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Movies Like Dirty Family

If you liked Dirty Family (2017), a movie directed by Craven Moorehead, 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. 1The Perfect Man

    The Perfect Man (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man, an imaginary secret…

  2. 2Class

    Class (1983)

    ★ 6/10

    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…

  3. 3Little Children

    Little Children (2006)

    ★ 7.1/10

    The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

  4. 4The Jane Austen Book Club

    The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are…

  5. 5Janet Planet

    Janet Planet (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10

    In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all…

  6. 6Thirteen

    Thirteen (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10

    When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins…

  7. 7After We Fell

    After We Fell (2021)

    ★ 7/10

    Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin, who is furious when he discovers the…

  8. 8The 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…

  9. 9The Back-Up Plan

    The Back-Up Plan (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10

    When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe…

  10. 10Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the…

  11. 11The Mother

    The Mother (2003)

    ★ 6/10

    A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

  12. 12Overboard

    Overboard (1987)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees…

  13. 13Wasp

    Wasp (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Zoë is a single mother who lives with her four children in Dartford. She is poor and can't afford to buy food. One day her old flame drives by and asks her to go on a date with him. Scared that he doesn't want to go…

  14. 14Where’s Poppa?

    Where’s Poppa? (1970)

    ★ 6/10

    When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears…

  15. 15Big Bad Wolf

    Big Bad Wolf (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10

    In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steals the key of his stepfather's cabin in…

  16. 16The War Zone

    The War Zone (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10

    An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.

  17. 17Think Like a Man

    Think Like a Man (2012)

    ★ 6.8/10

    The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men…

  18. 18After Ever Happy

    After Ever Happy (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10

    As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the two lovers discover they are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin — any more than he…

  19. 19Riley's First Date?

    Riley's First Date? (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to deal with Riley going on her first "date."

  20. 20Byzantium

    Byzantium (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local boarding house, the Byzantium.

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