Absent father movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant absent father movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, touching, psychological, realistic, serious and sincere films and TV shows about / with absent father, family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, youth, family problems, coming of age, father, dysfunctional family and bad father plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as absent father: Flower (2017), Abel's Field (2012), Painkillers (2014), Jumbo (2020), Shadow on the Mesa (2013), Boy (2010), Love Like Poison (2010), Instant Family (2018), Close-Ups (2014), Second Best (1994).

List of absent father movies

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 6.0
 10K
Flower (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to ...
Style: touching, suspense, road movie, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, chase, child molestation, teenager, 17 year old, sexual promiscuity, father son relationship, teenage girl, teenage boy, absent father, father daughter relationship, murder ...
Time: year 2016
Place: paris france, mexico
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 6.4
 738
Abel's Field (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Seth McArdle (Samuel Davis) is a high school senior with an especially full plate. Not only must he navigate the usual social and academic pitfalls of high school, but he has to contend with his young twin sisters, serving as de facto parent in the ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, christian film
Plot: absent father, school, orphan, family relations, life is a bitch, youth, christian, responsibility, fight, faith, bad father, death of mother ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.5
 723
Painkillers (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Casper (Gijs Blom) has never met his father and lives alone with his mother Marit (Birgit Schuurman). He likes to spend his free time playing the piano, so he is thrilled when he is chosen to become a pianist in a youth orchestra – and especially ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage love, family relations, parents and children, absent father, single parent, coming of age, youth, teenage life, friendship, love and romance, terminal illness, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe, prague, central europe
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 6.1
 1K
Jumbo (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jeanne, a shy young woman, works as a night guard at an amusement park and has a close relationship with her mother. While no man can compete with this opposed duo, Jeanne begins to develop strange romantic feelings for Jumbo, the latest attraction ...
Style: psychological, melancholic, touching, talky, sexy ...
Plot: mental illness, absent father, sexuality, male nudity, autism, sexual perversion, mother daughter relationship, lgbt, youth, escapades, love and romance, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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Shadow on the Mesa (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Wes Rawlins is considered one of the best bounty hunters in the West. His life changes when he finds out that his mother is dead and the man responsible is still at large. Wes believes that his long lost father Ray Eastman is responsible and sets ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: gunfight, sheriff, bounty hunter, father son relationship, fighting crime, bandit, absent father, fight for justice, loss of mother, father son reunion, murder investigation, investigation ...
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 7.5
 29K
Boy (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story: It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for ...
Style: touching, humorous, surreal, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot: coming of age, childhood, absent father, youth, small town, daydreamer, family relations, father son relationship, mischievous children, parents and children, unsupportive parent, robbery ...
Time: 80s, year 2010, 2010s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: new zealand, oceania
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Love Like Poison (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, faith, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, religion, belief in god, crisis of faith, self discovery, teenage love, moral dilemma, clergy, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, brittany, europe
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 7.3
 119K
Instant Family (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from ...
Style: feel good, sweet, funny, sincere, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot: adoption, parenting, foster home, foster parent, adoptive father adopted son relationship, adolescence, couples, parents and children, family relations, court hearing, children, anger ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 5.3
 208
Close-Ups (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 76 min.
Story: 37-year-old Marta gets married and wants to have a baby. But her toxic relationship with overbearing mother complicates her life in many ways.
Style: psychological, captivating, serious, sincere
Plot: mother in law son in law relationship, overprotective mother, mother daughter relationship, absent father, husband wife relationship, marital argument, domineering mother, dysfunctional family, sculptor, pregnancy, jealousy, desperation ...
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 6.8
 2K
Second Best (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Style: serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: orphan, adoption, social worker, man boy relationship, single parent, absent father, coming of age, family problems, parents and children, hopes, family relations, friendship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: england, europe, wales
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The Conrad Boys (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After his mother dies, 19-year-old Charlie Conrad skips college to raise his 9-year-old brother, Ben, in this moving drama. But the heavy responsibility soon causes Charlie to yearn for a normal life. Things start to look up when he embarks on a ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, lgbt, family relations, first love, college, dysfunctional family, absent father, child as adult, longing, love and romance, youth ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.7
 8K
Little Men (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece, Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute ...
Style: social, sentimental, captivating, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: boy, father son relationship, 13 year old, bullying, best friend, landlord tenant relationship, coming of age, friendship, aspiring actor, teacher, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
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All Summers End (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenager tries to deal with his guilty conscience after his role in a prank that causes the death of his girlfriend's older brother.
Style: psychological, sincere, touching, rough, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: young love, small town, coming of age, confession, love, absent father, working mom, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, peer pressure, teenager, boyhood, petty theft ...
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 6.4
 67K
Blood Father (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Style: suspense, stylized, harsh, road movie, tense ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, teenage girl, ex convict, on the run, revenge, survival, redemption, road trip, alcoholic, race against time, gangster, chase ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: california, new mexico, santa monica california
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You Don't Get Life a Second Time (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, Spain
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Mumbai-based Kabir Dhiman, who comes from a wealthy building construction family, proposes to his long-time girlfriend, Natasha, much to the delight of both their respective families. He then gets together with one of two of his close friends, Imran ...
Style: road movie, entertaining, realistic, philosophical, semi serious ...
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, travel, friendship, extreme sport, friends, hindu, free spirited, obsessive quest, self discovery, fall in love, engaged, wedding preparations and rituals ...
Time: y2k, year 2011, 21st century
Place: spain, middle east
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 5.3
 3K
Loverboy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
Style: psychological, sentimental, serious, touching, erotic ...
Plot: obsession, mental illness, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, parents and children, life is a bitch, single parent, family problems, family relations, teenage life, babies and infants, possessiveness ...
Time: year 2005
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 6.1
 1K
Peel (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After his father takes his two brothers and high tails it, Peel is forced to grow up in a state of arrested development. Once his mother dies, he must forge his own path and attempts to find his lost brethren.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: roommate, abandoned, grownups, family problems, absent father, socially awkward, loss of mother, social misfits, dysfunctional family, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, search for father ...
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 6.7
 2K
The Intruder (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Louis Trebor, a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border. He has heart problems, seeks a transplant, and then goes in search of a son sired years before in Tahiti. Told elliptically, with few words, we see ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, estrangement, family problems, family relations, parents and children, terminal illness, going straight, redemption, angel of death, transplant, black market ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: tahiti, europe, france, geneva switzerland
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 6.4
 297
Leftie (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Futuristic movie about Alejandro, a gifted left-handed child marble player who must win a competition as the entire town's hopes - and money - rest on him.
Style: serious, futuristic, exciting, captivating, gloomy ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, ambition, folk hero, uninhibited rivalry, society, dystopian future, rivalry, clergy, dishonesty, underdog, child hero, absent father ...
Time: future, year 2003
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 5.6
 49
Super-Dad (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, South Africa
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A sperm donor is confronted by his 99 children, when a disclosure is sued.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: sperm donor, biological father, financial problem, pregnant girlfriend, absent father, father son relationship, paternity revealed, fatherhood, large family, kids and family, father, family problems ...
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 5.8
 1K
Almost Mercy (2015)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jackson and Emily aren't like the other kids. Two burgeoning sociopaths on the brink of total meltdown. Ticking time bombs seeking revenge. Who will unravel first?
Style: suspense, serious, psychological, rough, scary ...
Plot: bullying, revenge, killing spree, high school student, infidelity, drug use, suicide attempt, absent father, sociopath, mentally unstable, serial killer, survival ...
Place: rhode island
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A Soldier's Love Story (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ten year old Jared Marshall's life crumbled down after his parents' divorce a year ago. Not only does his dad put his job first since, mother uproots him from Iowa by moving in with her ma so she can take a job in California. When ...
Style: touching, semi serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: love and romance, fall in love, dating, family relations, single parent, soldier, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, single mother, absent father, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, bosnia, europe, usa
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 6.7
 555
Mad Bastards (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: TJ is a mad bastard, and his estranged 13‐year‐old son Bullet is on the fast track to becoming one, too. After being turned away from his mother’s house, TJ sets off across the country to the Kimberly region of northwestern Australia to make ...
Style: captivating, sincere, touching, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, father son reunion, self discovery, starting over, redemption, parent child relationship, going straight, hopes, introspection, estrangement, parents and children, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Man Who Dies to Live (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: In the late 1970's, Jang Dal-Goo went to the Middle East and settled down in the small kingdom. He became Count Souad Fahd Ali and found success there, but he returns to South Korea to find his daughter. He appears in front his daughter Lee ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: absent father, family life, unknown father, father, father daughter relationship, lifestyle, estranged father, family problems, lifestyle change, family relations
Place: korea
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 6.3
 3K
The Lake (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: After returning from abroad after a break-up with his long-term partner, Justin plans to connect with his teenage daughter he gave up for adoption. His plans to make new memories with his daughter at the family cottage go awry when he discovers his ...
Style: psychological, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: gay, daughter, sister, absent father, father, biological father, father daughter relationship, estranged father, satire, family relations, inheritance, brother sister relationship ...
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The Festival of Troubadours (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, road movie
Plot: father son relationship, father son reunion, son, relationship problems, family relations, family reunited, self discovery, dysfunctional family, kids and family, father, illness, parents and children ...
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A Father's Legacy (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the run and bleeding a young man ends up at a pond house where he meets an old man (Tobin Bell) and holds him hostage in his own home. As the days pass and the secrets about their past are revealed, they learn that they might not have been ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: father, father son relationship, hostage, family secret, estranged father, family problems, parents and children, change of luck, family relations, search for father, father and son, absent father
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 4.5
 189
Bootleg Dad (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ian discovers that André, a former soap opera star and current alcoholic is his real father. Ian decides to go work at his ruined mascot business where he finds a place populated by extravagant people and discovers the meaning of fatherhood.
Style: captivating, entertaining, sincere
Plot: parenthood, teenager, fatherhood, humour, search for father, family relations, father, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, paternity revealed, absent father ...
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 6.0
 228
El frijol (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Amarte así, aka Frijolito, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Litzy, Mauricio Ochmann, Roberto Mateos, and Carla Peterson. It was written by Enrique Torres, directed by Heriberto ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, inspirational, touching, feel good ...
Plot: mother son relationship, friendship, human relationship, family reunited, life philosophy, white lie, father son relationship, love of one's life, destiny, hopes, redemption, encounter ...
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 5.9
 939
Daddy's Girl (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Italian remake of the Mexican 2013 hit, "We the nobles"
Style: funny, ironic, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: slacker, lack of money, job seeking, family relations, rich and poor, spoiled brat, re-education, fraud, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, family business, rich kid ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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