Movies Similar to A Map of the World

The Swimmers(2014)

After falling pregnant to her boyfriend's best friend, a young woman commits suicide. She returns to haunt her unborn child's father while her friend seeks revenge on the person who drove her to her fate.

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Drowning by Numbers(1988)

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.

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The Unseen(2017)

After the tragic loss of their son, perfect couple Gemma and Will begin to experience strange auditory hallucinations and losses of vision, as they attempt to escape their worries while vacationing at an acquaintance's remote cottage in the Lake District.

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Casey's Gift: For Love of a Child(1990)

The friendships held between two families is threatened when one of their sons drowns in the other family's swimming pool.

5.1

Oh'phelia: A Cartoon Burlesque(1919)

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.

5.0

The Confession(1999)

After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.

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Beautiful Something Left Behind(2020)

In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.' Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.

9.3

Autumn Leaves(2024)

Chico, a young man in mourning, has a reunion with his grandfather.

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Faith's Song(2017)

A young girl's faith is tested, when her parents are suddenly killed in a car accident and she's forced to move in with relatives who don't share her belief in God. A talented singer, who desires to worship God with her songs, she finds herself in a new city, a new school and no friends. With her uncle and others at school challenging her faith, one boy emerges, who seems to see the greatness in her. Now she must come to grips with either fitting in or following God - which could cost her more than just her faith.

6.8

Traces of Grief(2024)

Shell-shocked Barbara must face up to the loss of a dear companion after a tragic accident. Her best friend Klara and husband Torsten devise a plan to thaw Barbara's heart, after she reminisces about the incident, the funeral, and happier times. Will she agree to the suggestions of her nearest and dearest? Can grief turn into hope?

10.0

Stevie(1978)

For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively conventional life. Sheltered in a London suburb, she spends her days engaged in tedious housework, crafting verse and conversing with her aunt. But while her body may be committed to drudgery, Stevie's mind is constantly trying to break free, which causes her to rail against religion and middle-class values, and prevents her from finding happiness with a man interested in her.

6.9

Lessons

A powerful story about a swimming teacher dealing with the overwhelming effects of loss, grief, and guilt.

0.0

Moontide(1942)

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

6.3

Gray Lady Down(1978)

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.

6.4

The Current(2014)

Jake loves living in Chicago but when big city violence hits a little too close to home his parents buy a campground in rural Minnesota and move the family there. Jake hates living at the campground until he meets Peter, the boy across the river. The two quickly become best friends and spend a fun-filled summer together on the river. In one of their conversations, Peter shares his Christian faith with Jake. Jake uses his new faith to help a friend through a tragedy.

6.1

Wither(2019)

A boy finds comfort in calling his best friend after a tragic accident.

0.0

Bullets(2017)

When a disturbed teen named Todd runs out of bullets in an attempt to commit suicide his call to a former bullet shop turned pizza place changes his life, hopefully for the better.

0.0

The Last Page(2023)

After being raised and abused in the foster care system, twin brothers find refuge with a group of misfits who turn out to be a violent band of criminals. Now on the the run for their lives, they find themselves in a small town in Utah where they meet a family that will prove to change their lives forever by providing the spiritual guidance and love that they have so desperately sought for.

8.0

Cadence of Mind(2025)

A young pianist must accept how to live with loneliness and laugh again after the death of his brother in a car accident.

0.0

Ju Dou(1990)

Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.

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