Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "resentment-toward-father"

1. The Tree of Life (2011)

PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken

Votes: 184,008 | Gross: $13.30M

2. The Andromeda Strain (2008)

44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.

Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Ricky Schroder, Louis Ferreira

Votes: 14,608

3. Ironweed (1987)

R | 143 min | Drama

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 9,910 | Gross: $7.39M

4. City by the Sea (2002)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murder suspect.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Franco, Frances McDormand, Eliza Dushku

Votes: 26,466 | Gross: $22.43M

5. Assassin's Creed III (2012 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, History

The American Colonies, 1775. It's a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation's revolution.

Directors: François Daubet, Shea Wageman | Stars: Noah Watts, Neil Napier, Robin Atkin Downes, Adrian Hough

Votes: 18,646

6. Udaan (2010)

Not Rated | 134 min | Drama

Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.

Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh, Ram Kapoor

Votes: 47,385 | Gross: $0.01M

7. Brother and Sister (2022)

108 min | Drama

Alice and Louis are estranged siblings who have been avoiding each other for over twenty years and are forced to reunite after a tragedy.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani, Patrick Timsit

Votes: 1,249

8. Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)

Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Horror

A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ... See full summary »

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki

Votes: 4,986

9. Flavia, the Heretic (1974)

R | 96 min | Drama, Horror

A young woman forced into nun-hood by her corrupt father teams up with an army of Muslims to destroy the convent and kill those who wronged her.

Director: Gianfranco Mingozzi | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, María Casares, Claudio Cassinelli, Anthony Higgins

Votes: 1,217

10. The 15 Year Old Girl (1989)

86 min | Drama, Romance

Father slowly falls in love with his son's teenage girlfriend.

Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Judith Godrèche, Melvil Poupaud, Jacques Doillon, Tina Sportolaro

Votes: 393

11. King Lear (1983 TV Movie)

158 min | Drama

Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.

Director: Michael Elliott | Stars: Colin Blakely, Leo McKern, Robert Lindsay, Laurence Olivier

Votes: 866

12. Last Ride (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.

Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, Anita Hegh, John Brumpton

Votes: 2,607 | Gross: $0.01M

13. Shakti (1982)

166 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son... See full summary »

Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Smita Patil

Votes: 2,364

14. King Lear (1970)

GP | 137 min | Drama

King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.

Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel

Votes: 936

15. How Awful About Allan (1970 TV Movie)

PG | 73 min | Horror, Thriller

After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Julie Harris, Joan Hackett, Kent Smith

Votes: 1,007

16. King Lear (1982 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 180 min | Drama

King Lear (Sir Michael Hordern), old and tired, divides his kingdom amongst his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia (Brenda Blethyn), ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: John Shrapnel, Norman Rodway, Michael Kitchen, Michael Hordern

Votes: 280

17. Mahaan (1983)

181 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A lawyer goes into hiding after being falsely accused of committing a crime while his wife gives birth to twins. One of the twins is separated at birth, while the other twin grows up to become an inspector who is on his father's trail.

Director: S. Ramanathan | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman

Votes: 514

18. How I Killed My Father (2001)

98 min | Drama, Thriller

When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Régnier, Amira Casar

Votes: 1,079 | Gross: $0.01M

19. La puritaine (1986)

86 min | Drama

The reunion of an estranged father and daughter is set against the backdrop of a theatrical production.

Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Bonnaire, Laurent Malet

Votes: 114

20. King Lear (2016 Video)

180 min | Drama

Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

Director: Michael Buffong | Stars: Don Warrington, Alfred Enoch, Miltos Yerolemou, Rakie Ayola

Votes: 38

21. King Lear (1974– )

120 min | Drama

When King Lear decides to step down from his throne, he decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters with tragic results.

Stars: Patrick Mower, Ann Lynn, Philip Brack, Beth Harris

Votes: 84

22. National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)

156 min | Drama, History

An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child's love rejected. As Lear's world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question.

Directors: Michael Grandage, Robin Lough | Stars: Michael Hadley, Paul Jesson, Alec Newman, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 43

23. Thirst (2004)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama

A family of five, their two goats and donkey live in the middle of nowhere far from their village home. They earn meager living by producing & selling charcoal, made from the surrounding ... See full summary »

Director: Tawfik Abu Wael | Stars: Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Amal Bweerat, Ruba Blal, Jamila Abu Hussein

Votes: 331

24. Stalking Santa (2006)

PG | 82 min | Comedy

Millions of people believe in him. Thousands claim to have seen him. But only one man is foolish enough to try to prove his existence. Self-proclaimed "Santologist" Dr. Lloyd Darrow will ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Kiefer | Stars: Chris Clark, Daryn Tufts, Lisa Valentine Clark, William Shatner

Votes: 226

25. 13 (II) (2010)

11 min | Short, Drama

Emma goes to see her father on her birthday, but only his new boyfriend is at home.

Director: Malou Reymann | Stars: Marie Boda, Nicolei Faber, Rasmus Botoft, Uma

Votes: 23

26. Underage (1982)

58 min | Documentary

Underage lifts the lid on the insular world of a group of wayward Coventry teenagers in the early 1980s.

Directors: Lizzie Lemon, Kim Longinotto | Star: The Specials

Votes: 13

27. Tick Tick Boom (2009)

29 min | Short, Drama

A bittersweet multi-plot story about how life doesn't always work out the way you planned. Pelle is in love with Dagmar and really wants to reveal this to her, but his drunken dad keeps ... See full summary »

Director: Frida Barkfors | Stars: Mikkel Juul Jensen, Thomas Hwan, Lars Thiesgaard, Jens Jørn Spottag

Votes: 31

28. Hanî torappu (2013– )

Comedy

Yuichi (Akira) works for a large corporation as a leading edge materials researcher. He has a good reputation, but he has many enemies who are jealous of his talents. His wife Natsumi (... See full summary »

Stars: Akira, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Rina Uchiyama, Tomomi Maruyama

29. Frank, Jeffry, Benji and Me (2006)

26 min | Documentary, Short, Family

Learning how to grow and become a better father, director Joshua Wilkinson attempts to understand and reconcile the divide inside his family going back two generations. A family that fights... See full summary »

Director: Joshua Wilkinson | Stars: Frank Wilkinson, Jeffry Wilkinson, Joshua Wilkinson, Benji Wilkinson-Moreno

30. Bird in a Glass House (2007)

R | 118 min | Drama

Bird In A Glass House is about an 18 year-old drug dealer who wants to break free of street life, but must first fight his own emotions, the haunting memories of his past, his resentment of... See full summary »

Director: Hannah Dennis | Stars: Jack Arnold, Randall Carlton, Brian Conlon, Wes Conner

31. Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode: The Verdict (1981)

TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance

Neither Blake nor the D.A. is happy with the jury's decision. Steven visits Claudia at the hospital. Alexis has second thoughts about getting revenge on Blake.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Pamela Sue Martin, Pamela Bellwood

Votes: 114

32. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Strangler's Wood (1999)

TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The nude body of a Brazilian woman is found strangled in the woods, which suggests that a serial killer from nine years before has begun killing again.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,246

33. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: Child's Play (1960)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An 11-year-old boy neglected by his father gets so caught up in his fantasy world that he takes a real rifle to hunt down his made-up enemy, the evil Black Bart.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Boris Karloff, Frank Overton, Bethel Leslie, Tom Nolan

Votes: 268

34. Tru Calling (2003–2005)
Episode: Daddy's Girl (2004)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

When Tru's father comes to town to celebrate his birthday, Tru discovers the identity of her mother's murderer. Jack Harper is hired on as a new employee at the morgue.

Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Eliza Dushku, Shawn Reaves, Zach Galifianakis, A.J. Cook

Votes: 242

35. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: King Lear (2008)

TV-G | 150 min | Music, Musical

King Lear decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three daughters.

Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, Philip Winchester, Ben Meyjes

Votes: 287

36. Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
Episode: Betty Hates Carter (1955)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Betty is horrified when her father sets her up on a blind date, the son of one of Jim's business associates. Betty plans to make sure the date is a bad one, but she finds she actually likes the date.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray

Votes: 52

37. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Shoot to Thrill (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

Two teen boys murders one of the boys father in the winter in Minnesota.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Nathaniel Brovold, James Dougherty, Susan Gross

Votes: 79

38. Law & Order: UK (2009–2014)
Episode: Buried (2009)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The remains of a small boy discovered in a wall by workmen are identified as those of Tommy Keegan, who disappeared twenty-five years earlier. A neighbour, Edward Connor, a suspected ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Everest | Stars: Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber, Harriet Walter, Ben Daniels

Votes: 191

39. Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode: Alexandre Dumas fils (1961)

40 min | Documentary

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Director: Gérard Herzog | Stars: Teddy Bilis, Robert Marcy, Marie-Josée Neuville, Bernard Noël

40. One Life to Live (1968–2013)
Episode: Episode #1.10973 (2011)

TV-PG | Drama, Romance

Nora reads "A Tale of Two Cities" to Matthew when he suddenly convulses in an attempt to speak. Rex explains to Shane why he gave Clint Gigi's heart. Clint reveals to Viki who he is ... See full summary »

Director: Mary Munisteri | Stars: Eddie Alderson, Kristen Alderson, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Shenell Edmonds

41. R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2010–2014)
Episode: Grandpa's Glasses (2014)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A curious boy accompanies his mother to his deceased grandfather's home. After trying on his grandfather's glasses, he realizes they may not be alone in the house as a sinister spirit seems to be lurking about.

Director: James Head | Stars: Mason Cook, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Kristie Palin

Votes: 69