20 movies like Jellyfish, ordered by similarity : American Wrestler: The Wizard(2016), Assassination of a High School President(2008), John and the Missus(1987), Uncommon(2014), The Great Man Votes(1939), Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), Believe in Me(2006), The Miracle Season(2018), 1 Chance 2 Dance(2013), Two for Joy(2018), The Hate U Give(2018), After the Storm(2016) ...
Drama
UK
2018
101 Minutes
Liv Hill Sinead Matthews Cyril Nri Angus Barnett Tomos Eames Victoria Alcock Helen Kennedy Connor Mills
teen girl comedienne depressed person bleak engaging seaside town school graduation stand-up comedy sacrifice rise 2010s
A young carer discovers an unlikely talent for stand-up comedy.
Drama
USA
2016
117 Minutes
Jon Voight William Fichtner Lia Marie Johnson George Kosturos Kevin G. Schmidt Gabriel Basso Shannon Collis Courtney Hope Turner Nicholas Guilak
high-school student wrestler hero school principal team member coach emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring moving touching small town california high school gym school bus wrestling new school new town
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
2008
99 Minutes
Mischa Barton Reece Thompson Bruce Willis Michael Rapaport Kathryn Morris Melonie Diaz Patrick James Taylor Josh Pais Luke Grimes Emily Meade Zoë Kravitz
high-school student reporter teen boy teen girl classmate president engaging intricate high school catholic school high school presidency conspiracy investigation respect sat mystery rise pursuit 2000s
A high-school reporter (Reece Thompson) probes the theft of the school's SAT exams and wrongly identifies the class president as the culprit.
Drama
Canada
1987
100 Minutes
Gordon Pinsent Jackie Burroughs Randy Follett Jessica Steen Timothy Webber Roland Hewgill Neil Munro
miner husband wife son townsperson government official bleak emotional powerful newfoundland small town household canada small-town life mining displacement family government marriage quest
A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2014
106 Minutes
Erik Estrada Ben Davies Irma P. Hall Courtney Buck Jason Crabb Wesley Elder Lucas Smissen Stacey Bradshaw Kelsey Brooks Stephanie Bettcher
student actor school principal schoolteacher god inspiring heartwarming uplifting lighthearted moving school high school united states the bible acting school play religion faith god struggle
Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their theater, music and dance departments ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
Drama
USA
2006
108 Minutes
Jeffrey Donovan Samantha Mathis Bruce Dern Bob Gunton Heather Matarazzo Alicia Lagano Kevin Wiggins Arron Shiver Anne Judson-Yager Kerbey Smith
basketball coach wife rancher high-school student basketball player teen girl positive melodramatic heartwarming oklahoma small town high school basketball court school bus hallway women in sports basketball aspirations teamwork championship
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
Drama
USA
2018
99 Minutes
Helen Hunt William Hurt Erin Moriarty Danika Yarosh Tiera Skovbye Jason Gray-Stanford Burkely Duffield Jillian Fargey Rebecca Staab Nesta Cooper Natalie Sharp
volleyball player coach teammate high-school student engaging inspiring moving passionate rousing high school court small town iowa volleyball accident death banding together championship winning love
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
Drama
USA
2013
88 Minutes
Lexi Giovagnoli Rae Latt Alexia Dox Justin Ray Poonam Basu Emily Deahl Teresa Biter Mason Trueblood
dancer teen girl love interest teen boy friend melodramatic airy positive high school small town united states dancing high school high school crush teen culture teen romance growing up love 2010s
When a seventeen-year old aspiring dancer is uprooted mid-semester of her senior year, she finds herself in a small East Coast high school where her heart will be divided between two boys, ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
2018
90 Minutes
Billie Piper Samantha Morton Bella Ramsey Emilia Jones Daniel Mays Grace Hogg-Robinson David Elliot Badger Skelton
teen girl brother single mother bleak brooding sultry raw gritty intense seaside small town estate family dysfunction crime youth grief death vacation escape growing up
A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
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.
Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music
Ireland|UK
2016
106 Minutes
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Lucy Boynton Jack Reynor Aidan Gillen Maria Doyle Kennedy Mark McKenna Kelly Thornton Ian Kenny Ben Carolan Percy Chamburuka Karl Rice
teen boy teen girl friend band member parent older brother amusing charming cheeky confident engaging inspiring uplifting dublin harbor street city home high school band
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Drama
USA
1956
95 Minutes
James Mason Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Robert F. Simon Chris Olsen Roland Winters Rusty Lane Rachel Stephens Kipp Hamilton
schoolteacher wife friend son doctor dark gripping intense small town family home hospital school america drug addiction experiments small-town life unusual behavior american dream fall transformation
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
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
2014
96 Minutes
Kelly Blatz Richard Jenkins Cam Gigandet Analeigh Tipton Rhys Coiro Kim Basinger Dylan Arnold David Brown-King Arian Anderson
runner athlete student coach brother sibling family gripping moving inspiring engaging high school united states track family home small town running sports scholarship training
A former track coach decides to train a student with natural athletic talent. Tragedy strikes, forcing the student to confront everything that has been holding him back.
Drama
UK
1994
97 Minutes
Albert Finney Greta Scacchi Matthew Modine Julian Sands Michael Gambon Ben Silverstone Maryam d'Abo Jim Sturgess
husband wife teacher lover student schoolboy schoolteacher gripping engaging school england boarding school marriage career failed marriage affair education retirement transformation discovery
On the verge of forced resignation, a strict old-fashioned teacher rethinks his life.
Drama
Canada|USA
2017
99 Minutes
Catherine Keener Jeanne Tripplehorn Colin Cunningham Callum Keith Rennie Aaron Douglas Miranda Frigon Garry Chalk April Telek
nurse leader neighbor lawyer passionate bleak engaging disheartening emotional raw small town united states connecticut protest activism corporate greed capitalism court battles land dispute underdog
A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
2014
102 Minutes
Elliot James Langridge Josh Whitehouse Antonia Thomas Jack Gordon James Lance Christian McKay Ricky Tomlinson Lisa Stansfield Steve Coogan Alex Esmail John Thomson
friend teen boy bleak amusing engaging gritty inspiring raw spirited northern england high school nightclub small town soul music dance passion teenage rebellion ambition underground scene adventure
Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.
Biography, Drama
2018
101 Minutes
Rachel Weisz Colin Firth David Thewlis Finn Elliot Andrew Buchan Jonathan Bailey Genevieve Gaunt Sebastian Armesto Ken Stott Simon Chandler Adrian Schiller
yacht skipper father adventurer wife contestant gripping engaging emotional heartwarming inspiring lighthearted sea yacht yachting competition following your dreams danger ambition family adventure
Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst creates an outrageous account of his disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race.