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, unusual plot structure, serious and visually appealing films and TV shows about / with father son relationship, family relations, youth, parents and children, coming of age, bare chested male, boy, family drama, runaway and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as father son relationship: Starred Up (2013), For My Brother (2014), Pelle the Conqueror (1987), The Confirmation (2016), You'll Never Be Alone (2016), The Road (2009), Call Me by Your Name (2017), Real Steel (2011), Martian Child (2007), The Sum of Us (1994).

List of father son relationship movies

 7.3
 51K
Starred Up (2013)
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, serious, rough, depressing, intense ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: prison, father son relationship, naked man, violence, prison life, juvenile delinquent, nudity, prison guard, hot guys, male nudity, therapist, nude young male ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: ethiopia, ireland, britain, england
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 6.6
 827
For My Brother (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror
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: rough, disturbing, touching, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, child prostitution, child abuse, brothers, sexual perversion, human trafficking, pedophilia, nude boy, mistreatment, boy, incest, father son relationship ...
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Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
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, disturbing, compassionate, meditative, touching ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father son relationship, coming of age, boy, farm, poverty, immigrant, corporal punishment, working class, bullying, children, youth, nordic ...
Time: 19th century, year 1987, 1870s, turn of the century, 1890s
Place: denmark, europe, eastern europe
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The Confirmation (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time ...
Style: light, humorous, touching, political, cult classic ...
Plot: boy, father son relationship, father and son, second marriage, money problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, divorce, confession, boyhood, alcohol abuse, pawnshop ...
Place: washington state
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You'll Never Be Alone (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Introverted Juan, manager of a mannequin factory, lives alone with his eighteen-year-old gay son, Pablo. Whilst Pablo blithely studies dance, Juan is hoping that, after twenty-five years at the firm, his boss will consider him for a partnership. ...
Style: psychological, sincere, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay son, gay, father son relationship, gay latino, gay sex, gay teenager, single father, gay student, homosexuality, homoeroticism, gay interest, hate crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, santiago chile
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 7.2
 269K
The Road (2009)
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, gloomy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
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Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style: touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place: italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
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 7.1
 378K
Real Steel (2011)
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, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: boxing, father son relationship, underdog, robot, androids and robots, technology, against the odds, boy, contests and competitions, giant robot, arena, artificial intelligence ...
Time: future, near future, year 2011, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place: usa, austin texas, iran, north america, brazil ...
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 6.7
 21K
Martian Child (2007)
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: sweet, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: adoption, father son relationship, orphan, childhood trauma, imagination, writers, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, children, single father ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: california
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The Sum of Us (1994)
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: touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbtq, gay interest, father son relationship, gay lead character, gay relationship, lgbt, gays and lesbians, single father, gay son, widower, looking for love ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia
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 6.9
 5K
Fair Haven (2016)
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: lgbt cinema, touching, disturbing, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: gay, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay teenager, gay couple, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, rural setting, lgbt, gay lead character, male male relationship, conversion therapy ...
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Bosch & Rockit (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: As Rockit grapples to understand why his Mum’s not coming home, he embarks on a magical holiday with his father, Bosch, only to discover they’re actually running from the law. Rockit finds a soulmate and then teenage love with Ash Ash, but ...
Style: dramatic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, f word
Plot: father son relationship, surfing, coming of age, running from police, surfer, nature, divorce, father, drug, drug smuggling, drug dealing, drug smuggler ...
Place: australia
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American Heart (1992)
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, rough, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: manly
Plot: father son relationship, boy, adaptation, complex characters, starting over, prison, going straight, family relations, estrangement, prisoner, society, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s, 70s
Place: seattle, usa, alaska, washington state, california
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 6.9
 46K
Boy Erased (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church supported gay conversion program.
Style: thought provoking, psychological, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay teenager, religion, gay interest, church, coming of age, conversion therapy, lgbtqi, homosexuality ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 90s
Place: new york, southern usa, arkansas
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Outside Providence (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law ...
Style: humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school life, teenager, father son relationship, american football, adaptation, high school, family relations, prank, honest, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 90s, y2k, year 1999
Place: usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, new england ...
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 6.6
 2K
Beyto (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him ...
Style: talky, romantic, emotional, touching, crying ...
Plot: lgbt, gay subtext, gay interest, gay couple, gay, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, swimmer, wedding, gay lead character, closeted gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: switzerland, turkey
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 5.4
 49K
Serenity (2019)
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: fishing boat, father son relationship, ex wife, fisherman, abusive husband, tuna, wife plots to kill husband, skinny dipping, boat, domestic violence, nudism, island ...
Time: 2010s
Place: florida
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 7.8
 35K
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
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, sentimental, humorous, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay interest, gender, gay, glbt, homosexual, childhood, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, drug addict, gay teenager, gay bar ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2005, y2k ...
Place: canada, quebec, jerusalem, israel, holy land ...
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 7.3
 248K
Chef (2014)
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: road movie, feel good, inspirational, touching, culinary ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: cooking, food, chef, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, parent child relationship, restaurant owner, father son relationship, divorce, starting over, workplace problem ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, y2k, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
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 5.6
 42K
The Stepfather (2009)
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, slasher, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: serial killer, stepfather, manic, couples, murder, twists and turns, family in danger, youth, sex scene, psychopath, home invasion, serial murder ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, portland oregon, salt lake city utah, new jersey
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A River Runs Through It (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style: sentimental, touching, period piece, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot: coming of age, fishing, father son relationship, childhood, river, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, self discovery, brothers, wilderness, death of brother, gambling ...
Time: 1900s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1992, 1930s ...
Place: montana, usa
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Reinventing Marvin (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young gay man determined to reinvent his life leaves everything behind on his quest for self-realization.
Style: non-linear, psychological, tense, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: gay interest, gay love, gay lead character, gay, gay son, gay relationship, male nudity, gay couple, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, gay club, gay youth ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france
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Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.
Style: thought provoking, sad, factual, melancholic, cynical ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers
Plot: childhood, father son relationship, winnie the pooh, traumatic childhood, writers, biopic, fame, playwright, marital problem, husband wife relationship, bullying, nanny ...
Time: year 1941, post world war one, 1930s, 20th century, future ...
Place: england, new york, london, west end london
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Rites of Passage (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When lawyer DJ Farraday discovers his father has been having an affair, the two drive out to the remote family cabin to talk things over. What neither expects is that DJ's estranged gay brother Campbell will already be there, apparently ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: gay brother, gay, gay relationship, father son relationship, father son estrangement, attorney, criminal, parents and children, estrangement, hostage, manipulation, family problems ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, usa
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 7.3
 24K
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- ...
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot: small town, father son relationship, redemption, thanksgiving, justice, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, aging, elderly, retirement, generation gap ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, new york state, usa, hawaii, new jersey
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Midnight Special (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Style: road movie, futuristic, tricky, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: chase, on the run, father son relationship, parallel universe, woods, goggles, fbi, existentialism, hostage, supernatural, parents and children, superhuman powers ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, distant future, year 2016, 80s ...
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia
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 6.3
 243
Call Me Helen (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Is. This. My. Son? No matter how often Tobias Wilke poses this question, there's always only one answer: Yes! Tobias, can't believe his eyes when he comes to the airport to pick up his 17-year-old son Finn – and learns that Finn is now ...
Style: tense, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: lgbt, bullying, father son relationship, teenager, coming of age, awkward situation, male objectification, seductive woman, female objectification, family relations, nude, culture clash ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco
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 6.6
 120K
Run All Night (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, stylized, tense, serious ...
Plot: revenge, manhunt, gangster, murder, redemption, assassin, father son relationship, organized crime, mobster, mafia, fbi, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, peru, usa, bronx new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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 7.7
 19K
Mahaan (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a ...
Style: surprise ending, cult classic, independent film, epic, masterpiece
Plot: violence, father son relationship, gangster, brutality, mafia, revenge, friendship, fight, gang, mob boss, vengeance, blood ...
Time: 2020s, 90s
Place: india
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End of Sentence (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, USA, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following ...
Style: road movie, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: father son relationship, road trip, father son estrangement, death of wife, last wish, death of mother, car theft, pub, guard dog, bare chested male, boyhood, suburbs ...
Time: future
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, northern ireland, alabama
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