Movies and TvShows featuring "strained-father-son-relationship" theme.

The Upshaws is a comedy TV show that follows the lives of a working-class African-American family in Indiana. They face various challenges in their daily lives but manage to navigate through them with humor and love. The show explores themes of family relationships, work, and the dynamics of a dysfunctional family.

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.

In 19th century Nevada, a group of men form a lynch mob to seek revenge for the alleged murder of a local rancher. As they journey towards the ranch, their beliefs and actions are tested, resulting in a tragic miscarriage of justice.

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.

Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.

A spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a rural mining community in Canada.

In 'The Teacher,' a seductive teacher named Marina becomes involved in a dangerous affair with one of her high school students. As their relationship intensifies, they face consequences that threaten to unravel their lives.

Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.

When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, a resident with dementia, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.

The popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep dogs in the Scottish highlands, filmed in mountains in Utah’s Garfield County. Gwenn is a crusty shepherd whose struggling relationship with his son McCallister is complicated by a predatory animal that is attacking the flocks of local shepherds.

A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus. Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a pretty young girl determined to make life better for her charges, and he soon begins to question his own priorities.

Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher is a biographical drama set in the 1800s, revolving around Montford Johnson, a Chickasaw rancher. Inspired by a true story, the movie explores Montford's journey as he faces challenges such as racism, drought, and cattle rustling. It delves into his strained relationship with his absent father, his interracial friendship, and his efforts to overcome prejudice and build a better life for himself and his community.