Movies Like Where the Heart Is (1990)

Where the Heart Is is a 1990 comedy, drama film from John Boorman with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Big Short and Rising High.

Comedy Drama

The Big Short

2015

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

7.4

MagicScore

Rising High

2020

Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

6.6

MagicScore

Dark Horse

2012

Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.

5.7

MagicScore

A Little Help

2010

It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's a movie for everyone, period. Set in suburban Long Island in the summer of 2002, with the psychic wounds of 9/11 still fresh, A Little Help is a story that takes a comic, searching and profoundly empathetic look at a few pivotal months in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer)-an ordinary woman whose life suddenly flies off the rails-and her heroic efforts to re-establish a sense of security and normalcy for herself and her son.

5.4

MagicScore

Aquarius

2016

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.

7.5

MagicScore

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992

Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.

7.3

MagicScore

Neighboring Sounds

2012

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

7.1

MagicScore

The Apprentice

2024

A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.

6.9

MagicScore

99 Homes

2015

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

The Cocoanuts

1929

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

The Borrowers

1997

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

6.0

MagicScore

#12

Hell Baby

2013

After she and her husband move into a haunted house, a woman gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.

5.2

MagicScore

#13

Furry Vengeance

2010

When real estate developer Dan Sanders finalizes plans to level a swath of pristine Oregon forest to make way for a soulless housing subdivision, a band of woodland creatures rises up to throw a monkey wrench into the greedy scheme. Just how much mischief from the furry critters can the businessman take before he calls it quits?

5.0

MagicScore

#14

Lilies of the Field

1963

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

The Lady in the Van

2015

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

Nosferatu

1922

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

Freakonomics

2010

Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Empire of the Ants

1977

A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.

4.9

MagicScore

#19

The Young and the Damned

1950

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

8.0

MagicScore

#20

The Boy and the Beast

2015

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

7.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Where the Heart Is?

The top films similar to Where the Heart Is by MovieMagicScore are The Big Short (7.4), Rising High (6.6), Dark Horse (5.7). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Where the Heart Is worth watching?

Where the Heart Is holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 46 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Where the Heart Is?

Where the Heart Is (1990) is a comedy, drama film directed by John Boorman, starring Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy.

Where can I find more recommendations like Where the Heart Is?

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 Where the Heart Is

This ranked list pairs Where the Heart Is (1990), a comedy and drama film from John Boorman, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Dabney Coleman 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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