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10 Best Movies Like Dear Father

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

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#1
Where the Money Is

Where the Money Is

2000★ 6.0

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

Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned ...

#2
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

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

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#3
Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket

1996★ 6.7

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

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatche...

#4
Class Act

Class Act

1992★ 6.2

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

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of ...

#5
Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders

1994★ 5.9

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

A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network....

#6
Going in Style

Going in Style

1979★ 6.9

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

Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad daylight....

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