Happy Father's Day: 7 films to watch with dad

Moneycontrol News June 14, 2024

A must watch for this special day - you worry for the whole family because Viggo Mortensen, who plays the father and Captain Fantastic, wants to create a different kind of world for his children.

1. Captain Fantastic

In this film, Will Smith tries to get himself a job at the same time, taking care of his son. His character, Chris Gardner, takes up an unpaid internship in a brokerage firm after he loses his life's earnings selling a product he invested in. 

2. The Pursuit Of Happyness

Sometimes, though, fathers are indeed fallible. Their demons affect everyone in the family. And they begin to build fences around themselves. A wonderful play of the same name has been made intothis powerful film starring Denzil Washington and Viola Davis. 

3. Fences

If your father were a writer, would he write about you, his daughter? Many a times people wonder if fathers look at their daughters differently. Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried explore the intricacies of this relationship in a beautiful film.

4. Fathers and daughters

We see a lifetime of memories being created in this short animation film. The animation style of Hair Love is simple, but there’s so much love in it, the film makes for a viewing that you first watch for the smiles, and then you watch it for the love with which the story was written.

5. Hair Love

Ewan McGregor is Oliver in the film Beginners. He’s mourning his father’s death (Christopher Plummer) and on the road he meets Melanie Laurent who plays Anna. Their road trip creates a fantastic world of understanding relationships.

6. Beginners

What do you do when you are trying to make something of your life and are at the beck and call of a father who has scatalogical concerns? Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone in Piku are a delightful pair in this film.

7. Piku