20 movies like To Save a Life, ordered by similarity : The Human Comedy(1943), Palo Alto(2013), Beautiful Boy(2018), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), The Tracey Fragments(2007), Run the Race(2018), Julie Walking Home(2002), The Reunion(2013), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams(2006), Pain and Glory(2019), Stations of the Cross(2014) ...
Drama
2010
120 Minutes
Randy Wayne Robert Bailey Jr. Deja Kreutzberg Joshua Weigel Steven Crowder Kim Hidalgo Sean Michael Bubba Lewis
classmate heartwarming emotional high school addiction faith transformation
After the death of a childhood friend, a popular teen (Randy Wayne) risks his own social standing by reaching out to classmates who are usually shunned.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
118 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Frank Morgan James Craig Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marsha Hunt Fay Bainter Darryl Hickman Donna Reed Van Johnson
young boy young girl boss man woman brother heartwarming emotional amusing small town house high school track office europe world war ii home front young love family communication
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Drama
USA
2013
97 Minutes
James Franco Emma Roberts Nat Wolff Zoe Levin Claudia Levy Olivia Crocicchia Jack Kilmer Chris Messina Micah Nelson Andrew Lutheran Bo Mitchell
teenager classmate friend football coach heartwarming emotional intense melodramatic high school party room coming-of-age identity teen romance high school depression sex growing up metamorphosis love
An unflinching portrait of adolescent lust, boredom, and self-destruction that centers around a shy young girl on the cusp of an illicit relationship with her soccer coach.
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
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 »
Drama
Canada
2007
77 Minutes
Elliot Page Max McCabe-Lokos Ari Cohen Erin McMurty Slim Twig Zie Souwand Julian Richings
teen girl brother mother father therapist classmate emotional quirky intense bleak canada high school car house family dysfunction hypnosis guilt high school mental illness psychiatry
15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog.
Drama
USA
2018
101 Minutes
Tanner Stine Kristoffer Polaha Evan Hofer Kelsey Reinhardt Mario Van Peebles Mykelti Williamson Frances Fisher Jake McEntire Caleb Castille Caleb Emery Gianna Simone
football player high-school student brother coach nurse family member heartwarming emotional touching inspiring positive football field high school hospital track house athletic competition football injury love
Against the backdrop of high school football and track, two brothers in a small Southern town face escalating problems with two different world views, straining - but ultimately strengthening - the bonds of brotherhood.
Drama
Germany|Canada|Poland|USA
2002
118 Minutes
Miranda Otto William Fichtner Lothaire Bluteau Ryan Smith Bianca Crudo Jerzy Nowak Boguslawa Schubert Maciej Stuhr Maria Seweryn
faith healer mother husband twin son mistress tender sad emotional heartwarming canada ski resort family home poland cancer healing infidelity faith marriage mother/child relationship
Her son dying of cancer and her relationship falling apart, Julie flees to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also ... See full summary »
Drama
2013
88 Minutes
Anna Odell Sandra Andreis Kamila Benhamza Anders Berg Erik Ehn Niklas Engdahl Per Fenger-Krog Robert Fransson Sara Karlsdotter Sanna Krepper Andreas Kundler
artist classmate bully filmmaker confident raw striking school film set sweden bullying school adolescence friendship discovery underdog revenge transformation 2010s
Anna is not invited to her class reunion and makes a film about what would have happened if she confronted her former bullies.
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
Drama
Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croatia|Austria|Germany
2006
107 Minutes
Mirjana Karanovic Luna Zimic Mijovic Leon Lucev Kenan Catic Jasna Beri Dejan Acimovic Bogdan Diklic Emir Hadzihafizbegovic Ermin Bravo Semka Sokolovic
mother daughter widow love interest bouncer teen boy emotional intense sarajevo, bosnia-herzegovina family home school nightclub street mother/daughter relationship war poverty first love teen angst growing up transformation
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Bosnian War.
Drama
Spain|France
2019
113 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Asier Etxeandia Penélope Cruz Leonardo Sbaraglia Julieta Serrano Nora Navas Raúl Arévalo Cecilia Roth Pedro Casablanc Susi Sánchez
director first love addict family mother laborer brooding cool creative engaging emotional heartwarming moving passionate profound somber spirited tender touching madrid
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
Drama
Germany|France
2014
107 Minutes
Lucie Aron Anna Brüggemann Michael Kamp Moritz Knapp Birge Schade Florian Stetter Sven Taddicken Lea van Acken Franziska Weisz Georg Wesch Chiara Palmeri
young girl emotional school germany france catholic church faith transformation
Fourteen-year-old Maria is a fundamentalist Catholic, living her life in a modern fashion, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to be a saint and go to heaven. No one, not even a nice boy she meets, can stop her in this goal.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Nick Robinson Josh Duhamel Jennifer Garner Tony Hale Katherine Langford Alexandra Shipp Logan Miller Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Keiynan Lonsdale Joey Pollari Miles Heizer
teen boy teenager family member friend love interest amusing cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming positive house high school coming out growing up teen romance family relationships friendship growing up
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Drama
UK
2017
82 Minutes
Joanna Scanlan Lily Newmark Chanel Cresswell Sacha Cordy-Nice Loris Scarpa Bethany Antonia Saskia Paige Martin Isy Suttie John Henshaw Nadine Coyle Charlie Frances
woman daughter friend neighbor bully classmate emotional engaging sad melodramatic heartwarming england midlands school new life mother/daughter relationship awkward situations relationships friendship outsider
Super close Mother LYN and daughter IONA (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes '... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1951
90 Minutes
Michael Redgrave Jean Kent Nigel Patrick Wilfrid Hyde-White Ronald Howard Bill Travers
teacher student wife heartwarming emotional boarding school england family home education infidelity aging school transformation 1950s
Forced to retire from an English public school, an unpopular professor must confront his failure as a teacher and husband.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Katee Sackhoff Jade Pettyjohn Heather Matarazzo Jeremy Sisto Judy Reyes Diego Josef Isaiah Mustafa Jonah Beres
young girl mother sister classmate friend young boy cheeky amusing emotional california school house classroom bathroom bedroom menstruation growing up immaturity friendship self-esteem
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
Drama
UK|USA
2011
101 Minutes
Michelle Williams Eddie Redmayne Kenneth Branagh Dominic Cooper Julia Ormond Emma Watson Judi Dench Zoë Wanamaker Toby Jones Derek Jacobi Dougray Scott
actress production assistant laurence olivier wardrobe assistant manager husband charming emotional london film set countryside library school marilyn monroe filmmaking drug addiction acting coming of age unlikely romance love
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).
Drama
UK
1939
114 Minutes
Robert Donat Greer Garson Terry Kilburn John Mills Paul Henreid Judith Furse Lyn Harding Milton Rosmer Frederick Leister Louise Hampton Austin Trevor
teacher suffragette friend student heartwarming boarding school classroom england austria school love war transformation growing up 1930s
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
80 Minutes
Charlene deGuzman John Hawkes Melissa Leo Paul James Ellen Geer Jake McDorman Josh Fadem Josh Ruben
ex-boyfriend sex addict musician recluse friend sponsor heartwarming hilarious emotional tense house garage party car group therapy sex addiction love friendship lifestyle changes music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Drama
UK
2020
99 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Gugu Mbatha-Raw Penelope Wilton Lucas Bond Dixie Egerickx Amanda Root Jessica Gunning David Horovitch Tom Courtenay Amanda Lawrence Sally Scott
writer evacuee lover emotional endearing heartwarming kent village seaside world war ii war bonding relationships adoption escape discovery transformation 1970s
During World War II, an Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.