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1. Migration (I) (2023)
PG | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime.
Directors: Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy | Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Tresi Gazal, Elizabeth Banks, Caspar Jennings
Votes: 22,846
2. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,439,676 | Gross: $53.09M
3. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.
Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik
Votes: 384,555 | Gross: $38.18M
4. Fringe (2008–2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole
Votes: 257,301
5. Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a goddess of war reincarnates in the body of a young girl, street orphan Seiya discovers that he is destined to protect her and save the world. But only if he can face his own past and become a Knight of the Zodiac.
Director: Tomasz Baginski | Stars: Mackenyu, Famke Janssen, Madison Iseman, Diego Tinoco
Votes: 13,083
6. Aladdin (2019)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Aladdin, a kind thief, woos Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah, with the help of Genie. When Jafar, the grand vizier, tries to usurp the king, Jasmine, Aladdin and Genie must stop him from succeeding.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari
Votes: 289,841 | Gross: $355.56M
7. Finding Nemo (2003)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 1,112,167 | Gross: $380.84M
8. Taken (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser
Votes: 634,007 | Gross: $145.00M
9. Hotel Transylvania (2012)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
Votes: 280,712 | Gross: $148.31M
10. The Road (I) (2009)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Votes: 253,986 | Gross: $0.06M
11. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
Votes: 386,729 | Gross: $52.90M
12. Blockers (2018)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Three parents try to stop their daughters from losing their virginity on prom night.
Director: Kay Cannon | Stars: Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton
Votes: 85,846 | Gross: $60.31M
13. Blood Father (2016)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks
Votes: 67,636
14. 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: 43,696
15. Endless Love (2014)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
Director: Shana Feste | Stars: Gabriella Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Bruce Greenwood, Robert Patrick
Votes: 47,562 | Gross: $23.39M
16. Intruders (I) (2011)
R | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Clive Owen, Carice van Houten, Izán Corchero, Ella Purnell
Votes: 21,300 | Gross: $0.07M
17. 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: 77,696 | Gross: $111.51M
18. Trust (I) (2010)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.
Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke
Votes: 43,996 | Gross: $0.12M
19. Maggie (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.
Director: Henry Hobson | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette
Votes: 46,686 | Gross: $0.19M
20. Gadar 2 (2023)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Tara Singh goes missing during a skirmish and is believed to be captured in Pakistan, his son Jeetey sets out to rescue him and enters a labyrinth from which they both must escape at all costs.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur Randhawa
Votes: 22,247
21. Tunnelen (2019)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.
Director: Pål Øie | Stars: Thorbjørn Harr, Ylva Fuglerud, Lisa Carlehed, Mikkel Bratt Silset
Votes: 6,532
22. Violetta (2012–2015)
TV-G | 45 min | Drama, Family, Music
A musically-talented teenager returns to her native Buenos Aires after living in Europe.
Stars: Diego Ramos, Tini Stoessel, Jorge Blanco, Mercedes Lambre
Votes: 2,841
23. Wild Bill (2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
US police chief Bill Hixon lands in Lincolnshire with his 14 year-old daughter Kelsey, hoping to flee their recent painful past. New community forces Bill to question everything about himself.
Stars: Rob Lowe, Bronwyn James, Tony Pitts, Aloreia Spencer
Votes: 3,194
24. Scarygirl (2023)
90 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.
Directors: Ricard Cussó, Tania Vincent | Stars: Sam Neill, Anna Torv, Liv Hewson, Tim Minchin
Votes: 451
25. Luz (2020)
Unrated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
What began as a friendship turns into a fierce romance in this heart-wrenching drama. LUZ is a story of survival, not only for the lives of both men, but for their relationship as it transitions to the world outside their cell.
Director: Jon Garcia | Stars: Ernesto Reyes, Jesse Tayeh, Jimmy Garcia, Alma Gloria Garcia
Votes: 5,562
26. 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama
The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogué, Grégoire Colin
Votes: 5,274 | Gross: $0.18M
27. House Broken (2010)
R | 84 min | Comedy
In order to enjoy his retirement, a father takes drastic measures to get his twentysomething, slacker sons to move out and fend for themselves.
Director: Sam Harper | Stars: Danny DeVito, Katey Sagal, Skyler Stone, Ryan Hansen
Votes: 2,393
28. Wild Isles (2023)
TV-G | 290 min | Documentary
Sir David Attenborough narrates a documentary about the natural animals in the British Isles and Ireland.
Stars: David Attenborough, Chris Howard, Doug Anderson, Jesse Wilkinson
Votes: 965
29. Bad Family (2010)
95 min | Drama
After a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. When the mother dies, the brother and sister finally meet again.
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala, Vera Kiiskinen
Votes: 939
30. The Oath (2016)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A troubled father working as a doctor decides to go to extreme measures to save his daughter from the devastating influence of her drug-dealer boyfriend.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Hera Hilmar, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Votes: 2,450
31. The Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Suzane von Richthofen's point of view of the events that led to the death of her parents.
Director: Mauricio Eça | Stars: Carla Diaz, Leonardo Bittencourt, Allan Souza Lima, Vera Zimmermann
Votes: 3,224
32. Barefoot to the Neck (2009)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Hansjörg Thurn | Stars: Martin Brambach, Stefanie Höner, Constantin von Jascheroff, Sarah Kim Gries
Votes: 322
33. Duress (2009)
TV-MA | 80 min | Crime, Thriller
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds... See full summary »
Director: Jordan Barker | Stars: Martin Donovan, Gina Gallego, Sakis Rouvas, Ariel Winter
Votes: 1,103
34. Drawers (2015)
120 min | Drama, Mystery
Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.
Directors: Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay | Stars: Ece Dizdar, Tilbe Saran, Taner Birsel, Nilüfer Açikalin
Votes: 1,528
35. Miss Director (1964)
96 min | Romance, Comedy
A young engineer works in a firm that is managed by a beautiful but rather "stiff" civil engineer woman. When they come face to face, there are sparks flying everywhere...
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Alekos Alexandrakis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Lili Papayanni
Votes: 1,552
36. Picture Snatcher (1933)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama
Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Alice White
Votes: 1,745
37. Janie (1944)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Romance, War
Janie is a scatterbrained, high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an Army camp just outside town. Janie and her ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Alan Hale
Votes: 489
38. A Tattered Web (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective accidentally kills his son-in-law's floozy and then tries to cover-up his actions.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Frank Converse, Sallie Shockley, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 288
39. Dalva (1996 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, Romance
When she was a teenager, a woman got pregnant and wound up giving up the baby up for adoption. Now, 21 years later, she sets out to find her now-grown child.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Peter Coyote, Rod Steiger, Carroll Baker
Votes: 146
40. Cobra (1925)
70 min | Drama, Romance
A penniless, skirt-chasing Italian nobleman finds love and scandal when he travels to New York City.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead
Votes: 778
41. Walpurgis Night (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Lena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to quit. Borg's wife won't have any children, and when she becomes pregnant she has an ... See full summary »
Director: Gustaf Edgren | Stars: Lars Hanson, Karin Kavli, Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Bergman
Votes: 495
42. The Magnificent Matador (1955)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance
In Mexico City, rich American Karen Harrison falls in-love with famous bullfighter Luis Santos who hides a personal secret regarding his young protege bullfighter Rafael Reyes.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas, Richard Denning
Votes: 235
43. The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
37 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.
Directors: F. Richard Jones, Hal Yates | Stars: Mabel Normand, Michael Visaroff, Theodore von Eltz, Jimmy Anderson
Votes: 136
44. Love That Pup (1949)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When a bulldog threatens Tom to keep away from his puppy, Jerry realizes that sticking close to the boy is the best way to keep away his feline tormentor. But Tom is not about to let the mouse evade him so easily.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Daws Butler, William Hanna, Bob Laztny, Pat McGeehan
Votes: 916
45. O Thodoros Kai to Dikano (1962)
98 min | Comedy
An anachronistic and paleolithic father tries to find a good, honest husband for his daughter.
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Mimis Fotopoulos, Smaroula Giouli, Hristos Tsaganeas, Lavrentis Dianellos
Votes: 370
46. Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Fatty steals a ride on a train, discovered, and put off in the middle of nowhere. He stumbles along over the hot desert and finally passes out. A very plump Indian woman finds him and takes... See full summary »
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Minnie Devereaux, Minta Durfee, Josef Swickard
Votes: 68
47. Totalmente Sem Noção Demais (2016)
20 min | Comedy
Stars: Juliana Paiva, Orã Figueiredo, Olívia Torres, Samantha Schmütz
Votes: 24
48. The TakeOver (2019 Video Game)
T | Action
When their adopted daughter, Vanessa, is abducted, Ethan and Megan vow to rescue her. These super-cops and their old comrade Connor form a trio and fight across the dystopian metropolis of ... See full summary »
Director: Antonis Pelekanos | Stars: Curtis Arnott, Chase Ashbaker, Kira Buckland, Jalen K. Cassell
Votes: 12
49. Musta rakkaus (1957)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Theatrical adaptation: An intolerant, hard drinking father thwarts his daughter's love for a student and condemns her to a mean factory life and eventual violence.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Eeva-Kaarina Volanen, Jussi Jurkka, Edvin Laine, Veikko Sinisalo
Votes: 73
50. Jin san jiao da ying jiu (2018)
100 min
Director: Zhang Tao | Stars: Yusi Peng, Xinyan Yu, Qiaodan Li, YuYong Chen
Votes: 7