20 movies like Yonkers Joe, ordered by similarity : The Upside(2017), August(2008), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.(2003), Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles(2005), Sangre de Mi Sangre(2007), Transamerica(2005), South Central(1992), Beautiful Boy(2018), Irina Palm(2007), Time Out(2001), The Return(2003), Dean(2016) ...
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2008
101 Minutes
Chazz Palminteri Christine Lahti Thomas Guiry Michael Lerner Linus Roache Michael Rispoli Roma Maffia Frank John Hughes Arthur Nascarella
con artist son gambler wife cardsharp disabled person brash amusing profound hospital apartment casino city father/son relationship scam gambling one last job reunion mental disability transformation
Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.
Comedy, Drama
2017
126 Minutes
Kevin Hart Bryan Cranston Nicole Kidman Aja Naomi King Jahi Di'Allo Winston Genevieve Angelson Golshifteh Farahani Tate Donovan Julianna Margulies Suzanne Savoy
wealthy man disabled person parolee ex-wife son assistant amusing hilarious emotional tense inspiring incredible penthouse new york city hospital restaurant party unlikely friendship disability caregiving
A wealthy quadriplegic hires a struggling parolee to be his caretaker in his upscale New York penthouse. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom as both men rediscover the joy of living life to the fullest.
Drama
2008
88 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Naomie Harris Adam Scott Robin Tunney Andre Royo Emmanuelle Chriqui David Bowie Rip Torn Caroline Lagerfelt
business owner son brother investor girlfriend entrepreneur melodramatic gripping thrilling confident engaging new york city club apartment office city apartment street father/son relationship brother relationship dot-com bubble
The co-founder (Josh Hartnett) of an Internet company tries to win back his lover (Naomie Harris), while his business teeters on the brink of disaster.
8.1/10
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2003
146 Minutes
Sunil Dutt Sanjay Dutt Gracy Singh Arshad Warsi Rohini Hattangadi Boman Irani Jimmy Sheirgill
father mother son gangster childhood friend doctor india village city house bungalow hospital wish fulfillment cheating lying college admission doctor-patient relationship father/son relationship love rivalry
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
7.3/10
Drama
China|Japan|Hong Kong
2005
107 Minutes
Ken Takakura Shinobu Terajima Kiichi Nakai Qiu Lin Yang Zhenbo Ken Nakamoto
fisherman son wife singer father moving dark tokyo mountain village hospital family illness father/son relationship friendship movie making redemption discovery sacrifice quest
A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Argentina
2007
111 Minutes
Jorge Adrián Espíndola Armando Hernández Jesús Ochoa Paola Mendoza Eugenio Derbez Leonardo Anzures Jean Brassard Barbara Danicka
son con artist father prostitute police officer gritty moving powerful new york city mexico restaurant father/son relationship illegal immigration prostitution identity theft impersonation smuggling adventure growing up pursuit
A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
Belgium|Germany|Luxembourg|UK|France
2007
103 Minutes
Marianne Faithfull Miki Manojlovic Kevin Bishop Siobhan Hewlett Dorka Gryllus Jenny Agutter Corey Burke Meg Wynn Owen Susan Hitch Flip Webster
prostitute grandmother sick person son owner grandson somber amusing endearing london sex shop hospital prostitution illness money mother/son relationship surgery desperation sacrifice love
Maggie, a 60-year-old widow, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson, Olly. After one attempt at trying to find a job, she finds herself roaming the... See full summary »
7.4/10
Drama
France
2001
134 Minutes
Aurélien Recoing Karin Viard Serge Livrozet Jean-Pierre Mangeot Monique Mangeot Nicolas Kalsch Marie Cantet Felix Cantet Maxime Sassier Nigel Palmer Christophe Charles
unemployed person businessman wife son father bleak gripping geneva car apartment family home france unemployment lie money family fear investment fall wretched excess
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
8.0/10
Drama
Russia
2003
110 Minutes
Ivan Dobronravov Vladimir Garin Konstantin Lavronenko Natalya Vdovina Galina Petrova Aleksey Suknovalov Lazar Dubovik Elizaveta Aleksandrova Lyubov Kazakova
father son teenager mother emotional dark somber uneasy russia small town car boat island abandonment absence reunion father/son relationship discovery growing up mystery
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1991
129 Minutes
Vincent Spano Joe Morton Tony Lo Bianco Anthony Sarrero Barbara Williams John Sayles Angela Bassett Chris Cooper Gloria Foster Josh Mostel David Strathairn
contractor son father politician mayor homeless person emotional tense new jersey city inner-city life corruption urban poverty real estate father/son relationship law enforcement wretched excess underdog 1990s
An intersecting tale with a multitude of characters living lives which, in one way or another, revolve around an old apartment block scheduled to be demolished.
6.9/10
Drama
UK|Canada
1998
112 Minutes
Roshan Seth Soni Razdan Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah Ranjit Chowdhry Sam Dastor Kurush Deboo Pearl Padamsee Vrajesh Hirjee Shazneen Damania Kurush Dastur
husband wife father son daughter artist engaging uplifting india neighborhood household indian independence movement religion family struggle life lessons war transformation quest 1970s
Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
6.0/10
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.
5.9/10
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2006
83 Minutes
Roger Lloyd-Pack Leo Bill Kate Fahy Sarah Ball Neil Conrich Richard Wills-Cotton Alan Perrin Richard Syms
husband wife son nurse aristocrat father emotional tense frightening england countryside estate family dysfunction mental disability illness aristocracy financial troubles father/son relationship sacrifice discovery
A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
Israel
2011
106 Minutes
Shlomo Bar-Aba Lior Ashkenazi Aliza Rosen Alma Zack Daniel Markovich Micah Lewesohn Yuval Scharf Nevo Kimchi
professor son wife scholar amusing profound passionate jerusalem hebrew university family home father/son relationship academia judaism misunderstanding ambition rivalry transformation 2010s
Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
Comedy, Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Fernando Ciangherotti Silvia Mariscal Enrique Arreola Ari Brickman Juan Carlos Colombo Marina de Tavira Juan Pablo Medina Max Kerlow Verónica Langer Angelina Peláez Martin LaSalle
widower ex-wife rabbi old man doctor son dark amusing offbeat mexico city family home apartment kitchen suicide funeral judaism will and testament family love fall
A woman's suicide just before Passover creates many complications for her ex-husband (Fernando Luján) and their family.
6.2/10
Drama, Comedy
USA
2018
98 Minutes
Ben Mendelsohn Edie Falco Thomas Mann Charlie Tahan Connie Britton Bill Camp Elizabeth Marvel Natalie Gold Josh Pais
retiree wife drug addict teenager father son amusing hilarious emotional raw quirky moving restaurant house kitchen woods hospital bar lifestyle changes adventure
After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders befriends a drug-addicted teen, sending him down a path of reckless and shameful behavior.
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