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10 Best Movies Like My Father

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

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#1
Life in a Day

Life in a Day

2011★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Father 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....

#2
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

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

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveilla...

#3
My Mom Jayne

My Mom Jayne

2025★ 8.0

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

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayn...

#4
Naqoyqatsi

Naqoyqatsi

2002★ 6.1

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

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence....

#5
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

2023★ 6.0

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

From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her....

#6
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Father 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...

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