Fathers have always been a significant part of a child’s life, and both Bollywood and Hollywood have never shied away from showcasing this beautiful bond. However, each one has its own way of portraying the love, whether emotionally through Father’s Day Special Movies like “Apne” or through comedy movies like “Mere Baap Pehle Aap”.
Bollywood and Hollywood movies have always tried to showcase the bond and emotions attached to it. Action, strictness, love, and care—all these elements are well portrayed in these movies. With Father’s Day around the corner, what could be better than watching father-child genre movies together with your father?
This article offers its readers a variety of movies that showcase this bond ranging from emotional films to drama, comedy, action, and inspirational films. Whether you are a lover of Hollywood or Bollywood movies, we highly doubt you have watched all of these films.
Best Movies dedicated to Fathers
1. 102 Not Out
- Directed by – Umesh Shukla
- Story – Saumya Joshi
- Starring – Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor
- Collection – ₹106 crore
- Release date – 4 May 2018
- IMDb – 7.4
- Watch It On – Prime Video
This is a comedy Bollywood movie from 2018. The story revolves around a father-son duo where the father is 102 years old and dreams of breaking the record for the oldest man alive, while the son is 75 years old, lethargic, and less energetic, having accepted his old age.
It’s an intriguing film where you get to see whether or not the father succeeds in breaking the record while living with his boring son. One of the most fascinating aspects of this film is its lead actors, with Amitabh Bachchan playing the role of the father and the legendary actor Rishi Kapoor portraying the son.
2. Akele Hum Akele Tum
- Directed by – Mansoor Khan
- Story – Mansoor Khan
- Starring – Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Adil Rizvi
- Collection – ₹12 crore
- Release date – 30 November 1995
- IMDb – 6.9
- Watch It On – Prime Video, YouTube
The movie is about a couple who have separated and are now in a legal battle for custody of their only son. It depicts the struggles of a single father as he works hard to raise his son after his wife left him to pursue her own career and life.
3. Angrezi Medium
- Directed by – Homi Adajania
- Story – Bhavesh Mandalia, Gaurav Shukla, Vinay Chhawall, Sara Bodinar
- Starring – Irrfan Khan, Radhika Madan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kareena Kapoor Khan
- Collection – ₹13.5 crore
- Release date – 13 March 2020
- IMDb – 7.2
- Watch It On – Disney+ Hotstar
Another amazing release of 2020 that portrays the beauty of a father daughter bond. The plot of the movie is about the efforts taken by a Rajasthani business owner, to make his daughter’s dream of going to London for higher studies come true.
4. Apne
- Directed by – Anil Sharma
- Story – Neeraj Pathak
- Starring – Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Katrina Kaif, Shilpa Shetty, Kirron Kher
- Collection – ₹39 crore
- Release date – 29 June 2007
- IMDb – 6.1
- Watch It On – Disney+ Hotstar
The film is an emotionally charged Bollywood drama focusing on the relationship between a father and his sons. The storyline follows an ex-boxer who is determined to redeem his tainted boxing career by training his two sons to become champions. While one of his sons agrees to pursue this goal, the other is resistant. However, the climax of the movie occurs when the younger son sacrifices his burgeoning musical career to fulfill his father’s dream upon witnessing his father’s financial struggles.
5. Big Fish
- Directed by – Tim Burton
- Based on – Daniel Wallace
- Starring – Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange
- Collection – $123 million
- Release date – December 10, 2003
- IMDb – 8
- Watch It On – Prime Video
This story is about a complicated father-son relationship. Edward Bloom shares a strained bond with his son, William, because William feels his father always told exaggerated stories instead of the truth. When Edward falls ill, William, a journalist, comes to stay with him and begins to investigate his father’s stories. Gradually, he starts to get a clearer picture of things and begins to understand his father and the reasons behind his storytelling, which ultimately helps to resolve the tension between them.
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6. Captain Fantastic
- Directed by – Matt Ross
- Written by – Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Mehrotra
- Starring – Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn
- Collection – $22 million
- Release date – July 8, 2016
- IMDb – 7.8
- Watch It On – Prime Video
Its a beautiful story of a father who was bound to raise his six children single handedly after the death of his wife Leslie. Earlier they used to live in the wilderness of Washington and raised their kids together educating them, improving their critical thinking etc.
7. Dangal
- Directed by – Nitesh Tiwari
- Story – Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Mehrotra
- Starring – Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Zaira Wasim, Sanya Malhotra
- Collection – ₹2000 crore
- Release date – 23 December 2016
- IMDb – 8.3
One of the most famous biopics of Bollywood, Dangal. Is based on a former wrestler, Mahavir Singh Phogat. It is a movie, tracing the father daughter relationship, portraying the side of how a father prepares his daughters to achieve their dreams, with the balance of both love and strictness. Mahavir trains his daughters, Babita and Geeta, for wrestling. As a result of which, Geeta Phogat became the first Indian female wrestler to win gold medals in 2010 commonwealth games, while Babita won silver. The role of Mahavir Phogat, is played by Aamir Khan in the film.
8. Drishyam
- Directed by – Nishikant Kamat
- Written by – Upendra Sidhaye
- Starring – Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta
- Collection – ₹147 crore
- Release date – 31 July 2015
- IMDb – 8.2
- Watch It On – JioCinema
The 2015 Bollywood film, starring Ajay Devgn is a drama film. The film tries to portray the measures and actions taken by a father, to protect his family from the dark harsh side of law, after committing an unexpected crime.
9. Father of the Bride
- Directed by – Charles Shyer
- Based on – Father of the Bride (1950 film) Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett. Father of the Bride (1949 novel) by Edward Streeter
- Starring – Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Martin Short
- Collection – $129 million
- Release date – December 20, 1991
- IMDb – 6.6
- Watch It On – Disney+ Hotstar
It is an emotional Hollywood movie, that tries to portray the difficulties and emotions faced by a father, George Banks when his eldest daughter Annie decides to get married in an upper class. The film shows the mixed emotions felt by the father, and how he finds it difficult to let go after he realize that his daughter has grown up.
10. Fly Away Home
- Directed by – Carroll Ballard
- Based on – Father Goose by Bill Lishman
- Starring – Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney
- Collection – $36 million
- Release date – September 13, 1996
- IMDb – 6.9
This movie, portraying the beautiful blooming relationship between a father and daughter. A daughter who looses her mother at a very young age in a car accident moves to Canada to be with her father. At first things feel out of place and she struggles to get along with her father.
However, later the father daughter duo are united because of an abandoned nest of goose eggs. After the eggs hatch, father and daughter decide to attempt to lead the flock, and the efforts put in here bring the duo close.
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11. Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
- Directed by – Sharan Sharma
- Written by – Nikhil Mehrotra, Sharan Sharma
- Starring – Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi
- Release date – 12 August 2020
- IMDb – 5.5
- Watch It On – Netflix
It is an amazing biopic inspired by the life of a strong ferocious first Indian female Airforce officer to fly in combat zone in the Kargil war, Gunjan Saxena. The film tries to portray the role of a father in achieving his daughter’s dream, when his own son was against his sister’s dream of becoming a pilot. The father stood strong with his daughter, goes against all the odds to help her achieve her dreams.
12. Heyy Baby
- Directed by – Sajid Khan
- Written by – Sajid Khan
- Starring – Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani
- Collection – ₹83 crore
- Release date – 24 August 2007
- IMDb – 5.5
- Watch It On – Prime Video, YouTube
It is a 2007 Bollywood movie, about three bachelors who are womanizers, yet are living peacefully in Australia. However, their lives are turned upside down when one day a baby girl is left at their doorstep. Each one suspects each other of being the girl’s father. However, later they raise the child, take care of her and name her Angel all like a father. Typically, the movie tries to highlight the beautiful bond between the baby and the bachelors.
13. Life is Beautiful
- Directed by – Roberto Benigni
- Written by – Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
- Starring – Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
- Collection – $230 million
- Release date – 20 December 1997
- IMDb – 8.6
The plot of the movie is regarding a father’s efforts to protect his children. It is the story of a Jewish waiter who is trapped in a Holocaust with his son due to the forced deportation of the town’s Jewish population in cattle cars. In order to protect his son from the dangers around the camp, the father uses all his will, humour and efforts.
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14. Mere Baap Pehle Aap
- Directed by – Priyadarshan
- Written by – Priyadarshan
- Starring – Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D’Souza, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri
- Collection – ₹36 crore
- Release date – 13 June 2008
- IMDb – 5.5
- Watch It On – Prime Video, YouTube
Just how the name says, it is a dramatic comedy film. However, the irony of the movie is that, unlike other Indian films where fathers get their sons married, in this movie, a son reunites his widowed father with his childhood love. The son, Gaurav treats his father Janardhan with a lot of love and care, for raising him and his brother single handedly. And keeping his father’s happiness in mind, after knowing about his childhood love, he plans to reunite them.
15. Paa
- Directed by – R. Balki
- Written by – R. Balki
- Starring – Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan
- Collection – ₹30 crore
- Release date – 4 December 2009
- IMDb – 7.1
The 2009 Bollywood film is an amazing blend of drama and emotions, portraying the father-son relationship. The unique feature of this film is that in it, the role of the father is played by Abhishek Bachchan, while the role of the son is played by his real-life father, Amitabh Bachchan, i.e., the father and son roles are exchanged in both real and reel life. The plot of the film revolves around how a father becomes his son’s support system and helps him cope with a rare condition that causes the 13-year-old boy to age beyond his years.
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16. Piku
- Directed by – Shoojit Sircar
- Written by – Juhi Chaturvedi
- Starring – Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan
- Collection – ₹140 crore
- Release date – 8 May 2015
- IMDb – 7.6
- Watch It On – SonyLIV
Piku is an interesting and amazing Bollywood creation, about the relationship of a Bengali architect daughter, Piku and her 70 year old father, Bhashkor who has health issues with chronic constipation and requires medical checkups and constant care. The role of the father and daughter is played by, Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan respectively. It is a quirky comedy film, portraying perfectly, the bond between the father and the daughter, full of arguments, fun, care, drama and much more.
17. Taken
- Directed by – Pierre Morel
- Written by – Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
- Starring – Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
- Collection – $227 million
- Release date – 30 January 2009
- IMDb – 7.7
- Watch It On – Netflix
It is the story of Bryan Mills who was a government official and tries to reconnect with his daughter, until his nightmare comes true and his daughter and her friend are abducted by sex slavers. The father tries to put in all his power to save his daughter before she’s auctioned.
18. Taarzan: The Wonder Car
- Directed by – Abbas–Mustan
- Written by – Lalit Mahajan, Sunny Mahajan
- Starring – Ajay Devgn, Vatsal Sheth, Ayesha Takia
- Collection – ₹6 crore
- Release date – 6 August 2004
- IMDb – 4.7
- Watch It On – Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar
It is a 2004 Bollywood movie, showcasing the strong bond between a father and son. The plot of the story is about how, Deven a car designer, designs a car and shows it to four men, who later copy his design and take credit for the same.
Furthermore, to get justice Deven reports the incident, but it all later leads to his death. His son and mother are left behind. With a view to get his father justice, Raj rebuilds his car and names it Taarzan. The car later turns to life, and starts killing Deven’s killers miraculously. Thus, it all shows the strong connection between the father son duo.
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19. The Pursuit of Happyness
- Directed by – Gabriele Muccino
- Based on – The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner, Quincy Troupe
- Starring – Will Smith, Thandiwe Newton, Jaden Smith
- Collection – $307 million
- Release date – December 15, 2006
- IMDb – 8
- Watch It On – Netflix
It is a Hollywood biographical movie about a father who struggles hard to get his son a good life. After being thrown out of his apartment the father gets job as an intern and struggles for a good living.
20. To Kill a Mockingbird
- Directed by – Robert Mulligan
- Based on – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Starring – Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Ruth White, Paul Fix
- Collection – $13 million
- Release date – December 25, 1962
- IMDb – 8.3
It’s a story about two siblings attempting to comprehend and connect with their father, Atticus, who works as a lawyer. He’s tasked with defending a man wrongly accused of raping a woman.
21. Waqt: The Race Against Time
- Directed by – Vipul Amrutlal Shah
- Starring – Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra
- Collection – ₹42 crore
- Release date – 22 April 2005
- IMDb – 6.7
- Watch It On – YouTube, ZEE5
The Bollywood movie portrays an intriguing plot centered around the dynamic between a father and son, highlighting the strictness of the father in his efforts to improve his son. The story revolves around Ishwar, a noble man, and his son Aditya. Aditya’s irresponsible behavior frustrates Ishwar, prompting him to take drastic action to teach his son the importance of responsibility.
Ishwar ultimately decides to throw Aditya out of the house as a tough lesson. This act leads Aditya to confront his own shortcomings and strive to improve his life. The climax of the film occurs when Aditya realizes the true intentions behind his father’s actions, leading to a reconciliation and the restoration of their relationship.
Final Words
So, this Father’s Day, instead of wasting time searching for Father’s Day Special Movies to watch with your dads, find the best movies of your choice from this list and make Father’s Day beautiful and memorable for your father.