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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.

#1
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016★ 6.6

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

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter....

#2
The Perfect Score

The Perfect Score

2004★ 5.8

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

Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores....

#3
Documenteur

Documenteur

1981★ 6.6

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

After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son....

#4
Solemn Promise

Solemn Promise

2009★ 4.9

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

At the beginning of the World War I, Filip, a Serbian school director in the Serbian province, has been asked to immediately go to Belgrade to get war schedule. His wife Lea, Slov...

#5
Five for Revenge

Five for Revenge

1966★ 4.5

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

Jim Latimore's ranch is a thorn in the side of the ruthless Gonzales brothers and his marriage to their cousin Rosaria rankles even more. Bandit chief El Matanza is hired to rid th...

#6
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...