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 touching, feel good, melancholic, captivating, inspirational and light films and TV shows about / with child, youth, coming of age, children, boy, family relations, friendship, childhood, family and teenager plots mostly in Family, Drama and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child: No One Believes Me (2013), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Let the Right One In (2008), Secrets of War (2014), We Can Be Heroes (2020), Custody (2017), Wonder (2017), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), Peter Pan (2003), The Little Rascals (1994).
Best films
New films
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Everyone believes Sébastien, 13, has shot his father in the back and killed him. With the help of his trusted friends, he uses every stratagem to stay hidden while proving his innocence. But the adult world has other ideas, and under abusive ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
child, friendship between boys, boy in peril, coming of age, murder, teenage boy, girl, death, boy, forced confession, jail, false accusation ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Style:
inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, intelligent ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
chess, mentor, child prodigy, children, genius, prodigy, teacher, child, competition, childhood, coming of age, tournament ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
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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:
creepy, gothic, cult classic, dark, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, bullying, coming of age, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, friendship, boy, child vampire, fall in love, new neighbor ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
persia, united kingdom, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
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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, child, best friend, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, village life, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place:
holland
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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, parents and children, superhero, female protagonist, friendship, villain, alien invasion, boy hero, super powers, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 1920s
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11K
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, touching, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
custody battle, divorce, lie, child custody, lawyer, violent father, boy, divorced parents, parent child relationship, child, sexualized violence, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 2013
Place:
france
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195K
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, touching, uplifting, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot:
bullying, friendship, school, child, happy ending, middle school, truancy, deformity, family relations, father son relationship, science teacher, disability ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
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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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84K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
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, captivating, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, fantasy world, pirate, fairy, children, boy, pirate ship, magic, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, peter pan, youth ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
london, fictional island, europe, big ben london, england ...
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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, sentimental, sweet, not serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
childhood, children, bully, child, gang, dog, child romance, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, friendship, rich kid ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 1930s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal back a valuable heirloom.
Style:
funny, entertaining, feel good, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, home alone, children, child, misunderstanding, dysfunctional family, lie, trap, house, child protagonist, home invasion, holiday ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, tokyo
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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, fairy tale, funny, entertaining, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, childhood, supernatural ability, magic, children, supernatural, friendship between teens, good versus evil, fairy, friends, witch, child ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
first love, children, coming of age, childhood love, couples, child romance, child, school, love, boy, friendship, love story ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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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, psychotronic, compassionate ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot:
bullying, childhood, loneliness, cancer, monster, imagination, terminal illness, boy, single mother, courage, teenager, depression ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
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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, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, game, child, sibling rivalry, childhood, human in outer space, alien, outer space, alternate world ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Twenty-year-old David lives in the moment. He juggles a variety of different odd jobs and continues to put off – just for a while longer – the time to make more serious decisions. This solitary daydreamer succumbs to the charm of Lena, a newly ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere, social
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorist attack, death of sister, taxi, rabbit, little girl, death of mother, uncle niece relationship, miniature golf, bicycle, child, custody, mentor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015
Place:
paris france, france, london
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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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53K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is ...
Style:
feel good, period piece, sentimental, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
orphan, little girl, child, redhead girl, broadway, dancing, childhood, dance, coming of age, wealth, love, orphanage ...
Time:
90s, year 1982, 1930s, 20th century, year 1933 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
Style:
psychological, brutal, captivating, rough, scenic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
survival, coming of age, island, violent, death, bullying, child, distopia, stranded, innocence lost, brutality, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her speculations make her very unpopular! Can she win her friends back?
Style:
intense, entertaining, enigmatic, epic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing
Plot:
friendship, teenage girl, bullying, child, coming of age, childhood, espionage, notebook, best friend, lone hero, secrets, disorder ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
new york
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, visually stunning, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
fantasy world, witch, talking animal, good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, heroes, medieval, magical, wizard, sword fight, imaginary kingdom ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, year 1940, future, 20th century
Place:
england, london, antarctic
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
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, touching, sad, tear jerker, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, fantasy world, classmate, loneliness, magical, imaginary, teenage girl, loss of friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Back in middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
family life, child, boy, middle school, sibling rivalry, diary, family relations, teenage life, high school life, social misfits, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
childhood, divorce, child, dysfunctional family, unsupportive parent, custody battle, marriage, family in crisis, family problems, crumbling marriage, starting over, crumbling relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, california
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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: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's ...
Style:
touching, fairy tale, heartbreaking, feel good, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
boarding school, imagination, childhood, princess, orphan, servant, little girl, fantasy life, child, girls' boarding school, coming of age, children ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, future, victorian era, 90s ...
Place:
india, new york, england, britain, africa ...
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Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's ...
Style:
colorful, epic, serious, touching, mindfuck ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, child, robot, artificial intelligence, computer, memory loss, gate, cyborgs, family relations, youth, amnesia, transhumanism ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
north carolina, south carolina, washington d.c., virginia, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When 12-year-old Elsi Björkman and her mother Paula return from a week's holiday abroad, Elsi immediately notices that someone has been in her room. She tells her mother about it, but she does not believe her. At the local supermarket Elsi ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, touching, sincere, suspenseful
Plot:
child, childhood, friendship, parent child relationship, mental health, shoplifting, family relations, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, family tragedy, secret, responsibility ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, visually stunning, christian film, retro ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, toddlers, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, convent, nanny, catholic, single father, nazi, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, world war two, stepmother ...
Time:
1930s, ancient times, 50s, 20th century, year 1938 ...
Place:
austria, alps, europe, germany
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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, tense, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hybrid, half human, mythical creature, supernatural being, post apocalypse, virus, child, apocalypse, father, boy, baby, survival ...
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