SimilarScreen
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

20196.71h 31m

Overview

Director Jeanie Finlay charts a transgender man's path to parenthood after he decides to carry his child himself. The pregnancy prompts an unexpected and profound reckoning with conventions of masculinity, self-definition and biology.

Directed by Jeanie Finlay
Written by Freddy McConnell
Produced by Andrea Cornwell, Jeanie Finlay
0

Top Cast

F

Freddy McConnell

Self

Themes & Keywords

pregnancylgbtfatherhoodtrans man

About Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth is a documentary film released in 2019 exploring themes of pregnancy, lgbt, fatherhood, trans man. Directed by Jeanie Finlay, it stars Freddy McConnell. Director Jeanie Finlay charts a transgender man's path to parenthood after he decides to carry his child himself. The pregnancy prompts an unexpected and profound reckoning with conventions of masculinity, self-definition and biology.

Movies Similar to Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

Discover titles like Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

If you enjoyed Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth.

Dads
30% Match

Dads(2019)

Movie6.9/10

A joyful exploration of modern fatherhood, this doc gathers the testimonies of dads around the world, from famous comedians to everyday parents. Their unfiltered stories speak to the beauty, struggles, and ridiculous hilarity of being a dad today.

The Last Repair Shop
24% Match

In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of this city.

How to Survive a Plague
24% Match

A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.

The Groomsmen
24% Match

Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his pals fill the reunion with drinking, boys-will-be-boys antics and a few unexpected personal confessions. But, when the bonding devolves into accusations and regret, Paulie has to decide whether he's ready to tie the knot and take this big step into adulthood.

The Circle
19% Match

The Circle(2014)

Movie6.5/10

A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.

Death of Me
16% Match

A couple on holiday on a remote South Pacific island awaken one morning with a hang over and no recollection of what transpired. When playing back a video of the previous night, they see they participated in a local ritual that somehow ends with him murdering her.

The Invisible Man
16% Match

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Green Book
16% Match

Green Book(2018)

Movie8.2/10

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Call Me by Your Name
16% Match

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.