Top 20 movies like He Ain't Heavy
Top 20 Movies like He Ain't Heavy
- 1. Unseen
- 2. Imaginary Heroes
- 3. Thirstygirl
- 4. The Banishment
- 5. Yi Yi
- 6. Alleen Mijn Vader
- 7. That's My Man
- 8. Papá, por que quitas a música?
- 9. Sam and Elvis
- 10. My Child
- 11. Post Grad
- 12. The Lion King
- 13. Desolación
- 14. To Live and Die and Live
- 15. The Soul Of The Tiger
- 16. Sombras de Resistencia
- 17. This Side of Heaven
- 18. Immortality
- 19. Quem de mim se foi?
- 20. A Family Upside Down
1. Unseen
Mia, a 19 year old woman living with a broken wrist, and a prescription to strong painkillers. Is struggling to get out her routinish life tangled with drug addiction and self hatred. So she tries to face her own demons and problems, which ends up only worsening her situation, sending her into a place of confusion and self reflection.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
2. Imaginary Heroes
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
3. Thirstygirl
On a road trip with her younger sister, Charlie struggles to hide a secret addiction.
4. The Banishment (Изгнание)
While vacationing in the countryside at his childhood home, a woman suddenly reveals to her husband that she is expecting a child – but not his.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
5. Yi Yi (一一)
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
It has an average vote of 7.869 on TMDB.
6. Alleen Mijn Vader (Alleen Mijn Vader)
(Alleen Mijn Vader)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. That's My Man
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
8. Papá, por que quitas a música? (Papá, por que quitas a música?)
After going through a difficult economic situation, a father loses his job and becomes depressed. When the relationship with his wife and son deteriorates, they attempt to help him.
9. Sam and Elvis
Sam is fifteen, orphaned, hiding a secret and has been living in foster care for the past year. Her Aunt Olina is a widowed, recluse oddball who spends her life in a closed off home speaking to her dead, taxidermies dog Elvis. Together the two learn to overcome the obstacles life has dealt them, trust one another and become family.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
10. My Child (Benim Çocuğum)
What happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents in this conservative society.
It has an average vote of 6.222 on TMDB.
11. Post Grad
Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins hilariously out of control when she’s forced to move back home with her eccentric family.
It has an average vote of 4.998 on TMDB.
12. The Lion King
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
It has an average vote of 7.112 on TMDB.
13. Desolación (Desolación)
A family isolated in the woods by an epidemic that ended the world. One day a transmission makes them think there are more survivors. Could it be that everything is fine now?
14. To Live and Die and Live
Muhammad returns home to Detroit to bury his stepfather and is thrust into settling his accounts, but Muhammad’s struggles with depression and addiction may finish him before he finishes the task.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
15. The Soul Of The Tiger (L'âme du tigre)
Alex Chen and his girlfriend, Eloane, head to the mountains in order to go rock climbing. Their light-hearted holiday is put to an abrupt end, however, when Alex receives a shocking telephone call: his brother Jun is dead. Back in Paris’s Chinatown, Alex is determined to find out what happened. While his French mother retreats into mourning, his Chinese father refuses to tell him anything in detail. The traditional wake begins and Alex is left dealing with his relatives and the imminent cultural differences. Reluctant to believe that his brother died of a sudden brain haemorrhage, Alex begins to dig deeper into his father’s family history. His beautiful yet mysterious cousin Lili, who soon begins to exert an unexplainable force of attraction upon him, assists Alex in his quest.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. Sombras de Resistencia (Sombras de Resistencia)
(Sombras de Resistencia)
17. This Side of Heaven
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Immortality (جاودانگی)
Six families in different compartments of a train, moving through a rainy night. In a single, 145-minute take, the film depicts the families and how their lives are interwoven with each other. Vacillating between dream and reality, each story builds on the one before and leads into the next. Each destiny is influenced by the other one on board, and all hurtle to the same destination.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
19. Quem de mim se foi? (Quem de mim se foi?)
(Quem de mim se foi?)
20. A Family Upside Down
An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.