20 movies like Sarah's Key, ordered by similarity : The Bang Bang Club(2010), The Killing Fields(1984), A Boy, a Girl and a Bike(1949), Fanny(1932), Marius(1931), Alice in the Cities(1974), The Grapes of Wrath(1940), Whistle Down the Wind(1962), Gun Crazy(1950), Mud(2013), Spotlight(2015), Before Sunset(2004) ...
Drama
2010
111 Minutes
Kristin Scott Thomas Mélusine Mayance Niels Arestrup Frédéric Pierrot Michel Duchaussoy Dominique Frot Gisèle Casadesus Aidan Quinn Natasha Mashkevich Arben Bajraktaraj Sarah Ber
reporter journalist girl emotional event closet french history deportation the police pursuit 19th century
An account of research by a journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) into a shameful incident in French history intertwines with a story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl (Mélusine Mayance) from that time period.
Drama
2010
109 Minutes
Ryan Phillippe Taylor Kitsch Malin Akerman Frank Rautenbach Neels Van Jaarsveld Patrick Lyster Russel Savadier Jessica Haines Kgosi Mongake
photographer photojournalist south african man friend nelson mandela journalist charming engaging suspenseful intense emotional melodramatic south africa apartheid history investigative journalism photography relationships friendship adventure
Photojournalists (Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Frank Rautenbach) put themselves in harm's way as they shoot evidence of atrocities committed in the final days of South African apartheid.
Drama
UK
1984
141 Minutes
Sam Waterston Haing S. Ngor John Malkovich Julian Sands Craig T. Nelson Spalding Gray Bill Paterson Athol Fugard Graham Kennedy Katherine Krapum Chey
journalist interpreter photojournalist wife reporter chilling emotional inspiring cambodia new york city phnom penh journalism war torture friendship genocide khmer rouge escape sacrifice rescue
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Drama
UK
1949
91 Minutes
John McCallum Honor Blackman Patrick Holt Diana Dors Maurice Denham Leslie Dwyer Anthony Newley
young man young girl girl emotional melodramatic intense charming airy yorkshire, england clubhouse jealousy bicycles friendship competition bicycling rivalry pursuit love rise fall
When a local cycle club, invite a couple of new members to join them, little do the club realise, that they will soon be involved in a couple of illegal bookmakers putting the squeeze on ... See full summary »
Drama
1932
128 Minutes
Raimu Orane Demazis Pierre Fresnay Fernand Charpin Mouriès Robert Vattier
fiancée mother father merchant sailor manager emotional engaging intense marseilles, france port café pregnancy love marriage family social standing illegitimate child sacrifice love
Marius (Pierre Fresnay) goes to sea, pregnant Fanny (Orane Demazis) marries, and Cesar (Raimu) is a godfather in part two of the Marseille trilogy.
Drama
1931
125 Minutes
Raimu Pierre Fresnay Orane Demazis Fernand Charpin Alida Rouffe Paul Dullac Alexandre Mihalesco Robert Vattier Edouard Delmont
father girl boy sailor bar owner endearing heartwarming amusing marseilles, france port bar love jealousy father/son relationship dreams seafaring sacrifice temptation 1930s
Cesar's (Raimu) son, Marius (Pierre Fresnay), loves Fanny (Orane Demazis) but wants to go to sea in part one of the Marseille trilogy.
Drama
West Germany
1974
110 Minutes
Rudiger Vogler Yella Rottlander Elisabeth Kreuzer Edda Kochl Didi Petrikat Ernest Boehm
journalist single mother little girl gripping germany travel photography wim wenders pursuit 1970s
A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.
Drama
USA
1940
129 Minutes
Henry Fonda Jane Darwell John Carradine Charley Grapewin Dorris Bowdon Russell Simpson O.Z. Whitehead John Qualen Eddie Quillan Zeffie Tilbury Frank Sully
ex-convict sharecropper priest uncle grandfather grandmother bleak disheartening emotional oklahoma california family historical events american dream farming poverty labor strike pursuit escape quest
A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Drama
UK
1962
99 Minutes
Hayley Mills Alan Bates Bernard Lee Norman Bird Elsie Wagstaff Ronald Hines Gerald Sim Diane Clare John Arnatt Hamilton Dyce Howard Douglas
escaped convict young boy young girl father teacher police officer eerie charming suspenseful emotional lancashire, england barn farm family home town childhood innocence religion friendship mistaken identity
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owners three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Peggy Cummins John Dall Berry Kroeger Morris Carnovsky Anabel Shaw Harry Lewis Nedrick Young Trevor Bardette
sharpshooter pacifist newlywed reporter sheriff sister cool thrilling emotional small town carnival car office building southern california doomed romance armed robbery troubled youth crime spree accidental murder on the run
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2013
130 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Tye Sheridan Jacob Lofland Reese Witherspoon Michael Shannon Sarah Paulson Sam Shepard Ray McKinnon Paul Sparks Joe Don Baker Stuart Greer
teenager best friend fugitive bounty hunter girlfriend emotional gutsy thrilling arkansas mississippi river island hideout on the run hiding first crush murder investigation coming of age escape love pursuit
Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
Drama
USA
2015
128 Minutes
Mark Ruffalo Michael Keaton Rachel McAdams Liev Schreiber John Slattery Brian d'Arcy James Stanley Tucci Billy Crudup Paul Guilfoyle Jamey Sheridan Len Cariou
editor journalist priest reporter family member victim brooding emotional intense gripping boston newsroom church office car street sexual abuse reporting investigation cover-up
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Romance, Drama
USA|France
2004
80 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Vernon Dobtcheff Louise Lemoine Torres Rodolphe Pauly Mariane Plasteig Diabolo Albert Delpy Marie Pillet
writer activist reporter bookseller emotional calm endearing tender paris bookstore apartment love regret relationships romance growing up pursuit love 2000s
Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Biography, Drama
China|USA
2019
107 Minutes
Tom Hanks Matthew Rhys Susan Kelechi Watson Chris Cooper Enrico Colantoni Maryann Plunkett Tammy Blanchard Noah Harpster Wendy Makkena Sakina Jaffrey Carmen Cusack
journalist host minister skeptic heartwarming charming emotional inspiring pittsburgh family home television studio interview kindness skepticism empathy painful memories discovery pursuit love growing up
Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Justin Chon Simone Baker Curtiss Cook Jr. David So Chris Jai Alex Isaiah Jarel Cesar Garcia Trinecia Moore-Pernell Ben Munoz Omono Okojie
brother business owner young girl family member dreamy fiery emotional moving los angeles shoe store street family business riots friendship honor dreams aspirations love pursuit sacrifice
2 Korean American brothers run a shoe store in LA county. Their friend, black 11 y.o. Kamilla, drops in and helps. This day, the Rodney King verdict ignites the 1992 LA riots.
Biography, Drama
USA
2016
124 Minutes
Madina Nalwanga David Oyelowo Lupita Nyong'o Martin Kabanza Taryn "Kay" Kyaze Ronald Ssemaganda Ethan Nazario Lubega Esther Tebandeke
young girl missionary chess player parent rival chess grandmaster uplifting emotional cool uganda hut chess tournament classroom street market poverty struggle chess hope determination
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA|Mexico
2016
97 Minutes
Thomas Mann Lily Mae Harrington Ely Henry Marin Ireland Lachlan Buchanan Nikki Massoud Shannon Hartman Sylvia Kates
high-school student young woman friend girlfriend emotional confident passionate offbeat high school prom house party hospital growing up romance physical appearance physical disability growing up love pursuit
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses her weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen.
Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Julianne Nicholson Denis O'Hare J. Mallory McCree Octavia Chavez-Richmond Chinasa Ogbuagu Raquel Castro Tashiana Washington Sydni Beaudoin Jim Norton Portia Johnson
professor student administrator girl boy disheartening emotional intricate touching high school classroom apartment bronx, n.y. immigration political asylum family ties american dream discovery escape growing up
Three undocumented Bronx teenagers are graduating from high school while navigating the treacherous waters of trying to get their papers to stay in the US.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
2002
95 Minutes
Dylan Baker Tom Bower Clancy Brown Steve Buscemi Nestor Carbonell Kathleen Chalfant Jeremy Davies Michael Emerson Noah Fleiss Peter Fonda Ben Foster
gay/lesbian murderer reporter police detective police officer judge emotional small town courtroom wyoming hospital activism murder interview death homophobia media mystery pursuit 2000s
Two young men face murder charges for the beating of Matthew Shepard, a homosexual student at the University of Wyoming.
Drama, Music
India
2017
150 Minutes
Zaira Wasim Meher Vij Raj Arjun Tirth Sharma Farrukh Jaffar Aamir Khan Manuj Sharma Nikita Anand Mona Ambegaonkar
father mother young girl mentor aspiring singer emotional endearing sad disheartening inspiring incredible india city house room street chasing dreams aspirations conservatism domineering father
A talented teenage singer-songwriter living amid domestic abuse becomes a YouTube sensation after a video in which she hides her identity goes viral.
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Casey Affleck Rooney Mara Kenneisha Thompson Grover Coulson Liz Franke Barlow Jacobs Will Oldham Sonia Acevedo Rob Zabrecky Carlos Bermudez
ghost wife emotional inspiring creative heartwarming house field bar restaurant city death life memory history family life cycle discovery love metamorphosis
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.