20 movies like Prayers for Bobby, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Never Steady, Never Still(2017), Dean(2016), Carol(2015), Mum's List(2016), Forrest Gump(1994), The Champ(1931), Room(2015), Juggernaut(2017), Staying Together(1989), Zakhm(1998), Eeshwar(1989) ...
Drama
2009
90 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Henry Czerny Ryan Kelley Dan Butler Austin Nichols Carly Schroeder Shannon Eagen Scott Bailey Susan Ruttan
mother son sibling pastor boyfriend sad moving inspiring walnut creek, calif. portland, ore. bridge san francisco church gay bar homophobia homosexuality christianity activism suicide mother/son relationship
A devout woman (Sigourney Weaver) becomes an advocate for gay rights after her homosexual son commits suicide.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
6.1/10
Drama
Canada
2017
111 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Théodore Pellerin Mary Galloway Nicholas Campbell Jared Abrahamson Jonathan Whitesell Beverley Elliott Lorne Cardinal Eric Keenleyside Chilton Crane Sean Owen Roberts
mother son teenager father oil worker disabled person emotional heartwarming inspiring moving sad alberta, canada oil field house support group small town parkinson's disease mother/son relationship alienation struggle
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
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.
7.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
6.5/10
Drama
UK
2016
101 Minutes
Rafe Spall Emilia Fox Elaine Cassidy William Stagg Matthew Stagg Richard Cordery Susan Jameson Ross McCormack
father single father deceased mother son young boy brother moving emotional engaging endearing england life lessons mother's death mother/son relationship father/son relationship breast cancer disease death challenge love
A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.
8.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1994
142 Minutes
Tom Hanks Robin Wright Gary Sinise Mykelti Williamson Sally Field Rebecca Williams Michael Conner Humphreys Harold Herthum George Kelly Bob Penny John Randall
son mother soldier friend love interest amusing inspiring incredible moving alabama vietnam boat bus stop love vietnam war activism reinvention friendship adventure rescue
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
8.1/10
Drama
Canada|Ireland|UK|USA
2015
118 Minutes
Brie Larson Jacob Tremblay Joan Allen Sean Bridgers Tom McCamus William H. Macy Megan Park Amanda Brugel
mother son young boy charming brooding creative emotional intense room united states real world imprisonment kidnapping confinement escape mother/son relationship love life curiosity discovery
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
5.5/10
Crime, Drama
Canada
2017
105 Minutes
Amanda Crew Jack Kesy Ty Olsson Stephen McHattie David Cubitt Peter McRobbie Matty Finochio Philip Granger Darren Dolynski Jason Diablo Fanny Migneault-Lecavalier
mother son brother priest police officer criminal brash brutal uneasy unrestrained tense raw house car police station barn bar office suicide murder
After a lengthy absence, a small town outlaw returns to his hometown, violently obsessed with the notion that his Mother's death was not a suicide.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1989
91 Minutes
Sean Astin Stockard Channing Melinda Dillon Jim Haynie Levon Helm Dinah Manoff Dermot Mulroney Tim Quill Keith Szarabajka Daphne Zuniga
father mother brother son older brother younger brother emotional heartwarming amusing small town restaurant family business life lessons coming of age father/son relationship mother/son relationship brotherhood growing up 1980s
The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.
7.9/10
Drama
India
1998
100 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Pooja Bhatt Sonali Bendre Nagarjuna Ashutosh Rana Akshay Anand
music producer mother husband brother son wife emotional passionate mumbai, india house church hospital islam religious fundamentalism secret marriage mother/son relationship parenthood riots forbidden love transformation
Amidst religious riots, a son deals with his mother's life-threatening injuries, and her last request.
7.3/10
Drama
India
1989
180 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Asha Sachdev Sadashiv Amrapurkar Saeed Jaffrey Gulshan Grover Vinod Mehra Bharati Achrekar Jayshree Gadkar Bal Dhuri Vikram Gokhale Rakesh Pandey
autistic person widow son artist mother airy charming moving india town street house autism abuse single mothers childhood love marriage love underdog
Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
2012
110 Minutes
Leïla Bekhti Guillaume Canet Slimane Khettabi Claudia Jurt Dan Demarbre Abraham Belaga Nicolas Abraham François Favrat
chef waitress love interest lover son couple engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming moving restaurant france montreal canada relationships attraction new life money happiness
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.
7.1/10
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
5.4/10
Drama
UK
1969
100 Minutes
Richard Burton Rex Harrison Cathleen Nesbitt Beatrix Lehmann Royston Starr Jake Kavanagh Dermot Kelly
homosexual hairdresser mother hustler business partner boyfriend amusing sad witty touching london barbershop apartment nightclub relationships mother/son relationship aging homosexuality love love
Charles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Drama
Ireland
2014
102 Minutes
Kerry Fox Moe Dunford Philip Jackson Catherine Walker Aaron Monaghan Conor Mullen David Herlihy Tommy O'Neill
mentally ill person suicidal person cop mother emotional heartwarming intense dublin ireland mother/son relationship dysfunctional relationship obsessive love growing up love 2010s
When a young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
Drama
2018
90 Minutes
Anna Maxwell Martin Vicky McClure Daniel Mays David Wilmot Simone Kirby
mother terrorist family victim son gritty powerful tense england city united kingdom terrorism political unrest mother/son relationship mother courage transformation revenge 1990s
Two women living on opposite sides of the Irish Sea are brought together by the Warrington bombing in 1993.
Comedy, Drama
1972
109 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Edward Albert Eileen Heckart Michael Warren Paul Michael Glaser
blind person mother actress director touching mellow emotional san francisco apartment blindness mother/son relationship love love growing up transformation 1970s
A San Francisco hippie (Goldie Hawn) frees her blind neighbor (Edward Albert) from his fussy mother (Eileen Heckart).
6.9/10
Drama
India
2007
180 Minutes
father terminally ill person mother precocious child headmaster melodramatic endearing heartwarming moving mumbai, india village family home united states father/son relationship education mother/son relationship aspirations class struggle poverty sacrifice
Swami, Radha and their kid shift to Mumbai after selling off their ancestral home in a village. In Mumbai, they get their kid admitted to a school that's patronized by children belonging to... See full summary »
7.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
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