20 movies like The Karate Kid, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Carol(2015), The Karate Kid(1984), The Karate Kid Part II(1986), Husband Material(2018), The Second Mother(2015), A Touch of Zen(1971), The Next Karate Kid(1994), Cloud 9(2008), Dean(2016), Middle of Nowhere(2012), Fatima(2015) ...
Kids & Family, Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA|China
2010
140 Minutes
Jaden Smith Jackie Chan Taraji P. Henson Wenwen Han Rongguang Yu Zhensu Wu Zhiheng Wang Jared Minns Shijia Lü Yi Zhao Bo Zhang
student son mentor mother martial arts master single mother engaging endearing inspiring touching heartwarming china beijing detroit sport tournament mountain temple bullying martial arts new love
Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.
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.
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.
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1984
126 Minutes
Ralph Macchio Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Elisabeth Shue Randee Heller Martin Kove William Zabka Chad McQueen Tony O'Dell Ron Thomas Rob Garrison Israel Juarbe
young boy martial arts master janitor father figure single mother bully amusing charming inspiring uplifting california san fernando valley high school martial arts discipline spirituality ethnic tension showdown friendship growing up
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1986
113 Minutes
Ralph Macchio Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Martin Kove Nobu McCarthy Danny Kamekona Yuji Okumoto Tamlyn Tomita Pat E. Johnson Bruce Malmuth Joey Miyashima Will Hunt
young boy martial arts master old flame bully rival niece amusing endearing rousing okinawa, japan los angeles mourning discipline love triangle reconciliation travel martial arts love transformation rivalry
Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Drama
Brazil
2015
112 Minutes
Regina Casé Michel Joelsas Lourenço Mutarelli Karine Teles Camila Márdila Helena Albergaria Luis Miranda Theo Werneck Luci Pereira
housekeeper maid family member mother daughter son charming disheartening heartwarming emotional melodramatic intense brazil são paulo apartment relationships single mothers mother/daughter relationship abandonment love
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Sports & Fitness, Action, Adventure
Taiwan|Hong Kong
1971
180 Minutes
Feng Hsu Chun Shih Pai Ying Roy Chiao Tien Peng Cho Kin Cheung Bing-yuk Sit Hon Wang Shui Ying-Chieh Han Man Chung-san
artist mother princess monk general rival thrilling melodramatic suspenseful incredible china village forest countryside hideout ruins unusual romance on the run politics mother/son relationship
A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
Sports & Fitness, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1994
104 Minutes
Hilary Swank Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Michael Ironside Constance Towers Chris Conrad Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad Michael Cavalieri Walton Goggins
mentor martial arts master bully teenager monk martial arts student confident inspiring boston high school prom monastery house martial arts death coming of age generation gap apprenticeship car accident growing up
Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing; a troubled adolescent girl.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
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.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
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.
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.
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, Action, Sports & Fitness
Taiwan|China|Hong Kong|France
2015
105 Minutes
Qi Shu Chang Chen Satoshi Tsumabuki Sheu Fang-yi Dahong Ni Zhen Yu Lei
young girl kidnapped child kidnapper nun female assassin love interest thrilling suspenseful engaging intense brutal emotional assassination plot true love martial arts conflict of interest romance adventure pursuit rivalry
A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
Romance
France|Belgium
2017
95 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Xavier Beauvois Philippe Katerine Josiane Balasko Sandrine Dumas Nicolas Duvauchelle Alex Descas Laurent Grévill Bruno Podalydès Paul Blain Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
lover love interest frenchman frenchwoman mother divorcée artist lighthearted engaging playful paris france eiffel tower apartment love dating city life art sexual conquests heartbreak
Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.
Drama
UK
2014
86 Minutes
Sienna Guillory Hannah Spearritt Sean Harris Marama Corlett Paul Popplewell Liam Walpole Oliver Kennedy Rosa French Joe Copsey
young man teen boy race car driver mother love interest uplifting engaging confident rural community norfolk england love coming of age growing up womanizing mother/son relationship growing up love 2010s
A long hot summer in rural Norfolk and a rough coming of age for Goob Taylor, fighting with brutal, womanizing stock car racer Gene Womack for his mother's attention, and falling for the exotic charms of a pretty foreign field worker.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
96 Minutes
Alexander Dreymon Lesley-Ann Brandt Erik LaRay Harvey Cedric Young Wayne David Parker Jacqueline Williams Javon Anderson Jerilynd Bartys Michael Alexander Phillip Edward Van Lear Anton Bassey
inmate prison guard enemy prisoner lover suspenseful engaging striking prison new york city united states jail love forbidden love prison life escape risk unlikely allies unlikely romance escape
A rogue love story centered on a female correctional officer whose life is turned upside down by the fleeting affections of her lover - a male convict whose charm is only as genuine as his desire to be free.
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 »