Father’s Day is right around the corner and there is nothing better than watching a Father’s Day special movie with the Man of the House. Apart from the occasion, many parents who work do not find time to spend with their kids. This is mainly because they work throughout the day, have to stay out on trips for longer hours, or are single parents. This is sometimes one of the reasons that there comes a time when a gap or vacuum occurs between sons and daughters and the father.
One of the main consequence of this gap are sometimes unimaginable. Kids who go through a lack of attention do not find it necessary to live a happy and healthy life. Also, they don’t seem to involve in the family or communicate problems to their fathers and mothers. They lack confidence and affection towards other people. So, Father’s Day is one of the most suitable times to sit with your Old Man and watch a supercool movie and dedicate it to their efforts and love. The American Cinema has so many amazing cool Father characters like Batman, Atticus Finch, Cameron Poe, Chris Gardner, and many others. There are so many others that one cannot miss out on.
You can do this by just preparing the popcorn and let Spectrum Cable TV take care of the movies. You can get Spectrum’s affordable and quality Cable TV service using Telefono de Spectrum. and look at the following movies and explore the best and badass dads of the American cinema:
Grown Ups
Cast: Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek, Di Quon, Steve Buscemi, Maya Rudolph, Ebony Jo-Ann, Maria Bello
Chris Rock, Jake Goldberg, Joyce Van Patten, David Spade, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, Ashley Loren, Colin Quinn, Jamie Chung, Tim Meadows, Madison Riley, and others
The movie opens in the year 1978 when a band of childhood friends Lenny, Eric, Kurt, Marcus, and Rob won their junior high basketball championship. They celebrate at a lakehouse with their coach named “Buzzer”. After 30 years they meet again with their families and much success and Buzzer dies. The five friends rent out the Earnshaw family’s lake house with the intention of staying for everyone to stay for the weekend of the Fourth of July. At the lakehouse, they meet with each other and now spend time with families. There they engage in different memories of their childhood and teach their kids all the games they use to play.
IMDb Rating: 5.9
Daddy’s Little Girls
Cast: Idris Elba, Gabrielle Union, Cassi Davis, Tracee Ellis Ross, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Malinda Williams, Rochelle Dewberry, Louis Gossett Jr., Sierra Aylina McClain, China Anne McClain, Lauryn Alisa McClain, Tasha Smith, Sharyn Shields, Terri J. Vaughn, Steve Coulter, Juanita Jennings, Maria Howell, L. Warren Young, and others
The movie is set in Atlanta where a mechanic working for Willie named Monty James has three daughters named Sierra, China, and Lauryn. Monty had a dream of having his own shop. He used to visit his daughters who were cared for by their maternal grandmother named Kat. Before Kat died from lung cancer, she told Monty to take custody of his daughter as their mother is a self-serving and mean-spirited woman. She used to stay busy with the business activities of her live-in boyfriend. She had no interest in the lives of her daughters and used to be involved with her drug dealer boyfriend.
The movie is a series of emotional and romantic moments and a father’s struggle to protect his daughters from the bad influence of their mother and her boyfriend.
IMDb Rating: 5.7
Taken
Cast: Liam Neeson, Holly Valance, Maggie Grace, Jon Gries, Famke Janssen, Katie Cassidy, Camille Japy, Nabil Massad, Arben Bajraktaraj, Gérard Watkins, Leland Orser, David Warshofsky, Xander Berkeley, Olivier Rabourdin, Nicolas Giraud, Jalil Naciri, Goran Kostić
The movie is about CIA Agent Bryan Mills used to work as a Special Forces operator. He attempts to build a closer relationship with his daughter named Kim, who lives with her mother and Bryan’s ex-wife Lenore. Bryan saves pop star Sheerah at a concert from a knife-wielding attacker and in gratitude, Sheerah offers Kim to get Kim assessed as a singer. Before Bryan was able to hear about the assessment, Kim asks for Bryan’s permission to travel to Paris along with Amanda who is her best friend. He refuses her at first because of safety concerns but eventually lets her travel to Paris. Bryan learns that Kim lied and they are planning to follow U2 during their European tour.
Bryan learns that Kim is kidnapped by an Albanian sex trafficking ring and identifies the listener as their mob boss named Marko Hoxha. He has 96 hours before he loses Kim forever. The movie is an amazing blend of action, thriller, and drama for people who like Liam Neeson movies
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Mrs. Doubtfire
Cast: Robin Williams, Matthew Lawrence, Anne Haney, Sally Field, Lisa Jakub, Pierce Brosnan
Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday, Robert Prosky, Mara Wilson, and others
The movie is one of Robin William’s amazing performances where he played the role of Daniel Hillard who is a freelance voice actor based in San Francisco. He is a devoted father of three children named Natalie, Lydia, and Chris and husband to his wife Miranda who considers him an unreliable individual.
One day, Daniel comes home after quitting his job because of his disagreement over a script that was challenging his moral values. He throws a chaotic birthday party for Chris, despite Miranda’s objections. Miranda gets furious and files for divorce and loses custody of his kids. He is awarded shared custody on the condition that Daniel finds a stable job and reliable accommodation in a period of three months. Unable to live without his kids, Daniel disguises himself as an elderly woman looking for a job as a governess or housekeeper and applies for a job posted by Miranda. He successfully secures the job with the help of his brother named who is a makeup artist and creates a made-up character of Mrs. Doubtfire. Soon his kids get to know that it was their who disguised himself as an older housekeeper so that he can stay close to them.
Later on, this gets revealed to Miranda as well when he was out with Miranda and the kids and Stu. Stu gets choked and gets saved by Daniel who applies the Heimlich maneuver and loses his makeup. After an emotional moment Miranda, Daniel, and the kids get to return as they were living in a family and Daniel gets a new job too as Mrs. Doubtfire, hosting a children’s show called Euphegenia’s House which becomes a nationwide hit.
IMDb Rating: 7.1
Conclusion
In the end, one can say that watching any of these amazing movies with your kids on Father’s Day is going to help you mingle with the family in an exciting way. This way you can create a better bond with your kids. Apart from that, you should perform other activities that can help you create better relationships with your kids.