20 movies like Saving Sarah Cain, ordered by similarity : Cloud 9(2008), Carol(2015), Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein(2002), The Human Comedy(1943), Marley & Me(2008), The Good Girls(1960), Two Bits(1995), Lady Bird(2017), The Twilight Samurai(2002), Rendezvous(1985), And One Was Beautiful(1940), Having You(2013) ...
Drama
USA
2007
103 Minutes
Lisa Pepper Abigail Mason Soren Fulton Elliott Gould Tess Harper Tanner Maguire Bailee Madison Tom Tate Jennifer O'Dell Phil Abrams David Clennon
journalist sister amish woman child teenager boss heartwarming engaging pennsylvania portland, ore. village office school adoption death family responsibility amish career transformation
A thirty-something columnist becomes legal guardian of her Amish sister's five children and ends up 'using' the kids' lives as stories for her column, causing them to feel betrayed, since they had believed she was truly concerned for them.
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.
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.
Drama, Romance, Action
India
2002
171 Minutes
family family patriarch family member lover young woman young man charming endearing engaging intense heartwarming melodramatic family dinner party celebration family feud cultural differences attraction friendship relationships
Two feuding neighboring families are brought together to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Vishnupratap Singh (Vikram Gokhale) and his wife (Farida Jalal), much to the dislike of Rudra ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
118 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Frank Morgan James Craig Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marsha Hunt Fay Bainter Darryl Hickman Donna Reed Van Johnson
young boy young girl boss man woman brother heartwarming emotional amusing small town house high school track office europe world war ii home front young love family communication
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Owen Wilson Jennifer Aniston Eric Dane Kathleen Turner Alan Arkin Nathan Gamble Haley Bennett Ann Dowd Clarke Peters Finley Jacobsen Lucy Merriam
reporter journalist child dog newlywed dog trainer emotional charming mushy touching amusing heartwarming florida office beach family home pennsylvania family pregnancy deception
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Drama
USA
1995
85 Minutes
Jerry Barone Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Al Pacino Joe Grifasi Joanna Merlin Andy Romano Ron McLarty Patrick Borriello Donna Mitchell Mary Lou Rosato Rosemary DeAngelis
boy child grandfather family family member charming emotional heartwarming melodramatic moving sad united states city suburb slum movie theater economic crisis family life family tragedy family secrets
Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
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
2002
129 Minutes
Hiroyuki Sanada Rie Miyazawa Nenji Kobayashi Ren Ôsugi Hiroshi Kanbe Min Tanaka Erina Hashiguchi Miki Itô
samurai childhood sweetheart daughter sister husband mother brooding somber moving japan village house countryside office first love honor code family ties aging class distinctions domestic violence
In the 19th century a woman (Rie Miyazawa) helps a widowed samurai (Hiroyuki Sanada) who must kill a rebellious swordsman.
Drama
France
1985
82 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Wadeck Stanczak Lambert Wilson Jean-Louis Trintignant Anne Wiazemsky Dominique Lavanant Jacques Nolot Jean-Louis Vitrac Michela Moretti Annie Noel
young woman aspiring actress love interest lover director father figure engaging melodramatic heartwarming intense paris france movie set love interest relationships attraction tragedy tragic love career adventure
Dreaming of an actress future, a young girl arrives in Paris. Her personality awakens a glowing passion of several different men.
Drama
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Bob Cummings Laraine Day Jean Muir Billie Burke Ann Morriss Esther Dale Charles Waldron Frank Milan Rand Brooks Paul Stanton Ruth Tobey
young woman sister love interest husband inmate bachelor emotional sad engaging party car family home prison road car accident sister relationship death imprisonment love triangle responsibility
A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally runs over a man with a car.
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.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
Drama
USA
2008
99 Minutes
Matt Boren Ken Jacobs Flo Jacobs Dana Varon Richard Edson Piero Arcilesi Eleanor Hutchins
businessman son father mother wife brother charming sad profound new york city office family home bedroom kitchen los angeles aging nostalgia childhood responsibility family
A man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Nick Robinson Josh Duhamel Jennifer Garner Tony Hale Katherine Langford Alexandra Shipp Logan Miller Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Keiynan Lonsdale Joey Pollari Miles Heizer
teen boy teenager family member friend love interest amusing cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming positive house high school coming out growing up teen romance family relationships friendship growing up
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Drama
2009
110 Minutes
Chiara Caselli Louis-Do de Lencquesaing Alice De Lencquesaing Michaël Abiteboul Manelle Driss Sandrine Dumas Eric Elmosnino Dominique Frot Alice Gautier Valérie Lang
father wife daughter sister lawyer film studio executive brooding emotional somber france cottage house office family depression death secret life obsession career vs. family discovery
Grégoire's life seems perfect, he has a job as a film producer and a beautiful wife and child, but when Grégoire's financial and emotional reserves reach a breaking point his family's love and resilience is tested.
Drama
India
2004
138 Minutes
Anupam Kher Aftab Shivdasani Indraneel Rati Agnihotri
death young woman brother love interest mother father charming engaging melodramatic emotional heartwarming touching london england bollywood family death pact relationships father/daughter relationship romance
Thirty years ago Karam Jindal together with his widowed mom, Gayatri, and wife, Sandhya, had immigrated to London, England. Shortly thereafter Gayatri gets cancer and tragically passes away... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1994
97 Minutes
Albert Finney Greta Scacchi Matthew Modine Julian Sands Michael Gambon Ben Silverstone Maryam d'Abo Jim Sturgess
husband wife teacher lover student schoolboy schoolteacher gripping engaging school england boarding school marriage career failed marriage affair education retirement transformation discovery
On the verge of forced resignation, a strict old-fashioned teacher rethinks his life.
Drama
Afghanistan|France
2013
85 Minutes
Haji Gul Aser Wajma Bahar Mustafa Abdulsatar Brehna Bahar Assib Ibrahim Saleha Ibrahim Tahera Hashemi
afghan woman man love interest student pregnant woman disheartening thrilling tense intense moving melodramatic afghanistan kabul, afghanistan love sex unwanted pregnancy secret love family honor family relationships
It's snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship - they're playful and passionate but ever mindful of the... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2016
117 Minutes
Jon Voight William Fichtner Lia Marie Johnson George Kosturos Kevin G. Schmidt Gabriel Basso Shannon Collis Courtney Hope Turner Nicholas Guilak
high-school student wrestler hero school principal team member coach emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring moving touching small town california high school gym school bus wrestling new school new town
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.