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Movies Like Family Viewing

If you liked Family Viewing (1987), a drama movie directed by Atom Egoyan, 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. 1Flowers in the Attic

    Flowers in the Attic (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

  2. 2Aftersun

    Aftersun (2022)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with…

  3. 3A Thousand and One

    A Thousand and One (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so…

  4. 4May December

    May December (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

  5. 5I'll Be Home for Christmas

    I'll Be Home for Christmas (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Jackie Foster, a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom, is looking forward to wrapping up her latest case and spending Christmas with Gracie, her adorable and precocious, eight-year old daughter. But when…

  6. 6The Place Beyond the Pines

    The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

  7. 7Honey Boy

    Honey Boy (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.

  8. 8Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.

  9. 9A Taste of Honey

    A Taste of Honey (1961)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her…

  10. 10Mommie Dearest

    Mommie Dearest (1981)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.

  11. 11The Florida Project

    The Florida Project (2017)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

  12. 12Room

    Room (2015)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

  13. 13Somewhere

    Somewhere (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.

  14. 14Short Term 12

    Short Term 12 (2013)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

  15. 15The Judge

    The Judge (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

  16. 16Armageddon Time

    Armageddon Time (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up in a world of inequality and prejudice.

  17. 17Butterfly on a Wheel

    Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

  18. 18The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle (2017)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind…

  19. 19One Hour Photo

    One Hour Photo (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Sy Parrish has lovingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of…

  20. 20Double Mommy

    Double Mommy (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a paternity test, they find out that…

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