Movies and TvShows featuring "daughter-sits-on-her-fathers-lap" theme.

Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth; along the way he reconnects with his estranged family.

Ronia, the daughter of a robber chief, grows up in a magical forest. She befriends a boy from a rival gang and together they face challenges and adventures in the forest.

In 'The Paradine Case,' a defense lawyer is drawn into a difficult murder trial when he takes on the case of a woman accused of killing her wealthy husband. As he delves deeper into the details, he becomes entangled in a web of lies, deceit, and hidden desires.

In 19th century Europe, a wealthy American woman finds herself trapped in a web of manipulation and deceit as she navigates through relationships with her male cousins. She soon becomes entangled in a love triangle and must confront her own desires and societal expectations.

Set in India, The River tells a story of love, courage, and self-discovery. It follows the lives of characters living by the Ganges River and explores themes of first love, women's resilience, and the impact of World War II. The protagonist, a teenage girl, narrates her experiences and encounters with neighbors, a British captain, and a writer. The river serves as a backdrop for their intertwined lives, while the characters navigate their personal struggles and find solace and strength in the face of adversity.

When an Englishman suspects his daughter of being involved in the criminal underworld, he goes to great lengths to protect her and uncover the truth in this thrilling drama.

The unsettling true story of America's first serial-killing family. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the Benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin.

A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.

This marriage is the second for both Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius McNitt. He is panty-whipped by his social climbing second wife. She has recruited Clifford Figfield to stage and direct a charity pageant, which is more a means for her to hobnob with the social elite, and to nab Larry Lodge, the pageant's leading man, as a husband for her flighty daughter Phyllis, the pageant's leading lady. Larry ends up only having eyes for Sally McNitt, Mr. McNitt's visiting daughter, and she, in turn has eyes for him.

A young girl is sent to a South American hacienda, where she learns about the life of her reclusive aunt, Oriana.

When a troubled young girl is adopted by a loving family, she begins to suspect that her new father may be hiding a sinister secret. As she unravels the truth, she finds herself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

George Periolat plays a dual role in this film, initially as Joseph Sayles a sickly old man who has taken his daughter, Rhoda (played by Mary Miles Minter), overseas after a quarrel with his family. She yearns to return home, but he has disowned his past. After his death, Rhoda ventures to America on her own. She nearly becomes destitute for a lack of money but happens upon some questionable fortune as she takes on the chores of Rosy Taylor after inadvertently finding an envelope with money in it. Rosy had been hired as a housekeeper (thus the money), but has passed away before actually showing up for employment.

Lucia has written a letter for her father on his birthday. Standing before the whole family, she reads the letter thanking him for being such a great dad. But what she innocently describes as gestures of fatherly love have little to do with reality. Behind carefully upheld appearances lies an unspoken and terrible secret.

After a long absence, a recovering alcoholic returns to his small town and must confront his past, mend broken relationships, and find redemption.

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go for a refreshing malt beverage, then to have another and another....

A man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.