
10 Best Movies Like Dad Was
If you loved Dad Was, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Norman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad Was for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

God's Pocket
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad Was for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

A Dry White Season
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad Was for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

Come Sunday
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad Was for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

Gigi & Nate
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad Was for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

All Day and a Night
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad Was for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....