Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Housekeeping

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

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#1
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Housekeeping for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her...

#2
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Housekeeping for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#3
Julian Po

Julian Po

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Housekeeping for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is the...

#4
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Housekeeping for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#5
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#6
Funny Farm

Funny Farm

1988★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Housekeeping for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farm...

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