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It's Father's Day, and what better way for dads to celebrate than watch a movie with their kids.

Moviefone has assembled a list of the ten best movies about fathers for dads to watch on Father's Day.

Let's begin!


Interstellar (2014)

The adventures of a group of explorers led by Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage, which eventually allows Cooper to communicate with his adult daughter (Jessica Chastain).

Interstellar
Interstellar
"Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here."
85
Audience
Release Nov 7, 2014Runtime 2h 49mBudget $165M

Frequency (2000)

When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel) the chance to speak to his father (Dennis Quaid), 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.

Frequency
Frequency
"The future is listening."
73
Audience
Release Apr 28, 2000Runtime 1h 58mBudget $31M

Prisoners (2013)

Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna (Erin Gerasimovich), and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), arrests the driver (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Prisoners
Prisoners
"How far would you go to protect your child?"
81
Audience
Release Sep 20, 2013Runtime 2h 33mBudget $46M

Father of the Bride (1991)

George Banks (Steve Martin) is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) has decided to marry a man (George Newbern) from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife (Diane Keaton) tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner (Martin Short) takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.

Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride
"Love is wonderful. Until it happens to your only daughter."
65
Audience
Release Dec 20, 1991Runtime 1h 45mBudget $20M

A Bronx Tale (1993)

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy (Lillo Brancato, Jr.) is torn between his honest, working-class father (Robert De Niro) and a violent yet charismatic crime boss (Chazz Palminteri). Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl (Taral Hicks).

A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale
"One man lives in the neighborhood, another man owns it. A devoted father battles the local crime boss for the life of his son."
79
Audience
Release Oct 1, 1993Runtime 2h 1mBudget $22M

Mr. Mom (1983)

Jack (Michael Keaton) and Caroline (Teri Garr) are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...

Mr. Mom
Mr. Mom
"When mom goes to work, dad goes berserk!"
65
Audience
Release Aug 19, 1983Runtime 1h 31m

Nebraska (2013)

An aging, booze-addled father (Bruce Dern) takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son (Will Forte) in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.

Nebraska
Nebraska
"Life's not about winning or losing. It's about how you get there in the end."
74
Audience
Release Nov 15, 2013Runtime 1h 55mBudget $12M

Finding Nemo (2003)

Nemo (Alexander Gould ), an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin (Albert Brooks) and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks (Barry Humphries), surfer dude turtles (Andrew Stanton), hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
"There are 3.7 trillion fish in the ocean. They're looking for one."
78
Audience
Release May 30, 2003Runtime 1h 40mBudget $94M

3 Men and a Baby (1987)

Three bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson) find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends (Nancy Travis).

3 Men and a Baby
3 Men and a Baby
"They changed her diapers. She changed their lives."
62
Audience
Release Nov 27, 1987Runtime 1h 42mBudget $11M

Road to Perdition (2002)

Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman). Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son (Tyler Hoechlin) is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him. The film also stars Daniel Craig, Jude LawJennifer Jason Leigh, Ciarán Hinds, and Stanley Tucci.

Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition
"Pray for Michael Sullivan."
74
Audience
Release Jul 12, 2002Runtime 1h 57mBudget $80M