Girl at the Door

Girl at the Door

2017 · 11 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

A young girl gleans a few choice maneuvers from gym class that enable her to turn the tables on her abusive father.

Directed by Song Joo-sung · Written by Song Joo-sung

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

1h 44m together

Girl at the Door

Custody

A close match in mood and era.

More Like This

The ReturnThe Return · 2003
The Return
★ 7.32003
MovieDramaMystery
Two young brothers in contemporary Russia are reunited with a father they know only from an old photograph after his sudden return from a long absence. With their mother’s reluctant consent, they set out on a remote trip that quickly becomes an uneasy test of authority, trust, and masculinity. As the journey moves deeper into the wilderness, the fragile bonds between father and sons are pushed to their limits.
The Prince of TidesThe Prince of Tides · 1991
The Prince of Tides
★ 6.61991
MovieDramaRomance
A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.
Back RoadsBack Roads · 2019
Back Roads
★ 5.92019
MovieCrimeDrama
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
PiggyPiggy · 2022
Piggy
★ 6.52022
MovieHorrorDrama
A bullied overweight teenager sees a glimpse of hope when her tormentors are brutally abducted by a mesmerizing stranger.
Blood and BonesBlood and Bones · 2004
Blood and Bones
★ 6.62004
MovieDrama
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
Dolores ClaiborneDolores Claiborne · 1995
Dolores Claiborne
★ 7.31995
MovieCrimeDrama
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
The Winter LakeThe Winter Lake · 2020
The Winter Lake
★ 5.02020
MovieThrillerDrama
When Holly’s dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
LizzieLizzie · 2018
Lizzie
★ 6.22018
MovieCrimeDrama
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.
Have Dreams, Will TravelHave Dreams, Will Travel · 2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel
★ 7.62007
MovieDramaRomance
West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life.
VolverVolver · 2006
Volver
★ 7.52006
MovieComedyDrama
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.
CustodyCustody · 2018
Custody
★ 7.52018
MovieDramaThriller
Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, 11-year-old Julien, away from his father. But the magistrate rules in favour of joint custody, and suddenly the boy is thrown directly into the middle of an escalating parental conflict, where it seems inevitable that sides must be chosen.
A Girl at My DoorA Girl at My Door · 2014
A Girl at My Door
★ 6.92014
MovieDrama
Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.
Ken ParkKen Park · 2003
Ken Park
★ 6.02003
MovieDramaThriller
Teen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people who knew him: Shawn, the most conventional; Tate brims with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother; and Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.
Dear FrankieDear Frankie · 2004
Dear Frankie
★ 7.02004
MovieDramaFamily
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day...

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter