Parenting movies and TV shows – page 2

List of parenting movies

 7.9
 380K
Boyhood (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Style: philosophical, melancholic, cerebral, touching, depressing ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, childhood, teenager, high school, adolescence, domestic abuse, family drama, youth, divorced parents, stepsister stepsister relationship, relationships, marriage ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 90s, near future ...
Place: texas, ethiopia, houston texas, austin texas, usa
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 6.2
 47K
Old Dads (2023)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
Style: satirical, entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: best friend, hypocrisy, life, parenting, parenthood, parents, friends, lifestyle, social problems, satire, friendship, social satire ...
Time: 2020s
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Style: touching, funny, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, teens, family friendly
Plot: boy, wish come true, desire, child, parents and children, childbirth, couple relations, family values, family relations, hopes, coming of age, profanity ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, america
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 8.1
 903K
Inside Out (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. ...
Style: touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: joy, imaginary friend, memory, creativity, parents and children, dream, childhood, life philosophy, coming of age, friendship, anger, happy ending ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 2000s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: san francisco, minnesota, california, tibet, usa
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Christopher Robin (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Working-class family man Christopher Robin encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Style: fairy tale, sincere, touching, sad, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: winnie the pooh, childhood, bear, father daughter relationship, magic realism, mission, children, parenting, talking animal, animal, friend, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, future, 2010s
Place: england
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Flora & Ulysses (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her outlook--forever.
Style: entertaining, tense, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: squirrel, obsessive quest, parenting, friendship, superhero, friends, superpower, changing lives, teamwork, humour, super powers, escapades ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 7.1
 4K
Lullaby (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return to her parents' house along the Basque coast for guidance while her partner is temporarily away.
Style: emotional, captivating, thrilling, psychological, reflective ...
Plot: motherhood, female protagonist, woman, family relations, parenting, newborn baby, domestic drama, mother child relationship, family life, family problems, kids and family, husband wife relationship ...
Place: basque country, spain, iberian peninsula
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 5.7
 4K
Birthmarked (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Style: semi serious, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot: parenting, education, experiment, parenthood, parents and children, kids and family, satire, eccentric family, family relations, experiment gone awry, husband wife relationship, teenager ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 70s, year 1977
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 5.9
 389
Raising Waylon (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Waylon is a nine year old boy who, after losing their parents, begins to live with her ​​godparents, couples in the past but now separated and with little appetite for adoption. The boy's arrival will be the ultimate test to confirm whether ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot: custody, family relations, fall in love, godparent, couples, unlikely couple, adoption, orphan, lawyer, parenting, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Mario on Tour (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina
Story: Mario has all it takes to succeed in the music business but he didn't make it. Now he earns a living out of singing cover songs by the popular Argentine singer "Sandro" in bachelorhood parties, weddings or birthdays celebrations, ...
Style: road movie, captivating, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: singer, father son relationship, male protagonist, ex husband ex wife relationship, teenage son, teenager, parenting, father and son, friendship, divorced father, family relations, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
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Finding Love in Quarantine (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: A shocking medical crisis rages outside. Inside, Rick Baldwin is trying to manage a household and home-school mayhem, all while reconnecting with his young daughter, Gracie.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, parenting, family drama, fatherhood, quarantine, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, relationship problems, family problems ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.4
 1K
The In-Laws (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story: Parents go on vacation, and daughter is left to the care of grandparents. Father's parents from a city, mother's parents from a village - and this means a hot opposition.
Style: feel good, sincere, light, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, matchmaking, family life, village, parents and children, family problems, children, parent grown child relationship, in laws, husband wife relationship, camp, escapades ...
Place: russia, ukraine
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 5.3
 41K
Old Dogs (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman ...
Style: hilarious, humorous, feel good, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: father son relationship, childhood, fish out of water, bachelor, friendship between men, business partner, zoo, gorilla, father daughter relationship, family relations, competition, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: miami, tokyo, north america, vermont, new york
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Rolling Loud (2026)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Story: Inspired by a true story, an overprotective father makes the worst parenting decision of his life when he sneaks his 13-year-old son into Rolling Loud, the world’s biggest hip-hop festival, setting off a chaotic adventure with his reckless ...
Style: comedy drama, buddy comedy, dark comedy, family comedy
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: music festival, overprotective father, hip hop, father son relationship, festival, parenting, teenage protagonist, generation gap, family drama, misadventure, coming of age, urban ...
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Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum (2009)
Genre:
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Can parents of extremely spoilt teenagers reverse their years of indulging and mollycoddling? Can they fast track their over-protected brats into fully functioning, independent adults using real life challenges in just a few weeks? We're about ...
Style: emotional, intense, uplifting
Plot: teenager, coming of age, social experiment, parenting, independence, personal growth, responsibility, competition, transformation, confrontation, awkwardness, makeover ...
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 7.5
 52
Baby Blues (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After the birth of her first baby turn's her husband's well-ordered existence upside down and forces him to act in response to the unexpected twists and turns of life.
Style: emotional, independent film
Plot: parenting, domestic drama, family life, newborn, marriage, everyday life, sleep deprivation, house, identity crisis, stress, responsibility, character study ...
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Don Quixote's Children (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The head of maternity clinic is nicknamed Don Quixote by his neighbors. He spends days and nights with newborn children, forgetting about his own growing sons.
Style: sentimental, emotional, comedy drama, uplifting, period piece
Plot: children, fatherhood, parenting, sacrifice, heartwarming, loyalty, humanism, family drama, large family, siblings, slice of life, patriarch ...
Time: 60s
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Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story: Scrat experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the adorable, mischievous Baby Scrat, alternately bond with each other and battle for ownership of the highly treasured Acorn.
Style: funny, feel good, 3d animation, humorous, cute ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot: fatherhood, squirrel, ice, children, parenting, parents and children, silly humor, animal, heartwarming, light comedy, obsession, perseverance ...
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Wanees's Diaries (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Wanees and Maysa are proud parents who want what's best for their four children. They teach them what's right and wrong, and discover that they are also learning new things.
Style: lighthearted, realistic, heartfelt, educational
Plot: life lesson, parenting, house, children, family values, siblings, everyday life, responsibility, domestic drama, coming of age, slice of life, marriage ...
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 5.3
 1K
Baby & Baby (2025)
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Baby & Baby follows two families eagerly anticipating the arrival of their newborns, only to be caught in an unexpected mix-up. What begins as chaos unravels into a hilarious yet emotional journey, where identities blur and bonds are tested. ...
Style: feel good, family comedy, lighthearted, uplifting, situational comedy ...
Plot: newborn, parenting, families, heartwarming, bonding, body swapping, mistaken identity, relationships, empathy, grandparents, chaos, family reunited ...
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Father There is Only One 5 (2025)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Some parents experience the anguish of the "empty nest" when their children leave home. Javier, on the other hand, suffers the trauma of the "full nest": no one wants to leave home.
Style: humorous, family comedy, situational comedy, lighthearted, sitcom ...
Plot: fatherhood, parenting, family life, marriage, siblings, midlife crisis, gender roles, slice of life
Place: spain
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 6.6
 1K
Sarkeet (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In a distant land, Balu and Stephy struggle to balance work, parenting their spirited son with ADHD, and holding their relationship together. When a worn-out stranger enters their lives, a fleeting connection sparks unexpected change in just one day.
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, tense
Plot: adhd, family drama, relationships, parenting, empathy, marriage, parent child relationship, intimate, stress, slice of life, healing, exhaustion ...
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 5.9
 798
Oskar's Dress (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Since Ben has been living apart from his ex-wife Mira and his children, his life has fallen apart. But unexpectedly, he gets a second chance: when Mira, pregnant to the teeth, has to be hospitalized, his children live with him again. This time, ...
Style: psychological, semi serious, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, desire for fame, parenting, family drama, acceptance, lifestyle change, love story, changing lives, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, satire ...
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 7.0
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Other Parents (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: "The worst thing about parenting are other parents." Despite this wisdom, a group of hip parents come together to open a day-care center together, but views on raising children can differ widely.
Style: satirical, educational, mockumentary, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: parenthood, satire, friendship, parenting, kindergarten, family relations, motherhood, humour, escapades, garden, parents and children, social satire ...
Time: 2010s
Place: germany
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Reed Between the Lines (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Reed Between the Lines is an American television family sitcom created by Kellie R. Griffin. It premiered on BET on October 11, 2011. On April 12, 2011, BET announced that it picked up Reed Between The Lines for a fall 2011-2012 television schedule ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, situational comedy, light, sincere ...
Plot: family life, relationship vs career, parents and children, family relations, doctors and patients, couple relations, couples, black, parenting, blended family, bet, married couple ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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When Mom Is Away... With the Family (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Carlo (Fabio De Luigi), Giulia (Valentina Lodovini) and their three children go to Lapland to meet Santa Claus (Diego Abatantuono). Things will not go as planned
Style: feel good, family comedy, satirical, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: santa claus, christmas, children, family relations, husband wife relationship, lapland, parenting, heartwarming, holiday, parents and children, humour, kids and family ...
Place: italy
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 7.4
 3K
Finding Ola (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: After a life-altering event, Ola embarks on a journey of self-discovery while dealing with the challenges of raising two children and making ends meet.
Style: disturbing, captivating, entertaining, psychological, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: self discovery, female protagonist, life, family drama, personal growth, parenting, motherhood, single mother, introspection, lifestyle change, kids and family, family relations ...
Place: cairo egypt
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 7.9
 2K
Appa (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A do-gooder who views everything in a different perspective, inspires others by being a doting father, and tries to bring in a few changes in the society.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot: father son relationship, parenting, family drama, family values, relationship problems, family problems, family relations, relationships, life is a bitch, social commentary, heartwarming, families ...
Place: india
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 6.3
 489
No Love Lost (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Étienne is barely twenty when he falls in love with Valérie. They are hardly any more when their daughter Rosa is born. And then, one day, Valérie leaves and never returns. He chooses not to make a drama of it and builds a happy life for him and ...
Style: emotional, captivating, semi serious, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, parenthood, adolescence, father, father and daughter, parenting, family drama, family problems, changing lives, lifestyle change, grownups, teenager ...
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 7.5
 145K
The Omen (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style: suspenseful, satanic, bleak, classic horror, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: devil, evil child, satan, prophecy, religion, priest, demonic possession, boy, demon, antichrist, evil wins, macabre ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: london, rome italy, persia, britain, england ...
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