Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "surrogate-father-surrogate-son-relationship"

1. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke

Votes: 882,430 | Gross: $6.21M

2. Jojo Rabbit (2019)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi

Votes: 442,329 | Gross: $33.37M

3. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus

Votes: 98,088

4. Monsters University (2013)

G | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

Director: Dan Scanlon | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren

Votes: 390,747 | Gross: $268.49M

5. Vivarium (2019)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.

Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg

Votes: 74,204

6. Raising Arizona (1987)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Crime

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman

Votes: 150,611 | Gross: $22.85M

7. The Goldfinch (2019)

R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.

Director: John Crowley | Stars: Oakes Fegley, Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 27,079 | Gross: $5.33M

8. Detroit: Become Human (2018 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Take control of three androids in their quest to discover who they really are.

Director: David Cage | Stars: Valorie Curry, Bryan Dechart, Jesse Williams, Audrey Boustani

Votes: 23,078

9. Gemini Man (2019)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong

Votes: 122,348 | Gross: $48.55M

10. The Song of Names (2019)

PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

Several years after his childhood friend, a violin prodigy, disappears on the eve of his first solo concert, an Englishman travels throughout Europe to find him.

Director: François Girard | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Gerran Howell, Stanley Townsend, Amy Sloan

Votes: 5,319

11. Bulletproof Monk (2003)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Based on the very underground comic book of the same name, a Tibetan monk becomes a mentor to a young street punk and tries teaching him how to protect the scroll of ultimate power from a secret Nazi organization bent on world domination.

Director: Paul Hunter | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, Karel Roden

Votes: 52,240 | Gross: $23.02M

12. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Passed | 170 min | Adventure, Drama, History

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova

Votes: 10,245 | Gross: $17.80M

13. Rome, Open City (1945)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico

Votes: 29,025

14. Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War

During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov | Stars: Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov, Stepan Krylov

Votes: 39,995

15. The Boy and the Beast (2015)

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

When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose

Votes: 26,982 | Gross: $0.45M

16. Indian Horse (2017)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Sport

Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism.

Director: Stephen S. Campanelli | Stars: Ajuawak Kapashesit, Wayne Baker, Sladen Peltier, Skye Pelletier

Votes: 2,658 | Gross: $1.95M

17. Dear Frankie (2004)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.

Director: Shona Auerbach | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Gerard Butler, Mary Riggans

Votes: 22,487 | Gross: $1.34M

18. Burden (I) (2018)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy strives to keep the peace even as he urges the group's Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past.

Director: Andrew Heckler | Stars: Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 4,143

19. True Crime: New York City (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Mystery

Street cop Marcus Reed, a former gangster, tries to uncover who is behind the murder of his friend and mentor, Lt. Terrance Higgins.

Stars: Avery Kidd Waddell, Laurence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken

Votes: 1,051

20. Ciao Alberto (2021)

TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An animated short film that features characters from "Luca".

Director: McKenna Harris | Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Marco Barricelli, Jacob Tremblay, Gino La Monica

Votes: 8,448

21. October Gale (2014)

Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.

Director: Ruba Nadda | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman, Tim Roth, Aidan Devine

Votes: 2,503

22. The Cat and the Moon (2019)

114 min | Drama, Music

Whilst his mother seeks treatment in rehab, teenager Nick (Wolff) comes to New York to stay with Cal (Epps), a Jazz musician friend of his late father's. During his stay he makes friends who show him what the city has to offer.

Director: Alex Wolff | Stars: Skyler Gisondo, Alex Wolff, Mike Epps, Stefania LaVie Owen

Votes: 589

23. Give Me Liberty (2019)

110 min | Comedy, Drama

In this freewheeling comedy, medical transport driver Vic risks his job to shuttle a group of rowdy seniors and a Russian boxer to a funeral, dragging clients like Tracy, a young woman with ALS, along for the ride.

Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky | Stars: Chris Galust, Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer, Maksim Stoyanov, Steve Wolski

Votes: 2,212 | Gross: $0.14M

24. Measure for Measure (I) (2019)

107 min | Drama

The lives of inhabitants of a housing commission tower whose paths cross after a shocking event occurs on their front doorstep.

Director: Paul Ireland | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Fayssal Bazzi, Harrison Gilbertson, Daniel Henshall

Votes: 382

25. The Glitter Dome (1984 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In this seedy neo-noire tale, two Hollywood homicide cops investigating a movie mogul's murder stumble upon a child-pornography ring.

Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: James Garner, Margot Kidder, John Lithgow, John Marley

Votes: 365

26. Marvin & Tige (1983)

PG | 104 min | Drama

Marvin is a heavy-drinking widower who's seen better days and now ekes out a living at odd jobs. He meets Tige, an 11-year-old boy about to kill himself because his mother has just died. With nowhere else to stay, Tige moves in

Director: Eric Weston | Stars: John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Gibran Brown, Denise Nicholas

Votes: 243

27. Dry Season (2006)

96 min | Drama

Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a ... See full summary »

Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah

Votes: 983

28. LoveTrue (2016)

82 min | Documentary

Three complicated real-life relationships unfold in distinct corners of the country. Alaskans Blake and Joel pursue a promising romance, in spite of physical limitations and her stripping ... See full summary »

Director: Alma Har'el | Stars: Abraham Boyd, Angel Boyd, Harmony Boyd, Israel Boyd

Votes: 321

29. On the Run (1982)

101 min | Drama, Thriller

John Payette is a professional hit-man who travels the world to take out notorious bad guys. After he's forced to take in his orphaned French nephew, he leaves the boy to his estate caretaker Harry who must protect him from harm.

Director: Mende Brown | Stars: Rod Taylor, Paul Winfield, Beau Cox, Shirley Cameron

Votes: 53

30. The Road Home (1988)

97 min | Drama, War

During the Second World War, tens of thousands of blonde, blue-eyed Polish children were snatched from their parents and given to German families. Lebensborn was part of Hitler's plan to ... See full summary »

Director: Jerzy Kaszubowski | Stars: Rafal Synówka, Jerzy Binczycki, Marzena Trybala, Slawa Kwasniewska

Votes: 22

31. Magrunner: Dark Pulse (2013 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Lovecraftian first person adventure set in a not too distant futuristic society about a young contestant with mysterious family past trying to win a high tech company's puzzle solving contest based around revolutionary magnetic technology.

Stars: Nick Brimble, Brian Hanford, Ryan Forde Iosco, Alex Nigmatulin

Votes: 23

32. My Brother (2014)

24 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

A Vietnamese-American man wrestles with his ambivalent and estranged relationship to a mentally ill half-brother.

Directors: Vu Pham, Joe X. Jiang | Stars: Tom Avila, Marshall Baldwin, Foss Curtis, Dennis Delores

33. Profiler (1996–2000)
Episode: Grand Master (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

This crossover episode picks up after the ending of The Pretender: End Game (1999).Bryce, a brainwashed child prodigy, leaves home to join "The Father" who uses him to begin his revenge. Jarod from The Pretender: End Game (1999) joins Sam and Bailey on the case.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Ally Walker, Robert Davi, Julian McMahon, Roma Maffia

Votes: 93

34. Dicktown (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mystery of the Mumbling Rapper (2020)

TV-MA | Animation, Comedy, Mystery

John and David are hired by a teen mumble rap sensation, Lil Blurp, to find ten escaped ocelots in an abandoned shopping mall where he is shooting his next music video with John's endearing out of the loop dad as his manager.

Directors: Todd Redner, Matt Thompson | Stars: John Hodgman, David Rees, Anna Akana, Connett Croghan

Votes: 37

35. The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1994)
Episode: The Visitor (1991)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Camelot hosts a tournament for many knights from abroad to choose new members for the Round Table. Sir Harold, a knight with many stories of his exploits to tell including one of a ... See full summary »

Stars: Robby Benson, Michael Horton, Noelle North, Alan Oppenheimer

Votes: 17

36. The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode: Gold Stick (2020)

TV-MA | 54 min | Biography, Drama, History

As Elizabeth welcomes Britain's first woman prime minister and Charles meets a young Diana Spencer, an IRA attack brings tragedy to the royal family.

Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Gillian Anderson

Votes: 4,540

37. American Dad! (2005– )
Episode: The Legend of Old Ulysses (2019)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Steve gets competitive and turns on his best friend during the father-son events at Possum Lake, the home of the legendary fish-monster called Old Ulysses. Roger pretends to be the local tour guide and becomes more infamous than the fish.

Directors: Pam Cooke, Valerie Fletcher, Ron Hughart | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane

Votes: 392

38. BH90210 (2019)
Episode: The Long Wait (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As the cast celebrates the wrap of the pilot, they nervously await news from the network. Ian realizes his relationship with Anna might be a little too casual. Jennie thinks Wyatt might be in too deep. Tori gets frustrated with Nate.

Director: Gina Lamar | Stars: Gabrielle Carteris, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Brian Austin Green

Votes: 246