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10 Best Movies Like The Fatherless

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fatherless 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....

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fatherless 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
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#4
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013★ 7.0

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

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness....

#5
Lucky Them

Lucky Them

2013★ 6.0

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

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-st...

#6
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fatherless 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....

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