Here we've displayed a list of the best Father Figure films : I Saw the Devil(2010), This Is England(2006), Scent of a Woman(1975), The Karate Kid(1984), Mask(1985), And Everything Is Going Fine(2010), Mad About Music(1938), Evelyn(2018), The Favor(2006), Matador(1986), Medea(1970), The Earthling(1980) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
South Korea
2010
141 Minutes
Byung-hun Lee Min-sik Choi Kook-haun Chun Ho-jin Chun San-ha Oh Yoon-seo Kim Moo-seong Choi In-seo Kim
serial killer cannibal secret agent fiancée ex-cop father dark gory frightening gritty korea clinic house basement apartment grief murder chase vigilantism father figure
A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.
Drama
UK
2006
98 Minutes
Thomas Turgoose Stephen Graham Jo Hartley Andrew Shim Joseph Gilgun Vicky McClure Rosamund Hanson Andrew Ellis Perry Benson George Newton Frank Harper
skinhead racist young boy ex-convict friend girlfriend disheartening unrestrained touching cleethorpes, england street city racism coming of age working class nationalism father figure gangs growing up rivalry
A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1975
102 Minutes
Vittorio Gassman Alessandro Momo Agostina Belli Moira Orfei Franco Ricci
captain blind person aide soldier old flame father figure cheeky emotional uplifting turin, italy naples, italy train genoa rome blindness suicide nostalgia train travel mentorship adventure
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. The captain, Fausto, who wants no pity, brooks no disagreement, and charges into every ... See full summary »
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1984
126 Minutes
Ralph Macchio Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Elisabeth Shue Randee Heller Martin Kove William Zabka Chad McQueen Tony O'Dell Ron Thomas Rob Garrison Israel Juarbe
young boy martial arts master janitor father figure single mother bully amusing charming inspiring uplifting california san fernando valley high school martial arts discipline spirituality ethnic tension showdown friendship growing up
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
Biography, Drama
USA
1985
120 Minutes
Eric Stoltz Cher Sam Elliott Estelle Getty Richard Dysart Laura Dern Harry Carey Jr. Lawrence Monoson Marsha Warfield Barry Tubb Andrew Robinson
disfigured teen mother blind person father figure teenager melodramatic tense witty los angeles house school camp deformity daunting task defying expectations acceptance love adolescence growing up underdog
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Documentary
USA
2010
89 Minutes
actor writer profound disheartening witty engaging stage theater american life history father figure career humor spalding gray growing up love sacrifice 20th century
A look at the art of Spalding Gray who drew from real life experience to create a compelling and deeply personal series of monologues.
Musical, Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Herbert Marshall Gail Patrick Arthur Treacher William Frawley Jackie Moran Helen Parrish Marcia Mae Jones Christian Rub Charles Peck Elisabeth Risdon
schoolgirl celebrity composer valet mother classmate amusing lighthearted uplifting switzerland paris boarding school train station press conference father figure mother/daughter relationship impersonation deception imagination jealousy
A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she... See full summary »
Documentary
UK
2018
100 Minutes
father sister brother daughter son winsome spirited powerful profound court orphanage church court battles reunion father figure father/daughter relationship pursuit 1950s
Following his Oscar winning The White Helmets, Orlando von Einsiedel turns his camera on his own family as they attempt to cope with a devastating loss. When his brother, newly diagnosed as... See full summary »
Drama
Mexico|USA
2006
110 Minutes
Frank Wood Ryan Donowho Isidra Vega Paige Turco Michael Higgins Laura Breckenridge Wally Dunn Sterling K. Brown Jesse Kelly
photographer girlfriend single mother teen boy teen girl father figure dark emotional suburbia family home mother/child relationship death teen angst new love foster care drugs growing up transformation 2000s
Lawrence (played by Frank Wood), a photographer living on his own in New Jersey, rekindles a relationship with his old flame Caroline (played by Paige Turco) shortly before she dies in an ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Spain
1986
102 Minutes
Assumpta Serna Antonio Banderas Nacho Martínez Eva Cobo Julieta Serrano Chus Lampreave Carmen Maura Eusebio Poncela Bibi Andersen Luis Ciges Eva Siva
matador student mother model girlfriend lawyer shocking wild madrid bullring police station yard bullfighting father figure psychic phenomena murder cover-up sexual taboo forbidden love 1980s
A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It just a one flaw besides many others from several characters whom unsuspected collide.
Drama
Italy|France|West Germany
1970
110 Minutes
Maria Callas Laurent Terzieff Giuseppi Gentile Massimo Girotti Margareth Clementi Sergio Tramonti Annamaria Chio Luigi Barbini Gian Paolo Durgar Paul Jabara Franco Jacobbi
creature mother sorceress father figure second wife hero sad inspiring palace city corinth evil plot obsession greek drama deception jealousy rage
After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with the powerful sorceress, Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?
Adventure
Australia|USA
1980
102 Minutes
William Holden Rick Schroder Jack Thompson Olivia Hamnett Alwyn Kurts Redmond Phillips Willie Fennell Ray Barnett Pat Evison Jane Harders
dying person boy father mother father figure emotional moving australia wilderness outback isolation survival death nature friendship terminal illness quest discovery 1980s
Diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.
Drama
USA
2008
96 Minutes
Micheal J. Smith Sr. JimMyron Ross Tarra Riggs Johnny McPhail
father twin widow son uncle mother bleak emotional powerful calm mississippi delta convenience store backyard school radio station house suicide grief father figure family dysfunction
A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.
Drama
USA
1999
98 Minutes
Henry Thomas David Strathairn Cara Seymour Danny Nelson Jayne Morgan Allison Glenn Alan Foster Jerry Rushing Emilie Jacobs
loner traveling salesman woman father figure hunter baby sad tender offbeat north carolina small town woods gas station general store search guilt parenthood alienation family orphans
A young inbred loner wandering the back roads of North Carolina comes across an abandoned baby. He immediately starts seeking the baby's parents, but starts developing a bond with the child... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1972
100 Minutes
Charles Bronson Jan-Michael Vincent Keenan Wynn Jill Ireland Linda Ridgeway Frank de Kova Lindsay Crosby Takayuki Kubota Martin Gordon James Davidson Steve Cory
hit man apprentice father figure mobster girlfriend gritty cool confident naples, italy hotel hollywood hills mansion boat organized crime assassination student-teacher relationship double-cross secret depression transformation
An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Tony Curtis Julie Adams George Nader Jay C. Flippen Kendall Clark Sal Mineo Jan Merlin Richard Castle Bill Murphy Kenny Roberts
delinquent police officer gang member wife girlfriend henchman gripping gutsy moving boston market courtroom police station jail warehouse father figure friendship crime trust investigation
The emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.
Drama
France|USA
2000
97 Minutes
Nastassja Kinski Robert Forster Cody Morgan Jason Cairns
single mother young boy retiree boyfriend father figure psychiatrist sad tender dreamy emotional coast small town household boat mental illness family dysfunction sailing imagination father figure friendship
A 10-year-old boy shares an intense bond with his mentally ill mother. The youth's life is turned upside down when his mother lapses into violent psychosis. A former psychiatrist takes pity... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
UK|Germany|USA
2004
121 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Kate Bosworth John Goodman Bob Hoskins Brenda Blethyn Greta Scacchi Caroline Aaron Peter Cincotti William Ullrich Michael Byrne Matt Rippy
singer actress manager grandmother father figure fascinating touching nightclub hollywood, calif. new york city bobby darin sandra dee fame pop music success illness rise fall love 1970s
A swooning study of "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin and specifically his relationship with wife Sandra Dee.
Musical
UK
1975
117 Minutes
Anthony Newley David Hemmings David Warner Jill Bennett Sarah-Jane Varley Michael Hordern Yvonne Antrobus David Battley Windsor Davies Philip Davis
storekeeper granddaughter money lender solicitor sister uneasy spirited london junk shop midlands law office debt greed father figure poverty fall underdog 1840s
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Comedy
USA
1925
91 Minutes
Carol Dempster W.C. Fields Alfred Lunt Erville Alderson Effie Shannon Charles Hammond Roy Applegate Florence Fair Marie Shotwell Glenn Anders Tammany Young
young girl con artist judge young man father figure wife charming emotional spirited circus carnival connecticut courtroom petty crime trial family reunion performance rise love
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of... See full summary »
Drama
France
1985
82 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Wadeck Stanczak Lambert Wilson Jean-Louis Trintignant Anne Wiazemsky Dominique Lavanant Jacques Nolot Jean-Louis Vitrac Michela Moretti Annie Noel
young woman aspiring actress love interest lover director father figure engaging melodramatic heartwarming intense paris france movie set love interest relationships attraction tragedy tragic love career adventure
Dreaming of an actress future, a young girl arrives in Paris. Her personality awakens a glowing passion of several different men.
Action
USA
1976
90 Minutes
Yaphet Kotto Rudy Ray Moore Rosalind Cash Kirk Calloway Thomas Carter Donn Harper Lynn Caridine
hustler protégé rival store owner cop drummer amusing spirited chicago party gym nightclub neighborhood con game unlikely allies community construction social injustice father figure underdog
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Drama
USA
1978
115 Minutes
Burt Young Doug McKeon Madge Sinclair Bobby Cassidy Martin Beck Jason Bernard Bert Remsen Allan Rich
musician young boy friend hotel owner emotional touching hotel hospital jazz club depression friendship grief jazz father figure cancer discovery underdog 1970s
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles through each other's encouragement.
Drama
USA
2006
95 Minutes
Charles Busch P.J. Verhoest Polly Bergen Dana Ivey Carl Andress Julie Halston Marvin Einhorn
male nurse grandmother grandson orphan new yorker mentor moving playful quirky new jersey beach pool neighborhood coming of age unlikely friendship bonding terminal illness father figure homosexuality discovery
A coming-of-age tale about a showtunes- and old Hollywood-obsessed boy and his effete Danish mentor. The two bond and teach each other lessons about self-acceptance over the course of one magical summer on the Jersey Shore.
Drama
South Africa|Germany
2001
117 Minutes
Ian Roberts Kagiso Mtetwa Wilmien Rossouw Grethe Fox Dolly Rathebe Esmeralda Bihl Michele Burgers Danny Keogh Mary Twala Winston Ntshona
soldier street urchin missing person drug dealer father figure emotional engaging gritty cape town, south africa johannesburg, south africa south africa van relationships unusual friendship search journey family adventure discovery quest
South Africa, post-apartheid: WONDERBOY, a wiry 11-year-old, is trying to survive on the streets of crime-ridden Johannesburg. KOBUS, a former soldier of the apartheid army, can't forget ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
58 Minutes
Gilbert Roland Marsha Hunt Charles Bickford J. Carrol Naish James Craig Monte Blue Barlowe Borland
gunslinger brother father figure outlaw melodramatic engaging wagon train wild west wilderness vengeance siblings murder reunion revenge quest discovery 19th century
A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits' leader to justice.
Drama
USA
2017
75 Minutes
Devin Blackmon Dontrell Bright Kordell "KD" Johnson Chasity Moore Lachion Buckingham Marquell Manning
brother gang member friend sister father figure sad emotional brutal disheartening gripping profound arkansas rural community camaraderie gangs death of brother growing up violence murder growing up
In the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
Romance
UK
1949
92 Minutes
Stewart Granger Jean Simmons Edwin Styles Wilfrid Hyde-White Helen Cherry Raymond Young
gambler father figure pretty woman girlfriend brother amusing emotional united states household romantic dilemma relationships fatherhood adoption gambling deception forbidden love growing up transformation 1940s
When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.
Western
USA
1964
83 Minutes
Buddy Ebsen Keir Dullea Lois Nettleton Warren Oates Marie Windsor Barbara Luna
father figure frontiersman mail-order bride outlaw young man engaging heartwarming montana small town kansas city, mo. saloon promises marriage of convenience romance lawlessness settling down old west transformation love 1890s
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.
Comedy
India
2007
144 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Riteish Deshmukh Fardeen Khan Vidya Balan Boman Irani
single man single father baby bachelor best friend endearing charming amusing emotional lighthearted playful apartment comedy fatherhood father figure baby-sitting father/child relationship bollywood growing up love
Three bachelors who are compulsive womanizers find their lives turned upside down when a baby is left at their doorstep. The trio suspect each other of being the father.