Estranged parent movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant estranged parent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, thought provoking, sentimental and clever films and TV shows about / with estranged parent, family relations, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, redemption, dialogue, storytelling, gun, parents and children and mentor plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
estranged parent
TOP 10 movies tagged as estranged parent: Home Alone (1990), Twenty Dollar Star (1990), Wimbledon (2004), Only We Can Love Like This (1988), Nightbeats (2009), Armed Hands (2012), Shelter (2008), Incident in a Small Town (1994), Johnny (1999), A Reflection of Fear (1972).
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List of estranged parent movies
599K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, preschoolers ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, children, youth, when the parents are away, child protagonist, home invasion, child, precocious child, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new york, illinois, france ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A successful Hollywood actress by day prowls the streets at night as a sex worker.
Plot:
insanity, nude, movie star, abuse, blackmail, female nudity, prostitution, prostitute, craziness, deception, father daughter relationship, double life ...
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65K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
Style:
feel good, romantic, humorous, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
sport, tennis, love, ambition, tennis player, underdog, cheerleading, love story, couple relations, motivation, career, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, new york, big ben london, australia ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Anneli is soon to be 17 years old. She lives alone with her mother and can barely remember her father who left the family 10 years ago. One day she receive a letter from her father, who is a helicopter pilot up north. Anneli decides to visit him, ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
single mother, small town, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, party, young love, estranged parent, teenager, disco, helicopter pilot, female nudity, sex scene ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A contemporary noir set entirely at night Nightbeats is an homage to the classic noirs of the 1940's, though told as a contemporary drama, not a gumshoe satire, Nightbeats follow the lives of five people over four nights. Over these nights ...
Style:
neo noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stripper, drug addiction, drug addict, prostitution, female singer, estranged parent, night, striptease, nightclub singer, father, strip club, blindness ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucas and his team are after a gang of Serbian criminals using NATO-issued weapons. As the investigation leads him to Paris, Lucas attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, a young narc officer.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, snitch, partners, law enforcement, partners against crime, informant, chase, drug bust, police, investigation, bankruptcy, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, marseille, paris france
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167
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With a catastrophic event rapidly approaching, 18 people vie for 10 spots in the small town's only bomb shelter.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, epic, bleak, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chaos, apocalypse, small town, disaster, family relations, hopes, society, escapades, clergy, redemption, fight ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Years have passed since Sophie (Wendy Crewson) left the ranch her family calls home to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. The death of her father means that Sophie, now 30, must return to the home she left behind so long ago. Once there, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, nude, rodeo, cattle ranch, small town life, fish out of water, infidelity, parents and children, fall in love, moral dilemma, love and romance, starting over ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told John, but the arrival of Frank back in the town leads him to find out that she not only has been lying ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, aging, small town, murder, power relations, social relations, small town life, haunted by the past, legal, legal action, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, post world war two
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165
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Johnny, the megalomaniac leader of a group of squeegee kids, finds a video camera and pushes his followers into "acting" out increasingly dangerous "scenes".
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
street gang, videotaping, manipulation, urban ghetto life, addiction, teenage life, filmmaking, sexual abuse, city life, down on your luck, realism, kids in trouble ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion he introduces as his fiance. Soon the girl finds herself in the midst of strange goings-on, which evolve into a web of crime and ...
Style:
slasher, surprise ending, psychotronic, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, incest, mental disorder, creepy child, hell, divorce, incestuous desire, child prodigy, biology, puppet, son murders mother, female orgasm ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
native american, teenager, society, youth, indian reservation, american indian, american football, social relations, family problems, death in the family, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south dakota, nebraska
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, talky, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, professor, adultery, college, coming of age, divorce, literature, gay interest, gay, marijuana, eccentricity, character study ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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710
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
lifestyle, family life, childhood, society, life is a bitch, youth, parents and children, revolution, father son relationship, generation gap, drawing, earthquake ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
china, asia, beijing china
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
hip hop, rap, gang, friendship, musician's life, lifestyle, social decay, addiction, down on your luck, artists and showbiz, juvenile delinquency, going straight ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn't helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters into a relationship with Archie, an older man who has plenty of ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
female protagonist, seduction, fall in love, looking for love, unlikely couple, couples, writer's life, writers, older man younger woman relationship, office, love story, magazine editor ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, gloomy, contemplative
Plot:
women, youth, family relations, murder, disbelieving adult, investigation, love and romance, couples, school, parents and children, small town, hotel ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south of france, france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Morocco, USA, Italy, France
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Style:
epic, serious, exciting, realistic, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
sword fight, war, medieval, crusade, battles, knight, warrior, siege, christianity, crusader, king, muslim ...
Time:
12th century, middle ages, 19th century
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, palestine, holy land, england ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
J.W. Katadreuffe is the son of Joba Katadreuffe and A.B. Drevenhaven. Though fully neglected by Joba, Dreverhaven ensures the succesfull career of his son. Mostly unseen, though he sues his son a few times. The son Katadreuffe succeeds, but at great ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, realistic, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
family relations, communism, poverty, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, mentor, corruption, love, hospital, lawyer, court, mother son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
poland, netherlands
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14K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
chess, african american, coming of age, drugs, drug dealing, gangsters, drug lord, gang, drug addiction, father son relationship, ghetto, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, africa, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey
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194K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. ...
Style:
rough, psychological, disturbing, bleak, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
rage, anger, midlife crisis, violence, obsession, urban decay, police officer, vigilante, alienation, losing-it hero, gang, revenge ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kim, a Taekwondo champion decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa ...
Plot:
intergender wrestling, kidnapping, woman, human, mother, father, daughter, girl, fighter, fistfight, aikido, tough guy ...
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30K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, intense, talky, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, gambling, casino, organized crime, gangsters, hollywood, jewish, suspense, ambition, rise and fall, love affair, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945, 70s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris turns out to be a top-grossing rock star who removes Job from ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, sexual, emotional
Plot:
rock star, dancing, family problems, family relations, friends, rising to stardom, ambition, coming of age, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, musician's life, music ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the story about seven very different best friends, and one summer that will bring them together like never before.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
friendship, teenager, camp, coming of age, nanny, children, babysitting, childhood, teenage life, parents and children, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
connecticut, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
redemption, family relations, self discovery, family gatherings, human nature, parents and children, estrangement, runaway, road trip, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, death ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, los angeles, mexico ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style:
bleak, depressing, emotional, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
dog, multiple storylines, forbidden love, machismo, dog fighting, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, rottweiler, vengeance, betrayal, gangsters ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 21st century
Place:
mexico city, latin america, mexico, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A portrait of two couples at a crossroads. What was supposed to be a romantic getaway for two young lovers, turns into an uncomfortable confrontation when the young man's estranged father shows up ... with his own girlfriend. As their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, talky ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, introspection, estrangement, parents and children, dysfunctional family, couple relations, country house, awkward situation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, estranged father, forest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An elderly man's innocent friendship with an eight year old girl is tarnished by the assumptions of a community when the little girl goes missing.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
haunted by the past, friendship, family relations, teenage life, fall in love, working class, love and romance, youth, single parent, death in the family, golden years, false accusation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, france, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
family relations, redemption, rivalry, death in the family, sport team, athlete's life, last will and testament, estrangement, father son relationship, getting home, african american, american football ...
Time:
21st century
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