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10 Best Movies Like Romulus, My Father

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

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#1
The Hours

The Hours

2002★ 7.3

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

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories ...

#2
Ordinary People

Ordinary People

1980★ 7.4

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

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He...

#3
The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

1991★ 6.6

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

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process....

#4
The Kid

The Kid

1921★ 8.1

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

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son....

#5
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

#6
Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

1999★ 7.6

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

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wond...

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