20 movies like Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, ordered by similarity : King Uncle(1993), Hotel for Dogs(2009), Out on a Limb(1992), Back to Burgundy(2017), Moana(2016), Sixteen Candles(1984), Lbs.(2004), Mid90s(2018), The Croods(2013), The Snapper(1993), Home Alone(1990), Raising Victor Vargas(2002) ...
Comedy
USA
1991
105 Minutes
Christina Applegate Joanna Cassidy John Getz Josh Charles Keith Coogan Concetta Tomei David Duchovny Kimmy Robertson Jayne Brook Eda Reiss Merin Robert Gorman
babysitter teen girl brother sister co-worker boss hysterical wild spirited cool family home office beach backyard restaurant family responsibility guardianship coming of age summer vacation
Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.
Comedy
India
1993
144 Minutes
Jackie Shroff Shah Rukh Khan Naghma Anu Agrawal
brother sister sibling older brother orphan family emotional heartwarming moving touching amusing india bungalow house orphanage family home garage abandonment abandoned child big family
When a runaway orphan ends up at the house of a cruel millionaire, she decides to alter his perception of the world.
Comedy, Kids & Family
Germany|USA
2009
100 Minutes
Emma Roberts Jake T. Austin Lisa Kudrow Kevin Dillon Don Cheadle Kyla Pratt Johnny Simmons Troy Gentile Robinne Lee
foster child dog catcher foster mother brother dog sister amusing madcap endearing animal shelter abandoned building pet shop family home pawn shop animal sanctuary foster care brother/sister relationship deception pets family
Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
Comedy
USA
1992
82 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Jeffrey Jones Heidi Kling John C. Reilly Marian Mercer Larry Hankin David Margulies Courtney Peldon Michael Monks Shawn Schepps Eve Child
banker wealthy man sister stepfather mayor thief wild hilarious small town rural community family home new york city car police station theft search unlikely allies brother/sister relationship family murder plot
Matthew Broderick goes Out on a Limb in this surprising adventure about a financial whiz who takes a wild detour to come to the aid of his kid sister in the small logging town of Buzzsaw.
Comedy, Drama
France
2017
113 Minutes
Pio Marmaï Ana Girardot François Civil Jean-Marc Roulot María Valverde Yamée Couture Jean-Marie Winling Florence Pernel Éric Caravaca Tewfik Jallab Karidja Touré
father sick person child brother sister winemaker engaging charming playful hilarious witty emotional winery wine cellar family family relationships sibling rivalry relationships sibling relationship family business
After a 10 year absence, Jean returns to his hometown when his father falls ill. Reuniting with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie, they have to re-build their relationship and trust as a family again.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musical
USA
2016
113 Minutes
teen girl chief demigod villager monster rooster creative cool amusing island village volcano ocean ship beach identity growing up super powers sailing family
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.
Comedy
USA
1984
90 Minutes
Molly Ringwald Anthony Michael Hall Michael Schoeffling Paul Dooley Justin Henry Gedde Watanabe Blanche Baker Carlin Glynn Edward Andrews Billie Bird Carole Cook
teen girl nerd hunk friend sister foreign exchange student charming touching quirky emotional suburbia family home high school adolescence coming of age birthdays fitting in teen romance family growing up
A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
Comedy, Drama
2004
99 Minutes
Carmine Famiglietti Michael Aronov Miriam Shor Sharon Angela Susan Varon Fil Formicola Lou Martini Jr. Patrick Michael Buckley Sophia Antonini Gino Cafarelli
obese person drug addict childhood friend mother sister brother-in-law amusing offbeat brooklyn, n.y. upstate new york trailer restaurant wilderness family home obesity discipline friendship family addiction compulsive eating
An obese man (Carmine Famiglietti) moves away from home and into the woods in a bid to lose weight and beat his addiction to food.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
84 Minutes
Sunny Suljic Lucas Hedges Na-kel Smith Gio Galicia Ryder McLaughlin Alexa Demie Katherine Waterston Olan Prenatt
teenager skater friend family brothel owner brooding cool engaging gripping quirky los angeles skateboarding friendship city life family brother relationship growing up adventure discovery 1990s
Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2013
91 Minutes
Kirk De Micco
family teen girl teen boy father mother sloth charming cheery creative engaging heartwarming positive cave forest beach natural disasters overprotective parent survival family family relationships
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Comedy
Ireland
1993
94 Minutes
Colm Meaney Tina Kellegher Ruth McCabe Fionnuala Murphy Patricia Laffan Deirdre O'Brien Karen Woodley
daughter mother father brother sister brash gutsy intense raw family home ireland small town illegitimate child pregnancy catholicism rumors growing up transformation 1990s
20 year old Irish girl Sharon Curly lives at home with her large family. But notoriety in her neighbourhood suddenly arrives when, after a night out on the town, she becomes pregnant and refuses to divulge the identity of the baby's father.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Other
USA
1990
102 Minutes
Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern Catherine O'Hara John Heard Roberts Blossom John Candy Angela Goethals Devin Ratray Gerry Bamman
boy mother old man con artist brother polka band hilarious heartwarming frenetic chicago paris airport family home church abandonment family christmas robbery children vs. adults growing up
An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.
Comedy, Drama
France|USA
2002
88 Minutes
Victor Rasuk Judy Marte Melonie Diaz Altagracia Guzman Silvestre Rasuk Krystal Rodriguez Kevin Rivera Wilfree Vasquez Donna Maldonado
teen boy brother grandmother teen girl love interest overweight person amusing brash moving lower east side pool family home bedroom street new york city family teen angst immigrants sexual awakening religion
A Lower East Side teen-ager struggles to find some sanity while surrounded by an eccentric grandmother, a crazy new girlfriend, and a longing younger brother.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1987
111 Minutes
Sebastian Rice Edwards Sarah Miles David Hayman Derrick O'Connor Susan Wooldridge Sammi Davis Ian Bannen Jean-Marc Barr Annie Leon
son sister brother father mother soldier inspiring endearing emotional london suburbia family childhood war world war ii growing up adventure 1930s
Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
Comedy, Drama
2003
101 Minutes
Miranda Richardson Callum Keith Rennie Katharine Isabelle Kristin Adams Monté Gagné Kett Turton Mark McKinney Ingrid Nilson Carman Fielding Courtney Goodison Melissa Brown
teen girl daughter father mother married man sister offbeat dark quirky emotional saskatchewan, canada family home bomb shelter family dysfunction sisterhood coming of age secrets relationships mental illness growing up
In 1969 three disgruntled sisters deal with their domineering father (Callum Keith Rennie) and catatonic mother (Miranda Richardson).
Comedy, Other
USA
1995
103 Minutes
Holly Hunter Robert Downey Jr. Anne Bancroft Charles Durning Dylan McDermott Geraldine Chaplin Cynthia Stevenson Steve Guttenberg Claire Danes Austin Pendleton David Strathairn
single mother daughter parent sister brother love interest amusing frenetic emotional family home dinner party airplane mother/daughter relationship thanksgiving family dysfunction class conflict holidays single mothers rivalry growing up
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her family.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2014
81 Minutes
Steve Carell Jennifer Garner Ed Oxenbould Dylan Minnette Kerris Dorsey Megan Mullally Bella Thorne Sidney Fullmer Mekai Matthew Curtis Lincoln Melcher Elise Vargas
teen boy mother father sister brother friend campy cheeky amusing house bedroom school car chemistry class restaurant bad luck growing up family friendship school
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Esther Williams Akim Tamiroff Ricardo Montalban John Carroll Mary Astor Cyd Charisse Fortunio Bonanova Hugo Haas Jean Van Joey Preston Frank Puglia
bullfighter sister brother father mother composer amusing engaging mexico bullring household bullfighting brother/sister relationship deception disguise aspirations family quest transformation 1940s
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
91 Minutes
Bill Hader Kristen Wiig Luke Wilson Ty Burrell Boyd Holbrook Joanna Gleason Kathleen Rose Perkins Paul Castro Jr.
twin brother sister husband mother lover charming heartwarming inspiring melodramatic touching city house doctor's office bar gym office family dysfunction estrangement homosexuality
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
Kids & Family, Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
84 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Binnie Barnes Alice Brady Ray Milland Barbara Read Mischa Auer Charles Winninger Ernest Cossart Lucile Watson Nella Walker Hobart Cavanaugh
teen girl sister father mother fortune hunter count endearing heartwarming airy switzerland penthouse new york city restaurant courtroom divorce matchmaking running away sister relationship singing romance
Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
111 Minutes
Anne Hathaway Rosemarie DeWitt Bill Irwin Debra Winger Tunde Adebimpe Mather Zickel Anisa George Anna Deavere Smith Jerome Lepage Beau Sia
sister bride father mother groom family member quirky brooding melodramatic new england family home hair salon home interracial romance drug addiction wedding family deception struggle rivalry
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.