Most Similar Movies to Ratcatcher (1999)
If you are looking for movies like Ratcatcher (1999), you might like movies tagged with keyword : young boy, young girl, friend, mother, brooding, dark, gritty, glasgow, canal, apartment, drowning, family, friendship, poverty, growing up, 1970s .
Small Faces (1995), Hurricane (1997), The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013), The Color of Friendship (2000), South Central (1992), Bullet Boy (2004), Lost Angels (1989) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Small Faces (1995)
Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story focuses on Lex, who begins a downward spiral after he accidentally shoots the leader of Bobby's gang. Lex's coc...Read all
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Hurricane (1997)
A teenage petty criminal dreams of escaping his increasingly unlawful lifestyle when he meets a sweet girl who hopes to one day travel to Alaska.
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The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
The sons (Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon) of two drug-addled hookers must fend for themselves after one's mother goes missing and the other (Jennifer Hudson) is arrested.
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The Color of Friendship (2000)
A black family (Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson, Shadia Simmons) receives a white South African exchange student, raised in apartheid, into its home in 1977.
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South Central (1992)
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
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Bullet Boy (2004)
In one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. Touted as a British Boyz in the Hood, Bullet Boy is a gripping and authentic drama that takes an unflinching look at two troubled, street-smart boys. Fresh out of jail, 18-year-old Ricky (Ashley Walters, Get Rich or Die Tryin') and his 12-year-old brother,...Read all
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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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Abandoned (2001)
Aron Soprani (Tamas Meszaros) is a young boy abandoned by his father and given up to a state-run orphanage. His new home is run by cruel, abusive people, and young Aron finds little solace. Slowly forging relationships with the few allies he can find, including another boy, Attila (Szabolcs Csizmadia), and two orphanage workers, Aron and his circle rely on each other to survive the brutal conditions, both of the orphanage and their country, Hungary, ravaged by the spread of communism.
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Dodes 'Ka-Den (1970)
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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The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
A homeless schizophrenic seeks the help of a streetwise combat veteran as they attempt to overcome cruel life on the streets.
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Tough Enough (2006)
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It's about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.
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Cold Water (1994)
When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?
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Somers Town (2008)
A black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.
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Sucker Free City (2004)
Nick (Ben Crowley), a white mailroom clerk who rips off his coworkers' credit card numbers on the side, moves to a mostly African-American neighborhood and is terrorized by a local gang called the V-Dubs. He befriends K-Luv (Anthony Mackie), a black gang member to whom Nick helps sell bootlegged CDs, and they soon build a relationship with Lincoln (Ken Leung), a low-level Chinese gangster. But tension becomes palpable as the trio begin committing crimes on one another's turf.
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Strays (1997)
A criminal (Vin Diesel) tries to change his ways after falling in love.
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The Landlord (1970)
A wealthy young man causes a stir within his family when he decides to purchase a tenement house in the ghetto.
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Walking Across Egypt (1999)
An elderly Southern widow, Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), begrudgingly starts to acknowledge that she can't live on her own. When Mattie becomes friends with the town dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Mark Hamill), she is also introduced to his orphaned nephew, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas). Although Wesley has been in trouble with the law and incarcerated for auto theft, Mattie sees potential in the boy and tries to point him in the right direction by allowing him to live with her.
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