Highest-Rated Movies about 'Patricide'

Gladiator (2000), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Rang De Basanti (2006), Throne of Blood (1957), Serbuan Maut 2: Berandal (2014), Germany Year Zero (1948), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Patricide movies.

#16. Ju Dou (1990)

Storyline: A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. This tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>

Plot Keywords: patricide, infidelity, impotence, 1920s, sadism, title spoken by character, adultery ...

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#17. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Storyline: Eva Khatchadourian's a mother to piece together her life following an incident cause by her strange child, Kevin. Once a successful travel writer, s she's forced to take whatever job comes her way, and in spite of the increasingly bizarre and dangers things Kevin says or does. But Kevin's behaviours is only getting worse.

Plot Keywords: psychopath, defiance, mental illness, mass murder, sociopath, archery, prison visit ...

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#18. Excalibur (1981)

Storyline: The myth of King Arthur brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlin. At his death Uthur buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of England. Years later Arthur, Uthur's bastard son draws Excalibur and becomes king. Guided by Merlin, Arthur marries Guenivere and gathers the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur's evil half-sister Morgana sires a son with him, who may prove his downfall.

Plot Keywords: knight, rise and fall, death of main character, hand to hand combat, combat, massacre, tragic event ...

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#19. Natural Born Killers (1994)

Storyline: Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson aren't your typical lovers - after killing her abusive father, they go on a road trip where, every time they stop somewhere, they kill pretty well everyone around them. They do however leave one person alive at every shootout to tell the story and they soon become a media sensation thanks to sensationalized reporting. Told in a highly visual style.

Plot Keywords: media, satire, controversy, black comedy, murder, television, pop culture ...

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#22. Mad Love (1935)

Storyline: In Paris, the great surgeon Dr. Gogol falls madly in love with stage actress Yvonne Orlac, and his ardor disturbs her quite a bit when he discovers to his horror that she is married to concert pianist Stephen Orlac. Shortly thereafter, Stephen's hands are badly crushed in a train accident- beyond the power of standard medicine. Knowing that his hands are his life, Yvonne overcomes her fear and goes to Dr. Gogol, to beg him to help. Gogol decides to surgically graft the hands of executed murderer Rollo onto Stephen Orlac, the surgery is successful but has terrible side-effects...—Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>

Plot Keywords: based on novel, paris france, phonograph, police, sadism, statue, stepfather ...

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#23. Frailty (2001)

Storyline: FBI agent Wesley Doyle is startled by the declaration of youngster Fenton Meiks about how his father's delusions required him and his brother, Adam to become his 'demon-slaying' murder accomplices. But when Doyle accepts to be shown concealed victim graves, the plot twists in the present just as gruesome.

Plot Keywords: religious fanatic, christianity, mass murder, sin, christian horror, surprise ending, demon ...

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#24. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Storyline: In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve them. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically.

Plot Keywords: artificial intelligence, mother son relationship, cyberpunk, persecution, cruelty, myth, android ...

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#26. Chronicle (2012)

Storyline: The shy, lonely and outcast teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied and has no friends at high-school and lives with his abusive and alcoholic father Richard Detmer and his terminally ill mother Karen. Andrew buys a camera to film his everyday life. His cousin Matt Garetty drives him to school and invites Andrew to go to a party at night. Nearby they find a tunnel and suddenly acquire telekinetic abilities and Andrew becomes the most powerful. But he easily loses his temper and becomes dangerous while Matt tries to control him. When his mother needs a medicine and Andrew does not have enough money to buy it, his darker side overwhelms him and he becomes a menace.

Plot Keywords: troubled teen, found footage, teen angst, telekinesis, supernatural power, video camera, levitation ...

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#27. Thor (2011)

Storyline: The warrior Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Sir Anthony Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live amongst humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a villain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth.

Plot Keywords: scientist, marvel cinematic universe, warrior, arrogance, brother brother relationship, female warrior, lightning ...

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#28. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Storyline: After saving the world from the evil Russian mystic, Grigory Rasputin, in Hellboy (2004), the red-skinned gun-toting demon and humankind's strange protector, Hellboy, now struggles to accept that the operations of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence must remain secret. As if that weren't enough, the powerful Elven-prince, Nuada, is bent on retrieving the fragments of a crown that commands the indestructible Golden Army: an omnipotent legion of clockwork warriors that can destroy all humans. Now, before this new menace, all hope rests on Hellboy and Liz's old brothers-in-arms, as well as the ectoplasmic being, Johann Krauss. However, the Earth's supernatural defenders seem to be no match for Nuada's unstoppable forces. Did Hellboy and the rest bite off more than they could chew?

Plot Keywords: superhero, sequel, suicide, death, drunkenness, pregnancy, showdown ...

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#29. Jar City (2006)

Storyline: Örn's daughter is dead because of a rare genetic disease. By this time Erlendur has to find Holdeberg's killer. He has to find out what happened 30 years ago and to connect it with his case and he has another problem...His relationships with his daughter.—SpartakM

Plot Keywords: loss of loved one, attack, lie, pub, investigator, investigation, anti hero ...

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#30. Creepshow (1982)

Storyline: Five tales of terror are presented. The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father's Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him. The second is about a not-too-bright farmer discovering a meteor that turns everything into plant-life. The third is about a vengeful husband burying his wife and her lover up to their necks on the beach. The fourth is about a creature that resides in a crate under the steps of a college. The final story is about an ultra-rich businessman who gets his comeuppance from cockroaches.

Plot Keywords: anthology, revenge, part animation, based on comic book, torture, child abuse, meteorite ...

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