Father Figure Movies

A New Jersey college student running away from home finds himself travelling through the back roads of Texas with a con man who's just escaped from...

Boys' college in eastern Quebec at the end of the 1940s. Brother Jean is not a teacher like the others. He wants to interest his students in the...

During a debaucherous four days in Las Vegas, David reunites with his estranged father and confronts his greatest fear -- that he is destined to...

Edo (40), a dedicated teacher who has just been laid off, struggles to regain his rights and role as a husband, which he lost when he lost his job.

Tulgaa returns to his native village to care for his dying stepfather, honouring his remaining commitments by offering to lend a hand with the summer...

A feckless loner receives cryptic TV broadcasts from a mysterious deity whose teachings inspire a strange and radical holy awakening.

An orphan narrates his essay “What is Family?” and how he found his answer when he met “Surfing Uncle” developing a bond like...

Following the breakdown of his marriage, a self-involved man begins to embrace fatherhood.

What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitler’s, a leader of the notorious SA and the...

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy,...

Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home....

Haunted by his past and clawing his way through sobriety, Donald 'Don' Foster just wants some peace. When a troubled addict leaves her young son on...

Binyamin moved to Tel Aviv after coming out as gay and facing the trauma following his brother death for which he feels responsible. Binyamin's life...

A teenager works in a car repair shop and makes a living from petty thefts. In order to impress the boss of a gang of car thieves, he decides to...

Younus does not give up! Fascination is glued to the strange but familiar father figure and mixed up with a growing longing for real intimacy....

Bugs Bunny is sailing the South Seas when a gorilla mother, desperate for a child, hijacks his barrel and presents Bugs to her husband. Bugs decides...

Twelve-year-old Luuk Bos has always believed that his father is the Strongest Man in the World. His mother Dorien, who raised him on her own, used to...

A young man aimlessly wanders a snowy landscape day by day longing for his life to return to what it once was, but when he comes face to face with...

My father from Sirius is a film about a boy who grew up believing his father is a messenger between the Earth and the outer space. Now the boy has...

When Avtar Bhullar immigrates to British Columbia, he faces systemic racism and physical intimidation—his answer: Kushti, a traditional Indian...