Movies Like Accidental Family (2017)

Accidental Family is a 2017 comedy, drama film from Gérard Jugnot with a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Like Father, Like Son and Thalapathi.

Comedy Drama

Like Father, Like Son

2013

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

7.7

MagicScore

Thalapathi

1991

Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.

8.0

MagicScore

The Secret of Roan Inish

1994

Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.

6.7

MagicScore

The Good Heart

2009

Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.

6.4

MagicScore

The Invasion

2007

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

6.0

MagicScore

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

2015

A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get her back to her motherland and unite her with her family.

7.8

MagicScore

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947

An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

7.2

MagicScore

Baby's Day Out

1994

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnapping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.

6.4

MagicScore

The Intruder

2005

An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Dirty Work

1998

Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Mama's Boy

2018

A comedy about a gang leader who gets into a fight and is seriously injured, after which he is transferred to the hospital in a critical condition where he needs a heart transplant. At the same time, the mother of another young man dies and doctors resort to transferring her heart to the gang leader to save his life, but he starts acting in a motherly way towards the young man.

5.8

MagicScore

#12

Central Station

1998

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

My Memories of Old Beijing

1983

It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow who, driven mad by grief, stands vigil at the entrance of her hutong, waiting for her missing daughter to return.

7.7

MagicScore

#14

Kaazhcha

2004

Pavan is a boy who reached Kerala after he lost everything in the Gujarat earthquake on the Republic Day. Operator Madhavan happens to meet the boy among the beggars. Initially he dislikes the boy but soon he becomes a part of Madhavan's family. But soon they must part with him as the Govt. decides to send him back to Gujarat. Can the family bear that?

7.6

MagicScore

#15

The Light Between Oceans

2016

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

7.1

MagicScore

#16

Follow That Bird

1985

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

The Dead Girl

2006

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

Meadowland

2015

In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah and Phil come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals as Sarah puts herself in increasingly dangerous situations, falling deeper into her own fever dream.

5.8

MagicScore

#19

The Child in Time

2018

A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

Traffic

2011

An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Kochi to Palakkad. Inspired from the real events that happened in Chennai.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Accidental Family?

The top films similar to Accidental Family by MovieMagicScore are Like Father, Like Son (7.7), Thalapathi (8.0), The Secret of Roan Inish (6.7). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Accidental Family worth watching?

Accidental Family holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10 from 86 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Accidental Family?

Accidental Family (2017) is a comedy, drama film directed by Gérard Jugnot, starring Gérard Jugnot, François Deblock, Isabelle Mergault.

Where can I find more recommendations like Accidental 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 Accidental Family

This ranked list pairs Accidental Family (2017), a comedy and drama film from Gérard Jugnot, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gérard Jugnot 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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