20 movies like Out on a Limb, ordered by similarity : Back to Burgundy(2017), The Miser(1980), Freddy Got Fingered(2001), Sitcom(1998), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead(1991), Rachel Getting Married(2008), Hotel for Dogs(2009), Jane Wants a Boyfriend(2015), My Man Godfrey(1936), The Snapper(1993), Dabangg 2(2012), The Confirmation(2016) ...
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.
Comedy
France
1980
120 Minutes
Louis De Funès Franck Cabot Claire Dupray Herve Bellon Michel Galabru Claude Gensac
man father wealthy man single woman amusing hilarious engaging witty charming cheeky family home marriage of convenience family family feud relationships wealth love pursuit rivalry 1980s
An incredible miser fights against the whole world to multiply his wealth.
Comedy
USA
2001
87 Minutes
Tom Green Rip Torn Marisa Coughlan Eddie Kaye Thomas Harland Williams Anthony Michael Hall Julie Hagerty Jackson Davies Connor Widdows John R. Taylor Bob Osborne
cartoonist father paralyzed woman brother psychiatrist son unrestrained hilarious wild oregon hollywood, calif. hospital bank town family home relationships unemployment unlikely romance lie family dysfunction
An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.
Comedy
France
1998
85 Minutes
Evelyne Dandry François Marthouret Marina de Van Adrien de Van Stéphane Rideau Lucia Sanchez Julien-Emmanuel Eyou Deido Jean Douchet
father mother child son daughter engaging charming playful hilarious quirky france house family home family dysfunctional family relationships happiness curiosity adventure discovery
The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and sado-masochist ... See full summary »
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, 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.
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, Romance, Drama
USA
2015
101 Minutes
Eliza Dushku Louisa Krause Gabriel Ebert Amir Arison Jon Bass Polly Draper Franco Gonzalez Gary Hilborn
sister young woman love interest parent boyfriend girlfriend moving engaging endearing new york city city united states family home party autism sister relationship sisterhood first love city life discovery
A young woman with Asperger's syndrome tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
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.
Musical, Comedy, Action, Drama
India
2012
114 Minutes
Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Sonakshi Sinha Prakash Raj Vinod Khanna Malaika Arora Deepak Dobriyal
police officer wife father brother criminal henchman gripping engaging powerful inspiring melodramatic hilarious india city town house police station wedding reception police work family relationships
Chulbul Pandey invites a fresh trouble when he kills the brother of a notorious politician and the former swears to wreak havoc in his life.
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
USA
1944
106 Minutes
Joyce Reynolds Robert Hutton Edward Arnold Ann Harding Robert Benchley Alan Hale Barbara Brown Hattie McDaniel Richard Erdman Jackie Moran
teen girl father sister soldier mother teen boy amusing endearing heartwarming family home army base high school party small town park small-town life party love triangle world war ii sexual awakening
Janie is a scatter-brained and high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an army camp just outside town. Janie and her ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1950
104 Minutes
James Stewart Josephine Hull Cecil Kellaway Peggy Dow Charles Drake Victoria Horne Jesse White William Lynn Wallace Ford Nana Bryant Grace Mills
alcoholic sister doctor manager daughter judge winsome cheery charming lighthearted small town bar family home mental institution mental illness family small-town life nonconformity imagination discovery
Due to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
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.
Other, Comedy
USA
2014
88 Minutes
Joel McHale Robin Williams Lauren Graham Clark Duke Oliver Platt Wendi McLendon-Covey Tim Heidecker Candice Bergen
robin williams father son santa claus family patriarch wife amusing charming lighthearted melodramatic emotional playful church family dinner family home christmas family family gathering family relationships fighting
Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
2004
107 Minutes
Jim Carrey Liam Aiken Emily Browning Kara Hoffman Shelby Hoffman Timothy Spall Catherine O'Hara Billy Connolly Meryl Streep Luis Guzman Jamie Harris
sister brother baby villain uncle aunt amusing quirky engaging house lake attic mansion burning house alternate reality family siblings deception murder bad behavior
A dastardly count (Jim Carrey) plots to steal an inheritance from three young orphans (Liam Aiken, Emily Browning) placed in his care.
Comedy
USA
1947
95 Minutes
Joan Caulfield William Holden Edward Arnold Mona Freeman Billy De Wolfe
soldier young woman sister fiancé father mother charming engaging tender new york city suburbia household subway city hall home front sister relationship correspondence family engagement world war ii
A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail. Then they discover Ruth's younger sister was the culprit.
Comedy
2003
115 Minutes
Serge Thériault Gilles Renaud Sébastien Delorme Danny Gilmore Maxime Dumontier Fanny Mallette Gaston Caron Gaston Lepage Daniel Gadouas Claude Legault Réal Bossé
gas station owner son neighbor photographer friend brother amusing touching montreal, quebec gas station family home parkinson's disease family business loss theft father/son relationship discovery sacrifice love
The owner (Serge Thériault) of a Montreal gas station/cafe deals with three sons, customers and the changing times.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1995
106 Minutes
Julia Roberts Dennis Quaid Robert Duvall Gena Rowlands Kyra Sedgwick Brett Cullen Haley Aull Muse Watson Anne Shropshire
wife husband sister mother father lover engaging touching quirky amusing charming small town ranch racetrack hometown infidelity relationships family horses rebellion
A woman's world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her.