Movies like The Poker House

20 movies like The Poker House, ordered by similarity : Violette(1978), The Tale(2018), Loveling(2018), The Lady in the Van(2015), 20th Century Women(2016), Tully(2018), Import/Export(2007), The Saint of Fort Washington(1993), Secretary(2002), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her(2000), Welcome to Me(2014), Our Very Own(2005) ...

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The Poker House

A documentary on the life, musings, and sexual escapades of writer Samuel Delany.

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Violette

In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.

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The Tale

A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.

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Loveling

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.

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The Lady in the Van

A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.

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20th Century Women

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.

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Tully

A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.

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Import/Export

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.

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The Saint of Fort Washington

A homeless schizophrenic seeks the help of a streetwise combat veteran as they attempt to overcome cruel life on the streets.

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Secretary

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.

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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

Five California women struggle with personal problems as their own paths unwind in ways unexpected.

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Welcome to Me

When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.

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Our Very Own

Itching to leave small-town life in Shelbyville, Tennessee, five friends are sent into a frenzy when they learn hometown-girl-turned-Hollywood-star Sondra Locke may be returning.

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Lonesome Jim

Failing to make it on his own, twenty-seven-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.

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The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom

A young woman is facing her destructive multiple personalities using an experimental new procedure known as "The Siamese Burn."

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Poor Cow

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices, she has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. One day, her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her.

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The Architect

When a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of an uncompromising modernist architect, who proceeds to build HIS dream house instead of theirs.

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The Thing About My Folks

Ben's dad, Sam, shows up one night with a note that Ben's mother has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that is for sale.

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Same Kind of Different as Me

Ron Hall and his wife, Deborah, discover a renewed sense of purpose when they volunteer at a local mission. Their lives change forever when they develop an unlikely friendship with a homeless man who inspires them to save their struggling marriage.

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Pay It Forward

A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.

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The Return of Martin Guerre

In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.

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