Movies like Shell
If Shell's mix of parent child relationship, scotland and gas station stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Shell's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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20th Century Women
2016 · Directed by Mike Mills · 119 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship, coming of age · From the same decade (2010s)
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion.
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Dear Frankie
2004 · Directed by Shona Auerbach · 105 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship, scotland
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town.
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Magnolia
1999 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 189 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will…
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Bird
2024 · Directed by Andrea Arnold · 119 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
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My Own Private Idaho
1991 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 104 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor.
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The Outrun
2024 · Directed by Nora Fingscheidt · 118 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: scotland
Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and…
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Thirteen
2003 · Directed by Catherine Hardwicke · 100 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money.
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Joy Ride
2001 · Directed by John Dahl · 98 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gas station
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.