Movies About Fatherhood

From Florian Zeller, starring Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams
Rated PG-13

The Father is a 2020 drama film directed by Florian Zeller and starring Anthony Hopkins. The film follows Anthony, an eighty-year-old man, as he struggles to cope with his advancing dementia. With each passing day, he becomes increasingly forgetful and confused, causing his daughter Anne and her husband Paul to worry about his well-being. As Anthony struggles to make sense of his reality, his daughter must make difficult decisions about her father’s care. The Father is an emotional, heartbreaking story of how dementia affects a family and how the power of love can help a person find peace in the face of adversity.

From Marc Webb, starring Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer
Rated PG-13

Gifted is a 2017 American drama film directed by Marc Webb, starring Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, and Octavia Spencer. The film follows Frank Adler, a single man raising his seven-year-old niece Mary, who is a mathematical genius. When Mary's mathematical abilities come to the attention of her teacher, her maternal grandmother Evelyn takes legal action to gain custody of Mary, hoping to develop Mary's gifts. Frank, determined to give Mary a normal life, attempts to fight for custody of her. Throughout the process, Frank and Mary grow closer as they learn to accept each other and fight for their family.

From Debra Granik, starring Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard, Derek John Drescher
Rated PG

From Mark Raso, starring Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen, Bruce Greenwood
Rated TV-MA

From Michael Bay, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
Rated PG-13

From Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent D'Onofrio
Rated R

From Casey Affleck, starring Anna Pniowsky, Casey Affleck, Tom Bower, Elisabeth Moss
Rated R

From Annabelle Attanasio, starring Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield
Rated R

From Tom McCarthy, starring Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin, Lilou Siauvaud
Rated R

From Paul Weitz, starring Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise
Rated PG-13

From Gary Fleder, starring Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth
Rated R

From Ric Roman Waugh, starring Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron
Rated PG-13

From Jean-François Richet, starring Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks
Rated R

From Frank Coraci, starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff
Rated PG-13

From Eli Roth, starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone
Rated R

From Directors: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke, starring Simone Landers, Martin Freeman, Marlee Jane McPherson-Dobbins, Lily Anne McPherson-Dobbins
Rated TV-MA

From Scott Mann, starring Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista, Kate Bosworth
Rated R

From Reinaldo Marcus Green, starring Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, Connie Britton, Maxwell Jenkins
Rated R

From Michael Pearce, starring Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada
Rated R

From Elliott Lester, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scoot McNairy, Maggie Grace, Judah Nelson
Rated R

From Henry Hobson, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette
Rated PG-13

From Simon West, starring Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston
Rated R

From Brian Andrew Mendoza, starring Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona
Rated R

From Sally Potter, starring Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Branka Katic, Salma Hayek
Rated R