20 movies like American Venus, ordered by similarity : Saving Face(2004), The Second Mother(2015), High Tide(1987), Fatima(2015), The Old Maid(1939), Somewhere(2010), September(1987), Insiang(1976), Lady Bird(2017), Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams(2006), Lore(2012), A Taste of Honey(1961) ...
Drama
Canada
2007
80 Minutes
Rebecca De Mornay Jane McGregor Matt Craven Nicholas Lea Anna Amoroso Agam Darshi Benjamin Ratner
mother daughter father police officer cab driver dark offbeat seattle vancouver, british columbia bar shooting gallery border mother/daughter relationship guns figure skating cultural differences emotional abuse obsession pursuit wretched excess
American Venus explores the dynamics of a dysfunctional mother/daughter relationship. Jenna Lane is a young woman trying to escape family pressure to become an Olympic athlete and define ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Drama
Brazil
2015
112 Minutes
Regina Casé Michel Joelsas Lourenço Mutarelli Karine Teles Camila Márdila Helena Albergaria Luis Miranda Theo Werneck Luci Pereira
housekeeper maid family member mother daughter son charming disheartening heartwarming emotional melodramatic intense brazil são paulo apartment relationships single mothers mother/daughter relationship abandonment love
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
mother daughter grandmother teen girl singer drifter touching emotional dark new south wales, australia town seaside trailer park beach alcoholism mother/daughter relationship estrangement abandoned child reunion secret past
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
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.
Drama
USA
1939
95 Minutes
Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins George Brent Donald Crisp Jane Bryan Louise Fazenda James Stephenson Jerome Cowan William Lundigan Cecilia Loftus
adoptive mother cousin daughter father mother emotional melodramatic united states american civil war illegitimate child mother/daughter relationship self-sacrifice sacrifice rivalry 1880s
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Italy|Japan
2010
98 Minutes
Stephen Dorff Elle Fanning Chris Pontius Michelle Monaghan Laura Chiatti Simona Ventura Benicio Del Toro Lala Sloatman
actor daughter father party girl mother stripper dreamy offbeat melodramatic engaging touching dark hollywood, calif. hotel ice-skating rink italy car city father/daughter relationship debauchery
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Drama
USA
1987
82 Minutes
Denholm Elliott Dianne Wiest Mia Farrow Elaine Stritch Sam Waterston Jack Warden Ira Wheeler Jane Cecil Rosemary Murphy
daughter mother stepfather best friend neighbor author dark emotional vermont countryside summerhouse attempted suicide traumatic past unrequited love betrayal loneliness mother/daughter relationship quest forbidden love 1980s
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Drama
1976
93 Minutes
Hilda Koronel Ruel Vernal Rez Cortez Carpi Asturias Mona Lisa Marlon Ramirez Nina Lorenzo Mely Mallari
young woman mother daughter boyfriend love interest uncle engaging emotional melodramatic suspenseful bleak intense manila manila, philippines relationships attraction mother/daughter relationship jealousy fighting tragedy
After a teenager is raped by her mother's boyfriend, she sets out to exact revenge on anyone who has hurt her.
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.
Drama, War
Australia|Germany|UK
2012
109 Minutes
Mika Nilson Seidel Ursina Lardi Hans-Jochen Wagner Sven Pippig Philip Wiegratz Katrin Pollitt Hendrik Arnst Claudia Geisler Saskia Rosendahl Nele Trebs André Frid
nazi father mother daughter sibling grandmother emotional melodramatic brooding intense profound disturbing germany concentration camp river bridge train world war ii nazi collaboration siblings
As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Drama
USA|China
1993
138 Minutes
Rosalind Chao Tamlyn Tomita France Nuyen Vivian Wu Andrew McCarthy Kieu Chinh Tsai Chin Lisa Lu Ming-Na Lauren Tom Chao-Li-Chi
mother grandmother daughter immigrant heartwarming touching emotional china san francisco house family history mother/daughter relationship immigration generational divide cross-cultural romance culture clash growing up sacrifice forbidden love transformation
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Drama
USA
2001
97 Minutes
Yolonda Ross Davenia McFadden LaTonya "T" Hagan Mary Mara Rain Phoenix Marc Vann Medusa Ella Joyce Conchata Ferrell Emily Kuroda Patrice Fisher
mother daughter prisoner african-american woman gang leader gritty tense raw dark prison bus library yard mother/daughter relationship prison life drug trade reunion jealousy discovery rivalry
An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2008
95 Minutes
Catherine Frot Sandrine Bonnaire Wladimir Yordanoff Antoine Chappey Michel Aumont Sophie Quinton Michela Moretti Héloïse Cunin
mother daughter ex-husband son kidnapper parent dark melodramatic gripping intricate household ice-skating rink pharmacy pool france mother/child relationship loss depression mysterious deaths switched identities
An obsessive woman (Catherine Frot) believes that a 7-year-old (Héloïse Cunin) is her long-dead daughter.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
100 Minutes
Susan Sarandon Rose Byrne J.K. Simmons Jerrod Carmichael Cecily Strong Lucy Punch Casey Wilson Jason Ritter Sarah Baker Michael McKean Laura San Giacomo
dead person mother daughter widow friend screenwriter positive somber touching heartwarming charming new jersey los angeles office motorcycle beach street death of father new life grief
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
Romance, Drama
India
2017
138 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Alia Bhatt Sahil Vaid Ritu Raj Singh Yash Sinha Shweta Basu Prasad Anupama Kumar Gauhar Khan Gaurav Pandey
father daughter young man young woman mother family member amusing charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving india town city college wedding reception chasing dreams marriage proposal love-hate relationship
Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota belong to small towns but have diametrically opposite opinions on everything. This leads to a clash of ideologies, despite both of them recognizing the goodness in each other.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1951
112 Minutes
Anna Magnani Walter Chiari Tina Apicella
mother daughter father celebrity child actor talent scout emotional heartwarming amusing hilarious lighthearted melodramatic italy talent agency ambition hope dream vs. reality childhood relationships mother/daughter relationship
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
father mother daughter police officer son thrilling gripping intense powerful house bungalow police station ashram forest protection father/daughter relationship family relationships love quest pursuit
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
107 Minutes
Alan Bates Janet Suzman Peter Bowles Sheila Gish Joan Hickson Elizabeth Robillard Murray Melvin Fanny Carby
mother father daughter friend bleak offbeat shocking family home england parenthood mother/daughter relationship cerebral palsy family transformation quest 1970s
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »