Movies like Last Orders: 20 to watch next
If you loved Last Orders (2001) — a comedy and drama film directed by Fred Schepisi — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Last Orders most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like friendship, based on novel or book and war veteran. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Cement Garden 1993★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Around the Bend 2004★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the road together in the Southwest to search out an old family secret that connects to their past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Once Upon a Time in America 1984★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Husbands 1970★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave the country together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Road Within 2014★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Death Wish 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Eulogy 2004★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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South Central 1992★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Don't Make Me Go 2022★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Stuart: A Life Backwards 2007★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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I Smile Back 2015★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kill the Irishman 2011★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Brave One 2007★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Born on the Fourth of July 1989★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning 1985★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Balls Up 2026★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy
Two marketing executives go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Fight Club 1999★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Deer Hunter 1978★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mammal 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now