Overbearing parent movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant overbearing parent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good, captivating, not serious and sitcom films and TV shows about / with overbearing parent, family relations, parents and children, father son relationship, couples, youth, love, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship and lifestyle plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as overbearing parent: 8 Simple Rules (2002), The Virgin Suicides (1999), All Good Things (2010), The Return (2003), Dead Poets Society (1989), Grounded for Life (2001), The Piano Teacher (2001), Shine (1996), King of the Hill (1997), Gilmore Girls (2000).

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 27K
8 Simple Rules (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: What happens to a loving, rational Dad when his darling, pliable daughters morph into hormonally-challenged, incomprehensible teenagers? If he's Paul Hennessy, he reacts in ways even he finds crazy. Thank God he has a 13-year-old son who still ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, realistic, touching, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: teenage daughter, family relations, popularity, overbearing parent, family problems, parents and children, suburban life, siblings relations, family life, lifestyle, bittersweet, couples ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, michigan, detroit
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, depressing, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: suicide, suburbs, depression, overbearing parent, suicide attempt, teenager, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, teenage life, coming of age, friendship, suicidal ...
Time: 70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, yale university
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All Good Things (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: murder, disappearance, mentally unstable, overbearing parent, divorce, abusive husband, investigation, dysfunctional marriage, missing person, twists and turns, justice, obsession ...
Time: 80s, year 2010, future, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, los angeles, vermont ...
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 7.9
 47K
The Return (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
Style: bleak, art house, road movie, atmospheric, cerebral ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, brother, journey, survival, children, parents and children, father son relationship, existentialism, wilderness, childhood, on the road, character study ...
Time: year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union
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Dead Poets Society (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style: philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: teacher, suicide, coming of age, friendship, poetry, poet, mentor, philosophy, teachers and students, literature, youth, teenager ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1989, year 1959
Place: vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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Grounded for Life (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be ...
Style: sitcom, funny, feel good, witty, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: everyday life, overbearing parent, family values, dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, disorder, society, nothing goes right, youth, family life ...
Time: y2k, 90s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Piano Teacher (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style: sexual, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, teacher, mother daughter relationship, sexual relations, desire, rape, masochism, fetish, sex, perversion ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, france, austria, europe, vienna
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 7.6
 56K
Shine (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Style: inspirational, emotional, feel good, intense, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: music, classical music, piano, biopic, pianist, prodigy, schizophrenia, child prodigy, psychology, father son relationship, mental illness, genius ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 1950s, 60s, 70s
Place: australia, middle east, oceania, london, south australia
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King of the Hill (1997)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, ...
Style: adult animation, adult cartoon, witty, animated comedy, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: ordinary person, small town, youth, couples, teenage life, family life, substitute teacher, suburban life, redneck, couple relations, friendship, social relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
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 8.2
 147K
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: small town, teenager, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend, friends, female protagonist, small town life, teenage life, looking for love, single mother, first love, everyday life ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: yale university, connecticut, usa, new england
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Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom starring Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, and Peter Boyle. It originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: overbearing parent, parents and children, family tradition, family life, family values, couple relations, siblings relations, eccentric family, marital problem, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, long island, usa
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 6.9
 7K
Trophy Wife (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The third time's the charm, they say, and reformed party girl Kate is hoping that's true when she becomes the third wife of a slightly older man, Pete. They fell into each others' arms (literally) at a karaoke bar, and flash forward a ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, light ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: parents and children, mischievous children, fish out of water, overbearing parent, youth, family relations, couple relations, disorder, teenage life, friends, storytelling, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Arthur (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman, his family doesn't like.
Style: funny, melancholic, entertaining, stylized, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: inheritance, man child, life philosophy, happy ending, relationships, mentor, domineering mother, overbearing parent, fall in love, disorder, goofy hero, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city
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 7.6
 5K
Vitus (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.
Style: sincere, semi serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot: child prodigy, prodigy, boy, youth, music, coming of age, childhood, family relations, pianist, parents and children, overbearing parent, friendship ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
Style: feel good, romantic, funny, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: wedding, culture clash, mother daughter relationship, greek, bride and groom, prejudice, dysfunctional family, love and romance, stereotypes, makeover, parents and children, parent child relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece, chicago, usa
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 8.0
 41K
The Goldbergs (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the ...
Style: retro, humorous, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: childhood, father daughter relationship, family life, family relations, parents and children, overbearing parent, teenage life, family values, three generations, brother sister relationship, teenager, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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The Kings of Summer (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, ...
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, funny, emotional ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, runaway, summer, friendship, high school, lifestyle change, teenage runaway, wilderness, teenage protagonist, forest, hospital, teenager ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa
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Two and a Half Men (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: beach house, teenager, odd couple, friends, silly humor, womanizer, roommate, slacker, lifestyle, parents and children, sibling relationship, single parent ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, malibu california, usa
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 6.8
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18 to Life (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: 18 to Life is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on January 4, 2010, on CBC Television. The series is shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, funny, captivating ...
Plot: young adult, newlyweds, couples, newlywed, sexual exploration, family relations, neighbor, youth, couple relations, parents and children, young lovers, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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$#*! My Dad Says (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: $#*! My Dad Says is an American television sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Television that aired on CBS. It was based on the Twitter feed Shit My Dad Says, created by Justin Halpern and consisting of quotations from his father, Sam. The show ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Plot: living with parents, eccentric family, parents and children, generation gap, family relations, writer's life, lifestyle, elderly, family life, twentysomething life, oldtimer, overbearing parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Gary Unmarried (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gary Unmarried is an American sitcom created by Ed Yeager, which ran on CBS from September 24, 2008 to March 17, 2010. The series focuses on a recently divorced couple sharing custody of their kids while starting new relationships. The show was ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: dating, divorced parents, breakup, family problems, parents and children, ex couple relations, overbearing parent, family relations, couples, starting over, couple relations, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Sound of Music (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style: feel good, sentimental, christian film, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, toddlers, kids ...
Plot: world war two, nanny, love, love story, love and romance, convent, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, nazi, nun, children, single father ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1938, 50s, 1900s ...
Place: austria, europe, alps
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 8.2
 17K
Miranda (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she's around her crush Gary.
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: comedian, dating, female protagonist, family relations, love and romance, crush, disorder, couples, unsupportive parent, nothing goes right, lifestyle, living with parents ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Minor Freedoms (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Set in the Greek highlands, the story presents a violent, domineering man who deals in the trafficking of emigrants and young, Balkan prostitutes. Addicted to drugs and mentally unstable, the man's teenage daughter Fanny succumbs to her ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot: prostitution, forced prostitution, sex slavery, slave girl, child prostitution, domineering father, sexual awakening, overbearing parent, teenage prostitute, slave trade, power relations, life is a bitch ...
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To the Left of the Father (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Brazilian baroque. The young son that ran from his dominant family, descends into decadence and then returns to the nest. With melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts and an overheated and intense visual style to ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: incest, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, family life, parents and children, destructive relationship, love and romance, couples, countryside, love affair ...
Time: 1940s
Place: brazil, latin america
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Evil Stepmothers (2016)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: These real-life evil women are intent on making their family's lives a living hell. From dividing the family to dividing up bodies, these twisted and demented bloodthirsty step-monsters only have one thing in mind ... themselves.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
Plot: murder, stepmother, stepmother stepson relationship, parents, evil stepmother, child abuse, domestic violence, investigation, overbearing parent, family problems, strong violent content, murderer ...
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Spoiled Brats (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The billionaire is tired of the whims of his own children and decides to teach them a lesson. He announces to them that he has become bankrupt. Now spoiled teenagers will have to do what they have never done: go to work, learn to love and value life.
Style: realistic, light, absurd, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: billionaire, high society, greed, money, rich man, irresponsible, family disapproval, upscale, society, hotel, silly humor, love and romance ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: france
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 5.2
 2K
The Phenom (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Major-league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson has lost his focus. After choking on the mound, he’s sent down to the minors and prescribed sessions with an unorthodox sports therapist, who pushes him to uncover the origins of his anxiety.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, cult classic
Plot: therapy, drinking, pitcher, athlete's life, drinking alcohol, overbearing parent, self discovery, introspection, social problems, family problems, athlete and trainer, troubled past ...
Time: year 2015
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3 Days with Dad (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother, and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, light
Plot: life, relationship problems, family relations, overbearing parent, domineering mother, confronting the past, parents and children, relationships, dealing with the past, revelation, family problems, father son relationship ...
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MotherFatherSon (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 459 min.
TV show
Story: Max is a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. When the self-destructive lifestyle of his 30 year-old son, Caden, spirals out of control, the devastating consequences threaten the future of ...
Style: captivating, psychological thriller
Plot: investigation, journalism, self made man, family crisis, wealthy family, businessman, privilege, media, political party, father son relationship, family relations, drug ...
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