Movies Like The Father, the Son, and the Gun
If you liked The Father, the Son, and the Gun (2017), a movie directed by Danylo Hauk, 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.
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The Judge (2014)
★ 7.3/10A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
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Fear (1996)
★ 6.7/10Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who…
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180 (2026)
★ 5.9/10When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
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Girl in the Basement (2021)
★ 7.6/10Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
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My Fault: London (2025)
★ 7.4/1018-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, and soon discovers there is an…
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This Boy's Life (1993)
★ 7.1/10When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to…
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The House of the Spirits (1993)
★ 6.9/10A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
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The Whisper Man (2026)
★ 6.8/10When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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Safe Haven (2013)
★ 7.2/10A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
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The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)
★ 6.4/10Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous 'Marsh King', the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. After a lifetime of trying to…
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Rumble Through the Dark (2023)
★ 6.3/10In the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, a former bare-knuckle fighter must win one last fight to pay off his debts to the local mob boss and save his childhood home—the stakes nothing less than life or death.
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She Rides Shotgun (2025)
★ 7/10Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resources and no one to trust, Nate and Polly forge a…
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Beautiful Boy (2018)
★ 7.6/10After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
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The Unsaid (2001)
★ 6.6/10A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.
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Captive (2020)
★ 6.3/10A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
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American Pastoral (2016)
★ 6.2/10Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
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Me Time (2022)
★ 5.8/10With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.
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Labor Day (2013)
★ 7.1/10Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
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Return (2015)
★ 6.6/10A young man returns home for the weekend to discover the difficulty of juggling friends, parents, magic mushrooms and several thousand chickens.