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Movies that feel like House of Hummingbird (2019)

If you loved House of Hummingbird, the closest films we have are Leave No Trace (2018), Boyhood (2014) and Like Father, Like Son (2013). All three share House of Hummingbird's contemplative and wistful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel and Netflix and others, checked against today's data.

14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.

πŸ… 98% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kim Boracontemplativewistfulromantic

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If House of Hummingbird hit the spot, these will too

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Leave No Trace
2018 Β· dir. Debra Granik
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.1drama

Both built around growing up

The difference: None of the romance that defines House of Hummingbird

A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.

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Boyhood
2014 Β· dir. Richard Linklater
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.9drama

Both keep circling back to growing up

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

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Like Father, Like Son
2013 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8drama

Contemplative and wistful in the same breath

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

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Rocky Balboa
2006 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.1drama

Drama built on romance, twice over

When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history!

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Call Me by Your Name
2017 Β· dir. Luca Guadagnino
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8romance Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Leans romance where House of Hummingbird does not

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

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Little Women
2019 Β· dir. Greta Gerwig
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

Wistful drama, and it commits to that

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 Β· dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6romance Β· drama

Both sit in the same romantic register

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

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Aftersun
2022 Β· dir. Charlotte Wells
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.6drama

A streak of stillness through both

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 Β· dir. Stephen Chbosky
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.9drama

Both work the same wistfulness

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

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Rocky II
1979 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.3drama

Romance is the shared currency

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.

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The Whale
2022 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.6drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

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Perfect Strangers
2016 Β· dir. Paolo Genovese
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.7drama

The same drama instincts

During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.

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