20 best movies like Olive Kitteridge (2014)

List of the best movies like Olive Kitteridge (2014): The Descendants, Gifted, War Room, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Tigers Are Not Afraid, Go North, Hereditary, The Road Home, Two Is a Family, Stuck in Love.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

    With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan’s marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony’s real enemy doesn’t have a prayer.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:28

    The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, crime
    CountryMexico
    Duration01:57

    A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    Set in the wake of unknown catastrophe which has resulted in an adult-free community being led by a cabal of former high school jocks. After two members set out on a dangerous journey into the unknown to find family and hope for the future, Caleb and his vicious underling Gentry follow in hot pursuit.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryChina
    Duration01:29

    Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom
    Duration01:26

    A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

    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: 7.5
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA
    Duration02:30

    A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.

    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: 8
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, India
    Duration01:43

    A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

    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: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

      A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:46

        The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Convinced that reuniting with his old girlfriend will bring his dreams to fruition, Gabriel risks it all in a desperate and increasingly obsessive pursuit.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:27

        Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother's Day.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA, Israel, United Kingdom, Canada
        Duration01:36

        Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:19

        A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama
        CountryTurkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Sweden, Qatar
        Duration02:05

        Sinan is passionate about literature and has always wanted to be a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul into scraping together the money he needs to be published, but his father’s debts catch up with him.

        Markimdb: 4.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.

        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: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:36

        A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:23

        A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family take an unexpected turn.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:35

        A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:33

        After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:18

        A prominent Boston family attempts to redefine itself in the wake of a chilling discovery that links their recently deceased patriarch to a string of murders spanning decades — amid the mounting suspicion that one of them may have been his accomplice.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:34

        Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA, China, Canada
        Duration01:55

        Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, China
        Duration01:58

        In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family, documentary
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:27

        At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genredrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
        Duration02:06

        Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:40

        A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        A boy named Eli with a rare autoimmune disorder is confined to a special experimental clinic for his treatment. He soon begins experiencing supernatural forces, turning the supposedly safe facility into a haunted prison for him and his fellow patients.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it in Hollywood as a singer/actress, has had a wild life filled with many men. Their reunion causes much joy, but also many tensions.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong
        Duration02:27

        Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        The lives of four women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:50

        A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.




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