Movies Like The Savages

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

Happiness

1998·2h 20m·★ 7.7·Todd Solondz

4 shared themes: sister, depression, relationship...Fans also likedStarring Philip Seymour Hoffman

Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: literature professor, depressionTMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

American Fiction

2023·1h 57m·★ 7.5·Cord Jefferson

Themes: alzheimer's disease, sibling relationshipFans also likedComedy & Drama

Lonesome Jim

2005·1h 31m·★ 6.5·Steve Buscemi

Themes: brother, parent child relationshipFans also likedComedy & Drama

Crimes of the Heart

1986·1h 45m·★ 6.3·Bruce Beresford

Themes: sister, sibling relationshipFans also likedComedy & Drama

Dirty Dancing

1987·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Emile Ardolino

TMDB recommendsThemes: daughter, sibling relationship

My Life Without Me

2003·1h 46m·★ 7.4·Isabel Coixet

TMDB recommendsThemes: daughter, parent child relationship

Death at a Funeral

2007·1h 31m·★ 7.3·Frank Oz

Themes: parent child relationship, sibling relationshipFans also likedComedy & Drama

Love Streams

1984·2h 21m·★ 7.6·John Cassavetes

Themes: writer, sibling relationshipFans also liked

The Shining

1980·2h 24m·★ 8.4·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: domestic violence, writer

The Skeleton Twins

2014·1h 32m·★ 6.8·Craig Johnson

Themes: parent child relationship, sibling relationshipFans also liked

American History X

1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

Themes: brother, sibling relationship

Berlin is in Germany

2001·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Hannes Stöhr

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Big Fish

2003·2h 5m·★ 7.9·Tim Burton

Themes: relationship, parent child relationship

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

TMDB recommends

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

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Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974·1h 33m·★ 8.0·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Amores Perros

2000·2h 34m·★ 8.0·Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

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