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10 Best Movies Like Father

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

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#1
I Love My Dad

I Love My Dad

2022★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Father for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect....

#2
The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

2004★ 5.9

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

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his...

#3
Anemone

Anemone

2025★ 6.1

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

Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, th...

#4
Daddy Longlegs

Daddy Longlegs

2010★ 6.6

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

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his ki...

#5
Joe's College Road Trip

Joe's College Road Trip

2026★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Father for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

To teach his sheltered grandson about the real world, Madea's foul-mouthed brother Joe takes the college-bound teen on a raucous cross-country road trip....

#6
"Sr."

"Sr."

2022★ 6.9

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

A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who in the sixties and seventies l...

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