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Fated to Love You (命中注定我爱你) (2008 TV series)

Fated to Love You (命中注定我愛你), also You're My Destiny, is a 2008 Sanlih/TTV Taiwanese idol drama directed by Chen Mingzhang, starring Joe Chen and Ethan Juan; it set Taiwan idol-drama ratings records (10.91% single-episode average, 13.64% segment) and was remade in Korea and China.

Fated to My Forbidden Alpha

Fated to My Forbidden Alpha (also My Alpha, My Forbidden Fate) is a 2023 ReelShort vertical werewolf romance, 60 one-minute episodes, starring Autumn Noel as Selene, a kidnapped Luna whose fated mate Alpha Jackson plans to reject her.

Fateful Findings

Fateful Findings is a 2013 independent cult film written, directed, produced by, and starring Neil Breen, about a novelist with mystical powers who hacks government databases; screened at SIFF 2013 and compared to The Room.

Fateful Love (流光引)

Fateful Love (流光引) is a 2024 Chinese costume fantasy romance web drama adapted from the novel Po Chong Yongbing Wangfei, starring Zhang Han and Zhu Xudan in a transmigration love story.

Fateh (2025 film)

Fateh (फ़तेह) is a 2025 Hindi action thriller, Sonu Sood's directorial debut, starring Sood, Jacqueline Fernandez, Naseeruddin Shah, and Vijay Raaz; released 10 January 2025, it earned 12.85 crore and mixed reviews.

Faten Hamama (فاتن حمامة)

Faten Hamama (فاتن حمامة) was an Egyptian film actress, known as the Lady of the Arabic Screen, who appeared in about one hundred films from 1940 to 1993.

Father (වාසනා) (2026 film)

Father (ෆාදර්, also Father: The Judgement Is Inconclusive) is a 2026 Sinhala Sri Lankan gangster film by Chaminda Jayasuriya about Desmond Gunasekara, released 9 January 2026; distinct from a Kannada film of the same name.

Father and Son (父子情) (1981 film)

Father and Son (父子情) is Allen Fong's 1981 Hong Kong New Wave debut, produced by Feng Huang, about a father sacrificing his daughters for his son's education; it won Best Film and Best Director at the first Hong Kong Film Awards.

Father Brown (2013 TV series)

Father Brown (2013 TV series): BBC One Daytime period detective drama starring Mark Williams as Chesterton's priest-detective, set in 1950s Cotswolds village Kembleford; made by BBC Birmingham Drama Village, running since January 2013.

Father Dougal McGuire

Father Dougal McGuire is the fictional dim-witted young curate of Craggy Island in the sitcom Father Ted (1995–1998), played by Ardal O'Hanlon; known for the Blackrock incident, My Lovely Horse, and Careful Now placards.

Father Figures

Father Figures is a 2017 American road movie comedy starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms as twin brothers who set out to find the father they thought was dead.

Father Frank, Full of Grace (Shameless season 11)

"Father Frank, Full of Grace" is the series finale of US Shameless, season 11 episode 12, aired April 11, 2021 on Showtime, written by John Wells and directed by Christopher Chulack, in which Frank Gallagher dies of COVID-19 and floats skyward on his barstool.

Father Goose

Father Goose (1964) is a Cary Grant romantic comedy directed by Ralph Nelson, co-starring Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard, about a WWII coast-watcher; it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Father Guido Sarducci

Father Guido Sarducci is the chain-smoking Vatican gossip-columnist priest character created and performed by Don Novello, famous on SNL's Weekend Update from 1978 and the record-holding most-used fictional SNL character.

Father Joe (film)

Father Joe is a 2026 French action-crime film directed by Barthélémy Grossmann, written by Luc Besson, starring Kiefer Sutherland as a gun-wielding priest and Al Pacino as a mob boss; it premiered out of competition at the 83rd Venice Film Festival.

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best: American family sitcom created by Ed James with Robert Young and Eugene B. Rodney; NBC radio 1949–1953 (title then had a question mark), CBS/NBC/CBS television 1954–1960, 203 episodes, Anderson family in Springfield.

Father Mother Sister Brother

Father Mother Sister Brother is a 2025 Jim Jarmusch triptych film about adult children and distant parents, set in New Jersey, Dublin, and Paris; it won the Golden Lion at the 2025 Venice Film Festival and was released by MUBI.

Father of the Bride (1950 film)

Father of the Bride (1950) is Vincente Minnelli's MGM comedy adapted from Edward Streeter's novel, starring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, and Don Taylor; a top-1950 grosser with three Oscar nominations, later remade in 1991.

Father of the Bride (1991 film)

Father of the Bride is a 1991 American family comedy directed by Charles Shyer, starring Steve Martin as George Banks, a father reluctant to accept his daughter's marriage.

Father of the Bride (2022 film)

Father of the Bride (2022) is an HBO Max comedy-drama, the third film version of Edward Streeter's 1949 novel, directed by Gaz Alazraki, starring Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan as a Cuban-American Miami couple whose daughter weds into a Mexican family.

Father of the Bride (franchise)

Father of the Bride franchise: film, TV, and streaming adaptations of Edward Streeter's 1949 novel, including the 1950 MGM Spencer Tracy film, its 1951 sequel, a 1961-62 sitcom, the 1991 Steve Martin Touchstone remake and 1995 Part II, a 2020 Netflix reunion special, and the 2022 HBO Max Cuban-American remake.

Father of the Bride Part II

Father of the Bride Part II, also known as Father of the Bride 2, is a 1995 American comedy directed by Charles Shyer and the sequel to the 1991 Father of the Bride.

Father of the Pride

Father of the Pride is a 2004 NBC computer-animated sitcom by DreamWorks and Hong Kong's Imagi about the white lions in Siegfried & Roy's Las Vegas act; it premiered August 31, 2004, cost about $1.6-2 million per episode, and was cancelled after 13 episodes.

Father of the Year (film)

Father of the Year is a 2018 Netflix comedy directed by Tyler Spindel, starring David Spade, Nat Faxon, and Joey Bragg, about two grads whose dads take a fight debate seriously; a Happy Madison film with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Father Stu

Father Stu is a 2022 American biographical drama directed by Rosalind Ross, starring Mark Wahlberg as Stuart Long, a Montana boxer who became a Catholic priest.

Father Ted

Father Ted is a Channel 4 sitcom (1995-1998) by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, produced by Hat Trick Productions, about three priests exiled to the fictional Craggy Island, starring Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, and Pauline McLynn; a BAFTA-winning classic ranked second among British sitcoms in a 2019 Radio Times poll.

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend (1951) is Vincente Minnelli's MGM comedy sequel to Father of the Bride, with Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor returning as Stanley Banks faces becoming a grandfather.

Fatherhood (film)

Fatherhood (2021) is a Netflix comedy-drama directed by Paul Weitz, starring Kevin Hart as widower Matt Logelin, based on the memoir Two Kisses for Maddy; released June 18, 2021, produced with Higher Ground.

Fatherland (2026 film)

Fatherland (Ojczyzna) is Paweł Pawlikowski's 2026 black-and-white drama about Thomas Mann's 1949 return from US exile to divided Germany with daughter Erika; Cannes Best Director winner, Poland's Oscar submission.

Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters (Padri e Figlie), 2015 drama by Gabriele Muccino starring Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried; a widowed Pulitzer-winning novelist raises his daughter as the film alternates timelines; 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.