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10 Best Movies Like My Son, The Hero

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

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#1
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son, The Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

#2
Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son, The Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town....

#3
Me Time

Me Time

2022★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son, The Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure....

#4
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son, The Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....

#5
Oscar

Oscar

1991★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son, The Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making...

#6
The Hammer

The Hammer

2007★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son, The Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Approaching forty, Ferro is unsatisfied with his life as a construction worker and part-time boxing instructor in Los Angeles, CA. After a successful bout with a young pro boxer, F...

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