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10 Best Movies Like Go on, My Son

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

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#1
The Piano in a Factory

The Piano in a Factory

2011★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Go on, My Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch....

#2
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Go on, My Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

#3
Greenberg

Greenberg

2010★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Go on, My Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—u...

#4
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Go on, My Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#5
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Go on, My Son 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....

#6
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Go on, My Son 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....

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