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In a world on the go, family time is a luxury. The clock stops for no one. Yet, every fleeting minute boosts apprehension about whether the train has already left the station. But in the whirlwind of modern life, certain days serve as reminders to pause, reflect, and connect. By connection, we don’t mean digital communication built on social channels with strangers who live across the seven seas, but the ones that fade out after a long day of work, within the four walls you call home. This Father’s Day weekend, Netflix will turn back time.

This year, we keep the busy lives at bay and make the most of the Father’s Day weekend to celebrate the quiet strength of dads. However, this isn’t a thank you wrapped with a flowery bouquet or a note of gratitude. Instead of taking the easy way out, this time, gift your fathers something even more precious: time. This is why, here lies a curated list of five movies on Netflix to enjoy with your role models and father-like figures.

Spoiler alert: the list will make you laugh as much as it will make you cry. So, the best course to take now is to add the movies to your to-do list, and the Father’s Day weekend is about to be packed with a streaming marathon. Father’s Day provides the ultimate opportunity to express appreciation for all the support and sacrifices fathers make without thinking twice.

While this is the perfect moment to seize the opportunity and strengthen the bond, the weekend is just the time to create more memories. For those wondering how to select just five within the sea of Netflix content, Best of Netflix has you covered.

Five movies to enjoy on Father’s Day weekend

5. The Dad Quest (Salvador Espinosa, 2025)

The Dad Quest on Netflix is primarily a road-trip movie about a father and son who are doubtful of their true relationship. It begins with Gabriell AKA Gallo, an unwilling and unsure divorced dad, and Benito, his son. His relationship with Alicia and Benito is already rocky, but her acceptance of a job in Madrid with plans to move with Benito further complicates the bond. However, the news doesn’t move Gallo in a way she expected. But the real story begins when Alicia dies in an accident, leaving Benito under the sole care of Gallo, and the latter discovers Benito is not his biological son.

They both embark on a mission to find Benito’s real dad, using the little clues they find on Alicia’s phone. Accompanying them is Benito’s learning psychologist, Diana. Throughout the film, Gallo and Benito come across several men, but not the real father. The ending of the movie leaves you pondering whether Benito and Gallo achieve their purpose. However, the journey develops the fatherly instincts within Gallo, who goes above and beyond to stay by Benito.

4. Old Dads (Bill Burr, 2023)

Old Dads on Netflix follows three dads, Jack, Connor, and Mike, in their 40s, who are also friends and business partners. All of them had become fathers in mid-life, but the perils of parenthood in a changing world make Old Dads a loud comedy. The film begins with a millennial CEO taking over their company, Trifecta, simultaneously representing the challenges they face working with him in a shifting work environment.

Meanwhile, difficulties after putting their child in a progressive preschool, confronting a new generation of societal expectations, and modern technologies soon make them question their ways. If your dad raises eyebrows too with how the present world works, there’s no way that Old Dads should go amiss from the binge session this Father’s Day.

3. Big Daddy (Dennis Dugan, 1999)

Big Daddy is a 1999 flick starring Adam Sandler, currently streaming on Netflix. The comedy-drama follows a 32-year-old law school student, Sonny, whose girlfriend breaks up with him because of the lack of purpose and responsibility in his life. Sonny has not taken the bar exam, lives off a $200,000 compensation he received after a benign accident, and works just one day a week. Though he barely has feathers on his hat, he is surprisingly critical of Vanessa’s former job at Hooters, which she did to support her medical school expenses.

When Sonny’s roommate, Kevin, leaves for China, life takes a surprising turn the next day. A five-year-old Julian is left at his door with nothing but a note from his mother, informing him that he is Kevin’s son. With Kevin gone to China, Sonny promises to take care of Julian, despite his lack of fatherly instincts. The film follows Sonny’s desperate attempts to put the kid back into his mother’s care until he learns of her death. Big Daddy defies familial expectations to portray fatherhood defined by a textbook, serving as the perfect Father’s Day retreat for the father-like role models.

2. Dog Gone (Stephen Herek, 2023)

Before you get started with streaming Dog Gone, the best thing to do is stock up on tissue boxes because this will leave you reeling. The biographical drama tells the story of Fielding, a socially awkward kid who adopts a Labrador puppy, Gonker, in the aftermath of an emotional rejection. Gonker’s arrival is a turning point for Fielding. However, shortly after the pup is diagnosed with Addison’s disease, requiring him to depend on life-saving shots every month, he goes missing on a hiking trail.

The loss brings back Fielding’s mother’s age-old trauma, but the family stop at nothing to find Gonker. Amid all of this, Fielding is diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, and his father is pushed to call off the extensive search operation. In the movie, fatherhood is explored beyond humanitarian concepts, and it’s revealed when Dog Gone ends with Gonker and Fielding sleeping together on a hospital bed. A desperate play of choices hovers over Fielding and his father, and both use their protective instincts to decide the best course of action.

1. Dad Wanted (Javier Colinas, 2020)

Dads come in every shape and size, and sometimes, with a most-wanted notice. To conclude Father’s Day on a light-hearted note, Dad Wanted is the best way to end the weekend. The comedy film follows Bianca, who does BMX biking despite her mother’s disapproval. However, with a BMX racing tournament on the horizon that has a hefty prize of $100,000, Bianca travels the extra mile to get a parent to sign, knowing well her mother wouldn’t agree.

Determined to participate in the race, Bianca makes a casting call to find an actor who can act as her dad in incognito. But the challenges are too many because her mother is already on her tail.