Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki (2012), Mommy (2014), The Mirror (1975), Paris, Texas (1984), Central Station (1998), A Little Princess (1995), The Impossible (2012), My Life as a Dog (1985) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Missing Father movies.
Storyline: An earthquake, a flash flood, an avalanche, a volcano, alligators, jaguars, mutineers, and a man-eating Maoris dog the steps of a shipping company owner, a scientist, and the two children of a lost sea Captain as they circle the Earth along the 37th parallel per instructions in a bottled note the scientist has recovered from a shark's stomach. Only certain facts are discerned from the stained note, especially the words "37 parallel". Teenage Mary Grant (Hayley Mills), her younger brother, Robert (Keith Hamshere), and the scientist, French Professor Jacques Paganel (Maurice Chevalier), trick their way aboard the grand yacht, "Persevero II", during a bon voyage party to see the owner of the shipping company, Lord Edward Glenarvan (Wilfrid Hyde-White), the epitome of British aloofness. With the urging of his own son, John (Michael Anderson, Jr.), Glenarvan's luxurious side-wheeler sets sail for the coastal town of Concepcion, Chile in the search for the missing Captain Grant (Jack Gwillim).—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: singer, shaving, glasgow scotland, sneezing, horse and carriage, father son relationship, magnifying glass ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
Plot Keywords: astronaut, outer space, father son relationship, moon, solar system, obsession, missing father ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Safa Habimana, a Muslim immigrant in Britain who struggles to make ends meet, hopes that she and her troubled teenage son, Ayyash, will reunite with her husband one day. However, with lots of time on his hands, Ayyash will soon find the police on his doorstep--and as a result--his desperate mother will need to take some drastic measures. So, without delay, Safa sets up an appointment with Nat, her Jewish boss and the neighbourhood's baker, to beg him to take her son as an apprentice. Of course, new beginnings are usually hard at first; but, little by little, as Nat's business starts to flourish thanks to a revolutionary recipe, a strong bond will develop between them. But, do they know that problems are just around the corner?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: drug dealer, gym class, drug dealing, watching tv, african, dancing, fire ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Plot Keywords: based on novel, inheritance, china, missing person, aviation, castle, afghanistan ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and Annika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a river in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to a children's home. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.—Amelia Chanowith
Plot Keywords: character name in title, talking to an animal, barefoot, waterfall, motorcycle, uniform, boat ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Smith's everyday life in the dorm - hanging out with his arty, sarcastic best friend Stella, hooking up with a beautiful free spirit named London, lusting for his gorgeous but dim surfer roommate Thor - all gets turned upside-down after one fateful, terrifying night.
Plot Keywords: nudity, fantasy becomes reality, college campus, pubic hair, female nudity, group sex, menage a trois ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jay and Silent Bob inadvertently sign away their names and rights to the new Bluntman and Chronic movie. Now they head to Hollywood to stop the film from being made. Along the way Jay discovers that he is a father.
Plot Keywords: sign language, teenage girl, lesbian couple, lesbian, film industry, hologram, buddy comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Wallace Avery hates his job. His ex-wife and son hate him, and he's blown his one shot at living his dream. Not wanting to face all this, he stages his own death and buys himself a new identity as Arthur Newman. However, Arthur's road trip towards anew life is interrupted by the arrival of the beautiful but fragile Mike, who is also trying to leave her past behind. Drawn to one another, these two damaged souls begin to connect as they break into empty homes and take on the identities of the absent owners: elderly newlyweds, a high-roller and his Russian lady, among others. Through this process, Arthur and Mike discover that what they love most about each other are the identities they left at home, and their real journey, that of healing, begins.—Becky Johnston
Plot Keywords: missing person, false identity, chance meeting, older man younger woman relationship, golfer, faked death, road trip ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After making one mistake too many, troubled youth, Andy Walton, finds himself with his back to the wall. Sent to live with Uncle Trent, a reclusive relative whom he has never met, Andy has to spend his summer vacation along with his young brother, Mark, at a weather-beaten cabin located in the heart of a remote island. But there, the boys become intrigued by the mystery surrounding the unaccountable disappearance of their eccentric and supposedly wealthy grandfather, who, unfortunately, has taken with him the secret to immense riches. Now, as the amateur investigators delve deeper and deeper into the past of their family and the island, they follow a faint trail of clues that could lead to a treasure: the grand prize others have already set their sights on getting their hands on it first. Can Andy and Mark unravel the secret of the lost fortune?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: missing person, necklace, pocket watch, pickup truck, falling into a hole, held at gunpoint, dream girl ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sharon Da Silva believes that she is on the run with her adoptive father because he killed a man in self-defense when she was young. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, living under the alias of Heather Mason, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Sharon discovers he has been protecting her from a religious cult called the Order of Valtiel. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever in a place known as Silent Hill.
Plot Keywords: hitchhiking, evil clown, missing father, abandoned mine, private investigator, vagrant, writing in blood ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Chun-Li lives a calm life with her father, when one day, the local mobster Bison kidnaps her father. After her mother's death, she embarks into a quest to rescue her kidnapped father from the clutches of powerful criminal lord Bison.
Plot Keywords: tied feet, gangster, hanging upside down, lasersight, machine gun, organized crime, person on fire ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After inheriting an ominous painting, a family soon becomes disturbed by a demonic presence known as The Whispering Man.
Plot Keywords: painting, portrait, found footage, attic, tape, fear of death, missing father ...
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