20 movies like I Ought to Be in Pictures, ordered by similarity : Somewhere(2010), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg(1972), High Tide(1987), Caterina Goes to Town(2003), The Descendants(2011), Funny Story(2018), Harry and the Hendersons(1987), The Adventures of Sebastian Cole(1998), Welcome to Me(2014), Next of Kin(1984), Lady for a Day(1933), I Love You, Daddy(2017) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Walter Matthau Ann-Margret Dinah Manoff Lance Guest Lewis Smith Martin Ferrero Eugene Butler Samantha Harper Santos Morales David Faustino Shelby Balik
actress screenwriter hairdresser father daughter girlfriend witty fiery touching brooklyn, n.y. hollywood, calif. family home movie studio father/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement show business ambition new town transformation
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Italy|Japan
2010
98 Minutes
Stephen Dorff Elle Fanning Chris Pontius Michelle Monaghan Laura Chiatti Simona Ventura Benicio Del Toro Lala Sloatman
actor daughter father party girl mother stripper dreamy offbeat melodramatic engaging touching dark hollywood, calif. hotel ice-skating rink italy car city father/daughter relationship debauchery
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
107 Minutes
Alan Bates Janet Suzman Peter Bowles Sheila Gish Joan Hickson Elizabeth Robillard Murray Melvin Fanny Carby
mother father daughter friend bleak offbeat shocking family home england parenthood mother/daughter relationship cerebral palsy family transformation quest 1970s
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
mother daughter grandmother teen girl singer drifter touching emotional dark new south wales, australia town seaside trailer park beach alcoholism mother/daughter relationship estrangement abandoned child reunion secret past
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
115 Minutes
George Clooney Shailene Woodley Amara Miller Nick Krause Patricia Hastie Beau Bridges Matthew Lillard Judy Greer Robert Forster
real estate developer father daughter boyfriend dying person wife witty emotional sad touching hawaii beach grief infidelity family secrets accident death fatherhood love growing up
A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Matthew Glave Emily Bett Rickards Jana Winternitz Nikki Limo Lily Holleman Jessica Diggins Aschleigh Jensen Pete Gardner Reginald VelJohnson Jacob Wysocki
older man daughter estranged father friend girlfriend tense amusing emotional shocking uneasy california wedding restaurant bar woods love triangle awkward situations love father/daughter relationship secret
A dramedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter when she invites him to her woodland wedding.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1987
110 Minutes
John Lithgow Melinda Dillon Margaret Langrick Joshua Rudoy Kevin Peter Hall David Suchet Lainie Kazan Don Ameche
father wife daughter son creature touching winsome amusing positive seattle family home forest monsters family houseguest nature environmental consciousness discovery rescue 1980s
The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
104 Minutes
Adrian Grenier Margaret Colin Clark Gregg Greg Haberny Russel Harper Marni Lustig Gabriel Macht Aleksa Palladino John Shea
mother father transsexual son daughter ex-husband engaging witty touching amusing family home dining room new york state england high school family dysfunction sex change car accident teen angst alcoholism
In June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Kristen Wiig Wes Bentley Linda Cardellini Joan Cusack Loretta Devine Jennifer Jason Leigh Thomas Mann James Marsden Tim Robbins Alan Tudyk
young woman lottery winner talk show host tv personality father daughter amusing lighthearted television studio stage united states lottery lottery ticket money wealth dreams television show depression father/daughter relationship discovery
When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1984
72 Minutes
Patrick Tierney Berge Fazlian Sirvart Fazlian
young man father mother daughter impostor stranger creative profound disturbing amusing psychiatrist's office family home canada family dysfunction new identity parenthood adoption therapy video tape transformation
Unhappy living with his loveless parents, a young man convinces a family of Armenian immigrants that he's their long-lost son and moves in with them, improving all of their lives in the process.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Comedy
USA
2017
123 Minutes
Louis C.K. Chloë Grace Moretz John Malkovich Rose Byrne Helen Hunt Edie Falco Pamela Adlon Charlie Day
producer father daughter filmmaker old man cheeky amusing emotional creative witty offbeat hollywood, calif. parent/child relationship father/daughter relationship love family filmmaking love growing up discovery
When a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to handle the situation.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Comedy
USA
1966
127 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Peter O'Toole Eli Wallach Charles Boyer Hugh Griffith Fernand Gravey Marcel Dalio Jacques Marin Roger Treville Eddie Malin Bert Bertram
forger art thief burglar daughter father private detective amusing witty lighthearted suspenseful museum paris france family home art forgery robbery schemes deception father/daughter relationship
The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA|France
2010
104 Minutes
Julianne Moore Annette Bening Mark Ruffalo Mia Wasikowska Josh Hutcherson Kunal Sharma Eddie Hassell Zosia Mamet Yaya DaCosta Joaquín Garrido
lesbian father mother teenager daughter son charming emotional witty california household family lesbianism love affair marriage parenthood discovery love 2010s
Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.
Comedy, Drama, Music
USA
2018
97 Minutes
Nick Offerman Kiersey Clemons Ted Danson Sasha Lane Blythe Danner Toni Collette Quincy Dunn-Baker Alex Reznik
single father daughter musician store owner singer heartwarming emotional touching moving creative record store house coffee shop bedroom recording studio father/daughter relationship band growing up musicians singing
A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis Edward Norton Andrea Riseborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts Lindsay Duncan Merritt Wever Jeremy Shamos Bill Camp
action hero actor broadway director girlfriend daughter ex-wife creative charming emotional amusing dark apartment new york city broadway theater backstage street restaurant acting father/daughter relationship challenge
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
97 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Jennifer Connelly Lily Collins Logan Lerman Nat Wolff Patrick Schwarzenegger Liana Liberato Kristen Bell Michael Goodwin
author child parent father daughter son neighbor love interest romantic interest ex-wife engaging lighthearted inspiring playful mushy positive united states house beach bar
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1984
114 Minutes
Drew Barrymore Ryan O'Neal Shelley Long Sam Wanamaker Allen Goorwitz Sharon Stone David Paymer David Graf
father mother daughter director writer filmmaker melodramatic emotional hollywood, calif. household divorce family dysfunction childhood work vs. family infidelity parenthood love discovery 1980s
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.