Movies Like Where the Difference Begins

If you liked Where the Difference Begins (1961), a movie directed by Don Taylor, 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
Blackbird (2019)
★ 6.7/10
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
2
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7/10
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a…
3
Broken (2012)
★ 6.9/10
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
4
Death at a Funeral (2010)
★ 5.9/10
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies…
5
One True Thing (1998)
★ 6.5/10
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
6
Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
★ 6.7/10
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley's three adult children are too preoccupied with their own troubled…
7
Goodbye June (2025)
★ 6.5/10
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
8
Hamnet (2025)
★ 7.7/10
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
9
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
★ 7.3/10
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…
10
The Adults (2023)
★ 6.2/10
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid…
11
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
★ 7.1/10
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…
12
Almost Christmas (2016)
★ 6/10
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
13
Thunder Road (2018)
★ 6.8/10
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
14
Hard Truths (2024)
★ 6.4/10
Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her…
15
The Shack (2017)
★ 7.5/10
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
16
Wildflower (2023)
★ 7.4/10
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
17
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
18
The Thing with Feathers (2025)
★ 6.5/10
Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
19
August: Osage County (2013)
★ 6.9/10
An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother…
20
Mothers' Instinct (2024)
★ 6.8/10
Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly…