Only child movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant only child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, humorous, serious, touching and captivating films and TV shows about / with only child, family relations, friendship, youth, husband wife relationship, coming of age, cigarette smoking, dog, couples and parents and children plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as only child: Honey (2010), With the Nose in the Stream (2012), Mary and Max (2009), The Hole in the Ground (2019), My Dog Skip (2000), Out of This World (1987), The Two of Us (1967), The Lion King (1994), Day of the Wacko (2002), Hope Gap (2019).

List of only child movies

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 7.1
 7K
Honey (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the remote and undeveloped eastern Black Sea region, a six-year-old boy (Yusuf) wanders through the woods searching for his lost father, trying to make sense of his life.His father is a beekeeper whose bees have disappeared unexpectedly, ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, sentimental, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot: woods, parents and children, family relations, introspection, hopes, father son relationship, youth, everyday life, only child, betrayal, nature, honey ...
Time: year 2009
Place: turkey, middle east
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With the Nose in the Stream (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A televsion reporter tasked with making a feature about Jean Jacques Rousseau's upcoming 300th birthday uses a local Swiss boy with a remarkable knowledge about the philosopher as her angle for the feature. She then brings in a local professor ...
Style: sincere, captivating, touching, sentimental
Plot: professor, philosophy, tv reporter, nature, only child, child prodigy, young boy, coming of age, boy, married couple, girl, gentleman ...
Place: geneva switzerland, switzerland
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 8.1
 186K
Mary and Max (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style: touching, depressing, emotional, adult animation, black comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: loneliness, stop motion, friendship, letter, social misfits, depression, mental illness, asperger's syndrome, relationships, young woman, correspondence, imaginary friend ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 70s
Place: australia, persia, oceania, usa, new york
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The Hole in the Ground (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, Belgium, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a ...
Style: dark, atmospheric, scary, spooky, bleak ...
Plot: doppelganger, forest, boy, house, son, folk horror, evil child, female warrior, insanity, obsession, supernatural, mother son relationship ...
Place: ireland
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 7.0
 21K
My Dog Skip (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, sad, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, friendship, animal, youth, children, world war two, human animal relationship, baseball ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, oxford university
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Out of This World (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in syndication from September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991. During its first season, the series ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teenage girl, father daughter relationship, stopped time, alien, time freeze, supernatural power, magic, alien race, friendly alien, uncle niece relationship, mayor, alien species ...
Place: california
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The Two of Us (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.
Style: anthology, cult classic, semi autobiographical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, boy, youth, wartime life, liberation, countryside, holocaust, occupation, children in wartime, swing, realism, children ...
Time: 1940s, year 1967, 20th century
Place: vichy, france, europe, alps
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 8.5
 1.1M
The Lion King (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style: touching, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: lion, jungle, friendship, betrayal, love, good versus evil, tragedy, pride and honor, exile, hyena, uncle, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
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Day of the Wacko (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school ...
Style: tragicomedy, humorous, cynical, independent film, existential ...
Plot: midlife crisis, alienation, nothing goes right, social satire, loner, teacher, obsession, polish, burnout, self loathing, paranoia, mental illness ...
Time: year 2002, middle ages
Place: poland, warsaw poland, eastern europe, central europe
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 6.7
 6K
Hope Gap (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot: breakup, family relations, marriage, love, divorce, father son relationship, marital separation, infidelity, poetry, family life, mother son relationship, faith ...
Place: united kingdom
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 7.4
 9K
Vortex (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Monaco
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
Style: cult classic, serious, independent film
Plot: death, dementia, alzheimer's disease, aged person, dialogue, destiny, illness, existentialism, elderly, son, elderly woman, husband wife relationship ...
Place: france
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Me and My Sister (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A story of two sisters, one from the country with simpler attitudes who comes to stay for a short while with her sophisticated sister who lives in the big city.
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: sibling relationship, family relations, breaking point, dull life, parents and children, sibling rivalry, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, family problems, living together, sisters, lifestyle change ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
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Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening ...
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, friendship, childhood, holocaust, exile, farm, culture clash, immigrant, family relations, wartime life, anti semitism, understanding ...
Time: 1930s, year 2002, 20th century, 1940s
Place: kenya, africa, germany, south africa, east africa ...
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 6.8
 496
Bonkers (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Bonnie, a nine-year-old single child, is part of a family of three living in the Netherlands. They have a love of elephants, passed on by Bonnie's grandfather's grandfather who worked on a game reserve in Africa, and Bonnie feels that she ...
Plot: children, elephant, bipolar disorder, foster home, only child, single parent, single mother, circus, zoo, grandmother, manic depression, mother daughter relationship ...
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Learning to Lie (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexual
Plot: teenage love, family relations, looking for love, teenage life, youth, teenage crush, berlin wall, first love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, stasi, erotica, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: germany, berlin germany
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 5.5
 1K
Love Hurts (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After his wife leaves him, middle-aged Ben Bingham slips into a funk and refuses to change out of his pajamas. Justin, Ben's 17-year-old son, has the cure for what ails his depressed dad: he gives Ben a makeover and pushes him out into the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: family relations, parents and children, teenage love, fall in love, lifestyle, doctor, looking for love, friendship, self discovery, only child, couples, renewed love ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
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Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.
Style: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, 3d animation ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, preschool ...
Plot: hotel, vampire, supernatural, children, dracula, fantasy world, female vampire, frankenstein, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, frankenstein's monster, monster ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2013, year 2016, year 2014 ...
Place: romania, transylvania, california, north america
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Sulphur and White (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: David is a successful city trader in London who is relentlessly focused on work. Beneath the confident facade, he is trapped by memories of the past and hostile to anyone who dares to help. Flashbacks reveal a childhood in South Africa at the mercy ...
Style: sentimental, psychological, melancholic, romantic, captivating
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: up and down relationship, love and romance, love story, introspection, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, couples, destiny, relationship problems, couple relations, power of love, layoff ...
Place: south africa
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Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, entertaining, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: travel, self discovery, life, psychiatrist, life philosophy, relationships, existentialism, introspection, happiness, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, loneliness ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: africa, china, tibet, england, london ...
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Stephanie Daley (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. ...
Style: emotional, serious, psychological, rough, suspense ...
Plot: sex education, murder, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, family problems, investigation, american football, cheerleader, high school student, babies and infants, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2006
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 7.3
 215K
Cape Fear (1991)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot: rape, fear, lawyer, family in danger, psychology, violence, serial killer, dangerous attraction, revenge, prison, rapist, psychopath ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place: north carolina, georgia, florida, usa
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Little Man Tate (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his ...
Style: intellectual, inspirational, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: prodigy, child prodigy, coming of age, mathematics, genius, autism, single mother, child genius, friendship, psychology, mentor, children ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: ohio, usa
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 8.4
 10K
Infinity Train (2019)
Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: 13-year-old Tulip finds herself on a mysterious train with an endless number of cars, each one its own universe, and must find a way to get home.
Style: psychological, exciting, mysterious, captivating, anthology ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot: friendship, self discovery, family relations, introspection, mysticism, determination, teenager, broken promise, alternate dimension, young heroes, journey, robot ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: italy, minnesota, wisconsin
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King of the Hill (1997)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, ...
Style: adult animation, adult cartoon, witty, animated comedy, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: ordinary person, small town, youth, couples, teenage life, family life, substitute teacher, suburban life, redneck, couple relations, friendship, social relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
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 5.9
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December (1991)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In December of 1941, five teenage boys at a New England prep school hear the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and realize their lives are going to be changed forever. Released in 1991.
Style: independent film, talky, realistic, serious
Plot: world war two, coming of age, preparatory school, world war, friendship, school, profanity, cons and scams, boarding school life, battles, friends, boarding school ...
Time: year 1991, year 1938, year 1941
Place: new england, pearl harbor, london, england
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Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to ...
Style: futuristic, cyber, stylized, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, virtual reality, hacker, dystopia, cyborgs, heroic mission, artificial intelligence, computers and web, danger, hacking, dystopian future, computer cracker ...
Time: future, near future, 20th century, 2000s, 2020s ...
Place: arizona, japan, beijing china
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Afternoon Delight (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Rachel is a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mom. Frustrated with the realities of preschool auctions, a lackluster sex life and career that's gone kaput, Rachel visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets McKenna, a stripper ...
Style: sincere, humorous, semi serious, sexy, erotic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stripper, friendship, sexuality, strip club, lap dance, life turned upside down, fish out of water, self discovery, dull life, couples, crumbling marriage, female pubic hair ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Bad Intentions (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young girl convinces herself that she will die on the same day that her brother will be born.
Style: psychological, humorous, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: spoiled brat, family relations, terrorism, obsession, youth, society, family problems, family in crisis, daydreamer, state affairs, political unrest, pregnancy ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: peru, latin america
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 6.3
 1K
AKA (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family. In order to make something of himself, ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: working class, hidden identity, gay, love and romance, couple relations, society, couples, frame up, social differences, lgbt, friendship, gay teenager ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, year 1978
Place: paris france, london, england, oxford university, france ...
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Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France, Taiwan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on ...
Style: art house, melancholic, lyrical, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: single parent, nanny, imaginary friend, loneliness, existentialism, boy, parents and children, neglect, youth, babysitter, telephone call, family relations ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: paris france, france
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