15 Movies That Remind Us of the Importance of Parents in Our Lives

Many of the bonds we establish in our lives can be conditioned by the things we see and learn in movies. This is reflected in the way we deal with our friends, with our partner, with our siblings and also with our parents. There are those who say that in every person we meet there is a trace of a movie character. In today’s post, we will highlight parents, one of the most special figures in anyone’s life.

To honor our parents, the awesome.club made a list of films in which the focus is on the relationship between parents and children. Good session!

William Bloom is a journalist working in Paris. On his wedding day, he has a falling out with his father, Edward, a relationship that is interrupted for three years and is resumed when Edward’s health begins to deteriorate. William and his wife travel to Alabama to be with their father during the last days of his life. And that’s when all the fantasy stories he always heard during childhood reappear. However, this rapprochement allows him to get to know his father for real, separating reality from fantasy, aspects that intersect throughout the film. Big fish is a tribute to the art of storytelling and foregrounds the element of reconciliation between father and son.

1940s, New York City. Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the head of one of the five families that control the city’s mafia. He has four children: Sonny, Fredo, Connie and Michael (Al Pacino) — the last one wants nothing to do with the family business. When Don Corleone refuses to participate in a new business, the head of another family gets angry and starts a war between the different groups that control the mafia. The situation gets worse and worse, until the moment arrives when Michael, despite the initial denial, assumes the position of head of the family, which ends up placing his father in the position of adviser, thus revealing an important bond between father and son. son.

Chris Gardner (Will Smith), a family man with financial problems, invests all his savings in a portable machine that scans bone density, but he needs to convince doctors to buy this equipment. The investment fails, the family goes bankrupt and he is abandoned by his wife and is left alone with their son, Christopher (Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith in real life). In one of the sales attempts, Chris meets a person who offers him the possibility of competing with 19 other people for a position as a stockbroker. Despite the difficulties, Chris never lets his son see his despair, and this beautiful father-son relationship is the subtext of this beautiful and moving story.

Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) works as a sales executive and when he discovers that his three children are in trouble, he begins to blame himself and doubt his abilities as a father. On the day he decides to quit his sales executive job, his wife, Karen, reveals that she is pregnant with their fourth child. Gil, insecure, doesn’t know if he’ll be able to handle the situation. The plot revolves around the problems that a family usually faces: childhood education, pressures at work, how to be a good father and a good husband and much more.

Nemo is an only child and precisely because of this he is overprotected by his father, Marlin, a clownfish. One day, Nemo is captured by divers and ends up inside a dentist’s aquarium. While his father begins an adventure to rescue him, Nemo and his new friends come up with a plan to try to escape the aquarium and return to the ocean. Despite the great difficulties, father and son manage to find each other again and show that there is no force more powerful than love.

Impossible not to have fun with the film version of the popular musical based on the songs of the group ABBA. The film tells the story of Sophie, a 20-year-old woman who is about to get married. She lives on a Greek island with her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep), who owns a hotel and has never wanted to reveal the identity of her daughter’s father. One day, Sophie finds her mother’s diary and discovers the addresses of three men who could be her father. She decides to invite the three of them to her wedding and doesn’t say anything to her mother. When they arrive on the island, everything gets complicated and that’s when the attempt to solve the mystery begins: who is the bride’s father?

Royal Tenenbaum and Etheline have three children: Chas, Richie and Margit. One day, the two decide to separate, but remain legally married. Children become successful with their mother’s support and despite their father’s eccentric irresponsibility. This whole phase and these memories are suddenly erased by many years of failures and disappointments for which they blame their father. Despite the mistakes made, Royal manages to restore his relationship with his children and demonstrates that it is never too late to ask for forgiveness.

The film tells the adventures of Simba, a small lion heir to the throne, who is accused by his evil uncle Scar of the death of his father, Mufasa. Because of this, Simba is forced to flee and go into exile. During this period, he makes great friendships. To regain the kingdom that belongs to him, he needs to make peace with the past and end his uncle. This is the summary of a story that has been enchanting children and adults since 1994.

Oliver meets Anna, an unpredictable and irreverent woman, and begins to live with memories of his late father, a man who at the age of 75, and more than 40 years of marriage, decided to assume homosexuality. Although the feelings awakened by this discovery influence his relationship with Anna, Oliver will do his best to put into practice everything he learned from his father about love and courage.

Life on Earth has its days numbered and a group of explorers led by pilot Joseph Cooper and scientist Amelia Brand embarks on the most important mission in human history: discovering a planet that can guarantee the future of the human race. Before starting the trip, Cooper gives his daughter a wristwatch, thinking about the relative time-related effects of space travel. The daughter gets mad at her father and never sees him again. However, many years later she starts working with Dr. Brand, Amelia’s father. Interstellar talks about science and was highly praised by the scientific community, but it also talks about the relationship and love between father and daughter.

Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) is intellectually retarded and has to fight for custody of his little daughter, as the state believes he lacks the capacity to raise and educate her. Sam will be defended by the famous lawyer Rita Harrison, who accepts the case as a challenge in relation to her professional colleagues and because she discovers how strong Sam’s love for little Lucy is. Sean Penn was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor for this beautiful performance.

Denzel Washington is John Q. Archibald, an ordinary man who works in a factory and lives with his family, consisting of wife Denise and son Michael. One day, Michael becomes ill and needs a heart transplant, but the family discovers that medical insurance does not cover the cost of the procedure. Desperate, John threatens the doctor with a gun and makes the situation even more complicated. A film that shows how far a father is capable of going for the life of a child.

A great classic of Italian cinema. The story begins in 1939, when Guido arrives in Arezzo, Tuscany, with the intention of opening a bookstore. Guido then meets Dora, with whom he marries and has a child. When World War II breaks out, the three are taken to a concentration camp. Guido then does his best so that his son does not notice the sadness of war and thinks that everything is just a game in which the winner will win a battle tank. Life is Beautiful won more than 50 international awards, including three Academy Awards.

This drama portrays the problems of a teenager through the eyes of a father who feels powerless to face them. Despite the many relapses, the young man manages to overcome the dark phase of his life, all thanks to the unconditional love of his father, other members of his family and his friends.

Sonny Koufax is 32 years old, extremely immature and has a life that oscillates between odd jobs and idle moments with friends. One day, his girlfriend Vanessa leaves him for an older man and Sonny decides to take a drastic step: raise Julian, a five-year-old boy who is left at the door of his apartment to be raised by his biological father, the executive Kevin, friend from Sonny. He then decides to raise the little one his way, since Kevin needs to be away for a few days. Turns out he doesn’t have the slightest experience with children. Things get complicated when Sonny pretends to be Julian’s real father. In court, his love for the child is reciprocated and thanks to the biological father’s intervention, he is cleared.

Most likely these and other stories will make you remember moments from your childhood. What’s the most beautiful story you’ve ever lived with your father?