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Movies Like The Dissection of Thanksgiving

If you liked The Dissection of Thanksgiving (2008), a drama and comedy movie directed by Rafael Monserrate, 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. 1Almost Christmas

    Almost Christmas (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.

  2. 2It Runs in the Family

    It Runs in the Family (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile

  3. 3Don't Think Twice

    Don't Think Twice (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

  4. 4On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian…

  5. 5The Humans

    The Humans (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night…

  6. 6Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  7. 7Winged Creatures

    Winged Creatures (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…

  8. 8Almost Friends

    Almost Friends (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become…

  9. 9The House of Tomorrow

    The House of Tomorrow (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy

    The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

  10. 10Family Weekend

    Family Weekend (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

  11. 11Pieces of April

    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…

  12. 12Hooking Up

    Hooking Up (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…

  13. 13Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

  14. 14Class

    Class (1983)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the…

  15. 15My Own Love Song

    My Own Love Song (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

  16. 16Small Apartments

    Small Apartments (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters…

  17. 17Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play

    Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    The fireworks begin when Madea’s family gathers for her granddaughter’s wedding. As usual, Madea rules the roost, as she and her neighbor, the wacky Mr. Brown, deliver nonstop laughs. Live, love, rejoice...it’s Madea’s…

  18. 18Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

    Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother David unexpectedly arrives, throwing the family dynamic far off orbit.

  19. 19A Bad Moms Christmas

    A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families…

  20. 20Blindspotting

    Blindspotting (2018)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two…

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