parent child relationship movies

Indexed titles: 51

Forrest Gump

1994

Rating: 8.5

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceedin...

Despicable Me

2010

Rating: 7.3

Gru is a supervillain determined to prove he’s the greatest by stealing the Moon. To pull off his plan, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo...

The Revenant

2015

Rating: 7.5

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling....

Spirited Away

2001

Rating: 8.5

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must cal...

About Time

2013

Rating: 7.9

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability t...

Gladiator

2000

Rating: 8.2

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus ...

Finding Nemo

2003

Rating: 7.8

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his ...

Real Steel

2011

Rating: 7.1

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly ...

CODA

2021

Rating: 7.9

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby...

Snowpiercer

2013

Rating: 6.9

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a tra...

Ice Age

2002

Rating: 7.4

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his fath...

Homefront

2013

Rating: 6.9

Phil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict wi...

Bridesmaids

2011

Rating: 6.5

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though...

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

Rating: 7.2

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits ...

Chef

2014

Rating: 7.1

When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for i...

Hereditary

2018

Rating: 7.3

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives...

A Clockwork Orange

1971

Rating: 8.2

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying th...

The Judge

2014

Rating: 7.3

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspec...

Matilda

1996

Rating: 7.2

Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, don’t agree. As time passes, she...

Donnie Darko

2001

Rating: 7.8

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit...

American Beauty

1999

Rating: 8.0

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation wit...

The Simpsons Movie

2007

Rating: 7.0

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declare...

No Strings Attached

2011

Rating: 6.3

Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No stri...

Captain Fantastic

2016

Rating: 7.9

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education i...

Big Fish

2003

Rating: 7.8

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a ...

Twitches

2005

Rating: 6.7

Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the pow...

The Lego Movie

2014

Rating: 7.4

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego ty...

The Hunt

2012

Rating: 8.1

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives go...

Mamma Mia!

2008

Rating: 7.0

A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in h...

Dad

1989

Rating: 6.4

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker a...

A Bronx Tale

1993

Rating: 7.9

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismat...

Mary Poppins

1964

Rating: 7.6

In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father....

Marriage Story

2019

Rating: 7.7

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes....

Crossroads

2002

Rating: 5.2

After eight years apart, three childhood friends - Lucy, Kit, and Mimi - rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. With barely a ...

Cinema Paradiso

1988

Rating: 8.4

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theat...

RV

2006

Rating: 5.9

Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunct...

Sleepless in Seattle

1993

Rating: 6.7

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engage...

Into the Wild

2007

Rating: 7.8

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $2...

The Lost Boys

1987

Rating: 7.1

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him....

Matchstick Men

2003

Rating: 7.0

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexp...

True Romance

1993

Rating: 7.5

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclai...

Unbreakable

2000

Rating: 7.1

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to ...

Chocolat

2000

Rating: 7.0

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that ...

36 Fillette

1988

Rating: 5.0

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conve...

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

Rating: 6.7

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, ...

Brideshead Revisited

2008

Rating: 6.3

Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seduc...

Indochine

1992

Rating: 7.0

In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughte...