Violent father movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant violent father movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, serious, suspense, captivating, realistic and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with violent father, abusive father, domestic violence, family relations, violence, father son relationship, coming of age, flashback, teenager and dysfunctional family plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as violent father: Girl in the Basement (2021), To Dream (2016), Our Father... (1993), Custody (2017), Backwater (2013), DogMan (2023), Jack (1977), Broken Mirrors (2018), Nordsee ist Mordsee (1976), Touched (2015).
Best films
New films
| Seduced and Abandoned (1964) | 7.9 | |
| Backwater (2013) | 6.2 | |
| Oculus (2013) | 6.6 | |
| Joe (1970) | 6.8 | |
| Custody (2017) | 7.5 |
List of violent father movies
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
basement, abusive father, father, hostage, father and daughter, captivity, strict father, hidden room, domineering father, bomb shelter, violent father, rescue ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
If your dreams could come true, what would you dream? If you could escape, where would you go? TO DREAM is a story about friendship, full of hope and intimacy, set against a harsh inner city backdrop. Best friends, LUKE and TOMMY, live in an ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, friendship, hopes, domestic violence, loyalty, love, teenager, life is a bitch, abuse, best friend, destiny, violent father ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A film by Veikko Aaltonen
Plot:
violent father, rural setting, painful memories, getting home, suicide, family farm, countryside, homecoming, sauna, memory, village, violence ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody to her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
custody battle, divorce, lie, child custody, lawyer, violent father, boy, divorced parents, parent child relationship, child, sexualized violence, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 2013
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by Shinya Tanaka, this film is set in a quiet riverside town, where 17-year-old Tooma lives with his father and his father’s lover. Tooma witnesses his father’s sadistic behavior towards his lover and soon finds himself ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
stepmother, dysfunctional family, older man younger woman sex, small town, father son relationship, revenge, alcoholic father, violent father, sexual abuse, coming of age, peeping, domestic violence ...
Time:
90s, year 1988
Place:
japan
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22K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.
Plot:
dog, singing, father son relationship, boy dog relationship, gang, police, love, brother brother relationship, blood, abusive father, religious fanatic, drag queen ...
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563
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Jack spends his days smoking pot, drinking and hitting on girls together with his friends. As opposed to his friends, Jack actually knows what he wants to do with his life, he wants be an author. After a long summer together with his friends Jack ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic
Plot:
nudity, twentysomething life, urban, friends, buddies, artists and showbiz, writer's life, marijuana, abusive father, beaten up, violent father, drug overdose ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline, seventeen year old Ariella commits a grave error that her father isn't willing to punish her for. Seeking a punishment of her own, Ariella ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
abusive father, daughter, father daughter relationship, violent father, dark past, father and daughter, father, family problems, secret past, family relations, life is a bitch, israeli ...
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
14-year old Uwe lives in s suburban Hamburg housing estate. Besides trouble, the boy has not much to expect from his parents. To get his hands on some money, he prizes open vending machines, and to let out his frustration he beats up ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, north sea, teenage runaway, juvenile delinquency, runaway, teenager, raft, runaway teen, sailing, foreigner, thievery, male friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, northern germany, central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Four stories showing how individuals are able move forward after being abused as children.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, anthology, independent film ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
child abuse, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, domestic violence, violence, violent father, multiple storylines, social problems, dysfunctional family, brutality, family problems, violent ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
A girl (Anna Yamada) is just 14-years-old, but she endures a difficult life. Her parents abuse her at home and she is bullied by students at her school. She doesn't have a place where she can feel comfortable. One day, the girl is kidnapped by ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
abusive mother, bullying, violent father, kidnapping, teen superhero, abusive parent, boy girl friendship, romantic friendship, parent child relationship, brutality, teenage daughter, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
suicide, saving a life, mental patient, psychiatrist, juvenile delinquent, husband wife relationship, self defense, haunted by the past, danger, death, psychopath, young boy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Late at night, the psychologist Eliane Hess is called to the hospital to take care of Yves, an eight-year-old boy, who just has lost his parents and siblings in a car accident. Eliane is both shocked and curiously drawn to the traumatized boy. As ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, art house, independent film
Plot:
hospital, trauma, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, obsession, female protagonist, custody battle, intimate, mature, psychologist, car accident, little boy ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
From a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.
Style:
period piece, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, gay cinema
Plot:
male nudity, bisexual man, photograph, gay erotica, male pubic hair, bisexuality, lgbt, singer, biopic, relationships, music, self identity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Abraham and his female friend Álex have a close relationship; they share both secrets and fears. When Abraham starts going out with Anchi, he begins to distance himself from Álex, who gradually dives into a living hell where she encounters strange ...
Style:
suspense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, abusive father, psychotherapy, imaginary friend, split personality, friendship, father son relationship, childhood friend, psychotherapist, mental illness, mysterious event, hearing voices ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.
Style:
road movie, light, entertaining, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, classmate, friendship between boys, teenage boy, alcoholic mother, junkyard, birthday party, youth, fall in love, teenage love, mother son relationship, gay ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the biography Ne jamais rien lâcher, the script traces the career of Marinette Pichon over three decades. Born in 1975, she was the pioneer of French women's football and one of the greatest stars of that sport in the world. A prodigy ...
Plot:
soccer, lesbian, women's football (soccer), biopic, autobiography, alcoholic father, billiards, child, bus, female protagonist, boy, lgbt ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiance, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and ...
Style:
neorealism, cynical, dark comedy, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
violent father, seduction, italian neorealism, unwanted pregnancy, sicilian, pregnant girl, infamy, feminism, dream, time travel, pregnancy, satire ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
sicily, europe, italy, southern italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman who moves to Paris and has a brush with disaster. The grown-up at last, an accomplished woman, who thought she was safe from her own past. Gradually, these characters come together to form a single heroine.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, non-linear ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
violence against women, teenage girl, female protagonist, prison, missing child, dark past, graphic violence, father daughter relationship, police, gambling debt, police arrest, orphan ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
france, romania
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Style:
suspense, scary, surprise ending, psychological horror, tense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, ghost, plot twist, abandoned house, murder, death of mother, sibling relationship, haunted house, split personality, violence, schizophrenic ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, year 2017
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
West Germany, 1982: Hubertus and Sebastian are fighting for their Future against their fathers. Their unconditional love for Punk Princess Debbie and the raw power of Alternative Rockabilly Music are the only statements of Freedom in this little ...
Style:
dramatic, indie film, tension, retro, period drama
Plot:
music band, freedom, coming of age, youth, rebellion, family conflict, punk, father son conflict, friendship, passion, small town, teen angst ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west germany
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Style:
suspense, romantic drama, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
coming of age, murder mystery, swamp, secret relationship, lonely, woman, twists and turns, nature, outcast, abusive father, teenage girl, domestic abuse ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, year 1968, year 1969, year 1962 ...
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young man with a talent for music meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, rivalry, african american, motorcycle, singer, music, redemption, dysfunctional family, rock band, possessiveness, skinny dipping, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, minnesota, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.
Style:
noir, slasher, grindhouse, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
female criminal, manipulative woman, daughter murders father, british, domineering father, wedding, monster, macabre, father, family relations, murder, incest ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
1.4M
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 90s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, florida, italy, usa ...
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149K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological thriller, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, mirror, monster, paranormal, hallucination, supernatural horror, haunting, siblings relations, brother sister relationship, ghost, demon ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
A talented young dancer has to learn to fight for his dream despite social and parental disapproval.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dancing, society, dancer, dance, live performance, gender roles, dream, follow your dream, ambitious, ambition, ambitious man, dancer's life ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
northern england
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Do-Hee experiences family violence. Young-Nam works as the head of the police substation. She tries to protect Do-Hee from her violent stepfather Yong-Ha. Though Do-Hee looks naive, she hides a secret. Young-Nam becomes involved in a case with her ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, bleak, social ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, child abuse, lesbian, asian lgbt, small town, adult child friendship, father daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, obsession, law enforcement, policewoman, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, indiana, asia
Is relevant?
661
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
family relations, friendship, coming of age, life is a bitch, social misfits, young heroes, youth, child abuse, teenage girl, teenage boy, abusive father, alcoholic father ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
african american, sexual abuse, incest, lgbtq, domestic violence, life is a bitch, rape, racial discrimination, feminism, incest rape, wife abuse, abusive relationship ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place:
africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
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