History WellDoneSonGuy / LiveActionFilms

* In ''Film/SonOfTheMask'', Loki, the [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse god of mischief]], is hunting down the Mask because his [[SadlyMythtaken dad]], Odin the All-Father, thinks it has caused too much trouble in the human world. Odin and Loki hate each other, but at the end of the movie, they are taught AnAesop by the main character about the importance of getting along with your family.

* Emperor Commodus in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' is a ''very'' odd example of this. He [[spoiler:murders his father]] to become Emperor -- and he wants to become Emperor in order to prove to his father that he's a worthy son.

* ''Film/TheGreenHornetSerials'': Britt Reid starts out with this motivation -- he and Kato build the [[CoolCar super-car that will become the Black Beauty]] simply to show Britt's dad that Britt isn't just a playboy. This vanishes as soon as he adopts the role of the Hornet. (Dad probably would have been happy with his son taking an active role running "The Sentinel", which also happens at that time.)

* In ''Film/Hamlet2'', most of protagonist Dana Marschz's hang-ups and neuroses (which are presented in a [[CreatorBreakdown not-at-all-subtle fashion in the titular play]]) can seemingly be directly traced back to his difficult relationship with his father. Curiously, in this example the father doesn't actually appear; as such, Dana appears to have adopted the tight-ass principal of the high school where he teaches as something of a warped substitute, going so far as to screech "[[FreudianSlip You never believed in me, Daddy, I hate you!!!]]" in the middle of an argument with him completely out of the blue, and then having the principal kidnapped and forcibly made to watch the play so that he can get his approval.
* In ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', Kumar isn't interested in being a doctor like his father is, despite having perfect [=MCAT=]s. He even uses his medical textbooks as paper to make joints. He has an epiphany at the end of the first film and decides to give it a shot anyway.
* In ''Film/HighwayToHell'', Royce is considered a disappointment by his adoptive father Satan, and is determined to win his respect and get another chance to raise hell on Earth by coming back to life.
* The catalyst for the plot in ''Film/HotRod'' is that Rod has to earn the money for his stepfather's heart transplant so that he can defeat him in a fight in order to win the man's love and respect.

* Toyed with in ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember''. Austin is partially wrong in his assumptions about his father, Nigel -- he does respect Austin and loves him, but he spent Austin's childhood trying too hard to be Austin's best friend when he should have been trying to be a father. He even sings a song about it: "[[DaddyDidntShow Daddy Wasn't There]]."

** T’Challa aka ''Film/BlackPanther'' adored his father T’Chaka, wanting to live up to his legacy as King, as well as going into an UnstoppableRage after Bucky when he thought the latter was responsible for T’Chaka’s death. [[spoiler: In his solo movie, T’Challa, due to looking up his father so much, was [[BrokenPedestal stricken to learn]] that his father was responsible for his uncle’s death and [[CallingTheOldManOut he rips into his dad and forebears]] in the astral plane for their xenophobia and isolationism, swearing to be a better ruler. He makes good on his word]].