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10 Best Movies Like Dad's Journal

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

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#1
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad's Journal 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....

#2
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad's Journal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#3
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad's Journal 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....

#4
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad's Journal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#5
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad's Journal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#6
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad's Journal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

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