Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Father

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

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#1
Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

1996★ 6.7

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

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier...

#2
Knox Goes Away

Knox Goes Away

2024★ 7.0

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

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But...

#3
Dad

Dad

1989★ 6.4

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

#4
We Live in Time

We Live in Time

2024★ 7.2

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

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance....

#5
Gladiator

Gladiator

2000★ 8.2

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

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced...

#6
Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

2017★ 8.1

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

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-...

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