What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedThe Family Plan
Simon Cellan Jones · Film · 2023
If you loved The Family Plan, start with SAKAMOTO DAYS (2025) — a series on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to The Family Plan across media.
If you loved the way The Family Plan balances high-stakes suburban peril with the desperate, humorous struggle to protect your family.
Books on the same thread
Spy x Family, Vol. 1
Tatsuya Endo · Book · 2020
Shares 2 threads with The Family Plan: secret identity, Action comedy.
Like The Family Plan, this story centers on a household built on secrets, where a professional killer must navigate domestic life while hiding their lethal past from those closest.
Spy X Family, Vol. 4
Tatsuya Endo · Book
Explores: found family, covert operations, pet companionship.
Fans of The Family Plan will recognize the same tension between mundane family responsibilities and the sudden, violent necessity of protecting one's home from external assassination plots.
Missing Persons
James Patterson and Adam Hamdy · Book
Explores: high-stakes investigation, corporate espionage, missing persons.
This thriller mirrors the high-stakes intensity of The Family Plan, focusing on the lengths a protective individual will go to when their family is targeted by dangerous adversaries.
Spy X Family, Vol. 10
Tatsuya Endo · Book
Shares 2 threads with The Family Plan: secret identity, action comedy.
Much like the domestic chaos in The Family Plan, this narrative explores how a seemingly ordinary life can be upended when secret identities and lethal threats collide unexpectedly.
Series on the same thread
SPY x FAMILY
Series · 2022
Shares 2 threads with The Family Plan: Secret Identity, Action Comedy.
You will appreciate how this series echoes The Family Plan by forcing characters with dangerous secrets to maintain a fragile, fake domestic facade to stay safe together.
SAKAMOTO DAYS
Series · 2025
Shares a thread with The Family Plan: Action Comedy.
This is the perfect match for The Family Plan, as it follows a retired hitman attempting to live a quiet life until his past forces him into action.
Moving
Park In-je · Series · 2023
Explores: Superpowers, Hidden Identity, Family Secrets.
This show captures the same protective spirit seen in The Family Plan, focusing on parents with hidden, dangerous histories who must safeguard their children from imminent, looming threats.
The Old Man
Jonathan E. Steinberg · Series · 2022
Explores: Past Sins, Redemption, Man on the Run.
If you enjoyed the narrative of a former operative reconciling with their past in The Family Plan, you will find this story of a man on the run compelling.
Podcasts on the same thread
The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan · Podcast · 2026
Explores: intellectual curiosity, unfiltered dialogue, lifestyle exploration.
This podcast offers a conversational departure from The Family Plan, though it maintains a focus on the unfiltered, often humorous perspectives that define the lead character's unique lifestyle.
Fastlane with VinFast
Podcast
Explores: family bonding, everyday life, positive vibes.
This podcast mirrors the road trip spirit found in The Family Plan, providing a lighthearted look at family bonding and the everyday dynamics of traveling together as one.
Common questions
Is The Family Plan about a secret agent?
The Family Plan follows Dan Morgan, a man who lives as a devoted husband and car salesman. However, he is also a former assassin whose past catches up to his present, forcing him to take his family on an unexpected road trip.
What happens in The Family Plan?
In The Family Plan, Dan Morgan is forced to reveal his secret past as an assassin. He takes his unsuspecting family on a road trip to protect them when his former life catches up to his current life as a father and car salesman.
Who directed The Family Plan?
The Family Plan, released in 2023, was directed by Simon Cellan Jones. The film focuses on the story of Dan Morgan, a former assassin who must navigate a dangerous road trip with his family after his past is revealed.
Is The Family Plan a road trip movie?
Yes, The Family Plan features a road trip as a central plot element. After his past as an assassin catches up to him, Dan Morgan is forced to take his family on an unusual journey to keep them safe while maintaining his cover.