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1) Flag day
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Vogel's father John taught her so much about love and joy, but he also happened to be the most notorious counterfeiter in US history. Directed by Sean Penn, the film stars Penn and his daughter Dylan Penn in an intimate family portrait of a young woman who struggles to rise above the wreckage of her past while reconciling the inescapable bond between a daughter and her father.
3) Ana
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An unlikely friendship between a car dealer and a street urchin causes them to go on a colorful journey to find her father and save him from bankruptcy.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A charming tropical tale guaranteed to heat your holidays. Three quirky sisters chase their estranged dad down to his beachside pad in the Caribbean and enjoy a little fun in the sun. But why did he disappear to the islands? Only Joanna knows for sure, and she's sworn to secrecy. Love, laughter, and songs by Cyrus make this a Christmas remember.
9) Toni Erdmann
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Winfried doesn't see much of his working daughter Ines. He pays her a surprise visit in Bucharest, where she's busy as a corporate strategist. The geographical change doesn't help them to see more eye to eye. Practical joker Winfried annoys his daughter with corny pranks and jabs at her routine lifestyle of meetings and paperwork. Father and daughter reach an impasse, and Winfried agrees to go home to Germany. Enter Toni Erdmann: Winfried's flashy...
10) Summer in Genoa
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident.
11) Matchstick men
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Neurotic con man Roy suffers from several emotional problems, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. He and his partner Frank swindle people out of money. Frank wants to pull a really big job, but Roy is too consumed with fear and panic attacks to join him. Only cigarettes and his trusty illegal prescription drugs seem to keep him going. When Roy finds himself in desperate need of more pills, he is forced to see legitimate psychotherapist Dr. Klein....
12) The Thin Man
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthung. Nick and Nora Charles combine screwball romance with mystery
13) The Whale
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
14) Emma (2009)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harriet arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
16) Beast
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed Dr. Nate Daniels and his two teenage daughters travel to a South African game reserve managed by Martin Battles, an old family friend and wildlife biologist. However, what begins as a journey of healing soon turns into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of bloodthirsty poachers, begins stalking them.
17) Fatherhood
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter's birth.
18) Stillwater
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
When her father threatens to annul her marriage to a fortune-hunting playboy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews hops a cross-country bus to New York, where she plans to live happily ever after with her handsome new hubby. Romantic complications soon arise, however, when she's befriended by fellow passenger Peter Warne, a brash and breezy reporter who offers his help in exchange for her exclusive story.
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