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The Best Father-Daughter Movies
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Vote up the movies that best represent father-daughter relationships or shine the most interesting spotlights on this unique connection.
The best movies about fathers and daughters come in many forms. Some father daughter relationship movies are about overcoming hardships while other movies about father and daughters are comedies. A few of the greatest father and daughter movies are even a bit weird. Others show how far a daughter will go because they love their father like Mulan.
What films will you find on this best father-daughter movie list? Steve Martin played the most lovable father in the world in the 1991 film, Father of the Bride. The film's sequel found him preparing for the new role of grandfather, as he saddles up for another run at fatherhood. The Descendants, starring George Clooney, is another good movie which examines father-daughter relationships.
After Liam Neeson's daughter is captured in the 2008 movie, Taken, he reveals that he has a very particular set of skills, skills he has acquired over a very long career. Other good films on this top father-daughter movies list include Brave, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Lovely Bones.
Which movie about dads and daughters do you think deserves the top spot on this list? Let your voice be heard by giving your favorites a vote up and vote down any films you think other fans should skip.
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- 1Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford
- Released: 1962
- Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Scout Finch (Mary Badham), 6,and her older brother, Jem (Phillip Alford), live in sleepy Maycomb, Ala., spending much of their time with their friend Dill (John Megna) and spying on their reclusive ...more - 2Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Supervillain Gru, a man who delights in all things wicked, hatches a plan to steal the moon. Surrounded by an army of little yellow minions and his impenetrable arsenal of weapons and war machines, ...more - 3Dwayne Johnson, Auli'i Cravalho, Rachel House
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: John Musker, Ron Clements
An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her in her quest to become a master way-finder. ...more - 4Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
An arrogant young prince (Robby Benson) and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. ...more - 5Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Pierre Morel
Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend ...more - 6Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Christopher Daniel Barnes
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel (Jodi Benson) is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling ...more - 7Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Charles Shyer
George Banks (Steve Martin) and his wife, Nina (Diane Keaton), are the proud parents of Annie (Kimberly Williams), but when she returns from studying abroad and announces that she's engaged, their ...more - 8Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Barry Cook, Tony Bancroft
Fearful that her ailing father will be drafted into the Chinese military, Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) takes his spot -- though, as a girl living under a patriarchal regime, she is technically unqualified to ...more - 9Dwayne Johnson, Madison Pettis, Kyra Sedgwick
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Andy Fickman
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by ...more - 10Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Howard Zieff
Tomboy Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) has good reason to be morbid: her mother died giving birth to her, and her father (Dan Aykroyd) operates a funeral service out of their home. The other kids ...more - 11Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Merida (Kelly Macdonald), the impetuous but courageous daughter of Scottish King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), is a skilled archer who wants to carve out her own path in ...more - 12Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Yara Shahidi
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Karey Kirkpatrick
Like many busy professionals, Evan Danielson (Eddie Murphy) is so focused on his career that quality time with his young daughter, Olivia (Yara Shahidi), has fallen by the wayside. When an important ...more - 13Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho
Train to Busan is a 2016 South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho. A man, his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a ...more - 14Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Gil Junger
Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa ...more - 15Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Charles Shyer
Just when George Banks (Steve Martin) has gotten used to his daughter, Annie (Kimberly Williams), being married, she announces that she's pregnant, making him an impending grandfather. Shaken by ...more - 16Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Tony Scott
In a Mexico City wracked by a recent wave of kidnappings, ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) reluctantly accepts a job as a bodyguard for 9-year-old Lupita (Dakota Fanning), the ...more - 17Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Melody Hurd
- Released: 2021
- Directed by: Paul Weitz
A widowed dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. - 18Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Carroll Ballard
After Amy (Anna Paquin) loses her mother in a car accident, she must uproot her life and move to Canada to live with her father, Thomas, (Jeff Daniels), an oddball inventor with whom she has no ...more - 19Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Sean Anders
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child, but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious ...more - 20Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Gatiss
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Florian Zeller
The Father is a 2020 drama film directed by Florian Zeller, based on his 2012 play Le Père. A man (Anthony Hopkins) struggles with aging as his daughter (Olivia Coleman) moves into his apartment with ...more - 21Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Nancy Meyers
In this update of a 1961 film, twins Annie and Hallie (Lindsay Lohan) are strangers until happenstance unites them. The preteen girls' divorced parents, Nick (Dennis Quaid) and Elizabeth (Natasha ...more - 22Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Following his wife's untimely death, Los Angeles journalist Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) decides to make a fresh start by quitting his job and moving his children (Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones) to ...more - 23Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Michael Mayer
In modern-day Wyoming, teenager Katy McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) dreams of working on and, one day, taking over her father's ranch. She tames a mustang and names her Flicka, then finds that she and ...more - 24Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Dennie Gordon
On a whim, American teenager Daphne (Amanda Bynes) boards a plane to England to find the father she never met. Upon arriving there, though, she makes a startling discovery: The man she's looking for ...more - 25Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into ...more
