Movies like The Family McMullen: 20 to watch next

If you loved The Family McMullen (2025) — a comedy, drama and family film directed by Edward Burns — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of The Family McMullen most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like dysfunctional family, sequel and family drama. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
The Adults 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
The Brothers McMullen 1995★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex, marriage, religion and family — in the 1990s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming 2022★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Madea's back - hallelujer! And she's not putting up with any nonsense as family drama erupts at her great-grandson's college graduation celebration.
Stream in India on Netflix
4
Why Did I Get Married Again? 2026★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
The couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again?"
Stream in India on Netflix
5
Love Don't Co$t a Thing 2003★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
A Simple Twist of Fate 1994★ 6.2
Shares: Family, Comedy, Drama
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
After We Fell 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin, who is furious when he discovers the massive secret that she's been keeping. Before Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes because of revelations about her family.
Stream in India on Netflix
8
Wildflower 2023★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Sweetie 1989★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
Soul Food 1997★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Nothing Like the Holidays 2008★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Blind Brother 2016★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Is Where I Leave You 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
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 with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Solitary Man 2009★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
This Christmas 2007★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.
Stream in India on Stingray Amazon Channel
16
Cyrus 2010★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Somewhere in Queens 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Better Start Running 2018★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Comedy
An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - preferably dead.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Best You Can 2025★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside down by the arrival of sharp but chronically underachieving security guard Stan Olszewski in this smart rom-com that reunites Bacon and Sedgwick on screen for the first time in 20 years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Madea's Big Happy Family 2011★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley's three adult children are too preoccupied with their own troubled lives to pay attention to their mother. It is up to Madea, with the help of rowdy Aunt Bam, to bring the clan together and help Shirley deal with her crisis.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now