Movies like The Fabelmans: 20 to watch next

If you loved The Fabelmans (2022) — a drama film directed by Steven Spielberg — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of The Fabelmans most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like high school, husband wife relationship and arizona. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Boyhood 2014★ 7.5
Shares: 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 parents as he grows.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
2
I Never Sang for My Father 1970★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Giant Little Ones 2019★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
Bigger Than Life 1956★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Good One 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
6
Othello 1951★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Daddy Longlegs 2010★ 6.6
Shares: 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 in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
A Taste of Honey 1961★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Short Term 12 2013★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
Fences 2016★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
The Gift 2015★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
12
The Glass Castle 2017★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
Trumbo 2015★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
14
The Children Act 2018★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
15
Albatross 2011★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
Love You to Death 2019★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Paradise 1991★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Dad 1989★ 6.4
Shares: 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 executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
The Great Santini 1979★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
20
As You Are 2016★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now