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Movies Like Mama Papa Ekspres

If you liked Mama Papa Ekspres (2019), a movie directed by Emi Suffian, 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. 1Little Man

    Little Man (2006)

    ★ 5.9/10

    After leaving prison, dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins his moron brother Percy in stealing an expensive huge diamond from a jewelry store for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the…

  2. 2Instant Family

    Instant Family (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10

    When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they…

  3. 3Mother and Child

    Mother and Child (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10

    The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful…

  4. 4Juno

    Juno (2007)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

  5. 5Malice

    Malice (1993)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all"…

  6. 6Orphan

    Orphan (2009)

    ★ 7/10

    After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

  7. 7Like Dandelion Dust

    Like Dandelion Dust (2009)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Rip Porter is sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his wife, Wendy. When he is released, he discovers that Wendy gave up their child, and the privileged Campbell family adopted him. The two families are soon…

  8. 8Problem Child

    Problem Child (1990)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.

  9. 9Nowhere Special

    Nowhere Special (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10

    John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he…

  10. 10Delivery Man

    Delivery Man (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10

    An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal…

  11. 11Martian Child

    Martian Child (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.

  12. 12What to Expect When You're Expecting

    What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

    ★ 6/10

    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…

  13. 13Elf

    Elf (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10

    When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging…

  14. 14Hustle

    Hustle (2022)

    ★ 7.7/10

    After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they…

  15. 15A Home of Our Own

    A Home of Our Own (1993)

    ★ 7/10

    In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous…

  16. 16Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

    Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.

  17. 17Mighty Aphrodite

    Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

    ★ 6.7/10

    When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that…

  18. 18The Blind Side

    The Blind Side (2009)

    ★ 7.7/10

    The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

  19. 19Lovely & Amazing

    Lovely & Amazing (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10

    An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own…

  20. 20Hands of Stone

    Hands of Stone (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

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