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1. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings
Votes: 302,112 | Gross: $25.14M
2. All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Stars: Aria Mia Loberti, Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 44,925
3. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 719,972 | Gross: $32.00M
4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 227,959 | Gross: $4.00M
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 530,446 | Gross: $206.46M
6. Palmer (2021)
R | 110 min | Drama
An ex-convict strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home.
Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, Ryder Allen
Votes: 44,066
7. Nowhere Special (2020)
96 min | Drama
When John, a thirty-five-year-old window cleaner, is given only a few months to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for his three-year-old son, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.
Director: Uberto Pasolini | Stars: James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Carol Moore, Valene Kane
Votes: 6,675
8. A Goofy Movie (1995)
G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Max makes a preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.
Director: Kevin Lima | Stars: Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Jim Cummings, Kellie Martin
Votes: 62,919 | Gross: $35.35M
9. I Am Sam (2001)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama
An intellectually disabled man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 155,510 | Gross: $40.31M
10. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Sherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world.
Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann
Votes: 78,035 | Gross: $111.51M
11. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror
The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins
Votes: 29,971 | Gross: $41.00M
12. The Switch (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Seven years after the fact, a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friend's boy.
Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 112,483 | Gross: $27.76M
13. Poltergeist III (1988)
PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a high-rise building, where the supernatural forces haunting her make their return.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Zelda Rubinstein
Votes: 20,537 | Gross: $14.11M
14. Snitch (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron
Votes: 92,879 | Gross: $42.93M
15. Midnight Special (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
Votes: 84,115 | Gross: $3.71M
16. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.
Directors: Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach
Votes: 57,000 | Gross: $5.62M
17. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.
Director: Michael Cohn | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis
Votes: 11,394
18. Two Is a Family (2016)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A bachelor enjoys his sweet life on the French Riviera until a one-night stand tells him, he's dad to Gloria and leaves her with him. He moves to London with Gloria. Mom turns up 8 years later.
Director: Hugo Gélin | Stars: Omar Sy, Clémence Poésy, Antoine Bertrand, Ashley Walters
Votes: 28,678
19. La Mission (2009)
R | 117 min | Drama
A single-parent ex-con in a tough minority neighborhood finds his personal values challenged when he discovers his son is gay.
Director: Peter Bratt | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Alex Hernandez, Christopher Borgzinner, Jeremy Ray Valdez
Votes: 1,991 | Gross: $1.04M
20. The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
PG-13 | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in search of his estranged mother.
Director: Martin Krejcí | Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Eve Hewson, John Turturro, Jaeden Martell
Votes: 995
21. The Sum of Us (1994)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."
Directors: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling | Stars: Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy
Votes: 5,834 | Gross: $2.51M
22. World War III (1982)
200 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In 1987, Soviet paratroopers drop into Alaska to sabotage the oil pipeline in retaliation against a United States grain embargo. A skirmish occurs at a pumping station, lightly defended by ... See full summary »
Stars: David Soul, Brian Keith, Cathy Lee Crosby, Jeroen Krabbé
Votes: 796
23. Sin in the Suburbs (1964)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Several unhappy suburban housewives partake in numerous affairs. One of them gets the neighbors to join her and her fake brother's secret sex club. Meanwhile, the prudish closeted daughter of one of the women starts an affair with her.
Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Judy Young, W.B. Parker, Audrey Campbell, Dyanne Thorne
Votes: 254
24. His (2020)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during high school. However, despite strong feelings, they go their separate ways. Years later, Shun is now living alone in a rural area when Nagisa arrives with his six-year-old daughter, Sora.
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Hio Miyazawa, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Wakana Matsumoto, Honoka Matsumoto
Votes: 760
25. The Guv'nor (2016)
85 min | Documentary
A feature documentary about the life of Lenny McLean, as seen through the eyes of his only son, Jamie.
Director: Paul Van Carter | Stars: Lenny McLean, Jamie McLean, Martin Askew, Guy Ritchie
Votes: 1,838
26. Love My Life (2006)
96 min | Drama
Ichiko and Eri are two Japanese university students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian. Her best ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Kawano | Stars: Rei Yoshii, Asami Imajuku, Naomi Akimoto, Miyoko Asada
Votes: 916
27. A Father's Nightmare (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
A vindictive and psychotic new roommate attempts to convince an innocent college freshman to take her own life by slowly destroying the freshman through the means of drugs, paranoia, and manipulation.
Directors: Vic Sarin, Vijay Sarin | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Joel Gretsch, Kaitlyn Bernard, Ellery Sprayberry
Votes: 335
28. Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (2022)
102 min | Comedy, Family
After inheriting a farm at Christmas time, a widowed father makes a bumpy adjustment to village life - while his kids hatch a plan to stay there forever.
Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Scott Garnham, Scott Paige, Kathryn Drysdale, Ashley Jensen
Votes: 1,915
29. Death in the Garden (1956)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,620
30. Aleksandr's Price (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Traumatized by his mother's death and struggling to make ends meet, illegal immigrant Aleksandr Ivanov turns to escorting and soon finds himself sinking into the dark world of New York City's sex trade -- and pushed to the edge of sanity.
Directors: Pau Masó, David Damen | Stars: Pau Masó, Anatoli Grigoriadou, Josh Berresford, Sam Glovin
Votes: 736
31. Clementine (2004)
100 min | Action, Drama
Kim is a Taekwondo champion who decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must ... See full summary »
Director: Du-yeong Kim | Stars: Lee Dong-jun, Steven Seagal, Kim Hye-ri, Seo-woo Eun
Votes: 1,365
32. How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
29 min | Documentary, Short
From the time she was two years old and until she turned 18, they had a ritual: Dad asked (and filmed), and Ella answered. What do you dream about? What scares you? What do you think about ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Rosenblatt | Star: Ella Rosenblatt
Votes: 1,236
33. Float Like a Butterfly (2018)
PG | 104 min | Drama, History, Sport
From the producers of "Once" and "Sing Street", "Float Like a Butterfly" is a powerful, timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging. In a gender-reversal of the classic film "... See full summary »
Director: Carmel Winters | Stars: Hazel Doupe, Dara Devaney, Johnny Collins, Hilda Fay
Votes: 371
34. Waterfront Women (1950)
80 min | Drama
A worthless sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. They make a go of their lives, but the eldest daughter is not happy when her father decides to return.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Susan Shaw
Votes: 489
35. I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage son think he's a real Red.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, James Millican
Votes: 970
36. My Father's House (1975 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
While recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Preston, Eileen Brennan, Rosemary Forsyth
Votes: 71
37. The Lulú Club (2023)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Nicolás, one week away from getting married, receives a letter that forces him to face his best-kept secret: he is the father of a girl he only knew at birth. He only has 3 days to recover her before she goes to the adoption system.
Director: Marcos Carnevale | Stars: Julieta Dora, Laurita Fernández, Johanna Francella, Fernando Larraín
Votes: 252
38. Sand Castles (2015)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Eleanor, thirties, has just lost her father. He bequeathed his house in Brittany in the Cotes d'Armor. She is a photographer, has had some success but business no longer work as before. It ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Jahan | Stars: Emma de Caunes, Yannick Renier, Jeanne Rosa, Alain Chamfort
Votes: 379
39. Little Mister Jim (1946)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A boy learns to deal with the loss of his mother and the subsequent mourning of his father through the wisdom of the family's Chinese cook.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Luana Patten
Votes: 120
40. The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake (1996 TV Movie)
55 min | Adventure, Mystery
The Last Chance Detectives search for a missing friend. The trail finally leads them to the wilderness of Fire Lake.
Director: Stephen Stiles | Stars: Anthony De Longis, J. Marvin Campbell, Ryan Calhoun, David Netter
Votes: 93
41. Dreams & Nightmares
Short, Drama | Post-production
Dreams and Nightmares is a passionate short film that highlights the profound love of a father juxtaposed with the stark realities of gun violence in schools.
Director: Elton Holt | Stars: Michael Boose, G. Anthony Joseph, Sean Leon, Naiya Armour
42. The Christening (2010)
86 min | Drama, Thriller
Janek comes to Warsaw to become the godfather of his good old friend's baby. During the week before the ceremony the lives of Janek, Michal and his wife Magda change dramatically as the men's criminal past haunts them mercilessly.
Director: Marcin Wrona | Stars: Wojciech Zielinski, Tomasz Schuchardt, Natalia Rybicka, Adam Woronowicz
Votes: 721
43. The Land of Rain Trees (I) (2015)
Drama
Nobuyuki found a review website of his favorite book. He felt the same way as the website owner (Rika) about the book's story. Since then, he has interested in Rika with sensorineural hearingloss.
Director: Yoshishige Miyake | Stars: Mariya Nishiuchi, Yûta Tamamori, Jôji Abe, Yumi Asô
Votes: 84
44. Brave Are the Fallen (2020)
Approved | 52 min | Documentary
Heartfelt and inspiring, this award winning documentary chronicles firefighter Captain Tom Wall's life, and his untimely death while battling an inferno that he helped to ultimately put out, saving homes and lives one last time.
Director: Jacob Whitley | Star: Billy Cook
Votes: 24
45. Father of Today (2019)
104 min | Drama
A direct depiction of God's love for mankind that is shown in the love of a father for his sons. Where we miss it and how we get reconciled.
Director: Tchidi Chikere | Stars: Jide Kosoko, Joseph Benjamin, Tina Chukwura, Deji Adegunle
46. Kshay (2020)
15 min | Short, Drama
In the quest for a better afterlife, Vishwas is compelled to take a life-changing decision to meet his departed wife and daughter. Kshay is a motion picture that takes the audience through ... See full summary »
Director: Aditya Arvind Chavan | Stars: Tejaswini Barve, Rohit Kokate, Mukta Patwardhan, Saanvi Pofali
47. Universos (2009)
30 min | Short, Fantasy, Romance
Directors: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz | Stars: Martiño Rivas, Blanca Suárez, Joan Massotkleiner, Álex Angulo
Votes: 22
48. Speed Dadding (2013)
Short, Family
What comes to mind when you hear the word father? Does protector, supporter and the overall responsibility for their children come to mind? A role this important should not be taken lightly... See full summary »
Director: Joe Bland | Stars: Henry Benton, Sydney Benton, Ryan Flannigan, Brent Fox
49. Kaakai Koodu (2016)
15 min | Short, Drama
Director: Rajavasanthan | Stars: Abinaya, Johnny Rao, Selvaraj Surendran, Karthik Venkatraman
Votes: 9
50. Hospital Trilogy & Hereafter (2021)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Exploring life, death, and limbo amid COVID-19, this film combines eerie cell art, surreal settings, and deep reflections with the concept of incidental cinema, capturing moments through chance-based filming.
Director: Alekos Alexiadis