20 best movies like Meet the Fockers (2004)

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Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, sport
CountryUSA

Phil Weston has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam, is following in his footsteps. But when Phil's hyper-competitive dad benches Sam, Phil decides to transfer his son to a new team which needs a coach. Phil steps in to be the temporary coach and immediately begins to butt heads with this dad over this new competition in their lives.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:32

Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryTaiwan, USA
Duration04:38

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:34

    When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    This comedy, set in 1983 in small town Virginia, centers around a 13 year old and her family. The story of a hairstyle gone incredibly wrong and a young girl's plight to fit in while encountering bullies at a new school.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl from her past, is set to be her sister-in-law. Before the wedding bells toll, Marni must show her brother that a tiger doesn't change its stripes. On Marni's side is her mother, while Joanna's backed by her wealthy aunt.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration02:10

    Irresponsible party girl Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is kicked out of her father's (Ken Howard) and stepmother's (Candice Azzara) home, where she lives for free, and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose (Toni Collette). After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    Grace Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie is deceiving her with another woman. After confronting him in the middle of the night on the streets of their small home town, she decides to stay at her sister Emma Rae's house for a while to make up her mind. Breaking out of her everyday life, she starts to question the authority of everyone.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    The story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryUSA

    Five-time Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner Henry Winkler stars in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, the story of what happens when you open your heart to the power of Christmas. Disenchanted single mom Jennifer Cullen (Brooke Burns) is a Scroogette when it comes to anything Christmas. In fact, even her six-year-old son, Brian, is having trouble believing in Santa Claus. But when her Uncle Ralph (Henry Winkler) visits and brings a fellow passenger from his flight named Morgan Derby (Warren Christie), Jennifer s dubious heart awakens to the possibility that perhaps Christmas really does hold miracles. It s uplifting and laugh-packed and a story that will inspire the whole family to believe.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    Duration02:36

    A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Lindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country. What to do? Fortunately for Lindsay, she has some big-time help in the form of a magical messenger who is able to transport her three years into the future to see how it would all turn out.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA, Germany

    When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers Ben's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. She thinks it is perfect until everything goes downhill for them.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Green (Helen Hunt) to lose his virginity.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife and well-intentioned parents. But when his young son faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:23

    A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    Aspiring New York City artist, John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owners have a baby and is saved from a pack by Tramp, who tries to show her to live her life footloose and collar-free.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:03

      The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife , and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes, they switch bodies.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, documentary, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      What happens when a generation's ultimate anti-authoritarians — punk rockers — become society's ultimate authorities — dad's? With a large chorus of Punk Rock's leading men — Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Rise Against's Tim McIlrath — The Other F Word follows Jim Lindberg, 20-year veteran of skate punk band, Pennywise, on his hysterical and moving journey from belting his band's anthem, 'Fuck Authority', to embracing his ultimately pivotal authoritarian role in mid-life, fatherhood.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:54

      A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off course thanks to Greg's newest scheme to get to a video gaming convention.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      High above Hollywood Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are playing Matchmakers! One's a surfer. The other's a high diver. When these two sisters team up to find a new love for their newly single Dad, it's a fun-loving, eye-catching California adventure gone wild. Mary-Kate and Ashley star in this fabulously funny love-struck comedy filled with crazy schemes and cool surprises. Determined to find their Dad, Max, a new love, the girls paint a personal ad on a giant billboard in the heart of Hollywood. After a few disastrous dates, Max finally meets Brooke and it's love at first sight. There's just one hitch, her unruly skateboarding son is the girls' arch rival. Now, with the girls plotting every action-packed step of the way, they've got to find out if love really does conquer all. Full of outrageous events, mixed-up matches and lots of laughs, Billboard Dad tops the charts as Mary-Kate and Ashley's coolest mischief-making adventure ever!

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, music
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration01:46

      The whole Bélier family is deaf, except for sixteen year old Paula who is the important translator in her parents' day to day life especially when it comes to matters concerning the family farm. When her music teacher discovers she has a fantastic singing voice and she gets an opportunity to enter a big Radio France contest the whole family's future is set up for big changes.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife, Nina, is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that -- like George -- will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help - and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Bright young student Raymond Aibelli is forced to sidetrack an important medical internship because his mother, Susan, is recovering from a broken leg. When he isn't tasked with the most mundane aspects of Susan's recuperation, Raymond finds distraction in a neighborhood girl, Toni Peck. But, as Susan begins relying on her son for both physical and emotional needs, Raymond starts developing disturbing and unwanted new yearnings.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military, biography, history
      CountryIsrael, USA

      The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins hilariously out of control when she’s forced to move back home with her eccentric family.




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