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10 Best Movies Like Social Worker

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

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#1
Instant Family

Instant Family

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Social Worker for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including...

#2
Martian Child

Martian Child

2007★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Social Worker for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars....

#3
Little Man

Little Man

2006★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Social Worker for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After leaving prison, dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins his moron brother Percy in stealing an expensive huge diamond from a jewelry store for the mobster Walken. They are chased by...

#4
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009★ 6.6

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

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopte...

#5
Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite

1995★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Social Worker for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brill...

#6
Home Makeover

Home Makeover

2010★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Social Worker for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a social worker visits Gru’s house to assess its suitability for children, chaos ensues. Margo, Edith, and Agnes, along with the ever-mischievous Minions, scramble to give the...

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