Movies like Father of Invention (2010)
The best movies like Father of Invention (2010) are Like Father (2018), For Ellen (2012) and The Big Short (2015). If Father of Invention hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Big Short (2015)7.4/10 from 10,254 votes
- NewestJerry & Marge Go Large (2022)Released 2022
Like Father (2018)
When a workaholic young executive is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few hilarious adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole lot of soul-searching, they return with a renewed appreciation for family and life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor Ellen (2012)
After an overnight long-distance drive, Joby has a special meeting—with lawyers and his ex-wife. A struggling musician with the prerequisite tattoos, slimy hair, goatee, and his head firmly floating in the clouds, Joby hasn’t been around to be a dad. Now is his last chance to fight for shared custody of his daughter, Ellen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Big Short (2015)
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJoy (2015)
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaddy's Home (2015)
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Smell of Success (2011)
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to go, as they say, into the toilet. Enter estranged daughter Rosemary, a high-class- cosmetics salesgirl, who steps in to take control. She is not sure she has a nose for the family business, but she is determined to make foul into profit. Little does she know that a ruthless, slick-talking fertilizer rep is plotting a takeover. Whether she likes it or not, she must trust her top salesman, Patrick Fitzpatrick, to devise a plan to regain Rose's rightful position on top of the heap.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Terminal (2004)
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Upside (2019)
Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEntourage (2015)
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPapadopoulos & Sons (2012)
Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEnvy (2004)
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisJerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDownsized (2017)
Ebony and Michael were forced into a modern "shotgun" wedding after becoming teenage parents, putting their personal goals on hold in order to support their family. Amazingly, the two high school sweethearts managed to overcome the odds and establish a seemingly ideal life for themselves. However, the success that initially was meant to strengthen their family has become the very thing that is driving them apart. As a result, Michael desperately tries to hold onto everything he's worked his entire life to gain. This leads the family on an unconventional adventure to restore the faith, hope, and trust that initially brought them together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Weather Man (2005)
David Spritz, a Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bucket List (2007)
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSunshine Cleaning (2009)
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Joneses (2010)
A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hoax (2006)
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSmart People (2008)
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDuane Hopwood (2005)
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Anger Management (2003)
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEverything Must Go (2011)
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKnucklehead (2010)
A fight promoter deeply in debt to his crooked rival and desperate for a new fighter catches a break when a 450 pound church handyman who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Intern (2015)
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSmall Time (2014)
Al Klein and his longtime friend, Ash Martini, own a used car lot and these two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Klein still pines for his ex-wife Barbara who left him years ago for a more successful man. After their son Freddy graduates from high school, he decides to forego college in favor of selling cars with his old man. But what’s good for Klein might not be the best thing for Freddy, as he quickly transforms from an innocent young man into a jaded car salesman, leaving Al with a tough decision to make.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
A Hologram for the King (2016)
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisChef (2014)
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSecret Zoo (2020)
A lawyer is given the mission of revitalising a bankrupt zoo that has no animals. When he and a group of zookeepers come up with the idea to dress like animals and his fake polar bear goes viral, the zoo becomes a hit, before his law firm’s real intentions are revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast Food Nation (2006)
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWaffle Street (2015)
The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the greasy madness of the 24-hour diner, Jimmy befriends Edward, an ex-con grill master who serves up hard lessons about life, finance, and grits.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Father of Invention?
The closest matches to Father of Invention are Like Father (2018), For Ellen (2012) and The Big Short (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Father of Invention?
People who watched Father of Invention most often go on to Like Father (2018), For Ellen (2012) and The Big Short (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like Father of Invention?
The Big Short (2015), rated 7.4/10 by 10,254 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Father of Invention?
Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Father of Invention?
Yes: Like Father (2018), For Ellen (2012) and The Big Short (2015).
How are movies similar to Father of Invention chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Father of Invention, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.