20 movies like Beautiful Boy, ordered by similarity : The Beaver(2011), Inspector Bellamy(2009), Nancy(2018), Nocturnal Animals(2016), Scott Turow's Innocent(2011), Anything for Her(2008), Dark River(2017), Woodpeckers(2017), Staying Together(1989), Wish I Was Here(2014), Brothers ... Blood Against Blood(2015), Devi(1960) ...
Drama
USA|Canada
2010
100 Minutes
Michael Sheen Maria Bello Alan Tudyk Moon Bloodgood Kyle Gallner Meat Loaf Aday Deidrie Henry Bruce French
husband wife son brother writer nephew dark intense los angeles house tennis court motel beach school shootings marital problems family guilt suicide resentment mystery
A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2011
91 Minutes
Mel Gibson Jodie Foster Anton Yelchin Jennifer Lawrence Riley Thomas Stewart Cherry Jones Kelly Coffield Michael Rivera
executive husband wife son puppet depressed person uplifting offbeat sad new york city house street office family home toy factory puppetry depression communication reconciliation husband/wife relationship
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.
Crime, Drama
France
2009
110 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Clovis Cornillac Jacques Gamblin Marie Bunel Vahina Giocante Marie Matheron Adrienne Pauly Yves Verhoeven Bruno Abraham-Kremer Rodolphe Pauly
detective husband wife half brother emotional crafty dark sultry house france dance floor car vacation husband/wife relationship brotherhood work vs. family investigation murder mystery quest
A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
87 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough J. Smith-Cameron Steve Buscemi Ann Dowd John Alberto Leguizamo
couple daughter husband wife missing girl investigator dark intricate tense uneasy house store parking lot woods bedroom missing persons mistaken identity fraud family psychology
Craving connections with others, a woman creates elaborate identities and hoaxes by using pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years earlier, she becomes convinced that these strangers are her parents.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Amy Adams Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Shannon Aaron Taylor-Johnson Isla Fisher Armie Hammer Ellie Bamber Laura Linney Andrea Riseborough Michael Sheen Neil Jackson
art gallerist husband ex-husband author family member friend brooding chilling intense los angeles art gallery house bedroom beach car reading reality ex-husbands truth fiction writing
A wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Pullman Marcia Gay Harden Alfred Molina Richard Schiff Callard Harris Mariana Klaveno Tahmoh Penikett
judge son wife tense disturbing dark bleak courtroom house town illinois trial murder affair father/son relationship fall mystery 2010s
After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
89 Minutes
Ruth Wilson Mark Stanley Sean Bean Esme Creed-Miles Aiden McCullough Shane Attwooll Steve Garti Una McNulty Dean Andrews Jonah Russell Joe Dempsie
father farmer daughter brother estranged brother friend emotional intricate tense solemn intense farm house barn pasture estrangement family business family feud farming mysterious past
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
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.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Zach Braff Kate Hudson Mandy Patinkin Josh Gad Joey King Pierce Gagnon Donald Faison Ashley Greene Jim Parsons Michael Weston Alexander Chaplin
actor father son daughter wife brother uplifting tender confident los angeles house hospital synagogue desert beach family dysfunction family history family relationships faith growth
A struggling actor, father and husband finds himself at a major crossroads, which forces him to examine his life, his family and his career.
Action, Drama
India|USA
2015
156 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Sidharth Malhotra Jackie Shroff Jaqueline Fernandes
fighter young man brother father son thrilling gripping intense house bungalow prison brotherhood brother relationship family relationships rivalry rivalry rise fall quest pursuit
Two estranged, street-fighting brothers square off against each other in a mixed martial arts tournament.
Drama
India
1960
98 Minutes
Sharmila Tagore Soumitra Chatterjee Chhabi Biswas Purnendu Mukherjee Karuna Bannerjee Arpan Chowdhury Anil Chatterjee Kali Sarkar Mohammed Israil Khagesh Chakravarti Santa Devi
husband wife father brother nephew sick person solemn touching sad tender rural community family home front porch india healing reincarnation mental illness father/son relationship crisis of faith family
A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.
Drama
China|Japan
1990
98 Minutes
Gong Li Baotian Li Wei Li Zhang Yi Zhen Ji-an
husband wife nephew illegitimate son lover dark tense moving china household funeral infidelity family dysfunction abusive marriage deception pregnancy forbidden love temptation revenge 1920s
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
83 Minutes
Paul Henreid Joan Bennett Eduard Franz Leslie Brooks John Qualen Mabel Paige Herbert Rudley Charles Arnt George Chandler Sid Tomack Alvin Hammer
gangster henchman rival secretary brother girlfriend dark intense prison gambling house los angeles office doctor's office parking garage one last job gangsters love impersonation brotherhood disillusionment
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity - with unfortunate results.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
76 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur Kay Francis Regis Toomey Stanley Fields Brooks Benedict
husband wife gambler criminal thug brother melodramatic dark gripping new york city gambling house gambling crime redemption family brotherhood husband/wife relationship escape transformation sacrifice
A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.
Romance, Drama
India|France|Germany|USA|Canada
2013
105 Minutes
Irrfan Khan Nimrat Kaur Nawazuddin Siddiqui Denzil Smith Bharati Achrekar Nakul Vaid Lillete Dubey Yashvi Puneet Nagar
housewife husband widower charming endearing positive india village house husband/wife relationship friendship loneliness neglect happiness discovery transformation mystery 2010s
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Drama
Japan|Netherlands|Hong Kong
2008
119 Minutes
Teruyuki Kagawa Kyôko Koizumi Kai Inowaki Haruka Igawa Yû Koyanagi Jason Gray Kanji Tsuda Kazuya Kojima
father mother son friend boss unemployed person bleak tense powerful tokyo house employment office cafeteria loss of job marital problems family guilt deception outsourcing discovery
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Drama, Comedy
2014
95 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Domhnall Gleeson Maggie Gyllenhaal Scoot McNairy Carla Azar François Civil
songwriter suicidal person musician mentally ill person dark amusing small town concert stage england ireland texas musicians band rise to fame suicide mask rise fall 21st century
An aspiring musician (Domhnall Gleeson) finds himself way out of his element after he joins a pop group led by an enigmatic figure (Michael Fassbender) who wears a giant fake head.