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10 Best Movies Like Patrik, Age 1.5

If you loved Patrik, Age 1.5, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Any Day Now

Any Day Now

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Patrik, Age 1.5 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangemen...

#2
Instant Family

Instant Family

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Patrik, Age 1.5 for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including...

#3
In & Out

In & Out

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Patrik, Age 1.5 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards....

#4
Martian Child

Martian Child

2007★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Patrik, Age 1.5 for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars....

#5
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Patrik, Age 1.5 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white wo...

#6
Pretty Boy

Pretty Boy

2015★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Patrik, Age 1.5 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of...

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