Softie (2022)

Ten-year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years. With curiosity, he observes the ups and downs of his young single mother's turbulent love life. Things change when a new teacher, fresh from the big city, takes over Johnny's class. Mr. Adamski believes in Johnny and wants to open a new world to him. The sophisticated young teacher also intrigues the boy.

Drama

Top billed cast

Aliocha ReinertJohnny Jung
Antoine ReinartzJean Adamski
Izïa HigelinNora
Mélissa OlexaSonia
Abdel BenchendikhYliès
Jade SchwartzMélissa
Romande EschDylan's girlfriend
Meresia LitzenburgerMérésia
Danielle DalhemSchool director
Maïa QuesmandCamille

Similar to Softie

Spun (2003)

Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up with his old girlfriend, Amy.

Crime
Drama
Comedy

Toto Forever (2010)

A wide-eyed young postman and a gangster in trouble with the mafia find their lives become inexplicably intertwined when a heady affair attracts danger at every turn.

Romance
Drama

Backdrop image for movie Stories of Our Lives

Stories of Our Lives (2014)

Created by the members of a Nairobi-based arts collective — who have removed their names from the film for fear of reprisal — this anthology film that dramatizes true-life stories from Kenya’s oppressed LGBTQ community is both a labour of love and a bold act of militancy.

Drama

Backdrop image for movie Middle of Nowhere

Middle of Nowhere (2008)

The film follows Grace, a young woman whose irresponsible mother blows her college fund on her younger sister's beauty pageant campaign.

Comedy
Drama

Kiss the Bride (2007)

In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years, they've lost contact. So when Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying a woman!

Drama
Comedy
Romance

Backdrop image for movie Bart Got a Room

Bart Got a Room (2008)

High school loser Danny Stein needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy in school, has already found a date. At the same time, Danny's divorced parents are both seeking relationships again.

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Backdrop image for movie The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour (1961)

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.

Drama

Backdrop image for movie Cowboys & Angels

Cowboys & Angels (2004)

This story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargains for when he moves into an apartment in Limerick with a gay fashion student and becomes a star on the catwalk. A contemporary story embracing the essence of what it is to be young in today's Ireland.

Comedy
Drama

Coming Out (2011)

Joel has finally made up his mind, or so he thinks. Tonight he's going to tell his parents, but is this the right moment? How should he do it, and what should he say?

Drama

Backdrop image for movie Tell It to the Bees

Tell It to the Bees (2019)

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

Romance
Drama

Carmilla (2020)

Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.

Romance
Fantasy
Drama

T-Bird at Ako (1982)

Stern, intelligent Sylvia, a lawyer, finally met her match. Only that the person is a woman, and was convicted of murder.

Drama
Crime

Numero 69 (2018)

Two friends enter an Emergency Room, seeking help after an incident. They will find themselves living a series of surreal experiences through the eccentric characters that populate the waiting room. But will they get the help they need?

Comedy
Drama

Breaking Away (1979)

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.

Drama
Comedy

Boys Life 4 (2003)

Four sexy groundbreaking gay short films of lust, love, libidos, and liberation. Includes L.T.R. (2002); O Beautiful (2002); Bumping Heads (2002); and This Car Up (2003).

Comedy
Drama

Heatwave (2021)

The tense relationship between a mother and son reaches a climax during a summer heatwave.

Drama

Backdrop image for movie Liz in September

Liz in September (2014)

A shocking secret, ex-lovers and the arrival of an outsider shake things up for Liz as she celebrates her birthday at a lesbian-owned resort.

Drama
Romance

Mother Says (2023)

The film follows different stages in the life of Sofía, a young girl born in Argentina of Chinese descent. From her childhood to her adulthood, she's conflicted by the clash and fusion of both her cultures, all while facing a strenuous relationship with her mother Jia, who places concerns and demands on her.

Drama
Family

Loggerheads (2005)

A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires.

Drama

Backdrop image for movie The Exterminating Angels

The Exterminating Angels (2006)

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.

Drama
Fantasy