Movie·1987·116 min

Housekeeping

Name: Housekeeping
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1987-11-25
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese

Housekeeping streams in the US free with ads on The Roku Channel and Tubi TV, as of October 6, 2026.

The story of a woman slightly distracted by the possibilities of life.

6.6 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 92%Audience 84%IMDb 7.1Letterboxd 3.9

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Comedy Drama

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

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