Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like My Dad

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

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#1
Flicka

Flicka

2006★ 6.9

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

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. ...

#2
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974★ 6.9

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

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming c...

#3
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#4
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#5
O.G.

O.G.

2018★ 5.9

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

Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Be...

#6
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

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