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10 Best Movies Like Papa

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

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#1
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#3
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papa 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....

#4
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#5
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#6
Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

1986★ 5.8

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

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage....

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