
10 Best Movies Like About the Living
If you loved About the Living, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Mr. Church
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About the Living for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

This Is Where I Leave You
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About the Living for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along w...

Ordinary People
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About the Living for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He...

The Evening Star
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About the Living for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellio...

La Bamba
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About the Living for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star ris...

Louder Than Bombs
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About the Living for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isab...