Top 10 awesome movies like The Ordinary People that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching The Ordinary People and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Mathias Gokalp, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Denis Podalydès . Here goes the list -

I Am a Soldier
The Pornographer
8 Times Up
Louise Wimmer
In Safe Hands
Burnt Out
In the Name of the Son
Restless
Breathe
Savage Grace

1. I Am a Soldier

   Out of job and out of shelter, Sandrine goes back to her mother's house where she is sent to work in her uncle's dogs kennels.

   This movie, created by Laurent Larivière, Louise Bourgoin and Jean-Hugues Anglade, scores 5.8 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

2. The Pornographer

   Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and '80s, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the '60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre. ...

   This movie, created by Bertrand Bonello, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Jérémie Renier, scores 5.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

3. 8 Times Up

   Elsa makes a living from little jobs, struggling to gain custody of her son. Mathieu, who lives next door, also keeps getting job interviews only to polish his art of failure. Their situation is increasingly precarious, but both are trying to bounce back in a world that seems not to fit them.

   This movie, created by Xabi Molia, Julie Gayet and Denis Podalydès, scores 6.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

4. Louise Wimmer

   A women wages an uphill strugle to put her life back together in this neo-realist drama from france.Louise is a divorcee in her early fifties who is having a hard time making ends meet on her own,she works as a cleaning woman and lives in her car but raising enough money for an appartment always seems to be just out of her reach.

   This movie, created by Cyril Mennegun, Corinne Masiero and Jérôme Kircher, scores 6.5 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

5. In Safe Hands

   Theo was born an unwanted child. The social services set out to find the perfect home for his adoption.

   This movie, created by Jeanne Herry, Sandrine Kiberlain and Gilles Lellouche, scores 7.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

6. Burnt Out

   Disheartened after a shocking event that took place in his firm, a compliant and committed employee loses the ground under his feet and revolts.

   This movie, created by Fabienne Godet, Olivier Gourmet and Dominique Blanc, scores 6.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

7. In the Name of the Son

   This movie, created by Vincent Lannoo, Astrid Whettnall and Philippe Nahon, scores 6.3 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

8. Restless

   This movie, created by Laurent Perreau, Michel Piccoli and Pauline Etienne, scores 5.9 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

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9. Breathe

   Charlie is an average French suburban teenager, but when she becomes fast friends with Sarah, the rebellious new girl at school, she discovers there's nothing average about how she feels.

   This movie, created by Mélanie Laurent, Joséphine Japy and Lou de Laâge, scores 7.1 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama

   You can watch this on Tubi Tv and Hoopla.

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10. Savage Grace

    A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies...

    This movie, created by Tom Kalin, Julianne Moore and Stephen Dillane, scores 5.8 on IMDb.

    Genres - Drama

    You can watch this on Directv.

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