20 best movies like What Richard Did (2012)

List of the best movies like What Richard Did (2012): Disco Pigs, Slow West, Our Little Sister, Mud, A River Runs Through It, On the Ice, Kill Me, The Mighty Celt, To Save A Life, Hide Your Smiling Faces.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama, crime
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Duration01:34

Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own rules and have their own language. But days before their 17th birthday the balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and jealousy begins to threaten their private universe.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, western
CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
Duration02:09

    In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, family
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:30

    A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their 13-year-old half sister.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:11

    Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying life circumstances in the untamed west of Montana in the 1920's.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg
    Duration01:31

    A teenage girl helps an escaped fugitive flee Germany into France, after extracting a promise that he will help her commit suicide.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom

    Centred around greyhound racing in a Catholic community after the "Troubles" have ended but where their legacy remains strong. Donal is a 14-year old who works in a greyhound racing kennel owned by Good Joe. If Donal's favourite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, wins three races in a row, Good Joe has promised him full ownership.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what he could've done to save his friend's life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. His dad is cheating on his mom, his girlfriend is pregnant, and his former friends ridicule and mock him. During all this, Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryFrance, Canada
    Duration02:23

    Set in the 1950s, a a group of young girls in upstate New York form their own gang.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:31

    A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    A gauzy summer in South Brooklyn. Lila, an awkward adolescent girl, passes her time breaking into beach homes and tagging along on dates between her pretty friend Chiara and Chiara's new boyfriend, Patrick. Lila decides this will be the summer she loses her virginity, too—her interest is piqued when she meets Sammy, an older boy reputed to sleep with just about anyone. Yet Lila's attempts at sexual conquest risk taking her beyond her limits, and into dangerous uncharted territory. 

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryFrance

    Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryDenmark
    Duration01:22

    When Laura and Christine meet Maria, their friendship takes an intense turn to vulnerability, love and sex.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    Duration02:36

    A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

    Markimdb: 4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his blood brother Jacob. Billy and Rae are boyfriend and girlfriend, much to the dismay of Jacob who has always loved Rae from afar. Billy's philosophy of life, and how that interfaces with having a deadly virus, comes to a head when Billy and Jacob compete in a very unique game of "Tag", with the future of Rae and "the family" dependent upon the outcome.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Sixteen year old Jude discovers each and every one of his fears is true.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA

    Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to derail his dreams both on and off the court.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryJapan, France, Spain

    Taking place during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August and set on the Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, the drama centers on a 14-year-old boy who finds a dead body floating in the sea. The young man enlists the help of his girlfriend to solve the mystery. The pair will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, Romania, USA
    Duration01:23

    Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryPoland, Denmark

    Days before the end of the school year, Liliana gives Janek an ultimatum, giving him 24 hours to either prove his love for her or forget about her altogether.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    A 16-year-old girl and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryCanada, Spain

    13-year-old Pablo is a quiet, lonely boy with a troubled past. His only friend is Julia, a shameless 15-year-old girl who is more than willing to help Pablo with his transition from childhood to adolescence, and give him some advice on sex, love and life in general. On a quiet country road just outside of the village, Pablo meets Paco, an oddly calm, well dressed stranger whose car just broke down. Nevertheless, he seems more interested in the boy than fixing his problem.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:23

    Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a summer they venture on a journey exploring deep secrets and hopes of a future while being confronted with fears of isolation, abandonment and an unknown tomorrow.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:20

    Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountrySlovenia, Austria

    After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, Austria, Estonia
    Duration02:09

    In 1914 on a family estate, Oda helps a wounded anarchist, and as their illicit friendship deepens, a family turmoil erupts as the war closes in.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryPoland
    Duration02:07

    A beautiful story about youth, love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the Warsaw Uprising.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Madrid, Spain. The bedroom of Sofía, a luxury escort. Her new client, who has introduced himself as Hugo and appears to be an educated businessman, discovers that she has a name tattooed on her leg: Diana. Hugo cannot help asking her who Diana is.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Mexico
    Duration02:28

    Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama
    CountrySpain

    One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations living together in a city too big to be alone.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration03:08

    Rustom Pavri, an honourable officer of the Indian Navy shoots his friend Vikram to death after discovering that his wife Cynthia had an affair with the rich businessman. The Commander surrenders himself to the Police immediately and admits to have killed Vikram but pleads 'not guilty' in court. Is he convicted or acquitted?

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance

    Biarritz. Sixteen-year-old George, the high school hottie, falls in love with Alex. To get his attention, she initiates a group game with Alex, Nikita, Laetitia and Gabriel. They will discover, test, and push the limits of their sexuality.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, adventure, short, sport
    CountryNorway, Denmark
    Duration00:15

    Agnes and Ragnar, a couple in their late 20s, are planning to climb a mountain in Northern Norway. In this potentially deadly situation where trust is an absolute necessity, the relationship is put to the test as Agnes reveals Ragnars disturbing secret.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:26

    Cherry Bomb follows teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle as they embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can't get off the wild ride they've set in motion.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration00:59

    Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:59

    Based on the series by the popular Japanese novelist Keigo Higashino, this is a mystery drama that 'faithfully but freely' adapts the 3rd part in the series, . The story revolves around 3 characters: a woman who unwittingly killed her husband, a math genius next door who sets up a perfect alibi for her out of his attraction toward her, and a detective who closely traces her, finding the alibi suspicious.

    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.




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