Paris, Texas (1984) | 8.1 | |
Shoplifters (2018) | 7.9 | |
American Beauty (1999) | 8.3 | |
Patrick Melrose (2018) | 8.0 | |
Big Fish (2003) | 8.0 |
Father son relationship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant father son relationship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, independent film, realistic, serious, suspense and emotional films and TV shows about / with father son relationship, family relations, parents and children, father, boy, coming of age, youth, teenager, teenage boy and bare chested male plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
father son relationship
TOP 10 movies tagged as father son relationship: Starred Up (2013), For My Brother (2014), Father and Son (2003), The Road (2009), Joe (2013), Brad's Status (2017), Ordinary People (1980), Pelle the Conqueror (1987), Midnight Special (2016), C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005).
Best films
New films
DogMan (2023) | 6.7 | |
Cocaine Bear (2023) | 5.9 | |
My Perfect Stranger (2023) | 8.0 | |
Jamojaya (2023) | 6.8 | |
Detective Forst (2024) | 5.5 |
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already ...
Style:
psychological, tense, rough, serious, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, prison life, violence, juvenile delinquent, male pubic hair, nudity, male nudity, manipulation, character study, therapist, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ethiopia, ireland, britain, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The two brothers Aske (17 years old) and Bastian (12 years old) live with their father, Lasse. Their mother died seven years earlier. Every day they live in a world where fear, violence and alcohol are huge factors, but where the brothers' ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspense, touching, independent film
Plot:
brother brother relationship, child prostitution, pedophilia, child abuse, father son relationship, mistreatment, brothers, incest, sexual perversion, boy, homosexual rape, human trafficking ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A small family "a father and a son" lives on the top floor of an old house. The father retired from the military, when he was a student in flight school, he experienced the first and the only love of his life. This girl became his wife and ...
Style:
serious, psychological, touching, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
father son relationship, youth, family relations, soldier, parents and children, single parent, haunted by the past, human nature, homosexual subtext, adolescence vs adulthood, lgbt, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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253K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, father son relationship, cannibalism, end of the world, dystopia, starvation, on the road, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
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51K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Style:
touching, dark, atmospheric, depressing, southern gothic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, child abuse, alcoholic, coming of age, friendship, woods, teenage boy, small town, hopes, teenager, character study, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
texas, midwest, britain, usa, mississippi
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, thought provoking, light, cult classic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, midlife crisis, old friend, musician, jealousy, envy, wealth, introspection, husband wife relationship, group of friends, college professor, friendship ...
Place:
sacramento california, harvard university, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style:
depressing, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, therapy, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, depression, grief, suicide, coming of age, father son relationship, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, middle east, houston texas ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, compassionate, disturbing, meditative ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
father son relationship, coming of age, boy, immigrant, poverty, working class, farm, children, bullying, corporal punishment, youth, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, 1870s, 1890s
Place:
denmark, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Style:
futuristic, road movie, atmospheric, tricky, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
father son relationship, supernatural, on the run, chase, superhuman powers, parallel universe, kidnapping, supernatural ability, fbi, goggles, existentialism, survival ...
Time:
distant future, year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Morocco, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, ...
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay, homosexual, childhood, father son relationship, drug addict, gender, lgbtq, gay teenager, glbt, gay interest, teenage boy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2005, y2k ...
Place:
canada, quebec, holy land, israel, jerusalem ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One ...
Style:
thought provoking, semi serious, sincere, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
father son relationship, lottery ticket, gambling, slice of life, writers, private detective, easy woman, money problems, storm, divorce, family relations, lie ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
east asia, japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jack is now out of jail and he meets Nick, his adolescent son. Their relationship will be complicated, because Jack has a problem with alcohol. But his love for Nick will help him to get over the past and reach his dreams.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, rough ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
father son relationship, adaptation, complex characters, boy, starting over, prison, going straight, estrangement, family relations, prisoner, society, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place:
seattle, usa, alaska, washington state
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Romania, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, ...
Style:
sentimental, disturbing, sincere, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
father son relationship, single father, single parent, dying father, terminal illness, foster home, family relations, father, adoption, parents and children, father and son, relationships ...
Place:
northern ireland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, church, psycho killer, serial murder, dark past, man kills a woman, double life, teenage boy, small town, investigation, bad guys win ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
midwest
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230K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, road movie, touching, culinary ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
cooking, chef, food, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, father son relationship, parent child relationship, starting over, restaurant owner, business, divorce ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, future, y2k, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Thirteen years old Achille is waiting for his father to return from prison. Will everything go as planned and could the family survive?
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, prison, boy in peril, responsibility, coming of age, betrayal, teenage boy, gangster, girlfriend, skinny dipping, brutality, life is a bitch ...
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"The Sum of Us" is an Aussie story about a father and a son both searching for love and sharing an unconventional bond. Harry, the father, is the caring and open-minded "mate" that borders on annoyance. His son Jeff ...
Style:
feel good, touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, father son relationship, lgbt, gays and lesbians, single father, lgbtq, looking for love, loneliness, gay interest, love and romance, widower, gay lead character ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
australia, sydney australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.
Style:
touching, disturbing, sincere, lgbt cinema, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, father son relationship, gay teenager, rural setting, gay relationship, lgbt, male male relationship, lgbtq, love, gay couple, gay interest, gay lead character ...
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45K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down with a desperate plea for help.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
father son relationship, fishing boat, ex wife, husband, fisherman, abusive husband, fishing, tuna, domestic violence, wife plots to kill husband, boat, video game ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
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353K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the near-future, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After Charlie's robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Style:
futuristic, feel good, exciting, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
boxing, robot, father son relationship, underdog, androids and robots, technology, against the odds, parents and children, boy, contests and competitions, artificial intelligence, arena ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, near future, 2020s ...
Place:
usa, iran, detroit, austin texas, brazil
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police ...
Style:
suspense, detective, talky, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
father son relationship, police investigation, murder, guilt, redemption, drug addict, grandfather grandson relationship, homicide detective, police corruption, depression, justice, family bonds ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, manic, uncover truth, couples, youth, family in danger, twists and turns, stepfather, hidden identity, psychopath, murder, family problems ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon, salt lake city utah
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Norway
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Christian, a visionary scientist, studies wild geese. For his son, a teenager obsessed with video games, the idea of spending a holiday with his father in the wilderness is a nightmare. However, father and son will get together around a crazy ...
Style:
sincere, scenic, touching, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
animal rescue, goose, wildlife, obsessive quest, ex husband ex wife relationship, father son relationship, teenager, parents and children, bird, endangered species, migration, ecology ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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495K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style:
emotional, rough, serious, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
martial arts, mixed martial arts, boxing, courage, brother brother relationship, fight scenes, underdog, muscleman, teacher, brothers, estrangement, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
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42K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scenic, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly
Plot:
father son relationship, cocaine, wilderness, daughter, home invasion, mountain cabin, archery, mercilessness, fight, drug, murder, fight to the death ...
Time:
future, 2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, single father, mars, writers, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
father son relationship, memory, coming of age, teenager, loneliness, reconciliation, family relations, character study, parenthood, life, death, writers ...
Time:
year 2007, 80s, 60s, year 1962, year 1989
Place:
brighton, london
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92K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father son relationship, drug lord, drug dealing, agent, prison, protective parent, organized crime, secret service, family relations, police investigation, suspicion, frame up ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, revenge, blackmail, dysfunctional family, surgeon, obsession, mysterious stranger, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, recovering alcoholic, desperation, dead father ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
ancient greece, ireland
Is relevant ?
191K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, dating, bullying, friendship, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, christmas, boy, mentor, motherhood, couples ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe
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