20 movies like The Childhood of a Leader, ordered by similarity : A Tale of Love and Darkness(2015), It(2017), Ponette(1996), Resistance(2020), The Quiet Room(1996), Allied(2016), It: Chapter Two(2019), Waiting for Anya(2020), Mother of Mine(2005), Spellbound(2002), Insyriated(2017), Don't Come Back From the Moon(2017) ...
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|Canada|UK|France|Hungary|Belgium
2015
115 Minutes
Robert Pattinson Liam Cunningham Stacy Martin Bérénice Bejo Sophie Lane Curtis
young boy american government official bleak brooding chilling france evil change egoism beliefs childhood childhood trauma children during wartime fascism growing up 20th century
A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader.
6.0/10
Biography, Drama, History
Israel|USA
2015
98 Minutes
Natalie Portman Gilad Kahana Amir Tessler Ohad Knoller Makram J. Khoury Neta Riskin Alexander Peleg Rotem Keinan Tomer Kapon Vladimir Friedman Henry David
child mother father writer son friend tender sultry striking somber moving brooding jerusalem israel palestine family home city community depression childhood
The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
6.9/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Jaeden Martell Jeremy Ray Taylor Sophia Lillis Finn Wolfhard Chosen Jacobs Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff Bill Skarsgård Nicholas Hamilton Jake Sim Logan Thompson
clown victim killer child friend sibling brooding chilling disturbing frightening suspenseful uneasy derry, maine sewer house school woods horror monsters evil
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
97 Minutes
Victoire Thivisol Marie Trintignant Xavier Beauvois Claire Nebout Matiaz Bureau Caton Delphine Schiltz Aurélie Vérillon Léopoldine Serre Henri Berthon Carla Ibled Luckie Royer
child mother father friend aunt somber emotional powerful france small town school death afterlife accident childhood religion superstition discovery growing up transformation
A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.
6.3/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2020
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Ed Harris Edgar Ramírez Clémence Poésy Matthias Schweighöfer Félix Moati Géza Röhrig Karl Markovics Bella Ramsey Alicia von Rittberg
resistance fighter resistance leader child jewish child jewish man nazi bleak brooding engaging gutsy heartwarming intense moving quirky sad suspenseful tense thrilling touching france
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
6.8/10
Drama
Australia|Italy|France
1996
91 Minutes
Celine O'Leary Paul Blackwell Chloe Ferguson Phoebe Ferguson
child mother father tender emotional somber australia household bedroom family dysfunction childhood abuse marriage isolation trauma growing up love 1990s
A seven-year-old girl adopts a vow of silence in protest when her quarrelsome parents grow increasingly hostile to one another.
7.1/10
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History, Action
UK|USA
2016
119 Minutes
Brad Pitt Marion Cotillard Jared Harris Simon McBurney Lizzy Caplan Daniel Betts Matthew Goode Camille Cottin August Diehl Thierry Frémont Marion Bailey
intelligence officer resistance fighter frenchwoman nazi commander child brooding emotional intense suspenseful powerful north africa london apartment headquarters park car world war ii love spying
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2019
169 Minutes
Jessica Chastain James McAvoy Bill Hader Isaiah Mustafa Jay Ryan James Ransone Andy Bean Bill Skarsgård Jaeden Martell Wyatt Oleff Jack Dylan Grazer
clown alien young boy teen girl writer zombie chilling creepy campy disturbing somber spirited derry, maine chinese restaurant sewer family home carnival canal evil spirits friendship
Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine. Now adults, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shape-shifting Pennywise once and for all.
5.9/10
Drama, History
UK|Belgium
2020
109 Minutes
Noah Schnapp Thomas Kretschmann Frederick Schmidt Tómas Lemarquis Elsa Zylberstein Gilles Marini Jean Reno Anjelica Huston
widow shepherd young boy jew nazi child bleak emotional engaging inspiring powerful suspenseful small town france spain border border town nazism smuggling persecution
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
7.6/10
Drama, History
Finland|Sweden
2005
105 Minutes
Topi Majaniemi Marjaana Maijala Maria Lundqvist Michael Nyqvist Esko Salminen Aino-Maija Tikkanen Brasse Brännström Marie Göranzon Kari-Pekka Toivonen Åsa Persson Leif Andrée
young boy elderly man mother depressed person refugee foster mother bleak emotional profound finland family home sweden war zone foster home world war ii new life journey family coming of age childhood
During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina - Som om jag inte fanns (2002)), "... See full summary »
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Documentary, Comedy
USA
2002
97 Minutes
Paige Kimble Jonathan Knisely Balu Natarajan Julianne Ruth
child parent teacher announcer reporter uplifting charming inspiring hotel washington, d.c. family home spelling bee success competition class distinctions childhood family rivalry quest underdog
Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.
Drama
2017
86 Minutes
Hiam Abbass Diamand Bou Abboud Juliette Navis Mohsen Abbas Moustapha Al Kar Alissar Kaghadou Ninar Halabi Mohammad Jihad Sleik Elias Khatter
mother child neighbor sniper family survivor bleak brooding brutal emotional raw solemn syria damascus street apartment war zone family home war fear
In Damascus, a mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Drama
2017
98 Minutes
James Franco Rashida Jones Zackary Arthur Jeff Wahlberg Alyssa Elle Steinacker Hale Lytle Henry Hopper Scott Crane Cheyenne Haynes Jeremiah Noe Ambar Velazquez
child community member father bleak emotional california desert town abandonment growing up disappearance parent/child relationship growing up 2010s
In a dusty town at the edge of the world, the men of a small community begin to vanish one by one. Theories about their whereabouts swirl through the ether as their wives and teenage children wait for their return.
7.5/10
Drama
West Germany|France|Poland|Yugoslavia
1979
142 Minutes
David Bennent Angela Winkler Mario Adorf Daniel Olbrychski Katharina Thalbach Heinz Bennent Andréa Ferréol Charles Aznavour
child mother father doctor little person brash disturbing quirky family home poland horrors of war childhood nazism growing up revenge 1930s
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
6.1/10
Comedy
USA
1936
73 Minutes
George "Spanky" McFarland Phillips Holmes Ralph Morgan Irving Pichel Rosina Lawrence William "Buckwheat' Thomas Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Hobart Bosworth Robert Middlemass Jimmy Burtis
child soldier gambler runaway slave shoeshine boy amusing playful spirited mississippi river riverboat house american south american civil war children during wartime childhood friends orphans on the run imagination adventure
A small boy is instrumental in a famous Civil War victory.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico|Hong Kong
2015
121 Minutes
Emily Blunt Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Trujillo Julio Cesar Cedillo Bernardo Saracino
fbi agent government official hit man drug czar police officer mexican brooding emotional intense bleak thrilling mexican-american border car warehouse street drug house hotel drugs assassination surveillance
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
7.2/10
Adventure, Drama, History, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Kazakhstan|China
2007
126 Minutes
Tadanobu Asano Honglei Sun Khulan Chuluun Amadu Mamadakov Bayertsetseg Erdenebat Amarbold Tuvshinbayar Tegen Ao Sai Xing Ga
warrior wife father soldier slave brooding gripping intense mongolia outdoors camp genghis khan childhood marriage betrayal slavery friendship growing up love rivalry
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
7.0/10
Drama
France|Belgium
2016
94 Minutes
Léonie Souchaud Fantine Harduin Juliane Lepoureau Ryan Brodie Anaïs Meiringer Lou Lambrecht Igor Van Dessel Pascaline Crêvecoeur Jeanne Abraham Alice D'Hauwe Cécile de France
girl young girl young boy group leader soldier sister amusing intense charming melodramatic heartwarming powerful france war zone german occupation childhood war fear travel survival
Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.
6.7/10
Drama
UK|USA
1972
105 Minutes
child speech therapist divorcée model chef mother sad tender emotional winsome london apartment kitchen office street childhood friendship mother/son relationship loneliness grief
A young American boy unable to overcome a speech defect is disturbed by the constant bickering of his parents, and when they get divorced, he slides into an emotional breakdown.
Drama
1990
119 Minutes
Akira Kurosawa Akira Terao Mitsunori Isaki Martin Scorsese Mitsuko Baishô Mieko Harada Chishu Ryu Hisashi Igawa Toshihiko Nakano Yoshitaka Zushi Toshie Negishi
young boy art student vincent van gogh soldier young man elderly man profound creative moving japan mountain forest countryside tunnel field childhood environmentalism nature war art
Filmmaker Kurosawa follows the life of "I" from boy (Mitsunori Isaki) to man (Akira Terao) in eight episodes of themes like war, nature and nuclear horror.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Kenny Maines David Armendariz Nicole Sadler Elijah Montez Junior Vazquez Christy Morris Hans Obma Tim Ybarra
texas ranger brutal chilling confident crafty dark disheartening fiery gripping intense patriotic wild american south mexican-american border mexico drug trafficking american south american latino culture america border control
A landowner in southern Arizona, tired of seeing drug smugglers cross the border through his property, decides to fight back.
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