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Plot Summary:
He suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13 but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya, who is a gynaecologist. Amol is young, progressive politician. He is a man with a mission. Auro is Amol's son. Paa is a 'rare' story about a father-son, son-father relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, uplifting, emotional, funny, entertaining
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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
Plot Summary:
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, emotional, black comedy, sentimental, serious, realistic, crying, funny, romantic
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The Damned Rain (2009)
Plot Summary:
There's more at stake than just failed crops when a drought strikes a rural community in this comedy-drama from India.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: semi serious, atmospheric, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Jo's Boy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Grandson of a legendary rugby player, son of a legendary rugby player, and he himself a legendary rugby player, Jo Canavero raises his only son, Tom, in a small village in the Tarn region. To the great displeasure of Jo, thirteen-year-old Tom is as good at math as he is useless on the rugby field. For a Canavero, the legend can't stop there, even if it means setting up a rugby team specifically for Tom, despite the wishes of the whole village and of Tom himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
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Sarkar Raj (2008)
Plot Summary:
The politically influential Shankar Nagre agrees to back a power plant scheme presented by corporate hotshot Anita Rajan; providing their enemies, which include upcoming political firebrands, an embezzling facilitator and shady businessmen with a unique opportunity to destroy the mass political clout enjoyed by him and his father (Subhash Nagre), the political icon known as "Sarkar".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, political, political thriller
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Tribute (1980)
Plot Summary:
A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: poignant, sentimental, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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A Year in My Life (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, sincere, captivating, feel good, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Shower (1999)
Plot Summary:
An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, melancholic, thought provoking, sentimental, independent film, sad, sincere, serious, realistic
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The Ungrateful (1973)
Plot Summary:
Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take bed-rest for two months, Vicky fills in his father's shoes, has a confrontation with a senior employee and union leader, Bipinlal Pandey, which results in a strike.. Damodar starts a chain of events that get out of control, events that may well see the death of one of the friends at the hands of the other. Will Vicky's and Somu's friendship see them through or will it also be a casualty?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, contemplative, surprise ending
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The Grump (2014)
Plot Summary:
A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer — whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric — raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law, in this hilarious social satire based on the wildly popular novel by Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Iceland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, emotional, sentimental, humorous, touching, serious, realistic
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I Did Not Kill Gandhi (2005)
Plot Summary:
Once known for his intellectual prowess, a retired professor (Anupam Kher) begins experiencing memory gaps and periods of forgetfulness. But while he tries to laugh it off, it soon becomes clear that the symptoms are a sign of a more serious illness, prompting his grown daughter (Urmila Matondkar) to move in as his caretaker. Meanwhile, as his mind regresses, he recalls a traumatic childhood memory involving the death of Mahatma Gandhi.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, political
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Wound (1998)
Plot Summary:
Amidst religious riots, a son deals with his mother's life-threatening injuries, and her last request.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: cult classic, touching, powerful, serious, emotional, realistic
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Gardener (2003)
Plot Summary:
Raj Malhotra and wife Pooja have four sons. The sons have settled down professionally and are quite independent. However, when Raj Malhotra retires, none of his children want to be burdened with the responsibility of taking care of their parents. Strangely, it is the adopted son who proves to be the most kind hearted of them all. Salman's girlfriend eventually marries him. The question is, will Raj and Pooja's sons learn the folly of their ways and turn over a new leaf?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: realistic, romantic, captivating, touching, gloomy, inspirational, entertaining, sad, crying, romantic drama
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Sharabi (1984)
Plot Summary:
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and a peg of brandy instead of a glass milk, Vicky Kapoor, the only son of multi-millionaire industrialist, Amarnath, grows up to be an alcoholic, albeit with a good heart. Amarnath has detached himself completely from Vicky s life, and provides him money in lieu of affection and care, living this to be taken care off by Munshi Phoolchand. Vicky is very resentful of being ignored by his dad in this manner, and leaves no stone unturned to mock and belittle him at every available opportunity. Amarnath hopes to get his son married, but Vicky loves the daughter of a poor blind man, Meena, which is not acceptable to Amarnath. One day Amarnath decides he has had enough and decides to turn Vicky out of his house. He has him sign waivers, and asks him to get out, which Vicky does so. While Vicky is relieved of being freed from his dad s control, the question remains that with no skills at making a living, how is Vicky to survive in a cold-hearted world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Bhoothnath Returns (2014)
Plot Summary:
Boothnath vows to redeem himself when spirits tease him, and searches for a child to terrify. He befriends Akhrot, a slum kid, and helps him take on the country's most powerful politician.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, sitcom, semi serious, spooky
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Country Remedy (2007)
Plot Summary:
In order to secure the position of Head of Pediatrics at a top Chicago hospital, a young, highly accomplished, pediatrician agrees to spend a summer setting up a clinic in a small town in the North Carolina mountains. Clashing against the ways of the small community he is forced to deal with the recent loss of his wife while reconnecting with his 9 year old son, and learning a different pace of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, emotional, independent film, serious, realistic
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Happiness & Tears (2001)
Plot Summary:
Orthodox Indian, Raichand, would like his two sons to live together with him and his wife, and get married to girls' of his choice. One of his sons, Rahul, is adopted, while Rohan is his real son. Rahul falls in love with a poor Indian girl named Anjali, and incurs the displeasure of Raichand, they argue and fight, as a result Rahul leaves the house, moves to Britain, and settles down. Raichand now focuses his attention on his real son, Rohan, who has no plans to get married, but is determined to bring Rahul and Anjali back home so that they can be together again. Will Raichand permit Rohan to have his way, or will he also ask him to leave the house?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, romantic, touching, feel good, entertaining, crying, romantic comedy
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Black (2005)
Plot Summary:
Black is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography. Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, emotional, serious, entertaining, psychological, thought provoking, depressing
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Bruno (2000)
Plot Summary:
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, emotional, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, inspirational, motivational, independent film, flamboyance
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Time Stands Still (1982)
Plot Summary:
A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dinis suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in 1956, and since then Dini's mother has had to take care of her two sons on her own. A friend of Dinis' father, Bodor, is released from prison and moves in with them. Dinis and his brother Bodor are far from happy over this intrusion of their family life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, touching, emotional, realistic, serious
Similar in 75%
Dad (1989)
Plot Summary:
A busy executive (Ted Danson) learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him (Jack Lemmon) than ever before. Estranged from his own son (Ethan Hawke), the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, feel good, uplifting, inspirational, sincere, thought provoking, poignant, comedy drama
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Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)
Plot Summary:
Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Through his humble occupation, Mahadev has the potential to impact numerous lives. The movie is a satirical, but warm-hearted portrait of life in rural India.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)
Plot Summary:
A chronic illness leaves Ishwar with only a few months to live. His son Aditya is extremely reckless. To make him realise his responsibilities, Ishwar throws his son out of the house.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Guru (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles he meets, his subsequent rise and the huge backlash he receives when it is revealed that he used unethical means to rise in the business circuit.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, captivating, serious, inspirational, motivational, epic, social, cult classic, historical drama
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M.K.B.K.M. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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Carry On, Munna Bhai (2006)
Plot Summary:
A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders' home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the help of Munna's sidekick, Circuit, while Munna is busy romancing Jahnvi elsewhere.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, inspirational, entertaining, funny, feel good, sad, cult classic
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Badhaai Ho (2018)
Plot Summary:
A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic, fast
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Bhoothnath (2008)
Plot Summary:
Banku, his mother, Anjali Sharma and father move in to their new house -- the Nath villa, unaware of the fact that the house is inhabited by a ghost. It is learnt the ghost is not too happy with his new housemates. But what the ghost is not prepared for is his unlikely friendship with Banku. Now Banku must uncover the reason why his ghostly friend is stuck and help him to attain salvation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending
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We Are Family (2010)
Plot Summary:
Maya is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three childerens, Aleya ( Aachal Munjal ), Ankush ( Nominath Ginsberg ), and Anjali ( Diya Sonecha ). Who thinks nothing much then the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, Aman ( Arjun Rampal ). Maya has ensured that everything runs smoothly in her house, under her watch, and that they continue to remain a happy family unit. However, when Aman introduces his girlfriend, Shreya ( Kareena Kapoor ) a career oriented woman, who has a lot to learn about children's, to the family, the situation immediately takes an unexpected turn. When an incident changes their lives drastically, bringing the two women under the same roof, they find themselves putting to test an unusual situation; can two mothers make a home?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India, Australia, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sentimental, uplifting, touching, humorous, realistic, entertaining
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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Plot Summary:
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, funny, inspirational, entertaining, motivational, light, touching, feel good
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When We Met (2007)
Plot Summary:
Depressed after the passing of his father, Dharamraj; as well as his gorgeous girlfriend ditching him, Mumbai-based businessman Aditya Kashyap takes a BEST bus, goes to Chatrapati Shivaji Train Terminus, and boards a train. This is where he meets Geet Kaur Dhillon, who is returning home to Bhatinda, and who pays for his ticket. At Bar Nagar, he decides to leave, but she follows him, missing her train. They manage to get a ride to Ratlam, miss the train again, but eventually make it to Bhatinda. Once there, he gets to meet her family; her pretty sister, Roop; as well as her to-be betrothed, Manjeet Singh Mann. Before the engagement could be finalized, she manages to convince her family that she wants to marry Aditya, and they welcome him with open arms. Before he could take stock of these new developments, she elopes with him - not to get married - but to re-locate to Manali - where her true love, Anshuman, is waiting, and who she hopes to get married to.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, sentimental, funny, touching, entertaining, melancholic