20 movies like Disgrace, ordered by similarity : Sunset Song(2015), Dark River(2017), Lassie(1994), Raining Stones(1993), The Color of Friendship(2000), The Emigrants(1971), Pelle the Conqueror(1987), The Oyster and the Wind(1997), Graduation(2016), Owd Bob(1997), Our Daily Bread(1934), This Is My Father(1998) ...
Drama
Australia|South Africa
2008
118 Minutes
John Malkovich Jessica Haines Eriq Ebouaney Fiona Press Antoinette Engel Natalie Becker Antonio Fisher David Dennis
professor daughter farmer worker black man rapist disturbing intense passionate countryside cape town, south africa farm college apartheid race relations scandal rape father/daughter relationship identity fall
After having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg
2015
135 Minutes
Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Jack Greenlees Ian Pirie Hugh Ross Niall Greig Fulton Douglas Rankine
daughter farmer abusive father rape victim mother intense disturbing emotional melodramatic raw farm college canada argentina rape violence suicide world war i marriage love
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
89 Minutes
Ruth Wilson Mark Stanley Sean Bean Esme Creed-Miles Aiden McCullough Shane Attwooll Steve Garti Una McNulty Dean Andrews Jonah Russell Joe Dempsie
father farmer daughter brother estranged brother friend emotional intricate tense solemn intense farm house barn pasture estrangement family business family feud farming mysterious past
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
Drama
USA
1994
92 Minutes
Thomas Guiry Helen Slater Jon Tenney Brittany Boyd Frederic Forrest Richard Farnsworth Michelle Williams Charlie Hofheimer Clayton Barclay Jones
father mother son daughter lassie farmer heartwarming virginia farm family home dogs family farming teen angst love triangle culture clash adventure transformation 1990s
When a family of 4 moves from Baltimore to a farm in rural Virginia, they adopt an abandoned collie. The dog becomes the son's companion and protector, helping him adapt to rural life.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1993
90 Minutes
Bruce Jones Julie Brown Ricky Tomlinson Tom Hickey Gemma Phoenix Mike Fallon Jonathan James George Moss
poor person sidekick blue-collar worker butcher father daughter charming bleak playful tense manchester, england farm church van working class religion odd jobs pride bad luck poverty
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her ... See full summary »
Drama
2000
83 Minutes
Carl Lumbly Penny Johnson Shadia Simmons Lindsey Haun Anthony Burnett Travis Davis Erik Todd Dellums Ahmad Stoner Melanie Nichols King Susan Danford Michael Kanev
congressman father friend foreign exchange student daughter charming endearing touching washington, d.c. south africa farm race relations culture clash friendship family apartheid violence growing up transformation discovery
A black family (Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson, Shadia Simmons) receives a white South African exchange student, raised in apartheid, into its home in 1977.
Drama
Sweden
1971
148 Minutes
Max von Sydow Liv Ullmann Eddie Axberg Svenolof Bern Aina Alfredsson Allan Edwall Monica Zetterlund Pierre Lindstedt Hans Alfredson Ulla Smidje Eva-Lena Zetterlund
farmer husband wife son daughter somber touching småland, sweden minnesota ship countryside farm river family farming america travel emigration class distinctions adventure
Småland, Sweden, mid-19th century. A farming family struggle with their rocky, unyielding land, and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
1987
160 Minutes
Max von Sydow Pelle Hvenegaard Erik Paaske Kristina Törnqvist Bjorn Granath Astrid Villaume Axel Strøbye Troels Asmussen Karen Wegener Sofie Gråbøl Lars Simonsen
father son farmer worker brooding emotional touching bornholm, denmark farm ship class distinctions bigotry family farming growing up transformation underdog 19th century
When his wife dies, Lassefar (Max von Sydow) takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle (Pelle Hvenegaard), from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life. Signing on as laborers at ... See full summary »
Drama
Brazil
1997
118 Minutes
Leandra Leal Lima Duarte Fernando Torres Floriano Peixoto Castrinho Débora Bloch
daughter father old man young man dreamy tense island lighthouse beach ocean sexual awakening father/daughter relationship menstruation coming of age isolation fantasy fall transformation 1990s
A fantasy/mystery about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter.
Drama
Romania|France|Belgium
2016
128 Minutes
Adrian Titieni Maria-Victoria Dragus Rares Andrici Lia Bugnar Malina Manovici Vlad Ivanov Petre Ciubotaru David Hodorog Gheorghe Ifrim Lucian Ifrim
father daughter attacker police officer brutal disheartening disturbing emotional gripping uneasy transylvania small town rape rape aftermath revenge moral dilemma father/daughter relationship fatherhood love revenge
A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
Drama
UK|Canada
1997
94 Minutes
farmer grandson landowner daughter dog neighbor charming moving isle of man farm countryside train station grudge herding competition grandparent/child relationship wrongfully accused family transformation love
Recently orphaned in America, teenager David Roberts must spend the summer with grumpy maternal grandfather Adam MacAdam, whom he never met, on his sheep-farm on the Isle of Man. Both long ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Karen Morley Tom Keene Barbara Pepper Addison Richards John Qualen Lloyd Ingram Sidney Bracey Henry Hall Nellie V. Nichols Frank Minor
husband wife farmer carpenter plumber musician uplifting tense spirited apartment farm countryside great depression agriculture commune farming love triangle rise transformation temptation
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
Drama
Ireland|Canada
1998
120 Minutes
Aidan Quinn James Caan Stephen Rea John Cusack Moya Farrelly Jacob Tierney Colm Meaney Donal Donnelly Brendan Gleeson John Kavanagh Eamon Morrissey
college student son mother father schoolteacher farmer emotional touching ireland countryside family home village farm united states family secrets irish life class distinctions pregnancy search self-discovery
Widowed Kieran Johnson is a lonely, middle-aged, Chicago-based high school history teacher who feels disconnected to his life. He decides to take a trip to his mother's small old hometown ... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1919
87 Minutes
Lillian Gish Robert Harron Loyola O'Connor Wilbur Higby Clarine Seymour Kate Bruce Raymond Cannon
farm girl minister student temptress aunt father melodramatic tender passionate touching farm college family home rural community countryside secrets infidelity unrequited love small-town life death
Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1991
88 Minutes
Alan Howard Amelda Brown Charlotte Chatton Jason Carter Rachel Scott Matthew Scurfield Liz Smith David Warrilow
pilot farmer daughter sister mother shop owner melodramatic disheartening somber england small town farm air force base teen pregnancy loss of job eviction depression suicide small-town life growing up
A sensitive drama about a farm labourer's abused daughter who fantasises about the officers of the local U.S. Air Base to escape the guilt and hypocrisy of everyday life. But her dreams of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1920
75 Minutes
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Lon Chaney Ralph Lewis E. Alyn Warren Stanley Goethals Melbourne MacDowell Wilton Taylor Rose Plumer
monk robber criminal rival father daughter melodramatic intense spirited hideout big city street redemption double-cross father/daughter relationship heist wrongfully accused jewelry theft transformation rivalry
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »
Drama
2008
96 Minutes
Reza Naji Hamid Aghazi Maryam Akbari Kamran Dehghan Schabnam Akhlaghi Neshat Nazari Hassan Rezaee Ponya Salehi
laborer wife deaf child father taxi driver businessman emotional amusing powerful tehran, iran countryside ostrich farm road construction site journey poverty unemployment city vs. country mistaken identity father/daughter relationship
The kind and generous nature of a former ostrich farmer (Reza Naji) starts to erode after he takes a job in the city driving a motorcycle taxi.
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia|USA
1995
94 Minutes
James Cromwell Magda Szubanski Mary Acres David Webb Marshall Napier John Doyle Paul Goddard
farmer wife animal pig dog uplifting endearing inspiring positive farm countryside fair animals social change grief growing up transformation underdog 1990s
Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.
Drama
Switzerland|France|Italy
1986
122 Minutes
Yves Montand Gérard Depardieu Daniel Auteuil Elisabeth Depardieu Ernestine Mazurowna Marcel Champel Armand Meffre Margarita Lozano Andre Dupon Pierre Nougaro Jean Maurel
nephew uncle farmer neighbor aunt spirited emotional melodramatic intense france farm countryside mountain provence, france ambition aspirations farming competition deception daunting task
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Drama
UK|France
1996
142 Minutes
Timothy Spall Brenda Blethyn Phyllis Logan Marianne Jean-Baptiste Claire Rushbrook Ron Cook Lesley Manville Elizabeth Berrington Michele Austin Lee Ross Emma Amos
doctor mother blue-collar worker daughter brother powerful tense funeral london backyard café family dysfunction mother/daughter relationship family history adoption class distinctions friendship discovery transformation 1990s
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Richard Whorf George Tobias Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Betty Brewer Donald MacBride Howard da Silva Willard Robertson Faye Emerson
farmer owner girl friend farmhand tense melodramatic florida atlanta farm farming worker's rights friendship framed for murder small-town life greed underdog love sacrifice 1940s
Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »