Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "strained-father-son-relationship"

1. The Judge (2014)

R | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth; along the way he reconnects with his estranged family.

Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton

Votes: 205,923 | Gross: $47.12M

2. The Upshaws (2021– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

It centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints.

Stars: Mike Epps, Kim Fields, Khali Spraggins, Wanda Sykes

Votes: 4,131

3. Sea of Love (1989)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker

Votes: 45,008 | Gross: $58.57M

4. The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)

Passed | 75 min | Drama, Western

When a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn

Votes: 25,019 | Gross: $1.64M

5. The Teacher (1974)

R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller

An explosively tense story about a beautiful, provocative 28-year-old high school teacher whose seduction of one particular student proves fatal.

Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Angel Tompkins, Jay North, Anthony James, Marlene Schmidt

Votes: 1,136

6. Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021)

TV-14 | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

A remarkable story inspired by the life of renowned Chickasaw cattleman Montford T. Johnson, a man who overcame great hardships to establish a ranching empire along the famous cattle highway of the American West, the Chisolm Trail.

Director: Nathan Frankowski | Stars: Martin Sensmeier, Dermot Mulroney, Tommy Flanagan, James Landry Hébert

Votes: 1,007

7. The Cuban (2019)

109 min | Drama

When a naive pre-med student named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, an elderly Cuban musician, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.

Director: Sergio Navarretta | Stars: Ana Golja, Louis Gossett Jr., Shohreh Aghdashloo, Lauren Holly

Votes: 399

8. César (1936)

Not Rated | 168 min | Drama

Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin

Votes: 1,655

9. Geronimo (1939)

Passed | 89 min | Western

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.

Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Preston Foster, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, William Henry

Votes: 174

10. Broadway Rhythm (1944)

Passed | 115 min | Music, Romance

A reluctantly-retired vaudevillian clashes with his producer son, who thinks his father's entertainment is passe'--audiences need something more sophisticated. Meanwhile, the producer's father and sister secretly produce their own show.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: George Murphy, Ginny Simms, Charles Winninger, Gloria DeHaven

Votes: 342

11. Thunder in the Valley (1947)

Passed | 103 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A story of the Scottish highlands about a crockerty old sheepherder, Adam MacAdam (Edmund Gwenn),who loves his prize collie dog, but little else, not even his son Davis (Lon McAllister). ... See full summary »

Director: Louis King | Stars: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen

Votes: 56

12. Maybe It's Love (1930)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) to individually flirt with an entire team of All-American football players, in order to entice them... See full summary »

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, James Hall, Laura Lee

Votes: 358

13. Blank 13 (2017)

70 min | Drama, Family

A son discovers the unknown life of his deserted father's after his death.

Director: Takumi Saitô | Stars: Cookie, Yoshikazu Ebisu, Lily Franky, Seiji Fukushi

Votes: 247

14. Life Begins with Love (1937)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a ... See full summary »

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Jean Parker, Douglass Montgomery, Edith Fellows, Leona Maricle

Votes: 122

15. Wolf Call (1939)

Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Drama

Natalie is shallow; Mike doesn't care. Mike and Natalie join a scavenger hunt and break into a pet shop to get something they require for the treasure-hunt prize.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Carroll, Movita, George Lynn, Guy Usher

Votes: 61

16. The Rolling Road (2014)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

After a lifetime of deviant behavior and self exile to outrun his past, a twin named Alton Whitlow returns home in desperation to a mysterious North American Shaman, whom throws him down the Rolling Road of spiritual awakening.

Director: William Collins | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Lew Temple, Donny Boaz, Astrea Campbell-Cobb

Votes: 9

17. Lisey's Story (2021)
Episode: The Good Brother (2021)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Scott takes Lisey back to when she first learned about Boo'ya Moon and reveals the horrifying truth about his family's past.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan

Votes: 507

18. Tulsa King (2022– )
Episode: Visitation Place (2022)

TV-MA | 39 min | Crime, Drama

As Dwight gets his nitrous oxide business going, he tracks down the assassin who tried to kill him, and forms a crew from unlikely candidates.

Director: Ben Semanoff | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Jay Will

Votes: 2,527

19. Life as a Mermaid (2016–2018)
Episode: S.O.S. (2018)

12 min | Family, Fantasy

Madison and Valerie are in trouble. Beatrice and Will must search for the Magic Mirror to find out what happened.

Directors: Holden Weihs, Marcella Di Pasquale, Julia Alexa Miller | Stars: Nick Slimmer, Cambell Dodson, Maria Feist, Diego Torres Kuri