Most Similar Movies to So Big (1953)


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My Father's War (2016), So Big (1924), Dean (2016), Never Steady, Never Still (2017), Men Don't Leave (1990), Custody (2017), Dodes 'Ka-Den (1970) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

My Father's War (2016)

My Father's War (2016)

5.0/10 Drama, War, History

Examining war and its effect on family. A son who has a strained relationship with his dad begins having vivid dreams that show him what his dad went through.

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So Big (1924)

So Big (1924)

7.1/10 Drama

When her father is killed, leaving her destitute, Selina Peake (Colleen Moore) becomes a teacher in rural Illinois and marries impoverished farmer Pervus DeJong (John Bowers). Raised in a wealthy environment, Selina finds her new life hard, but takes comfort in her son, Dirk (Ben Lyon), and farms the land herself after Pervus dies. After struggling for years, Selina earns enough for Dirk to be educated as an architect, but a scandalous affair with a married woman threatens her son's career.

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Dean (2016)

Dean (2016)

6.4/10 Comedy, Drama

An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.

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Never Steady, Never Still (2017)

Never Steady, Never Still (2017)

6.1/10 Drama

A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.

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Men Don't Leave (1990)

Men Don't Leave (1990)

8.1/10 Drama, Comedy

After her husband's death, Beth Macauley (Jessica Lange) moves into an inexpensive Baltimore apartment with her two sons, Chris (Chris O'Donnell) and Matt (Charlie Korsmo). When Beth accepts a job at a local grocery store, Chris grows bitter and falls for an older woman (Joan Cusack), while 9-year-old Matt hides his grief behind a new interest in burglary. As the Macauleys adjust to their new life, they learn that sticking together is the only way to overcome their loss.

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Custody (2017)

Custody (2017)

7.5/10 Mystery, Drama, Thriller

A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.

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Dodes 'Ka-Den (1970)

Dodes 'Ka-Den (1970)

7.3/10 Drama

A group of impoverished misfits inhabiting a Japanese landfill have experiences that are alternately joyful and disheartening. Young, disabled Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi) spends his days in a fantasy world where he is the captain of an imaginary train, while his mother, Okuni (Kin Sugai), remains in constant prayer, rarely venturing out of her shanty. A homeless man and his child lovingly envision every detail of the home they wish they had money to build, and a mute girl has a tragic encounter.

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Swami (2007)

Swami (2007)

6.9/10 Drama

Swami, Radha and their kid shift to Mumbai after selling off their ancestral home in a village. In Mumbai, they get their kid admitted to a school that's patronized by children belonging to affluent families. Everything is going fine until Radha falls ill and is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Swami starts working overtime to raise funds for the operation, ...Read all

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Lautrec (1998)

Lautrec (1998)

6.7/10 Biography, Drama

Life, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.

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Unhook the Stars (1996)

Unhook the Stars (1996)

6.5/10 Drama

After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.

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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)

6.4/10 Other, Drama

When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it. The commission takes their relationship to unexpected places as the young client makes greater and more difficult demands of the woodcar...Read all

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The Confirmation (2016)

The Confirmation (2016)

6.4/10 Drama, Comedy, Horror

A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.

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Staying Together (1989)

Staying Together (1989)

6.3/10 Drama

The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.

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Loveling (2018)

Loveling (2018)

9.4/10 Drama

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.

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Mother and Son (1997)

Mother and Son (1997)

8.6/10 Drama

In a small house in the countryside of Russia, a son (Alexei Ananischnov) cares for his sick, elderly mother (Gudrun Geyer) as they prepare for her death. As the mother struggles to breathe and her health gradually deteriorates, her son holds her, feeds her and does his best to comfort her. When the son finally brings the mother to her death bed, the two embark on a journey through a hallucinatory outdoor landscape where they spend their final moments together.

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Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

7.8/10 Comedy, Drama

When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.

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Sky Without Stars (1955)

Sky Without Stars (1955)

7.1/10 Drama, Romance

A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.

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The Etruscan Smile (2018)

The Etruscan Smile (2018)

7.0/10 Drama

Rory, a rugged Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his grandson.

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