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Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From meeting the groom's hippie parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for answers, only to discover that life is full of trick questions.
2) Big fish
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his yourth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
5) Aberdeen
Publisher
distributed by First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2002], c2000
Language
English
Description
Kaisa, a beautiful and feisty Scottish woman, finally has her life together ... at least until her mother asks an enormous favor of her: to bring back her estranged, larger-than-life father. The two of them, father and daughter together, set out on a wild and brutally funny, yet heartbreaking journey which takes them through their emotional past before reaching their ultimate destination.
6) Frailty
Publisher
distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
The Meiks brothers, Fenton and Adam, have an idyllic relationship with their father. Their world is turned upside-down when their father suddenly announces that he has been visited by an angel who entrusted him with the holy mission of destroying "demons".
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Alex is trying to deal with a midlife crisis, while feeling caught in the middle of his familial obligations. While successful, Alex sometimes feels as if he's under the shadow of his father, Mitchell, a successful attorney. Mitchell has recently survived a stroke, and Alex and Mitchell want to mend their relationship while there's still time.
8) Frequency
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious channel to the past is opened allowing John Sullivan to communicate with his deceased father, a string of unsolved murders occur as a result; now father and son must work together to stop the crime that could hurt both of them.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
John, a newly divorced father moves into a rural South Carolina home with his adolescent daughter Louisa and young son Sam. But when Louisa begins to behave in a bizarre and increasingly violent manner, John must uncover the truth behind her transformation. Is the former owner's shocking secret to blame? And how far will a father go to protect his daughter from an ancient evil determined to take her over?
10) The game plan
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Superstar quarterback Joe Kingman has an ego bigger than a football field. Joe is getting ready for a run at the big championship game when the 8-year-old daughter he never knew existed shows up at his not-so-family-friendly bachelor pad. As the big game gets closer, he begins to realize the most meaningful win he can achieve is the heart of the one little fan who counts the most.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
日本語
Description
From the creators of Ghost in the Shell comes a wonderfully expressive and beautifully hand-drawn animated tale that combines bursts of whimsy and kinetic humor with deeply felt emotion and drama. The last time Momo saw her father they had a fight - and now all she has left to remember him by is an incomplete letter, a blank piece of paper penned with the words "Dear Momo," but nothing more. Moving with her mother to the remote Japanese island of...
12) The tree of life
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's that follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Bonus features included.
13) Biutiful
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
Español
Description
Uxbal is a man on the wrong side of the law who struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. As fate encircles him, Uxbal learns to accept the realities of life, whether bright, bad, or biutiful.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Being a father is a lifetime commitment that requires a lot of love, time, and energy. An interview with fathering expert Steve Onell is paired with interviews of young fathers to explain the impact and importance of a father in a child's life. Divided into four chapters, Fathering: What It Means To Be a Dad offers sound advice to new dads.--Kanopy.
15) A goofy movie
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1999
Language
English
Description
Goofy wants to take his son on a cross-country trip to go fishing for some quality time, but Max wants to go to the dance with a girl. The trip produces greater understanding between father and son in a Goofy way.
16) 3 days to kill
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger. First, he must complete one last mission, even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years while his wife...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
After 47 years of marriage, Ben's mother leaves her husband. With no where else to turn, Ben's father Sam is forced to get to know his son. Hysterical antics ensue as Ben and Sam strengthen their relationship while Ben helps Sam romance his mother.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Fortysomething Cal Weaver is living the dream: good job, nice house, great kids, and marriage to his high school sweetheart. So when Cal learns that she has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his 'perfect' life quickly unravels. Cal, who hasn't dated in decades, stands out as the epitome of un-smooth, so handsome player Jacob Palmer takes him on as wingman and protege.
Publisher
distributed in the US and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Sweet Molly Gibson was living life pleasantly when her widowed father decides that, for the good of his daughter, he must remarry. In comes Claire and Molly's life is turned upside down by the usually well meaning but off-the-mark Claire, who insists on things being done the proper way.
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