf Barhoum Mohammad Bustami Mohammad Kosa Ahmad Fares Olivier Meidinger
suicide bomber terrorist guard love interest childhood friend gutsy tense engaging west bank tel aviv, israel border bus israeli-palestinian conflict terrorism friendship morality suicide bombing transformation discovery 2000s
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Romance, Drama
USA
2010
120 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Michelle Williams Faith Wladyka John Doman Mike Vogel Ben Shenkman Maryann Plunkett Samii Ryan Eileen Rosen Tamara Torres
husband wife nurse painter student daughter bleak tense engaging house new york city pennsylvania love pregnancy high school relationships marriage broken home transformation discovery
The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
80 Minutes
Charlene deGuzman John Hawkes Melissa Leo Paul James Ellen Geer Jake McDorman Josh Fadem Josh Ruben
ex-boyfriend sex addict musician recluse friend sponsor heartwarming hilarious emotional tense house garage party car group therapy sex addiction love friendship lifestyle changes music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Romance, Drama
Italy
2009
119 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Flavio Parenti Edoardo Gabbriellini Alba Rohrwacher Pippo Delbono Maria Paiato Diane Fleri Gabriele Ferzetti Marisa Berenson Mattia Zaccaro Waris Ahluwalia
grandfather businessman son chef mother immigrant emotional gripping intense melodramatic milan, italy nice, france restaurant seaside cathedral london wealth family business family bloodline affair
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
89 Minutes
Ruth Wilson Mark Stanley Sean Bean Esme Creed-Miles Aiden McCullough Shane Attwooll Steve Garti Una McNulty Dean Andrews Jonah Russell Joe Dempsie
father farmer daughter brother estranged brother friend emotional intricate tense solemn intense farm house barn pasture estrangement family business family feud farming mysterious past
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2008
107 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Ewan McGregor Michelle Williams LisaGay Hamilton Maggie Q Natasha Henstridge Lynn Cohen Danny Burstein Malcolm Goodwin Charlotte Rampling Margaret Colin
auditor lawyer sexy woman thief businesswoman stockbroker dark sultry suspenseful tense new york city hotel chinatown, n.y. wall street secret location hotel room corporate culture sex missing persons betrayal
An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Spain
2001
134 Minutes
Tom Cruise Penélope Cruz Cameron Diaz Kurt Russell Jason Lee Noah Taylor Timothy Spall Tilda Swinton Alicia Witt Johnny Galecki Michael Shannon
tycoon publisher woman friend psychiatrist plastic surgeon intense melodramatic dreamy intricate new york city times square bridge nightclub apartment office vanity wealth fantasy vs. reality doomed romance
A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.