A good relation between a father and a child is one of the most important and precious relationships in the world. From the time of the birth till death, a child depends on their father, one way, or the other. For a son, his father is a mentor and a friend who teaches him the manly arts to tackle life and that is what earns respect and love for the father in the eyes of his son. For a daughter, the fatherly figure is more of a super hero, who is always there to save and protect her from the cruel reality of the world.

But in real life, this is not the case always, where in some families; the father is unable to cope up with his responsibilities. In the other, the children are not close enough to their fathers and this is sadly the harsh reality. This same truth is portrayed in a lot of flicks in different ways to convey the message and importance of father and child relationship. These movies might make you laugh or leave you teary-eyed, but the essence of these flicks leaves you to think about your own relationship with your father and how would it feel like to have children of your own. Here are the top 10 movies dedicated to fathers.

10. About a Boy

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The thirty eight years old Will Freeman, is shown a slacker who has lived a life full of royalties without ever going through difficulties of life due to a song written by his father, which he uses to lure in single mothers who pay him for his living. Will’s life changes when he meets a twelve year old boy named Marcus Brewer who lives with his depressed and mentally unstable single mother Fiona. Marcus tries everything to make Will date Fiona se he can make his mother’s life better. Wills starts to realize what Marcus has gone through living a life like this and decides to guide him through his difficult life.

9. 3 Men and a Baby

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3 bachelor friends, architect Peter, artist Michael, and actor Jack live together, apparently a life free of tensions. They are all scared of commitments and family life. Just when Jack leaves to film in Turkey, the other two friends face something surprising. Peter and Michael discover a baby girl left outside their door, which turns out to be a daughter of Jack, who he does not know about. They all go through hardships while taking care of the baby and at the end get attached to her. The movie shows how a baby changed the life of these confirmed bachelors.

8. Riding Alone for Thousand Miles

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Gou-ichi Taka is a Japanese father who loses his son at a very young age and struggles to complete his final wish. His son had a dream of filming a Chinese opera, even though Gou-ichi does not know anything about filming or opera, he is seen working hard to make his son’s dream come true. He finds out that his son had made a promise to film an opera named “Riding Alone for Thousand Miles” after returning to China. During his struggle for the opera-making, Gou-ichi faces a lot of hardships, his encounter with an opera star who is prisoner and cannot perform and with a kid from a village further strengthens his feelings for his son.

7. Parenthood

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Parenthood, as the name suggests if the story specially based on the responsibilities and the hardships parents have to go through to provide their kids a better life. The story is mainly about the fatherhood of 3 men and the 14 children in their lives. The movie conveys the message of the duties and responsibilities of the fatherhood of these men, where they go through different situations and face various problems but still manage to be the best fathers and husbands. The challenges, the hardships, the terror, the happiness, the proud feeling and the satisfaction of fatherhood is what makes this movie worth watching.

6. Real Steel

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The movie is set in future, where a former boxer Charlie Kenton is seen handling robots. This is an era where the typical sports and boxing are talks of the past now. Instead of real human boxing, people are now seen fighting with their Robots or more like fighting through their Robots. The story starts off when Charlie’s ex wife dies and her sister brings Charlie’s son Max. She asks Charlie to hand her over the custody of Max, because he will not be able to keep Max happy. Charlie in need of money agrees on handing over the custody to the couple in return of money, but he has to keep Max for the summers. The movie then revolves around Charlie and Max struggling to get a Robot and fight in a tournament. Through this journey the Father-Son relationship is portrayed beautifully and it strengthens more towards the end.

5. A Better Life

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The story is about a California based family, where the father Carlos Galindo works as a gardener. Carlos’s boss Blasco wants to return to his homeland, Mexico so he sells his business to Carlos. Carlos gets a hold of Blasco’s business to provide his son Luis, a high school student a better life. In a tragic turn of events Carlos ends up being caught by the police for a crime and is deported back to his country. During this journey, the bitter relation between the father and son takes a U-turn and their relationship strengthens. The ending scenes are very emotional where the son and the father exchanges promises and say their goodbyes, in hopes of meeting again.

4. The Pursuit of Happyness

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The movie is based on a true story, about the life of a man called Christopher Gardner, which is played by Will Smith. The movie starts off with Christopher inventing a device called “Bone Density Scanner”. He tries to sell this device but fails because it is almost similar to the current technology in a much higher price. Even though he has to face rejection, Christopher still continues to sell his device and goes broke because of no job. Seeing his condition his wife leaves him, saying she wouldn’t be able to be a single mother, leave their son with Christopher. The movies moves forward where Christopher is seen struggling hard to earn a living for his son and the father-son relationship strengthens.

3. Lion King

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Lion king is an animated movie, which mainly shows the life of a Lion, Mufasa who is the king of the jungle and his newly born son Simba. The movie shows the lovely relationship of a father and son who spend time together, where the father teaches the son about the world. The villain lion then jumps into the story who is named Scar. Scar tries to kill Simba, to get the throne for himself but in turn of events end up killing Mufasa the king. Simba then after years, takes revenge from his father’s Murderer and sits on his rightful place that is the throne of the king.

2. Road to Perdition

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This flick differs from the others on the list, because not every father-son relationship is sweet or strong, it can be complicated at time, and this complicated scenario is shown in Road to Perdition. Michael Sullivan, who plays a mob bodyguard, kills people and apparently is not a good man. But he loves his son and he wants to protect him from the enemies, who has killed the whole Sullivan family and all he is left with is his son now. Michael ends up dragging his son into his dirty business to save him, but hopes that one day he will choose the right path. The action packed movie is worth watch due to the great performances by the actors, Tom Hanks who plays the lead role of Michael, says “if you’re a man, and you’ve got offspring…emotionally, it’s devastating.”

1. Finding Nemo

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This animated flick is based on the love and struggle of a father-fish who has lost his son Nemo in a tragic incident. The movie starts with showing how the father loses his wife and is only left with a son who he names Nemo. When Nemo is lost in an accident, the father sets on a journey along with another fish named Dory. The movie depicts the love of a father beautifully and is one of the best movies 2013 the industry has produced about a father-son relationship.