Movies like The Family That Lays Together (2013)
The best movies like The Family That Lays Together (2013) are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Crazy/Beautiful (2001). If The Family That Lays Together hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Family That Lays Together
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMaurice (1987)7.6/10 from 642 votes
- NewestThe Greatest (2024)Released 2024
True Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrazy/Beautiful (2001)
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBefore the Rains (2007)
Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Maurice (1987)
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHarry and Max (2004)
Two brothers, Harry and Max, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Greatest (2024)
Inhibited by his conventional life, a man named Jay is forced to confront his darkest secret when having to choose between a life of normality and authenticity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008)
Four university students head to Florida for spring break and enroll in a contest to see who can get the most sexual partners.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBroken Sky (2006)
Gerardo is deeply in love with longtime lover Jonas. When Jonas falls for a stranger he met at a local nightclub, heartbroken Gerardo soon seeks solace in the arms of Sergio. Despite other interests, Gerardo and Jonas can't bring themselves to end it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Orbits (2013)
Orbitas is the story of an impossible love which revolves around a planet at war.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he becomes involved with Edith, who happens to be the wife of his best friend and colleague, Hank Evans. Learning of their partners' infidelity, Terry and Hank engage in their own extramarital affair together. Now, both marriages and friendships are on the brink of collapse.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisPalm Trees in the Snow (2015)
Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl and Incest Boy (2007)
The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl and Incest Boy is a super 8 short film of magnificent cavalcade of violence, gore and sexual mayhem!!!!!! With memorable imagery, a psychedelic soundtrack, and a cameo by Troma president and creator of the Toxic Avenger Lloyd Kaufman, Cannibal Gil and Incest Boy will not disappoint anyone looking for an original shocking piece of art.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLabyrinth of Passion (1982)
An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStolen Kisses (2001)
Max and Karen seem like a normal happily married couple, but in reality are undercover agents working for different governments. Their sexual relationship develops with new neighbors Melinda and Phil.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Man (2014)
As a young child, Hana loses her family to a devastating tsunami that wipes out her town. At a shelter, distant relative Jungo sees her wandering and adopts her as his daughter.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Prema Katha (1999)
A love story set in a rural backdrop between a poor village boy, Suri, and a rich upper class girl, Divya, much to the opposition of the latter's violent brother who will go to any length to end it
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Recently, My Sister Is Unusual (2014)
Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes possessed by the spirit of Hiyori. Hiyori likes Yuya and believes Yuya can help her get to heaven. Hiyori places a leather chastity belt upon on Mitsuki and a plan takes place to help send Hiyori to heaven.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThere Will Be Spring (2020)
Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Family That Lays Together?
The closest matches to The Family That Lays Together are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Crazy/Beautiful (2001). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Family That Lays Together?
Start with True Romance (1993), the closest match to The Family That Lays Together.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Family That Lays Together?
Maurice (1987), rated 7.6/10 by 642 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Family That Lays Together?
The Greatest (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Family That Lays Together?
Yes: True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Crazy/Beautiful (2001).
How are movies similar to The Family That Lays Together chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Family That Lays Together, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.