Best movies like Hassan
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to Hassan? Contribute your insights to lead others toward films and tv shows you've viewed before that may also consume them. Help enlarge the circle of people referring videos between each other. We welcome your engagement!
Plot Summary:
The owner of a failing charity moves abroad to forget his troubles but still feels the call of his homeland.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Afghanistan, Canada
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like Hassan (2018):
Similar in 89%
Girl on the Edge (2015)
Plot Summary:
A powerful true story about the journey of a troubled teenage girl who finds healing in the most unlikely of places, and who must choose to either invest in her own recovery or succumb to the trauma of her past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 750
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, sincere, rough, bleak, suspenseful
Similar in 89%
Hiroshima Maiden (1988)
Plot Summary:
"You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks to him about the grief his pals have been giving him lately. The other boys haven't exactly tried to understand why Dad opened up his family's home to Miyeko, a survivor of the Hiroshima Atomic bomb. Although she is only in America a short time to have surgery on her badly scarred face and arm, her visit reveals just how many ignorant and intolerant attitudes still exist 10 years after the war's end. But Johnny, who also resents Miyeko at first, becomes one of her fiercest defenders after he makes the effort to look past her outward appearance. Only then can the scars begin to heal.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 90%
The Dull-Ice Flower (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ku Ah-ming is a 4th grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township, Taiwan. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is very talented in art and has a great imagination, though most teachers don't know what he's expressing in his artwork.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Family, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 79%
Woh Chokri (1994)
Plot Summary:
Woh Chokri (वह छोकरी) is a Hindi movie starring Pallavi Joshi, Neena Gupta, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and is directed by Subhankar Ghosh.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: art film
Similar in 84%
More Than Puppy Love (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a girl, her dog, and a man who needs to regain his self-reliance. Curtis Peterson, a strong, vital man in his late twenties, and his wife Marie want to start a family. Tragedy strikes when Curtis is paralyzed in a construction accident. Meanwhile, another family welcomes an addition to its household. Teenager Steve Barnett adopts an 8 week old puppy to train as part of a church project. The Barnett family is to house-train Banner for a year. Then the dog would be returned to the Kansas Specialty Dog Service, where it will be trained to assist the disabled and visually impaired. Steve's sister, 8 year old Emily, ends up taking care of Banner, and falls in love with the dog. Her happiness is offset by the tragic circumstances affecting Curtis and Marie. When Marie takes a job as a waitress to support the family, Curtis is left to sit at home alone, wallowing in self pity.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 90%
Stand Strong (2011)
Plot Summary:
Matt Webster measures his success by his possessions. Though he appears to have it all, pride of ownership does little to fill the void of a purposeless life. Brokern relationships, isolation and pain for himself and his family, are the result of his pride and selfishness. Through a series of financial and family crises, Matt and his family are stripped of all they own and are humbled enough to learn what success is really all about.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, christian film
Similar in 84%
Centurion: The Dancing Stallion (2023)
Plot Summary:
Ellissia adopts a white stallion to train in the art of Mexican horse dancing. As she starts teaching the handsome but previously abused Centurion, Ellissia falls critically ill, which keeps her from competing in a celebrated equestrian event. Under the watchful eyes of her father, new ranch hand Danny steps in as trainer, hoping to win the competition — and, perhaps, Ellissia's heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 80%
Love (1971)
Plot Summary:
Luca regularly visits her bedridden mother-in-law. Luca's husband, János, has been arrested on a trumped up political charge, and Luca does not know if he is still alive. Luca hides this from his mother by making up letters purporting to be from János who is directing a big film in New York. Luca discovers that János is alive, and is dismissed from her teaching job because of her husband. The dying mother anxiously awaits the return of her son from New York.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
Similar in 81%
Side by Side (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lauren and her younger brother Harvey risk being taken into care when their grandmother, who is their legal guardian, becomes ill. Lauren accepts the offer of a scholarship to a prestigious sports academy on the understanding that she and Harvey stay together while living with Janice, her duplicitous and ambitious agent. It soon becomes clear that there are plans to split the pair up; when Harvey runs away to find their long-lost grandfather, who hasn’t been heard from for years, Lauren follows. En route the pair discover that, despite all their differences, when they are side by side they are strong enough to deal with anything. This beautifully shot British debut is part family drama, part coming of age story and a road trip that nods towards some of the greats of children’s literature. The young leads give compelling and moving performances that make for an emphatically British family film that’s refreshingly free of even the hint of a franchise. (Source: LFF programme).
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 86%
Yakiniku Dragon (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest daughter Mi-Hwa. Oldest daughter Jung-Hwa is dating Tetsuo, but they break up. Middle daughter Yi-Hwa loves Tetsuo and marries him, but Tetsuo still loves her older sister and they divorce. Youngest daughter Mi-Hwa wants to become a singer, but she is in love with a married man.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, sad
Similar in 80%
Marussia (2013)
Plot Summary:
In cities like Paris there are countless people from Eastern Europe who have forsaken their homelands because they can see no future there. Lucia and her little daughter Marussia are two such people. They have been thrown out by the Russian acquaintances they were staying with and must tramp the streets with their trolley suitcases searching for somewhere else to live. A Russian Orthodox priest offers them their first night's shelter. They spend the second night in a homeless hostel and party through the third with a chance acquaintance. On the fourth night they sleep clandestinely in a cinema and on the fifth with a Russian artist in a hotel … Lucia is good-looking, dresses elegantly and is certainly not shy of men. This serves the mother and her daughter well. In spite of all the uncertainties in their lives, the two frequently share tender moments.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: France, Russia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, sincere, realistic, gloomy
Similar in 84%
Fandry (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nagraj Manjule’s film is a scorching indictment of the caste system that persists in modern India despite legislation introduced since independence. It is depicted through the eyes of an intelligent Dalit (untouchable) teenager, Jabya, who has a deeply rooted inferiority complex about his looks, caste and his family’s staggering poverty. These feelings prevent him from expressing his affection for his fellow classmate and cherished love, the fair-skinned Shalu, who is the daughter of a higher-caste family. His father is against him going to school and aspiring too highly and fellow villagers expect him to do menial work like the rest of his clan.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, emotional, touching, captivating, inspirational, offbeat, intellectual, experimental, mind blowing
Similar in 78%
The Horses of Mcbride (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Nicki finds two horses stranded deep in the Rocky Mountain snow, she makes it her mission to find a way to get them to safety. With no other options, she picks up a shovel and starts to dig out the mile-long path, inspiring her father, Matt, and the rest of the community to join together and save the horses in the spirit of Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, serious, realistic
Similar in 77%
Gypo (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gypo is the story of a working class family in Margate, Kent, a town where immigrants have become the focus of most of the public's discontent. The film tells the story of the a couple of weeks in this family's life, beginning when a young Czech girl, Tash, comes to visit. The film is made in the Dogme95 tradition, so no costumes, no lighting, no props or sets, which gives the film a gritty texture appropriate to the story.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic, bleak, gloomy
Similar in 83%
Saved by Grace (2016)
Plot Summary:
A retired police officer, despondent over the loss of his family, contemplates a dramatic decision which will change his life forever, until he meets a mysterious woman who, through her personal stories, gives him a reason to re-examine what is most important to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: christian film, sincere, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Manito (2002)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict struggling to get his life back on track, is a product of this legacy. His younger brother Manny, the salutatorian of his high school class, embodies the hope of the future. On the night of his graduation party, Manny finds himself faced with an ill-fated decision that could change his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: bleak, emotional, tense, rough, touching, serious, realistic, bilingual
Similar in 90%
The Sweetest Gift (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two neighboring families in Florida, one black and one white, struggle with the problems of race, poverty, prejudice, and absent fathers, as their children become friends over the course of one summer and fall.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, emotional, realistic
Similar in 87%
Freshman Father (2010)
Plot Summary:
When high school sweethearts John (Seeley) and Kathy (Irvin) find out Kathy is pregnant, they decide to get married and move to Cambridge so John can fulfill his scholarship to Harvard. But faced with the harsh reality of their situation, Kathy leaves John behind, compelling him to rent a room from Dorothy (Potts), a psychic who encourages him as he struggles to balance school and fatherhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 811
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, melancholic, realistic, entertaining
Similar in 82%
Begin Again (2013)
Plot Summary:
12-year-old Jessica Jones world is torn apart when she is taken out of her abusive home and placed in to Foster care. Jessica will grapple with her past, present, and future, and meet numerous struggles along the way. Her story is the reality of so many abuse victims in communities nationwide. The flashback scenes are from my own abusive childhood. I share these scenes with the hope that others in abusive situations will seek help for themselves and their abusers before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, captivating
Similar in 84%
Christmas in Canaan (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1960s, Christmas in Canaan is a drama about a black family and a white family that learn to love each other out of their Christian beliefs.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, atmospheric, sentimental, captivating
Similar in 78%
The Kid (2015)
Plot Summary:
His mother has left and Gonzalo doesn't know why. How he is taking care of his little infant sister all alone, though he himself is barely ten years old. Neighbours help and try to figure out what should be done with the two children. Like old Felipe with his pub, the veterinarian Julio and his wife, or kind Lorena, who's stranded in the town. And gradually Gonzalo finds out what is really going on.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, rough, serious, captivating, bleak, realistic
Similar in 82%
Native Son (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young African-American man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, disturbing
Similar in 81%
The Lamb (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a small village near Erzincan (Turkey) young Mert is about to get traditionally circumcised, but the family does not have the money to follow up with the circumcision celebration. The family wants to be able to serve lamb meat to the guests of the celebration. Mert's older sister scares him that if they cannot afford a lamb the father will slaughter him instead.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, bleak
Similar in 82%
Fratricide (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way through the harshness of the occidental city. Their encounter with a gang of Turks will rapidly led them into an inevitable tragical spiral filled with death and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his family. He lives with his wife, Doroteia, and his daughter-in-law, Sofia, but it is the absence of João, son and husband, that worries them.Gebo seems to be hiding something, especially to Doroteia, who is anxiously waiting to see her son again. Sofia is also waiting for her husband to come home, and yet she fears him. All of a sudden, João arrives and everything changes..
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, tense, realistic
Similar in 90%
Fatima (2015)
Plot Summary:
Fatima, a Moroccan-born woman who now lives in France with her two teenage daughters, with whom she is barely able to communicate.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, captivating, realistic
Similar in 87%
A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned boy named Tomás is adopted by Maire O’Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept Tomás as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery, illuminating how rainbows can shine around - and within - us all.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: uplifting, feel good, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, christian film, motivational
Similar in 75%
Bridge to Terabithia (1985)
Plot Summary:
Jess Aarons and new girl Leslie Burke create a world of their own and call it Terabithia and pretend to be the king and queen. They return to their magical kingdom every day after school.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film
Similar in 81%
Christmas for a Dollar (2013)
Plot Summary:
America is in the midst of the Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially after Mrs. Kamp's untimely death. Now little Ruthie, with her mother gone and her father overwhelmed by doctor bills resulting from her brother's polio, expects another Christmas without presents or festivities. But when her father brings home one dollar in change and lets the children use it to buy special gifts for each other, the Kamps come to find that money isn't what fills Christmas with joy, love, and miracles.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, feel good, disturbing, christian film
Similar in 89%
Little Women (2018)
Plot Summary:
A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sweet, captivating, period piece