Abandoned by father movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant abandoned by father movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, captivating, serious, independent film and crying films and TV shows about / with abandoned by father, family relations, friendship, coming of age, dancing, kiss, dancer, father daughter relationship, drinking and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abandoned by father: CrissCross (1992), Such Is Life (2000), Wildlife (2018), A Christmas Snow (2009), A Brand New Life (2009), Run the Race (2018), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Invitation to a Murder (2023), Drop Dead Fred (1991), Queenie (1987).

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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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 6.3
 352
Such Is Life (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Based on the Greek tragedy MEDEA, this is a present day Mexican version, set in the seediest possible milieu of Mexico City. A woman abandoned by her husband, is thrown out of her apartment by her landlord - who is also her husband's new ...
Style: touching, melancholic, suspense, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, unrequited love, revenge, husband wife relationship, tragedy, dysfunctional marriage, betrayal, infidelity, adultery, family relations, abandoned by father, begging ...
Place: mexico city
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 6.8
 31K
Wildlife (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry—a housewife and a golf pro—in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job—and his sense of ...
Style: melancholic, suspenseful, indie film, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: unemployment, coming of age, teenage boy, infidelity, parents and children, cheerleader, fired from the job, marital separation, family relations, family drama, father son relationship, unemployed ...
Time: 60s, 90s, year 1960
Place: montana, sarajevo, idaho, portland oregon, washington state
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A Christmas Snow (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: For Kathleen, Christmas has always been an unwelcome reminder of her father’s abandonment almost 30 years ago. Although she has tried to forget her past, it has not forgotten her. In the days leading up to Christmas un unforgiving blizzard traps ...
Style: serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, starting over, dysfunctional family, hopes, love and romance, single parent, couples, road not taken, social decay, breakup, family gatherings, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
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A Brand New Life (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is ...
Style: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: children, orphan, youth, adoption, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, parents and children, girl, child abandonment, abandoned by father, family problems ...
Time: year 2009, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: korea, south korea, seoul, asia
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 5.9
 2K
Run the Race (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and ...
Style: christian film, psychological, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, christian, brother brother relationship, teenage boy, party, high school football, family bonds, friendship, coming of age, society, rivalry, riding in the back of a pickup truck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, florida
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: racism, civil rights, african american, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, children, interracial relations, haunted by the past, family relations, black, teenager ...
Time: year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: south carolina, indiana, africa, usa
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Invitation to a Murder (2023)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 1934. South of England. For no apparent reason and like five other unrelated people, Miranda, a 28-year-old florist, is invited for the weekend in the mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: murder, hidden room, remote island, journalist, inheritance, bookstore, valet, mansion, billionaire, train, florist, abandoned by father ...
Time: year 1934, 1930s
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 5.9
 31K
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style: surreal, humorous, dark comedy, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot: imaginary friend, mental illness, childhood memory, friendship, emotional manipulation, vengeance, psychology, unlikely friendships, loneliness, personal growth, family relations, twists and turns ...
Time: 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
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 6.7
 464
Queenie (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min.
TV show
Story: A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.
Style: multicultural
Plot: hollywood, rags to riches, abandoned by father, movie star, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, incestuous desire, murder, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, film producer, unfaithful wife, civil unrest ...
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 7.7
 152K
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, witty, touching, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, idealism, communism, society, cold war, culture clash, childhood, amnesia, communist ...
Time: year 2003, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin ...
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 7.6
 129K
Gifted (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, school, friendship, happiness, teacher, girl, children, child custody, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place: persia, boston, florida
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Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Down-on-his-luck Koushi Nagumo wanders the streets unemployed, homeless and in search of his next meal. His fortunes improve after a chance meeting with a vivacious young woman whose proposition seemingly solves nearly all his problems. Thanks to ...
Style: ecchi, anime, entertaining, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: harem, dormitory, changing lives, teenage life, teenager, slice of life, social problems, lifestyle change, troubled past, sorority, female nudity, skinny dipping ...
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 6.0
 294
Christmas (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alejandro and Aurora, two young students, leave Santiago and are on their way to spend Christmas with family in Aurora. At the foot of the Andes, the frustrations of Alejandro and Aurora’s doubts about her sexual identity cause tension. The two ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christmas, youth, young lovers, dysfunctional family, introspection, friendship, family problems, friends, parents and children, teenage life, hopes, self discovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, argentina
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 6.1
 6K
Monster Hunt (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
Style: humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, scenic ...
Plot: monster, half breed, pregnant man, creature, battles, imaginary, heroes, escapades, sword and sorcery, exile, martial arts, legend ...
Place: asia, china, ancient china
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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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Kill Me Later (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Her goldfish dead, her lover exposed as a rat, Shawn Holloway leaves her bank post and goes to the roof intent on suicide. Before she can leap, she's taken hostage by Charlie Anders, a fleeing bank robber. He and his partners have stolen a ...
Style: entertaining, light, tense, serious, independent film ...
Plot: heist, opposites attract, couples, police, bank, criminal heroes, love affair, fish out of water, hostage, stockholm syndrome, adultery, on the run ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: vancouver
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Daniel's Daughter (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a woman learns that her father has passed away, she must confront the past (and the town) she left behind.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, psychological ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: self discovery, death in the family, haunted by the past, small town life, family relations, love and romance, homecoming, last wish, wedding, redhead girl, small town, social relations ...
Time: year 2008, year 1982, 21st century
Place: usa, massachusetts, new york
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Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story follows a student navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. An experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and, most importantly, from the girl of ...
Style: realistic, romantic, touching, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: schizophrenia, teenager, romantic relationship, teenage protagonist, diagnosis, hearing voices, high school, romanticism, hopes, love and romance, chance meeting, supportive parent ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: oregon, brazil
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We the Animals (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.
Style: captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching, indie film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: boy, lgbt, gay, coming of age, family relations, gay porn, father son relationship, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, theft, birthday, marriage ...
Place: new york state, philadelphia, spain, brooklyn new york city, new york
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 6.8
 11K
Patti Cake$ (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating, exciting, independent film ...
Plot: fat woman, rap, musician, aspiring musician, black american, rapper, friendship, loneliness, aspiration, depression, overweight woman, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new jersey, new york
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 7.3
 27K
Marshall (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: lawyer, court, racism, courtroom, injustice, african american, racial segregation, trial, jury, african american protagonist, courtroom drama, black history ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1967, year 1954
Place: new york, connecticut, philadelphia, maryland, mississippi ...
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Double Suicide (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, ...
Style: surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, romantic, spiritual ...
Plot: suicide, female nudity, sex, prostitution, existentialism, love letter, spirituality, prostitute, samurai, couples, power relations, rebellion ...
Time: year 1969, 18th century
Place: japan, asia
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 6.7
 3K
Joe the King (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ...
Style: emotional, harsh, tense, rough, grim ...
Plot: coming of age, children, dysfunctional family, child abuse, working class, youth, boy, redemption, poverty, childhood, corporal punishment, debt ...
Time: year 1999, 70s, 90s
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 108K
St. Vincent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Style: realistic, feel good, witty, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, coming of age, youth, bullying, teacher, neighbor, storytelling, redemption, happy ending, character study, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 2010s, y2k, year 2014, year 1965, year 1946 ...
Place: new york, peru, usa, brooklyn new york city
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 7.1
 7K
James White (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more ...
Style: sad, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: terminal illness, mother son relationship, gay, drinking, friendship, promise, slacker, lie, chemotherapy, drinking alcohol, new life, addiction ...
Time: year 2000, year 1983, year 2013
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, mexico
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 5.7
 2K
Stardom (2000)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
Style: clever, stylized, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Plot: fashion, obsession, model, rise and fall, rags to riches, rising to stardom, lifestyle, desire for fame, rise to the top, ambition, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, canada, europe, france, montreal
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 6.2
 6K
Jamesy Boy (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted ...
Style: serious, sincere, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot: prison, friendship, prison life, criminal, teaching the ways of the world, confined, jail, gang, drug, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lawyer, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 6K
I Smile Back (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: mental illness, female nudity, female orgasm, addiction, slut, violence against women, unfaithful wife, slutty attitude, sex with friend's wife, whore, slutty wife, horny woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
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 6.9
 3K
Isadora (1968)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of ...
Style: historical drama, sad, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: ballet, female nudity, women, dancing, children, dancer, biopic, art, girl, fictional history, age-gap relationship, philosophy ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 19th century, 1890s, year 1900
Place: europe, chicago, russia, nice france, san francisco ...
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