20 movies like The Favor, ordered by similarity : Loveling(2018), Cold Water(1994), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), What Will People Say(2017), Mignon e Partita(1988), Remember Me(2010), Wildlife(2018), Giant Little Ones(2018), Fatima(2015), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants(2005), I'm Going to Explode(2008), Local Boys(2002) ...
Drama
Mexico|USA
2006
110 Minutes
Frank Wood Ryan Donowho Isidra Vega Paige Turco Michael Higgins Laura Breckenridge Wally Dunn Sterling K. Brown Jesse Kelly
photographer girlfriend single mother teen boy teen girl father figure dark emotional suburbia family home mother/child relationship death teen angst new love foster care drugs growing up transformation 2000s
Lawrence (played by Frank Wood), a photographer living on his own in New Jersey, rekindles a relationship with his old flame Caroline (played by Paige Turco) shortly before she dies in an ... See full summary »
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
Drama
France
1994
93 Minutes
Virginie Ledoyen Cyprien Fouquet Laszlo Szabo Jean-Pierre Darroussin Dominique Faysse Smail Mekki Jackie Berroyer Jean-Christophe Bouvet Ilona Gyori Renee Amzallag Caroline Doron
teen boy teen girl father mother teacher artist wild emotional dark suburb france institution party woods commune on the run teen angst rebellion disillusionment family dysfunction
When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Drama
Norway|Germany|Sweden|France|Denmark
2017
106 Minutes
Maria Mozhdah Adil Hussain Ekavali Khanna Rohit Saraf Ali Arfan Sheeba Chaddha Lalit Parimoo Nokokure Dahl Isak Lie Harr Jannat Zubair Rahmani Freddy Singh
teen girl friend boyfriend father mother family member tense emotional uneasy raw norway house school pakistan party bedroom family relationships culture culture shock
The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.
Drama
Italy|France
1988
94 Minutes
Stefania Sandrelli Jean-Pierre Duriez Céline Beauvallet Micheline Presle Leonardo Ruta Francesca Antonelli Lorenzo De Pasqua Eleonora Sambiagio Daniele Zaccaria
teen girl teen boy cousin mother baker daughter charming tender emotional italy family home paris bookstore teen angst family infidelity young love fitting in friendship growing up
A French teenage girl is forced to move in with her less well off Italian relatives.
Romance, Drama
USA
2010
113 Minutes
Robert Pattinson Emilie de Ravin Chris Cooper Pierce Brosnan Lena Olin Tate Ellington Gregory Jbara Kate Burton Ruby Jerins Meghan Markle Chris McKinney
rebel girlfriend father police officer sister friend brooding emotional melodramatic new york city family home police station university redemption big city family love death redemption relationships
A romantic drama centered on two new lovers: Tyler, whose parents have split in the wake of his brother's suicide, and Ally, who lives each day to the fullest since witnessing her mother's murder.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Drama
Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Darren Mann Taylor Hickson Maria Bello Kyle MacLachlan Niamh Wilson Hailey Kittle Peter Outerbridge Stephanie Moore Kiana Madeira Olivia Scriven
best friend girlfriend mother father partygoer tense emotional touching intense high school party swimming pool house classroom convenience store friendship love growing up teen romance teen culture
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
120 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Jenna Boyd Bradley Whitford Nancy Travis Rachel Ticotin Mike Vogel Michael Rady Leonardo Nam
teen girl friend love interest father grandfather grandmother amusing emotional maryland south carolina mexico greece friendship family romance traveling coming of age teen angst transformation discovery
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Comedy, Drama
Mexico|USA
2008
102 Minutes
Maria Deschamps Juan Pablo de Santiago Daniel Giménez Cacho Martha Claudia Moreno Rebecca Jones
teen boy teen girl father mother cheeky emotional mexico school apartment building teen angst rebellion romance young love on the run love growing up escape 2000s
Tale of a young couple who throw caution to the wind and set out in search of their true fate. Román is the son of a contemptible, right-leaning congressman. Recently enrolled in a new high... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2002
102 Minutes
Eric Christian Olsen Stacy Edwards Jeremy Sumpter Giuseppe Andrews Chaka Forman Mark Harmon Lukas Behnken Archie Kao Shelby Fenner
brother boyfriend gang leader surfer mother girl emotional heartwarming engaging california beach house ocean surfing relationships family coming of age romance brotherhood growing up
Two brothers and their surfing buddies face new challenges and adventures over the course of a memorable summer.
Romance, Drama
USA
2010
107 Minutes
Channing Tatum Amanda Seyfried Richard Jenkins Henry Thomas D.J. Cotrona Cullen Moss Gavin McCulley Jose Lucena Keith Robinson Scott Porter Leslea Fisher
soldier student mother father neighbor melodramatic emotional family home battlefield military base hospital love family death love triangle love transformation 2000s
A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Drama
Japan
2008
114 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe You Yoshio Harada Ryôga Hayashi Haruko Kato Kirin Kiki Yui Natsukawa Hotaru Nomoto Kazuya Takahashi Shohei Tanaka
mother father son wife daughter stranger emotional dark family home japan family dysfunction grief death discovery transformation 2000s
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
Drama, Romance
Switzerland|Germany
2015
90 Minutes
Jenny Schily Lars Eidinger Urs Jucker Victoria Schulz
teen girl pregnant teen teenage mother mother lover father amusing engaging emotional moving melodramatic uplifting family home coming of age challenge family relationships sexual awakening adventure discovery
When her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Drama
Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croatia|Austria|Germany
2006
107 Minutes
Mirjana Karanovic Luna Zimic Mijovic Leon Lucev Kenan Catic Jasna Beri Dejan Acimovic Bogdan Diklic Emir Hadzihafizbegovic Ermin Bravo Semka Sokolovic
mother daughter widow love interest bouncer teen boy emotional intense sarajevo, bosnia-herzegovina family home school nightclub street mother/daughter relationship war poverty first love teen angst growing up transformation
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Bosnian War.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2016
111 Minutes
Mahershala Ali Shariff Earp Alex Hibbert Ashton Sanders Trevante Rhodes Janelle Monáe Naomie Harris Jaden Piner Jharrel Jerome Andre Holland Edson Jean
young man gay man african-american mother father lover brooding emotional intense miami beach house street car school growing up homosexuality acceptance love trust
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.