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10 Best Movies Like The Thing About My Folks

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

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#1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Thing About My Folks for fans of Family & Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!...

#2
The Longshots

The Longshots

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Thing About My Folks for fans of Family & Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history....

#3
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Thing About My Folks for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a...

#4
Bookworm

Bookworm

2024★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Thing About My Folks for fans of Family & Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to ent...

#5
First Dog

First Dog

2010★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Thing About My Folks for fans of Family & Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A foster boy is befriended by a lost dog who turns out to belong to the President of the United States. The boy decides to run away from the foster home to return the canine to the...

#6
School of Life

School of Life

2005★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Thing About My Folks for fans of Family & Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman W...

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