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10 Best Movies Like Dad on the Wall

If you loved Dad on the Wall, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad on the Wall for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#2
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad on the Wall for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed m...

#3
Life in a Day

Life in a Day

2011★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad on the Wall for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010....

#4
Petals on the Wind

Petals on the Wind

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad on the Wall for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

This sequel to Flowers in the Attic picks up 10 years after Cathy, Chris and Carrie managed to escape Foxworth Hall....

#5
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad on the Wall for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#6
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad on the Wall for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets ...

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