Movies like Father's Little Dividend: 20 to watch next
If you loved Father's Little Dividend (1951) — a romance and comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Father's Little Dividend most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like grandfather, in-laws and pregnant daughter. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Meet the Fockers 2004★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Houseboat 1958★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Disaster Holiday 2024★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy
A workaholic dad, trying to win over his kids, heads to the coast of Durban for a big work meeting — under the guise of a family road trip vacation.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Back-Up Plan 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Because I Said So 2007★ 5.8
Shares: Romance, Comedy
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Daddy's Home 2015★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Psych 3: This Is Gus 2021★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mrs. Miracle 2009★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six year old twin sons. "Mrs. Miracle" mysteriously appears and quickly becomes an irreplaceable nanny, chef, friend... and matchmaker.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Only the Lonely 1991★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Undercover Blues 1993★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Yoh! Bestie 2026★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
Stream in India on Netflix
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What We Did on Our Holiday 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Dad's Christmas Date 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy
It’s Christmas and the charming city of York, home to Jules, 16, and her dad, David, is decked out ready for the festive season. In many ways, David and Jules’ relationship is no different from that of most fathers and their sixteen-year-old daughters. He struggles to understand her, she refuses to communicate with him. He wants to be involved in her life, she wants her own space. In one important respect, however, David and Jules share a profound bond: the death of Jules’ mum, and David’s wife, in a car crash two years before. With both struggling to cope with everyday life in the shadow of their loss, Jules, inspired by happy memories of her mum, decides to take matters into her own hands.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Definitely, Maybe 2008★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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St. Vincent 2014★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Safe Haven 2013★ 7.2
Shares: Romance
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Return to Christmas Creek 2018★ 6.4
Shares: Romance
As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes, a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites with her childhood best friend Mike and her estranged uncle Harry, whose mysterious rift with Amelia’s father divided her family during the holiday season when she was a child.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Kissing Booth 2 2020★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance
With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Addams Family Values 1993★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Best Player 2011★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
After his parents decide to move to a retirement home in Florida, professional gamer Quincy “Q” Johnson (Jerry Trainor) must find a way to raise 175,000 dollars to buy his family home. After hearing about a tournament for the game “Black Hole” with a grand prize of 175,500 dollars, Quincy enters the tournament, only to be faced with a new challenge. An equally skilled gamer, named Chris Saunders “Prodigy” (Jeanette McCurdy), has become the one block in Quincy’s plan, defeating him at every turn. Quincy then teams-up with his friend Wendell (Amir Talai), to try and find ways to stop Chris from entering the tournament.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now