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52 Movies about Fathers
Father of
the Bride
Synopsis
: A father's mixed feelings about his daughter's
marriage makes the wedding a torturous occasion for him.
Star
cast: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin,
George Newbern
Genre
: Comedy and Adaptation
Year
of Release : 1991
Father of
the
Bride - Part II
Synopsis
: Still young at heart, and fully recovered
after having been the "Father of the Bride," George Banks finally
feels content. His wife Nina loves him as deeply as he loves her. his daughter
Annie, and son-in-law Bryan, are happily married and each are responsible working
adults. With his son Matty growing into a young man, and the mortgage to his
dream house fully paid off, George feels he's finally ahead of the game. And
that's when his life turns upside down. First Annie and Bryan unexpectedly announce
they're going to be parents. Then, a short while later, it's Nina's turn to
make the same shocking speech to George. They too, are going to have a baby!
George is reeling. He feels much to young to be a grandfather--and way too old
to be a father again. And when Annie and Nina call on the flamboyant Franck
Egglehoffer to coordinate their double baby shower, George seeks out his own
unique way to cope with this '90s style mid-life crisis.
Star
cast: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams,
George Newbern
Genre
: Comedy and Sequel
Year
of Release : 1995
Fathers'
Day
Synopsis
: Jack Lawrence is a successful Los Angeles
attorney. He's got a good job, a lovely wife, a nice home, a great car--aside
from a limited amount of patience, Jack has pretty much every thing he wants.
Dale Putley has been on the brink of despair for so long that he's starting
to enjoy the view. A would-be writer scraping out a threadbare existence in
San Francisco, Dale is a bundle of neuroses just waiting to unravel. Dale needs
something to worry about in his life besides himself. Suddenly, before you can
say "romance from the past," Jack Lawrence and Dale Putley, two complete
strangers and polar opposites, are sharing a car, pooling their wits, and rethinking
everything about themselves as they try to track down a teenage runaway that
each believes might be his son.
Star
cast: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja
Kinski, Charlie Hofheimer
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1997
Three Men
and a Baby
Synopsis
: A remake of the hit French comedy "Trois
Hommes et un Couffin" ("Three Men and a Cradle") about a trio
of confirmed bachelors who unexpectedly discover the joys of fatherhood when
a baby is left on their doorstep. The three men -- an actor, an architect and
a cartoonist -- share a swanky pad where they entertain a steady succession
of one-night stands. This all changes when a woman appears at their apartment
one day with the actor's illegitimate infant. Dad happens to be out of town
at the time, so it's up to his two woefully inexperienced roommates to deal
with the baby that has been abandoned to their care.
Star
cast: Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Lisa Blair, Michelle
Blair
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1987
Nothing in
Common
Synopsis
: Because of his talent, charm and wisecracking
sense of humor, David Basner is a self-made man on the fast track. He loves
his job, his band accountant is healthy and women find him irresistible. Then
his father Max, calls to give David the news that he and David's mother Lorraine
are calling it quits after 35 years. Now, aside from pressures of his own busy
life, David has the new responsibilities of taking care of his crotchety dad
and emotionally supporting his mother. Through these experiences, David gains
a new understanding and appreciation of his parents, with whom he thought he
had nothing in common.
Star
cast: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo,
Barry Corbin
Genre
: Comedy and Drama
Year
of Release : 1986
At Close
Range
Synopsis
: A blue-collar teen in a small southern town
wrestles with his future until his long-lost criminal of a father comes back
into his life and lures him into the world of crime.
Star
cast: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher
Penn, Millie Perkins
Genre
: Drama and Crime/Gangster
Year
of Release : 1986
The Godfather
Synopsis
: Epic tale of a 1940s New York Mafia family
and their struggle to protect their empire from rival families as the leadership
switches from the father to his youngest son.
Star
cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano,
Robert Duvall
Genre
: Action/Adventure, Drama, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation
Year
of Release : 1972
Big Fish
Synopsis
: As an eight-year old confined to bed because
of a preternatural growing spurt, Edward Bloom occupies himself by reading the
entire World Book Encyclopedia. He is taken in particular with an article about
goldfish, in which he learns that "if goldfish are kept in a small bowl,
they will remain small. With more space, the fish can double, triple or quadruple
its size." Ten years later, after becoming one of the most popular young
men in Ashton, Alabama, he realizes that--like the goldfish--in order for him
to grow he must leave home and explore the world. And thus, an improbable and
mythic journey begins. Many years and countless adventures later, Bloom is well
known as a teller of tall tales about his colorful life as a less than ordinary
young man, when his wanderlust took him around the world and back again. His
mythic exploits range from the delightful to the surreal, interweaving epic
sagas about giants and werewolves, conjoined Korean lounge singers, a witch
with a glass eye that can see the future--and of course, a big fish that refuses
to be caught. Bloomâ™s fabled stories charm everyone he encounters
except his son Will, who has also left home but in this case to get out from
under his fatherâ™s considerable shadow. When Edward becomes ill
and his wife, Sandra, tries to reconcile them, Will embarks on his own personal
journey trying to separate the myth from the reality of his fatherâ™s
life and come to terms with the manâ™s giant feats and great failings.
Star
cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena
Bonham Carter
Genre
: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama and Adaptation
Year
of Release : 2003
Father Goose
Synopsis
: This World War II comedy stars Cary Grant
in an uncharacteristic turn as Walter Eckland. Walter is an unshaven bum who
inhabits a deserted island in the South Seas. Completely boozed up, unshaven,
and badly dressed, Walter is a watcher for Japanese spy planes. An Australian
Navy Commander, Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard) has pressed Walter, who once
had his own cruiser at the beginning of the war, to become the sole occupant
of a strategic watching station. It is into this world that smart and sexy Catherine
Frenau (Leslie Caron) is drawn when Walter, en route in a dinghy to rescue another
watcher, stumbles on to the schoolteacher and a flock of seven young girls.
The girls have been marooned because their pilot was ordered to leave them to
rescue the survivors of an abandoned bomber. Ralph Nelson directs shrewdly and
keeps the comedy crisp as these eight survivors try to inhabit the same small
island without driving each other crazy. The sharp witted Academy Award winning
screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff, is based on a story by S.H. Barnett.
Star
cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Verina Greenlaw
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1964
Ghost Dad
Synopsis
: A father's encounter with the supernatural
teaches him a valuable lesson about keeping in touch with his children.
Star
cast: Bill Cosby, Denise Nicholas-Hill, Kimberly Russell, Ian Bannen,
Christine Ebersole
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1990
My Dad the
Rockstar
Synopsis
: Being the son of the world famous rock star,
Rock Zilla, may sound wonderful for most people, but Willy has a different opinion.
All he wants is a normal life and friends who accept him for himself and not
because of his parents. When the Zilla family moves to Silent Springs in semi-retirement,
Willy sees his chance. However, that normal life will not be easy to find with
his wealthy family stirring things up in their own eccentric ways. Regardless,
with the help of two newfound true friends, Willy is ready to deal with his
unique challenges in a world that is remarkably new to him.
Star
cast: (All lent their voices) Lawrence Bayne, Don Francks,
Sarah Gadon, Kathleen Laskey, Stephanie Mills, Rob Stefaniuk, Joanne Vannicola,
Martin Villafana
Genre
: Animation / Family / Comedy / Music (T.V. Series)
Year
of Release : 2003
Daddy Day
Care
Synopsis
: Charlie and Phil are so consumed by their
high profile advertising jobs that they are completely missing out on the joys
of fatherhood. After failing to excite the public about vegetable cereal, Charlie
and Phil are fired from their ad jobs. That means no more expensive day care
for their sons at the exclusive Chapman Academy, run by the harsh taskmistress
Miss Gwyneth Harridan. While floundering aimlessly in search of employment and
tending to his four-year-old son Ben during the day while his wife Kim is at
work, Charlie has an idea. If he and Phil can handle taking care of two kids,
how much harder can it be to supervise ten? Much harder than they ever imagined.
Every kid is different and every one is a hilarious challenge, whether they're
suffering from sugar rush, fantasizing about being super heroes, or just demolishing
everything in sight, Charlie and Phil soon realize they are in over their heads.
Way over their heads.
Star
cast: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Kevin Nealon
Genre
: Comedy and Kids/Family
Year
of Release : 2003
Paternity
Synopsis
: A swinging bachelor decides that he wants
to father a child, but he doesn't want the responsibilities of marriage. His
solution, which is to hire a surrogate mother, leads to hilarious results.
Star
cast: Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Norman Fell, Elizabeth Ashley
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1981
Dad
Synopsis
: A man, returning home to take care of his
ailing father, discovers new meaning in their relationship.
Star
cast: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin
Spacey
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1989
Indiana Jones
and the Last Crusade
Synopsis
: Indiana and his father outwit the Nazis in
their attempt to find the Holy Grail.
Star
cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, River Phoenix,
John Rhys-Davies
Genre
: Action/Adventure, Romance and Sequel
Year
of Release : 1989
Boyz n the
Hood
Synopsis
: Three black male teens come-of-age in the
gang "war zones" of South Central Los Angeles.
Star
cast: Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube , Cuba Gooding Jr, Nia Long, Morris
Chestnut
Genre
: Drama and Crime/Gangster
Year
of Release : 1991
He Got Game
Synopsis
: A man convicted of murdering his wife is offered
a chance to have his sentence lessened if he can persuade his heavily-recruited
basketball star son to sign with a local college.
Star
cast: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson,
Hill Harper
Genre
: Drama, Kids/Family and Sports
Year
of Release : 1998
Penny Serenade
Synopsis
: In one of his rare departures from the realm
of comedy, Cary Grant stars along with Irene Dunne in this sentimental tale
about the marriage of Roger and Julie Adams.Told in flashbacks by Julie as she
considers divorce, the film limns the couple's earlier years, when her reluctant
journalist boyfriend finally proposes after being posted in Japan by the newspaper
where he works. When Julie joins him after a three-month delay, she announces
that she's pregnant, and is greatly concerned by Roger's rash spending habits.
Shortly thereafter, their house is destroyed by an earthquake, which also ends
Julie's pregancy. The couple returns to San Francisco only to find that Julie
will no longer be able to bear children. Hoping to cheer his wife, Roger floats
the idea of buying a small-town newspaper, but she remains inconsolable. He
goes ahead with his plan to buy the paper, and the twosome rent an apartment
above its offices. Meanwhile, their friend Applejack (Edgar Buchanan) begins
gently coaxing the couple to adopt a child. Although the film is awash in sentimentality,
it remains curiously compelling, which can be attributed to Stevens restrained
direction, the skillful interweaving of comic material, and excellent work by
the two leads.
Star
cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Edgar Buchanan, Beulah Bondi, Ann Doran
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1941
Father &
Son (2004)
Synopsis
: A father and son live together in a rooftop
apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world, full
of memories and daily rituals. Sometimes they seem like brothers; at other times,
even like lovers. Following in his father's footsteps, Alexei attends military
school. He likes sports, tends to be irresponsible and has problems with his
girlfriend. She is jealous of Alexei's close relationship with his father. Despite
knowing that all sons must one day live their own lives, Alexei is conflicted.
Never has a love between a father and a son been so strong.
Star
cast: Andrei Shetinin, Alex Neimyshev, Alexander Razbash, Fedor Lavrov,
Marina Zasukhina
Genre
: Art/Foreign and Drama
Year
of Release : 2004
The Daddy
of Them All
Synopsis
: The County Welfare Society is offering a prize
for the largest family. Ezra claims twenty-three children. When he's asked to
produce the whole family he realizes he really has thirty-three kids.
Star
cast: Bert Tracy, Eva Bell, Royal Byron, Harry Lorraine, Vincente DePascale,
Oliver Hardy, Billy Bowers, James Levering
Genre
: Comedy, Short
Year
of Release : 1914
Ma &
Pa Kettle
Synopsis
: The Kettles and their fifteen children are
about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize
by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's
new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa
of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries
Tom Kettle.
Star
cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Patricia
Alphin
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1949
In the Name
of the Father
Synopsis
: Story of Gerry Conlon, purported ringleader
of the Guildford Four, a group of three Irishmen and one English woman wrongly
imprisoned for the 1974 IRA bombing of a pub in Guildford, England, that left
five people dead. Conlon's father Guiseppe was subsequently imprisoned along
with six other Conlon relatives who became known as the Maguire Seven.
Star
cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie,
Philip King
Genre
: Drama and Biopic
Year
of Release : 1993
Daddy
Synopsis
: Based on Danielle Steel's bestseller, an ad
executive moves to L.A. after his wife leaves him to take care of their children
alone. When he meets a beautiful Hollywood actress he must decide whether his
family is ready for him to take romantic chances.
Star
cast: Patrick Duffy, Kate Mulgrew, Lynda Carter
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1992
Kramer vs
Kramer
Synopsis
: Robert Benton's moving and well-observed adaptation
of Avery Corman's novel about the aftermath of divorce stars Dustin Hoffman
and Meryl Streep as the separating couple, Ted and Joanna Kramer. When dutiful
wife and mother Joanna decides to leave Ted, an advertising executive, she also
leaves him with the responsibility of caring for their young son, Billy (Justin
Henry). The situation proves to be especially difficult since the workaholic
father has never really taken care of the boy and, in truth, barely knows him.
Things are rough at first, but as the two become accustomed to life without
Joanna and Ted's caretaking skills improve, father and son finally develop a
relationship. As Ted devotes more time to his son and less to his work, however,
the latter suffers, and Ted's subsequent firing coincides with the return of
Joanna, who wants her son back. Despite the titular framing of a custody trial,
KRAMER VS. KRAMER steps lightly around the complex issue, essentially concerning
itself with the father's discovery of the joys and travails of being a parent.
Hoffman and Streep turn in exceptional Academy Award-winning performances, and
Benton crafts a memorable exploration of parenthood by wisely focusing on the
tiny dramas of everyday life--such as the classic, heartbreaking scene in which
Ted, on his first morning as a single father, tries (and miserably fails) to
make french toast for his son--to capture the essence of a precious relationship.
Star
cast: Dustin Hoffman, Justin Henry, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Howard
Duff
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1979
My Girl
Synopsis
: Story about a precocious 11-year-old girl,
being raised by her widowed father, who learns to love her wacky family with
the help of her best friend.
Star
cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky,
Richard Masur
Genre
: Comedy and Drama
Year
of Release : 1991
My Girl 2
Synopsis
: Vada goes to Los Angeles to see her uncle
with hopes of finding out more about her late mother.
Star
cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Austin O'Brien,
Richard Masur
Genre
: Comedy, Romance and Sequel
Year
of Release : 1994
The Mosquito
Coast
Synopsis
: Allie Fox and his wife take their family to
Central America to build a paradise that doesn't take.
Star
cast: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts, Andre
Gregory
Genre
: Action/Adventure, Drama and Adaptation
Year
of Release : 1986
Affliction
Synopsis
: Wade Whitehouse is the sheriff of Lawford,
New Hampshire who has rarely risen to any challenge and has remained, despite
his age, an overgrown teenager. He is a glorified crossing guard in this quiet,
dreary town. On the first day of deer season, Wade's friend Jack takes a wealthy
businessman out to bag his first buck but returns later claiming the man was
a victim of a self-inflicted gunshot. Instead of letting the incident pass,
Wade sees this as his opportunity to investigate a murder. However, his aggressive
attempts to play crime-solver help to emphasize how misguided his life has always
been. The death of his mother, due largely to his father's neglect, helps to
accelerate the downward spiral of Wade's life until, stripped of all self-repect,
he commits a startling act of violence.
Star
cast: Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth
Hurt
Genre
: Drama and Adaptation
Year
of Release : 1998
A Time to
Kill
Synopsis
: Old ways die hard... and even now in the fast-changing
American South, some old ways die harder than others. It's the lesson learned
by Carl Lee Hailey, a Mississippi factory worker, when his ten-year-old daughter
is brutally assaulted by two racist thugs on a drunken spree. It's the lesson
learned by eager young lawyer Jake Brigance, called upon to defend Carl Lee
in court after Hailey shoots both men in an act of passionate retribution for
the shattered innocence of his little girl. And it's the lesson learned by Ellen
Roark, an energetic, ambitious and razor-sharp Boston-born law student at "Ole
Miss." As Jake fights to defend Carl Lee, his own life and the safety of
his family and colleagues become increasingly jeopardized. And now, as a full-scale
conflagration simmers just below the surface and threatens to explode in this
small, Southern community, Jake and Carl Lee must find a way to transcend their
fundamental differences and work together for the same cause... equal justice.
Star
cast : Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin
Spacey, Oliver Platt
Genre
: Drama, Thriller and Adaptation
Year
of Release : 1996
What A Girl
Wants
Synopsis
: Daphne Reynolds has what every girl wants--or
so it seems. This spirited young American girl has a unique style all her own,
an unconventional but loving relationship with her bohemian mother Libby and
a future full of possibilities--but despite her remarkable promise, Daphne feels
incomplete. She dreams of one day meeting the father sheâ™s never
known, the man Libby shared a whirlwind romance with seventeen years ago, but
ultimately left behind because his aristocratic family found her unsuitable.
Determined to live out her fantasy of forging a storybook relationship with
her long-absent dad, Daphne impulsively hops a flight to London, where she quickly
discovers that her father is high profile politician Lord Henry Dashwood. When
Henry opens his life and his social calendar to the daughter he never knew existed,
Daphneâ™s appearance in high society creates an uproar that threatens
to undermine his political career. Not wanting to jeopardize his campaign for
an upcoming election, Daphne stifles her naturally vibrant personality, refashions
herself as a proper debutante and plunges into a whirlwind of stuffy British
social events. But even with Henryâ™s support, sheâ™s
not getting any help from his conniving fiancée or her jealous
daughter, who are bent on ruining Daphne at every turn. With the aid of Ian,
a charming and society-savvy local musician, Daphne attempts to prove that love--and
proper etiquette--can conquer all. But Daphne soon realizes she doesnâ™t
like the person sheâ™s becoming in the process. As much as she wants
to be her fatherâ™s daughter, itâ™s not worth it if
she canâ™t be herself.
Star
cast: Amanda Bynes, Kelly Preston, Colin Firth, Anna Chancellor, Jonathan
Pryce
Genre
: Comedy, Drama, Musical/Performing Arts, Romance and Remake
Year
of Release : 2003
Fathers &
Sons (1992)
Synopsis
: Story about a relationship between a father
and son set at the Jersey shore.
Star
cast: Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane, Mitchell Marchand, Famke Janssen,
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1992
Getting Even
With Dad
Synopsis
: A young boy blackmails his ex-con father by
hiding the money stolen during his last job.
Star
cast : Macaulay Culkin, Ted Danson, Glenne Headly, Saul Rubinek, Gailard
Sartain
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1994
Dad's Army
Synopsis
: Film of the BBC TV series "Dad's Army".
Shows how the Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard (affectionately known as the Dad's
Army) were formed. Characters include Mainwaring the bank manager, Fraser the
undertaker and Jones the butcher. Mainwaring and company save the day when a
crew of a German aircraft take the vicar and villagers hostage in the church.
Star
cast: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier , Clive Dunn, John Laurie, James
Beck, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender
Genre
: Comedy, War
Year
of Release : 1971
Big Daddy
Synopsis
: Sonny Koufax is a slacker, working only part
time and hanging around New York, having collected a big payout after a car
accident. Then 5-year-old Julian turns up, claiming to be the son of his roommate
Kevin. But Kevin disclaims all knowledge and leaves for a work assignment in
China, leaving Sonny with the kid. He is about to ship him to Social Services,
but then realises that little Julian could help him win back his ex-girlfriend.
He becomes an instant daddy, and is a hit with the kid for allowing him to dress
and act as he wants. Soon, his ploy is making him reconsider his life, and he
forms a real bond with Julian, as well as meeting Layla.
Star
cast: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Cole Sprouse, Dylan
Sprouse
Genre
: Comedy, Drama and Romance
Year
of Release : 1999
Daddy Nostalgia
Synopsis
: A young woman takes the opportunity to get
to know her father better while he recuperates from an operation.
Star
cast: Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure, Emmanuelle Bataille,
Charlotte Kady
Genre
: Art/Foreign and Drama
Year
of Release : 1991
My Father,
The Hero
Synopsis
: Romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations
of a father who brings his young daughter on a vacation in paradise. In an effort
to impress the boy of her dreams, the girl pretends that her father is her lover.
Star
cast: Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton,
Faith Prince
Genre
: Comedy and Romance
Year
of Release : 1994
A Loving
Father
Synopsis
: Leo (Gerard Depardieu) is a highly successful
novelist who has just won the Nobel Prize. Unfortunately, he has been an emotionally
distant failure as a father, forcing his twenty-something son, Paul (Depardieu's
real-life son, Guillame) to live in his shadow. While travelling, Leo is kidnapped
by Paul, and tries to make one last attempt to establish a true connection with
his father. Sylvie Testud (THE CHATEAU) costars in this darkly comic tale of
family dysfunction.
Star
cast: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud
Genre
: Drama/Foreign
Year
of Release : 2002
Father and
Scout
Synopsis
: Though he's afraid of everything to do with
the great outdoors, a nerdy dad takes his Eagle-Scout-in-training son on a camping
trip. Naturally, everything goes wrong.
Star
cast: Bob Saget, Brian Bonsall, Heidi Swedberg, Stuart Pankin, David
Graf
Genre
: Comedy
Year
of Release : 1994
This Is My
Father
Synopsis
: Kieran Johnson discovers some papers that
suggest that his father may not be who he thought he was. His mother is paralyzed
and cannot tell him anything, so he travels to Ireland to track down the poor
farmer who could be his father. Once there he befriends two Irish girls who
introduce him to a couple of "travelers" (Irish gypsies) who hold
the secret to Kieran's past and the "Romeo and Juliet" story that
tore his family apart back in 1939.
Star
cast : Aidan Quinn, Moya Farrelly, Stephen Rea, James Caan, Jacob Tierney
Genre
: Drama and Romance
Year
of Release : 1999
Like Father,
Like Son
Synopsis
: Typical high school senior Chris Hammond (Kirk
Cameron) and his father (Dudley Moore), Jack, are about as close as they can
get--but they're about to become even closer. When a freak accident causes them
to switch bodies, they will learn more about each others lives than they ever
expected!
Star
cast: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Sean Astin, Patrick O'Neal, Margaret
Colin
Genre
: Comedy and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Year
of Release : 1987
A Voyage
Round
My Father
Synopsis
: A successful lawyer struck with blindness
in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of
his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he
also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in
return.
Star
cast : Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Elizabeth Sellars, Jane Asher
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1983
In His Father's
Shoes
Synopsis
: When a teenage boy's father falls ill, the
son consoles himself by trying on a pair of shoes given to his father by a fortune
teller. The magical wingtips transport him back in time, where the boy discovers
more about family secrets and his indelible bond with his father.
Star
cast : Louis Gossett Jr, Robert Ri'chard
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1997
I Never Sang
for My Father
Synopsis
: A fine cinematic version of Robert Anderson's
semi-autobiographical stage play about a middle-aged widower, played by Hackman,
who is still trying to win the approval of his distant father. A bleak but believable
turn of events forces him to choose between moving far away to marry the woman
he loves or staying to care for the parental curmudgeon. Many will relate to
this family drama which was adapted for the screen by Anderson.
Star
cast : Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Dorothy Stickney,
Elizabeth Hubbard
Genre
: Drama
Year
of Release : 1970
