20 movies like Promised Land, ordered by similarity : Wonder(2017), The Swerve(2018), Paterson(2016), Paper Towns(2015), Strangerland(2015), Miss You Already(2015), Mom(2017), Miss Juneteenth(2020), After the Storm(2016), Miss Hokusai(2015), Possums(1997), Wheeler(2017) ...
Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2012
106 Minutes
Matt Damon John Krasinski Frances McDormand Rosemarie DeWitt Hal Holbrook Lucas Black Scoot McNairy Titus Welliver Terry Kinney Tim Guinee Dorothy Silver
salesman partner schoolteacher townsperson townspeople mayor somber touching inspiring heartwarming rural community pennsylvania oil business property rights small-town life corporate culture competition financial scheme pursuit underdog
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
Drama
USA|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
113 Minutes
Julia Roberts Owen Wilson Jacob Tremblay Izabela Vidovic Noah Jupe Nadji Jeter Daveed Diggs Mandy Patinkin Ali Liebert Emma Tremblay Millie Davis
boy family member friend teacher principal neighbor engaging uplifting confident moving heartwarming house town school classroom office car deformity acceptance self-esteem
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Azura Skye Bryce Pinkham Ashley Bell Zach Rand Taen Phillips Liam Seib Deborah Hedwall Dan Daily Lindsay Jackson Jason Gupton
woman insomniac teacher mother wife husband teen boy bleak uneasy tense somber shocking frightening eerie disturbing brooding house school town united states
A woman with a seemingly ideal life battles insomnia.
Comedy, Drama
France|Germany|USA
2016
118 Minutes
Adam Driver Golshifteh Farahani Barry Shabaka Henley Cliff "Method Man" Smith Chasten Harmon William Jackson Harper Masatoshi Nagase Sterling Jerins Rizwan Manji
bus driver passenger dog bartender wife writer calm emotional heartwarming inspiring profound new jersey bus bar house small-town life writing working class work-life balance discovery
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2015
109 Minutes
Nat Wolff Cara Delevingne Halston Sage Austin Abrams Justice Smith Jaz Sinclair Cara Buono Griffin Freeman Josiah Cerio
young man young woman friend neighbor parent teacher brooding emotional intense hilarious town house street bedroom school classroom friendship disappearance search clues
After an all-night adventure, Quentin's lifelong crush, Margo, disappears, leaving behind clues that Quentin and his friends follow on the journey of a lifetime.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|Australia
2015
111 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Joseph Fiennes Hugo Weaving Lisa Flanagan Meyne Wyatt Maddison Brown Nicholas Hamilton Jim Russell Sean Keenan Martin Dingle-Wall
teen girl teen boy parent police officer community member mother tense striking somber raw frightening disturbing desert rural community outback australia small town town storm disappearance
A family finds their dull life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2015
112 Minutes
Toni Collette Drew Barrymore Paddy Considine Dominic Cooper Frances de la Tour Jacqueline Bisset Tyson Ritter Honor Kneafsey Ryan Baker Mem Ferda
cancer patient best friend young woman mother father child emotional endearing heartwarming inspiring moving united states hospital home town cancer relationships pregnancy best friends life
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
India
2017
146 Minutes
Sridevi Sajal Ali Adnan Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui Akshaye Khanna Abhimanyu Singh Pitobash Sushant Singh
teacher stepdaughter stepmother gripping engaging intense india town city house school investigation murder mystery mystery love pursuit 2010s
After her daughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked away free.
Drama
USA
2020
103 Minutes
Nicole Beharie Kendrick Sampson Alexis Chikaeze Lori Hayes Marcus M. Mauldin Liz Mikel Lisha Hackney Margaret Sanchez
beauty queen single mother daughter teen girl amusing winsome uplifting touching spirited inspiring united states family home shop town school beauty pageant aspirations growing up rise 2020s
A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Anime, Biography, Drama, History
Japan
2015
93 Minutes
daughter father artist brooding charming creative engaging inspiring rousing japan town fame biography art career vs. family perseverance determination adventure discovery growing up
The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
Drama
USA
1997
97 Minutes
Mac Davis Cynthia Sikes Greg Coolidge Andrew Prine Dennis Burkley Monica Lacy Jay Underwood Jerry Haynes Clive Revill J.W. Johnson Kyle Moody
radio personality football player son mayor townsperson heartwarming uplifting amusing oklahoma small town football field imagination football small-town life competition dreams deception underdog rise 1990s
Will Clark loves his job as radio announcer for the local high school football team, the Nowata Possums. He loves it so much that he continues announcing even after the town decides to ... See full summary »
Drama, Music
USA
2017
100 Minutes
aspiring musician texan friend musician townsperson cowboy charming confident emotional engaging inspiring positive texas nashville, tenn. town stage music stage aspirations country music big break
An aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music.
Drama
UK
2016
83 Minutes
Suzanna Hamilton Darren Kent Pixie Le Knot Will Rastall Eileen Pollock Jason Wright Steven Brandon Shana Swash Edward Wilkinson Rachael Cox
down syndrome sufferer friend young girl outsider young boy mother charming emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring moving english countryside nursing home home town field barn loss love
Luke, an independent young man with Down's syndrome stumbles upon a wild and life changing friendship.
Drama
Hungary|Germany|Sweden
2014
119 Minutes
Zsófia Psotta Sándor Zsótér Szabolcs Thuróczy Lili Monori László Gálffi Lili Horvath János Derzsi Orsolya Tóth
teen girl dog father dog catcher daughter teacher touching tender striking sultry passionate emotional city hungary school street apartment father/daughter relationship love rebellion
Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.
Comedy, Drama
2017
100 Minutes
François Damiens Cécile de France Guy Marchand André Wilms Alice De Lencquesaing Este Ban Lyès Salem Brigitte Roüan
man father sister amusing charming engaging endearing inspiring town identity father/son relationship search secret discovery 2010s
A middle-aged bomb disposal expert faces a different kind of explosive situation when he learns that the man who raised him is not his biological father and the woman he is seeing may be his half sister.
Drama, Comedy
India
2017
133 Minutes
Irrfan Khan Saba Qamar Deepak Dobriyal Delzad Hiwale Taran Bajaj Jaspal Sharma Swati Das Vijay Kumar Dogra
young man husband wife daughter hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap amusing india town city house school chasing dreams education confusion impersonation false identity quest
A couple from Chandni Chowk aspire to give their daughter the best education and thus be a part of and accepted by the elite of Delhi.
Romance, Drama
India
2017
138 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Alia Bhatt Sahil Vaid Ritu Raj Singh Yash Sinha Shweta Basu Prasad Anupama Kumar Gauhar Khan Gaurav Pandey
father daughter young man young woman mother family member amusing charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving india town city college wedding reception chasing dreams marriage proposal love-hate relationship
Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota belong to small towns but have diametrically opposite opinions on everything. This leads to a clash of ideologies, despite both of them recognizing the goodness in each other.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada|Australia
2013
111 Minutes
Clive Owen Juliette Binoche Amy Brenneman Bruce Davison Keegan Connor Tracy Adam DiMarco Valerie Tian Eva Allan Janet Kidder David Lewis Josh Ssettuba
woman man teacher art teacher english teacher student brooding charming emotional intense moving quirky witty uplifting prep school school america competition love courtship
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia|USA
2013
105 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Jai Courtney Tom Wilkinson Melissa George Sarah Roberts Brendan Donoghue Patrick Thompson Chum Ehelepola Rosie Lourde Belinda Bromilow Rhonda Doyle
police officer boy detective uneasy tense somber raw engaging disheartening brooding australia town accident coma cover-up career discovery pursuit fall 2010s
An accident involving a young child sets off a chain of events that brings an Australian police officer's world crashing down.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2012
80 Minutes
Burn Gorman Warren Brown Jo Hartley Iain De Caestecker Chris Waitt Alexander Morton Kate O'Flynn Kulvinder Ghir Aymen Hamdouchi Brad Moore Kirsty Strain
angel accident victim dead person cheeky charming amusing heartwarming uplifting touching england seaside purgatory town afterlife redemption quest pursuit rescue transformation 21st century
Martin (deceased) is stuck in a dead-end job, welcoming the newly departed into the afterlife. All he dreams of is going 'Up There'. But his plans are thrown into disarray when he has to ... See full summary »