Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "biological-father"

51. Starbuck (2011)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father.

Director: Ken Scott | Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie

Votes: 17,051 | Gross: $3.79M

52. My Christmas Family Tree (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

When Vanessa receives the results from her Family Tree DNA test, she discovers a family she didn't know existed and travels to their home for Christmas.

Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Aimee Teegarden, Andrew W. Walker, James Tupper, Kendall Cross

Votes: 2,513

53. Aberdeen (2000)

106 min | Drama

A mom dying in Aberdeen, Scotland, asks her coke snorting, nympho, London lawyer daughter to get her estranged, alcoholic dad in Oslo, Norway, to Aberdeen. He's drunk at the airport, so they travel together by car and ferry.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey, Jean Johansson, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 3,475 | Gross: $0.06M

54. The Nun (2013)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama

1760s France. Suzanne is shocked when her bourgeois family sends her to a convent. There she faces oppression and torment, leading her to fight back and expose the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.

Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert, Louise Bourgoin, Martina Gedeck

Votes: 1,997

55. Wild Seed (1965)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A 17-year-old girl runs away from her East Coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated... See full summary »

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Michael Parks, Celia Milius, Ross Elliott, Woodrow Chambliss

Votes: 407

56. This Is My Father (1998)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A middle-aged teacher discovers photos from his mother's past that convinces him that she has not told the truth about his real father. Venturing into Ireland where he believes his real father to be, a past romance slowly unfolds.

Director: Paul Quinn | Stars: Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Jacob Tierney, Colm Meaney

Votes: 1,837 | Gross: $1.08M

57. Family of Strangers (1993 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery, but when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted; later she learns that she was conceived from rape.

Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Martha Gibson, Gordon Clapp

Votes: 312

58. The Iron Heart (2022–2023)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, Apollo and his allies face the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.

Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Sue Ramirez, Albert Martinez, Anthony Jennings

Votes: 65

59. A Killer Among Us (2012 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Thriller

After the shocking murder of her mother, a girl helps a police detective by searching her home for clues that they hope will lead to the perpetrator.

Director: Bradley Walsh | Stars: Tess Atkins, Tom Cavanagh, Boris Kodjoe, William deVry

Votes: 765

60. Jitters (2010)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance

A 16-year old Icelandic boy's first kiss with another boy gives him "jitters"--feelings he can't deny. This is a well-written film that captures the confusion and excitement of being a ... See full summary »

Director: Baldvin Zophoníasson | Stars: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Ilva Holmes, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Birna Rún Eiríksdóttir

Votes: 1,649

61. Potiche (2010)

R | 103 min | Comedy

A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard

Votes: 11,374 | Gross: $1.62M

62. Just to Be Sure (2017)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

An unshakable mine-clearing expert suddenly loses his footing when he learns that his father is not his father. Despite all the tenderness he feels for the man who raised him, he discreetly sets out to find his father.

Director: Carine Tardieu | Stars: François Damiens, Cécile de France, Guy Marchand, André Wilms

Votes: 1,974

63. Violette (1978)

Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-François Garreaud

Votes: 2,536

64. Amira (2021)

98 min | Drama

A Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.

Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, Tara Abboud, Waleed Zuaiter

Votes: 8,042

65. Murder in Aveyron (2014 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Thriller

A farm near Laguiole, in the Aubrac countryside. Luc Olié, forty, is found murdered with a bullet in his chest.

Director: Claude-Michel Rome | Stars: Florence Pernel, Vincent Winterhalter, Hélène Seuzaret, François Feroleto

Votes: 180

66. Little White Lie (2014)

Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A film about denial, race, family secrets and a search for identity.

Directors: Lacey Schwartz Delgado, James Adolphus | Stars: Lacey Schwartz Delgado, Sarah Brokaw, Bruce Corwin, Joshua Corwin

Votes: 947

67. Jesus Henry Christ (2011)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy

At the age of ten, Henry James Herman, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.

Director: Dennis Lee | Stars: Jason Spevack, Toni Collette, Michael Sheen, Samantha Weinstein

Votes: 6,307 | Gross: $0.02M

68. Fanny (2013)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama

Fanny is the second part of Marcel Pagnol's classic trilogy following the loves and losses of a Marseille port community.

Director: Daniel Auteuil | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Victoire Bélézy, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Raphaël Personnaz

Votes: 1,178

69. Crazy for Christmas (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Shannon, a single mother, is forced to chauffeur a wealthy eccentric around town on Christmas Eve while he gives away cash to complete strangers. When a reporter pursues the story, a new romance blossoms.

Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Andrea Roth, Howard Hesseman, Jason Spevack, Yannick Bisson

Votes: 1,408

70. Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Crime

An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish man from London, learns that he is the product of an artificial insemination accident, and that his real father is a farmer from Yorkshire.

Directors: Vadim Jean, Gary Sinyor | Stars: Mark Frankel, Janet Suzman, Brian Glover, Connie Booth

Votes: 580 | Gross: $0.07M

71. Man on the Bus (2019)

84 min | Documentary, Biography

Eve always thought there was something strange about her family. As a psychologist and filmmaker she explores her family background over a decade of filming. She follows unusual clues and makes a discovery that changes her life forever.

Director: Eve Ash | Star: Eve Ash

Votes: 70

72. Nola (2003)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

An urban fairy tale and romantic comedy in which aspiring songwriter Nola leaves her abusive Kansas home and heads to New York City to find her biological father--and finds much more.

Director: Alan Hruska | Stars: Emmy Rossum, Steven Bauer, James Badge Dale, Thom Christopher

Votes: 503 | Gross: $0.01M

73. Take Two (2017)

TV-PG | 70 min | Family

A father's day story. When one young Filmmaker "Clay" finds out that he has a daughter he realizes the torture that she was lives under and it is up to Clay to save her from the torture she is under.

Director: Robert Douglas Kollar | Stars: Robert A. Rogers III, Izetta Merriman, Dawn Long, Rusty Whitener

Votes: 62

74. Nickel Mountain (1984)

88 min | Drama

Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard splits. Henry takes in ... See full summary »

Director: Drew Denbaum | Stars: Michael Cole, Heather Langenkamp, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Kerwin

Votes: 141

75. Seed (2013–2014)

Comedy

SEED follows Harry, a likable bachelor and bartender whose previous foray into sperm donation has resulted in offspring he was unaware of - until now.

Stars: Adam Korson, Carrie-Lynn Neales, Amanda Brugel, Stephanie Anne Mills

Votes: 1,200

76. A Son (2019)

95 min | Drama

11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital a family secret will be revealed.

Director: Mehdi Barsaoui | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Najla Ben Abdallah, Youssef Khemiri, Noomen Hamda

Votes: 1,285

77. Perfect Baby (2011)

92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A perfectionist poet falls for an energetic Chinese man who teaches her the importance of life's imperfections.

Director: Jing Wang | Stars: Chao Deng, Jane March, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Chenxi Liu

Votes: 74

78. When a Man Comes Home (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy

Sebastian was told as kid that his dad suicided - causing his stutter. Sebastian, now a kitchen hand living with his girlfriend, is told that the famous opera singer returning to town after years is his dad. Chaos ensues.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Oliver Møller-Knauer, Ronja Mannov Olesen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Thomas Bo Larsen

Votes: 947

79. Family Film (2015)

95 min | Drama

A couple embark on an early vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn. Boasting exquisite camera work, ... See full summary »

Director: Olmo Omerzu | Stars: Daniel Kadlec, Jenovéfa Boková, Vanda Hybnerová, Karel Roden

Votes: 443

80. Rainbow (2021)

Short, Drama

As a child in a rainbow family, Molly was raised by her two mothers. She never knew her father but yet she has this great need to find him in order to find herself and her own true identity.

Stars: Fanny Leander Bornedal, Nikolaj Groth, Susanne Storm, Ditte Maria le-Fevre

Votes: 13

81. In the Name of the Pope King (1977)

105 min | Drama, History

In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the ... See full summary »

Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Danilo Mattei, Carmen Scarpitta, Giovannella Grifeo

Votes: 656

82. Mr. Bharath (I) (1986)

141 min | Drama

Bharath, born out of wedlock, seeks revenge for his mother by making his father publicly accept him as a son. His father, now an industrialist, soon finds competition in the form of Bharath.

Director: S.P. Muthuraman | Stars: Ambika, Goundamani, Raghuvaran, Rajinikanth

Votes: 392

83. Deserter (1992)

109 min | Drama, Romance, War

During the Yugoslav break-up, Federal Army officer is fed up with war and takes some leave in Belgrade. However, it turns out that he is less haunted by war horrors than with some ... See full summary »

Director: Zivojin Pavlovic | Stars: Rados Bajic, Rade Serbedzija, Milena Pavlovic, Hristina Popovic

Votes: 171

84. One Street Organ, One Life (1958)

77 min | Drama

A poor musician loses his wife from childbirth complications, he gives his newborn daughter for adoption to a wealthy family. He is ashamed about his action but he is the only one who helps her when she fell in love with a musician.

Director: Sokrates Kapsaskis | Stars: Orestis Makris, Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Dinos Iliopoulos

Votes: 146

85. First Comes Love (2013)

105 min | Documentary

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage. For filmmaker Nina Davenport, that old playground song didn't go as planned. Single at age 41, she decides to ... See full summary »

Director: Nina Davenport | Stars: Nina Davenport, Eric E. Oleson

Votes: 318

86. Naked Under the Moon (1999)

TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A priest estranged from the holy vows marries Clara and starts raising a family. After several incidents, he becomes wracked with melancholia and wanders aimlessly, unable to come to terms with his personal truths.

Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Klaudia Koronel, Joel Torre, Elizabeth Oropesa, Isabel Granada

Votes: 121

87. Murder in Aquitaine (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama

While setting up an exhibition of "The Mummies of St. Michael" an archaeologist discovers a real skeleton in a red robe.

Director: David Morley | Stars: Lucie Lucas, Pierre-Yves Bon, Marianne Basler, Cyrielle Debreuil

Votes: 67

88. Find My Family (2009– )

Reality-TV

With the help of a dedicated team of researchers, hosts Tim Green and Lisa Joyner reunite mothers, fathers, daughters and sons who have lost touch for decades.

Stars: Lisa Joyner, Tim Green

Votes: 50

89. Godass (2000)

73 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An off-beat comedy about how having a gay father can be the least of a punk girl's problems.

Director: Esther Bell | Stars: Nika Feldman, Preston Miller, Arik Roper, Julianne Nicholson

Votes: 63

90. Generation Cryo (2013– )

A young woman who was conceived with a sperm donor searches for answers by meeting her half-siblings and trying to locate her sperm donor.

Votes: 65

91. The New Testament (1936)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy

Based on Guitry's own stage play about a sanctimonious fellow who is eventually victimized by his own hypocrisy.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Christian Gérard, Betty Daussmond

Votes: 324

92. Father's Day (1996)

96 min | Comedy, Romance

A man finds out that he is infertile, and tries to find out who is the real father of his children.

Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Herbert Knaup, Corinna Harfouch, Richy Müller, Dominik Graf

Votes: 316

93. Before the World Ends (2009)

104 min | Drama, Family

The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and ... See full summary »

Director: Ana Luiza Azevedo | Stars: Eduardo Cardoso, Murilo Grossi, Caroline Guedes, Bianca Menti

Votes: 319

94. Bio-Dad (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary

One of the world's first babies resulting from artificial insemination, Barry Stevens, goes on a complicated quest to find his biological father. His sister Janice joins in the search after... See full summary »

Director: Barry Stevens | Stars: Julian Huxley, Barry Stevens, Jen Dziura, Lee Silver

95. A summer in Cyprus (2017 TV Movie)

90 min | Romance

Moritz (11) convinced his mother to a special holiday on Cyprus, to meet there his unsuspecting father Aiven Bastekis, once her one-night-stand. Aiven, who runs the family textile trade ... See full summary »

Director: Jorgo Papavassiliou | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Orhan Kilic, Leon de Greiff, Eric Marcel

Votes: 83

96. La India blanca (1979)

85 min | Drama, Romance

A Mexican indigenous woman is segregated in her native town for having fair skin.

Director: Alberto Mariscal | Stars: Yolanda del Río, Jaime Moreno, Norma Herrera, Sandra Chávez

Votes: 12

97. Anand Aur Anand (1984)

Family, Drama, Romance

Arun Anand has been married for several years now, but his wife is unable to conceive. Arun's has an affair with his personal secretary, Kiran, and as a result Kiran gets pregnant. Arun ... See full summary »

Director: Dev Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Suneil Anand, Raj Babbar, Rakhee Gulzar

Votes: 52

98. The Melody of My Life (1975)

120 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Hanan works as a secretary for Mamdouh, the respected singer who is also good friends with her family. She goes to Lebanon to spend the summer with her mother, and see her boyfriend Mohsen ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Mervat Amin, Youssef Sharaf El Din, Farid El-Atrash, Salama Elias

Votes: 44

99. Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (2004)

R | 95 min | Documentary

In his early twenties, Sam Cagnina, oldest son of a Mafia hit man, meets Steven, a handsome 19-year old college student and they fall in love. Then, after a few years Sam offers Steven a "... See full summary »

Director: Susan Kaplan | Stars: Sam Cagnina, Steven Margolin, Samantha Singh

Votes: 196 | Gross: $0.02M

100. Super-Dad (2015 TV Movie)

86 min | Comedy

A sperm donor is confronted by his 99 children, when a disclosure is sued.

Director: Jan Markus Linhof | Stars: Stephan Luca, Stefanie Stappenbeck, Tilman Pörzgen, Gizem Emre

Votes: 50