Movies like Kramer vs. Kramer (movies similar to Kramer vs. Kramer)

[mathew]

Kramer vs. Kramer is a great movie. And, if you enjoyed the movie, you are sure gonna love these. Lets make a list of movies that are similar or suited for same audience.

[JoshuaHaict]

I Am Sam 2001

Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up Sams limitations start to become a problem and the ...

I Am Sam features touching, emotional, sentimental, serious and sincere style.

[cameron]

A Cool, Dry Place 1998

A single father balances his work as an attorney with the care of his five year old son and his work as a high school basketball coach in rural Kansas where he moved after his wife abandoned him in Chicago. Just as he starts to develop a new ...

A Cool, Dry Place features touching, serious, realistic, sentimental and dramatic style.

[morris]

Rain Man 1988

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitts father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie they travel cross-country.

Rain Man features sincere, uplifting, road movie, touching and captivating style.

[claude]

The Deep End of the Ocean 1999

Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later by chance he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...

The Deep End of the Ocean features sentimental, psychological, emotional, touching and realistic style.

[norma]

A Father for Brittany 1998

Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child Brittany. However tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption process leaving Keith to fight for Brittanys custody ...

A Father for Brittany features touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental and serious style.

[jesse]

The Boys Are Back 2009

When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents he develops his ...

The Boys Are Back features touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic and inspirational style.

[bryan]

Places in the Heart 1984

In 1930s Southern US a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.

Places in the Heart features uplifting, sentimental, touching, emotional and serious style.

[frances]

What Maisie Knew 2012

Based on the Henry James novella the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie caught in a custody battle between her mother a rock and roll icon and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely ...

What Maisie Knew features touching, sad, talky, atmospheric and captivating style.

[cacao]

Rain Man 1988

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitts father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie they travel cross-country.

Rain Man features road movie, sincere, uplifting, touching and inspirational style.

[carl]

Marvins Room 1996

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.

Marvins Room features touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic and semi serious style.

[russell]

Erin Brockovich 2000

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...

Erin Brockovich features inspirational, factual, uplifting, touching and feel good style.

[cinephile]

Philadelphia 1993

No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...

Philadelphia features touching, sad, tear jerker, sincere and emotional style.

[liam]

Midnight Cowboy 1969

A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.

Midnight Cowboy features disturbing, realistic, depressing, controversial and cult classic style.

[edgar]

The Judge 2014

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mothers funeral only to discover that his estranged father the towns judge is suspected of murder.

The Judge features touching, serious, suspenseful, sentimental and semi serious style.

[manuel]

A Cry in the Dark 1988

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter Azaria from the family tent. Azarias body is never found. After investigations ...

A Cry in the Dark features realistic, disturbing, tense, emotional and suspense style.

[kylie]

The Children Act 2017

In the midst of a marital crisis a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his familys refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

The Children Act features thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating, rough and serious style.