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Films like Father Figures.

Father Figures (2017) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Sex Appeal (2022) poster
1. Sex Appeal2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fun Mom Dinner (2017) poster
2. Fun Mom Dinner2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sex, Love & Therapy (2014) poster
3. Sex, Love & Therapy2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hey, Did You Score? (2012) poster
4. Hey, Did You Score?2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Room(h)ates (2017) poster
5. Room(h)ates2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

That Awkward Moment (2014) poster
6. That Awkward Moment2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Don't Blame the Kid (2016) poster
7. Don't Blame the Kid2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

War of Likes (2021) poster
8. War of Likes2021

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

¿Y cómo es él? (2022) poster
9. ¿Y cómo es él?2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Man Cave (2014) poster
10. The Man Cave2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Daddy or Mommy (2015) poster
11. Daddy or Mommy2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Brats (2013) poster
12. The Brats2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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