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Top 10 Father and Daughter Movies


there’s nothing quite like being daddy’s
little girl I’ll take care of her I mean
sure why not
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
father and daughter movies I want you to
be happy is for this list we’re looking
at films that feature memorable and
sometimes complicated father/daughter
relationships and it is the worst
mistake I ever made and while being a
father to a little girl might not be
vastly different than a little boy it
can occasionally come with its own
unique set of challenges when those
challenges are put through the hollywood
filter well that’s when the drama ensues
all right all right let me get this
straight so you guys are a thing you
guys are a couple right you guys are
together yeah yes no way break up right
now daddy please don’t call off number
10 the game plan my name is Peyton I’m
your daughter
audiences may have grown accustomed to
seeing Dwayne the rock Johnson playing
the charismatic meathead who could bust
a few skulls and still crack a megawatt
smile but in this 2007 Disney comedy he
plays a football player suddenly thrust
into the role of full-time father when
his estranged eight-year-old daughter
appears on his doorstep
looks like you got a rogue fan I’m not a
fan I’m Joe’s father that by ferony
Johnson’s character evolves from a
self-centered athlete to a man who can’t
live without his little girl we’re gonna
go out on this stage and a dance are too
too soft and isn’t that what fatherhood
is all about I love you daddy
I love you too
number nine Hannah yup dad right now
I’ve killed you some dad’s prepare their
daughters for the world by telling them
about the birds and the bees use your
hands
others trained them to be highly lethal
assassins who can murder at the drop of
a dime in this 2011 thriller Eric Bana
plays a former CIA operative who raises
his 15 year old daughter to be an
efficient killing machine with one
mission in mind destroy their enemies
come again you’re speakin then post god
then what the address where we meet
villain Grimm’s house Stefan Strasser
261 and five five nine brilliant Germany
there what else adept at dying
after living in the Arctic for several
years the dual plans to rendezvous in
Berlin and bring their adventure full
circle Suzanne this trip gives Hannah a
brief glimpse at life as a normal
teenage girl though thanks to her father
she is clearly anything but we still do
friends I just went to the keys
should I let him go as a pastor what yes
you should let him go number eight three
men and a baby but that’s a baby okay
little bit too baby
what’s it doing there it’s sleeping a
surprise baby doesn’t have to be a
burden this is your first first what
baby
yeah first in the last just ask Tom
Selleck Steve Guttenberg and Ted
Danson’s characters in this 80s classic
it’s you of it no it’s not my baby they
play three hard-partying bachelors whose
lives are suddenly thrown for a loop by
the introduction of a doorstep infant I
mean for God’s sake somebody drops a
baby off on your doorstep and you
automatically assume he’s mine look the
child doesn’t look anything like me I’m
bigger and and I have more hair Jack
Holden turns out to be an unwitting baby
daddy
forcing him
and his roommates to transform from
womanisers into doting fathers overnight
I’m an actor I can I can do a father
there are other complications thrown
into the mix heroines in the diaper pail
baby wipes are in the cabinet like a
heroin deal gone bad
and the little girl’s mother showing up
to reclaim her but genuine affection and
sincere baby fever prevail in the end
number seven Crazy Stupid Love no no I
meet our other daughter hello Nana hi
guys hi sweetheart
in this smart romantic comedy Steve
Carell plays a man trapped in a midlife
crisis after discovering that his wife
is having an affair my wife is having an
affair with David Lin hugging her as he
struggles to rebuild his life in the
wake of their separation his daughter
also has to adjust to being an adult and
all of the complications life throws at
you that’s mostly just because I was
cold and wet you’re trying to be
dramatic one of the more pleasant
complications comes in the form of Ryan
Gosling’s character an irresistible
Playboy
who also happens to be coaching her
father in pickup artistry what are you
doing here what are you doing here their
stories eventually converge with Carol’s
character snapping out of his
self-indulgence and into his role as a
father I don’t even know you
number six Despicable Me okay girls go
play what do you do when you’re a
notorious villain who needs the sweet
innocence of a trio of little girls to
pull off your latest scheme well
naturally you adopt three kids from an
orphanage and hope for the best
no in this animated hit Steve Carell
voices grew who initially planned on
utilizing said girls to steal a
shrink-ray but ends up growing attached
to his new wards instead it’s like my
heart is a tooth and it’s got a cavity
that can only be filled with children he
slowly accepts the full trappings and
joys of fatherhood including trips to
ballet recitals and reading bedtime
stories all while trying to maintain his
supervillain cred of course
number five the descendants worried
about my daughter’s in this critically
acclaimed comedy-drama George Clooney
shakes his perpetual bachelor persona
and dons that of a single father
struggling to raise two daughters while
his wife is in a coma she gave me
everything man good happy home two
beautiful daughters just when Scott as
Matt King he’s a lawyer and father of a
rebellious teenage girl and a
ten-year-old daughter with behavior
problems real good job you’re doing in
addition to the difficulties he’s facing
with his daughters he must also wrestle
with the knowledge of his wife’s
infidelity and the fact that she’s not
going to recover from her coma her coma
is permanent she’s not going to make it
as he adapts to a number of issues
including some potentially lucrative
acreages family owns Matt also has to
learn how to connect with his daughters
in the wake of tragedy
number four dan in real life hey this
yours yeah pen thanks in this
comedy-drama steve carell yet again
takes on the role of the conflicted
single father beset by the hazards of
having female children dad I’m 17 okay
you are so flirting as Widow dad Dan
burns
he appears annoyingly overprotective of
his three young daughters by the way
you’re grounded
come on grounded yep for how long for
life dad while contending with teenage
romances and other family issues he must
also figure out how to navigate his
feelings for his brother’s girlfriend we
should probably talk about something
else so you’re telling me that you one
of those widowers with three daughters
since this is a romantic comedy and all
it’s not that complicated to figure out
what happens in the end plan to be
surprised but at the center of the film
is Dan’s relationship with his girls and
how that affects the decisions he makes
with regards to his life and theirs go
oh
number three trouble with the curb again
I’m gonna rip your face whoa hey Clint
Eastwood trades in his curmudgeonly
trainer and father figure to a rising
boxing champ hat to play a curmudgeonly
baseball scout and estranged father to
Amy Adams ambitious lawyer in this 2012
sports drama dad give me the case this
is my car and I Drive give me the keys
as a senior scout for the Atlanta Braves
named Gus Lobel Eastwood is accompanied
by his daughter on his latest scouting
mission dad I’ve got it let me help it
right here I got it in spite of their
strained relationship goddamnit dad talk
to me his girl eights him in his quest
to locate a suitable draft pick for his
team and this gets the pair the
opportunity to reconcile their
differences you’re him like baseball I
love baseball you know I love it I never
even wanted to be a lawyer I did that
for you so that you would be happy with
me and that you would approve of me and
then maybe you’d keep me around
number two paper moon how come you take
me in this comedy real-life father and
daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal
respectively play Moses pray and Addie
Loggins an inadvertent con artist team
who may or may not actually be related
in the film as well Moses is a traveling
con man
who happens upon a D while attending her
mother’s funeral and is persuaded to
deliver her to her aunt in another state
no I don’t like you along the way the
two literally become partners in crime
leaving a number of hapless victims in
their wake
well Addie pray I’m gonna get you $24 an
extra five for just coming to my don’t
worry praise though praise the Lord they
also form a close bond that neither had
anticipated and neither wants to break I
told you I don’t want you riding with me
mother you still owe me $200 before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions daddy a gardening for
you to be like this was in an accident
he did some really hard good so don’t
talk about it so you want me to call you
dad or should I just call you Ethan we
don’t like dad you’re in a good mood
well I think I discovered who my mom is
in the story I wouldn’t change anything
about your wouldn’t change one hair on
your head I’m not Freddie love you dad
number one father of the bride ah there
is a pride huh can you believe in this
remake of the 1950 classic Steve Martin
plays George banks a loving father
caught up in the whirlwind of wedding
bells madness wait a minute
wedding coordinator what’s a wedding
coordinator after his daughter returns
from a trip overseas and announces her
engagement to a man she only recently
met there’s a mad dash to prepare a
wedding with George footing the
ever-increasing bill don’t tell everyone
how much it cost he told you right
two hundred fifty ahead in addition he’s
struggling to accept his daughter’s new
beau as well as his future extended
family I don’t want to be in law
especially the people who live in
bel-air
but none of this really compares to what
is probably the most difficult aspect of
his daughter’s wedding finally letting
her go
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite father and daughter film for
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