20 movies like Little Miss Sunshine, ordered by similarity : Ferrari Ki Sawaari(2012), Volver(2006), Another Kind of Wedding(2017), The Weather Man(2005), The Confirmation(2016), The Olive Tree(2016), Kings and Queen(2004), Around the Bend(2004), Rachel Getting Married(2008), The Thing About My Folks(2005), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants(2005), Sunshine Cleaning(2008) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
102 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Valerie Faris Steve Carell Toni Collette Alan Arkin Abigail Breslin Paul Dano Justin Shilton Alissa Anderegg Jerry Giles Beth Grant
beauty queen child father grandfather brother uncle quirky california store new mexico aspirations road trip family hope song and dance homosexuality quest 2000s
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Comedy, Drama
India
2012
Minutes
Sharman Joshi Boman Irani Vidya Balan Satyadeep Misra Deepak Shirke Nilesh Diwekar
young man father son grandfather cricket player emotional gripping engaging heartwarming india house apartment cricket match family relationships family ties father/son relationship grandparent/child relationship chasing dreams adventure love
How the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality.
Comedy, Drama
Spain
2006
111 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Carmen Maura Chus Lampreave Lola Dueñas Blanca Portillo Yohana Cobo Carmen Machi Pilar Castro Antonio de la Torre
ghost mother daughter grandchild father bad father amusing quirky melodramatic shocking outlandish beauty salon apartment restaurant madrid funeral la mancha, spain death deception sexual abuse
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2017
86 Minutes
Kathleen Turner Kevin Zegers Jessica Paré Frances Fisher Jacob Tierney Jessica Parker Kennedy David La Haye Cristina Rosato Luke Kirby Wallace Shawn
bride groom brother father mother family member amusing hilarious emotional tense unrestrained outlandish hotel wedding restaurant coffee shop van wedding family dysfunction parent/child relationship
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2005
102 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Michael Caine Hope Davis Michael Rispoli Gil Bellows Gemmenne de la Peña Nicholas Hoult Judith McConnell David Darlow Mike Bacarella Robyn Moler
weather forecaster father author wife daughter boyfriend amusing heartwarming quirky emotional suspenseful chicago newsroom household family home city apartment redemption family dysfunction career vs. family midlife crisis
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
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
2016
98 Minutes
Javier Gutiérrez Anna Castillo Manuel Cucala Ana Ulloa Juanma Lara Nikolai Will Pep Ambròs Aina Requena Carme Pla Miguel Ángel Aladren
young girl grandfather son uncle friend love interest moving charming cheeky calm creative emotional engaging spain germany love loss journey quest relationships
Comedy, Drama
France
2004
150 Minutes
Emmanuelle Devos Mathieu Amalric Catherine Deneuve Maurice Garrel Nathalie Boutefeu Jean-Paul Roussillon Magalie Woch Hippolyte Girardot Noémie Lvovsky Elsa Wolliaston Geoffrey Carey
father daughter grandchild ex-lover fiancé emotional grenoble, france mental institution family home paris family terminal illness love marriage mental illness transformation quest 2000s
Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.
Drama
USA
2004
83 Minutes
Christopher Walken Josh Lucas Michael Caine Glenne Headly Jonah Bobo Kathryn Hahn Norbert Weisser Laurie O'Brien David Eigenberg Michael O'Neill Lily Knight
grandfather father son nurse young boy dying person emotional moving quirky american southwest house van los angeles albuquerque, n.m. father/son relationship road trip death male bonding dysfunctional family family history
A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.
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, Drama
USA
2005
97 Minutes
Peter Falk Paul Reiser Olympia Dukakis Elizabeth Perkins Mackenzie Connolly Lydia Grace Jordan Ann Dowd Claire Beckman Mimi Lieber Catherine Taormina
son father mother sister wife child emotional amusing open road new york state family home farmhouse missing persons search family relationships road trip camping male bonding adventure discovery
Ben's dad, Sam, shows up one night with a note that Ben's mother has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that is for sale.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
120 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Jenna Boyd Bradley Whitford Nancy Travis Rachel Ticotin Mike Vogel Michael Rady Leonardo Nam
teen girl friend love interest father grandfather grandmother amusing emotional maryland south carolina mexico greece friendship family romance traveling coming of age teen angst transformation discovery
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
102 Minutes
Amy Adams Emily Blunt Alan Arkin Jason Spevack Steve Zahn Mary Lynn Rajskub Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Eric Christian Olsen Kevin Chapman
woman sister son sweetheart father creative offbeat engaging new mexico crime scene household apartment death family dysfunction eccentricity working class hope love sacrifice transformation
In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.
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.
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, Drama
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Justin Timberlake Kate Mara Harry Dean Stanton Lyle Lovett Mary Steenburgen Douglas M. Griffin Wayne Douglas Morgan
son mother friend father grandfather coach amusing touching tense texas hospital stadium ohio hotel airport road trip parenthood surgery reconciliation baseball
Movie centers on the adult son of a baseball legend who, together with his girlfriend, embarks on a road trip with his estranged father.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
106 Minutes
Elijah Wood Eugene Hutz Boris Leskin Laryssa Lauret Jonathan Safran Foer Jana Hrabetova Stephen Samudovsky Oleksandr Choroshko
writer guide grandfather dog grandmother quirky emotional ukraine odessa countryside road trip family history world war ii anti-semitism search culture clash discovery adventure quest 2000s
A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
106 Minutes
Jonathan Taylor Thomas Devon Sawa Scott Bairstow Frances Fisher Jamey Sheridan Tracey Walter Don Stroud Zack Ward Claudia Stedelin Anastasia Spivey Leighanne Littrell
brother documentarian father mother young boy spectacular amusing inspiring emotional arkansas family home highway wilderness documentary filmmaking brotherhood road trip father/son relationship camping nature growing up
Three brothers who are obsessed with animals are given permission from their parents to travel around America with a camera documenting wildlife.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany|UK|Netherlands
2007
90 Minutes
Matthew Macfadyen Keeley Hawes Andy Nyman Ewen Bremner Daisy Donovan Alan Tudyk Jane Asher Kris Marshall Rupert Graves Peter Vaughan Thomas Wheatley
father son cousin brother fiancé little person hilarious madcap funeral england death family dysfunction dark secrets homosexuality mystery rivalry 2000s
Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2016
88 Minutes
Jason Isaacs Thomas Cocquerel Levi Miller Bryan Brown Hanna Mangan Lawrence John Jarratt Justine Clarke Steve Le Marquand
father son brother dog pet pet owner animal endearing emotional heartwarming playful positive australia pet care human connection human-animal friendship family childhood trials life
An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure, between a young boy and a scrappy one-of-a-kind dog that would grow up to become an Australian legend.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1995
128 Minutes
Oliver Platt Lee Evans Richard Griffiths Leslie Caron Jerry Lewis Oliver Reed Ian McNeice George Carl Freddie Davies Ruta Kilmonis
comedian father singer son mother half brother offbeat las vegas casino blackpool, england family home stage comedy family father/son relationship secrets plagiarism underdog transformation 1990s
An unsuccessful comedian uncovers a family secret and learns the true price of letting inherent talent shine.