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The Best Father-Daughter Movies

Updated March 5, 2021 3.1k votes 914 voters 128.4k views120 items

List RulesVote up the movies that best represent father-daughter relationships or have the shine the most interesting spotlights on this unique connection.

This list contains information about father-daughter movies, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The best movies about fathers and daughters come in many forms. Some father daughter relationship movies are about overcoming hardship while other movies about father and daughters are comedies. A few of the greatest father and daughter movies are even a bit on the creepy side.

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 thumbs up and please add any good daddy-daughter movies we may have missed.

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Father of the Bride
Steve Martin, Diane Keaton
Released: 1991
Directed by: Charles Shyer
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Taken
Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen
Released: 2008
Directed by: Pierre Morel
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The Little Mermaid
Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes
Released: 1989
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Robert Duvall, Gregory Peck
Released: 1962
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
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Beauty and the Beast
Angela Lansbury, Frank Welker
Released: 1991
Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
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Brave
Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson
Released: 2012
Directed by: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
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Despicable Me
Steve Carell, Jason Segel
Released: 2010
Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Emma Stone, Julianne Moore
Released: 2011
Directed by: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
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Father of the Bride Part II
Steve Martin, Diane Keaton
Released: 1995
Directed by: Charles Shyer
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We Bought a Zoo
Scarlett Johansson, Matt Damon
Released: 2011
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
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My Girl
Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin
Released: 1991
Directed by: Howard Zieff
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The Descendants
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley
Released: 2011
Directed by: Alexander Payne
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Definitely, Maybe
Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz
Released: 2008
Directed by: Adam Brooks
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Fathers and Daughters
Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried
Released: 2015
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
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Father of the Bride
Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy
Released: 1950
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
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Mulan
Eddie Murphy, Ming-Na Wen
Released: 1998
Directed by: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
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Thunder Road
Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr
Released: 2018
Directed by: Jim Cummings
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Paper Moon
Tatum O'Neal, Randy Quaid
Released: 1973
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
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I Am Sam
Sean Penn, Dakota Fanning
Released: 2001
Directed by: Jessie Nelson
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Trouble with the Curve
Amy Adams, Clint Eastwood
Released: 2012
Directed by: Robert Lorenz
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Fly Away Home
Anna Paquin, Dana Delany
Released: 1996
Directed by: Carroll Ballard
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The Lovely Bones
Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg
Released: 2009
Directed by: Peter Jackson
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On Golden Pond
Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn
Released: 1981
Directed by: Mark Rydell
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Why Him?
James Franco, Bryan Cranston
Released: 2016
Directed by: John Hamburg
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The Journey of Natty Gann
John Cusack, Scatman Crothers
Released: 1985
Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
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