Here we've displayed a list of the best Uncle films : It's a Wonderful Life(1946), The Lion King(1994), The Message(1977), Udaan(2010), Viridiana(1961), Haider(2014), Sanjuro(1962), Arsenic and Old Lace(1944), The Grapes of Wrath(1940), Jean de Florette(1986), The Searchers(1956), A Place in the Sun(1951) ... ...
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Musical, Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1994
87 Minutes
Rob Minkoff Sally Dworsky
lion meerkat king prince uncle warthog heartwarming emotional serengeti africa friendship royalty murder justice quest sacrifice growing up prehistoric
Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.
Drama, History
Lebanon|Libya|Kuwait|Morocco|UK|Saudi Arabia|Egypt
1977
180 Minutes
uncle leader wife muslim passionate positive mecca medina battlefield market islam mohammad religious persecution battle rise underdog 7th century
This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
Drama
India
2010
137 Minutes
Rajat Barmecha Ronit Roy Aayan Boradia Ram Kapoor Manjot Singh Anand Tiwari
student half brother father uncle emotional moving charming india college bar house hospital dysfunctional family brotherhood dream vs. reality child abuse drinking growing up 2010s
Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.
Drama
Spain|Mexico
1961
90 Minutes
Silvia Pinal Francisco Rabal Fernando Rey Margarita Lozano Victoria Zinny Teresa Rabal Jose Manuel Martin Luis Heredia
nun mother superior uncle beggar benefactor shocking raw unrestrained disheartening spain estate seduction corruption religion guilt sex temptation fall forbidden love transformation
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Drama
India
2014
159 Minutes
Tabu Shahid Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor Kay Kay Menon Narendra Jha Kulbhushan Kharbanda Ashish Vidyarthi Aamir Bashir Sumit Kaul Rajat Bhagat Irrfan Khan
young man father missing person mother uncle lover engaging emotional melodramatic suspenseful bleak intense india secret past relationships attraction secret family dysfunction murder adventure
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.
Adventure, Action
Japan
1962
96 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Takashi Shimura Yûzô Kayama Reiko Dan Masao Shimizu Yunosuke Ito Takako Irie Kamatari Fujiwara Keiju Kobayashi
samurai uncle warrior anti-hero gang member intricate suspenseful small town barn japan corruption revenge rescue disillusionment loyalty tradition fall rise 19th century
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
Comedy
USA
1944
118 Minutes
Cary Grant Raymond Massey Priscilla Lane Peter Lorre Jack Carson Josephine Hull Jean Adair James Gleason Grant Mitchell John Alexander Edward Everett Horton
writer wife aunt brother neighbor uncle madcap quirky new york city brooklyn, n.y. family home insanity marriage murder poison discovery love 1930s
A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Drama
USA
1940
129 Minutes
Henry Fonda Jane Darwell John Carradine Charley Grapewin Dorris Bowdon Russell Simpson O.Z. Whitehead John Qualen Eddie Quillan Zeffie Tilbury Frank Sully
ex-convict sharecropper priest uncle grandfather grandmother bleak disheartening emotional oklahoma california family historical events american dream farming poverty labor strike pursuit escape quest
A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Drama
Switzerland|France|Italy
1986
122 Minutes
Yves Montand Gérard Depardieu Daniel Auteuil Elisabeth Depardieu Ernestine Mazurowna Marcel Champel Armand Meffre Margarita Lozano Andre Dupon Pierre Nougaro Jean Maurel
nephew uncle farmer neighbor aunt spirited emotional melodramatic intense france farm countryside mountain provence, france ambition aspirations farming competition deception daunting task
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Western
USA
1956
119 Minutes
John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Natalie Wood Vera Miles Ward Bond John Qualen Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey Antonio Moreno Henry Brandon Hank Worden
gunslinger uncle niece brother native american powerful engaging texas new mexico wilderness wild west abduction family revenge native people missing persons bigotry quest adventure discovery
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Shelley Winters Keefe Brasselle Raymond Burr Anne Revere Fred Clark Kathryn Givney
blue-collar worker girlfriend socialite uncle brooding emotional passionate factory family home lake ambition social standing blue collar wealth love triangle temptation love rivalry fall 1950s
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
102 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Valerie Faris Steve Carell Toni Collette Alan Arkin Abigail Breslin Paul Dano Justin Shilton Alissa Anderegg Jerry Giles Beth Grant
beauty queen child father grandfather brother uncle quirky california store new mexico aspirations road trip family hope song and dance homosexuality quest 2000s
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Romance
USA
1940
103 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Robert Taylor Lucile Watson C. Aubrey Smith Maria Ouspenskaya Virginia Field Leo G. Carroll Clara Reid Steffi Duna Leonard Mudie Herbert Evans
officer ballerina prostitute mother friend uncle emotional passionate london estate countryside underground apartment waterloo bridge world war i prostitution deception heartbreak struggle romance
During World War I, believing her fiance to be dead, a young ballerina loses her job and is forced to turn to prostitution.
Drama
USA
2016
137 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Williams Kyle Chandler Lucas Hedges C.J. Wilson Heather Burns Tate Donovan Josh Hamilton Anna Baryshnikov Matthew Broderick Gretchen Mol
brother uncle nephew fisherman wife friend brooding emotional intense boston hospital school office fishing village boat death guardianship loss responsibility anger
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Comedy
UK
1987
102 Minutes
Richard E. Grant Paul McGann Richard Griffiths Ralph Brown Michael Elphick Daragh O'Malley
actor alcoholic uncle drug dealer poacher yokel hilarious wild quirky brash london flat pub english countryside country house unemployment eccentricity friendship drugs vacation
In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.
Crime, Drama
France
1964
97 Minutes
Anna Karina Sami Frey Claude Brasseur Jean-Luc Godard Chantal Darget Michel Delahaye Danièle Girard Louisa Colpeyne Claude Makovski Ernest Menzer Michele Seghers
beautiful woman slacker film fan uncle aunt benefactor playful offbeat thrilling cool paris country house classroom café the louvre france botched crime alienation friendship hero worship
Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.
Drama
Chile|Spain|UK|France
2004
121 Minutes
Matías Quer Ariel Mateluna Manuela Martelli Aline Küppenheim Federico Luppi Ernesto Malbran Tamara Acosta Francisco Reyes Alejandro Trejo
schoolboy best friend father mother priest uncle intense moving chile boarding school street friendship growing up political unrest class distinctions politics education discovery growing up 1970s
Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other's world as political tensions in their country increase.
Comedy
USA
1987
91 Minutes
comedian uncle aunt mother sister amusing hilarious unrestrained new york city stage domestic life family dysfunction marriage sex stereotypes race relations growing up 1980s
Eddie Murphy in a stand-up performance recorded live. For an hour and a half he talks about his favourite subjects: sex and women.
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
France|Belgium|Ireland|Netherlands|USA|Denmark|Brazil|Germany|Austria|Hungary|UK|Japan
2009
78 Minutes
Nora Twomey Paul Young
young boy illuminator uncle monk fairy cat suspenseful dreamy heartwarming monastery countryside fortress river forest scriptorium war religion survival writing good versus evil
A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
Romance, Drama
USA
1926
113 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lars Hanson Barbara Kent William Orlamond George Fawcett Eugenie Besserer Marc McDermott Marcelle Corday Rolfe Sedan
soldier countess count friend uncle pastor melodramatic germany ballroom train station adultery friendship loyalty military violence love triangle forbidden love rivalry transformation 1920s
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other once fiercely loved.
Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family
UK|USA
2001
152 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson John Cleese Robbie Coltrane Warwick Davis Richard Griffiths Richard Harris Ian Hart John Hurt Alan Rickman
wizard witch professor aunt uncle harry potter engaging fascinating suspenseful little whinging household shop king's cross station hogwarts forest magic friendship immortality deception death
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Barbara Pepper Fred Kelsey Frank Glendon Hooper Atchley Julian Rivero Denny Meadows
gene autry sidekick sheriff granddaughter uncle lawyer spirited amusing wild west small town law office mine household inheritance gold murder undercover operations music suspicion quest
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Drama
India
2001
125 Minutes
Tabu Atul Kulkarni Rajpal Yadav Vinay Apte Vishal Thakal Minakshi Sahani
niece uncle child gangster rapist murderer bleak melodramatic sad mumbai, india bar village juvenile detention center household rape poverty prostitution gangsters mother/child relationship dysfunctional family
A displaced woman is forced to become a beer-bar dancer, and sire children of a gangster.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2007
100 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Naomi Watts Vincent Cassel Armin Mueller-Stahl Sinead Cusack Donald Sumpter Jerzy Skolimowski Josef Altin Raza Jaffrey Mike Sarne Tereza Srbova
midwife prostitute slave mobster assassin uncle suspenseful gritty london restaurant hospital apartment mafia prostitution organized crime murder death deception discovery rise
A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
93 Minutes
Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Debbie Reynolds Barry Fitzgerald Rod Taylor Robert F. Simon Madge Kennedy Dorothy Stickney Carol Veazie Joan Camden Ray Stricklyn
mother daughter fiancé father uncle endearing spirited melodramatic new york city family home wedding family feud mother/daughter relationship working class discovery sacrifice 1950s
When Jane tells her parents that she is getting married to Ralph Halloran, her mother Agnes, starts planning an elaborate wedding, even though Jane does not wish it.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Margaret O'Brien Herbert Marshall Dean Stockwell Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Brian Roper Reginald Owen Aubrey Mather George Zucco Lowell Gilmore Billy Bevan
invalid orphan father son housekeeper uncle endearing uplifting sad england garden mansion abandonment maturing acceptance grief healing secret growing up transformation
A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.
Kids & Family, Drama
New Zealand|Germany
2002
101 Minutes
Keisha Castle-Hughes Rawiri Paratene Vicky Haughton Cliff Curtis Grant Roa Mana Taumaunu Rachel House Taungaroa Emile Tammy Davis Mabel Wharekawa-Burt Rawinia Clarke
girl chief uncle grandmother grandfather touching inspiring passionate new zealand ocean beach tradition tribe myth coming of age feminism native people growing up quest underdog
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
UK|USA|France
2011
126 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Sacha Baron Cohen Asa Butterfield Chloë Grace Moretz Ray Winstone Emily Mortimer Christopher Lee Helen McCrory Michael Stuhlbarg Frances de la Tour Richard Griffiths
orphan uncle georges méliès inspector god-daughter father heartwarming dreamy spectacular train station museum paris toy shop movie set father/son relationship filmmaking imagination loneliness growing up quest
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.