Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "daddy-issues"

1. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana

Votes: 1,273,804 | Gross: $333.18M

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

R | 91 min | Horror

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon

Votes: 262,625 | Gross: $25.50M

3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel

Votes: 759,959 | Gross: $389.81M

4. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022– )

TV-MA | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a brand-new set of Little Liars finds themselves tormented by an unknown assailant.

Stars: Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles

Votes: 8,050

5. Modern Love (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 513 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

TV series based on the New York Times column that explores relationships, love, and the human connection.

Stars: Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Dev Patel

Votes: 36,506

6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 90,351 | Gross: $44.79M

7. Sanctuary (I) (2022)

R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

Hal attempts to end his secret relationship with dominatrix Rebecca. A battle of wills ensues over the course of one incredibly fraught night, with both struggling to keep the upper hand as the power dynamics swing wildly back and forth.

Director: Zachary Wigon | Stars: Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley, Francisco Castaneda, Kathie Young

Votes: 8,344

8. Thanks for Sharing (2012)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.

Director: Stuart Blumberg | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad

Votes: 29,538 | Gross: $1.06M

9. Home Again (2017)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen, Pico Alexander

Votes: 35,130 | Gross: $27.02M

10. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter, Danny Hassel

Votes: 50,693 | Gross: $22.17M

11. Man on Fire (1987)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A former CIA agent, John Creasy, is hired as a bodyguard for a girl in Italy, who becomes the daughter he never had. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, and despite being badly wounded, embarks on a bloody revenge spree.

Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Joe Pesci, Brooke Adams

Votes: 3,032 | Gross: $0.52M

12. Dagon (2001)

R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez

Votes: 21,050

13. Beau-père (1981)

13+ | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Marion falls in love with her stepfather, Remy.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Geneviève Mnich

Votes: 3,711

14. Flower (I) (2017)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

A sexually curious teen forms an unorthodox kinship with her mentally unstable stepbrother.

Director: Max Winkler | Stars: Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker, Adam Scott

Votes: 10,424 | Gross: $0.33M

15. Alvinnn!!! And the Chipmunks (2015–2024)

TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A single dad has his hands full raising six rambunctious chipmunks in this animated comedy.

Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Vanessa Bagdasarian, Bettina Kenney

Votes: 1,664

16. Impulse (2018–2019)

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A young woman discovers she has the extraordinary power of teleportation.

Stars: Maddie Hasson, Sarah Desjardins, Enuka Okuma, Craig Arnold

Votes: 10,523

17. One Deadly Summer (1983)

R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery

A young woman who oozes sensuality arrives in a small town and marries the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?

Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève

Votes: 5,361

18. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi

Votes: 9,885

19. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller

The potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Silvia Monti

Votes: 5,794

20. Julie Darling (1982)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.

Director: Paul Nicholas | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning, Isabelle Mejias, Paul Hubbard

Votes: 824

21. Schizoid (1980)

R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An advice columnist in the midst of getting a divorce begins receiving threatening notes from an anonymous stalker. Meanwhile, members of her group therapy session are being murdered by an unknown assailant.

Director: David Paulsen | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Donna Wilkes, Marianna Hill, Craig Wasson

Votes: 1,977

22. Girl (I) (2020)

92 min | Mystery, Thriller

A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.

Director: Chad Faust | Stars: Bella Thorne, Emma-Leigh Cullum, Elizabeth Saunders, Michael Lipka

Votes: 4,010

23. Calendar Girl Murders (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Media mogul Richard Trainor is celebrating the success of his nude modeling business, and introducing the newest class of calendar models to the adoring public. The party is ruined when one of his models is murdered.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Sharon Stone, Barbara Bosson, Robert Beltran

Votes: 958

24. Shrew's Nest (2014)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.

Directors: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar

Votes: 7,730

25. Superlopez (2018)

108 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Juan López, an ordinary and anonymous office worker, decides to expose his superpowers to turn into the first Spanish superhero: Superlópez.

Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Dani Rovira, Alexandra Jiménez, Julián López, Maribel Verdú

Votes: 4,204

26. Name Me (2014)

93 min | Adventure, Drama

A practical joke ends up very wrong in Nigina Sayfullaevas curious youth drama. Two seventeen year old Moscow girls, Olya and Sasha, are visiting Olya's long lost father who lives in Crimea... See full summary »

Director: Nigina Sayfullaeva | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Aleksandra Bortich, Marina Vasileva, Kirill Kaganovich

Votes: 790

27. Dotýkání (2020)

39 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Dominik György | Stars: Herman Tajovský, Krystof Brand, Lída Jakubuv, Jana Olhová

Votes: 41

28. Christmas Sail (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Liz receives a call for help from her father to return home for Christmas and she wants to create a whimsical Christmas celebration.

Director: Stacey N. Harding | Stars: Katee Sackhoff, Patrick Sabongui, Terry O'Quinn, Emma Oliver

Votes: 1,194

29. Dream No Evil (1970)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young orphan girl obsessed with finding her father gets adopted by a traveling church. She grows up and gets engaged, but her obsession with locating her father is about to turn deadly.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Brooke Mills, Marc Lawrence, Michael Pataki

Votes: 660

30. Powiedz, ze mnie kochasz (2011)

16 min | Short, Drama

Eighteen year old Emilia is struggling with loneliness in her life. Her father has left and her mother is never at home. She meets different men, but they only give her temporary ... See full summary »

Director: Filip Gieldon | Stars: Paulina Galazka, Sebastian Poliszczuk, Grzegorz Sobota, Maciej Maciaszek

Votes: 24

31. Not Another High School Show (2007 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A parody of popular teen TV dramas such as "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Dawson's Creek", and "Laguna Beach."

Director: Joel Gallen | Stars: John Keefe, Jocelin Donahue, Rachel Specter, Jeffrey Todd

Votes: 228

32. Daddy (I) (2022)

Short, Drama

The absence of a father shattered her world leaving broken pieces of her; each piece held together by the glue of others. Seeking validation, she attracts domestic violence, various types ... See full summary »

Director: Theo Bray | Stars: Shawntell Anderson, Gabriella Arlene, Theo Bray, Valor Bray

33. Honeycomb (1969)

PG | 102 min | Drama

Isolated from the rest of the world in their countryside mansion, an unhappily married couple engages in a series of increasingly violent role playing games in an effort to heal their relationship.

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Per Oscarsson, Teresa del Río, Julia Peña

Votes: 376

34. In Limbo (I) (2021)

Short, Drama, Thriller

Simon is facing a hard decision. He must choose between life and death. What will Simon choose and is this the right choice? Or is it already too late when the phone rings?

Directors: Xavier Baeyens, Norman Baert | Stars: Koen Van der Sande, Michèle Even, Lissa Timmerman, Jonathan Lambrechts

35. Whitney Cummings: Jokes (2022 TV Special)

59 min | Comedy

Plot under wraps.

Director: Marcus Raboy | Star: Whitney Cummings

Votes: 826

36. Afterparty (2019 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.

Stars: Janina Gavankar, Khoi Dao, Dave Fennoy, Ashly Burch

Votes: 158

37. Baby Daddy Day (2018 Video)

Short, Comedy

Devon can only escape from his nagging baby mama Janelle in his dreams. Instead of making this the best "Baby Daddy Day" ever for Devon, she has other plans...and so does a woman from Devon's past.

Director: Tiffany Tynes | Stars: Darian Michael Garey, Jamayla Gray, Phylicia Townes, Tiffany Tynes

38. Lenka Nová: Adresa: Nebe (2019 Music Video)

5 min | Music

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Director: Lukás Masner | Stars: Lenka Nová, Milos Dvorácek, Tomás Lacina, Petr Malásek

Votes: 16

39. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Fog Closing In (1956)

TV-14 | 26 min | Drama, Mystery

When her husband goes away on a business trip, Mary Summers is all alone in her house--and gripped with a nameless fear. Then an escaped mental patient breaks in.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Phyllis Thaxter, Paul Langton, George Grizzard

Votes: 753

40. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Jonathan (1956)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.

Director: John Meredyth Lucas | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Georgann Johnson, Corey Allen, Douglas Kennedy

Votes: 717

41. Charmed (1998–2006)
Episode: Thank You for Not Morphing (1998)

PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The sisters' father returns after a 20 year absence, and evil neighbours who can change shape set out to steal the Book of Shadows.

Director: Ellen S. Pressman | Stars: Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Ted King

Votes: 1,049

42. Family Affair (1966–1971)
Episode: Uncle Prince Charming (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

One of Cissy's friends has a crush on Uncle Bill, and he cannot shake her from this feeling.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones

Votes: 34

43. The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode: Murderous Feelings (1985)

TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Unethical psychiatrist Dr. Peter Milne gets romantically involved with unstable Sara Kendal. His manipulation of her mind and emotions makes her illness worsen. When she can't tell dreams from reality, he becomes her rage's target.

Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Page Fletcher, Cec Linder, Franco Nero, John Novak

Votes: 69

44. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Taboo (2006)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a baby boy is discovered in the rubbish, detectives Benson and Stabler use a t-shirt found at the scene to trace the crime back to a well-to-do college student.

Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,026

45. Will & Grace (1998–2020)
Episode: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad (2000)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Will's ideal relationship with his loving father sours when his dad prepares to accept an award at his company's dinner banquet but tries to dissuade his son from attending because he's ... See full summary »

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes

Votes: 365

46. Will & Grace (1998–2020)
Episode: Queens for a Day: Part 2 (2004)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

When Vince's mother injures her leg and is unable to make her traditional Italian Thanksgiving, Will comes to the rescue by offering to make his own special dinner, but Vince's mother refuses to give Will any credit.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes

Votes: 288

47. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Never Again (1997)

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

Mulder takes a vacation to visit Graceland while sending disaffected Scully to Philadelphia to look into Russians with ties to UFOs. She becomes attracted to a secretly unstable young divorcee whose tattoo is telling him to kill women.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Rodney Rowland, Jodie Foster

Votes: 4,204

48. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: Aftermath (1982)

TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance

With Jock's will pitting them against each other, J.R. and Bobby prepare to do battle to prove who is the best man and entitled to Ewing Oil. Miss Ellie is in the middle as her two sons ... See full summary »

Director: Leonard Katzman | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman

Votes: 131

49. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.48 (1966)

TV-G | 20 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

David receives a crystal ball as a gift from Burke. David consults the ball to learn about Bill's disappearance.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Joel Crothers, David Henesy, Alexandra Isles

Votes: 76

50. Indebted (2020)
Episode: Everybody's Talking About Pleasure (2020)

TV-14 | Comedy

Dave & Rebecca wonder about their sex life. Joanna forces Strew to right a wrong with her high school girlfriend.

Director: Eric Dean Seaton | Stars: Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Jessy Hodges, Steven Weber

Votes: 53