Naughty child movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant naughty child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good, not serious, independent film and weird films and TV shows about / with naughty child, family relations, family, disorder, dog, mischievous children, father son relationship, children, youth and parents and children plots mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as naughty child: Behold Homolka (1970), The Tutor (2016), The Naughty Nine (2023), Dennis the Menace (1993), Problem Child (1990), Shake Rattle and Roll 8 (2006), Klaus (2019), Pinocchio (1971), Girly (1970), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005).
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List of naughty child movies

Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
This light comedy finds a Czech taxi driver taking his family on a weekend outing in the country. His wife, daughter-in-law, son and two grandchildren are the passengers who disturb the solitude of two young lovers. While the women attend the horse ...
Plot:
argument, father in law daughter in law relationship, quarrel, overweight woman, grandparents, family life, one day, smoking, father son relationship, anger, husband wife relationship, female nudity ...
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Mona, a past student in child psychology, is keen to put her knowledge into practice. She attends an interview and is selected to become a full-time private tutor to two orphaned children, in some remote area of Northern Argentina.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
feral child, brother sister relationship, children, child abuse, childhood trauma, boy, orphan, life is a bitch, skinny dipping, nude boy, psychopath, naughty child ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Fifth-grader Andy finds himself without a present from Santa on Christmas morning. Realizing he must have landed on the “naughty list” and feeling unfairly maligned, Andy pulls together a team of eight other naughty-listers to help him execute ...
Style:
christmas comedy, naughty, family comedy
Plot:
santa claus, robbery, gay latino, christmas, north pole, naughty child, girl, cliffhanger ending, friendship, snow, teenage boy, gay couple ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, happy ending, nothing goes right, childhood, kids and family, neighbor, boy, troublemaker ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
Lanny and Wayne are at it again! With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology which has fallen into the hands of a computer-hacking Naughty Kid! Desperate to prevent Christmas from ...
Style:
christmas special, spy action, buddy comedy, computer animated
Audience:
kids
Plot:
holiday, christmas, santa claus, christmas elf, naughty child, mission, saving christmas, computer hacker, brother brother relationship, flashback, robot dog, remote control ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is ...
Style:
funny, feel good, slapstick, hilarious, light ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, dark humor, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, disorder, children, child hero, foster child, boy, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Just like the seven previous SR&R franchise, this has three episodes-"13/F," about a children's party held in a forbidden floor; "Yaya" is about a naughty kid who discovers that her new nanny is a vampire; and ...
Style:
anthology, scary, suspenseful, creepy, tense ...
Plot:
asthma, monster, vampire, supernatural, survival, trapped, urban legend, paranormal, claustrophobia, urban, ghost, panic ...
Time:
year 1986, year 2006
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Austria, Canada, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A postman is posted to a frozen town in the North - where he discovers Santa Claus is hiding out.
Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, thought provoking, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, friendship, children, postman, letter, re-education, kindness, christmas present, small town, love, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future, 19th century
Place:
fictional island, scandinavia, finland
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film was directed by Giuliano Cenci with assistance from his brother Renzo. During production, Carlo Collodis grandchildren Mario and Antonio Lorenzini were consulted. The subtle movements made by fidgeting children whilst speaking or under ...
Style:
anime, crying, fairy tale
Plot:
pinocchio, puppet, fairy, lie, fire, death, donkey, father son relationship, amusement park, death of friend, father son reunion, talking animal ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
Style:
slasher, dark comedy, independent film, horror comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, serial killer, swing, female psychopath, nanny, psychopath, murder, psychotic, nymphet, dead body, role playing, oedipus complex ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, ...
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, game, child, sibling rivalry, childhood, human in outer space, alien, outer space, alternate world ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Dennis and Gnasher is an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, It features the daily adventures of the rebellious schoolboy Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher.
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, slapstick, fast paced, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
unhappiness, schoolboy, children, families, irreverent, high school life, misadventure, friendship, small town life, loyalty, boy, young boy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
britain, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young photographer moves to Praga, the most notorious district of Warsaw, known for common crime and alcoholism as well as unique folklore. This experience will have much impact on both his personal and professional life.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, crime drama, independent film, tension ...
Plot:
photographer, photograph, neighborhood, urban, alcoholism, working class, everyday life, urban decay, social realism, character study, community, isolation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's adoption, telling Yun the child died at birth. Ten ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
estrangement, small town, haunted by the past, unlikely couple, family relations, couples, parents and children, life is a bitch, social misfits, society, pregnancy, secret ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
asia, china
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
This movie puts Henk Ketcham's comic figure 'Dennis' into real life: While digging in his front garden, Dennis finds a big bone. To prove it's from a dinosaur, he persuades his father to invite an old buddy of him, Bowen Skyler ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dinosaur, youth, superhero, family relations, mischievous children, small town, friends, disorder, young heroes, suburbs, unhappiness, childhood love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Barricade the doors. Lock the windows. Because he's baaaack. That one-boy wrecking crew, Dennis the Menace, returns for more mischief and mayhem. Based on the comic strip and TV show about a mischievous little boy with a gift for the ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
youth, grand canyon, birthday, swimming pool, neighbor, picnic, dog, child's point of view, kids and family, childhood, children, superhero ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.
Style:
slapstick, humorous, disgusting, epic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
child, children, childhood, school, prank, single parent, fall in love, parents and children, mischievous children, balloon, boy, girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neighborhood bully, he does his best to try and give Mr. Wilson the Christmas Spirit. Dennis causes his ...
Style:
feel good, light, sincere, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
holiday, christmas, mischievous children, friends, family relations, miraculous event, youth, precocious child, bully, xmas, christmas season, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, future
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
As customary per year, the entire family is gathering on the island for a conference that discusses the current financial situations of each respective person. Because of the family head's poor health, this year involves the topic of the head ...
Style:
anime, psychological, detective, psychological thriller, adult animation ...
Plot:
teenager, magic, island, wealth, conundrum, murder, violence, aristocrat, love, psychopath, fight, death ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the women of America join together on election day and elect a Leslie McCloud as the US President, things get a little awkward. Especially for her husband Thad McCloud. He, as First Husband, must take over the job as The First Lady, in the ...
Style:
retro, political, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
president, u.s. president, feminism, couple relations, head of state, battle of the sexes, state affairs, politics, pregnancy, family life, workplace situations, family relations ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
While on the cruise ship Dennis, Joey, Margaret, and Ruff find a princess who is being hypnotized, meanwhile two crooks are after the ring the princess wears.
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
nothing goes right, mischievous children, heroes, odd couple, save the day, escapades, disorder, cruise ship, superhero, partner, rivalry, misfit ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Fisherman’s son Benjamin - Bennie - Stout is a boy with a heart of gold who always gets himself into trouble. His St. Nicholas wish list includes a pedal car, just like the one the sneaky mayor’s son Roderick has. These are the depression years ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, family life, family relations, escapades, youth, disorder, small town life, small town, santa claus, boy, imaginary kingdom, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, holland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, psychological, satanic, bloody ...
Plot:
voodoo, ritual, supernatural, satanic cult, child in peril, brutality, violent, religion, murder, female nudity, animal sacrifice, folk horror ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, minneapolis minnesota, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his ...
Style:
3d animation, feel good, not serious, humorous, christmas special ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, iceberg, father daughter relationship, north pole, holiday, partner, spoiled brat, escapades, save the day, silly humor, friendship, disorder ...
Time:
prehistory, 2010s, prehistoric times
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chapter 3 of the Problem Child trilogy features pre-teened Junior in love with a classmate that won't even notice him, but does notice three other boys who are rivals to Junior. This means war!
Style:
dark comedy, slapstick, not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, mischievous children, child, female boxer, spoiled brat, child star, problem child, children, childhood, nurse, doctor, dentist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, magic, childhood, nanny, mentor, family values, children, mischievous children, single father, widower, prank, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2006, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Banku, his mother, Anjali Sharma and father move in to their new house -- the Nath villa, unaware of the fact that the house is inhabited by a ghost. It is learnt the ghost is not too happy with his new housemates. But what the ghost is not prepared ...
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, feel good, surprise ending ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
ghost, family relations, friendship, supernatural, family life, disorder, mischievous children, young heroes, father son relationship, hindu, friends, buddies ...
Place:
india, asia, goa india
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, sexy, controversial, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
satire, absurd violence, juvenile delinquent, absurd humor, fat woman, female nudity, male nudity, murder, dysfunctional family, kidnapping, disfigurement, absurdism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
baltimore, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
delivery, youth, friendship, family relations, hospital, self discovery, friends, society, life is a bitch, teenage life, social relations, misfit ...
Time:
70s
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Dennis the Menace is an American animated series produced by DHX Media, based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham.
The young blond boy with a cowlick and a mischievous personality, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with ...
Style:
retro, anime, slapstick, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
superhero, spoiled brat, pets, buddies, young heroes, escapades, mischievous children, youth, chases and races, family relations, troublemaker, disorder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
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