Literature and Film
- Daddy-Long-Legs (novel), written by Jean Webster and basis of multiple films:
- Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film), a silent comedy-drama starring Mary Pickford
- Daddy Long Legs (1931 film), a musical starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter
- Daddy Long Legs (1938 film), a 1938 Dutch romantic comedy
- Daddy Long Legs (1955 film), a musical starring Fred Astaire
- Ashinaga Ojisan, a 1979 animated Japanese television special produced by Tatsunoko Production
- My Daddy Long Legs, a 1990 animated Japanese television serial produced by Nippon Animation
- Daddy-Long-Legs (2005 film), a Korean romance
- Daddy Long Legs (2009 musical), a two person musical play by John Caird and Paul Gordon
- Daddy Longlegs (2009 film), directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie
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