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10 Best Movies Like Dad for a Day

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

#1
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad for a Day for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Towe...

#2
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

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

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

2012★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dad for a Day for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Go...

#5
The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998★ 8.1

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

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...