Father movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant father movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, psychological and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with father, father daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, death, danger, girl, father son relationship, murder and car plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as father: Girl in the Basement (2021), Mulligans (2008), Daddy's Girl (1996), Blended (2014), Train to Busan (2016), Daddy's Home (2015), The Adam Project (2022), The Pit (2016), Marrowbone (2017), Insidious: The Last Key (2018).

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Girl in the Basement (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, dark, mindfuck ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: basement, abusive father, domineering father, hostage, captivity, father and daughter, father, rescue, strict father, violent father, bomb shelter, hidden room ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
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 6.2
 3K
Mulligans (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Like the American classic, The Graduate - secrecy, betrayal, and a painful coming of age face a family in Mulligans, by first time feature film director Chip Hale.
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, gender, infidelity, family relations, gays and lesbians, family life, lgbtq, husband wife relationship, gay slur, father, parents and children, dangerous attraction ...
Place: canada
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 4.8
 778
Daddy's Girl (1996)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A girl's bright smile masks a psychopathic soul that will eliminate anyone who comes between her and her doting father.
Style: scary, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot: killer child, evil child, murder, psychopath, father, family relations, danger, childhood trauma, school, obsession, girl, youth ...
Time: 90s
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If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Dale is a cool, composed, and highly skilled adventurer who's made quite a name for himself despite his youth. One day on a job deep in the forest, he comes across a little devil girl who's almost wasted away. Unable to just leave her ...
Style: anime, captivating, humorous, seinen, suspenseful ...
Plot: little girl, parenthood, daughter, adventurer, father, orphan, demon, drastic change of life, foster child, father daughter relationship, slice of life, magic ...
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 6.5
 143K
Blended (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Style: feel good, funny, romantic, light, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, kids
Plot: single parent, youth, fall in love, parents and children, single father, love story, opposites attract, love and romance, vacation, children, father daughter relationship, happy ending ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: africa, south africa, hawaii, usa
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 7.6
 255K
Train to Busan (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style: suspense, apocalyptic, emotional, tense, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, virus, survival, epidemic, apocalypse, pandemic, train, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, undead, living dead ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, busan, east asia, china ...
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 6.2
 128K
Daddy's Home (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story of a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) 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 ...
Style: funny, sweet, entertaining, satirical, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father, children, uninhibited rivalry, christmas, kids and family, parents, stepfather stepson relationship, parenting, step parent, divorce, dumb, bullying ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: louisiana
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The Adam Project (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
Style: enigmatic, funny, mysterious, disturbing, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: time travel, father, time, child, suv, female warrior, travel, space, assignment, death of father, astronaut, dystopia ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s
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 7.6
 19K
The Pit (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.
Style: rough, captivating, suspense, touching, surprise ending
Plot: father, mafia, chase, death, violence, kidnapping, betrayal, gunfight, rescue, marriage, family relations, father son relationship ...
Place: istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 39K
Marrowbone (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, scary, tense, slasher ...
Plot: ghost, mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, sibling relationship, abandoned house, murder, death of mother, split personality, schizophrenic, loss of mother, attic ...
Time: 60s, year 2017, year 1969
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Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, N.M., to investigate a man's claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family's old home.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, demonic ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, spirit, medium, haunted, psychic, father daughter relationship, supernatural horror, kidnapped girl, evil spirit, demon ...
Time: year 1953, year 2010, 1950s
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Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 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.
Style: romantic, sentimental, feel good, rom com, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, single father, love story, storytelling, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, true love, daughter, divorce, best friends in love, love, male female friendship, father ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, year 1994, year 1992, 20th century ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, new york state, usa, wisconsin
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 6.7
 174K
Commando (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, ...
Style: tense, action packed, serious, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, one man army, hostage, commando, machine gun, rescue, revenge, tough guy, gunfight, villain, machismo, warrior ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: california, los angeles, latin america
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 6.3
 31K
Hours (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: natural disaster, father, hurricane katrina, newborn baby, hurricane, evacuation, hospital, race against time, childbirth, exhaustion, danger, parents and children ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
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The Breadwinner (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Style: rough, heartbreaking, sincere, suspense, sad ...
Audience: kids
Plot: poverty, disguise, prison, imprisonment, religious intolerance, storytelling, tyranny, friendship, female protagonist, gender disguise, taliban, father daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 2000s
Place: afghanistan
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 7.3
 35K
The Way (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to ...
Style: emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: travel, road trip, journey, traveler, pilgrimage, death of son, self discovery, redemption, on the road, grief, wanderlust, father ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, france, iberian peninsula, europe
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Don't Make Me Go (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, teen, road movie
Audience: teen drama
Plot: road trip, terminal illness, father, teenager, life is a bitch, single father, family relations, illness, father and daughter, single parent, teenage girl, search for mother ...
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 14K
Hardcore (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in the porno pits of Los Angeles.
Style: neo noir, disturbing, erotic, psychological, art house ...
Plot: porn industry, sex, female nudity, private detective, making love, strip club, sex worker, father, sleaze, sexuality, prostitution, porn ...
Time: year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, san francisco, michigan ...
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the ...
Style: breathtaking, entertaining, exciting, epic, action packed ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, manly ...
Plot: treasure hunt, holy grail, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, map, artifact, treasure, knight, father son relationship, mythology, indiana jones ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1989, 90s, year 1912 ...
Place: germany, israel, utah, san francisco, venice ...
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. ...
Style: serious, suspense, disturbing, cerebral, epic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: oil, greed, character study, ambition, capitalism, money, rise to the top, rivalry, visceral, psychopath, religion, business ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 19th century ...
Place: california, texas, los angeles, america, persia ...
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Road to Perdition (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Style: harsh, atmospheric, visually stunning, bleak, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mafia, vengeance, organized crime, hitman, criminal's revenge, violence, revenge, road trip, murder, on the road, on the run, assassin ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1931, year 2002
Place: illinois, chicago, usa, persia, michigan
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 7.4
 115K
Frequency (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal ...
Style: psychological, feel good, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: time travel, radio, father son relationship, investigation, parallel universe, butterfly effect, time, altering history, murder, serial killer, changing the past or future, rescue ...
Time: future, year 1969, year 1999, year 2000, y2k ...
Place: new york, usa
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Ode to My Father (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Amid the chaos of refugees fleeing the Korean War in December 1950, a young boy, Duk-soo, sees his fate change in the blink of an eye when he loses track of his younger sister and he leaves his father behind to find her. Settling at Gukje Market in ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, touching, social ...
Plot: family relations, war, father, coal mine, parents and children, hopes, human spirit, friends, coming of age, children in wartime, asian, korean war ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 60s, 70s
Place: korea, south korea, busan
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Bruiser (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: father, father son relationship, machismo, anger management, family problems, relationships, dysfunctional family, teenage life, social problems, teenager, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 23K
After Yang (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and ...
Style: melancholic, unusual plot structure, enigmatic, philosophical, underground film ...
Plot: robot, foster child, artificial intelligence, father, androids, loss, mourning, family relations, parents and children, death, family problems, society ...
Time: future
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 7.2
 292K
The Patriot (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story: After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style: period piece, dramatic, rough, uplifting, factual ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: american revolution, war, freedom, revolution, military, battles, vengeance, rebellion, human spirit, heroic mission, wartime, combat ...
Time: 18th century, year 2000, georgian era, y2k, 1780s ...
Place: south carolina, america, southern usa, virginia, britain ...
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Scream of Fear (1961)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, disability, chauffeur, father, female protagonist, uncover truth, investigation, corpse, false identity, piano, mistaken identity, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place: france, french riviera, cote d'azur, riviera
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage girl, killer child, orphan, pedophilia, poisoning, child, underage sex, friendship, murder, father, life is a bitch, introspection ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: maine
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 179K
Searching (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: missing person, father daughter relationship, found footage, social media, missing child, internet, mysterious disappearance, search and rescue, disappearance, facebook, instagram, missing daughter ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2017, year 2019, year 2015 ...
Place: persia, california, pittsburgh
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 6.0
 1K
Sticky Notes (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of an emotionally detached backup dancer named Athena, who must return home to Florida to help care for her estranged father, Jack, after he gets diagnosed with cancer. There she must contend with Jack’s irresponsible lifestyle while ...
Style: touching, thought provoking, rough, erotic, independent film
Plot: dancer, cancer, father, estrangement, girl, dancing, doctor, plot twist, loss of father, female protagonist, rehearsal, little girl ...
Place: florida, los angeles
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