Movies like Fester (2021)

Just Buried (2007)

A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business!

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)

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 family.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)

An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Gatlopp: Hell of a Game (2022)

Four friends get together for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade of absence, which takes a dark turn.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror

Family Weekend (2013)

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

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

It Runs in the Family (2003)

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

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Small Apartments (2012)

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 force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

The Surrender (2025)

A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

Bad (1977)

Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a hit, since she prefers using women, but decides to try him on a trial basis. Meanwhile, the cop she pays off wants an arrest to make it look like he's doing his job, but Hazel doesn't want to sacrifice any of her "associates". The sleazy side of life is explored in this delightfully dark and deadpan film.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970)

A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnap bums and hippies, forcing them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape endure ritualistic murder.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror

The Good Half (2024)

Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Landline (2017)

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

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

About Alex (2014)

When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Raging Grace (2023)

An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

Intermission (2003)

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

A Dog's Breakfast (2007)

If you've never been good at anything in your life, why would murder be any different? Patrick has always had a somewhat combative relationship with his little sister Marilyn, but when she brings home her new sci-fi soap star fiancé Ryan, it's all out war. When Patrick fails to drive a wedge between the happy couple, he reaches for sharper instruments.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror

The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes?

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Flowers in the Attic (1987)

After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritence she plans to win back from her dying father.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy

There's No Place Like Home (2018)

An extended family reunites on an idyllic island to celebrate their grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. However, a storm causes them to get stuck in there longer than expected, causing secrets and long-held grudges to break out.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama

Lost Souls (2000)

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & drama

Inner Devils (2022)

The battle for Ryan's soul is fought by Father Luca, a newly ordained priest with a dark past.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & horror

Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy

Eulogy (2004)

A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama

O Último Aviso (2024)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

A Madea Family Funeral (2019)

A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unpleasant family secrets.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful (2017)

Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Ca-Bau-Kan (2002)

Determined to discover her roots, a young woman travels to Indonesia and pieces together her parents' unconventional love story.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Mírame (2021)

Lalo is a teenager tormented by the recent death of his dad, and being forced to move to an old house with his grandmother Elena. After taking his dad's old wristwatch, the ghost of a young girl begins to haunt him. Now, Lalo's life is in danger as he tries to unfold the mysterious ghost who keeps frightening him, hoping to stop her from dragging him for good.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror