Father Figure Movies

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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,...

Father Edward J. Flanagan is a familiar name to many Americans, often for the Oscar-winning 1938 film starring Spencer Tracy about Flanagan’s...

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.

In order to rescue his father's ramshackle grill restaurant, filmmaker and vegetarian Dario Aguirre is traveling back to his homeland Ecuador. What...

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....

The homeless bed salesman Uwe tries to spend the night in the furniture store, but nothing comes of it. The aging security guard Bernd catches him...

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

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...

With the arrival of Lily and her two children, the new neighbors, Roy, a company employee, decides to look after them.

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

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...

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