Child movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, touching, atmospheric, feel good, cult classic and sentimental films and TV shows about / with child, youth, friendship, coming of age, boy, family relations, children, teenager, husband wife relationship and childhood plots mostly in Drama, Family and Fantasy genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child: Boarding School (2018), Daughter of Mine (2018), Servant (2019), The Sixth Sense (1999), Secrets of War (2014), Custody (2017), Artemis Fowl (2020), Wonder (2017), Emergence (2019), Sweet Tooth (2021).

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Boarding School (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except for six other teenage misfits and two menacing and mysterious teachers. As events become ...
Style: scary, suspense, rough, harsh, emotional ...
Audience: kids
Plot: boarding school, corporal punishment, stepfather stepson relationship, child, stepfather, boy, coming of age, life is a bitch, boarding school life, lgbt, supernatural horror, violence ...
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Daughter of Mine (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A daughter torn between two mothers, one who raised her with love and her biological mother, who instinctively claims her back.
Style: psychological, touching, sincere, captivating, sentimental
Plot: mother daughter relationship, female objectification, child, mother daughter conflict, conflict, money problems, husband wife relationship, church, family relations, friendship, secret, stepmother ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: sardinia
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 7.4
 47K
Servant (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, enigmatic, suspense, spooky ...
Plot: child, psychological trauma, bereavement, uncover truth, mysticism, nanny, strange person, religion, supernatural, religious fanatic, chef, married couple ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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 8.2
 1.0M
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: twists and turns, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, psychology, plot twist, psychiatrist, death, life & death, psychic, supernatural horror, psychologist ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, future
Place: usa, pennsylvania, persia, philadelphia
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Secrets of War (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Tuur and Lambert are best friends. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuurs dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems so be part of it. Lamberts family on the other hand choose to obey the Germans. ...
Style: emotional, captivating, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: friendship between boys, children in wartime, friendship, youth, coming of age, teenager, world war two, best friend, child, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, village life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place: holland
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 7.5
 10K
Custody (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody to her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers ...
Style: sentimental, captivating, disturbing, touching, smart ...
Plot: custody battle, divorce, lie, child custody, lawyer, child, violent father, parent child relationship, boy, divorced parents, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, year 2013
Place: france
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 4.3
 30K
Artemis Fowl (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Artemis Fowl the second, a young Irish criminal mastermind, kidnaps the fairy LEPrecon officer Holly Short for ransom to fund rescuing his father. Once a transaction is made, they go onto a hunt for the evil pixie Opal Koboi and rush to save Artemis ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, colorful, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot: magical creature, fantasy life, fairy, magic, child, elf, genius, mythical creature, fantasy world, dream world, humour, mysticism ...
Time: 2020s
Place: ireland
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The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.
Style: light, feel good, fairy tale, funny, entertaining
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, supernatural, childhood, magic, children, supernatural ability, friendship between teens, child, fairy, friends, witch, good versus evil ...
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 7.9
 177K
Wonder (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: bullying, child, school, middle school, friendship, happy ending, father son relationship, deformity, family relations, fight, hospital, science teacher ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
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 7.2
 8K
Emergence (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center ...
Style: atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, colorful, detective ...
Plot: child, police, daughter, supernatural, science and technology, investigation, single mother, cancer patient, female protagonist, coastal town, superhero, survival ...
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 7.7
 66K
Sweet Tooth (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.
Style: apocalyptic, disturbing, captivating, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: post apocalypse, hybrid, child, half human, supernatural being, mythical creature, survival, boy, father, baby, cataclysm, magical creature ...
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Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, ...
Style: exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, sibling rivalry, childhood, outer space, child, game, alien, space, youth ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style: touching, black and white, enigmatic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, racism, small town, trial, single father, legal, rape, childhood, poverty, prejudice ...
Time: 1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place: alabama, usa, america, africa
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The Keeping Hours (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.
Style: psychological, suspense, rough, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: child, ghost, death of child, death, parenthood, parent child relationship, supernatural power, supernatural, life is a bitch, hopes, redemption, danger ...
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Let the Right One In (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor ...
Style: gothic, atmospheric, dark, dark fantasy, creepy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, bullying, loneliness, coming of age, goth, snow, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, murder, boy, child ...
Time: 80s, 2000s, year 2008, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place: united kingdom, persia, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
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We Can Be Heroes (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
Style: entertaining, feel good, witty, not serious
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: child, supernatural ability, heroic mission, superhero, parents and children, female protagonist, friendship, alien, villain, alien invasion, boy hero, fight ...
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, sad, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, friendly alien, boy, chase, child protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, year 1982, 90s
Place: california, usa, persia, los angeles
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 7.7
 649K
Home Alone (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, chick flick ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, youth, children, home invasion, kids and family, child protagonist, winter, child, when the parents are away ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2016, 80s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa, france, paris france ...
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 6.1
 107K
Brightburn (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Style: disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, scary, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: evil, evil child, creepy child, alien, baby, child, evil wins, macabre, little boy, killer child, super villain, supernatural ability ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 2000s, year 2016, year 2006 ...
Place: kansas
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 7.3
 10K
The Hedgehog (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, realistic, sentimental, aesthetic ...
Plot: friendship, youth, child, little girl, introspection, coming of age, hopes, social differences, restaurant, family relations, philosophy, alienation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, childhood, vacation, child, young heroes, mischievous children, snow, trap ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: new york, florida, manhattan new york city, chicago, miami
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda ...
Style: surreal, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
Plot: child, adoption, adopted son, adoptive mother, prostitution, loneliness, dysfunctional family, life philosophy, family relations, love and romance, opposites attract, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa, ancient greece, italy
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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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The Florida Project (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Style: touching, sincere, aesthetic, social, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: poverty, mother daughter relationship, social services, friendship, children, motel, summer, single mother, little girl, childhood, eviction, female friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: florida, nebraska, orlando florida
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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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 7.1
 374K
Jumanji (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, offbeat, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: jungle, fantasy world, childhood, board game, magic, time travel, adventurer, getting home, children, parallel world, supernatural, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s, 19th century, 1860s ...
Place: new hampshire, usa
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, scary, semi serious, visual ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: magical creature, fantasy world, magical, fairy, children, imaginary, magic, siblings relations, family relations, estate, parent child relationship, supernatural ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new england, usa
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 6.2
 146K
Casper (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: friendship, ghost, halloween, haunted house, supernatural, single father, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, mischievous children, life & death, family bonds ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: maine, new england, usa
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 6.8
 80K
Peter Pan (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, exciting, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: childhood, pirate, fantasy world, fairy, children, boy, magic, teenager, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, friendship, youth ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place: fictional island, london, europe, big ben london, england ...
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 6.6
 10K
Eva (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in 2041, humans of planet Earth now live side-by-side with androids. A well-known cybernetic engineer, Alex Garel, is tasked with an assignment to create a robot in the form of a human child. He returns home to begin his work and finds that his ...
Style: captivating, futuristic, clever, serious, hispanic ...
Plot: robot, artificial intelligence, child, prodigy, brother brother relationship, programmer, androids and robots, twists and turns, homecoming, memory, youth, imaginary ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: spain, europe
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