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Post by jeffersoncody on May 6, 2017 6:30:39 GMT
Personally, I prefer those with good parenting, but anything is allowable. A few of mine: I Remember Mama To Kill a Mockingbird A Tree Grows in Brooklyn How Green Was My Valley The Diary of Anne Frank Meet Me in St. Louis Places in the Heart As heartbreaking as it is beautiful, WHAT MAISIE KNEW (2012) - starring Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Joanna Vanderham and, in the title role, young Onata Aprile, is the most throught-provoking and heartwrenching film about parenting I have ever seen. Highly recommended, it will rip your heart out and linger in your head for days after seeing it. www.imdb.com/title/tt1932767/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_29Trailer. WHAT MAISIE KNEW. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHHt5eYl95cOther favorites include the multi-award-winning THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (2010) - with Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Mia Wasikowska, and last year's Oscar-nominated 20TH CENTURY WOMEN - with a brilliant Annette Bening and Elle Fanning. Another offbeat film in this category is the wonderful, sad, lovely Mark Ruffalo/Zoe Saldana-starring INFINITELY POLAR BEAR (2014). Trailer. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT www.youtube.com/watch?v=RixlpHKfb6MTrailer: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxcvng_CpMQTrailer: INFINITELY POLAR BEAR. www.youtube.com/watch?v=heHiFQuFWvo |
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Post by movielover on May 6, 2017 6:35:47 GMT
Parenthood
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 6, 2017 6:54:26 GMT
Vozvrashchenie , The Return (2003) A contemporary film but an absolute classic...
an astonishing and compelling debut feature from Russian Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
The father of two adolescent boys suddenly reappears after a twelve year unexplained absence.
The brothers have opposing reactions, the older brother, Andrey, is desperate for a father role model, and is welcoming, but younger Ivan is stubbornly hostile, and refuses to trust the stranger.
The trio embark on a road trip, a mysterious fishing trip adventure, a journey, a search.
An inexplicable relentless tension builds and steadily an accumulating sense of foreboding permeates the atmosphere.
With a perceptive eye for adolescent psychology the story develops into a complex psychological triangle of authority and childhood need, much is written in-between the lines
The film develops into a profound and hypnotic suspense thriller, the captivating cinematography is truly outstanding.
Highly acclaimed and winner of numerous prestigious awards.
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Post by Jillian on May 6, 2017 7:16:04 GMT
The Sound of Music
Oliver Twist
Peter Pan/Hook
The Lion King
Mrs. Doubtfire
Karate Kid
Matilda
It Takes Two
Parent Trap
Losing Isaiah
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Jungle Book
I am Sam
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 6, 2017 9:09:21 GMT
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on May 6, 2017 9:15:24 GMT
Not favourites by any means, but lately I've been watching a DVD compilation called "The COI Collection, Volume Eight - Your Children and You", which features a variety of things, among them some educational shorts made in post-war Britain to teach parents how to raise children. So far I've watched Your Children's Meals (1947), A Family Affair (1950), and Your Children and You (1946). It's strange and fascinating to see parenting discussed from a 1940s/1950s perspective. There are various other shorts on the set ranging from 1930s to 1970s (with a 1980s TV episode thrown in for good measure). They were produced by the UK's "Central Office of Information", which was a very prolific maker of short films and TV material, most of which isn't listed on IMDb.
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Post by OldAussie on May 6, 2017 10:43:49 GMT
Mainly father/son relationships with conflict -
East of Eden
The Lion in Winter
Bicycle Thieves
Home From the Hill
and not really a good film but the most conflicted relationship -
The Betsy
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Post by teleadm on May 6, 2017 12:57:33 GMT
Parenting both bad and good, hmmm
The original versions of Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on their Toes.
The original versions of Father of the Bride and Father's little Dividend.
The original version of Yours Mine and Ours.
Nearly any Andy Hardy movie and it's original source Ah Wilderness.
Judy Garland's last I Could go on Singing, very usual in british movies sending the kids away to college.
Bette Davis The Nanny, were irresponsible parents leaves everything to the nanny, at the first sign of a conflict the father says he's going to the club, instead of trying to solve the problems.
Francois Truffout's The 400 Blows, The parents live in the most boring appartment I've ever seen in a movie.
Louis Malle's Le souffle au coeur (Murmur of the Heart).
The Swedish Ondskan (Evil), parents can't solve problems, so send the kid to a boarding school.
Mary Poppins The Disney classic (soon to have a sequel by the way)
The Italian masterpice Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief)
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Post by mattgarth on May 6, 2017 13:11:23 GMT
Adding:
Parenthood
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Kramer vs Kramer
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Post by bravomailer on May 6, 2017 13:42:36 GMT
Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) shows the challenges parents had to face in postwar America. A Serious Man (2009) shows the unraveling of the family in 1967.
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Post by teleadm on May 6, 2017 14:02:14 GMT
Now when I see what others have written I should have added Chaplin's The Kid and Kramer vs Kramer since those are favorites too, of mine.
here's a few others
René Clément's Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games)
Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar and Mouchette
Nearly any movie Fred MacMurray did at Disney from The Shaggy Dog, Absent Minded Professor, Bon Voyage, Follow Me Boys to The Happiest Millionaire.
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Post by spiderwort on May 6, 2017 14:05:56 GMT
teleadm, I love that you can go from Clément and Bresson to The Shaggy Dog! I'm with you on that 100%.
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Post by claudius on May 6, 2017 15:31:14 GMT
Speaking of Disney, there is A GOOFY MOVIE. I know...but, take away the antics, and you get a rather dimensional portrait of a father trying to bond with his adolescent 'My-Dad-is-a-Goof!' son.
Of the extreme other side, there is I, CLAUDIUS, as exemplified by Augustus, Livia, Antonia, Caligula, and Agrippinilla...
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Post by jeffersoncody on May 6, 2017 15:38:43 GMT
Definitely want to see these two, jefferson. I saw and appreciated THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT. But I don't think I want to have my heart ripped out by WHAT MAISIE KNEW, however good it is, and it certainly looks like a good one. Thanks for the recommendations. I'm not always up to date on newer films. SPOILER ALERT. Just for the record book spidey, WHAT MAISIE KNEW does have a happy ending. |
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Post by Salzmank on May 6, 2017 15:40:08 GMT
Mainly father/son relationships with conflict - East of Eden The Lion in Winter Bicycle Thieves Home From the Hill and not really a good film but the most conflicted relationship - The Betsy Some great choices ( save THE BETSY, for me anyway). Hard to beat any of them. THE BICYCLE THIEVES is a masterpiece. But of all of them, EAST OF EDEN is my hands down favorite. (Though I am glad to see a mention of HOME FROM THE HILL; that tends too often to get forgotten, I think.) I'll be honest, The Betsy only interests me because Olivier's character apparently inspired the mannerisms and appearance of Joe Flaherty's hilarious Guy Caballero on SCTV... |
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Post by Doghouse6 on May 6, 2017 16:53:23 GMT
Nice of everyone to leave the easy pickin's for me:
Stella Dallas, depicting the poignancy of noble parental self-sacrifice;
Mildred Pierce, depicting the pitfalls of parental overindulgence.
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Post by Jillian on May 6, 2017 17:43:38 GMT
The Sound of Music Oliver Twist Peter Pan/Hook The Lion King Mrs. Doubtfire Karate Kid Matilda It Takes Two Parent Trap Losing Isaiah The Pursuit of Happyness The Jungle Book I am Sam Haven't seen all of these, Jillian, but my favorites of those I have seen are THE SOUND OF MUSIC, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, and THE PARENT TRAP (I really enjoy both, but the Hayley Mills version is my favorite). I think you would enjoy It takes two as well because it is quite similar to The Parent Trap and in my opinion better. |
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Post by gadolinium on May 6, 2017 20:54:08 GMT
I hope grandparenting counts: Nobody's Fool (1994).
If not: Harry & Son (1984). If you can tolerate Robby Benson's performance.
Most of the good ones have already been mentioned.
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Post by snsurone on Jun 15, 2017 23:50:55 GMT
It doesn't have to be GOOD parenting, does it?
If not, I'd say MILDRED PIERCE.
I also love LIFE WITH FATHER.
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Post by mcavanaugh on Jun 16, 2017 2:17:25 GMT
In "Ordinary People" Donald Sutherland plays a good father, but Mary Tyler Moore plays a horrible mother. Moore played the character well, but did anyone find her character the least bit sympathetic? |
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