20 movies like Light of My Life, ordered by similarity : The White King(2016), Timbuktu(2014), Blood Father(2016), Graduation(2016), Unstoppable(2010), Awaiting(2015), Blindness(2008), Just Charlie(2017), Outside the Law(1920), Persepolis(2007), Honey Boy(2019), Toni Erdmann(2016) ...
6.6/10
Drama
USA
2019
119 Minutes
Casey Affleck Elisabeth Moss Anna Pniowsky Tom Bower Timothy Webber Hrothgar Mathews Thelonius Serrell-Freed Kory Grim Lloyd Cunningham Patrick Keating Jesse James Pierce
father daughter gritty raw tense dystopia plagues dystopia escape 21st century
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond, and the character of humanity, is tested.
5.8/10
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK|Germany|Sweden|Hungary
2016
89 Minutes
Jörg Tittel
young boy father guard mother colonel general tense chilling engaging intense gripping emotional fictional city dystopia dictatorship dystopia saving the day father/son relationship missing father search
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Drama
Mauritania|France|Qatar
2014
97 Minutes
Ibrahim Ahmed Toulou Kiki Abel Jafri Fatoumata Diawara Hichem Yacoubi Kettly Noël Mehdi A.G. Mohamed Layla Walet Mohamed Adel Mahmoud Cherif Salem Dendou
father daughter family militant terrorist community member brutal chilling emotional fascinating gripping gritty intense moving raw sad tense timbuktu, mali rural community desert
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France
2016
88 Minutes
Mel Gibson Erin Moriarty Diego Luna William H. Macy Michael Parks Thomas Mann Elisabeth Röhm Ryan Dorsey
father ex-convict daughter drug dealer thrilling tense dark gritty new mexico united states drugs estrangement father/daughter relationship reunion escape on the run violence escape revenge 21st century
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
7.3/10
Drama
Romania|France|Belgium
2016
128 Minutes
Adrian Titieni Maria-Victoria Dragus Rares Andrici Lia Bugnar Malina Manovici Vlad Ivanov Petre Ciubotaru David Hodorog Gheorghe Ifrim Lucian Ifrim
father daughter attacker police officer brutal disheartening disturbing emotional gripping uneasy transylvania small town rape rape aftermath revenge moral dilemma father/daughter relationship fatherhood love revenge
A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
4.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
UK
2015
95 Minutes
Diana Vickers Tony Curran Rupert Hill Peter Woodward Adrian Bouchet Sophie Lovell Anderson
lawyer father daughter fiancée accident victim man bleak brutal intense suspenseful creepy dark house woods hideout horror accident father/daughter relationship murder tradition
Deep in the English moors, a sociopath preys on innocent people, until one day his secrets are finally revealed and an inevitable confrontation is at hand.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Brazil|Canada|Japan|UK|Italy
2008
120 Minutes
Julianne Moore Mark Ruffalo Alice Braga Yusuke Iseya Yoshino Kimura Don McKellar Maury Chaykin Mitchell Nye Danny Glover Gael García Bernal Sandra Oh
doctor wife bartender government official accountant tense bleak chilling asylum dystopia dystopia quarantine blindness anarchy revolution disease escape rise sacrifice 2000s
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
6.8/10
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?
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1920
75 Minutes
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Lon Chaney Ralph Lewis E. Alyn Warren Stanley Goethals Melbourne MacDowell Wilton Taylor Rose Plumer
monk robber criminal rival father daughter melodramatic intense spirited hideout big city street redemption double-cross father/daughter relationship heist wrongfully accused jewelry theft transformation rivalry
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »
8.0/10
Animation, Drama
France|USA
2007
95 Minutes
child friend teacher father veteran police officer intense dark witty france austria airport school iran family home tyrants marriage air raids father/daughter relationship justice
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
2019
93 Minutes
Shia LaBeouf Lucas Hedges Noah Jupe Byron Bowers Laura San Giacomo FKA Twigs Natasha Lyonne Maika Monroe Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Martin Starr
child actor father therapist family confident dark emotional engaging gritty intense melancholy moving powerful profound raw uneasy united states hollywood dysfunctional family dysfunctional relationship
A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
Germany|Austria|Monaco|Romania|France|Switzerland
2016
162 Minutes
Peter Simonischek Sandra Hüller Michael Wittenborn Thomas Loibl Trystan Pütter Hadewych Minis Lucy Russell Ingrid Bisu Vlad Ivanov Victoria Cocias Radu Banzaru
estranged father daughter amusing brutal cheeky creative bucharest, romania father/daughter relationship discovery adventure 21st century
A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
5.8/10
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Fredric March Martha Scott Arthur Kennedy Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Alan Reed Bert Freed
criminal prisoner father mother son daughter tense thrilling emotional indianapolis house home invasion escaped criminals hostages family stand-off escape love 1950s
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
6.8/10
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA|France
2014
109 Minutes
Michael C. Hall Sam Shepard Vinessa Shaw Don Johnson Nick Damici Wyatt Russell Brogan Hall Lanny Flaherty
father ex-convict criminal murderer thrilling tense bleak gritty united states crime scene texas countryside country road police station crime murder fatherhood past crimes violence pursuit
When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
5.1/10
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Matthew Glave Emily Bett Rickards Jana Winternitz Nikki Limo Lily Holleman Jessica Diggins Aschleigh Jensen Pete Gardner Reginald VelJohnson Jacob Wysocki
older man daughter estranged father friend girlfriend tense amusing emotional shocking uneasy california wedding restaurant bar woods love triangle awkward situations love father/daughter relationship secret
A dramedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter when she invites him to her woodland wedding.
6.3/10
Drama
New Zealand
1996
92 Minutes
Aleksandra Vujcic Julian Arahanga Rade Serbedzija Marton Csokas Jing Zhao Yang Li Madeline McNamara Elizabeth Mavric Temuera Morrison Michael Langley Morena Tutuguro
father daughter lover cook sister maori intense powerful emotional restaurant house auckland, new zealand bedroom immigrants marrying for money father/daughter relationship jealousy rebellion rivalry love
Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg
2015
135 Minutes
Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Jack Greenlees Ian Pirie Hugh Ross Niall Greig Fulton Douglas Rankine
daughter farmer abusive father rape victim mother intense disturbing emotional melodramatic raw farm college canada argentina rape violence suicide world war i marriage love
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
8.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2013
153 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal Viola Davis Maria Bello Terrence Howard Melissa Leo Paul Dano Dylan Minnette Zoë Soul Erin Gerasimovich Kyla-Drew Simmons
father daughter young girl best friend detective suspect dark intense boston family home police station rv father/daughter relationship missing persons disappearance police work vigilantism pursuit sacrifice revenge
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
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