John Q: Father’s Day–Denzel Washington

With hopes of securing a transplant for his dying son after a health insurance snafu, Denzel Washington as the title character puts an emergency room on deadly lockdown in Nick Cassavetes’ thriller.

Heartwarming and heart-pounding, the film shows a father’s final plea to provide for his child.

The Spielberg sci-fi disaster film cast Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier, whose rare weekend with his estranged children (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin) turns into a survival challenge during an alien attack. After letting his son join the Marines in direct combat, he succumbs to the aliens’ grasp to save his captive daughter.