20 movies like Against the Current, ordered by similarity : Hera Pheri(1975), Kai Po Che!(2013), Late Night(2019), Is Anybody There?(2008), Donald Cried(2016), The Shawshank Redemption(1994), Girls Town(1996), The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999), I'm Not Ashamed(2016), Stealing Home(1988), Club 60(2013), Made(2001) ...
Drama
USA
2009
95 Minutes
Joseph Fiennes Justin Kirk Elizabeth Reaser Mary Tyler Moore Michelle Trachtenberg Pell James Samantha Sherman Constance Barron
swimmer friend gripping emotional hudson river boat new york troubled past suicide mission training friendship quest
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Emma Thompson Mindy Kaling John Lithgow Hugh Dancy Reid Scott Denis O'Hare Max Casella Paul Walter Hauser John Early Luke Slattery Ike Barinholtz
talk show host writer co-worker friend amusing hilarious cheeky inspiring uplifting new york city television studio office stage women comedy unlikely allies unlikely friendship friendship working woman transformation
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.
Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Michael Caine Bill Milner Anne-Marie Duff David Morrissey Rosemary Harris Elizabeth Spriggs Leslie Phillips Peter Vaughan Linzey Cocker Sylvia Syms Ralph Ineson
young boy magician magician's assistant best friend friend teenager charming playful engaging suspenseful witty friendship best friends relationships unlikely friendship magic adventure discovery growing up mystery
A death-obsessed youth (Bill Milner) befriends an aging magician (Michael Caine) who longs to join his wife in the afterlife.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Jesse Wakeman Kris Avedisian Louisa Krause Ted Arcidi Shawn Contois Kate Fitzgerald Patrick Languzzi Robby Morse Levy Alexander Cook Kyle Espeleta
man childhood friend neighbor family member co-worker businessman cheeky emotional creative new york city wall street rhode island train boat funeral going home childhood friends loss memories self-discovery
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
Drama
USA
1994
142 Minutes
Tim Robbins Morgan Freeman Bob Gunton William Sadler Clancy Brown Gil Bellows James Whitmore Mark Rolston Jeffrey DeMunn
innocent man prisoner warden guard banker friend powerful emotional gripping maine prison mexico beach field store murder escape corruption freedom friendship
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Drama
USA
1996
88 Minutes
Lili Taylor Anna Grace Bruklin Harris Aunjanue Ellis Ramya Pratt Guillermo Díaz Ernestine Jackson Stephanie Berry Nathaniel Freeman Asia Minor Michael Imperioli
teen girl rape victim friend ex-boyfriend rapist unwed mother tender gutsy raw emotional new jersey high school baseball field diner classroom suicide troubled youth rape friendship female bonding
A look at a group of girl friends coming-of-age during their senior year of high school in urban America. Nikki and Emma have a heart to heart talk one evening about how much they'll miss ... See full summary »
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1999
139 Minutes
Matt Damon Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law Cate Blanchett Philip Seymour Hoffman Jack Davenport James Rebhorn Sergio Rubini Philip Baker Hall Celia Weston Fiorello
sociopath playboy expatriates father friend detective thrilling suspenseful tense new york city italy boat hotel rome apartment deception death affair friendship obsession
In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
Biography, Drama
2016
112 Minutes
Masey McLain Ben Davies Sadie Robertson Korie Robertson Bella Robertson Jaci Velasquez Matthew Schuler Nancy Stafford Jennifer O'Neill Terri Minton Cameron McKendry
christian teen girl classmate friend boyfriend killer gripping emotional profound colorado high school house classroom car restaurant christianity friendship columbine massacre faith self-confidence
Devout teen Rachel Joy Scott (Masey McLain) shows compassion and love for her fellow students, until armed classmates enter Columbine High School on a fateful day that changes America forever.
Drama
USA
1988
98 Minutes
Mark Harmon William Porter Jodie Foster Blair Brown Jonathan Silverman Harold Ramis John Shea William McNamara
baseball player childhood friend ex-girlfriend free spirit friend sweetheart moving touching sad spirited seaside train childhood home memory suicide adolescence nostalgia love friendship rise
Ex baseball player Billy comes home to receive his childhood darling's ashes (suicide). He reminisces.
Drama
India
2013
139 Minutes
Farooq Shaikh Sarika Raghubir Yadav Satish Shah Tinnu Anand Sharat Saxena Vineet Kumar Suhasini Mulay Zarina Wahab
older man old man friend best friend doctor amusing hilarious hysterical emotional india city house bungalow men's club friendship old age aspirations fun adventure quest
A glance at 62 years old Manu bhai Shah (Raghubir Yadav) and how he appears peculiar in his outfit, crazy in his behavior, flamboyant in his style, loud and funny in his conversation and ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
94 Minutes
Jon Favreau Vince Vaughn Sean Combs Famke Janssen Faizon Love David O'Hara Vincent Pastore Peter Falk
boxer friend girlfriend crime boss criminal amusing tense new york city los angeles restaurant friendship mob dangerous assignment drugs failed romance underdog quest 2000s
Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
Action, Drama
New Zealand
2015
86 Minutes
Dominic Purcell Peter Feeney Owen Black Siobhan Marshall Greg Johnson Daniel Cleary Serena Cotton Rachel Nash
man shipwreck survivor survivor friend explorer sailor engaging emotional melodramatic thrilling gripping suspenseful sea boat ocean home danger shipwreck sinking ship survival
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Mae Clarke James Hall Marie Prevost Nance O'Neil Edmund Breese James Donlan Paul Porcasi Paul Fix Wheeler Oakman George Berliner
girlfriend gangster son parent best friend detective melodramatic gripping intense nightclub houseboat apartment philadelphia prison gangsters murder marriage friendship reputation wealth
Marcia Cameron (Mae Clark), a gangster's moll, quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan Tyler (Robert Ellis) for a respectable rich man, Bob Henderson (Jmaes Hall), but after giving ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2016
86 Minutes
Parker Posey Lena Dunham John Rothman Joshua Safdie Robert Clohessy Barbara Sukowa Al Thompson Grace Dunham Laurie Simmons Benjamin Eakeley Garland Hunter
artist friend dog man amusing charming emotional endearing cheeky creative new york city gallery office garden restaurant artistic struggle creative process creative block friendship small town
Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Drama
USA
1998
95 Minutes
Marissa Ribisi Juliette Lewis Giovanni Ribisi Jeremy Sisto Pamela Adlon Kristin Dattilo Michael Rapaport David Gail
boyfriend actor brother sister girlfriend friend emotional quirky amusing los angeles household southern california city love triangle infidelity relationships betrayal friendship brother/sister relationship discovery
Four unstable twenty-something women search for long-term relationships in 1990s Los Angeles.
Drama, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Jane Seymour Nia Peeples Parker Stevenson William Shockley Ellen Travolta Joel Brooks Patrick Bristow Parker Croft Jack Bannon Dan Shaked
woman mistress love interest lover best friend friend amusing engaging charming passionate emotional relationships friendship passion attraction sexual conquests sexual identity adventure discovery love
Having no commitments and never being vulnerable, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. She comes to realize her best friend holds the key to her heart and is the only one capable of extracting her emotions.
Drama
USA
2003
132 Minutes
Busy Philipps Erika Christensen Victor Garber Holland Taylor Ken Jenkins James Pickens Jr.
high-school student teen girl murderer police officer murder suspect friend emotional profound gripping high school classroom hospital crime scene family home suspicion friendship recovery school shootings investigation coming of age
A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
98 Minutes
Ellar Coltrane Ian Nelson Analeigh Tipton Callan McAuliffe Ella Hunt Bill Milner Hayden Szeto Lana Condor Victoria Justice
best friend band member friend love interest girlfriend cheeky amusing emotional charming stage bar woods house apartment growing up friendship romance broken heart love triangle love
A coming-of-age story about the complexities of young romantic relationships.