Movies Like It Runs in the Family

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Six Degrees of Separation

1993·1h 52m·★ 6.7·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Words and Pictures

2014·1h 51m·★ 6.6·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

I.Q.

1994·1h 40m·★ 6.2·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

1978·1h 53m·★ 7.3·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Evil Angels

1988·2h·★ 6.9·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

The Devil's Playground

1977·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Roxanne

1987·1h 47m·★ 6.6·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Iceman

1984·1h 40m·★ 6.2·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

The Russia House

1990·1h 58m·★ 6.1·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Barbarosa

1982·1h 30m·★ 6.3·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Mr. Baseball

1992·1h 48m·★ 6.1·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Plenty

1985·2h 4m·★ 6.0·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

The Eye of the Storm

2011·1h 54m·★ 6.0·Fred Schepisi

2 shared crewDir. Fred SchepisiDP: Ian Baker

Uptown Girls

2003·1h 32m·★ 6.3·Boaz Yakin

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Roll Bounce

2005·1h 52m·★ 6.3·Malcolm D. Lee

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Foster

2011·1h 30m·★ 6.8·Jonathan Newman

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Best Man Down

2012·1h 30m·★ 6.4·Ted Koland

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Is This Thing On?

2025·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Bradley Cooper

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The Nanny Diaries

2007·1h 45m·★ 6.2·Shari Springer Berman

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Don't Think Twice

2016·1h 32m·★ 6.7·Mike Birbiglia

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