Movies like Father

If you like "Father" you are looking for captivating, social and independent film movies about / with corruption, small town, parents and children, fighting the system, dysfunctional family, social problems and corrupt official themes of Drama genre shot in Serbia or France.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
Father (2020)
 7.6
 3K
Father (2020)
Original name: Отац
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Nikola’s children are taken away from him after social services decide that he is too poor to provide them with a decent living environment. He sets off on foot to lodge a complaint in Belgrade.
Style: captivating, social, independent film, entertaining
Plot: corruption, small town, parents and children, fighting the system, dysfunctional family, social problems, corrupt official, social issues, foster home, family relations, foster child, life is a bitch, father and son, society, father son relationship, foster parent, social relations, corrupt politician, small town life, children, father child relationship, father, poverty, social services, adoption ...
Place: serbia

Most similar movies to Father

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and realistic films with plots about family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, family problems, social problems, social relations and father son relationship mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Father: The Warrior and the Savior (2013), Our Story (2015), The Stonebreaker (2020), Papa (2018), The Third Side of the River (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
The Warrior and the Savior (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Orphaned by A.I.D.S., South African children Ibutho and Umsindisi SIlongo try to make a fresh start in the United States. What they do not know is that their struggles are far from over.
Style: captivating
Plot: children, orphan, adoption, immigration, african, social issues, social problems, social relations, kids in trouble, society, life is a bitch, prostitution ...
Place: new york, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.4
 18K
Our Story (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A son tries to restore the honour of his father, who was imprisoned during the 1980 military coup.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: lifestyle change, family relations, coup d'etat, changing lives, parents and children, social relations, social problems, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, coup, family problems, family life ...
Place: middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
The Stonebreaker (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After a serious accident Giuseppe is out of work. His son Antò dreams of being an archaeologist and thinks his father's glass eye is a sign he has superpowers. It's just the two of them now, since their beloved wife and mother Angela ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: father son relationship, relationship problems, promise, life is a bitch, family problems, single father, father and son, family relations, dysfunctional family, relationships, parents and children, single parent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 7.1
 84
Papa (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young man, Ben Freidman (Scott Wilson) raised by wealthy adoptive Jewish parents in Beverly Hills, decides that he is ready to finally meet his biological parents. He faces disappointment upon learning of the death of his biological mother. His ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: father son relationship, family life, family problems, relationships, family relations, mother son relationship, search for father, foster home, life is a bitch, foster child, parents and children, kids and family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Movie in collections
The Third Side of the River (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Tensions rise when a doctor (Daniel Veronese) pressures his teenage son to follow in his footsteps.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, tense, serious
Plot: coming of age, family problems, parents and children, family relations, small town, under the surface, teenage life, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, double life, father, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.0
 2K
Listen (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, social
Plot: deaf child, money problems, society, life is a bitch, social issues, family relations, social problems, father daughter relationship, family problems, kids and family, parents and children, deaf mute ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Our Struggles (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: While Olivier, a 39 year-old foreman gives his job everything he’s got, Laura, his wife and the mother of their two children, abandons the family home, leaving Olivier alone to face his responsibilities. Lost and completely thrown, Olivier is ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: family relations, father, family problems, single father, relationships, single parent, parents and children, breakup, social problems, dysfunctional family, kids and family, life is a bitch ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 6.3
 35
Pink (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set in a run-down bar named "Pink," movie follows the lives of people surrounding the bar including its owner Ok-Ryun.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: protest, social problems, loss of job, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, society, small town, workplace, small town life, social issues, urban setting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Movie in collections
Up Among the Stars (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Víctor is a film director who is overcome by his own misfortunes. He is an alcoholic, unemployed and terribly depressed, largely because of the death of his wife. However, Victor is still the best in one thing: telling fantastic stories to his ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: father son relationship, filmmaker, life is a bitch, ambition, social problems, family relations, father and son, money problems, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, family problems, life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Flesh and Blood (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mixing fiction and reality, filmmaker Mark Webber tells the story of a man who returns home from prison and attempts to rebuild his life in his impoverished Philadelphia neighborhood.
Style: realistic, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: family problems, junkie, confronting the past, father son relationship, politician, parents and children, political activism, dysfunctional family, social problems, family relations, tragic past, mother son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.2
 499
Aviva, My Love (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to ...
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot: family relations, writer's life, family problems, working class, dysfunctional family, creative block, small town, unemployment, social decay, small town life, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, middle east, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Nowhere Special (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Romania, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, ...
Style: sentimental, disturbing, sincere, captivating, sad ...
Plot: father son relationship, single father, single parent, dying father, terminal illness, foster home, family relations, father, adoption, parents and children, father and son, relationships ...
Place: northern ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Goodbye Gary Cooper (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Au milieu de nulle part, une cité ouvrière vidée de sa population depuis quelques années déjà. Pourtant, certains habitants ont décidé d'y rester, plus par choix que par nécessité, parce que c'est là qu'ils sont nés et ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, captivating, emotional
Plot: factory, single parent, unemployment, life is a bitch, workplace, family relations, family problems, isolation, working class, parents and children, hopes, society ...
Place: france, europe, maghreb, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Northern Kingdom (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The lives of three disparate families are illuminated by a meteor shower on a winter night.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: psychology, social issues, social problems, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, farm, stepfather, dysfunctional family, family relations, psychologist
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.5
 605
Virgin (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, society, youth, teenage life, parents and children, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
A Year in My Life (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, adoption, orphan, youth, family relations, foster parent, foster child, father son relationship, mother son relationship, parents and children, family life, foster home ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
After This Our Exile (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic
Plot: gambling, parent child relationship, gambler, family problems, casino, gambling debt, father son relationship, life is a bitch, estranged father, father, father and son, social problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Person Who Gives Happiness (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: A story about a woman who tries to protect a famous child star that she raises with love against a harsh and exploitative entertainment industry, including from the child's real mother.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: child, family problems, mother son relationship, social problems, family relations, adopted son, foster child, social relations, society, female protagonist, life is a bitch, foster parent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.1
 435
All at Once (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A young up and coming artist in New York city has his life and dreams forever altered when the tragic events of 9/11 take the lives of his two best friends and he accepts guardianship of the couple's two young daughters. Now eleven years later, ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: foster parent, changing lives, terrorist attack, family problems, social problems, lifestyle change, child custody, problem, foster home, life is a bitch, loss of family, foster child
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.9
 134
PorNO (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Story: Max films his friends having lecherous fun at his own birthday party; unaware of how it will change his life. Just out of high school, by haphazard, he becomes a big porno producer. His father, a principled police major, chases porno makers, not ...
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: porn industry, adult filmmaking, social relations, father and son, relationship problems, father son relationship, pornographic video, family problems, social problems, fighting crime, family relations, lechery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.7
 52
(S)He (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: (S)HE is the story of a transgender child named Juju, a girl born into a boy’s body. With the onset of puberty, JuJu’s discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child’s struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: lgbt, gender issues, gender, parents and children, social issues, social problems, gender roles, life is a bitch, transgender woman, transvestite, society, gender bending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.6
 513
Rust (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the midst of a midlife crisis of faith, a man finds hope where he least expects it – his hometown. James Moore (Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen) is a former pastor who returns home to discover a family new to the area has been killed in a ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: clergy, self discovery, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, homecoming, religions or cults, friendship, society, small town, human nature, direction and purpose ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Adopting Audrey (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An adult woman puts herself up for adoption and forms a bond with the misanthropic patriarch of her adoptive family. Based on a true story.
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological
Plot: foster home, social problems, patriarchy, female protagonist, family life, relationships, patriarch, social issues, family relations, lifestyle, foster parent, women ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Movie in collections
Father's Acre (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Love makes a bad relationship between father and son all the more rancorous in this drama from Hungarian director Viktor Oszkar Nagy. A convict (Janos Derzsi) returns home after a long stretch in prison to a less than enthusiastic welcome; his son ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: parent child relationship, father son relationship, father son estrangement, father son reunion, father and son, estrangement, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.0
 1K
Sweet Thing (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: For Billie and Nico, life with their father is a roller-coaster ride of playfulness and unease. When he is in the grip of alcohol, tears flow and their apparently idyllic family life collapses. Their mostly absent and irresponsible mother is not ...
Style: captivating, black and white
Plot: children, pedophilia, brother brother relationship, family problems, drinking problem, brother sister relationship, life is a bitch, life, siblings relations, parents and children, family relations, social problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: pension, colonel, hopes, parents and children, small town, family relations, couple relations, downfall, haunted by the past, family life, small town life, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1940s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
A Father's Legacy (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the run and bleeding a young man ends up at a pond house where he meets an old man (Tobin Bell) and holds him hostage in his own home. As the days pass and the secrets about their past are revealed, they learn that they might not have been ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: father, father son relationship, hostage, family secret, estranged father, family problems, parents and children, change of luck, family relations, search for father, father and son, absent father
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.3
 805
Mothers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning ...
Style: captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: parents and children, murder, elderly, introspection, estrangement, family relations, gender, society, life, small town life, relationships, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.2
 691
Youtopia (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young woman decides to sell her virginity to pay off her mother's debts when she realises that her earnings as an online x-rated model are not enough.
Style: captivating, psychological, sincere
Plot: defloration, family relations, loss of virginity, parents and children, financial problem, money problems, debt, mother daughter relationship, family problems, dysfunctional family, virgin, social relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Back to School Mom (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot: college, redemption, family relations, life is a bitch, college life, homecoming, social relations, starting over, bittersweet, small town, college friend, mother son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie