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The Marathon Family

Movies Like The Marathon Family (1982)

The Marathon Family is a 1982 comedy, drama film from Slobodan Šijan with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Frighteners and The Funeral.

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The Frighteners

1996

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

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The Funeral

1996

After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

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The Return of the Vampire

1943

In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.

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May Fools

1990

An eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of the grandmother.

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Undertaking Betty

2002

A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.

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Death of a Bureaucrat

1966

A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.

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A Bronx Tale

1993

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

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Three Brothers

1981

In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.

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Swan Song

2021

An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.

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Meet the Browns

2008

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.

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Intimate Lighting

1965

A musician and his girlfriend visit an old musician friend of his and his family.

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Road to Perdition

2002

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

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The Cotton Club

1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

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Amarcord

1973

In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.

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Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black

2024

Ava, a young bank professional is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for until fate intervenes, revealing Dallas' wicked deeds that have trashed their marriage, and once upon a time sabotaged Ava's destiny to be loved by her true soulmate.

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Snow Cake

2006

A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

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Charley Varrick

1973

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.

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The Dry

2021

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

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Winter People

1989

Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright, a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.

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Knockaround Guys

2001

Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Marathon Family?

The top films similar to The Marathon Family by MovieMagicScore are The Frighteners (6.9), The Funeral (6.8), The Return of the Vampire (6.1). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Marathon Family worth watching?

The Marathon Family holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 96 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Marathon Family?

The Marathon Family (1982) is a comedy, drama film directed by Slobodan Šijan, starring Bogdan Diklić, Danilo 'Bata' Stojković, Pavle Vuisić.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Marathon Family?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Marathon Family

This ranked list pairs The Marathon Family (1982), a comedy and drama film from Slobodan Šijan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Bogdan Diklić take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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