Movies like Where Is The Friend's House?
Where Is The Friend's House? (1987) is a drama movie directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Amélie (2001)
★ 7.9 · 12,734 votes · Comedy, Romance
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
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2. Stand by Me (1986)
★ 7.8 · 6,797 votes · Drama, Adventure
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
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3. Ordinary Angels (2024)
★ 7.7 · 442 votes · Drama
Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
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4. Pay It Forward (2000)
★ 7.4 · 2,112 votes · Drama
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
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5. It (2017)
★ 7.2 · 20,770 votes · Horror, Thriller, Drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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6. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
★ 7.4 · 5,522 votes · Adventure, Drama, Family
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.
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7. Gifted (2017)
★ 8.0 · 6,101 votes · Drama, Comedy
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
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8. Dead Poets Society (1989)
★ 8.3 · 13,055 votes · Drama
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
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9. Another Round (2020)
★ 7.6 · 3,969 votes · Drama
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
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10. Wonder (2017)
★ 8.1 · 8,436 votes · Family, Drama
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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11. Mr. Church (2016)
★ 7.4 · 554 votes · Drama
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
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12. A Little Princess (1995)
★ 7.6 · 1,078 votes · Drama, Family, Fantasy
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.
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13. The Fabelmans (2022)
★ 7.6 · 2,909 votes · Drama
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
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14. Blue Miracle (2021)
★ 7.3 · 310 votes · Adventure, Drama, Family
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
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