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Movies that feel like The Father (2020)

If you loved The Father, the closest films we have are Still Alice (2014), Forgotten Love (2023) and Nomadland (2021). All three share The Father's contemplative and melancholy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

πŸ… 98% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Florian Zellercontemplativemelancholycerebral

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Still Alice
2014 Β· dir. Wash Westmoreland
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5drama

The same two preoccupations: alzheimer's disease, and memory loss

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 family find their bonds tested.

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Forgotten Love
2023 Β· dir. MichaΕ‚ Gazda
β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Common ground: memory loss

The difference: Leans harder into romance than The Father does

A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.

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Nomadland
2021 Β· dir. ChloΓ© Zhao
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3drama

Both land stillness and melancholy at once

The difference: Not nearly as cerebral as The Father

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

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The Vow
2012 Β· dir. Michael Sucsy
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.8drama Β· romance

Both lean on ideas more than on drama

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

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Manchester by the Sea
2016 Β· dir. Kenneth Lonergan
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

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Open Your Eyes
1997 Β· dir. Alejandro AmenΓ‘bar
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: loss of sense of reality

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Father does

Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.

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The Danish Girl
2015 Β· dir. Tom Hooper
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.1drama

Melancholy drama in both cases

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

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The Whale
2022 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.6drama

One thread runs through both: based on play or musical

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

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Central Station
1998 Β· dir. Walter Salles
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8drama

A streak of stillness through both

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1990s show

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

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Lilting
2014 Β· dir. Hong Khaou
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.2drama

Both rooted in London

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

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The Quiet Girl
2022 Β· dir. Colm BairΓ©ad
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama

Both work the same melancholy

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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Drive My Car
2021 Β· dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5drama

Both are drama through and through

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

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