Show Looking for more movies like The Book of Henry that will totally twist your heart and give you all the heartwrenching feels? Check out these five flicks to watch! If you’ve been following along this week, you know from our trivia post that The Book of Henry is an upcoming drama, thriller movie, due in theaters on June 16, 2017. Here are some other great similar movies we think you’ll enjoy! Related: 7 Amazing Quotes from The Book of HenryAffiliate links included below. Thanks for your support! The Glass HouseThe Glass House is a 2001 psychological thriller, mystery movie. Teenager Ruby Baker and her brother, Rhett Baker, become orphans when their parents, Dave and Grace Baker are killed in a car accident. They are sent to live with a Malibu couple, Terry and Erin Glass, who aren’t as friendly and loving as they appear to be. The Glass House stars Leelee Sobieski as Ruby, Trevor Morgan as Rhett, Michael O’Keefe as Dave, Rita Wilson as Grace, Stellan Skarsgard as Terry and Diane Lane as Erin. White OleanderWhite Oleander is a 2002 drama movie that is based on the 1999 book of the same name by Janet Fitch. Astrid Magnussen, a teenager, whose mother, Ingrid Magnussen, was sent to prison after killing her boyfriend, Barry Kolker, is sent to live in several different foster homes throughout her young life. White Oleander stars Alison Lohman as Astrid, Michelle Pfeiffer as Ingrid and Billy Connolly as Barry. Gardens of the NightGardens of the Night is a 2008 drama movie. Leslie Whitehead, a teenage girl and Donnie, a teenage boy, who were both kidnapped when they were younger, by Alex and Frank, now find themselves living on the street, fighting for survival. Gardens of the Night stars Gillian Jacobs as Leslie, Evan Ross as Donnie, Tom Arnold as Alex and Kevin Zegers as Frank. A Monster CallsA Monster Calls is a 2016 dark-fantasy drama movie that is based on the 2011 book of the same name by Patrick Ness. Connor O’Malley is a young boy who tries to deal with his mother, Elizabeth Clayton, terminal illness, with the help of a giant tree-like monster. A Monster Calls stars Lewis MacDougall as Connor, Felicity Jones as Elizabeth and Liam Neeson as The Monster. GiftedGifted is a 2017 drama movie. Frank Adler, a single bachelor, raises his niece, Mary Adler, after her mother commits suicide when she is just an infant. Frank soon finds himself in a custody battle with his mother, Evelyn Adler, for custody of Mary, a child prodigy. Gifted stars Chris Evans as Frank, Mckenna Grace as Mary and Lindsay Duncan as Evelyn. Check out our Gifted movie trivia to learn more about this one. Have you seen any other drama thrillers like The Book of Henry that you think we would like? Share below!Genre: Drama, Family Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada Duration: 113 min. Story: The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. Style: inspirational, uplifting, sincere, thought provoking, touching ... Audience: family outing, teens, kids Plot: bullying, school, child, middle school, family, happy ending, friendship, father son relationship, deformity, family relations, hospital, fight ... Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, pennsylvania, manhattan new york city, new york Genre: Drama, Thriller Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA Duration: 118 min. Story: Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room? Style: sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional, suspense, touching ... Audience: teens, chick flick Plot: kidnapping, mother son relationship, escape, isolation, captive, child born of rape, rape, imprisonment, kidnapped, room, locked in a room, mother daughter relationship ... Genre: Comedy, Drama Country: USA Duration: 102 min. Story: A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door. Style: realistic, humorous, feel good, inspirational, entertaining ... Audience: family outing, kids Plot: friendship, coming of age, youth, mentor, neighbor, family, redemption, happy ending, character study, family relations, parents and children, divorced parents ... Time: contemporary, 21st century, year 1946, year 1965 Place: california, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york Genre: Drama Country: USA Duration: 94 min. Story: Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence. Style: touching, realistic, emotional, sad, heartbreaking ... Plot: coming of age, teenager, friendship, adoption, vengeance, childhood, family relations, loss of son, family problems, family in crisis, haunted by the past, parents and children ... Time: contemporary Place: new jersey Genre: Drama Country: USA Duration: 92 min. Story: A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact. Style: captivating, emotional, disturbing, sincere, neurotic ... Plot: lesbian, single mother, lgbt, mother daughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, teenager, starting over, gender roles, grandmother grandson relationship, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, transsexual ... Place: manhattan new york city, new york Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 90 min. Story: A girl and her mother escape to suburban safety after a home invasion scares them out of the city, but they're soon menaced by a sinister figure. Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, twists and turns ... Plot: home invasion, murder, stalker, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, single mother, photographer, death, new neighbor, crimes, teenager, lifetime ... Time: 21st century Place: usa Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 110 min. Story: A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out. Style: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, touching ... Plot: forest, spirituality, suicide, suicidal, doctor, regret, infidelity, lost in the woods, professor, loss of wife, suicidal thoughts, rescue ... Place: mount fuji, japan, tokyo Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 124 min. Story: This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ... Style: mind bending, emotional, gloomy, depressing, psychological ... Plot: life is a bitch, guilt, drugs, drug addiction, suicide attempt, redemption, mathematician, tragedy, multiple storylines, grief, hit and run, faith ... Time: contemporary, 21st century Place: usa, new mexico Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 119 min. Story: A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ... Style: realistic, suspenseful, suspense, serious, tense ... Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night Plot: lawyer, witnessing a crime, witness protection, mafia, investigation, lawyers and clients, boy, kids and family, courtroom, hotshot lawyer, child in peril, suicide ... Time: 90s, 20th century Place: new orleans, tennessee, san francisco, memphis, usa Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 93 min. Story: In rural Indiana, Noah and his impoverished family wrestle with the mysterious return of his now mute sister, Lauren, who was kidnapped and held captive for over a decade. Style: captivating, suspenseful, exciting, sincere, ambiguous ending ... Plot: kidnapping, mute, investigation, husband wife relationship, missing person, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, deception, farmhouse, scarecrow, gangsters ... Place: indiana Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: UK, USA, Sweden, China Duration: 119 min. Story: Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman. Style: serious, surprise ending, melancholic, neo noir, slasher ... Plot: serial killer, snow, snowman, murder, police investigation, police detective, clue, winter, missing woman, investigation, doctors, missing person ... Time: 80s, 2010s, year 1945, 2000s, year 2006 ... Place: norway, oslo norway Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: UK, Canada, USA Duration: 100 min. Story: A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family. Style: neo noir, bleak, suspense, disturbing, serious ... Plot: gangsters, russian mafia, russian, rape, mob boss, organized crime, murder, crimes, brutality, mafia, prostitution, investigation ... Time: 21st century, contemporary Place: england, london, st. petersburg russia, europe, scotland yard Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 113 min. Story: Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas. Style: suspense, tense, rough, brutal, emotional ... Plot: family relations, grief, grandson, father in law daughter in law relationship, abusive husband, brutality, husband wife relationship, death of son, death, sheriff, retired, fight ... Time: 60s, year 1952 Place: north dakota, montana Genre: Drama Country: USA Duration: 97 min. Story: St. Augustine, Florida, 1969. An eight-year-old boy's wish to see the fireworks from atop the city's lighthouse is complicated by his odd neighbors, abusive peers, and hopeless parents. The young boy's seemingly simple goal develops ... Style: disturbing, psychological, touching, captivating Plot: child abuse, boy, husband wife relationship, mental illness, drunkenness, teasing, small town, bullying, abusive husband, father son relationship, mother son relationship, traumatic childhood ... Time: year 1969, 60s Place: florida Genre: Drama, Thriller Country: France Duration: 93 min. Story: In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody to her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers ... Style: sentimental, captivating, touching, disturbing, cult film Plot: custody battle, lie, divorce, child custody, lawyer, divorced parents, parent child relationship, child, violent father, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, boy ... Time: 2010s, year 2013 Place: france Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 102 min. Story: After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail. Style: suspense, neo noir, brutal, captivating, suspenseful ... Plot: on the run, prison, brother brother relationship, stolen money, loneliness, hospital, brother, violence, bank robber, heist, amusement park, promise ... Time: year 2016 Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller Country: Australia, USA, UK Duration: 117 min. Story: Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl. Style: suspense, surprise ending, tense, psychological, disturbing ... Plot: murder, murder investigation, australian, haunted by the past, investigation, crimes, poker, funeral, small town, death, violence, family relations ... Time: 21st century Place: australia, melbourne australia Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 139 min. Story: Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a ... Style: suspense, inspirational, disturbing, captivating, tense ... Audience: boys' night Plot: father daughter relationship, prisoner, father, crimes, lesbian love, investigation, father daughter estrangement, accused of murder, hopes, father and daughter, framed for murder, jail ... Time: contemporary Place: france, marseille Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 106 min. Story: A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ... Style: disturbing, emotional, realistic, sincere, serious ... Audience: teens, teen drama Plot: sexual abuse, investigation, father daughter relationship, teenager, bullying, innocence lost, teenage life, youth, rape, rape and revenge, pedophile, parents and children ... Time: 21st century, contemporary Place: california, chicago illinois, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, cleveland ohio ... Genre: Crime, Drama Country: USA Duration: 93 min. Story: A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ... Style: emotional, harsh, tense, rough, realistic ... Audience: kids Plot: child abuse, corporal punishment, coming of age, children, dysfunctional family, working class, abusive father, youth, redemption, alcohol abuse, poverty, debt ... Time: 70s, 90s Place: usa, new york, california Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 106 min. Story: A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery. Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing, serious Audience: teens Plot: missing person, kidnapping, investigation, disappearance, murder, online dating, internet, small town, amateur detective, life turned upside down, best friends, teenage life ... Time: 21st century, contemporary Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 80 min. Story: Accusations of guilt turns a father into a fugitive, leaving his son to find and bring him home after struggling to put the pieces together. Style: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, suspense Plot: small town, family relations, runaway, family crisis, father son relationship, search for father, teen angst, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, amateur detective, gunfight, wanted ... Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: UK, USA Duration: 129 min. Story: Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Style: suspense, twists and turns, tense, bleak, exciting ... Plot: heist, murder, girl gang, widow, premarital sex, criminal, politics, betrayal, female criminal, brutality, violence, debt ... Time: 2010s Place: xian, chicago illinois Genre: Crime, Drama Country: USA Duration: 100 min. Story: Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, ... Style: thought provoking, emotional, harsh, rough, realistic ... Audience: teens, kids Plot: coming of age, childhood, urban ghetto life, friendship, gangsters, street kid, violence, loss of friend, foul language, depression, anger, life is a bitch ... Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s, year 1986 ... Place: new york, los angeles, california, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city
Genre: Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 90 min. Story: A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities. Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, twists and turns, intense ... Plot: split personality, mental illness, small town, catastrophe, guilt, faked death, mental disorder, schizophrenia, mystery, single mother, double life, social relations ... Time: 50s, 20th century Place: usa, nebraska, texas Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA, France Duration: 102 min. Story: Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ... Style: disturbing, cynical, suspenseful, bloody, fairy tale ... Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama Plot: serial killer, sexual abuse, life is a bitch, crimes, teenager, police investigation, prison, hitchhiker, drug addiction, little red riding hood, brutality, murder ... Time: 90s, 20th century Place: california, los angeles, san diego california Genre: Crime, Drama Country: USA Duration: 90 min. Story: A former prostitute discovers that her philanthropic fiance is involved in perversion. Style: disturbing, dark, sexy, neo noir, tense ... Plot: prostitute, hospital, pedophilia, small town, prostitution, nurse, marriage proposal, abortion, pedophile, murder, pimp, sexual abuse ... Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century, year 1961, year 1964 Place: venice, usa, switzerland Genre: Crime, Drama Country: USA, France Duration: 100 min. Story: Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the paroled man attempts to find ... Style: touching, emotional, melancholic, philosophical, psychological ... Plot: redemption, murder, prison, friendship, criminal, robbery, justice, gang, sin, going straight, haunted by the past, human nature ... Time: 21st century, contemporary Genre: Drama Country: USA Duration: 96 min. Story: A talented and successful actor retires at a young age due to a perceived mental illness. Now living in a small town with his deranged sister and his best friend, we watch as their Maladies intertwine. Style: psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, captivating ... Plot: mental illness, siblings relations, mentally unstable, family relations, small town, friendship, actor, gender bending, misfit, memory loss, police officer, anxiety ... Time: 21st century, contemporary, 60s Place: usa, new york Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 118 min. Story: With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ... Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, suspense, intense ... Plot: courtroom drama, obsession, courtroom, court, gangsters, lawyer, murder mystery, hitman, unlikely friendships, single parent, legal, blackmail ... Time: 90s Place: new york, guatemala Does Netflix have the book of Henry?Watch The Book of Henry | Netflix.
What is the absolute best movie?The absolute best movies of all time. American Beauty (1999) R | 122 min | Drama. ... . Schindler's List (1993) ... . The Green Mile (1999) ... . The Shawshank Redemption (1994) ... . Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) ... . To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) ... . The Sea Inside (I) (2004) ... . The Song of Sparrows (2008). Is the movie The Book of Henry based on a book?Although it doesn't fit the typical Hollywood narrative, The Book of Henry is a complete work of fiction. The movie was written by crime novel author Gregg Hurwitz, and he actually penned the original draft of the screenplay nearly two decades ago in 1998, at the beginning of his career.
Is the book of Henry a good movie?Overall, The Book of Henry is confusing and so poorly executed, that not even its talented cast can save it. This is a tear jerker film with good intentions, but there's an awful lot going on, including several messages.
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