Movies Like The Family Recipe

If you liked The Family Recipe (2026), a comedy and family movie directed by Karl Ryan Erikson, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Love the Coopers (2015)
★ 6/10Also comedy and family
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…
2
Almost Christmas (2016)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
3
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
4
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to…
5
Free Birds (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and family
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
6
The War with Grandpa (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and family
Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his Grandpa, he wants his room back…
7
A Loud House Christmas (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also family and comedy
Lincoln Loud gears up for the ultimate Christmas, until he finds out that most of his sisters have plans to be elsewhere for the big day. Determined to remind his family that they all need to be together, Lincoln and…
8
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
9
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and family
Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a…
10
Chang Can Dunk (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also family and comedy
Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…
11
The House of Yes (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend — and she's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that…
12
Family Switch (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and family
When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
13
Merry Little Batman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also family and comedy
This Christmas, Damian Wayne wants to be a superhero like his dad – the one and only Batman. When Damian is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham’s worst supervillains on Christmas Eve, he stumbles upon a…
14
Pieces of April (2003)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer…
15
Secondhand Lions (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also family and comedy
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
16
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and family
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
17
The Ref (1994)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
18
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and family
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
19
Noelle (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also family and comedy
Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
20
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and family
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old…