Movies Like Every Day my Dad Dies
If you liked Every Day my Dad Dies (2015), a movie directed by Steven Rico, 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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Triumph (2021)
★ 6.7/10A bright and determined teen who has mild cerebral palsy strives to be a wrestler on his high school's team and to win over the heart of a classmate, the girl of his dreams.
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Win Win (2011)
★ 6.8/10When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until…
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Vision Quest (1985)
★ 6.4/10After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his…
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First Match (2018)
★ 6.4/10Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
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Waves (2019)
★ 7.4/10A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by…
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Wish I Was Here (2014)
★ 6.5/10Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about…
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Embattled (2020)
★ 6.7/10The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
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Val (2021)
★ 7.2/10For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm…
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Foxcatcher (2014)
★ 6.7/10The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
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The Main Event (2020)
★ 6.4/10An 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar by using special powers from a magical mask.
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Legendary (2010)
★ 6.5/10A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
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Joe Bell (2020)
★ 6.5/10The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
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The World According to Garp (1982)
★ 6.7/10A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
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Old Boys (2018)
★ 6.6/10In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.
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Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
★ 6.2/10When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive.
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Life as a House (2001)
★ 7.1/10When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
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Teen Wolf (1985)
★ 6.2/10When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
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James White (2015)
★ 6.6/10James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks…
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Going to the Mat (2004)
★ 6.7/10Jace Newfield has a problem. Besides being blind and being the new kid at school, his problem is that the kids at his new school thinks he's a jerk. Jace has to find a way to be accepted into his new school. Joining…
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The Healer (2017)
★ 7.1/10The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.