Movies Like Yowza!

If you liked Yowza!, a movie directed by Ethan Hughes, 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
Light of My Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10
Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.
2
Why Him? (2016)
★ 6.4/10
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
3
Inheritance (2020)
★ 6.3/10
The patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
4
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Code Red (2023)
★ 6.5/10
The Avengers gather to celebrate their latest victory, but their celebration is quickly interrupted by the mysterious disappearance of Black Widow's father, Red Guardian. As the Avengers investigate, they discover that…
5
My Zoe (2019)
★ 6.5/10
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle…
6
I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
7
Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)
★ 7.4/10
Lily Trevino unexpectedly befriends an online stranger who shares her self-centered father’s name. This new Bob Trevino’s support could transform her life.
8
Tuesday (2024)
★ 6.8/10
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
9
Epic (2013)
★ 6.6/10
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their…
10
I'll Be Home for Christmas (2016)
★ 6.1/10
Jackie Foster, a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom, is looking forward to wrapping up her latest case and spending Christmas with Gracie, her adorable and precocious, eight-year old daughter. But when…
11
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
★ 5.9/10
When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
12
The Glass Castle (2017)
★ 7.1/10
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind…
13
She Rides Shotgun (2025)
★ 7/10
Newly 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…
14
Footloose (1984)
★ 6.7/10
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
15
Last Ride (2009)
★ 6.4/10
A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.
16
Stillwater (2021)
★ 6.6/10
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers…
17
Imagine That (2009)
★ 6/10
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
18
Broken (2012)
★ 6.9/10
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
19
Fish Tank (2009)
★ 6.9/10
Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and…
20
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…