Movies like Gran torino (movies similar to Gran torino)

[charlie]

The Wrestler 2008

Aging wrestler Randy quotThe Ramquot Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating however Randy hangs up his tights pursues a serious relationship with ...

The Wrestler features depressing, emotional, bleak, touching and serious style.

[lenmenob]

Manchester by the Sea 2016

After his older brother passes away Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Manchester by the Sea features sad, depressing, heartbreaking, psychological and emotional style.

[jessica]

Precious 2009

Set in Harlem in 1987 Claireece quotPreciousquot Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. Shes pregnant for the second time by her absent father at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother ...

Precious features bleak, depressing, emotional, rough and sad style.

[ella]

About Schmidt 2002

66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. Hes not altogether bitter but not happy either as everything his wife does annoys ...

About Schmidt features road movie, depressing, dark comedy, sad and melancholic style.

[mai]

A Perfect World 1993

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor an escaped convict on the run from the law headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

A Perfect World features road movie, sincere, suspense, touching and neo noir style.

[darrell]

12 and Holding 2005

Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.

12 and Holding features touching, realistic, emotional, heartbreaking and sad style.

[tamara]

The Visitor 2007

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

The Visitor features realistic, depressing, touching, independent film and philosophical style.

[ray]

The Kite Runner 2007

After spending years in California Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan whose son is in trouble.

The Kite Runner features disturbing, emotional, inspirational, sincere and psychological style.

[lynn]

The Joy Luck Club 1993

Through a series of flashbacks four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult motherdaughter relationship.

The Joy Luck Club features sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere and thought provoking style.

[RibMaisk]

Nebraska 2013

An aging booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.

Nebraska features road movie, black and white, depressing, humorous and realistic style.

[arthur]

This Is England 2006

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

This Is England features emotional, political, depressing, stylized and harsh style.

[MarcoTix]

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.