Movies Like Pluto

If you liked Pluto, a movie directed by Dylan Werkman, 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
And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
★ 6.5/10
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
2
Come to Daddy (2019)
★ 5.9/10
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
3
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
★ 6.5/10
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
4
Dad (1989)
★ 6.4/10
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the…
5
I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
6
Rudderless (2014)
★ 7.2/10
A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
7
Honey Boy (2019)
★ 7/10
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
8
Collateral Beauty (2016)
★ 7.2/10
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of…
9
The Endless (2017)
★ 6.3/10
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
10
The Chronology of Water (2025)
★ 6.7/10
Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice through writing.
11
David Lynch: The Art Life (2017)
★ 7/10
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to…
12
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
★ 7.4/10
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics…
13
The Etruscan Smile (2018)
★ 6.3/10
Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed…
14
Daddy Longlegs (2010)
★ 6.6/10
After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment…
15
It Feeds (2025)
★ 6.7/10
A clairvoyant therapist confronts her own personal demons while trying to save a young girl who believes a malevolent entity is feeding on her.
16
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
★ 7/10
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
17
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
★ 7.6/10
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every…
18
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7/10
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a…
19
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
★ 7.2/10
Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and…
20
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
★ 7.1/10
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect…