20 movies like The Wild Pear Tree, ordered by similarity : Fatima(2015), After the Storm(2016), Little Sister(2015), The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir(2018), The Return of Martin Guerre(1982), Rosie(2018), The Confirmation(2016), Times and Winds(2006), Like Father, Like Son(2013), Tilai(1990), Swami(2007), Beautifully Broken(2018) ...
Drama
Turkey|Republic of North Macedonia|France|Germany|Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bulgaria|Sweden|Qatar
2018
188 Minutes
Dogu Demirkol Murat Cemcir Bennu Yildirimlar Hazar Ergüclü Serkan Keskin Tamer Levent Öner Erkan Rifat Sungar Akin Aksu Kubilay Tunçer Ercüment Balakoglu
gambler mother aspiring writer villager father bleak emotional brooding village home ambition going home 2010s
An unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.
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
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.
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.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
France|India|Belgium|Singapore|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Dhanush Bérénice Bejo Erin Moriarty Barkhad Abdi Gérard Jugnot Ben Miller Abel Jafri Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
artist mother young woman indian american magician emotional amusing inspiring creative charming heartwarming mumbai, india paris closet village city home family history death of mother
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
Drama, History
France
1982
122 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Nathalie Baye Roger Planchon André Chaumeau Maurice Barrier Stéphane Pean Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Sylvie Meda
wife husband villager magistrate veteran impostor fascinating gripping emotional suspenseful france countryside village courtroom family home impersonation court battles husband/wife relationship con game war aftermath
In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.
Drama
2018
86 Minutes
Sarah Greene Moe Dunford Ellie O'Halloran Ruby Dunne Darragh Mckenzie Molly McCann Killian Coyle John Dalessandro Natalia Kostrzewa Lochlann O'Mearáin Toni O'Rourke
mother family homeless person bleak emotional family home street homelessness family in peril survival underdog 2010s
A woman, her husband and their four children find themselves homeless after their landlord sells their house. Over the next 36 hours, the couple desperately search for a place to live while trying to shield the kids from the reality of the situation.
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.
Drama
2006
111 Minutes
Ozkan Ozen Ali Bey Kayali Elit Iscan Taner Birsel
villager young boy young girl teacher religious person solemn emotional dreamy turkey school family home village mountain mountain life friendship gender roles father/son relationship childhood growing up sacrifice
Drama
Japan
2013
120 Minutes
Machiko Ono Yôko Maki Masaharu Fukuyama Lily Franky Kirin Kiki Jun Fubuki Jun Kunimura Shôgen Hwang
father son biological father mother emotional gripping incredible powerful rousing tender japan home hospital outdoors small town city switched identities birth family relationships
Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
Drama
Switzerland|UK|France|Burkina Faso|Germany
1990
81 Minutes
Rasmane Ouedraogo Ina Cissé Roukietou Barry Assane Ouedraogo Sibidou Sidibé Moumouni Ouedraogo Mariam Barry
villager father son fiancé father-in-law second wife melodramatic powerful suspenseful burkina faso village desert africa village life family feud infidelity death penalty on the run love triangle forbidden love
Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2007
180 Minutes
father terminally ill person mother precocious child headmaster melodramatic endearing heartwarming moving mumbai, india village family home united states father/son relationship education mother/son relationship aspirations class struggle poverty sacrifice
Swami, Radha and their kid shift to Mumbai after selling off their ancestral home in a village. In Mumbai, they get their kid admitted to a school that's patronized by children belonging to... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2018
108 Minutes
Scott William Winters Benjamin Ochieng Emily Hahn Eric Roberts Jessica Obilom Caitlin Nicol-Thomas Alan Powell Eugene Khumbanyiwa
family father tense emotional vehicle church village refugee camp house home regret wish fulfillment life learning experience defying expectations oppression 2010s
As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Drama
UK
2016
101 Minutes
Rafe Spall Emilia Fox Elaine Cassidy William Stagg Matthew Stagg Richard Cordery Susan Jameson Ross McCormack
father single father deceased mother son young boy brother moving emotional engaging endearing england life lessons mother's death mother/son relationship father/son relationship breast cancer disease death challenge love
A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2018
97 Minutes
Justin Bartha Bruce Greenwood Inbar Lavi Sandrine Holt Lolita Davidovich Kevin McDonald Darrin Rose Stephanie Czajkowski Arden Alfonso Stephen Eric McIntyre Marshall Williams
young man father dead person mother estranged father friend hilarious amusing playful emotional heartwarming sad field death of father relationships father/son relationship dying wish wish fulfillment discovery love
When a brand-new dad must return home to bury his estranged father, things get complicated when the dead man's final wish is to have his ashes scattered over the field of his favorite professional sports team.
Drama
2000
90 Minutes
Danny Glover Angela Bassett Willie Jonah
tribesman mother father white man elderly person bleak emotional profound south africa village road camp shantytown cape town, south africa homelessness apartheid journey relationships alcoholism abuse
A South African couple (Danny Glover, Angela Bassett) try to overcome personal tragedy within their love/hate relationship.
Drama
UK
2017
97 Minutes
Harry Gilby Patricia Potter Scot Williams Joshua Pascoe Karen Bryson Andrea Green Ewan Mitchell Caroline Nash Jeff Alexander John Draycott Jess Collett
soccer player star player teen boy father family emotional endearing gritty intense moving england soccer field soccer game club home gender identity following your heart family relationships soccer father/child relationship
Football star Charlie is a girl trapped in the body of a boy. Rejected by her Father and teammates will she ever play football again?
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
1970
90 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell Daniel Keyes Conrad Bain Jon Richards James Karen
father son mother fiancée sister college professor moving tender emotional bleak touching brooding new york city parents' house diner hospital father/son relationship independence family grief
A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).
Drama
USA|Germany
2018
114 Minutes
Laura Dern Elizabeth Debicki Laura Allen Jason Ritter Ellen Burstyn Common Frances Conroy John Heard Tina Parker Isabella Amara Isabelle Nélisse
journalist professor mother coach boyfriend emotional disheartening moving profound uneasy intense house farm childhood home school child abuse molestation going home past crimes repression
A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.