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

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.

Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen

Votes: 686,738 | Gross: $532.18M

2. Allegiant (2016)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago, to finally discover the shocking truth of the world around them.

Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts

Votes: 134,262 | Gross: $66.18M

3. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch

Votes: 497,141 | Gross: $228.78M

4. The Woman (I) (2011)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter, Chris Krzykowski

Votes: 25,856

5. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

PG-13 | 109 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins

Votes: 23,413 | Gross: $19.74M

6. Deep Cover (1992)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa

Votes: 14,063 | Gross: $16.64M

7. Batman: The Long Halloween (2021)

R | 168 min | Animation, Action, Crime

Atrocious serial killings on holidays in Gotham City send The World's Greatest Detective into action - confronting both organized crime and a unified front of classic DC Super-Villains - while attempting to stop the mysterious murderer.

Director: Chris Palmer | Stars: Jensen Ackles, Laila Berzins, Frances Callier, Zach Callison

Votes: 2,563

8. Someone Has to Die (2020)

TV-MA | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The story begins with a young boy being asked by his parents to return to Spain to meet his fiance. He returns accompanied by Lazaro, a mysterious ballet dancer.

Stars: Cecilia Suárez, Ernesto Alterio, Alejandro Speitzer, Isaac Hernández

Votes: 5,655

9. Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Andromeda Initiative sets a course for a new galaxy, hoping to find a new home for the species of the Milky Way.

Directors: Mac Walters, Sam McGlynn | Stars: Fryda Wolff, Tom Taylorson, Jules de Jongh, Nyasha Hatendi

Votes: 5,941

10. The Strange Woman (1946)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.

Directors: Edgar G. Ulmer, Douglas Sirk | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 2,456

11. Oblivion (1994)

PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.

Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Meg Foster

Votes: 1,631

12. Eve of Destruction (1991)

R | 99 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A terrorist hunter is hired by a scientist to deactivate her android double, a walking, talking, murderous nuclear bomb which has gone amok in the big city and is about to explode.

Director: Duncan Gibbins | Stars: Gregory Hines, Renée Soutendijk, Michael Greene, Kurt Fuller

Votes: 2,582 | Gross: $5.45M

13. River of Death (1989)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1965 a guide in the Amazon leads people to a lost city in search of a mad Nazi doctor.

Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Donald Pleasence, Robert Vaughn, Herbert Lom

Votes: 1,522 | Gross: $0.54M

14. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale

Votes: 4,269

15. Estigma (1980)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older ... See full summary »

Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Christian Borromeo, Alexandra Bastedo, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Berta Cabré

Votes: 280

16. Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers (2011– )

TV-14 | 19 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A serious motion comic drama about Loki, who becomes the ruler of Asgard after a successful coup, only to realize that even gods must deal with hard political choices. But does anything matter if even fate itself is against you?

Stars: David Blair, Daniel Thorn, Robin Goldsmith, Jennifer Spriggs

Votes: 919

17. The White Squaw (1956)

Approved | 75 min | Western

Faced with heavy opposition from local ranchers, a white Indian woman desperately seeks help for her tribe struggling to survive on a reservation.

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: David Brian, May Wynn, William Bishop, Nancy Hale

Votes: 166

18. Summer Days with Coo (2007)

138 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A boy befriends an orphaned water spirit, or Kappa, he found dried up and buried in a riverbank. He and his family help the creature adjust to life in the modern world.

Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Kazato Tomizawa, Takahiro Yokokawa, Naoki Tanaka, Naomi Nishida

Votes: 2,157

19. Turok: Son of Stone (2008 Video)

TV-PG | 73 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While defending his tribe from a bloodthirsty enemy tribe, a Native American warrior named Turok finds himself in a prehistoric dinosaur world along with his nephew, sister-in-law, and the sadistic leader of the other tribe.

Directors: Curt Geda, Dan Riba, Frank Squillace, Tad Stones | Stars: Iyari Limon, Rick Mora, Adam Gifford, Matthew Yang King

Votes: 868

20. Liar's Edge (1992)

R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

A child is traumatized when his father, a stuntman, dies in an attempt to go over Niagara Falls. Later, his mother meets and marries a truck driver, and things seem to be going OK. Then the... See full summary »

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Nicholas Shields, Shannon Tweed, David Keith, Joseph Bottoms

Votes: 207

21. Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1966)

G | 90 min | Western, Adventure

On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's protection.

Director: Harald Philipp | Stars: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Götz George, Uschi Glas

Votes: 1,720

22. Podelniki (2021)

109 min | Drama, Thriller

A 10-year-old boy from a village, Ilya, whose father was killed. No justice has been done so he launched vendetta against the murderer.

Director: Evgeniy Grigorev | Stars: Yura Borisov, Pavel Derevyanko, Elizaveta Yankovskaya, Yaroslav Mogilnikov

Votes: 199

23. Blockade (1938)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance, War

A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with Russian whose father is involved in espionage.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo, John Halliday

Votes: 639

24. Pablo Escobar: Countdown to Death (2017 TV Movie)

68 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Through rare interviews, images and wiretap audio, this documentary reconstructs the last nine years of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's life.

Director: Santiago Diaz Oso | Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Alba Marina Escobar, Germán Castro Caycedo

Votes: 265

25. Jezebel (2017)

10 min | Short, Thriller

A beautiful woman lures men to her apartment, believing she is a prostitute. Will one realize his mistake before it is too late?

Director: Nick Phillips | Stars: Claire Dellamar, Brian Flaccus, Dylan Rourke, Tyler Johnson

Votes: 90

26. Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Former Los Angeles police lieutenant Bill Battles is hired by Hawaii State university to not only become head of the campus police, but assistant coach in charge of special teams for the ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: William Conrad, Lane Caudell, Robin Mattson, Marj Dusay

Votes: 41

27. Nordstrand (2013)

89 min | Drama

NORDSTRAND tells the story of two brothers, Marten and Volker, who meet in their parents' now empty house on the coast. Older brother Marten would like to pick up together their mother from... See full summary »

Director: Florian Eichinger | Stars: Lennart Bartels, Luise Berndt, William Boer, Martina Krauel

Votes: 176

28. The Drifting Avenger (1968)

107 min | Drama, Western

Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Soon his family is killed in front of him by stagecoach robbers, making him aim to get revenge. Marvin an experienced gunman befriends Ken and becomes his mentor.

Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ken Goodlet, Judith Roberts, Kevin Cooney

Votes: 80

29. Mein Leben für Irland (1941)

90 min | Drama

"My Life for Ireland" is a Nazi-made anti-British propaganda film about a group of Dublin schoolboys who unwittingly become pawns of the British and seek redemption by avenging their fallen IRA fathers in the Irish War of Independence.

Director: Max W. Kimmich | Stars: Anna Dammann, René Deltgen, Paul Wegener, Werner Hinz

Votes: 79

30. Out of Bounds (II) (2020)

82 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Travis Elliot, a star high school basketball player from Memphis, Tennessee must save his older brother, but is torn between playing the sport that he loves or living a life of crime.

Director: SD Green | Stars: Deyonte Tatted Hunter, Tenichi Garner, Shalonda SJ Johnson, Richard Siegelman

Votes: 53

31. Ti dou (1980)

Action

When a gang war breaks out over disputed territory, crime boss Wai blames his lieutenant, Ah Sing, for failing to wipe out the competition.

Director: Wai Man | Stars: John Cheung, Wilson Tong, Li-Chuen Chou, Chiang Chen

Votes: 38

32. Snake-Crane Secret (1976)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama

Snake-Crane Secret is a tale of deceit, lying and mistrust. A family tries to uphold their honor, while keeping their Sacred Kung-Fu book from getting into the wrong hands.

Director: Wu Ma | Stars: Fei Meng, Tao-Liang Tan, Tien-Lung Yu, Hui-Shan Yang

Votes: 203

33. A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)

17 min | Short, Romance

A Kentucky brother proposes to his adopted sister. She refuses, but their mother convinces her to marry him. Then the younger brother returns after years away, takes one look at the teenage girl and falls head over heels for her.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Walter Miller

Votes: 80

34. Xun bu fang (1980)

87 min | Action, Drama

The family of a man framed and driven mad, seek revenge on the corrupt police captain who was responsible.

Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Phillip Ko, Jeong-lee Hwang, Lau Chan, Shao-Hung Chan

Votes: 83

35. Epangelmaties remalia (1976)

87 min | Action, Crime

When a couple of retired mercenaries meet again, they decide to take advantage of their past skills and plan to rob a casino.

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Kostas Karagiorgis, Minas Christidis, Seretta Wilson, Giannis Kandilas

Votes: 32

36. Get medieval (1998 Video Game)

Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Top down action game about four heroes, Eryc the Elf, Zared the Barbarian (based on Arnold Schwarzenegger), Levina the Sorceress and Kellina the Avenger, who must stop the reign of terror of an evil dragon that killed Kellina's father.

Stars: Krisha Fairchild, Mike Shapiro, Annette Toutonghi, Stephan Weyte

37. Ninja Hayate (1984 Video Game)

Action, Fantasy

Animated game similar to Dragon's Lair. In feudal Japan, young ninja Hayate must battle all sorts of monsters and avoid all sorts of traps to reach the palace where evil samurai mage holds the princess he loves.

Director: Tetsuo Imazawa

Votes: 18

38. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Calderone's Return: Part 2 - Calderone's Demise (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While on the trail of Calderone in Bimini, Tubbs falls in love with a woman who forces him to consider his loyalties.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 877

39. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Schizogeny (1998)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenager becomes the prime suspect in his stepfather's odd murder. Mulder is not buying it since the man was literally swallowed by the ground. After another parent is killed, the suspicion falls on someone close to the kids.

Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Chad Lindberg, Sarah-Jane Redmond

Votes: 3,491

40. Ulysse 31 (1981–1982)
Episode: Rebellion on Lemnos (1982)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure

The women of the planet Lemnos are being forced by the Shark Men to build the Trident ships for the gods. Princess Hypsipyle of Lemnos asks for Ulysses' help. But the children discover that another group also lives on Lemnos.

Stars: Matt Birman, Jacques Ebner, Claude Giraud, Fabrice Josso

Votes: 41

41. Peacemaker (2022– )
Episode: Stop Dragon My Heart Around (2022)

TV-MA | 39 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Harcourt, Murn, and Adebayo find themselves surrounded by an alien force, while Peacemaker squares off against his father with help from Vigilante and Economos.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji

Votes: 6,809

42. George Clarke's National Trust Unlocked (2020– )
Episode: Ham House (2020)

Documentary, History

Gorge visits the lavish Jacobian Ham House, whose owners played a role in restoring the monarchy in the 17th-century after the death of Oliver Cromwell, explores Ham's magnificent ... See full summary »

Star: George Clarke

43. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Escobar Goes to War (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Pablo Escobar goes to war against the authorities and his rivals, the Cali cartel.

Stars: Luis Ospina, Ken Cook, Bob Sears, William Rodriguez Abadia

Votes: 30

44. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Application Form (2007)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Ariel (Jake Cuenca) is an ordinary boy living an ordinary life. He grew up to poverty in Ilocos Sur, and lost his father when he was 12. Ever since then, he had dreamt of becoming a soldier... See full summary »

Director: Jeffrey Jeturian | Stars: Jake Cuenca, Roxanne Guinoo, Encar Benedicto, Charo Santos-Concio

45. Regular Show (2010–2017)
Episode: Trucker Hall of Fame (2012)

TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After Muscle Man's father dies, Benson asks Mordecai and Rigby to help him get to the Trucker Hall of Fame to spread Muscle Dad's trucker hat ashes.

Director: John Davis Infantino | Stars: J.G. Quintel, William Salyers, Sam Marin, Richard McGonagle

Votes: 2,645

46. Gangsters: America's Most Evil (2012– )
Episode: The Ultimate Outlaw: Harry 'Taco' Bowman (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Bowman, as international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, ordered kidnappings, firebombings, assaults and murders. He joined another exclusive club in 1997, the "FBI Ten Most ... See full summary »

Stars: Mickey Powers, Mike Lynn, Steve Cook, Tim Donovan

Votes: 22

47. One Thousand and One Nights (2012– )
Episode: The Lady of the Desert (2012)

96 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

A royal prince, Aladdin, and a kindhearted shoemaker, Lady, fall in love at first sight.

Director: Marco Pontecorvo | Stars: Vanessa Hessler, Marco Bocci, Paz Vega, Raffaella Rea

Votes: 13

48. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: The Legacy (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

Tragedy strikes again when Bobby Kennedy is assassinated; Ted Kennedy must overcome scandal and misfortune to continue the family legacy and pass the torch to the next generation.

Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Adam Walinsky, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Barbara Perry

Votes: 42

49. Altered Carbon (2018–2020)
Episode: Broken Angels (2020)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

With the fate of the whole planet on the line, Kovacs, Quell and team race to find Konrad Harlan and stop a catastrophic blast of Angelfire.

Director: Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner

Votes: 2,807

50. Wild Bill (2019)
Episode: You're Stupid Enough to Say That to A Copper? (2019)

TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Suspicion falls on members of the immigrant workforce after a suitcase containing the body of a farm owner is pulled from the river.

Director: Annie Griffin | Stars: John-Paul Hurley, Tony Pitts, Rob Lowe, Aleksandar Jovanovic

Votes: 151