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Father’s Day Movies

It might be stressful to plan to celebrate your father as another Father’s Day comes (just one month after Mother’s Day). So here is a list of Father’s Day Movies that you can enjoy with that special dad in your life.

Father’s Day Movies

Fatherhood

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache, and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story. | Stream on Netflix

Father of the Bride
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams (Actors)

Father of the Bride

Steve Martin turns in a heartwarming and hilarious performance as George Banks, a befuddled father who has a hard time letting go of his young daughter when she unexpectedly announces her plans to wed.

Like Father

Left at the altar, a young executive takes her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected — her estranged father. Although they depart as strangers, they soon gain a new appreciation for love, life, family, and each other. | Stream on Netflix

Little Miss Sunshine
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell (Actors)

Little Miss Sunshine

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant takes a cross-country trip in their VW bus. A quirky, heartfelt comedy-drama. Winner of two Oscars.

Mr. Mom
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Michael Keaton, Teri Garr (Actors)

Mr. Mom

A fired engineer learns the ropes of being a stay-at-home dad while his wife enters the business world in this warm-hearted comedy written by John Hughes (Uncle Buck, Sixteen Candles).

Daddy's Home
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini (Actors)

Daddy’s Home

Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg face off in this Dad vs Step-Dad showdown! Brad (Ferrell) wants to be the best step-dad to his new wife’s kids. But when their actual father Dusty (Wahlberg) shows up, the two must go toe-to-toe in this fun family comedy.

Father's Day (1997)
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Actors)

Father’s Day

Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in a comedy about a woman who cons two ex-boyfriends into searching for her runaway son.

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Meet the Parents
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner (Actors)

Meet The Parents

Greg Focker is in love with his girlfriend Pam and realizes that the key to her hand in marriage lies with her father, Jack Byrnes. But during a trip to New York for her sister’s wedding, everything that could possibly go wrong does.

The Game Plan
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Dwayne "THE ROCK" Johnson, Kyra Sedgwick, Morris Chestnut (Actors)

The Game Plan

Bachelor football star Joe Kingman (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship.

Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter (Madison Pettis), the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.

Trouble With The Curve
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake (Actors)

Trouble with the Curve

An expert but aging baseball scout is joined by his daughter on his latest trip. Forced to spend time together for the first time in years, each reveals long-held truths about their past.

Fences
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson (Actors)

Fences

Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) makes his living as a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Maxson once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player but was deemed too old when the major leagues began admitting black athletes.

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Bitter over his missed opportunity, Troy creates further tension in his family when he squashes his son’s (Jovan Adepo) chance to meet a college football recruiter.

Beautiful Boy
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Timothee Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Steve Carrell (Actors)

Beautiful Boy

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

We Bought A Zoo
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church (Actors)

We Bought A Zoo

Widower Matt Damon comes up with a unique plan to lift his family out of their collective funk: by purchasing a ramshackle zoo.

Captain Fantastic
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn (Actors)

Captain Fantastic

A father who is raising his children off the grid and in the woods is forced to bring them into modern society after an unexpected turn of events.

The Judge (2014)
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga (Actors)

The Judge

Hotshot lawyer Robert Downey Jr. must confront his strained relationship with his father–a local judge–upon his return home.

The Pursuit Of Happyness
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Will Smith, Thandiwe Newton, Jaden Smith (Actors)

The Pursuit Of Happyness

Life is a struggle for single father Chris Gardner (Will Smith). Evicted from their apartment, he and his young son (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) find themselves alone with no place to go. Even though Chris eventually lands a job as an intern at a prestigious brokerage firm, the position pays no money. 

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The pair must live in shelters and endure many hardships, but Chris refuses to give in to despair as he struggles to create a better life for himself and his son.

To continue learning, check out The Pursuit of Happyness Movie Study.

Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)
  • Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
  • Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo (Actors)

Cheaper By The Dozen

While raising twelve children, a middle-aged couple decides to pursue more demanding careers — only to discover that big families and big careers are a difficult mix.

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