Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories of his childhood many involving his beautiful twin sister and his older brother. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.

The Backup Dancer

2016

English

6.0

♡ 4

los angeles, california

Amanda Sharp Director

Rose Leslie as Athena Morehead

Justin Bartha as Bryan

Ahmed Lucan as Dr. Ahmed

Ray Liotta as Jack Morehead

The story of an emotionally detached backup dancer named Athena, who must return home to Florida to help care for her estranged father, Jack, after he gets diagnosed with cancer. There she must contend with Jack’s irresponsible lifestyle while looking after six year old Honey Bunny who is only beginning to grasp the err in Jack’s ways.

6.9 on the Richter Scale

7.3

Nae Caranfil Director

Mihai Niculescu as Bebeneciu

Ovidiu Niculescu as Hades

Radu Banzaru as Psychologist

Lia Sinchevici as Swimmer

A humble Romanian actor in his 40's, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.

The Box

2021

Spanish

6.6

♡ 1

Lorenzo Vigas Director

Carlos Balderrama as Factory Clerk Julio

Ramiro Quezada as Factory Contract Employee

Humberto Vélez as Factory Worker

Hernán Mendoza as Mario Enderle

A young boy on a mission to collect what he believes to be his father’s remains gets sucked into the underbelly of the migrant industry in Mexico.

Epic

2013

English

6.6

♡ 138

65%

Chris Wedge Director

Christoph Waltz as Mandrake

Amanda Seyfried as Mary Katherine

Josh Hutcherson as Nod

Colin Farrell as Ronin

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

2009

English

6.7

♡ 30

81%

J Blakeson Director

Gemma Arterton as Alice Creed

Martin Compston as Danny

Eddie Marsan as Vic

A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.

Little Voice

1998

English

7.0

♡ 9

80%

parent child relationship

Romance

talent

Mark Herman Director

Ewan McGregor as Billy

Alex Norton as Bunnie Morris

Jane Horrocks as LV

Michael Caine as Ray Say

After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.

The Champ

1979

Romanian

6.8

♡ 15

40%

Franco Zeffirelli Director

Faye Dunaway as Annie

Jon Voight as Billy

Dana Elcar as Hoffmaster

Ricky Schroder as T.J.

Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, T.J. Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie, left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former fighter. Determined to hold on to his son, Billy gets back into the ring to try and recapture his past success.

Law of the Range

1941

English

5.7

♡ 3

Ray Taylor Director

Frank Hagney as Deputy

Herman Hack as Deputy

Jack Tornek as Henchman

Charles King as Henchman Walt

The Wolverine Kid kills a man and it looks like Steve Howard did it. But Steve's father recognizes the bullet as coming from the gun owned by the Kid.

Ned Rifle

2014

English

6.2

♡ 11

Hal Hartley Director

Karen Sillas as Alice Gardner

Parker Posey as Fay Grim

John Ellison Conlee as Sheriff

Aubrey Plaza as Susan Weber

Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.

The Littlest Rebel

1935

English

6.7

♡ 4

89%

David Butler Director

John Boles as Capt. Herbert Cary

Willie Best as James Henry

Karen Morley as Mrs. Cary

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Sgt. Dudley

Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.

The Eclipse

2009

English

6.0

♡ 2

77%

Conor McPherson Director

Iben Hjejle as Lena Morrell

Jim Norton as Malachy

Ciarán Hinds as Michael Farr

Aidan Quinn as Nicholas Holden

Michael is a widower who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. When he volunteers at a local literary festival, he finds himself drawn to Lena, an empathetic author of supernatural fiction. While Lena tries to help Michael with the mystery of his nightmarish visions, she must contend with problems of her own, as she’s being jealously pursued by self-obsessed novelist Nicholas, her one-time lover. As the festival progresses, the three adults’ lives converge and collide.

Carry on Matron

1972

English

6.2

♡ 6

Gerald Thomas Director

Kenneth Cope as Cyril Carter

Madeline Smith as Mrs. Pullitt

Joan Sims as Mrs. Tidey

Michael Nightingale as Pearson

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.

After Yang

2021

English

♡ 42

89%

68%

Action

adoptive father

based on novel or book

Kogonada Director

Haley Lu Richardson as Ada

Sarita Choudhury as Cleo

Colin Farrell as Jake

Jodie Turner-Smith as Kyra

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

The Railway Children

1970

English

7.3

♡ 2

100%

Lionel Jeffries Director

Bernard Cribbins as Albert Perks

David Lodge as Bandmaster

Jenny Agutter as Bobbie Waterbury

Paddy Ward as Cart Man

After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

The Bounce Back

2016

English

5.3

♡ 2

67%

Youssef Delara Director

Rizwan Manji as Daryl

Kali Hawk as Jessica Williams

Daniel Edward Mora as Sound Engineer

Matthew Willig as Vladamir

Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the acerbic Kristin Peralta, a talk show circuit therapist who's convinced he's nothing but a charlatan. Matthew's life is turned upside down when he inadvertently falls for Kristin and has to face painful truth of his past relationship.

Steptoe & Son

1972

English

6.5

♡ 6

Cliff Owen Director

Alec Mango as Hotel Doctor

Harry Fielder as Man at Strip Club

Patsy Smart as Mrs. Hobbs

Barrie Ingham as Terry

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.

Steptoe and Son Ride Again

1973

English

6.7

♡ 5

67%

Peter Sykes Director

Sam Kydd as Claude

Milo O'Shea as Doctor Popplewell

Arthur Goodman as Funeral Guest

Dexter Fletcher as Small Boy

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.

Happy Endings

2005

English

6.3

♡ 7

54%

Don Roos Director

Eric Jungmann as Charley at 16 / Tom

Bobby Cannavale as Javier

Lisa Kudrow as Mamie

Laura Dern as Pam

Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.

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