Most Similar Movies to Ironweed (1987)
If you are looking for movies like Ironweed (1987), you might like movies tagged with keyword : drama, historical, american, 1980s, novel adaptation, poverty, homelessness, alcoholism, great depression, new york, social issues, human nature, survival, family breakdown, tragedy, psychological trauma, social outcasts, realism, dark, loneliness .
The Pawnbroker (1964), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Of Mice and Men (1992), Biutiful (2010), Samaritan Girl (2004), Lost Angels (1989), The Lost Weekend (1945) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Pawnbroker (1964)
A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
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Of Mice and Men (1992)
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
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Biutiful (2010)
This is the story of Uxbal, a man living in this world, but able to see his death, which guides his every move.
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Samaritan Girl (2004)
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young...
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Lost Angels (1989)
A troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
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Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
The writer Fernando Vallejo returns to Medellin, the city of his childhood, after an absence of over thirty years. Fernando meets Alexis, 16 years old, in a boys' brothel. Alexis comes from the slums. He has been drawn into a world of killing. Love begins to blossom between Fernando and Alexis. But their love has no future ... it is condemned before the fact by the harsh reality around them.
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The Immigrant (2013)
1921. An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
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God Bless the Child (1988)
Unemployed, abandoned by her husband and kicked out of her apartment after not being able to pay her rent, newly single mother Theresa Johnson (Mare Winningham) finds herself homeless and raising her daughter, Hillary (Grace Johnston), on the streets. Discouraged by consistently overcrowded shelters and shocking violence, Johnson appeals to social worker Calvin Reed (Dorian Harewood). With Reed's help, Johnson struggles to ensure a decent quality of life for the daughter she loves so much.
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La petite chartreuse (2005)
Eight-year-old Eva and her mother have a very positive CHILD-TO-CHILD-RELATION. The mother is incapable of mature behaviour when problems arise. When the mother forgets to fetch Eva at school in her car, Eva does not know the way home. Panicking and crying she just runs and is overrun by a car. The driver is obviously innocent. He is a second-hand bookseller (Etienne)...Read all
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The Crossing Guard (1995)
Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.
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The Unloved (2009)
Lucy is 11-years-old and lives with her father. One day, not for the first time, he beats her. The next time she returns to school, Lucy asks to see her social worker Jackie. Lucy is known to social services and has been in foster care before, but none of her foster parents have any placements available. Jackie takes her to a children's home, Crop Row, where she is left with nothing except the school uniform she is wearing.
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Santa Mesa (2008)
A photographer takes a troubled young Philipino boy under his wing. Starring Jaime Tirelli (TV's Kidnapped) and Oscar Winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter).
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Betty Fisher and Other Stories (2001)
Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher (Sandrine Kiberlain) enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot (Nicole Garcia) arranges to kidnap another child, Jose (Alexis Chatrian), to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole (Mathilde Seigner) is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend, Francois (Luck Mervil), and some of his cohorts.
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The Italian (2005)
Abandoned by his mother, 6-year-old Vanya (Kolya Spiridonov) lives in an orphanage run by a greedy woman (Mariya Kuznetsova) and her cruel lover (Nikolai Reutov). Vanya decides to run away and find his mother after a wealthy Italian couple offer to buy him and after observing that the older children in the home survive by stealing or prostitution. He faces many dangers on his journey, including the pair at the orphanage who tried to sell him.
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All Creatures Here Below (2018)
A desperate young couple on the run seek refuge in Kansas City.
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Affliction (1997)
A small-town sheriff (Nick Nolte) becomes unhinged, thanks in part to his abusive, alcoholic father (James Coburn).
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