20 best movies like One True Thing (1998)

List of the best movies like One True Thing (1998): Joe the King, Dying Young, One & Two, The Judge, For Colored Girls, The Prince of Tides, Rachel Getting Married, Blood and Wine, Dolores Claiborne, Random Hearts.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:47

Two siblings discover a supernatural escape from a troubled home, but find their bond tested when reality threatens to tear their family apart.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:41

    A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:13

    After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and realize that the two were having an affair and they must figure out all the details.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:23

    Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time to see his first child's birth. To cleanse himself of demons in his remaining days, Bob makes a video diary, hoping to pass along some wisdom to his future child. Along the way, he discovers a lot about himself.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    A wild teenage girl orchestrates a romance between her nanny and her father, who is a recovering addict.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:13

    Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Duncan Mayor decides the perfect Christmas present for his terminally ill wife, Suzy, is a ride on a real Ferris wheel, set up in their very own back yard. As a young man, it was the perfect place for a wedding proposal. Now, years later, in order to relive the experience with his wife, Duncan will go to any length to make their fantasy become a reality.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:50

    In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
    Duration02:35

    In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:23

    Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

      Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      An emotionally and sexually charged journey through the love, addiction, and friendship of two men. Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers—compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely from a child’s point of view.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration02:08

      Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      Alan, Red, and Smitty spend high summer on the Jersey Shore roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble. But the discovery of good old fashioned treasure sets the friends on an escalating course of suspicion and violence in this atmospheric thriller.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:58

      When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister Pearl, would-be wrestler brother Chris, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed German father.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:31

      As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's attempted suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The self-loathing, suicidal Karin seems to regard her sister with revulsion. Only Anna, the deeply religious maid who lost her young child, seems able to offer Agnes solace and empathy.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      Overachieving actress, Rebecca (Moore), must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad, Tom (Duchovny). While Rebecca's slacker brother, Tobey (Billy Crudup), can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal). As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Mexico, Argentina
      Duration01:47

      A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief following the death of her infant daughter. Devastated, Emilia nonetheless carries on, attempting to forge a connection with her stepson William and to resist the interference of Jack's jealous ex-wife.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama
      CountryIndia
      Duration01:40

      A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:05

      School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration01:43

      A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.




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