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10 Best Movies Like Ordinary People

If you loved Ordinary People, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary People for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed...

#2
The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

1991★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary People for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process....

#3
The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides

2000★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary People for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents....

#4
Dad

Dad

1989★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary People for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever befor...

#5
Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

2009★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary People for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling ...

#6
The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

1999★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary People for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret....

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