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Movies Like Estanislao

If you liked Estanislao (2021), a drama movie directed by Alejandro Guzmán, 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. 1Life as a House

    Life as a House (2001)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    When 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.

  2. 2Cat 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…

  3. 3Strange Weather

    Strange Weather (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

  4. 4Hellion

    Hellion (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for…

  5. 5The Machinist

    The Machinist (2004)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

  6. 6James White

    James White (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    James 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…

  7. 7Dad

    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…

  8. 8Ben Is Back

    Ben Is Back (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new…

  9. 9The Etruscan Smile

    The Etruscan Smile (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    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…

  10. 10The Thing with Feathers

    The Thing with Feathers (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.

  11. 11The Beloved

    The Beloved (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Acclaimed film director Esteban Martínez is a legend both for his films and for his past marked by violence and excess. For his latest project, he offers his daughter Emilia a role under the pretext of helping her with…

  12. 12Daddy 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…

  13. 13Beautiful Boy

    Beautiful Boy (2018)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    After 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.

  14. 14Mr. Church

    Mr. Church (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

  15. 15The Pursuit of Happyness

    The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

  16. 16This Boy's Life

    This Boy's Life (1993)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    When 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…

  17. 17Father Mother Sister Brother

    Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

  18. 18Broken

    Broken (2012)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.

  19. 19Noel

    Noel (2004)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    With Christmas Eve just around the corner in bustling New York, five lonely and sad strangers find their lives inadvertently intersected.

  20. 20Boyhood

    Boyhood (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his…

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