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10 Best Movies Like Sabbatical

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

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#1
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

#2
The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

2017★ 7.1

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

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her ...

#3
Broken

Broken

2012★ 6.9

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

Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences....

#4
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#5
Killing Daddy

Killing Daddy

2014★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sabbatical for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When Cassie's father finds himself vulnerable and bedridden, she believes she has the perfect revenge for her mother's death....

#6
Still Alice

Still Alice

2014★ 7.5

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

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her f...

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