20 movies like American Fable, ordered by similarity : Two Bits(1995), Dark River(2017), Krisha(2015), Marrowbone(2017), Them That Follow(2019), Shotgun Stories(2007), Fugue(2018), The Scent of Rain & Lightning(2017), Christmas in the Smokies(2015), Swallows and Amazons(2016), Incendies(2010), Strange but True(2019) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
96 Minutes
Peyton Kennedy Kip Pardue Richard Schiff Marci Miller Gavin MacIntosh Zuleikha Robinson Charlie Babbo Spencer Moss Rusty Schwimmer Sarah York
family girl mysterious man fascinating gripping endearing shocking united states farm silo family in peril fantasy crisis secret loyalty mystery discovery growing up 20th century
After 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.
Drama
USA
1995
85 Minutes
Jerry Barone Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Al Pacino Joe Grifasi Joanna Merlin Andy Romano Ron McLarty Patrick Borriello Donna Mitchell Mary Lou Rosato Rosemary DeAngelis
boy child grandfather family family member charming emotional heartwarming melodramatic moving sad united states city suburb slum movie theater economic crisis family life family tragedy family secrets
Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
89 Minutes
Ruth Wilson Mark Stanley Sean Bean Esme Creed-Miles Aiden McCullough Shane Attwooll Steve Garti Una McNulty Dean Andrews Jonah Russell Joe Dempsie
father farmer daughter brother estranged brother friend emotional intricate tense solemn intense farm house barn pasture estrangement family business family feud farming mysterious past
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
Other, Drama
USA
2015
83 Minutes
Krisha Fairchild Robyn Fairchild Bill Wise Chris Doubek Olivia Grace Applegate Alex Dobrenko Chase Joliet Bryan Casserly Billie Fairchild Augustine Frizzell Victoria Fairchild
young woman family amusing shocking charming family home united states thanksgiving family secret past love mystery 2010s
Krisha returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Spain|USA
2017
110 Minutes
George MacKay Anya Taylor-Joy Charlie Heaton Mia Goth Matthew Stagg Kyle Soller Nicola Harrison Laura Brook Tom Fisher
family sibling child brother sister creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging gripping tense suspenseful thrilling abandoned building farm death loss family secret
A young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2019
98 Minutes
Daniel Savage Olivia Colman Kaitlyn Dever Alice Englert Jim Gaffigan Walton Goggins Thomas Mann Lewis Pullman Brooks Roseberry Katherine DeBoer
daughter boyfriend husband father family faith healer pastor brooding dark disturbing emotional fascinating gripping intense melancholy offbeat profound somber thrilling appalachia
Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, a pastor's daughter holds a secret that threatens to tear her community apart.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Michael Shannon Douglas Ligon Barlow Jacobs Natalie Canerday Glenda Pannell
son brother half brother girlfriend wife older brother brooding brutal arkansas cemetery family home farm family dysfunction feud family death violence crime rivalry revenge
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
Mystery & Thriller, Western
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Maggie Grace Maika Monroe Justin Chatwin Mark Webber Bonnie Bedelia Logan Miller Will Patton Aaron Poole Brad Carter Blake Robbins Bryan Whorton
young woman daughter parent killer convict family gripping gritty gutsy outlandish raw united states oklahoma family secrets destruction dramatization western films mystery adventure discovery
A young woman investigates the murder of her parents when rumors suggest the man convicted of the crime may not be the killer after all.
Other, Drama
USA
2015
85 Minutes
Sarah Lancaster Barry Corbin Alan Powell Gregory Alan Williams Brett Rice Jill Wagner Danny Vinson Rebecca Koon Tim Ross
family woman farmer ex-boyfriend country singer townspeople leader charming lighthearted emotional positive endearing farm mountain smoky mountains town family farming romance family business
Christmas in the Smokies is a modern-day Christmas classic set in the beautiful Smoky Mountains that tells the story of one family's journey to save their historic berry farm against all odds during one fateful holiday season.
Drama, Adventure
UK
2016
97 Minutes
Rafe Spall Andrew Scott Kelly Macdonald Dane Hughes Orla Hill Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen Bobby McCulloch Seren Hawkes Hannah Jayne Thorp Jessica Hynes Harry Enfield
sibling camper local hero secret agent engaging gripping powerful suspenseful tense island lake town lake district, england adventure camping childhood family secret adventure
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
Drama
Canada|France
2010
130 Minutes
Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman Mohamed Majd Baya Belal Abdelghafour Elaaziz Nabil Sawalha
mother sister father brother employer lawyer profound tense powerful gripping montreal notary office family home small town middle east family secrets self-discovery journey estrangement twins
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
96 Minutes
Amy Ryan Nick Robinson Margaret Qualley Blythe Danner Brian Cox Greg Kinnear Mena Massoud Connor Jessup Vanessa Burns
boyfriend girlfriend high-school sweetheart family parent adoptive parent creepy dark eerie melodramatic uneasy tense family home school dance suburb united states forest home pregnancy supernatural
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Romance, Drama
USA
2011
80 Minutes
Ashley Williams Marla Sokoloff Nick Zano Brad Johnson Sean Bott Jason Celaya Jaclyn Hales Danielle Chuchran
sister poor person young woman love interest colleague family endearing heartwarming moving winsome united states spa family home town love life family relationships wealth discovery
Two sisters find that they have to make their own way in the world after their father is jailed. Elinor is a cleaner in a spa. Marianne works for a marketing company but she also makes scented lotions, which turn out to be a real winner.
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2018
96 Minutes
Robert Shafran David Kellman Lawrence Wright Will Ennis Scotty Murray Silvi Alzetta-Reali
identical twin adopted son engaging fascinating shocking family home identical twins adoption scandal experiments mystery 20th century
In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2019
85 Minutes
Bethany Anne Lind Will Patton Elisabeth Röhm Jared Ivers Jimmy Gonzales Chandler Head Tony Vaughn Joshua Mikel Bryant Carroll
dead person family murderer father son bleak chilling dark gripping united states crime scene accidental death cover-up guilt escape mystery sacrifice 2010s
A woman's panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spins out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man's body to his family.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Drama, Kids & Family, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Anime
Japan
2014
103 Minutes
tomboy young girl dreamy engaging abandoned house villa loneliness family mysterious strangers mystery discovery 2010s
Due to 12 y.o. Anna's asthma, she's sent to stay with relatives of her guardian in the Japanese countryside. She likes to be alone, sketching. She befriends Marnie. Who is the mysterious, blonde Marnie.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
126 Minutes
Mark Ruffalo Anne Hathaway Tim Robbins Bill Camp Victor Garber Mare Winningham Bill Pullman Louisa Krause William Jackson Harper Kevin Crowley Trenton Hudson
lawyer farmer cow attorney corrupt businessman bleak shocking gutsy farm ohio courtroom poison chemical disaster farming legal battle discovery escape transformation 2000s
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Dylan McDermott Charlie Plummer Samantha Mathis Madisen Beaty Brenna Sherman Lance Chantiles-Wertz Kat Pérez Jonathan Riggs
family father son murder suspect killer chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging frightful gripping intense shocking suspenseful thrilling tense uneasy america
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Germany|Norway
2011
158 Minutes
Daniel Craig Rooney Mara Christopher Plummer Stellan Skarsgård Steven Berkoff Robin Wright Yorik van Wageningen Joely Richardson Geraldine James Goran Visnjic Donald Sumpter
reporter industrialist investigator executive lawyer hacker gripping brutal suspenseful island subway apartment sweden family home london investigation murder family secrets unlikely allies missing persons
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.