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Movies Like Searching for Fortune

If you liked Searching for Fortune (2017), a movie directed by Joseph Matarrese, 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. 1Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10

    A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…

  2. 2This Is Where I Leave You

    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. 3Foxcatcher

    Foxcatcher (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10

    The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

  4. 4Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

  5. 5The Endless

    The Endless (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.

  6. 6The Experiment

    The Experiment (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10

    20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

  7. 7House of D

    House of D (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10

    In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression…

  8. 8The Island

    The Island (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10

    When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's…

  9. 9The Stepfather

    The Stepfather (2009)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man…

  10. 10Hounds of War

    Hounds of War (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.

  11. 11The Iron Claw

    The Iron Claw (2023)

    ★ 7.5/10

    The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering…

  12. 12We the Animals

    We the Animals (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an…

  13. 13Before I Fall

    Before I Fall (2017)

    ★ 7/10

    Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her…

  14. 14Tetro

    Tetro (2009)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In Buenos Aires, 17-year-old Bennie seeks out his estranged brother Tetro, a once-promising writer haunted by their family’s past. As Bennie uncovers Tetro’s hidden manuscript, old secrets and rivalries resurface…

  15. 15Vicious

    Vicious (2025)

    ★ 6/10

    When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.

  16. 16Love Me Love Me

    Love Me Love Me (2026)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in…

  17. 17Inside I'm Dancing

    Inside I'm Dancing (2004)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.

  18. 18Here

    Here (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10

    An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

  19. 19Coda

    Coda (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.

  20. 20Sextuplets

    Sextuplets (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.

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