20 movies like Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story, ordered by similarity : The Second Mother(2015), Fatima(2015), Six Figures(2005), Sometimes Always Never(2018), Okaasan(1952), Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven(1976), Summer Hours(2008), Gone Baby Gone(2007), Wildlife(2018), Mark of an Angel(2008), Saving Face(2004), Fugue(2018) ...
Drama
UK|Spain
2008
90 Minutes
Judy Reyes Ana Ortiz A Martinez Hector Luis Bustamante Marlene Forte Jillian Bruno Anthony Harrison David Canales-Zorrilla Chris Duran Alejandro Chavarria
mother husband congressman young girl kidnapper daughter emotional suspenseful intricate philadelphia apartment hospital kidnapping marital problems missing persons fire family quest mystery 2000s
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
2005
108 Minutes
JR Bourne Caroline Cave Deborah Grover Frank Adamson Joyce Gordon
husband wife boss daughter mother-in-law parent bleak disturbing tense emotional family home canada art gallery office assault family dysfunction trust failing career marital problems investigation
Warner isn't sure how he got where he is, but he's not particularly happy to be there: mid-thirties, married, two kids, dead-end career in fund raising, cramped town house, old car, clothes... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
Spain
2018
91 Minutes
Bill Nighy Sam Riley Alice Lowe Jenny Agutter Tim McInnerny John Westley Oliver Sindcup Louis Healy Ella-Grace Gregoire
grandfather family missing person son touching witty suspenseful amusing charming offbeat melancholy suburb countryside united kingdom family relationships missing persons game mystery grief mystery
The star of SOMETHING HUGE, Berto Romero, after years of success in film & TV wants to explore 'a new shape of comedy': the comedy of the future. In parallel, Carlo Padial, director of ... See full synopsis »
Drama
Japan
1952
100 Minutes
Kinuyo Tanaka Masao Mishima Akihiko Katayama Kyoko Kagawa Eiji Okada
mother husband daughter sister son japanese man melodramatic tender moving japan family home street factory mother/daughter relationship family postwar japan poverty marriage hard times sacrifice
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Drama
West Germany
1976
105 Minutes
Margit Carstensen Brigitte Mira Ingrid Caven Armin Meier Irm Hermann Gottfried John
husband wife daughter son photographer communist disturbing melodramatic profound factory family home dining room street frankfurt, germany workplace violence media circus family grief hostage situation mother/daughter relationship
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her ... See full summary »
Drama
France
2008
102 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Charles Berling Jérémie Renier Édith Scob Dominique Reymond Kyle Eastwood Alice De Lencquesaing Eric Elmosnino
mother brother sister son daughter emotional moving paris france household family mother/child relationship inheritance mortality art siblings discovery love 2000s
Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
115 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver Michael Kenneth Williams Edi Gathegi
private investigator girlfriend aunt cop drug dealer mother dark gripping suspenseful boston household hospital funeral kidnapping investigation death deception missing persons quest mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2001
99 Minutes
Tilda Swinton David Siegel Goran Visnjic Jonathan Tucker Peter Donat Josh Lucas Raymond J. Barry Tamara Hope Jordan Dorrance Georgeann Johnson Holmes Osborne
mother son lover husband deputy tense suspenseful intricate lake california family home blackmail cover-up maternal instinct homosexuality family discovery sacrifice mystery 1990s
A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Drama, Romance
USA
2007
83 Minutes
Henry O Faye Yu Vida Ghahremani Pasha D. Lychnikoff Megan Albertus Wes Deitrick Angela Dierdorff Petro Tracy Schornick
widower daughter arab-american antique dealer friend chinese immigrant intricate powerful heartwarming china united states family home apartment office park reunion father/daughter relationship culture clash immigration family dysfunction
A Chinese man travels to America to visit his daughter after her recent divorce. Though his trip starts off as a mission to see his daughter remarry, he sparks to an Iranian woman who, despite their language barrier, captures his heart.
Drama
USA|Spain
2009
126 Minutes
Naomi Watts Annette Bening Kerry Washington Jimmy Smits Samuel L. Jackson S. Epatha Merkerson Cherry Jones Elpidia Carrillo Shareeka Epps David Morse Eileen Ryan
mother daughter physical therapist lawyer husband emotional powerful profound law office hospital restaurant household orphanage adoption parenthood marriage pregnancy family regret discovery
A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2005
112 Minutes
Kathy Baker Amy Brenneman Elpidia Carrillo Glenn Close Stephen Dillane Dakota Fanning William Fichtner LisaGay Hamilton Holly Hunter Jason Isaacs Joe Mantegna
divorcée sick person prisoner old flame teen girl woman tender moving intricate melodramatic jail hospital family home supermarket graveyard mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement reunion illness
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Comedy, Drama
2011
106 Minutes
Tyler Perry Bow Wow Loretta Devine Cassi Davis Lauren London David Mann Tamela Mann Isaiah Mustafa Rodney Perry Shannon Kane Natalie Desselle
grandmother matriarch mother daughter son husband uplifting inspiring house atlanta georgia family cancer reunion mother/daughter relationship love 2000s
Madea (Tyler Perry) gathers the clan together to help her niece (Loretta Devine) cope with some distressing news about her health.
Drama
USA
1972
97 Minutes
Brock Peters Leslie Uggams Peggy Pettit Claudia McNeil Louise Stubbs Gloria Edwards Loretta Greene Kent Martin Ruby Dee
daughter sister single mother adopted daughter grandmother tender emotional moving family home mother/child relationship dreams siblings family dysfunction jealousy poverty growing up rivalry 1970s
An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.