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Movies Like Family Nest

If you liked Family Nest (1979), a drama movie directed by Béla Tarr, 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. 1What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…

  2. 2The Piano Lesson

    The Piano Lesson (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.

  3. 3Skin

    Skin (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

  4. 4Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to…

  5. 5Woman in Gold

    Woman in Gold (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

  6. 6Fathers and Daughters

    Fathers and Daughters (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

  7. 7The 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…

  8. 8The Long, Hot Summer

    The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

  9. 9Goal!

    Goal! (2005)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an…

  10. 10Mr. Church

    Mr. Church (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    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.

  11. 11It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama

    George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas…

  12. 12Belfast

    Belfast (2021)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a…

  13. 13Vanya on 42nd Street

    Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest…

  14. 14The Lovely Bones

    The Lovely Bones (2009)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire…

  15. 15Origin

    Origin (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

  16. 16The Sound of Silence

    The Sound of Silence (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.

  17. 17Blue Jasmine

    Blue Jasmine (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted…

  18. 18Extraordinary Measures

    Extraordinary Measures (2010)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with Pompe disease—a condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. With the…

  19. 19To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their…

  20. 20Paradise Alley

    Paradise Alley (1978)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart…

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