[] About A Boy [] Will is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of responsibility. So he decides to invent an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms. Will gets a lesson about life from a bright but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you are never too cool to grow up. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Avalon [] The story of several generations of a family, from the arrival of immigrant Sam Krichinsky in the suburb of Baltimore called Avalon, down through his children and grandchildren. The family goes from poverty to prosperity and the world changes around them, but their love and humor hold the family together. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Avalon [] The story of several generations of a family, from the arrival of immigrant Sam Krichinsky in the suburb of Baltimore called Avalon, down through his children and grandchildren. The family goes from poverty to prosperity and the world changes around them, but their love and humor hold the family together. [This film is in the following lists:] Thanksgiving Movies ---------------------------------------- [] Bicycle Thief, The (Ladri di Biciclette) [] The "Bicycle thief" depicts the desperate, tragic acts that ordinary souls are driven to in a post-war urban environment. The setting is Rome, a city still reelng from the ravages of war, and the hero is an unemployed man, Antonio Ricci. He finds work as a bill poster, but his bicycle - which his job, and his survival, depend - is stolen. He and his little boy, Bruno, search for the vehicle, and its thief, in what becomes an odyssey that is at once jarring, ironic, and heartbreaking. Italian dialog with English subtitles. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Big Fish [] William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his yourth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Champ, The [] [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Cheaper By the Dozen [] Set in the early 20th century, this classic family comedy follows the efforts of a husband and wife as they try to maintain control in a home with 12 children. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [] Crackpot inventor Caractacus Potts lives in the English countryside with his two children and their dotty grandfather. Potts's various inventions, including Toot Sweets, a candy/whistle, backfires. But then Potts restores a junked race car, affectionately named "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Chitty flies, floats, and generally thwarts efforts by Baron Bomburst to capture her. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Daddy Day Care [] When two fathers find themselves out of work, they decide to start a day care center. When their business starts to take off, the head of a competing prestigious childrens academy tries, with hilarious results, to put them out of business. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Fantastic Mr. Fox [] Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this leads the farmers to stakeout the treehouse. The farmers try to dig the Fox family out, but they dig even faster. Mr. Fox organizes a tunneling project to burrow under all three farms and steal all the chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Father of the Bride [] Chaos reigns when the beautiful daughter of a family casually announces her plans to marry. What follows is a warmly humorous story, with wedding preparations, ruffled egos and the unavoidable meeting with the prospective in-laws. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Father of the Bride [] A befuddled father has a hard time letting go of his daughter when she unexpectedly announces her plan to marry. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Field of Dreams [] Inspired by a mysterious voice, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella constructs a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Finding Nemo [] The fretful Marlin and his young son Nemo become separated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, a clown fish, is unexpectedly taken from his home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly fish named Dory, Malin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Fly Away Home [] A 13-year old girl and her estranged father learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them how to fly. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Frequency [] John discovers the ability to talk to his father.. who's been dead for 30 years. His attempts to change the past go awry as they set in motion a string of brutal, unsolved murders. Now they're fighting to find a way to stop the crime that could destroy the future for both of them. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Incredibles, The [] Bob and his wife Helen used to be among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they live "normal" lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [] When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Kramer vs. Kramer [] When his wife walks out, Ted Kramer and his six-year-old son have a chance to really get to know each other. Then Ted's wife returns and she wants her son back. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Liar Liar [] Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on this fifth birthday cake, Max has just one wish-- that his dad stop lying for 24 hours. When his son's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset, his mouth, has become his biggest liability. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella) [] A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. Then that life is threatened by World War II. In Italian with English subtitles. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Life With Father [] Based on Clarence Day Jr.'s reminiscences of his semi-tyrannical but benevolent father. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Mr. Mom [] Michael Keaton plays a harried househusband and Teri Garr a rising business executive who encounter one problem after another. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Mrs. Doubtfire [] Out of work father Robin Williams find himself suddenly divorced without custody of his kids. To solve this problem, he disguises himself as an old Scottish nanny to get hired by his ex-wife and be closer to his kids. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [] Christmas is the perfect season for Clark Griswold and his family. Clark's a disaster waiting to happen. You have to see it to believe it. There are 25,000 lights on the Griswold rooftop. An exploding turkey. And a house full of relatives. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Nothing In Common [] Life is great for David Basner until his parents split up after thirty-four years of marriage. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] On Golden Pond [] Norman Thayer, a cranky but loveable old man, is preoccupied with death, afraid of losing his faculties, & emotionally distant from his daughter. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Paper Moon [] A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas. Also includes a prologue by Peter Bogdanovich in which he shares insights about being a director and goes behind the scenes of Paper Moon. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Parenthood [] The Buckmans are a modern family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way. Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen star as Gil and Karen Buckman. Gil is trying to be a better father to his kids than he feels his father was for him. We also get to meet the extended Buckman clan in this comic study of the trials of family life. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Pursuit of Happyness [] In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Road, The [] A father and his son are two of the last remaining people on earth after an unexplained tragedy has destroyed most of life. As the two head south, they are faced with many trials and tribulations along the way. An intense bond between the father and son is formed as together they strive to not only survive, but to retain humanity as they help the people they encounter along the way. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Rookie, The [] When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot of pitches to be thrown before he makes it off the mound, big-league dreams are revived, and there's no telling where he could go. This baseball movie is also a movie about fathers. Morris must juggle the expectations of both his young son and his own father when he agrees to try out for the big leagues. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] This Is My Father [] Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he had been told. Since his mute and paralyzed mother offers no answers, he investigates by traveling to an Irish village with his teenage nephew (Jacob Tierney). After this prologue, the film flashes back to the family roots: Kieran's mother Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly) back home from convent school, catches the eye of dirt tenant farmer Kieran O'Day (Aidan Quinn). Their romance gets underway despite disapprovals from family and friends. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] Three Men and a Baby [] Three handsome Manhattan bachelors find their dating and mating rituals irreparably damaged when an unexpected roommate-- complete with crib, pacifier, and dirty diaper-- shows up on their doorstep. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ---------------------------------------- [] To Kill a Mockingbird [] The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children. [This film is in the following lists:] Courtroom Movies ---------------------------------------- [] To Kill a Mockingbird [] The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children. [This film is in the following lists:] Memorable Movie Dads ----------------------------------------