20 movies like My Pure Land, ordered by similarity : Lassie(1994), Fatima(2015), Let Me Go(2017), Infinitely Polar Bear(2014), Unhook the Stars(1996), A Thousand Times Goodnight(2013), The Loves of Joanna Godden(1947), Carol(2015), National Velvet(1944), Perfect 10(2019), Temple Grandin(2010), Mother's Day(2018) ...
Drama
UK
2017
92 Minutes
Suhaee Abro Salman Ahmed Khan Razia Malik Tayyab Ifzal Eman Fatima Syed Tanveer Hussain Sahib Ahmad Ahsen Murad Atif Akhtar Bhatti Malik Aslam
relative mother misogynist daughter tough woman gripping inspiring heartwarming powerful family home pakistan farm rural community showdown patriarchy darkness life story banding together power struggle 1990s
Three women defend their home against a group of armed men who want to take it forcibly from them.
Drama
USA
1994
92 Minutes
Thomas Guiry Helen Slater Jon Tenney Brittany Boyd Frederic Forrest Richard Farnsworth Michelle Williams Charlie Hofheimer Clayton Barclay Jones
father mother son daughter lassie farmer heartwarming virginia farm family home dogs family farming teen angst love triangle culture clash adventure transformation 1990s
When a family of 4 moves from Baltimore to a farm in rural Virginia, they adopt an abandoned collie. The dog becomes the son's companion and protector, helping him adapt to rural life.
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
Drama
UK|Austria
2017
101 Minutes
Lucy Boynton Stanley Weber Jodhi May Juliet Stevenson Elizabeth Webster Abhin Galeya Éva Magyar Sevda Levent
mother daughter ghost granddaughter great-grandmother moving emotional gripping engaging heartwarming inspiring vienna england austria life family family secrets abandonment journey death
Let Me Go is a film about mothers and daughters, it is about ghosts from the past and the impact they leave on the present. Developed from Helga Schneider's true life story, Let Me Go ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
87 Minutes
Mark Ruffalo Zoe Saldana Imogene Wolodarsky Ashley Aufderheide Beth Dixon Keir Dullea Georgia Lyman Chris Papavasiliou Alicia Love Manoah Angelo
mother african-american daughter white person sister father emotional heartwarming powerful vehicle restaurant workplace home life story growth life romantic dilemma motherhood 1970s
A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
War, Drama
2013
117 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lauryn Canny Adrianna Cramer Curtis Maria Doyle Kennedy Larry Mullen Jr. Mads Ousdal Chloe Annett
family photojournalist young woman mother daughter husband emotional engaging fiery gripping intense powerful war zone home kabul, afghanistan africa refugee camp ireland career family
A war-zone photojournalist's (Juliette Binoche) dedication to her dangerous job places her at odds with her family (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny).
Drama
UK
1947
89 Minutes
Googie Withers Charles Frend Jean Kent John McCallum Derek Bond Henry Mollison Chips Rafferty Sonia Holm Josephine Stuart Edward Rigby Frederick Piper
farmer young woman suitor love interest heir confident endearing engaging heartwarming inspiring powerful farm rural community united kingdom independence farming breaking rules love work life
On Romney Marsh at the turn of the century, a woman farmer has three suitors.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Drama
USA
1944
125 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor Donald Crisp Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Reginald Owen Norma Varden Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Terry Kilburn
equestrian jockey daughter father mother trainer inspiring heartwarming england countryside racetrack family home aspirations horse racing family friendship competition discovery growing up transformation
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
Drama
UK
2019
84 Minutes
Frankie Box Alfie Deegan Sharlene Whyte William Ash Nicola Wright Jenna Goodwin Billy Mogford Emily Gibson Leia Desseaux Mitchell Murphy Annie Grainger
gymnast half brother father teen girl emotional gutsy powerful touching inspiring heartwarming family home gym brighton, england living space united kingdom home gymnastics family relationships crime life story
An aspiring teenager gymnast's world is turned upside down with the arrival of the half-brother she never knew she had.
Drama, Biography
2010
110 Minutes
Claire Danes Catherine O'Hara Julia Ormond David Strathairn Stephanie Faracy Barry Tubb Melissa Farman Michael Crabtree
scientist farmer autistic person mother aunt professor inspiring uplifting emotional powerful colorado campus ranch slaughterhouse arizona family home temple grandin autism animal husbandry family
The scientist (Claire Danes) becomes an advocate for autistics and the humane treatment of livestock.
Drama
2018
90 Minutes
Anna Maxwell Martin Vicky McClure Daniel Mays David Wilmot Simone Kirby
mother terrorist family victim son gritty powerful tense england city united kingdom terrorism political unrest mother/son relationship mother courage transformation revenge 1990s
Two women living on opposite sides of the Irish Sea are brought together by the Warrington bombing in 1993.
Drama
USA
1973
93 Minutes
Joanne Woodward Martin Balsam Sylvia Sidney Dori Brenner Win Forman Tresa Hughes Peter Marklin Ron Richards Charley Oberley Minerva Pious Helen Ludlam
wife mother husband daughter dark emotional family home farm france battlefield family death mother/child relationship childhood transformation 1970s
Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life, as well as her relationships with her mother, her eye doctor ... See full summary »
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
Brazil
2015
112 Minutes
Regina Casé Michel Joelsas Lourenço Mutarelli Karine Teles Camila Márdila Helena Albergaria Luis Miranda Theo Werneck Luci Pereira
housekeeper maid family member mother daughter son charming disheartening heartwarming emotional melodramatic intense brazil são paulo apartment relationships single mothers mother/daughter relationship abandonment love
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Drama
UK
2017
95 Minutes
Siobhan Finneran Sacha Parkinson Molly Wright Robert Emms Steve Evets Aqib Khan Clare McGlinn James Quinn Jessica Baglow Wasim Zakir
jehovah's witnesses young woman mother daughter sister religious person moving gripping bleak united kingdom small town family home college religious gathering mother/daughter relationship religion pregnancy religious beliefs sibling relationship transformation
A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
Drama
UK|France
1996
142 Minutes
Timothy Spall Brenda Blethyn Phyllis Logan Marianne Jean-Baptiste Claire Rushbrook Ron Cook Lesley Manville Elizabeth Berrington Michele Austin Lee Ross Emma Amos
doctor mother blue-collar worker daughter brother powerful tense funeral london backyard café family dysfunction mother/daughter relationship family history adoption class distinctions friendship discovery transformation 1990s
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
mother daughter grandmother teen girl singer drifter touching emotional dark new south wales, australia town seaside trailer park beach alcoholism mother/daughter relationship estrangement abandoned child reunion secret past
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.