Movies like Captain Fantastic: 20 to watch next

If you loved Captain Fantastic (2016) — a drama and comedy film directed by Matt Ross — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Captain Fantastic most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like parent child relationship, new mexico and socialism. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
The Road 2009★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Parenthood 1989★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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20th Century Women 2016★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
4
Magnolia 1999★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Don't Make Me Go 2022★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
6
Leave the World Behind 2023★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Stream in India on Netflix
7
Die My Love 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
8
Grandma 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
9
The Thing with Feathers 2025★ 6.5
Shares: 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.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
10
The Darjeeling Limited 2007★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
The Killing of Two Lovers 2021★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Is Where I Leave You 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Stream in India on Netflix
14
The Chumscrubber 2005★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
August: Osage County 2013★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
16
Shell 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Road Within 2014★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Wildflower 2023★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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End of the Road 2022★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
Recently widowed mom Brenda fights to protect her family during a harrowing road trip when a murder and a missing bag of cash plunge them into danger.
Stream in India on Netflix
20
Anniversary 2025★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as "The Change.” Ellen and Paul witness their lives fall apart when Ellen's former student Liz reappears and starts dating their son. As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads