Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "father-in-prison"

1. The Butterfly Effect (2004)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson

Votes: 522,158 | Gross: $57.94M

2. The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama

Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 63,479

3. Annette (2021)

R | 141 min | Drama, Music, Musical

A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.

Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell

Votes: 22,758

4. Elle (I) (2016)

R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling

Votes: 71,261

5. Short Term 12 (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 91,921 | Gross: $1.01M

6. Starred Up (2013)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Eric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On his first day, he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?

Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell

Votes: 48,755 | Gross: $0.03M

7. My Days of Mercy (2017)

R | 108 min | Drama, Romance

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer | Stars: Elliot Page, Kate Mara, Amy Seimetz, Charlie Shotwell

Votes: 5,897

8. Storm Rider (2013)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

When her father is put into jail, the spoiled teenager Dani loses everything. Forced to live with her uncle Sam on a farm without horses to ride and to train a sad Dani takes care of a young mule and learns what really counts.

Director: Craig Clyde | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Kristy Swanson, Danielle C. Ryan, Jacob Buster

Votes: 1,311

9. Love According to Dalva (2022)

83 min | Drama

Dalva is 12, but she dresses and lives like a woman. One day, she's taken away from her house. Dumbfounded at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva.

Director: Emmanuelle Nicot | Stars: Zelda Samson, Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassy, Marie Denarnaud

Votes: 1,723

10. Divertimento (2022)

110 min | Biography, Drama, Music

At 17, Zahia Ziouani dreams of becoming a conductor while Fettouma, her twin sister, a professional cellist.

Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Lina El Arabi, Niels Arestrup, Zinedine Soualem

Votes: 367

11. All My Sons (1948)

Approved | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir

During WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.

Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians, Louisa Horton

Votes: 2,419

12. Neo Ned (2005)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Like most kids, Ned idolized his father and dreamed of following in his footsteps. Unfortunately, his father was a two-bit crook who spent most of his life in jail. Without a family of his ... See full summary »

Director: Van Fischer | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, David E. Allen, Blaine Gray

Votes: 1,826

13. The Littlest Rebel (1935)

Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the ... See full summary »

Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley

Votes: 1,682

14. Yuli (2018)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.

Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edilson Manuel Olbera Núñez

Votes: 2,296

15. The Last Ride (2011)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Music

At the end of 1952, with the best years of his career behind him, Hank Williams hires a local youth to drive him through the Appalachian countryside for a pair of New Year's Day shows in West Virginia and Ohio.

Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Henry Thomas, Jesse James, Fred Thompson, Kaley Cuoco

Votes: 877

16. Beautifully Broken (2018)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama

As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Director: Eric Welch | Stars: Benjamin A. Onyango, Scott William Winters, Emily Ricks Hahn, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas

Votes: 472 | Gross: $1.21M

17. School Life (2019)

TV-MA | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

The daily life of a school located in Saint Denis.

Directors: Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade | Stars: Zita Hanrot, Liam Pierron, Soufiane Guerrab, Moussa Mansaly

Votes: 3,332

18. Around the Block (2013)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama

An Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.

Director: Sarah Spillane | Stars: Hunter Page-Lochard, Christina Ricci, Aaron L. McGrath, Elias Reese

Votes: 1,448

19. The Stranger Beside Me (2003 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Suki Kaiser, Brenda James

Votes: 1,037

20. Amira (2021)

98 min | Drama

A Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.

Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, Tara Abboud, Waleed Zuaiter

Votes: 8,035

21. The Year I Became a Liar (2009)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.

Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Jean-Carl Boucher, Claudio Colangelo, Sandrine Bisson, Gabriel Maillé

Votes: 2,046

22. Our Godfather (2019)

92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

OUR GODFATHER is a feature-length documentary about Tommaso Buscetta, the first high-ranking Italian mafia boss ever to turn against Cosa Nostra. Buscetta helped convict more than 400 ... See full summary »

Directors: Mark Franchetti, Andrew Meier | Stars: Cristina Buscetta, Roberto Buscetta, Lisa Buscetta, Roberto Precioso

Votes: 1,625

23. Cyanide (2013)

103 min | Drama, Romance

A young hopeful teenager is waiting for his unknown and fantasized father to come out of prison. His family dream life is seriously undermined by an exhausted mother and a man who, after so... See full summary »

Director: Séverine Cornamusaz | Stars: Alexandre Etzlinger, Roy Dupuis, Sabine Timoteo, Christophe Sermet

Votes: 218

24. Web of Evidence (1959)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A British-American returns to Britain after 20 years to discover that his father has been jailed since WW2 for a murder that took place in murky circumstances.

Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Emlyn Williams, Bernard Lee

Votes: 324

25. Ghost of My Father (II) (2020)

85 min | Crime, Drama

On the first day of freedom, a grizzled ex-con must reconnect with his troubled son before his violent past catches up with them.

Director: Anthony Z. James | Stars: Anthony Mark Streeter, Nathan Hamilton, Russell Barnett, Emmy Happisburgh

Votes: 464

26. A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot (2017)

84 min | Documentary

One night, Majella O'Donnell took her teenage son Philly to be shot in both legs. Majella, Philly, and his shooters all live in an extraordinary community in Derry, Northern Ireland. 'The ... See full summary »

Director: Sinéad O'Shea

Votes: 104

27. The Lottery (2010)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Drama, News

Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York. A look at the crisis in public education, The Lottery makes the case than any child can succeed.

Director: Madeleine Sackler | Stars: Cory Booker, Geoffrey Canada, Candice Fryer, Gregory Goodwine Jr.

Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.05M

28. L'intrusa (2017)

95 min | Drama

Social worker in Naples confronts moral dilemma risking her life's work after battling criminal mindsets in the city's daily conflicts.

Director: Leonardo Di Costanzo | Stars: Raffaella Giordano, Valentina Vannino, Martina Abbate, Anna Patierno

Votes: 435

29. Dumas (2010)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, History

When Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, his ghostwriter, are at the summit of their collaboration, Auguste decides to pass himself off as Alexandre in order to seduce Charlotte, a fervent admirer of the great man.

Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc, Mélanie Thierry

Votes: 699

30. The Red Dance (1928)

103 min | Drama, Romance

Note: Contains Spoilers

The story, set in Russia at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution, focuses on the relationship between three characters: Tasia (Dolores del Rio), a peasant girl; ... See full synopsis »

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Charles Farrell, Ivan Linow, Boris Charsky

Votes: 167

31. Valparaíso, mi amor (1969)

90 min | Drama

A poor Valparaiso family faces a tough life after the father is sent to prison.

Director: Aldo Francia | Stars: Hugo Cárcamo, Sara Astica, Rigoberto Rojo, Liliana Cabrera

Votes: 193

32. Byways (2004)

101 min | Drama

After a tragedy a restless father and his teenage son go on a car trip in their Mercedes, trying to find some reasoning in this world and to find each other as well.

Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Sergi López, Kevin Miranda, Lucy Harrison, Jacques Bosc

Votes: 150

33. America Lost (2019)

80 min | Documentary

America Lost is a feature documentary that explores life in three "forgotten American cities"-Youngstown, Ohio, Memphis, Tennessee, and Stockton, California. The film reveals the dramatic ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Rufo | Stars: Contrina, Michael Dougherty, Armando Peraza, Christopher Rufo

Votes: 42

34. Mallboy (2000)

84 min | Drama

The world of 14 year old Shaun revolves around his broken family home, and a group of truant friends who inhabit Melbourne's northern suburb shopping centres. As he tries to make the ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Giarrusso | Stars: Kane McNay, Nell Feeney, Brett Swain, Maxie Rickard

Votes: 137

35. Ombline (2012)

95 min | Drama

The journey of a young mother in a prison with her baby boy.

Director: Stéphane Cazes | Stars: Mélanie Thierry, Nathalie Bécue, Corinne Masiero, Catherine Salée

Votes: 306

36. Des enfants dans les arbres (2009)

25 min | Short

Karim, seven years old, and Coralie, aged eleven, live with their mother near the prison where their father is serving a sentence. Together they search for a way to be reunited with their father.

Director: Bania Medjbar | Stars: Benaïssa Ahaouari, Dorian Aissa, Farid Aissa, Michelle Alaminos

Votes: 13

37. Il ritorno del cigno (2014 TV Movie)

Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on the life of the great composer Gioachino Rossini.

Director: Ettore Florio | Stars: Bruno Praticò, Alessandro Gimelli, Angela Pascucci, Paola Antonucci

38. Prison, My Parents & Me (2016 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Nearly 10,000 children in Britain visit a parent in prison every week, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Catey Sexton gives a humane and sensitive insight into their lives in this documentary made for [error].

Director: Catey Sexton | Star: Peter Capaldi

Votes: 7

39. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode: The Coming Out Party (1965)

65 min | Drama

A boy begins a search in Notting Hill shortly before Christmas.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Toni Palmer, George Sewell, Dennis Golding, Jane Muir

40. Broke (2020)
Episode: Daddy Issues (2020)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy

Javier decides to go with Jackie to visit her father in prison; Luis teaches Elizabeth to drive.

Director: Victor Gonzalez | Stars: Jaime Camil, Pauley Perrette, Natasha Leggero, Izzy Diaz

Votes: 44

41. My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2011–2015)
Episode: I Fought the Law (2012)

TV-Y7 | 49 min | Documentary

In this episode, Irish Traveller Danielle is determined to live her life in a traditional way and, at just 15, is planning a lavish black pink and bling hen party.

Stars: Barbara Flynn, Thelma Madine

42. My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2011–2015)
Episode: We Are Family (2012)

TV-Y7 | 49 min | Documentary

For generations, traveller celebrations have been a family affair. In this episode we meet the Mcfadyens, a large Irish traveller family in the midst of a series of celebrations.

Star: Barbara Flynn

43. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Prisoners of Incest (1984)

Documentary

This docudrama examines the effects of incest on a family - the secrecy, guilt, fear, and lack of communication that distort the structure of a family's relationships and make them prisoners.

Director: Penny Cherns | Stars: Ian Jentle, Sue Rogerson, Sara Sugarman, Tamara Steele

44. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: The Man in the Yellow Suit (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During the holidays, the Flash confronts the Reverse-Flash, the man who killed his mother. Caitlin gets surprising news about her fiancé, Ronnie.

Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett

Votes: 8,886

45. NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)
Episode: Le Carnaval de la Mort (2015)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a Petty Officer is found murdered in the midst of Mardi Gras events, the NCIS team investigates what parades and parties led to his untimely death. Also, Pride must decide what ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Rob Kerkovich

Votes: 325

46. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode: Lulu (2017)

Documentary, Biography, History

Lulu travels to Glasgow to uncover the story of her Catholic grandfather and Protestant grandmothers love affair across the sectarian divide.

Director: Eleanor Scoones | Stars: Lulu, Phil Davis, Jordan Frieda

Votes: 51

47. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Pawnbrokers (No. 146/147) (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Red tries to adapt in federal prison. Samar goes undercover to stop a black market organization. Meanwhile, Liz and Jennifer continue their search into Red's past.

Director: Lin Oeding | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,345

48. No Good Nick (2019)
Episode: The Jam Auction (2019)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama, Family

Nick plans to hold an estate sale while the Thompsons are away watching "Hamilton."

Director: Phill Lewis | Stars: Siena Agudong, Lauren Lindsey Donzis, Kalama Epstein, Sean Astin

Votes: 103