Children movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, cute, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
children, mischievous children, friendship, school, plan gone awry, friends, parents and children, family life, teacher student relationship, school teacher, boy, little boy ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The Templeton brothers—Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted—have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married stay-at-home dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do ...
Style:
humorous, funny, 3d animation, anime, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
baby, children, boss, sibling rivalry, child, kids and family, father daughter relationship, baby girl, brother brother relationship, animal, talking animal, childhood ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After stowing away on a rescue helicopter, three children find themselves stuck on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean with little hope of rescue. They have to conquer fear, wild animals, raging weather, lack of food, and find a way to communicate ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, colorful, scenic, tense ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
children, survival, arctic, snow, journey, escape, nature, north pole, man versus nature, remote island, blizzard, cold ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
antarctica
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
penguins, bird, pets, children, kids and family, animal, animal life, family relations, animal training, parents and children, beautiful scenery, silly humor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 80s, 70s, year 1976 ...
Place:
new york, madagascar, usa, manhattan new york city, antarctica ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A father left in charge of his three children while mum goes away on a 10-day holiday… What could possibly go wrong?
Style:
feel good, family comedy, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, father son relationship, family relations, youth, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, parents, families, fatherhood, parenting, family life, society ...
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687K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Style:
scary, suspense, spooky, horrifying, epic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
killer clown, clown, supernatural horror, coming of age, fear, small town, monster, evil clown, stephen king, villain, missing person, murderer ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, year 1988, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
maine
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe – for a time when he’s no ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, sad, surreal, harsh ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
poverty, climate change, children, global warming, magic realism, father daughter relationship, childhood, coming of age, flood, single father, crab, child protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, southern usa, usa, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, crying, depressing, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
children, poverty, boy, friendship, coming of age, bully, neighbor, urban decay, rat, strike, british, death of child ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, britain, nebraska
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Style:
touching, visually stunning, talky, fairy tale, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
childhood, imaginary kingdom, children, creature, imagination, child, fantasy world, loneliness, island, boy, surrealism, mischievous children ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, surprise ending, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama, horror for children
Plot:
parallel universe, magic, book, imagination, dragon, fantasy world, librarian, rain, magic wand, child, pirate, island ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous – he just has to survive middle school first.
Style:
3d animation, light, entertaining, computer animated, smart ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, child, middle school, friendship, life, halloween, teacher, girl, school, boy, student, male protagonist ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, gothic, stylized, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, magic, family relations, secret passageway, danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, escapades, reincarnation, children, halloween ...
Time:
year 2003, victorian era, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, detective, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, small town, elementary school, school, witness protection, bullying, working undercover, drug dealer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, slapstick, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
childhood, wealth, friendship, children, rich and poor, youth, money, when the parents are away, adolescence, superhero, billionaire, realism ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
usa
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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:
touching, depressing, atmospheric, gloomy, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
poverty, childhood, children, young kid, child abandonment, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, innocence lost, responsibility, neglect, jailbait, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia, california ...
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324K
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, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, childhood, treasure map, pirate, treasure, friendship, pirate ship, small town, children, teenage girl, mischievous children, child ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, usa
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
Style:
sentimental, philosophical, realistic, touching, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, children, boy, tomboy, nude model, female nudity, boxing, childhood, terminal illness, small town, young boy, adolescence ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chekhov in contemporary Argentina. Mecha and Gregorio are at their rundown country place near La Ciénaga with their teen children. It's hot. The adults drink constantly; Mecha cuts herself, engendering a trip to the hospital and a visit from ...
Style:
neorealism, captivating, touching, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
heat wave, racism, dysfunctional family, children, summer, incest, maid, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, eccentric family, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, south america, los angeles, usa, argentina
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Bastien is the center of a reconstructed family: 6 half-brothers and sisters, 8 "parents," and as many houses. His tasks within the family are far more complex than what he has to do at school. But enough's enough: ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
children, large family, divorce, blended family, family relations, brother sister relationship, siblings relations, kids and family, step siblings, humour, parents and children, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, Family, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Harry Habert, owner of a rent office has an original idea: To rent babies from a nearby orphanage to the local families. He rents the Ward brothers to his first customers...
Style:
humorous, funny, melancholic, touching, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
adoption, children, dog, orphan, siblings relations, mischievous children, nothing goes right, disorder, family relations, parenthood, child hero, foster child ...
Time:
90s
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24K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
poverty, children, slum, favela, mischievous children, young heroes, coming of age, friends, corruption, child in peril, teenager, youth ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil, south america
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The son of a retired astronaut competes to win a seat on the next space shuttle.
Style:
captivating, lighthearted, inspirational, educational
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, competition, space shuttle, coming of age, teamwork, young heroes, nasa, saving a life, scientist hero, astronaut, female scientist, outer space ...
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133K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, gothic, creepy, biting ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, loneliness, childhood, first love, blood, gory, friendship, coming of age, supernatural, friends, mysterious character, children ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1983 ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, italy, europe, stockholm sweden ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
music, teacher, teachers and students, musician, children, rock music, student, school, fish out of water, music band, rock concert, rock band ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
america, new york, usa, los angeles, north america ...
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297K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Iceland, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, dark fantasy, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, true love, fantasy world, magical, curses spells and rituals, sword fight, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, chase, imaginary ...
Time:
19th century, year 2007, 2000s, future, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Style:
light, entertaining, humorous, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, children, kids and family, animal, friendship, cat, anthropomorphism, childhood, chase, terrier, dachshund, pig ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, north america, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
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:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, childhood, nazi, adoption, nazi germany, war, human spirit, against humanity, death, youth, nazism ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, ancient times, year 1941, 2010s ...
Place:
germany, europe
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955K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style:
anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, magic, supernatural, surrealism, witch, parallel world, imaginary, fantasy world, ghost, japanese mythology, creature, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, seattle
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54K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nanny, children, unlikely couple, female protagonist, butler, family relations, fall in love, fish out of water, workplace, society, love and romance, eligible bachelor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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154K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Style:
scary, computer animated, 3d animation, teen, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
halloween, haunted house, suburbs, children, ghost, neighbor, supernatural, monster, human versus monster, old dark house, babysitter, three friends ...
Time:
1930s, year 1983, year 1938, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
north america
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