20 movies like Little Children, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Cloud 9(2008), Woodpeckers(2017), Husband Material(2018), Fool for Love(1985), The Cakemaker(2017), Breaking the Waves(1996), Rockstar(2011), Melissa P.(2005), Uncle Vanya(1971), Cruise(2018), Eva(1962) ...
Drama
USA
2006
130 Minutes
Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly Patrick Wilson Jackie Earle Haley Noah Emmerich Gregg Edelman Phyllis Somerville Raymond J. Barry Jane Adams Ty Simpkins Sadie Goldstein
housewife stay-at-home dad sex offender ex-cop mother filmmaker dark gripping boston suburbia household playground hospital affair love marriage obsession sex death fall
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.
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.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Netherlands|Norway|Iceland|Spain|UK
1996
159 Minutes
Emily Watson Stellan Skarsgård Katrin Cartlidge Jean-Marc Barr Adrian Rawlins Sandra Voe Udo Kier Mikkel Gaup Roef Ragas Phil McCall
wife husband lover mother doctor sailor emotional dark scotland small town coast household church infidelity paralysis love sex god accident forbidden love
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Romance, Drama
India
2011
160 Minutes
Ranbir Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Aditi Rao Hydari Piyush Mishra Nargis Fakhri Shikha Jain Jaideep Ahlawat
young woman young man father mother singer love interest gripping intense emotional moving sad india house bungalow valley wedding reception love interest love at first sight friendship relationships
Janardhan Jakhar chases his dreams of becoming a big Rock star, during which he falls in love with Heer.
Drama
Italy|Spain
2005
120 Minutes
María Valverde Primo Reggiani Fabrizia Sacchi Marcello Mazzarella Claudio Santamaria Geraldine Chaplin Elio Germano Alba Rohrwacher Giulio Berruti Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Letizia Ciampa
young woman dominatrix sex addict sex columist man mother cheeky confident disturbing emotional intense rousing italy sicily sex sexual awakening sexual fantasy relationships love scandal
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Drama
Soviet Union
1971
110 Minutes
Innokenty Smoktunovsky Sergei Bondarchuk Vladimir Zeldin Irina Miroshnichenko Irina Anisimova-Wulf Nikolay Pastukhov
wife mother professor daughter doctor brother-in-law intense gripping dark farm russia garden dining room family adultery sexual tension love triangle obsession marriage love
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Spencer Boldman Emily Ratajkowski Sebastian Maniscalco Lucas Salvagno Kathrine Narducci Noah Robbins Gino Cafarelli Jen Cohn Grace Wan Peter Gaudio
italian-american jewish woman love interest mother father racer passionate emotional engaging charming intense heartwarming long island, n.y. america new york city road home love star-crossed lovers romance
Set in the 1980s, a young Italian-American from the "wrong side of the tracks" falls for a Jewish girl from Long Island.
Drama
1962
100 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Stanley Baker Virna Lisi James Villiers Riccardo Garrone Nona Medici Lisa Gastoni
femme fatale welshman writer fiancée beautiful woman lover dark emotional sultry venice, italy rome city apartment house self-destruction infidelity obsession marriage unrequited love love triangle
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Kenya|South Africa|Germany|Netherlands|France|Norway|Lebanon|UK
2018
83 Minutes
Samantha Mugatsia Sheila Munyiva Neville Misati Nice Githinji Charlie Karumi Muthoni Gathecha Vitalis Waweru Mellen Aura Jimmy Gathu Nini Wacera Dennis Musyoka
best friend father lesbian love interest family member emotional touching cool tender passionate solemn nairobi kenya house bar forbidden love lesbianism secret love secret life forbidden love
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Comedy, Drama, War
Serbia|France|Italy
2004
154 Minutes
Slavko Stimac Natasa Solak Vesna Trivalic Vuk Kostic Aleksandar Bercek Stribor Kusturica Nikola Kojo Mirjana Karanovic Davor Janjic Adnan Omerovic Obrad Durovic
engineer wife son soldier nurse lover madcap dark charming chilling bosnia serbia railroad tracks battlefield house war star-crossed lovers railroad prison life love
What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka's wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka's life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha..
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Harris Dickinson Madeline Weinstein Kate Hodge Nicole Flyus Anton Selyaninov Frank Hakaj David Ivanov Harrison Sheehan Erik Potempa Neal Huff
teenager dying person father mother friend lover dreamy emotional moving intense brooklyn beach house street teenage rebellion teen romance death of father sex relationships summer love
A Brooklyn teenager spends his days experimenting with drugs and looking online for older men to meet with.
Drama
India
2000
193 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Urmila Matondkar Mahima Chaudhry Johnny Lever Reema Lagoo Paresh Rawal Gulshan Grover Shivaji Satham
young man young woman lover criminal best friend uncle emotional heartwarming engaging melodramatic mumbai, india police station house love triangle love unrequited love family relationships criminal past love pursuit
Policeman Vishal is shot when his boss bungles a raid on a boat. To avoid the wrath of Vishal's family, his boss hires a lookalike to stop their suspicions. But when the policeman's ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Drama
USA
2002
112 Minutes
James Spader Maggie Gyllenhaal Jeremy Davies Patrick Bauchau Stephen McHattie Oz Perkins Jessica Tuck Amy Locane Lesley Ann Warren Mary Joy Michael Mantell
secretary lawyer mother father boyfriend boss offbeat quirky amusing suspenseful office house law firm home mental illness sexual taboo family dysfunction sadomasochism love triangle sexual obsession
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.