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I Killed My Mother (2009)

  • Drama
  • 100 min
  • NR age guide
  • ★ 7.4/10 from 1,184 ratings

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.

Directed byXavier Dolan

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    Mommy

    Same director

    2014 · 138 min · Drama

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    A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong shared themes: coming of age and mother son relationship
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    Boyhood

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 165 min · Drama

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    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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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared coming of age movie style
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    Tomboy

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    2011 · 82 min · Drama

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    Ten-year-old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure and her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure for a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Mickaël, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. Yet with the school term fast approaching, and with suspicions arising amongst friends and family, Laure must face up to an uncertain future.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: coming of age and gay theme
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  4. 05

    Laurence Anyways

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    2012 · 168 min · Drama · Romance

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    The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
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    C.R.A.Z.Y.

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    2005 · 126 min · Comedy · Drama

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    A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: coming of age and gay theme
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    Giant Little Ones

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    2019 · 93 min · Drama

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    Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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    Close

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    2022 · 104 min · Drama

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    Two 13-year-old boys spend an idyllic summer together, but their connection is put to the test when they become the subject of speculation at school.

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    35 Shots of Rum

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    2009 · 101 min · Drama

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    A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.

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    Tom at the Farm

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    2014 · 105 min · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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    A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.

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