20 movies like Orphans, ordered by similarity : Life During Wartime(2009), What's Eating Gilbert Grape(1993), The Savages(2007), The Brothers Bloom(2008), Tully(2018), The Skeleton Twins(2014), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself(2002), Jeff, Who Lives at Home(2011), This Is Where I Leave You(2014), The Hotel New Hampshire(1984), Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even(1992), Housekeeping(1987) ...
Comedy, Drama
UK
1998
101 Minutes
Douglas Henshall Gary Lewis Stephen McCole Rosemarie Stevenson Frank Gallagher Alex Norton
orphan brother sister mother waitress bartender gritty dark amusing glasgow, scotland household funeral church pub death mourning dysfunction storm siblings discovery
Four siblings gathered together for their mother's funeral in Glasgow face individual torments over night during a tumultuous storm that rips the roof off the church.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
98 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Ciarán Hinds Allison Janney Michael Lerner Chris Marquette Rich Pecci Charlotte Rampling Paul Reubens Ally Sheedy Dylan Riley Snyder Renee Taylor
sister mother boyfriend husband waitress son dark melodramatic amusing house prison bedroom suburbia family dysfunction failed romance pedophilia haunting unhappy marriage sisterhood discovery
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1993
118 Minutes
Johnny Depp Juliette Lewis Mary Steenburgen Leonardo DiCaprio Darlene Cates Laura Harrington Mary Kate Schellhardt Kevin Tighe John C. Reilly Crispin Glover Penelope Branning
young man brother sister mother housewife love interest moving emotional iowa small town countryside household family dysfunction siblings affair rural life mental impairment new love discovery transformation
A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
113 Minutes
Laura Linney Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Bosco Peter Friedman Gbenga Akinnagbe David Zayas Cara Seymour Tonye Patano
sister playwright brother professor author father emotional somber amusing sun city, ariz. funeral buffalo, n.y. nursing home siblings dementia family death dysfunction aging discovery
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2008
109 Minutes
Rachel Weisz Adrien Brody Mark Ruffalo Rinko Kikuchi Maximilian Schell Robbie Coltrane Andy Nyman Nora Zehetner
orphan brother con artist rich girl explosives expert airy amusing emotional heartwarming melodramatic orphanage united states orphans brother relationship swindling world travel love discovery rivalry quest
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Charlize Theron Mackenzie Davis Mark Duplass Ron Livingston Emily Haine Elaine Tan Asher Miles Fallica Lia Frankland Gameela Wright Colleen Wheeler Maddie Dixon-Poirier
mother wife husband brother child nanny amusing emotional tense raw touching house school parking lot barbecue concert stage motherhood marriage relationships childcare
A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark|UK|Sweden|France
2002
106 Minutes
Jamie Sives Adrian Rawlins Shirley Henderson Lisa McKinlay Mads Mikkelsen Julia Davis Susan Vidler Robert McIntosh Lorraine McIntosh Gordon Broem
shop owner brother cleaning lady daughter doctor older brother dark offbeat touching amusing bookstore hospital glasgow, scotland suicide romance family depression death relationships discovery
The chronically suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
83 Minutes
Jason Segel Ed Helms Susan Sarandon Judy Greer Rae Dawn Chong Steve Zissis Evan Ross Lee Nguyen
stoner brother mother sister-in-law amusing heartwarming touching family home basement neighborhood street baton rouge, la. arrested development brother relationship destiny mother/son relationship suburban life growing up quest 2010s
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his widowed mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his unhappily married brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
103 Minutes
Jason Bateman Tina Fey Jane Fonda Adam Driver Rose Byrne Corey Stoll Kathryn Hahn Connie Britton Timothy Olyphant Dax Shepard Debra Monk
father sibling mother ex-wife boyfriend sister amusing charming cheeky new york city apartment hospital house bedroom ice-skating rink death family romance bereavement relationships
After their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1984
110 Minutes
Jodie Foster Beau Bridges Rob Lowe Paul McCrane Lisa Banes Jennifer Dundas Seth Green Nastassja Kinski
father mother son daughter brother sister offbeat quirky amusing emotional new hampshire hotel austria family dysfunction incest homosexuality extremism death coming of age discovery
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1992
104 Minutes
Hillary Wolf David Strathairn Margaret Whitton Griffin Dunne Patricia Kalember Adrienne Shelly Dan Futterman
daughter father stepbrother stepfather stepsister stepmother amusing emotional heartwarming california lake san francisco household family dysfunction running away hitchhiking loyalty divorce teen angst escape
A girl fed up with her quirky, disfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
117 Minutes
Christine Lahti Sara Walker Andrea Burchill Anne Pitoniak Barbara Reese Bill Smillie Wayne Robson Margot Pinvidic
sister aunt niece orphan woman neighbor madcap offbeat emotional amusing pacific northwest small town household woods living room small-town life family dysfunction suicide coming of age fitting in
After their mother commits suicide, two sisters end up living with their kind but peculiar aunt in their grandmother's old house in a small 1950s town.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
France|India|Belgium|Singapore|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Dhanush Bérénice Bejo Erin Moriarty Barkhad Abdi Gérard Jugnot Ben Miller Abel Jafri Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
artist mother young woman indian american magician emotional amusing inspiring creative charming heartwarming mumbai, india paris closet village city home family history death of mother
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Italy|UK|USA
1992
105 Minutes
Robert John Burke Bill Sage Karen Sillas Elina Lowensohn Martin Donovan Mark Chandler Bailey Chris Cooke Jeffrey Howard Holly Marie Combs Joe Stevens
thief brother pretty woman father friend epileptic witty cool offbeat cheeky new york city long island, n.y. bar apartment reunion journey siblings dangerous romance betrayal fugitives
Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1996
94 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch
drug addict friend student girlfriend drug dealer sociopath amusing dark gritty edinburgh london household apartment pub hotel addiction abandonment friendship crime death
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
Other, Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
98 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Freddy Rodriguez Elizabeth Peña Alfred Molina Debra Messing Vanessa Ferlito Luis Guzman Melonie Diaz Jay Hernandez
marine brother sister fiancé priest tender amusing chicago house bar hospital neighborhood family christmas cancer lost loves veterans discovery love 2000s
A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Rose Byrne Octavia Spencer Isabela Moner Tig Notaro Gustavo Quiroz Julianna Gamiz Margo Martindale Julie Hagerty Michael O'Keefe Tom Segura
wife husband adopted daughter brother sister airy amusing hilarious emotional melodramatic heartwarming united states orphanage school adoption orphanage new experiences trust lie sibling relationship
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
Comedy, Drama
1984
100 Minutes
Carmen Maura Ángel de Andrés López Verónica Forqué Gonzalo Suarez Chus Lampreave Juan Martinez Miguel Angel Herranz Amparo Soler Leal Luis Hostalot
wife husband son brother mother-in-law prostitute amusing dark outlandish madrid apartment family dysfunction accidental death homosexuality drug trafficking prostitution bad behavior wretched excess transformation 1980s
A Madrid housewife (Carmen Maura) tries to retain her sanity in a household full of difficult and odd relatives.
Comedy, Drama
2006
123 Minutes
Sabine Azéma Pierre Arditi Laura Morante Lambert Wilson Isabelle Carré André Dussollier Françoise Gillard
real estate agent co-worker old man bartender soldier sister dark emotional fascinating paris apartment restaurant bar love deception romance loneliness death seduction love
Six Parisians, including a real estate agent (Isabelle Carré) and his religious co-worker (André Dussollier), face a sad search for real love.