Movies like American Venus

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) ...

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American Venus

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 »

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Saving Face

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

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The Second Mother

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.

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High Tide

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.

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Fatima

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.

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The Old Maid

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.

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Somewhere

After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.

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September

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.

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Insiang

After a teenager is raped by her mother's boyfriend, she sets out to exact revenge on anyone who has hurt her.

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Lady Bird

In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

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Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Bosnian War.

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Lore

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.

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A Taste of Honey

A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.

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The Joy Luck Club

The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.

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Stranger Inside

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.

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Mark of an Angel

An obsessive woman (Catherine Frot) believes that a 7-year-old (Héloïse Cunin) is her long-dead daughter.

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The Meddler

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.

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Badrinath Ki Dulhania

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.

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Bellissima

A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.

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Drishyam

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.

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A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

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 »

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