Bedtime story movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant bedtime story movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, humorous, feel good, semi serious, crying and sentimental films and TV shows about / with bedtime story, friendship, family relations, child, mother daughter relationship, kiss, girl, love, childhood and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as bedtime story: The Burning Moon (1992), Bedtime Stories (2008), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Borgman (2013), Masha's tales (2011), Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), Away We Go (2009), The Zone of Interest (2023), The Cider House Rules (1999), M3GAN (2022).

List of bedtime story movies

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The Burning Moon (1992)
Genre: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Burning Moon centers on two bedtime stories that a delinquent brother reads his kid sister. These disturbingly morbid stories focus on a serial killing blind date and a murderous, psychotic priest.
Style: anthology, bloody, disturbing, extreme horror, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, torture, violence, extreme, gory, rape, exploitation, killer, maniac, supernatural power, violent, supernatural being ...
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 6.0
 101K
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, funny, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: miraculous event, wish come true, life turned upside down, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, imagination, children, escapades, nothing goes right, storytelling, uncle nephew relationship, magic ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1974 ...
Place: usa
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All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the ...
Style: touching, sad, sweet, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, childhood, afterlife, animal, orphan, heaven, angel, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, furry, friendship, death ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1939
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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 6.7
 19K
Borgman (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence ...
Style: surreal, psychological, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: nightmare, dog, home invasion, family crisis, surrealism, good versus evil, manipulation, hidden identity, life turned upside down, supernatural, family problems, terrorizing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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 6.2
 109
Masha's tales (2011)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Masha, it turns out, loves to tell stories! And she tells them, as would any child with creativity, a little in her own way - because children see the world, not as we, adults.
Style: entertaining, light, fairy tale, funny, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: little girl, storytelling, listener, childhood, child, friendship, bedtime story
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Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.
Style: sad, factual, melancholic, thought provoking, cynical ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers
Plot: childhood, father son relationship, winnie the pooh, traumatic childhood, writers, biopic, fame, husband wife relationship, marital problem, playwright, nanny, toys ...
Time: post world war one, year 2017, future, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, new york, west end london
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 7.0
 55K
Away We Go (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt’s parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, road movie, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: pregnancy, road trip, sexual humor, parenthood, on the road, family drama, love story, love, family relations, parents and children, eccentricity, travel ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: arizona, colorado, wisconsin, usa, montreal ...
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Style: experimental, crying, period drama
Plot: auschwitz, world war two, holocaust, garden, concentration camp, nazi, nazi officer, genocide, husband wife relationship, love, swastika, river ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1943, year 1942
Place: poland, hungary
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The Cider House Rules (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life ...
Style: sentimental, touching, heartbreaking, melancholic, serious ...
Audience: date night, teens, kids
Plot: abortion, orphan, coming of age, adoption, mentor protege relationship, justice, premarital sex, love triangle, incest, childhood, self discovery, sick child ...
Time: 1940s, 1920s, 90s, year 1999, 1930s ...
Place: maine, usa, new england
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 6.4
 140K
M3GAN (2022)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her ...
Style: tense, captivating, slasher, splatter, dark ...
Audience: adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, doll, female robot, companion, moral dilemma, talking robot, robot, orphan, puppet, robot human relationship, sentient robot, female protagonist ...
Place: seattle, oregon, washington state, portland oregon
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 6.6
 723
For My Brother (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The two brothers Aske (17 years old) and Bastian (12 years old) live with their father, Lasse. Their mother died seven years earlier. Every day they live in a world where fear, violence and alcohol are huge factors, but where the brothers' ...
Style: disturbing, rough, suspense, touching, independent film
Plot: brother brother relationship, child prostitution, pedophilia, child abuse, father son relationship, mistreatment, brothers, incest, sexual perversion, boy, homosexual rape, human trafficking ...
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Black and White Love (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story: Ferhat is a hitman working for his criminal uncle. Aslı is a young and idealistic doctor. One day, their roads crossed in the most unexpected way: Aslı is forced to operate on a man that Ferhat had shot.
Style: emotional, touching, disturbing, melancholic, light ...
Plot: opposites attract, forced marriage, power of love, rescue, fake marriage, jealousy, love, love story, strong female character, self sacrifice, marriage, doctor ...
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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 5.9
 31K
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style: surreal, humorous, dark comedy, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot: imaginary friend, mental illness, childhood memory, friendship, emotional manipulation, vengeance, psychology, unlikely friendships, loneliness, personal growth, family relations, twists and turns ...
Time: 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
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 4.4
 8K
Ghost Dad (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his wife illness was very costly and this deal could put them out of the red. However he gets into a cab that is driven by a maniac, and Elliot crashes ...
Style: light, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience: kids, teen drama, adult
Plot: afterlife, ghost, single father, death, supernatural, happy ending, justice, laboratory, scientist, parents and children, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship ...
Place: london
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The Book of Henry (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry ...
Style: touching, emotional, sad, entertaining, crime thriller ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: boy genius, genius, boy, single mother, friendship, suicide, mother son relationship, child prodigy, small town, fear, sick child, child abuse ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: new york state
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Babar: The Movie (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his ...
Style: independent film, anime, crying, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: self confidence, rescue mission, symbol, elephant, rhinoceros, village, juggling, fright, advisor, good versus evil, disguise, brother brother relationship ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century
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 8.2
 373K
Downfall (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story: In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style: psychological, bleak, dramatic, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, hitler, nazism, suicide, nazi, war, holocaust, fascism, third reich, national socialism, nazi germany, dictatorship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 2004, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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 7.0
 39K
Sex and Lucia (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Style: erotic, sexy, sexual, cerebral, art house ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: sex, sex scene, nudity, lust, sexual relations, porn, erotica, explicit sex, strong sexual content, female masturbation, male nudity, waitress ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, mediterranean sea, iberian peninsula, valencia spain ...
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Hansel & Gretel (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, whimsical
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: witch, adventurer, forest, good versus evil, young heroes, escapades, danger, siblings relations, troll, evil stepmother, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: year 2002
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The Girl in the Park (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, emotional, touching ...
Plot: missing person, mother daughter relationship, older woman younger woman relationship, child abduction, female protagonist, loss of child, obsession, loss of daughter, haunted by the past, social misfits, isolation, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Flintstones (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. ...
Style: feel good, humorous, offbeat, sentimental, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: dinosaur, childhood, caveman, friendship, best friend, eccentric family, workplace, cave woman, rich snob, family life, kids and family, storytelling ...
Time: stone age, prehistory, 90s, year 1994, prehistoric times
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Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Style: romantic, sentimental, feel good, rom com, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, single father, love story, storytelling, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, true love, daughter, divorce, best friends in love, love, male female friendship, father ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, year 1994, year 1992, 20th century ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, new york state, usa, wisconsin
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A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, happy, inspirational
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: holiday, christmas, snow, boy, destiny, santa claus, child, search for father, never give up, xmas, direction and purpose, adventure hero ...
Place: finland
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Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Wendy Darling, a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and a tiny fairy, Tinker Bell, she travels with Peter to the magical world of Neverland. There, she ...
Style: fairy tale, funny, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: peter pan, eternal youth, fantasy world, fairy, island, pirate, magic, rescue, brother brother relationship, fight, pirate captain, brother ...
Place: london, big ben london
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 5.5
 530
The Bad Seed (1985)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she ...
Plot: evil child, creepy child, tiny, youth, female villain, psycho, dilemma, violence, moral dilemma, bad kids, widow, suicide ...
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Christmas Mail (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In this holiday romantic comedy, a mysterious woman who works at the post office answering Santa's mail captures the heart of a disillusioned postal carrier
Style: sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, independent film ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, workplace romance, holiday, workplace, fall in love, wish come true, workplace situations, office, xmas, letter, christmas romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Unspeakable Acts (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two psychologist try to demonstrate that a man is a pedophile and has abused many children.
Style: tense, psychological, realistic, serious, erotic ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: lawyer, child abuse, youth, love, criminal justice, sexual abuse, suburbs, courtroom, abuse, investigator, psychologist, pedophile ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: miami, florida
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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia ...
Style: anthology, fairy tale, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friends, young heroes, friendship, narration, storytelling, bedtime story, storyteller
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Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career; Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.
Style: touching, sincere, feel good, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot: prejudice, friendship, mouse, bear, anthropomorphic animal, goodhearted, unlikely friendships, odd couple, supportive friend, racial prejudice, friends, animal ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, france, europe
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A Christmas Wish (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: MARTHA EVANS has been abandoned by her ne'er-do-well husband, who took all their cash and left her homeless and virtually destitute with her two daughters and stepson. Martha leaves town in hopes of finding a job and a place to stay, she ...
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, single mother, christmas season, small town, family relations, parents and children, down on your luck, parent child relationship, money problems, wish fulfillment, christmas spirit ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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