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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
The Accidental Detective 2: In Action

The Accidental Detective 2: In Action

2018★ 6.4

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

A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency....

#2
Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987★ 7.3

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

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more....

#3
The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009★ 5.8

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

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most mone...

#4
Ricky Gervais: Mortality

Ricky Gervais: Mortality

2025★ 6.9

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

Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality....

#5
Held Up

Held Up

1999★ 5.8

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

What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is...

#6
Hard to Die

Hard to Die

1990★ 6.1

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

While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange ...

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