Childhood movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant childhood movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, realistic, inspirational, crying, sad and serious films and TV shows about / with childhood, youth, coming of age, children, boy, child, family relations, friendship, girl and boyhood 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 childhood: Flipped (2010), Nobody Knows (2004), Stand by Me (1986), A Monster Calls (2016), Nanny McPhee (2005), Children of Heaven (1997), Pay It Forward (2000), Super 8 (2011), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), The Goonies (1985).

List of childhood movies

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, sweet, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: childhood, bad luck, job interview, child's point of view, siblings relations, father son relationship, brothers, family relations, birthday party, coming of age, friends, mischievous children ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: australia, usa
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 7.7
 97K
Flipped (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: first love, fall in love, childhood, love and romance, young love, adolescence, teen romance, childhood sweetheart, school, teenage love, neighbor, unrequited love ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1963 ...
Place: usa, michigan
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 8.0
 31K
Nobody Knows (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story: In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Style: depressing, touching, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: childhood, poverty, dysfunctional family, boy, young kid, innocence lost, children, child abandonment, brother brother relationship, tragedy, coming of age, family relations ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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 8.1
 438K
Stand by Me (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style: sentimental, sad, emotional, feel good, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot: childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, boy, children, youth, teenager, camping, on the road, summer, friends ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1986, year 1959, 20th century
Place: oregon, usa
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A Monster Calls (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
Style: touching, dark fantasy, emotional, compassionate, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot: bullying, childhood, monster, loneliness, terminal illness, life & death, imagination, cancer, courage, single mother, boy, nightmare ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
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 6.6
 85K
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, France
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, sweet, feel good, touching, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: witch, magic, childhood, nanny, family values, children, single father, mischievous children, parents and children, widower, prank, family relations ...
Time: edwardian era, year 2005, year 2006, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place: england, europe
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Children of Heaven (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: childhood, poverty, school, children, unemployment, life, family drama, running, islam, siblings relations, coming of age, young heroes ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, maghreb
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 7.2
 124K
Pay It Forward (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style: touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: teacher, childhood, single parent, teachers and students, alcoholic, life philosophy, good deed, disfigurement, death, boy, alcoholism, addiction ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place: tibet, nevada, usa, las vegas
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 7.0
 366K
Super 8 (2011)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, apocalyptic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, monster, ufo, alien, small town, creature, train crash, young heroes, friendship, youth, boy, coming of age ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place: ohio, usa
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style: emotional, touching, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, children, childhood, nazi, friendship, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008
Place: germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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 7.7
 296K
The Goonies (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: treasure hunt, childhood, treasure, pirate, treasure map, children, mischievous children, pirate ship, group of friends, map, friendship, cave ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: oregon, astoria oregon, usa
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Turtles Can Fly (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France, Iraq
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Style: sincere, bleak, emotional, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: childhood, orphan, children in wartime, blind character, refugee, children, coming of age, camp, child, muslim, anti war, survival ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: kurdistan, iraq, middle east, iran, afghanistan ...
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 7.8
 67K
The Chorus (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, teacher, childhood, music, teachers and students, children, boss, boarding school life, musician, friendship, orphan, school ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2004
Place: france, new york, switzerland, europe
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style: emotional, tear jerker, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, magical, fantasy world, loneliness, classmate, school, imaginary, friends ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 153K
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for ...
Style: sad, depressing, melancholic, heartbreaking, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot: boarding school, dystopia, distopia, existentialism, cloning, childhood, sadness, love triangle, alternate reality, transplant, couples, love and romance ...
Time: year 1978, 2010s, year 2010, 50s, 80s ...
Place: england, europe
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style: sentimental, touching, poignant, sad, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: childhood, 9/11, autism, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, grief, orphan, disability, acceptance, single mother, children ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2011, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.4
 22K
Tomboy (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, touching, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gender, childhood, transsexual, youth, child protagonist, children, summer, friendship, lgbt, tomboy, sexual identity, society ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, indiana, paris france, europe
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 7.9
 366K
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: melancholic, independent film, depressing, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: childhood, coming of age, divorced parents, dysfunctional family, family drama, teenager, youth, domestic abuse, adolescence, divorce, brother sister relationship, stepsister stepsister relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 90s, near future, 2000s ...
Place: texas, usa, ethiopia, houston texas, austin texas
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The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
Style: sincere, realistic, meditative, emotional, surreal ...
Plot: childhood, kids in trouble, boy, adoption, realism, orphan, youth, adoptive mother, coming of age, social problems, petty criminal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2011, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, surreal, talky ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: middle school, childhood, teenager, child protagonist, high school, fat boy, bullying, boy, high school life, coming of age, child, peer pressure ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: guatemala, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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The Little Rascals (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's ...
Style: feel good, light, sentimental, sweet, not serious ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: childhood, children, child, bully, dog, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, precocious child, youth, friendship, rich kid ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
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The Secret Garden (1993)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, ...
Style: costume drama, touching, feel good, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: childhood, countryside, orphan, girl, garden, beautiful scenery, friendship, little girl, children, secret, mansion, old mansion ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1900s, 90s ...
Place: india, england, britain, eastern europe, africa ...
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 129K
Gifted (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, school, friendship, happiness, teacher, girl, children, child custody, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place: persia, boston, florida
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 7.5
 21K
Wadjda (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight ...
Style: stylized, talky, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: childhood, islam, bicycle, muslim, gender, children, dream, coming of age, friendship, muslim girl, hijab, cycling ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, maghreb
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 33K
Son of Rambow (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood", Lee plans to make ...
Style: feel good, touching, stylized, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: childhood, friendship, coming of age, filmmaking, youth, small town, bullying, teenager, friendship between boys, school, children, family relations ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place: england, europe
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 7.6
 39K
Boy A (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style: heartbreaking, psychological, disturbing, emotional, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquency, childhood, redemption, going straight, haunted by the past, released from prison, rehabilitation, starting over, dysfunctional family, child abuse, murder, criminal ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: britain, united kingdom, nebraska, england, europe ...
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 7.4
 16K
I'm Not Scared (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: While playing outside one day, nine-year-old Michele discovers Filippo, who is chained to the ground at the bottom of a hole. Michele witnesses town baddie Felice nearby and suspects something bad is happening. Michele is unsure whom he should tell ...
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: childhood, boy, kidnapping, coming of age, rescue, friendship, father son relationship, uncover truth, captivity, children, life is a bitch, bullying ...
Time: year 2003, year 1978, 70s, 21st century
Place: italy, southern italy, europe, venice, milan italy ...
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The Kite Runner (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Style: disturbing, emotional, inspirational, sincere, psychological ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: childhood, friendship, muslim, coming of age, guilt, courage, islam, betrayal, rape, mission, haunted by the past, child ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: afghanistan, middle east, china, iraq, bay area ...
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 7.5
 142K
The Book Thief (2013)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazi, childhood, adoption, war, nazi germany, human spirit, life is a bitch, against humanity, teenage girl, youth ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, ancient times, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: germany, europe
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 7.6
 37K
Only Yesterday (1991)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: It’s 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature ...
Style: touching, anime, melancholic, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: countryside, childhood, friendship, coming of age, adolescence, self discovery, introspection, village life, childhood memory, deadend life, strong female character, children ...
Time: year 1991
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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