Most Similar Movies to Precious (2009)
If you are looking for movies like Precious (2009), you might like movies tagged with keyword : drama, coming of age, social issues, domestic abuse, poverty, race, education, trauma, motherhood, redemption, urban life, teenager, psychological struggle, abuse, hope, resilience, social class, female perspective, survival, dark .
God Bless the Child (1988), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), Scarborough (2018), The Poker House (2008), Kabuli Kid (2008), Santa Mesa (2008), Boy of the Streets (1937) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
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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Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
An illegitimate child (Jena Malone) endures increasingly sadistic beatings from her mother's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) second husband (Ron Eldard) in the '50s South.
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Scarborough (2018)
Two couples - each comprising a teacher and a student - spend a life-changing weekend at the seaside resort town of Scarborough.
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The Poker House (2008)
A documentary on the life, musings, and sexual escapades of writer Samuel Delany.
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Kabuli Kid (2008)
A woman in a light-blue chadri abandons her infant in the backseat of a cab in the bustling streets of post-war Kabul.
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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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Boy of the Streets (1937)
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
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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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Room (2015)
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
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Kings (2017)
A tough, protective single mother forms an unlikely alliance with the the only white man in her Los Angeles neighborhood in the wake of the 1992 riots.
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Sounder (1972)
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
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Katie Says Goodbye (2016)
A kindhearted waitress finds herself in grave danger after she falls in love with an ex-convict.
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The Glass Castle (2017)
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.
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Rosie (2018)
A woman, her husband and their four children find themselves homeless after their landlord sells their house. Over the next 36 hours, the couple desperately search for a place to live while trying to shield the kids from the reality of the situation.
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Farming (2018)
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.
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Chapter & Verse (2015)
A reformed gang leader returns to Harlem and takes a job delivering meals. When he meets and bonds with an older woman, the two of them discover there is hope and joy in their surroundings.
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Nobody Knows (2004)
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
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Leaf on a Pillow (1998)
The Indonesian society is seen through a middle-aged lady's eyes in her daily encounters with the street children who work and live off the harsh and sleazy world of adults.
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