Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "long-lost-father"

1. Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to home.

Directors: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie

Votes: 189,504 | Gross: $143.53M

2. Tron: Legacy (2010)

PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner

Votes: 355,998 | Gross: $172.06M

3. Tomb Raider (2018)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father, Lord Richard Croft disappeared.

Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu

Votes: 227,186 | Gross: $58.25M

4. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly named villain Goldmember, who is working with Dr. Evil.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Seth Green, Michael York

Votes: 222,954 | Gross: $213.31M

5. Amores Perros (2000)

R | 154 min | Drama, Thriller

An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero

Votes: 252,971 | Gross: $5.38M

6. After the Wedding (2006)

R | 120 min | Drama

A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.

Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård, Neeral Mulchandani

Votes: 37,111 | Gross: $0.41M

7. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas

Votes: 152,678 | Gross: $4.06M

8. Crazy Heart (2009)

R | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, James Keane

Votes: 94,707 | Gross: $39.46M

9. On the Road (2012)

R | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.

Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams

Votes: 43,302 | Gross: $0.72M

10. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son, two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.

Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Jason Statham, Ron Perlman, Ray Liotta, Leelee Sobieski

Votes: 51,182 | Gross: $4.54M

11. The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.

Director: Joe Cornish | Stars: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor

Votes: 18,726 | Gross: $16.79M

12. Smoke (1995)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga

Votes: 38,145 | Gross: $8.35M

13. Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato.

Director: Vladimir Grammatikov | Stars: Nick Pickard, Christian Bale, Timothy Bottoms, Susannah York

Votes: 6,069

14. There Is No Evil (2020)

151 min | Drama

The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Zhila Shahi, Baran Rasoulof, Mahtab Servati, Ehsan Mirhosseini

Votes: 6,163

15. Girl Most Likely (2012)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy

A failed New York playwright awkwardly navigates the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year's News.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss

Votes: 16,032 | Gross: $1.38M

16. City Island (2009)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.

Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Emily Mortimer

Votes: 32,560 | Gross: $6.67M

17. Dance with Me (1998)

PG | 126 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Rafael Infante (Chayanne) comes to Houston from Cuba to work at John Burnett's (Kris Kristofferson's) dance studio. He meets Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa Williams), a cute dance instructor there. Chemistry? Will John know he's Rafael's dad?

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright

Votes: 6,880 | Gross: $15.81M

18. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth... See full summary »

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong

Votes: 3,024 | Gross: $0.26M

19. Rose Hill (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 99 min | Family, Western

In the late 1800s, four young, New York City street kids save an abandoned baby girl and move to Montana to start a new life. Stars Jennifer Garner. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.

Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Jeffrey D. Sams, Zak Orth, Justin Chambers

Votes: 704

20. Bullet to Beijing (1995 TV Movie)

R | 122 min | Action, Thriller

Retired British spy Harry Palmer is called back into service to prevent North Korea from getting its hands on a deadly virus called "The Red Death".

Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Anatoly Kulbitsky, Shaughan Seymour, Michael Caine, Corinna Richards

Votes: 1,820

21. Map of the Human Heart (1992)

R | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Arctic, 1965: Avik tells his story starting in 1931. A mapmaker flies Avik, then a preteen Eskimo boy with TB, to a hospital in Montreal where he meets Albertine. They meet again when Avik joins World War II in the UK.

Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Patrick Bergin, Robert Joamie

Votes: 3,431 | Gross: $2.81M

22. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–2003)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.

Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Nathan Parsons, James Arnold Taylor, Guy Roberts

Votes: 2,048

23. Route 666 (2001)

R | 86 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

A federal witness runs away and a team of government agents track him down, but when they take a shortcut on the return trip, they're attacked by zombies.

Director: William Wesley | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Lori Petty, Steven Williams, L.Q. Jones

Votes: 3,767

24. The Old Curiosity Shop (2007 TV Movie)

93 min | Drama

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Toby Jones, Sophie Vavasseur, Gina McKee

Votes: 779

25. Come Dance at My Wedding (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Drama

Tanner Gray is shocked to learn after the death of his ex-wife Andrea that he has a 25 year-old daughter, Cyd. He and his wife had met on a cruise over 25 years ago where they both worked ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Jean | Stars: John Schneider, Brooke Nevin, Roma Downey, Christopher Jacot

Votes: 755

26. Johny Mera Naam (1970)

159 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the ... See full summary »

Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Pran Sikand, Jeevan Dhar

Votes: 925

27. Faubourg 36 (2008)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Music, Musical

When Chansonia, a nightclub, is shut down by the landlord, the stage manager Pigoil is forced to look for a new job. He finds hope when he discovers a young woman with a lovely singing voice.

Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder

Votes: 2,935 | Gross: $0.85M

28. Second Best (1994)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: William Hurt, Nathan Yapp, Keith Allen, Chris Cleary Miles

Votes: 1,899 | Gross: $0.09M

29. Sanam Teri Kasam (1982)

Action, Comedy, Drama

A rich man's past comes knocking when he is informed that one of his employees is his long lost son. He does not know that he's being cheated and that his real son is the one who loves his niece.

Director: Narendra Bedi | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Reena Roy, Jagdeep, Kader Khan

Votes: 160

30. The Adventures of Felix (2000)

Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tale revolving around the carefree bon-vivant Felix, who is content living with his boyfriend, Daniel in the town of Dieppe in Northern France. When Felix is laid off from his job, he ... See full summary »

Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot

Votes: 1,856 | Gross: $0.36M

31. Daltry Calhoun (2005)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In small town Tennessee, a ne'er-do-well man (Knoxville) wrestling for control over his fading golf club is reunited with his estranged daughter, a 14-year-old musical prodigy.

Director: Katrina Holden Bronson | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Elizabeth Banks, Beth Grant, Laura Cayouette

Votes: 2,456 | Gross: $0.01M

32. A Holiday for Love (1996 TV Movie)

105 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A man is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local factory that supplies the town with jobs should get the boot when the downsizing begins. He gets sidetracked when he falls in love with a local, a cute single mom.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Tim Matheson, Melissa Gilbert, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jayne Eastwood

Votes: 755

33. Secret of the Blue Room (1933)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas, Edward Arnold

Votes: 1,168

34. Hijas de la luna (2018)

60 min | Drama

The lives of four women - all named Juana - are forever changed when they discover they are sisters from the same long-lost father.

Stars: Michelle Renaud, Danilo Carrera, Jade Fraser, Geraldine Galván

Votes: 47

35. Tron: Legacy - Low Rez (2010 Video)

3 min | Short, Action, Adventure

An action-packed 3D adventure set in an analog world unlike anything captured on the internet. Sam Flynn (Luke Brown) is a cantankerous 27 year-old haunted by the mysterious disappearance ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Murphy | Stars: Luke Brown, Nick Murphy, Paul Ritchey, Josh Henderson

36. Lange flate ballær (2006)

97 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Six "regular" guys leave their home and life in Fredrikstad in order to go to the World Cup in Germany to cheer on Norway.

Directors: Bjørn Fast Nagell, Harald Zwart | Stars: Jan Edgar Fjell, Petter Jørgensen, Anders Fjell, Eirik Tobiassen

Votes: 2,039

37. River Made to Drown In (1997)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

When Thaddeus, a wealthy, bigger-than-life lawyer, suddenly learns he is dying, he sells all his worldly possessions and embarks on a final quest to find a young hustler that he once tried to rescue.

Director: James Merendino | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Michael Imperioli, Ute Lemper, James Duval

Votes: 388

38. Dancing in the Dark (1949)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.

Director: Irving Reis | Stars: William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou

Votes: 227

39. Detective Pikachu (2016 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Crime, Family

In this adventure game for Nintendo 3DS, Tim Goodman must team with Detective Pikachu to track down Tim's father and Pikachu's former owner, Henry Goodman.

Directors: Naoki Miyashita, Satoshi Tajiri, Yasunori Yanagisawa | Stars: Tôru Ôkawa, Yuma Uchida, Risa Shimizu, Yôsuke Akimoto

Votes: 109

40. Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1988)

Action, Drama, Romance

Johny, Govinda, and Iqbal Ali are three close friends who live in a small community in Bombay. The threesome get together to help each other and other needy people in the community, and ... See full summary »

Director: Kawal Sharma | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Mandakini

Votes: 165

41. Trage liefde (2007)

50 min | Drama

Felix has been raised by his grandmother and has never met his father. His father Johan, doesn't even know he exists. Felix decides to become a regular in his father's bar in Amsterdam to secretly learn more about the man he has never known.

Director: Boudewijn Koole | Stars: Victor Löw, Emiel Sandtke, Celia Nufaar, Suus ten Holt

Votes: 169

42. To Love and Die (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A young woman deals with her abandonment issues by reconnecting with her estranged dad, a contract killer who recruits her into his line of work.

Director: Mark Piznarski | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Ivan Sergei, Kristin Dattilo, Christine Adams

Votes: 475

43. A Journey Home (I) (2009)

109 min | Drama

This is a story of a man seeking forgiveness from his family, which he abandoned 20 years ago.

Director: Paul Soriano | Stars: Soliman Cruz, Joem Bascon, Toni Gonzaga, John Manalo

Votes: 50

44. Dead Letter Office (1998)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Alice's father left when she was a child. She continued to share her life with him in letters that she sent not realising that he never received them. Eventually, they all come back with "... See full summary »

Director: John Ruane | Stars: Miranda Otto, George DelHoyo, Alicia Banit, Tess Mornana

Votes: 462

45. Safari (2009)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy

Tour organizer, Richard Dacier, bites off more than he can chew when he loses at poker to the South African mob. Coming face to face with Africa's cruellest Godfather, Mr. Charles, he is ... See full summary »

Director: Olivier Baroux | Stars: Kad Merad, Lionel Abelanski, Valérie Benguigui, Frédérique Bel

Votes: 1,324

46. Road North (2012)

110 min | Comedy, Drama

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to bond with his son, on a road trip to the north.

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann, Leena Uotila, Eija Vilpas

Votes: 2,242

47. Oru Yathramozhi (1997)

Drama

Govindankutty seeks revenge against his father, who had abandoned his mother to become a rich trader. He comes across a wealthy man and becomes close to him, unaware that he is his father.

Director: Prathap Pothen | Stars: Mohanlal, Shivaji Ganesan, Bahadur, Bharathi

Votes: 214

48. Holy Thursday (The Last Supper) (2013)

28 min | Short, Drama

Jean-Christophe, 20, meets his father for the first time. In the forest where they met, the reality is transformed and takes on a fantastic story.

Director: Antony Hickling | Stars: Manuel Blanc, Gaëtan Vettier, Amanda Dawson, Gala Besson

Votes: 37

49. Home for Christmas (1990 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama, Family

An old thief befriends a young child.

Director: Peter McCubbin | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Simon Richards, Lesley Kelly, Chantellese Kent

Votes: 235

50. 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