SimilarScreen
My Brother

My Brother

When I was 12 he was my humiliation. Now at the age of 20, he is my everything. My Big Brother...

20047.01h 52m

Overview

The story of two brothers, growing up in 1970s Korea, who each take two completely different paths. One goes to school to become a doctor, the other becomes a gangster. Their story is told through flashbacks after one of them is murdered.

Directed by Ahn Kwon-tae
Written by Ahn Kwon-tae
Produced by Yang Joong-kyung
0

Top Cast

Won Bin

Won Bin

Kim Jong-hyeon

Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun

Kim Seong-hyeon

Kim Hae-sook

Kim Hae-sook

Mother

Lee Bo-young

Lee Bo-young

Mi-ryeong

Jung Ho-bin

Jung Ho-bin

Young-joon

Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong

Doo-shik

K

Kim Jong-man

Danchu-gumung

Kim Kwang-kyu

Kim Kwang-kyu

Mi-ryeong's Brother

Ko In-beom

Ko In-beom

Eok-soo's Father

Kim Jin-hyeok

Kim Jin-hyeok

Literary Club Senior

Themes & Keywords

gangster1970sfamilybrother brother relationship

About My Brother

My Brother is a drama film released in 2004 exploring themes of gangster, 1970s, family, brother brother relationship. Directed by Ahn Kwon-tae, it stars Won Bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Kim Hae-sook. The story of two brothers, growing up in 1970s Korea, who each take two completely different paths. One goes to school to become a doctor, the other becomes a gangster. Their story is told through flashbacks after one of them is murdered.

Movies Similar to My Brother

Discover titles like My Brother — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to My Brother

If you enjoyed My Brother, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of My Brother.

The Iron Claw
27% Match

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

Driving Miss Daisy
25% Match

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

Breathless
24% Match

Breathless(2009)

Movie7.1/10

Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to him, feisty school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.

City of God
23% Match

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Sabrina
22% Match

Sabrina(1995)

Movie6.2/10

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.

Sunny
21% Match

Sunny(2011)

Movie7.8/10

Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.

Nell
21% Match

Nell(1994)

Movie6.6/10

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

Persepolis
20% Match

Persepolis(2007)

Movie7.9/10

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

Popular Music
20% Match

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

Requiem
17% Match

Requiem(2006)

Movie6.6/10

Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.

The Safety of Objects
17% Match

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.