Netflix's top 10 movie rankings are often dominated by accessible (and often utterly disposable) films in genres that are likely to be popular with the masses, such as action, comedy, and animation, so it was a pleasant surprise to see a serious, thoughtful, and affecting drama ranked in the list is a pleasant surprise It may not have been successful enough to spark a trend, but it still reaches a much wider audience than these smaller, self-contained indie dramas usually do

Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyon play semi-estranged sisters who reunite to care for their terminally cancer-stricken father Writer/director Azazel Jacobs' film takes place almost entirely within the family's New York apartment, where the sisters confront past resentments and deal with unexpected grief

If you enjoyed the emotional catharsis of “Three Daughters,” here are five equally moving family dramas

In Kenneth Lonergan's directorial debut, Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo play a brother and sister who lost their parents as children, but that does not mean they are not still grieving Sammy (Linney) still lives in their childhood home in a small town in upstate New York, while his brother Terry (Ruffalo) is a bit of a wanderer, wandering from place to place and often out of touch

When Terry returns to town, Sammy is initially thrilled, especially when he bonds with Sammy's young son Rudy (Rory Culkin), but the brothers are soon at odds and old problems arise again Linney and Ruffalo express the pure love and relentless frustration between Sammy and Terry The bond forged in childhood will always transcend their differences

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At the beginning of writer-director Craig Johnson's film, twins Milo (Bill Hader) and Maggie (Kristen Wiig) have not seen each other for 10 years, but they connect on a deep level They clearly have many of the same mental health issues and at the same time find themselves at the breaking point of a suicide attempt without knowing what the other is going through When Maggie invites Milo to her hometown, the two reconnect, but their relationship remains a bit distant

As in “Three Daughters,” a key bonding moment comes in song when Milo puts on Starship's cheesy power ballad “Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” and coaxes Maggie into joining him in a lip-sync dance Hader and Wig bring their comedic skills to Johnson's melancholy tale, making Milo and Maggie charming despite their vacillating through various crises

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Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic 1868 novel is one of the best films about sisterly unity and features Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, and Eliza Scanlen play the cheerful and supportive March sisters Ronan plays Jo, an ambitious aspiring novelist, who tells the family story as the sisters navigate potential romance and careers along with illness, financial hardship, and their father's service in the Civil War

Gerwig takes a nonlinear approach to the Olcott story, jumping through time to find new parallels between various events in the sisters' lives, allowing the audience to spend time getting to know the characters better It is a beautiful and heartwarming film that celebrates the power of sisterly love, which never runs away from tragedy and ultimately faces any challenge

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The relationship between the Meyerowitz brothers, Danny (Adam Sandler) and Matthew (Ben Stiller), is as strained as the relationship between the sisters in “Three Daughters,” and they also depend on their elderly father Harold (Dustin Hoffman), who depends on them unite for the sake of the other two He resents them, especially when they try to give him advice about his career as an artist

Harold eventually needs medical attention, too, and further tensions arise between the brothers and with his neglected sister Jean (Elizabeth Marvel) Like Jacobs, screenwriter-director Noah Baumbach has created a particular type of New York story in which flawed, privileged, yet sympathetic characters try to process their fractured childhoods and get in touch with their true selves

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Christopher Plummer is a deserving Oscar winner for his role as Hal Fields, a closeted gay man who is finally able to live openly in the last years of his life after the death of his wife Hal himself passes away a few years later, and his son Oliver (Ewan McGregor) is left to deal with the fallout while trying to learn from his parents' complicated choices

Writer/director Mike Mills weaves together flashbacks to Oliver's past with a contemporary story of indecisive Oliver's tentative pursuit of romance with French actress Anna (Melanie Laurent) Director Mills infuses the story of finding love and coping with grief with plenty of humor and the joy that Hal felt while facing death Both Hal and Oliver tackle a difficult personal journey that allows them to embrace what they truly want--if only they can open their hearts

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