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Movies Like A Family Man

If you liked A Family Man (2016), a drama movie directed by Mark Williams, 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. 1The Gift

    The Gift (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.

  2. 2What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…

  3. 3John Q

    John Q (2002)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a…

  4. 4Kramer vs. Kramer

    Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    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…

  5. 5The Rookie

    The Rookie (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team…

  6. 6Nowhere Special

    Nowhere Special (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he…

  7. 7Last Ride

    Last Ride (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.

  8. 8Trumbo

    Trumbo (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

  9. 9Over the Top

    Over the Top (1987)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life…

  10. 10The Judge

    The Judge (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A 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.

  11. 11The Company Men

    The Company Men (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their…

  12. 12Dad

    Dad (1989)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    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…

  13. 13The Son

    The Son (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    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.

  14. 14Goal!

    Goal! (2005)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an…

  15. 15Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her…

  16. 16Normal

    Normal (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

  17. 17Breathe In

    Breathe In (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

  18. 1899 Homes

    99 Homes (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker…

  19. 19Daddy Longlegs

    Daddy Longlegs (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    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…

  20. 20The Fabelmans

    The Fabelmans (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him…

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