20 movies like Hachiko: A Dog's Story, ordered by similarity : A Single Man(2009), Late Night(2019), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), Good Will Hunting(1997), The Deer Hunter(1978), The Navigators(2001), Big Fan(2009), Smashed(2012), Apartment for Peggy(1948), Aakrosh(2010), On a Clear Day(2005), The History Boys(2006) ...
8.1/10
Drama
UK|USA
2009
93 Minutes
Richard Gere Joan Allen Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Jason Alexander Erick Avari Sarah Roemer Davenia McFadden Robbie Collier Sublett
college professor puppy clock emotional university train station friendship running work transformation
A college professor bonds with an abandoned dog he takes into his home.
7.6/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2009
99 Minutes
Colin Firth Julianne Moore Nicholas Hoult Matthew Goode Jon Kortajarena Paulette Lamori Ryan Simpkins Ginnifer Goodwin Teddy Sears Aaron Sanders Lee Pace
professor homosexual lover student friend male prostitute brooding emotional profound cheeky suburb house college beach gas station suicide grief friendship homosexuality teaching
An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
6.5/10
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.
6.4/10
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 »
8.3/10
Drama
USA
1997
126 Minutes
Matt Damon Robin Williams Ben Affleck Minnie Driver Stellan Skarsgård Casey Affleck Cole Hauser Rachel Majorowski
genius professor therapist friend thug romantic interest cheeky emotional heartwarming boston massachusetts bar mit abuse aspirations college friendship growing up discovery rise
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
8.1/10
War, Drama
USA
1978
183 Minutes
Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Savage John Cazale Meryl Streep George Dzundza Chuck Aspegren Shirley Stoler
soldier friend girlfriend wife enemy blue-collar worker bleak disturbing powerful intense emotional brutal clairton, pa. battlefield vietnam pow camp wedding town horrors of war vietnam war
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
7.0/10
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2001
96 Minutes
Dean Andrews Tom Craig Joe Duttine Steve Huison Venn Tracey Andy Swallow Sean Glenn Charlie Brown Juliet Bates Angela Saville Nigel Harrison
railroad worker friend colleague boss bleak moving amusing yorkshire, england railyard railroad work corporate downsizing corporate culture training friendship underdog transformation fall 2000s
Five Yorkshiremen try to survive after the British Rail is bought out by a private company.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
88 Minutes
Patton Oswalt Kevin Corrigan Marcia Jean Kurtz Michael Rapaport Matt Servitto Gino Cafarelli Serafina Fiore Jonathan Hamm Joe Garden Polly Humphries
blue-collar worker mother fan friend football player radio host amusing cheeky emotional staten island, n.y. parking garage hospital gas station strip club radio station sports fandom friendship idolization accident
A hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
2012
81 Minutes
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Aaron Paul Nick Offerman Megan Mullally Kyle Gallner Mackenzie Davis Bree Turner Mary Kay Place Octavia Spencer Patti Allison Richmond Arquette
wife husband alcoholic co-worker friend emotional raw powerful los angeles household school alcoholism marital problems lifestyle changes work-life balance fall transformation 2010s
A married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1948
96 Minutes
professor veteran wife director doctor engaging charming uplifting emotional college attic house depression old age veterans young love unusual friendship meaning of life discovery transformation
A retired professor rents his attic apartment to pregnant Peggy and her GI-Bill-student husband. The professor ponders if his life is no longer useful while the young couple faces the challenges shared with many WW II veterans' families.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2010
155 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Akshaye Khanna Bipasha Basu Paresh Rawal Reema Sen Amita Pathak
minister student friend police officers gripping intense powerful sad emotional india house college hospital police station murder suicide police work class conflict class distinctions rise
The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
2005
92 Minutes
Peter Mullan Brenda Blethyn Sean McGinley Jamie Sives Billy Boyd Ron Cook Jodhi May Benedict Wong Anne Marie Timoney Shaun Dingwall Tony Roper
worker wife friend cynic son emotional inspiring uplifting beach glasgow house ambition retirement redemption determination friendship swimming discovery rise transformation
Frank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - swimming the English Channel.
6.8/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
2006
109 Minutes
Richard Griffiths Frances de la Tour Stephen Campbell Moore Samuel Barnett Dominic Cooper James Corden Jamie Parker Russell Tovey Samuel Anderson Sacha Dhawan Andrew Knott
student headmaster gay/lesbian teenager friend teacher emotional profound england university education sex literature coming of age friendship loneliness discovery pursuit transformation sacrifice
An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1941
95 Minutes
Martha Scott William Gargan Edmund Gwenn Sterling Holloway Sidney Blackmer Mary Anderson Dorothy Peterson
teacher suitor friend student emotional melodramatic small town college nebraska teaching romance friendship aspirations transformation love discovery sacrifice 1930s
Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her vixenish cousin Amy. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy's daughter Hope.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
France
2014
119 Minutes
Omar Sy Olivier Nakache Charlotte Gainsbourg Tahar Rahim Izïa Higelin Youngar Fall Isaka Sawadogo Hélène Vincent Christiane Millet Clotilde Mollet Liya Kebede
worker fly illegal immigrant friend social worker engaging amusing suspenseful emotional heartwarming paris france construction site government offices unemployment office street welfare love organization race against time
Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
121 Minutes
Robert De Niro Anne Hathaway Rene Russo Anders Holm JoJo Kushner Andrew Rannells Adam Devine Zack Pearlman Jason Orley Christina Scherer Nat Wolff
widower intern boss co-worker child husband moving emotional cool new york city office bar boardroom apartment street starting over business learning experience friendship dedication
Seventy-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1980
113 Minutes
Brad Davis Karen Allen Jameson Parker Shelley Long John Friedrich Gary Springer Craig Richard Nelson Harry Caesar Nan Martin Daniel Stern Severn Darden
man woman student friend soldier lover engaging melodramatic emotional harvard university campus massachusetts protest cafeteria relationships vietnam war friendship love triangle romance social activism
Harvard in the 1960's: a time of social upheaval and student unrest. Three students bond together, challenge the system and begin to lose their ideals.
5.6/10
Romance, Anime, Drama
Japan
2017
90 Minutes
teen boy teen girl runaway friend parent classmate emotional cheeky suspenseful touching japan pool school classroom train coast time travel growing up love friendship
Schoolchildren Norimichi, Yûsuke and Jun'ichi want to know if fireworks look round or flat from the side. They make a plan to find the answer at a fireworks display, while Nazuna schemes to... See full summary »
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
factory worker mother father daughter son seamstress fascinating emotional striking solemn china factory train train station village family worker's rights tradition work vs. family work-life balance
Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.
Comedy, Drama
1951
110 Minutes
Cary Grant Jeanne Crain Finlay Currie Walter Slezak Hume Cronyn Sidney Blackmer Basil Ruysdael Katherine Locke
physician student friend professor father dean offbeat quirky striking university hospital small town illegitimate child medicine morality friendship jealousy discovery love sacrifice
A doctor's unconventional theories of medicine and relationship with a young student place his reputation in jeopardy.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1992
134 Minutes
Mary McDonnell Alfre Woodard David Strathairn Vondie Curtis-Hall Nora Dunn Sheila Kelley Angela Bassett Leo Burmester Mary Portser Shauntisa Willis John Henry Redwood
actress nurse daughter therapist friend emotional fiery profound louisiana family home new york city accident paralysis grief friendship alcoholism love-hate relationship discovery transformation rise
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
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