20 movies like Half Nelson, ordered by similarity : Ben Is Back(2018), Trainspotting(1996), Mauvaises fréquentations(1999), Billu Barber(2009), Diane(2018), Alpha Dog(2006), Lbs.(2004), The Party's Over(2018), Is Anybody There?(2008), The Arbor(2010), Critical Thinking(2020), Bigger Than Life(1956) ...
7.2/10
Drama
USA
2006
106 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Shareeka Epps Anthony Mackie Deborah Rush Jay O. Sanders Nicole Vicius Denis O'Hare Monique Gabriela Curnen Starla Benford Tina Holmes Karen Chilton
teacher co-worker student drug addict friend emotional dark middle school brooklyn, n.y. bar locker room drug addiction friendship education dysfunction family discovery fall 2000s
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
103 Minutes
Julia Roberts Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance Kathryn Newton Rachel Bay Jones David Zaldivar Alexandra Park Michael Esper Tim Guinee Myra Lucretia Taylor Mia Fowler
young man mother sister friend addict drug smuggler intense gripping emotional rousing brooding sad family home suburbia neighborhood small town substance abuse drug addiction family dysfunction family ties
A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1996
94 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch
drug addict friend student girlfriend drug dealer sociopath amusing dark gritty edinburgh london household apartment pub hotel addiction abandonment friendship crime death
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
6.5/10
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.
6.2/10
Musical, Comedy, Drama
India
2009
137 Minutes
Irrfan Khan Lara Dutta Shah Rukh Khan Om Puri Rajpal Yadav Asrani Manoj Joshi Kareena Kapoor Priyanka Chopra Deepika Padukone Rasika Joshi
barber wife child movie star businessman friend emotional spirited india barbershop school village house unlikely friendship fame poverty family village life deception discovery
In an Indian village, a struggling barber sees his luck begin to turn when residents learn that a famous actor he once knew is coming to town.
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.
6.9/10
Crime, Drama
Germany|USA
2006
118 Minutes
Bruce Willis Emile Hirsch Justin Timberlake Ben Foster Shawn Hatosy Chris Marquette Anton Yelchin Harry Dean Stanton Dominique Swain Vincent Kartheiser Sharon Stone
drug dealer brother drug addict friend best friend disturbing engaging shocking california drug addiction unusual friendship youth fraternity kidnapping escape discovery 2000s
Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach, then assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder. They develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control.
Comedy, Drama
2004
99 Minutes
Carmine Famiglietti Michael Aronov Miriam Shor Sharon Angela Susan Varon Fil Formicola Lou Martini Jr. Patrick Michael Buckley Sophia Antonini Gino Cafarelli
obese person drug addict childhood friend mother sister brother-in-law amusing offbeat brooklyn, n.y. upstate new york trailer restaurant wilderness family home obesity discipline friendship family addiction compulsive eating
An obese man (Carmine Famiglietti) moves away from home and into the woods in a bid to lose weight and beat his addiction to food.
6.7/10
Drama
Spain
2018
93 Minutes
Zita Hanrot Clémence Boisnard Marie Denarnaud Christine Citti Pascal Reneric Michel Muller Ines Fehner Noémie Rosset Arnaud Azoulay Philippe Berodot Vincent Berger
drug addict psychologist friend therapist mother rehab patient sad inspiring intense emotional moving raw france drug addiction sobriety friendship rehabilitation freedom independence discovery
Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls.
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.
7.3/10
Drama
UK
2010
94 Minutes
Manjinder Virk Christine Bottomley Neil Dudgeon Natalie Gavin Robert Emms Parvani Lingiah Danny Webb Liam Price
playwright daughter son drug addict mother bleak dark shocking housing project bradford, england street estate poverty drug addiction tragedy writing andrea dunbar family dysfunction wretched excess escape
Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2020
117 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Rachel Bay Jones Michael Kenneth Williams Corwin C. Tuggles Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Angel Bismark Curiel Will Hochman Zora Casebere
teacher student friend drug dealer parent african-american confident emotional passionate uplifting intense moving school chess tournament family home inner city united states city apartment chess inner-city life
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1956
95 Minutes
James Mason Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Robert F. Simon Chris Olsen Roland Winters Rusty Lane Rachel Stephens Kipp Hamilton
schoolteacher wife friend son doctor dark gripping intense small town family home hospital school america drug addiction experiments small-town life unusual behavior american dream fall transformation
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK
2006
98 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Judi Dench Bill Nighy Tameka Empson Max Lewis Andrew Simpson Juno Temple Alice Bird Emma Kennedy
student teacher friend husband adulterer dark passionate emotional engaging high school house scandal affair desperation friendship betrayal child abuse pursuit forbidden love 2000s
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1989
128 Minutes
Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke Josh Charles Gale Hansen Dylan Kussman Allelon Ruggiero James Waterston Norman Lloyd Kurtwood Smith Carla Belver
teacher student headmaster father best friend girlfriend cheery emotional inspiring moving sad school cave dorm classroom education friendship male bonding rebellion empowerment
Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.
6.4/10
Drama
USA|UK|France|Japan
2004
97 Minutes
Asia Argento Jimmy Bennett Dylan Sprouse Cole Sprouse Peter Fonda Ben Foster Ornella Muti Kip Pardue Michael Carmen Pitt Jeremy Renner John Robinson
drug addict son boyfriend truck driver cult leader teenage mother chilling dark disheartening grocery store atlantic city, n.j. meth lab household street mother/son relationship drug addiction sexual abuse prostitution religion family dysfunction
Seven-year-old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
2001
98 Minutes
Eleanor Hutchins Larry Fessenden Holly Ramos Jonah Leland Barbara Sicuranza Amanda Vogel Macha Ross Kristin Di Spaltro Will Keenan Michael Joseph Buscemi
single mother son artist writer roommate old friend endearing engaging amusing emotional new york city apartment brooklyn, n.y. bar parenthood music friendship drug addiction responsibility temptation
Five "disreputable" women from Brooklyn meet in the late-afternoon hours to throw back half-price drink specials and bitch uninhibitedly about life, libidos and lactation.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
2010
87 Minutes
Dustin Ray Cody Ray Zoe Vance Sky Ferreira James Siebor Cathy Evans Virginia Heath Casey Weibust Drew Harris Marina Siebor
dead person sister brother cousin friend uncle emotional dark profound baltimore bar death loss existential crisis mourning family friendship discovery transformation quest
A young man's untimely death unites a fractured family and their community through shared memory and loss.
7.3/10
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.
6.5/10
Fantasy, Drama
UK|Canada
2005
122 Minutes
Jodelle Ferland Janet McTeer Brendan Fletcher Jeff Bridges Jennifer Tilly Alden Adair Sally Crooks Harry Gilliam Dylan Taylor
young girl father mother taxidermist mentally challenged boy friend dreamy dark disturbing prairie old house dining room abandoned car railroad tracks fantasy world drug addiction fantasy neglect family dysfunction unlikely friendship
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
6.8/10
Romance, Drama
USA
2007
106 Minutes
Maria Bello Amy Brenneman Emily Blunt Maggie Grace Kathy Baker Hugh Dancy Kevin Zegers Marc Blucas Jimmy Smits Lynn Redgrave Nancy Travis
friend cheater teacher mother lesbian husband dreamy emotional heartwarming house bar coffee shop hotel literature romance infidelity homosexuality writers friendship discovery
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels.
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