20 movies like Home for the Holidays, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Family for Christmas(2015), Fatima(2015), All Roads Lead to Rome(2015), A Taste of Honey(1961), Father's Little Dividend(1951), Being Frank(2018), A Christmas Tale(2008), Anywhere but Here(1999), Dean(2016), Mambo Italiano(2003), Love at First Child(2015) ...
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Other, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
2015
82 Minutes
Lacey Chabert Tyron Leitso Milli Wilkinson Audrey Smallman Brittney Wilson Keith MacKechnie Jill Morrison Matthew Kevin Anderson James Kirk Sean Tyson Michael St. John Smith
woman college sweetheart santa claus mother husband loved one love interest daughter amusing heartwarming lighthearted suburb home canada christmas love romance family family life motherhood
A band goes into the woods looking for inspiration and get picked off one by one.
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
Comedy, Romance
Italy|Spain|USA|UK|Sweden
2015
87 Minutes
Sarah Jessica Parker Raoul Bova Claudia Cardinale Rosie Day Paz Vega Chiara Bassermann Marco Bonini Barney Harris
single mother teacher woman mother daughter teen girl former lover romantic interest couple love interest man lighthearted positive emotional endearing airy amusing charming rome italy
Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor Don Taylor Billie Burke Moroni Olsen Richard Rober Marietta Canty Russ Tamblyn Tom Irish Hayden Rorke
father mother daughter son-in-law mother-in-law father-in-law amusing endearing touching united states household parenthood love family old age love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Comedy
USA
2018
109 Minutes
Jim Gaffigan Anna Gunn Samantha Mathis Alex Karpovsky Logan Miller Danielle Campbell Theresa Burkhart Daniel Rashid Hayes MacArthur Michelle Hurd
teenager teen boy father family love interest mother engaging hilarious amusing charming lighthearted heartwarming united states family father/son relationship secret secret life secret love comedy adventure
A normal father's family life is turned upside down when his son discovers his dad has another family.
Comedy, Other, Drama
France
2008
150 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Jean-Paul Roussillon Mathieu Amalric Françoise Bertin Laurent Capelluto Anne Consigny Emmanuelle Devos Hippolyte Girardot Chiara Mastroianni Emile Berling
mother daughter son tense emotional moving touching family home roubaix, france illness family death growing up sacrifice rivalry 2000s
The troubled Vuillard family is no stranger to illness, grief, and banishment, but when their matriarch requires a bone-marrow transplant, the estranged clan reunites just in time for Christmas.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
114 Minutes
Susan Sarandon Natalie Portman Eileen Ryan Ray Baker John Diehl Shawn Hatosy Bonnie Bedelia Caroline Aaron Hart Bochner
mother daughter husband love interest emotional heartwarming wisconsin beverly hills, calif. mother/daughter relationship responsibility moving fame family dysfunction growing up love 1990s
A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.
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
Canada
2003
88 Minutes
Luke Kirby Ginette Reno Paul Sorvino Mary Walsh Claudia Ferri Peter Miller Sophie Lorain Tim Post
gay man son sister mother father love interest charming emotional uplifting amusing montreal apartment café family home disapproval coming out forbidden love acceptance homosexuality family
The son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay.
Comedy
USA
2015
91 Minutes
Isabelle Carré Patrick Bruel Alice De Lencquesaing Thomas Solivéres Carole Franck Laurent Stocker Louise Coldefy Charlotte Mangel
mother daughter pregnant teen bachelor father single mother amusing emotional endearing heartwarming moving france city family relationships single parents responsibility bachelorhood determination love interest love
In an isolated, high-plains community, a brilliant mathematics professor disappears from the local college without a trace. Three months later his body is discovered tied to a tree and ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Crime, Drama, Comedy
2007
99 Minutes
Elio Germano Riccardo Scamarcio Diane Fleri Alba Rohrwacher Angela Finocchiaro Vittorio Emanuele Propizio Luca Zingaretti Massimo Popolizio
communist brother fascist activist mother father melodramatic powerful amusing latina, italy seminary family home coast protest brother relationship family politics love triangle loyalty growing up
An aimless young man (Elio Germano) falls in with fascists but has second thoughts when the party leader casts his eye on the youth's communist brother (Riccardo Scamarcio).
Drama, Comedy
USA
1983
132 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Debra Winger Jack Nicholson Jeff Daniels Danny DeVito John Lithgow Betty King Lisa Hart Carroll Huckleberry Fox Troy Bishop
mother daughter professor astronaut touching emotional sad small town midwest family home family romance cancer mother/daughter relationship love growing up 1980s
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.
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
France|USA
1994
90 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Katherine Heigl Dalton James Lauren Hutton Faith Prince Stephen Tobolowsky Ann Hearn Robyn Peterson Frank Renzulli
father daughter love interest boyfriend lover ex-wife amusing hilarious cheeky cheery emotional heartwarming united states new york city paris bahamas vacation relationships coming-of-age father/daughter relationship
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
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.