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Thanks for Everything (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sisters Marianne and Christine take a road trip from Montreal to the Magdalen Islands to spread the ashes of their late father. He wasn’t exactly an angel, and his associates are hot on their trail.
Style: humorous, exciting, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: sister sister relationship, death of father, road trip, travel, loss of father, sister, relationships, family relations, two sisters, sisters
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 5.4
 512
World's Best (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is ...
Style: funny, entertaining, captivating, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: rap, hip hop, coming of age, teenager, death of father, stage musical, pop music, mother, father, mathematics, mathematician, rapper ...
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My Father's Other Family (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Shelby is devastated after her father's death. Curious about her family connections, she decides to look up the DNA-based family tree, and is surprised to find out that her father had another daughter. She goes on a mission to find her sibling ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: family secret, death of father, stepsister stepsister relationship, double life, half sister, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, inheritance, heiress, family problems, step siblings, social problems ...
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 8.0
 58K
Haider (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, suspense ...
Plot: revenge, murder, shakespeare, loss of father, tragic hero, state affairs, death of father, dishonesty, betrayal, unfulfillment, tragic love, haunted by the past ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: kashmir, india
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Christmas with Tucker (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While coming to terms with his dad's recent passing in a tractor accident, 13-year-old George McCray is living with his grandparents on their Kansas farm. George misses his mom, Jill, who has moved to Minnesota to deal with her grief, but there ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, feel good
Plot: christmas, dog, golden retriever, human animal relationship, power of love, grief, death of father, grandfather, xmas, youth, faithfulness, grandmother ...
Time: 2010s
Place: minnesota, kansas
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The Dark and the Wicked (2020)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a sense that something evil is taking over the family.
Style: dark, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: haunted house, suicide, grief, macabre, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, devil, priest, haunted, supernatural power, mysterious death, dying father ...
Time: 2020s
Place: texas
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Once I Was a Beehive (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After losing her father to cancer, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls.
Style: sad, dramatic, captivating, emotional, sincere
Plot: girl, christianity, death of father, summer camp, teenage girl, female protagonist, death, family relations, parents and children, children, camp, death in the family ...
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 5.2
 2K
The Sonata (2018)
Genre: Horror, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Russia, Latvia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances, she discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret, triggering dark forces that reach beyond ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, spooky, gothic ...
Plot: violinist, mansion, death of father, inheritance, ghost, suicide, heiress, daughter, composer, music, musician, paranormal ...
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Immenhof - The Adventure of a Summer (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After the death of their father three sisters, sixteen year old Lou, Charly who is in her early twenties and Emmie who is a mere child, have to try and run the family's horse farm between them. They have to overcome all manner of adversity in ...
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: girl horse relationship, three sisters, financial problem, death of father, horse ranch, sister sister relationship, horse trainer, teenage girl, horse riding, family problems, family farm, farm ...
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 6.6
 21K
Kursk (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The story of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, talky, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue attempt, disaster, fire, death of father, death of husband, survival, politics, friendship, danger, government ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s
Place: eastern europe, russia
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 5.8
 11K
Wilson (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug and obsessed with his past.
Style: comedy drama, entertaining, art house, cult classic
Plot: misfit, midlife crisis, loneliness, middle aged man, friendship, husband wife estrangement, group therapy, death of father, ex husband ex wife relationship, name calling, parenthood, superhero ...
Time: year 2017
Place: minnesota, portland oregon, st. louis missouri
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 5.4
 68
Backroad (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A man with a dark past hitches a ride that turns into a road trip to hell and leads him to the revelation of a family secret of biblical proportions.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, extreme horror ...
Plot: murder, death of father, supernatural, redemption, hitchhiker, supernatural power, guilt, highway, nudity, past, family relations, secret ...
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Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Elias is a 10 year old boy living in Athens with his family in 1969 and has an interest in Jules Verne's stories and in astronomy. His father, with whom Elias has a strong relationship, is a travelling salesman and his absence affects the whole ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, sentimental, captivating
Plot: childhood, loss of father, traveling salesman, dysfunctional family, death of father, father son relationship, imagination, car accident, separation, brother, school, coming of age ...
Time: 60s, year 1969
Place: athens greece, greece
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The Whole Truth (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: lawyer, defense attorney, mother son relationship, murder, legal action, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, death of father, trial, widow, lie ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man is convicted for killing his father and attempting to murder his mother.
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: murder, investigation, serial killer, arrest, crime scene, lawyer, courtroom, death of father, college, police detective, reporter, danger ...
Place: usa
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 4.8
 3K
Heatstroke (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On a family trip in the African desert, a research scientist unintentionally travels off course and is brutally murdered by an arms dealer. His girlfriend is put to the ultimate survival test as she attempts to evade the killers and protect his ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, desert, father daughter relationship, woman in danger, pursuit, wilderness, on the run, murder, manhunt, poacher, death of father, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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 5.1
 610
Fairhaven (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Long-time friends reconnect when one returns to their small Massachusetts town for a funeral.
Style: realistic, sincere, captivating, thought provoking, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, funeral, small town, homecoming, introspection, estrangement, social relations, unfulfillment, death of father, student athlete, high school friends, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: massachusetts, usa
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Getting Back to Zero (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two brothers reconcile their relationship over the death of their father after they inherit his craps table and gambling debt. A dark comedy set in the world of underground casinos.
Style: humorous, captivating, psychological, semi serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, against the odds, family relations, dark humor, ambition, race against time, dishonesty, nothing to lose, gambling debt, casino, death of father, brothers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An isolated family, having already lost four members to poisoning, uses rituals and talismans to keep itself away from hostile townspeople.
Style: gothic, tense, spooky, surreal, psychological ...
Plot: cousin, dysfunctional family, incestuous relationship, incest, cousin cousin relationship, teenage girl, murder, isolation, family relations, sexual abuse, mental illness, psychological abuse ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, 1950s, year 1962
Place: usa
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I Can Only Imagine (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Growing up in Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father. His childhood and relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.
Style: christian film, sincere, inspirational, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot: religion, christianity, christian, faith, father son relationship, folklore, death of father, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, autobiography, belief in god, church, religious ...
Time: future, 80s, 90s, year 1985
Place: nashville tennessee, texas
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Beginning its tale in 19th century England, young aristocrat Jonathan Joestar finds himself locked in bitter rivalry with Dio Brando, a low-born boy who Jonathan’s father took under his wing after the death of Dio’s father. Discontent with his ...
Style: anime, exciting, tense, entertaining, manga ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: boy, friendship between men, murder, fight, martial arts, vampire, violence, rivalry, save the day, artifact, superpower, death of father ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 19th century, 90s, year 2001 ...
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Love After Love (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A sixty-something mother and her two adult sons cope and move onward following the death of their larger-than-life father/husband.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot: mother son relationship, middle aged woman, family relations, humiliation, death of father, brother brother relationship, writers, grief, coming of age, unfaithfulness, nudity, bare butt ...
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 6.2
 491
Three Sisters (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, rough, touching ...
Plot: family problems, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, infidelity, small town, human nature, unfulfillment, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time: 1900s
Place: russia, moscow russia
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We Are What We Are (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A middle-aged man dies in the street, leaving his widow and three children destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with his loss but with a terrible challenge - how to survive. For they are cannibals. They have always existed on a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, underground horror ...
Plot: cannibalism, murder, family problems, danger, family in crisis, curses spells and rituals, family relations, death of father, serial killer, violence, survival, ghost ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Expiration Date (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Charlie Silvercloud III lives with the family curse, on his fathers and grandfathers 25th birthday they were killed by a milk truck. It is now Charlies turn.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot: couples, save the day, family relations, dark humor, curses spells and rituals, unfulfillment, fall in love, family curse, love, death of father, old man, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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 6.7
 4K
Ambush (1999)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 123 min.
Story: It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness ...
Style: realistic, suspense, intense, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, military, ethnic conflict, courage, culture clash, justice, visceral, behind enemy lines, lone hero, battles, danger, military life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 90s
Place: russia, finland, eastern europe
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in ...
Style: thought provoking, exciting, suspense, intellectual, emotional ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, girls' night, adult
Plot: ape, gorilla, planet of the apes, rebelliousness, dystopia, rebellion, chimpanzee, animal testing, imaginary, animal, virus, animal cruelty ...
Time: future, year 2011, jurassic, 2010s, near future ...
Place: san francisco, bay area, california, usa
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 4.7
 2K
Revelation (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody clandestine war. Missing for a few hundred years, the puzzling relic has suddenly reappeared in the present day, bringing with it a terrible secret ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: reincarnation, ancient history, miraculous event, supernatural, obsessive quest, good versus evil, danger, curses spells and rituals, destiny, chaos, race against time, adventurer ...
Time: 18th century, 13th century, 1st century, 50s
Place: malta
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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The Charles Dickens story of Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life for his recently torn-apart family. A young compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, emotional, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: charles dickens, family reunited, dysfunctional family, greed, betrayal, haunted by the past, family relations, rescue, uncle nephew relationship, boarding school, fall in love, siblings relations ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2002, 1830s, 1850s
Place: london, europe, liverpool, yorkshire
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My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this ...
Style: experimental, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: virus, survival, plague, cure, suicide, surrealism, end of the world, death of father, distopia, post apocalypse, dystopia, musician ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
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