Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Paper Airplanes
TITLE DETAILS

Paper Airplanes

2026-05-02 · 12 min · Not rated

Drama · Family

After the death of his brother, a young man is forced to confront his grave through memories and a quiet conversation with his mother.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Alyssa Thurman
Production companies
Utah Tech Films
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 1,000

Top Cast

Aidin FairbanksCal
Conor SmithPeter
Shelley PaulsonKatie
Kyle RogersThomas
Greyson NielsonYoung Cal
Rylen MortensenYoung Peter

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

The Shack
★ 7.5
The Shack2017Drama · Family

A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.

Remember
★ 7.3
Remember2015Drama

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

Manchester by the Sea
★ 7.6
Manchester by the Sea2016Drama

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Fathers and Daughters
★ 7.2
Fathers and Daughters2015Drama

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

Mr. Church
★ 7.4
Mr. Church2016Drama

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
★ 7.6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958Drama

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

If Anything Happens I Love You
★ 7.7
If Anything Happens I Love You2020Drama

Grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.

Rabbit Hole
★ 6.6
Rabbit Hole2010Drama

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

Dad
★ 6.4
Dad1989Drama

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.

Things We Lost in the Fire
★ 6.6
Things We Lost in the Fire2007Drama

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.

Cassandra's Dream
★ 6.3
Cassandra's Dream2007Drama

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Brand Upon the Brain!
★ 6.6
Brand Upon the Brain!2007Drama

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

Tetro
★ 6.8
Tetro2009Drama

In Buenos Aires, 17-year-old Bennie seeks out his estranged brother Tetro, a once-promising writer haunted by their family’s past. As Bennie uncovers Tetro’s hidden manuscript, old secrets and rivalries resurface, forcing both men to confront the truth about their father and the tangled legacy that tore their family apart.

Premonition
★ 6.3
Premonition2007Drama

A depressed housewife who learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the day after to a world in which he is still dead.

Interiors
★ 6.8
Interiors1978Drama

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

Hereafter
★ 6.1
Hereafter2010Drama

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.

The Secret Life of Bees
★ 7.5
The Secret Life of Bees2008Drama · Family

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

Prayers for Bobby
★ 8.1
Prayers for Bobby2009Drama

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

Birth
★ 6.1
Birth2004Drama

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

The Book of Henry
★ 7.5
The Book of Henry2017Drama

Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands.

Similar titles

9 Songs
★ 5.5
9 Songs2004Drama

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
★ 8.1
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004Drama

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

American History X
★ 8.3
American History X1998Drama

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

East of Eden
★ 7.5
East of Eden1955Drama

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Boys Don't Cry
★ 7.4
Boys Don't Cry1999Drama

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Let's Break Up
Not rated
Let's Break Up2017Drama

The film tells the story of pure small nurse Ye Xiaotong found that migrant workers boyfriend Fang Qiang derailed to break up.

Amour Fou
★ 6.5
Amour Fou2014Drama

Heinrich wishes to conquer death through love, and when he meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance, she expresses interest in a suicide pact when she learns she has a terminal illness.

Luccas Neto in: Children's Day
★ 7.1
Luccas Neto in: Children's Day2019Family

Luccas Neto is planning a big Children's Day celebration at a school but an unexpected threat puts the party and his friends at risk.

Three Colors: White
★ 7.4
Three Colors: White1994Drama

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

Match Point
★ 7.4
Match Point2005Drama

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

The Science of Sleep
★ 7.0
The Science of Sleep2006Drama

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

The Edukators
★ 7.2
The Edukators2004Drama

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

Grind
Not rated
Grind2020Drama

A young man wrestles with his demons by way of a skateboard.

Mammal
★ 2.0
Mammal2006Drama

The growing pains of adolescence, and a young man's attempt to free himself from the grip of a domineering mother.

—for you.
Not rated
—for you.2020Drama

a newly married couple experiences a loss they're not sure their relationship will recover from.

Mary Poppins
★ 7.6
Mary Poppins1964Family

In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

Beyond Silence
★ 6.9
Beyond Silence1996Drama

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.

A Family Upside Down
★ 7.0
A Family Upside Down1978Drama

An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.

Twin Peaks
★ 8.5
Twin Peaks1989Drama

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)

The City
★ 6.1
The City1963Drama

Three stories (Love, Heart, The Hoop) set in the urban, alienated world of a big city. It tells how thin is the line between melancholy and depression.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.