Surrogate father movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant surrogate father movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, crying, weird, independent film and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with surrogate father, father son relationship, family relations, murder, death, fight, friendship, youth, death of father and coming of age plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as surrogate father: The Proposition (1998), Anchor and Hope (2017), In Your Absence (2008), Geppetto (2000), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), Father & Son (2015), Just Like at Home (1978), Spider-Man (2002), Red Cherry (1995), Role Models (2008).

List of surrogate father movies

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The Proposition (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is ...
Style: absurd, melancholic, sincere, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot: priest in love, infertility, adultery, love triangle, human nature, dangerous attraction, fall in love, family problems, crumbling marriage, society, forbidden sex, dishonesty ...
Time: 1930s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: boston, usa, europe, england
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Anchor and Hope (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Eva and Kat enjoy a carefree existence on their houseboat on a London canal. Until Eva's dream of becoming a mother is reignited by the death of their pet. Kat just wants to get a new cat. But when Kat's best friend, Roger, visits from ...
Style: sexy, touching, psychological, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian couple, lesbian love, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, surrogate father, pregnancy, gay, lesbian teen, love and romance, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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In Your Absence (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 13-year-old Pablo is a quiet, lonely boy with a troubled past. His only friend is Julia, a shameless 15-year-old girl who is more than willing to help Pablo with his transition from childhood to adolescence, and give him some advice on sex, love and ...
Style: emotional, serious, disturbing, captivating, art house ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: coming of age, boy, stranger, teenage girl, nudity, sexual exploration, masturbation, male nudity, 13 year old, flashback, surrogate father, man boy relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: andalusia, spain
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 5.3
 788
Geppetto (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father.
Style: stylized, feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: youth, puppet, pinocchio, family relations, young heroes, friendship, mischievous children, parents and children, surrogate father, escapades, miraculous event, child in peril ...
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Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a ...
Style: suspense, psychotronic, anamorphic, saga, retro ...
Plot: dinosaur, animal attack, disaster, creature, prehistoric creature, monster, creature feature, tyrannosaurus rex, jurassic park, genetics, wild animal, predator ...
Time: jurassic, 2020s, future
Place: texas, italy, malta, alaska, utah ...
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 4.9
 157
Father & Son (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Thailand
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A story about a gay dad who has raised his surrogate son alone after the death of his partner. The kid, weary of being bullied, seeks to break out on his own. He takes up with a guy who it turns out has a crush on the kid's dad. In limited ...
Style: psychological, captivating, sexy, sincere, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, parent child relationship, male homosexuality, gay interest, gay crush, relationship problems, gay love, gay son, fall in love, homosexuality, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan
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Just Like at Home (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A man and a kid are discovering beauty in life.
Plot: father daughter relationship, children, surrogate father, dog, female nudity, family relations, getting home, girl man relationship, girl, infatuation, female full frontal nudity
Place: hungary
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 7.4
 873K
Spider-Man (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.
Style: serious, exciting, entertaining, intense, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, vigilante, courage, thanksgiving, secret identity, superhuman powers, super villain, selflessness, evil, transformation, teenage boy, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s, y2k, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
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 7.0
 747
Red Cherry (1995)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this horrifying tale follows two orphaned friends as they struggle to survive during World War II.
Style: serious, touching, bleak, mesmerizing, saga ...
Plot: world war two, monastery, tattoo, orphan, military, innocence lost, life is a bitch, youth, war, society, anti war, boarding school life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: russia, china, moscow russia, soviet union
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 6.8
 240K
Role Models (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look ...
Style: funny, hilarious, entertaining, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick
Plot: community service, lifestyle change, dimwit, friendship, adolescence, friends, teaching the ways of the world, youth, character change, stoner, young heroes, farce ...
Time: year 2008, medieval times, 21st century
Place: los angeles, middle east, california, usa, venice beach california
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 6.3
 669
Lamb (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two recognise kindred spirits and escape to London together. With the police on their tail and the money ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: youth, school, on the run, kidnapping, adoption, teacher student relationship, surrogate father, neurology, epilepsy, epileptic seizure, murder by drowning, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: ireland, england, london, dublin ireland, europe ...
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style: atmospheric, epic, realistic, scenic, meditative ...
Audience: manly
Plot: wilderness, survival, native american, native, hunting, mountain man, indians, rocky mountains, snow, revenge, grizzly bear, mountain ...
Time: 19th century, year 1972, 1850s
Place: colorado, persia, usa
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 7.1
 106K
Broken Flowers (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.
Style: melancholic, road movie, emotional, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: midlife crisis, loneliness, travel, on the road, single parent, illegitimate son, road trip, flowers, quest, divorce, haunted by the past, anonymous letter ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, france
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The Far Pavilions (1984)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 315 min.
TV show
Story: Story of forbidden love in 1800's India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.
Style: atmospheric, historical drama, serious, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot: interracial relations, military, forbidden love, racism, culture clash, heroes, intrigue, betrayal, society, rise to the top, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 1870s, victorian era
Place: india, europe, england, asia, afghanistan ...
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The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen, and the kindly professor, Casares. Soon after his ...
Style: suspense, gothic, dark, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, spanish civil war, orphan, child abuse, boarding school, orphanage, supernatural, revenge, children, coming of age, civil war, republican ...
Time: 1930s, year 2001, year 2000, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: spain, portugal, europe, andalusia, madrid ...
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Set in the world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters, this sequel will explore the end of the era of dogfighting.
Style: realistic, entertaining, saga, uplifting, twisted ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: fighter pilot, fighter plane, warplane, u.s. navy, u.s. military, aerial combat, aircraft carrier, test pilot, fighter jet, sniper, aviation, leadership ...
Time: 2020s, year 1969, year 1986, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, mojave desert, california, san diego california
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 5.8
 2K
CrissCross (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in 1969, a twelve-year-old grows up in Key West with his mother, who is paying the bills by stripping at the local topless bar. The boy finds out about her activities and tries to convince her to stop, to no avail. A local restaurant owner hires ...
Style: serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak, touching
Audience: teen drama
Plot: strip club, boy, coming of age, youth, oedipus complex, age difference, children, boyhood, poverty, homeless, single parent, monastery ...
Time: year 1969, year 1992, 60s, 20th century
Place: florida, asia, vietnam, key west florida, miami
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 6.7
 288
Love, Sidney (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Love, Sidney is an American situation comedy which ran on NBC from October 28, 1981 until June 6, 1983. The series was based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A ...
Style: retro, sitcom, queer cinema
Plot: gay interest, homosexual, single mother, gay subtext, family relations, friendship, surrogate father, mother daughter relationship, friend, single parent, father figure, artist ...
Place: new york
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Naked Among Wolves (1963)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: deep, crying, inspirational, complex
Plot: holocaust, world war two, prisoner, nazi, communism, concentration camp, military, wartime life, nazi concentration camp, shoah, world war, nazism ...
Place: east germany, germany, poland, warsaw poland, frankfurt germany ...
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The Accidental Hero (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A 16 year old son and his single mother are forced to reckon their true identities. What and who is an accidental hero? The answers are forthcoming as tragic circumstances upset the lives of our protagonists.
Style: crying
Plot: patience, test pilot, social services, motorcycle, memory loss, police officer, stewardess, hugging, absent father, headache, surgery, grandmother grandson relationship ...
Place: acapulco mexico
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The Holy Child (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Marc (Lambert Wilson) is a man of the cloth who's gained a bit of celebrity for his public espousal of religious celibacy. In fact, he's even written a book about the subject. But Marc's 15 minutes of fame could be up when a bratty ...
Style: sincere, humorous, semi serious, captivating, crying
Plot: illegitimate son, secret, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, friendship, teenage boy, fatherhood, satire, catholic priest, juvenile delinquent, bastard, scandal ...
Place: montreal, kosovo, paris france
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Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical ...
Style: atmospheric, unusual plot structure, intense, serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: superhero, mysterious character, double life, batman, vigilante, vigilantism, organized crime, danger, fighting crime, mind game, comic book, revenge ...
Time: year 2010, 2000s
Place: usa, bosnia
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 7.1
 5K
Will Penny (1967)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, wild
Plot: horse, wild west, anarchist, indians, shootout, cowboy, mountain, heroes, aging, lone wolves, rescue, child ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: usa, california, oregon, montana
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 6.2
 145K
Reign of Fire (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to ...
Style: exciting, suspense, entertaining, apocalyptic, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: dragon, apocalypse, monster, creature, post apocalypse, end of the world, extinction, chaos, dystopia, destruction, deadly creature, heroes ...
Time: future, year 2002, near future, jurassic, 2000s ...
Place: ireland, europe, britain, edinburgh scotland, united kingdom ...
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 6.6
 142K
The Recruit (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Style: surprise ending, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: spy, cia, twists and turns, secret service, espionage, double agent, basic training, undercover, hotshot hero, rookie, recruit, deception ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., boston, usa, peru, langley virginia ...
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 6.5
 13K
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, inheritance, squid, violence, obsession, fear, psychopath, blood, strangulation, insanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, italy
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 6.6
 153K
The Parent Trap (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: twins, divorce, summer camp, mischievous children, single parent, lookalikes, child's point of view, twins separated at birth, father daughter relationship, matchmaking, teenage girl, butler ...
Time: 90s, year 1986, 20th century, year 1998
Place: california, london, bay area, england, europe ...
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 6.7
 13K
Palindromes (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, controversial ...
Audience: adult, teen drama
Plot: pregnancy, child abuse, coming of age, abortion, sexual abuse, runaway teen, sexuality, teenage life, runaway, disability, suicide, family problems ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: new jersey, kansas, usa, wyoming, india
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 5.8
 5K
One Good Cop (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When his loyal longtime partner, a widower, is killed in the line of duty and leaves behind three young children, Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton), a dedicated New York City cop and his wife, Rita (Rene Russo), decide to take the kids in. But the lives ...
Style: exciting, emotional, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, orphan, drug dealer, partner, murder, law enforcement, family relations, cop, drug dealing, fighting crime, working undercover, police corruption ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style: road movie, surreal, art house, lgbt cinema, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, homosexual, friendship, homosexuality, friendship between men, lgbt, male prostitute, character study, alienation, unrequited love, love, road trip ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place: idaho, portland oregon, seattle, rome italy, indiana ...
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