Problem child movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant problem child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, humorous and touching films and TV shows about / with problem child, family relations, youth, children, parents and children, coming of age, boy, friendship, teenager and dysfunctional family plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as problem child: The Good Son (1993), System Crasher (2019), Dennis the Menace (1993), Troubled Child (2012), The A Word (2016), Short Term 12 (2013), Boot Camp (2008), Instant Family (2018), Camp (2013), Thicker Than Water (2019).
Best films
List of problem child movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, scary, serious, sad ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
children, suspense, manipulation, problem child, killer child, evil child, parents and children, murder, psychopath, brutality, death, disbelieving adult ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, japan, asia, usa, new england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The wild and energetic journey of 9-year-old girl Benni through all possible stations of German Child Proctective Services.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, psychological, sincere, intense ...
Plot:
problem child, teenager, school, parents and children, social outcast, outcast, fighting the system, social problems, society, family relations, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Place:
germany, central europe
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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, sweet, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
mischievous children, problem child, children, prank, when the parents are away, childhood, happy ending, neighbor, nothing goes right, troublemaker, suburbs, youth ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Inspired by true-life events, this is the sobering story of the Williams family and their process of coping with an adopted child suffering from Reactive Attachment Disorder.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
son, problem child, child protagonist, adoption, mother, disorder, treatment, therapy, suspense, children, boarder, therapist ...
Place:
nebraska
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The various generations of the Hughes family, who all love, work and fight like any other clan, find they must learn to communicate all over again when the youngest member is diagnosed with autism.
Style:
social, uplifting, touching, psychological, compassionate
Plot:
autism, problem child, bbc, family relations, parents and children, training, strong female lead, small town, stubbornness, disorder, dysfunctional family, love ...
Place:
manchester, northern england, yorkshire
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style:
emotional, compassionate, sad, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
child abuse, teenager, social worker, suicide attempt, depression, adolescence, foster child, self mutilation, self harm, coming of age, troubled teen, mental illness ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, 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, preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
problem child, youth, children, superhero, childhood, family relations, mischievous children, child's point of view, dog, picnic, neighbor, grand canyon ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of-the-art deluxe institution in a beautiful natural environment turns out to be a prison-like boot ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
boot camp, juvenile delinquency, island, problem child, escapades, young heroes, power relations, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, against the rules, isolation, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, sincere, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
parenting, adoption, foster home, foster parent, adoptive father adopted son relationship, adolescence, family relations, parents and children, couples, court hearing, children, anger ...
Place:
usa, california
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776
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
12-year-old Eli finds himself at summer CAMP
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, biting
Plot:
boy, child abuse, summer camp, camp counselor, youth, kids in trouble, friendship, hopes, life is a bitch, family problems, teaching the ways of the world, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It has been a year since Paige and Nathan Petrovic tragically lost their teenage son Zach. Nathan and daughter Addie have slowly been putting their lives back together. Paige, however, remains consumed by grief and withdrawn, and is unable to work. ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological
Plot:
children, manipulation, parents and children, problem child, loss of child, loss of son, family problems, manic, psychology, sociopath, death in the family, uncover truth ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, depression, high school, guilt, mother son relationship, mental illness, prison visit, school shooting, family problems, childhood, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Style:
humorous, clever, witty, funny, absurd ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, heist, love and romance, suicide, eccentricity, childhood, dark humor, violence, drugs, mentor, adaptation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
TV show
Story:
Caitlin's Way is a live action teen drama series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000–2002. The show was co-created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aired on The N from January 2003 to September 27, 2009. It also aired on TeenNick from September 28, 2009 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, culture clash, teaching the ways of the world, starting over, teenage life, fish out of water, lifestyle, horse, young heroes, teenage love, orphan, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
montana, philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan, Greece, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jordan, 1967: displaced to a refugee camp after the occupation of their West Bank village, an eleven-year old boy and his mother enact the emancipating dream that every refugee has imagined countless times, in Annemarie Jacir's passionate and ...
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, camp, hopes, human spirit, forceful separation, parents and children, family relations, youth, teenage life, search for father, freedom fighter, missing father ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
jordan, palestine, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
In an inaccessible place between the mountains and isolated from the world, a school is located next to an old monastery. The students are rebellious and problematic young people who live under the strict and severe discipline imposed by the center ...
Style:
captivating, tense, mystical
Plot:
boarding school, threat, reformatory, dark secret, reform school, supernatural, mysticism, problem child, teenager, supernatural power, troubled past, suspense ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A compilation film of the Ansatsu Kyoushitsu TV series, featuring anime-only epilogue scenes not originally in the manga.
Style:
anime, tense, light, humorous, captivating
Plot:
assassin, friendship between men, assassination, monster, education, government agent, friendship, attempted murder, problem child, student, school, comeback ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Story continues with the students' own conflicts, Koro Sensei’s identity and the fate of the world. The time limit for assassination is approaching.
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, light, humorous ...
Plot:
teacher, graduate, friendship, murder, superhuman, education, student, monster, child soldier, attempted murder, problem child, school ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
street kid, problem child, juvenile delinquency, traumatic childhood, troubled youth, life is a bitch, social problems, family problems, money problems, criminal, lgbt, youth ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that she'll be teaching the class 3-D the hardest class ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, anime, realistic
Plot:
yakuza, bully, school teacher, school, teacher, troubled teen, high school teacher, teachers and students, hardcase students, gain trust, mischievous children, coping ...
Place:
japan
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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:
not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, child, mischievous children, spoiled brat, children, childhood, problem child, nurse, doctor, dentist, foster child, farce ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, supernatural, ghost, macabre, nightmare, fear, single mother, suspense, insanity, dysfunctional family, mental illness, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
The third installment in V.C. Andrews’ bestselling series that began with "Flowers in the Attic," "If There Be Thorns" follows Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger as they live together as man and wife with Cathy's two sons ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, emotional
Plot:
brother sister incest, incest, youth, brother sister sex, family in crisis, family secret, sibling rivalry, secret, hidden identity, orphan, diary, family problems ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A family finds their lives turned upside down when a young, street-smart grifter shows up on their doorstep, claiming to be a distant relative.
Style:
light, captivating, semi serious, emotional, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
adopted daughter, deception, parents and children, impersonating, brother sister relationship, problem child, lgbt, gay, relatives, teenage girl, show
Time:
21st century
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59K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, touching, depressing, emotional, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, mother son relationship, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, incest overtones, single mother, violence, teenager, stuttering, youth, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2015, near future, 2010s, year 2010, year 1982 ...
Place:
canada, quebec, montreal
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A movie about two sisters - thirteen year old Sveta, poor and abandoned by her father, who longs to go off and be a sniper in the army, and spoilt eight-year old Dina, doted on by her gangster father...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching
Plot:
gangsters, ambush, russian mafia, family relations, sister, love, problem child, protector, life is a bitch, society, father, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's three days before Christmas, and Nick Snowden forgets about spending early Christmas with his wife, Sandy due to pressure at work. After a fight, Nick walks through a magical mirror and ends up with amnesia. Now it's up to Sandy to ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, family relations, disorder, escapades, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, supportive spouse, save the day, good versus evil, male female relationship, problem child, christmas eve ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A grandmother seeks a governess for her 16 year old granddaughter, Laurel, who manages to drive away each and every one so far by exposing their past, with a record of three in one week! When an applicant with a mysterious past manages to get the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, clever
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, governess, problem child, young adult, friendship, orphan, lost girl, isolation, mental disorder, judge, adolescence ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england
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22K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of several miscarriages, what they want most is a child.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, mind bending, scary, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
life philosophy, wish fulfillment, miscarriage, incest, child, incestuous sex, children, parents and children, husband wife relationship, couples, supernatural, family relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. The children take over the house and disrupt the lives of their parents.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, psychotronic, offbeat
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, military base, older sister, bad kids, troubled relationship, prank, coming of age, family relations, garden, house, tennis, football ...
Time:
80s
Place:
netherlands
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