Movies like Second Half
If Second Half's mix of parent child relationship, alzheimer's disease and love stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Second Half's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 · Directed by Robert Benton · 105 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: divorce
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him.
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Still Alice
2014 · Directed by Richard Glatzer · 101 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: alzheimer's disease
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
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Finding Neverland
2004 · Directed by Marc Forster · 106 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship · From the same decade (2000s)
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece.
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Lorenzo's Oil
1992 · Directed by George Miller · 135 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship
Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
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The Rookie
2002 · Directed by John Lee Hancock · 127 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship · From the same decade (2000s)
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team…
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Clouds of Sils Maria
2014 · Directed by Olivier Assayas · 124 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: divorce
A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.
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Bambi II
2006 · Directed by Brian Pimental · 72 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship · From the same decade (2000s)
Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can…