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10 Best Movies Like The Real Son

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

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#1
I Love My Dad

I Love My Dad

2022★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Real Son for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect....

#2
Looks That Kill

Looks That Kill

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Real Son for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenager lives out the hilarious and often tragic consequences of being lethally attractive, until he meets a girl with a congenital defect....

#3
Daddy Longlegs

Daddy Longlegs

2010★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Real Son for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his ki...

#4
The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

2004★ 5.9

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

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his...

#5
Big Time Adolescence

Big Time Adolescence

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Real Son for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college drop...

#6
Parenthood

Parenthood

1989★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Real Son for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the famil...

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