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10 Best Movies Like Paternity

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

#1
Return of the Fly

Return of the Fly

1959★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paternity for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. Ho...

#2
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

1976★ 7.0

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

13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Fran...

#3
Shadows

Shadows

1960★ 6.9

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

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discover...

#4
Re-Elected

Re-Elected

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paternity for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Friends battle former U.S. presidents when they come back from the dead as zombies on the Fourth of July....

#5
Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1995★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paternity for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in an...

#6
Highlander II: The Quickening

Highlander II: The Quickening

1991★ 4.7

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

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ramirez to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Zeist (MacLeod a...