Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Columbus

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

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#1
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Columbus 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....

#2
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#3
Minari

Minari

2021★ 7.3

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

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the u...

#4
Dad

Dad

1989★ 6.4

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

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever befor...

#5
Ordinary Angels

Ordinary Angels

2024★ 7.7

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

Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter....

#6
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007★ 6.6

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

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their ...

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