Movies Like Chrysalis

If you liked Chrysalis (2022), a movie directed by Kate Donnelly, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
★ 7.6/10
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself…
2
The Killing of Two Lovers (2021)
★ 6.4/10
In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.
3
Daddy's Home (2015)
★ 6.3/10
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to…
4
Parenthood (1989)
★ 6.7/10
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in…
5
Possession (1981)
★ 7.3/10
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and…
6
One Fine Day (1996)
★ 6.5/10
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets…
7
Nothing in Common (1986)
★ 5.9/10
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
8
The Son (2022)
★ 6.8/10
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
9
Poltergeist (1982)
★ 7.2/10
The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
10
Boyhood (2014)
★ 7.5/10
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his…
11
The Croods (2013)
★ 7/10
The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night…
12
The Babadook (2014)
★ 6.5/10
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
13
Captain Fantastic (2016)
★ 7.9/10
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that…
14
Status Update (2018)
★ 7.3/10
After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.
15
Eraserhead (1977)
★ 7.3/10
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
16
Death of a Salesman (1985)
★ 6.9/10
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
17
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
★ 7/10
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
18
20th Century Women (2016)
★ 7.3/10
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the…
19
Greenland 2: Migration (2026)
★ 6.4/10
Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
20
Other Mommy (2026)
★ 5.8/10
Young Bela forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home that looks uncannily like her own mother, drawing her into a terrifying and increasingly dark world.