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

1. Something Borrowed (2011)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Friendships are tested and secrets come to the surface when terminally single Rachel falls for Dex, her best friend Darcy's fiancé.

Director: Luke Greenfield | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski

Votes: 65,237 | Gross: $39.05M

2. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family

A young man schemes and attempts to get the "better things in life" mostly popularity, success, and most importantly, girls.

Stars: Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus

Votes: 2,053

3. Blue Hawaii (1961)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical

After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters

Votes: 7,497 | Gross: $10.44M

4. Hebburn (2012–2013)

Comedy

Set in the town of Hebburn in Tyne and Wear, this series follows the Pearson family, Joe, Pauline and their son Jack, who has secretly married a middle-class Jewish girl, Sarah, on a drunken binge in Las Vegas.

Stars: Chris Ramsey, Kimberley Nixon, Lisa McGrillis, Pat Dunn

Votes: 873

5. Graves (I) (2016–2017)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Former President Richard Graves has the epiphany, twenty years after leaving office, that his policies have damaged the country for decades. This, as his wife, the former First Lady, has political ambitions of her own.

Stars: Nick Nolte, Skylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Christopher Lowell

Votes: 1,334

6. Flying Blind (1992–1993)

30 min | Comedy

A nebbishy accounts executive who inexplicably lands a gorgeous, fantastically hip woman perpetually followed around by a string of brilliant ex-lovers.

Stars: Corey Parker, Téa Leoni, Robert Bauer, Clea Lewis

Votes: 365

7. A Summer Romance (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Richard flies to Montana to buy a 2500 acre ranch with money problems from Sam, and build a resort. Sam turns out to be a cute, single woman.

Director: David Winning | Stars: Erin Krakow, Ryan Paevey, Sarah Strange, Kevin O'Grady

Votes: 1,975

8. Breaking Away (1980–1981)

60 min | Drama, Family

Four buddies live in Bloomington, Indiana, facing life as working class "cutters" in a college town. Focus is on Dave and his $1200 La Strada bike.

Stars: Barbara Barrie, Shaun Cassidy, Jackie Earle Haley, Tom Wiggin

Votes: 184

9. Christmas Joy (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Family, Romance

Joy Holbrook is a market researcher about to get a sweet promotion just in time for the holidays. But she receives an urgent phone call from home and rushes back to help her Aunt recover from surgery, reuniting with her former crush, Ben.

Director: Monika Mitchell | Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Long, Lucia Walters, Beverley Elliott

Votes: 2,071

10. The Orchard (2016)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

His life changes when Los Angeles talent agent Max Roth inherits an orchard in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley and finds that there's more to the real estate than its selling price.

Director: Kate Twa | Stars: Matt Angel, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Chris McNally, Sean MacLean

Votes: 109

11. El Houb - The Love (2022)

102 min | Drama

Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his parents about being into men. Their reaction inspires a journey of discovery through Karim's isolation as he attempts to break an ingrained culture of silence.

Director: Shariff Nasr | Stars: Fahd Larhzaoui, Lubna Azabal, Slimane Dazi, Sabri Saddik

Votes: 497

12. Waterloo Bridge (1931)

81 min | Drama, Romance

A prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr

Votes: 3,163

13. Nicholas on Holiday (2014)

G | 97 min | Comedy, Family

The summer holidays begin, Nicolas and his family travel to the seaside where a whole new series of adventures await them.

Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Dominique Lavanant, Bouli Lanners

Votes: 3,489

14. Gutterbug (2019)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama

A crust punk named Bug grapples with the realities of homelessness, mental health, drug use and toxic friendships. On his 21st birthday he resolves to find his way home, a decision that leads him and his misfit crew down a dangerous path.

Director: Andrew Gibson | Stars: Andrew Yackel, Justin Pietropaolo, Hannah Mosqueda, Paul Kandarian

Votes: 2,832

15. Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)

R | 91 min | Comedy

A young business executive hates the direction his life is taking, and decides to make some changes. He becomes a struggling (but happy) tap-dancing magician. His old boss is financially ruined, but finds a way to bounce back by commercialising his career change.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Smothers, John Astin, Katharine Ross, Orson Welles

Votes: 1,008 | Gross: $0.07M

16. Wedding March 4: Something Old, Something New (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Romance

With a wedding to plan, an engagement party to throw, and an inn full of surprise guests, the road to true love for Olivia and Mick takes a few unexpected twists and turns.

Director: Peter DeLuise | Stars: Jack Wagner, Merritt Patterson, Josie Bissett, Andrew W. Walker

Votes: 722

17. Grlom u jagode (1975–1976)

49 min | Comedy, Drama

Bane Bumbar is growing up in Stara Karaburma neighbourhood with his parents Sreta and Olja, his half-sister Seka Stajn (his mother's child form a previous marriage) and his maternal ... See full summary »

Stars: Branko Cvejic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Olivera Markovic, Rahela Ferari

Votes: 1,231

18. Not Knowing (2019)

Unrated | 95 min | Drama

Water polo player Young Umut lives in a family that is not satisfied with their lives. His parents Selma and Sinan find it difficult to endure each other, and Umut is after to prove himself. Then rumors start circulating that Umut is gay.

Director: Leyla Yilmaz | Stars: Senan Kara, Yurdaer Okur, Emir Özden, Levent Üzümcü

Votes: 1,165

19. What Lies Behind Closed Doors (2022 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When Kimberly finds Jasper's dad, Steven, cheating with a younger woman named Serena and Serena ends up dead, Kimberly must find out what's going on in the fancy couple's life before she ends up dead.

Director: Lindsay Hartley | Stars: Revell Carpenter, Laurie Fortier, Ryan Francis, Cody Bagshaw

Votes: 213

20. A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Alice is set to meet her future in-laws for the first time, but things don't go according to plan.

Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Alicia Witt, Mark Wiebe, Lawrence Dane, Scott Gibson

Votes: 4,107

21. A View to Kill For (2023 TV Movie)

TV-PG | Thriller

Molly and her family relocate after she inherits her estranged father's mansion in an elite neighborhood. But, an intruder breaks into their home and leaves a threatening warning on the wall.

Director: Brittany Underwood | Stars: Tiffany Montgomery, Samuel Whitten, Demi Lehman, Brittany Goodwin

Votes: 204

22. For Some Inexplicable Reason (2014)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

A trip to Lisbon helps a nerdy guy who is quickly approaching 30 finally get his mojo back.

Director: Gábor Reisz | Stars: Áron Ferenczik, Katalin Takács, Zsolt Kovács, Zalán Makranczi

Votes: 4,630

23. The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)

87 min | Drama, Romance

A young gay man comes out to his middle-class parents, which has repercussions for his father who has long since been trying to repress his own sexuality.

Director: Nigel Finch | Stars: Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus Macfadyen, Corey Parker

Votes: 616

24. After Thomas (2006 TV Movie)

93 min | Biography, Drama

A true story about a couple's struggles to meet the challenges of their son's autism.

Director: Simon Shore | Stars: Keeley Hawes, Ben Miles, Sheila Hancock, Andrew Byrne

Votes: 654

25. Valentino Returns (1989)

R | 102 min | Drama, Romance

On a Saturday night, in a small 1950s Californian town, a young man, whose parents are an inch from a divorce, takes his brand new pink Cadillac for a spin to meet girls. He hooks up with the daughter of the town's radical preacher.

Director: Peter Hoffman | Stars: Frederic Forrest, Veronica Cartwright, Jenny Wright, David Packer

Votes: 99

26. Killer Goodbye (1968)

102 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

A young man goes back to his hometown ten years after killing the killer of his parents. Once there he is asked to help the sheriff.

Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Peter Lee Lawrence, Marisa Solinas, Armando Calvo, Rosalba Neri

Votes: 180

27. Ashes (II) (2017)

71 min | Drama

After discovering his parents' final wishes are to have their ashes scattered where they first met, Liam and his closest friends set out to explore the place for themselves as they navigate old memories while creating new ones.

Director: Dan Slater | Stars: Jake Raymond, Sara Mitich, Craig Arnold, Tanya Bevan

Votes: 96

28. ...Where's Rodney? (1990 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A 12-year-old boy named Rodney Barnes looks for advice and inspiration from his idol, stand-up comic Rodney Dangerfield.

Director: John Sgueglia | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Jared Rushton, Jane Daly, Thea Vidale

Votes: 35

29. Harry's Mad (1993–1996)

25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Young Harry Holdsworth inherits a superintelligent talking macaw named Madison. This leads to numerous adventures for Harry and his family but it also attracts villainous Terry Crumm who wants the parrot for himself.

Stars: Mike Walling, Jackie Lye, Anthony Asbury, Gareth Parrington

Votes: 30

30. The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)

90 min | Comedy, Musical

A Cockney lad who pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess.

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin, Alan Wheatley

Votes: 112

31. Gas (I) (2005)

112 min | Drama

Six youngsters aged between 20 and 30 years old, stranded within the restricted values of a provincial city, constrained to live in an emotional void, lacking dreams and acknowledged values... See full summary »

Director: Luciano Melchionna | Stars: Lorenzo Balducci, Francesco Venditti, Moran Atias, Sandro Giordano

Votes: 175

32. Vampire Family (1993)

88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

The adventures of an eccentric vampire family in modern days in Hong Kong.

Directors: Kin-Nam Cho, Eric Tsang | Stars: Eric Tsang, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Jimmy Lin, Athena Chu

Votes: 72

33. Isten teremtményei (1986 TV Movie)

61 min | Drama

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Director: István Gaál | Stars: Péter Blaskó, Mari Kiss, Károly Rékasi, Csaba Debreczeny

Votes: 9

34. Eimai omofylofilos (2008)

15 min | Short

Alex, a Swedish man of Greek ancestry, has decided to reveal his great secret: he is gay. Telling his family could be disastrous. That, at least, is what he thinks as he wonders whether or not to tell them the truth.

Director: Nicolas Kolovos | Stars: Andreas Strinder, Basia Frydman, Panos Ioannidis, Ove Wolf

Votes: 46

35. In Praise of the Day (2013)

20 min | Short, Drama

Between autobiography and fiction, curiosity and despair, 'In Praise of the Day' is a bold homosexual film, taking place at the Independence Park in Jerusalem. Director Oren Adaf plays the ... See full summary »

Director: Oren Adaf | Stars: Oren Adaf, Netanel Azulay, Shani Adaf, Nir Erez

Votes: 18

36. Demons (III) (2017)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

Matt is a closeted serial killer on the hunt for love and acceptance in a pretty messed up world.

Director: Jesse Klein | Stars: Javan Nelson, Nicholas Losorelli, Nicco Annan, Ann-Marie Lariccia

Votes: 23

37. Everyone (2019)

Short

Everyone (Axel Mayer) is a normal teenager. He has just one not-so-little issue: he's addicted to sleep. Soon Everyone finds out there's more to life thanks to Olivia (Ilaria Folli), a girl he met in a pillow shop.

Director: Tommi Boom | Stars: Ilaria Folli, Axel Mayer

38. Marry Me (2014)

5 min | Short, Music, Romance

On the day of his wedding, a gay man recalls the emptiness of the dating scene and his intolerant family before eventually finding true love.

Director: Elvis Di Fazio | Stars: Andreas Arvanitis, Anthony Berezansky, Matthew Clarke, Adam George

Votes: 15

39. A cuestas con mis padres (2008)

3 min | Short, Comedy

Ever since Pedro confessed to his parents his sexual status, unable to remove it from the head, even he imagined his parents in the most embarrassing situations.

Director: Vicente Bonet | Stars: Marcos García Pérez, Isabel Gadea, Joan Manuel Gurillo, Pepe Torres

Votes: 29

40. Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–2000)
Episode: Tarzan and the White Pebble (2000)

TV-G | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Tarzan saves an old seer from drowning. He turns out to be a powerful trickster, and challenges Tarzan to fetch him a pebble from the place of introspection. Themba tries to teach kids Latin, but all they want to hear about is Tarzan.

Director: Mark Roper | Stars: Joe Lara, Aaron Seville, Jerry Mofokeng, Jocelyn Broderick

Votes: 14

41. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Such Interesting Neighbors (1987)

Not Rated | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Rattlesnakes, howling coyotes, sudden earthquakes and time warps jar the Lewis family in their new home, and all the bizarre incidents seem linked to the Hellenbecks, their weird next-door ... See full summary »

Director: Graham Baker | Stars: Frederick Coffin, Marcia Strassman, Ina Fried, Victoria Catlin

Votes: 176

42. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode: It's a Dog's Life (1989)

Not Rated | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy

Mark seems to be on his own on this assignment when "The Boss" has apparently turned Jonathan into a pooch, given Mark "the stuff" and handed them a runaway kid with a ditzy mother and a ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, Murphy Cross, Richard Marcus

Votes: 99

43. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Small Blessings (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Black comedy about two normal, loving human parents who are constantly trying to keep their cute, demonic, monstrous, cannibalistic, mutant baby boy from devouring the neighbors. Meanwhile, a wannabe serial killer is stalking the area.

Director: Roger Nygard | Stars: Julie Brown, Kevin Nealon, Peggy Rea, David Spade

Votes: 89

44. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971)

TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Psychiatrist Joel Winter investigates the claims of his asylum patient, hippie Gideon, that a pretty girl from a nearby farm is killing his patients./The Haslemans worry when their son becomes obsessed with snow that's talking to him.

Directors: Gene R. Kearney, Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: David McCallum, Orson Welles, Lonny Chapman, Linda Marsh

Votes: 411

45. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Barter (1988)

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

Harried housewife Ruthie receives a visit from bizarre salesman Klaatzu, whose mechanical device may help her shut out the sound of her son Nicky's constant drum-playing... in a way that Ruthie never imagined.

Director: Christopher T. Welch | Stars: Jack Carter, Jill Jaress, Michael Santiago, Miguel Alamo

Votes: 212

46. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Sorry, Right Number (1987)

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

A woman is troubled by a mysterious phone call and tries desperately to help the person on the other end of the line.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Deborah Harmon, Arthur Taxier, Rhonda Dotson, Katherine Britton

Votes: 322

47. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Délivrance (2005)

Crime, Thriller

A son who has received a letter of his parents announcing their intention to suicide,informs the police and when Bernard and Agathe arrive,they find the mother dead by hanging and the ... See full summary »

Director: Christophe Barbier | Stars: Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido, Raphaëlle Lubansu

48. Crossroads (2021– )
Episode: Nouveau départ (2021)

97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lawyer Sophie Cross and her husband Thomas Leclercq look at crime with different eyes. While he is responsible for the investigation as the head of the local police, she fights as a ... See full summary »

Director: Frank van Mechelen | Stars: Alexia Barlier, Thomas Jouannet, Cyril Lecomte, Mariama Gueye

Votes: 51

49. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Gestern ist nie vorbei (2013)

Crime, Drama

Stefan Witt, who has been sentenced for the kidnapping of Andreas Kroesinger, escaped from prison during a transfer to a medical center for medical examination.An ambulance arrives before ... See full summary »

Director: Ulrich Zrenner | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 16

50. I'm Coming Out (2017– )
Episode: Owen's Story (2017)

25 min | Documentary

19-year-old Owen films himself coming out as bisexual to his parents, knowing that he will have to go through the nerve-wracking experience twice as his parents are no longer together.

Director: Liza Williams