20 movies like Northern Borders, ordered by similarity : Lost & Found(2016), The Land of Steady Habits(2018), The Breadwinner(2017), The Confirmation(2016), Walking Out(2017), Marilyn(2018), This Is My Father(1998), Hotel Salvation(2016), Purely Belter(2000), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children(2016), Ferrari Ki Sawaari(2012), Loveling(2018) ...
Drama
2013
108 Minutes
Bruce Dern Geneviève Bujold Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Brent Crawford Rusty De Wees Jim Fitzpatrick Jessica Hecht Alicia Hunt Mark Margolis John Rothman Jay O. Sanders
boy father grandmother grandfather grandson eccentric amusing engaging vermont farmhouse wilderness adventure discovery secrets wilderness nature enchantment haunted by the past adventure discovery
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
Canada|USA
2016
92 Minutes
Justin Kelly Benjamin Stockham Celeste Desjardins Jason Patric Cary Elwes Greg Bryk Kim Selby Matt Connors Catherine McNally
young boy brother grandfather amusing engaging heartwarming positive island house cave wilderness island life buried treasure treasure hunting financial crisis family secrets adventure discovery love growing up
Sent to spend the summer on a remote and mysterious island, brothers embark on a thrilling treasure hunt to restore their family's lost fortune.
Drama, Comedy
USA
2018
98 Minutes
Ben Mendelsohn Edie Falco Thomas Mann Charlie Tahan Connie Britton Bill Camp Elizabeth Marvel Natalie Gold Josh Pais
retiree wife drug addict teenager father son amusing hilarious emotional raw quirky moving restaurant house kitchen woods hospital bar lifestyle changes adventure
After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders befriends a drug-addicted teen, sending him down a path of reckless and shameful behavior.
Animation, Drama
Ireland|Canada|Luxembourg|USA|Japan|UK|France
2017
94 Minutes
girl father mother sibling police officer emotional incredible inspiring moving powerful afghanistan afghan village house shop wilderness family relationships financial troubles war in afghanistan poverty
In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
2018
79 Minutes
Walter Rodríguez Catalina Saavedra Germán De Silva Ignacio Giménez Rodolfo García Werner Andrew Bargsted Josefina Paredes Germán Baudino
father mother ranch owner brother cross-dresser young boy tense emotional uneasy sad argentina farm car house woods cross-dressing gender identity hidden identity family parent/child relationship
Marcos, a shy young boy, lives with his family in rural Argentina. Gender roles are rigid, the family needs money, and he is expected to help keep the cattle herded. But Marcos finds time to slip away to secretly put on makeup and try on dresses.
Drama
Ireland|Canada
1998
120 Minutes
Aidan Quinn James Caan Stephen Rea John Cusack Moya Farrelly Jacob Tierney Colm Meaney Donal Donnelly Brendan Gleeson John Kavanagh Eamon Morrissey
college student son mother father schoolteacher farmer emotional touching ireland countryside family home village farm united states family secrets irish life class distinctions pregnancy search self-discovery
Widowed Kieran Johnson is a lonely, middle-aged, Chicago-based high school history teacher who feels disconnected to his life. He decides to take a trip to his mother's small old hometown ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
India
2016
102 Minutes
Adil Hussain Lalit Behl Geetanjali Kulkarni Palomi Ghosh Navnindra Behl Anil K. Rastogi
father son dying person emotional endearing sad india father/son relationship death journey discovery discovery adventure 21st century
Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.
Drama
UK
2000
99 Minutes
Chris Beattie Greg McLane Charlie Hardwick Jody Baldwin Kerry Ann Christiansen Tracy Whitwell Roy Hudd Tim Healy Kevin Whately
teen boy abusive father mother grandfather teacher disturbing emotional engaging intense moving apartment school united kingdom newcastle, england bank football field football crime theft abuse of power
Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team.
Adventure, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA|UK|Belgium|Canada
2016
121 Minutes
Eva Green Asa Butterfield Samuel L. Jackson Judi Dench Rupert Everett Allison Janney Chris O'Dowd Terence Stamp Ella Purnell Finlay MacMillan Lauren McCrostie
young boy girl headmistress superhuman grandfather student fascinating creative cool house under the sea school yard attic office mysterious strangers super powers self-discovery acceptance danger
When Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.
Comedy, Drama
India
2012
Minutes
Sharman Joshi Boman Irani Vidya Balan Satyadeep Misra Deepak Shirke Nilesh Diwekar
young man father son grandfather cricket player emotional gripping engaging heartwarming india house apartment cricket match family relationships family ties father/son relationship grandparent/child relationship chasing dreams adventure love
How the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
Comedy, Drama
France
2004
95 Minutes
Jacques Villeret Jules Angelo Bigarnet Michèle Laroque Claude Brasseur Clovis Cornillac Damien Jouillerot Fabienne Chaudat Julianne Loucq
young boy father grandfather mother schoolteacher best friend moving lighthearted amusing tender alps france airplane classroom loss acceptance childhood friendship plane crash family ties
A man leaves his 8-year old son with his father-in-law who lives near the glacier where the boy's mother died.
Drama
USA
2004
83 Minutes
Christopher Walken Josh Lucas Michael Caine Glenne Headly Jonah Bobo Kathryn Hahn Norbert Weisser Laurie O'Brien David Eigenberg Michael O'Neill Lily Knight
grandfather father son nurse young boy dying person emotional moving quirky american southwest house van los angeles albuquerque, n.m. father/son relationship road trip death male bonding dysfunctional family family history
A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.
Drama
USA
2011
138 Minutes
Brad Pitt Sean Penn Jessica Chastain Fiona Shaw Irene Bedard Jessica Fuselier Hunter McCracken Laramie Eppler Tye Sheridan
father mother son brother middle-aged man architect brooding emotional profound small town waco, texas household wilderness street childhood existential crisis nature memory family aging
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
78 Minutes
Matt McGrath Judah Friedlander Alan Cumming Amy Sedaris Jim Fyfe Jerry Grayson Deborah Harry Katie Kreisler Joie Lee
father husband young boy mother childhood friend bartender endearing playful spirited house car amusement park bar trailer florida road trip self-discovery friendship family responsibility
A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK|Germany|Sweden|Hungary
2016
89 Minutes
Jörg Tittel
young boy father guard mother colonel general tense chilling engaging intense gripping emotional fictional city dystopia dictatorship dystopia saving the day father/son relationship missing father search
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are ... See full summary »
Drama, History
2017
115 Minutes
Daniel Giménez Cacho Lola Dueñas Matheus Nachtergaele Juan Gervasio Minujín Nahuel Cano Daniel Veronese Rafael Spregelburd
officer governor villager boy king bandit amusing endearing bleak disheartening profound south america village house beach wilderness mission duty travel assignment
In the 18th century, a highly-placed servant of the Spanish crown who is obsessed with petty grudges and fantasies plots his transfer to Buenos Aires.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Raúl Castillo Sheila Vand Evan Rosado Isaiah Kristian Josiah Gabriel Michael Pemberton Amelia Campbell Giovanni Pacciarelli
brother mother father boy friend bleak brash emotional endearing moving house woods lake park upstate new york family dysfunction family relationships brother relationship growing up escape
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.