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10 Best Movies Like What a Father!

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

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#1
40 Years Young

40 Years Young

2022★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Father! for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After turning 40, César is invited to a culinary contest in Cancún, but a bitter discovery threatens to destroy his family as well as his chances to win the competition....

#2
But I'm Still the King

But I'm Still the King

1988★ 6.1

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

Fictionalized biography of singer/songwriter Jose Alfredo Jimenez....

#3
A Not So Merry Christmas

A Not So Merry Christmas

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Father! for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A curse is placed on grinchy Chuy, who wakes up to find he's lived a full year, but is doomed to remember only Christmas Day. Every year. From now on....

#4
¿Y Cómo Es Él?

¿Y Cómo Es Él?

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Father! for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping wit...

#5
Pedro Páramo

Pedro Páramo

2024★ 7.0

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

A man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love....

#6
Ya veremos

Ya veremos

2018★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Father! for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Santi and his parents learn that he has an eye disease, his father encourages him to make a list of places and things he wants to see and do before he loses his sight complete...