| Arthur (2011) | 5.7 | |
| Continue? (2009) | 8.3 | |
| Ron (2015) | 8.5 | |
| Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016) | 6.1 | |
| Guys with Kids (2012) | 6.3 |
Man child movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant man child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, feel good, funny, realistic, entertaining and not serious films and TV shows about / with man child, family relations, mentor, love, storytelling, satire, dialogue, couples, friendship and childhood plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as man child: Man Down (2013), Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Elf (2003), The Big Bang Theory (2007), Step Brothers (2008), Chuck & Buck (2000), Irresponsible (2015), Arthur (2011), Man Up! (2011).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse.
His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He has two uniquely dysfunctional friends and a ...
Style:
sitcom, light, feel good, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
socially awkward, breakup, school, father son relationship, absurdism, man child, teacher, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, british, school teacher, humiliation, embarrassment ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Style:
parody, light, absurd, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
small town, eccentricity, man child, friendship between men, road trip, motorcycle, restaurant, male objectification, bank robbery, balloon, on the road, hitchhiking ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, funny, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
bicycle, road trip, nightmare, man child, surrealism, disguise, hitchhiking, cycling, on the road, great ending, bike, children ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
austin texas, california, texas, usa, san antonio texas
Is relevant?
345K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, christmas special, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, father son relationship, santa claus, north pole, christmas season, christmas eve, christmas time, corporate world, raccoon, man child ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, south pole, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Big Bang Theory is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, witty, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
nerd, scientist, roommate, friends, science, genius, sarcasm, best friend, group of friends, geek, friendship, neighbor ...
Time:
y2k, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
pasadena california, california, hawaii, usa
Is relevant?
339K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, melancholic, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
friendship, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, slacker, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, divorce, sibling rivalry, drums, friendship between men, stupidity, family relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Buck is a man-child who has lived his existence in a life of kindergarten collages and lollipops. Buck remembers his old childhood friend Chuck, with whom he feels a need to reconnect with after having invited him to his mother's funeral. Buck ...
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, stylized, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, gay, friendship, homoeroticism, homoerotic friendship, dark humor, unrequited love, childhood friend, death of mother, lgbt, danger ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
TV show
Story:
Julien, a 31 year old man who is everything else but grown-up. Without a job and without money has he just been more or less forced to move back home to his mom in his home town. Back there he happens to meet his first young love, Marie who works as ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, exciting, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
man child, mother son relationship, unemployed, parenthood, responsibility, parenting, man with glasses, son, male protagonist, mother and son, male female relationship, getting home ...
Is relevant?
54K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman, his family doesn't like.
Style:
funny, entertaining, melancholic, stylized, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
happy ending, inheritance, chauffeur, relationships, true love, man child, money, mentor, life philosophy, domineering mother, fall in love, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys and redefine what it means to be a 'real man.'
Style:
sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
couples, buddies, friendship, man child, friends, couple relations, lifestyle, slacker, irresponsible, roommate, thirtysomething life, video game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Starbuck is a 2011 Canadian comedy film directed by Ken Scott and written by Martin Petit and Ken Scott. The main character David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. David, a ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, touching, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
self discovery, children, man child, slacker, pregnancy, sperm donor, creativity, honest, love, parenthood, debt, haunted by the past ...
Time:
2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, montreal
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Style:
political, clever, witty, black comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
politics, satire, comedy of errors, lawyer, secret service, impotence, mansion, funeral, eviction, country estate, wealth, garden ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., north carolina, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, not serious, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
workplace, police station, law enforcement, cop, coworker, satire, lgbtq, workplace situations, investigation, arrest, workplace humor, boss ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This romantic comedy, shot in a road-movie style, tells the story of businessman Petr Kraus and his personal transformation. After returning from China, where he supervised the production of clothing for his customers, Petr finds out that the ...
Style:
road movie, talky, intense, romantic, freeze frame
Plot:
wedding ceremony, man child, gay, egoism, car chase, drunkenness, wedding party, car accident, chase, wedding, egoist, egocentrism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, shanghai, prague
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Three 30-something dads try to hold on to their youth as they face the responsibilities of having kids. Thankfully, Gary, Chris and Nick have each other to help navigate the highs and lows of fatherhood - while still trying desperately to remain ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot:
fatherhood, parents and children, manhood, babies and infants, adulthood, man child, family relations, thirtysomething life, buddies, couples, lifestyle, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and ...
Style:
touching, humorous, emotional, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, infidelity, family drama, family gatherings, childhood home, homecoming, children, family relations, loneliness, family home, brother sister relationship, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The fictional town of Šlukdorf. Here lives a car mechanic who calls himself Bourák. He loves rock and roll, dance, his own gelled hair and, despite being in his fifties, simply “refuses to grow up”. He forgets he has a wife. The only things he ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, crying ...
Plot:
marital crisis, man child, male objectification, husband wife relationship, family relations, unfaithful husband, delusion, strong female character, teenage girl, mental illness, jealous wife, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
czech republic, central europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Single White Spenny is a Canadian television series that aired briefly on Showcase in 2011, and chronicles the misadventures a fictitious version of Spencer Rice, played by himself, has dating various women after his wife divorced him for being ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot:
dating, lifestyle, family relations, couples, couple relations, love and romance, looking for love, singleness, man child, relationships, awkwardness, male protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Love is an American television series that aired on CBS from February 14 to May 16, 2011. The sitcom was planned as a mid-season replacement during the 2010–11 television season. On May 15, 2011, Mad Love was officially cancelled by CBS.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
looking for love, best friend, friendship, opposites attract, love and romance, twentysomething life, couple relations, lifestyle, couples, singleness, thirtysomething life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Years Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, slapstick, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
children, road trip, mischievous children, nothing goes right, couple relations, on the road, family relations, parents and children, disorder, single parent, love and romance, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, vancouver, canada, usa, portland oregon
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dewey Winfield is a lovable loser who wants nothing more than to beat the guy who has bullied him his whole life in a big fishing tournament. In order to win, Dewey will need the help of some eccentric senior citizens who are about to be evicted ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film, offbeat ...
Plot:
fishing, loser, goofy hero, fishing boat, disorder, silly humor, win over, negligence, fisherman, man child, chess, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vancouver, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
The Heart, She Holler is a live action television series produced by PFFR for Adult Swim. The series, described as "Southern Gothic drama" and "an inside-out blend of soap opera and politically incorrect surrealist comedy," is ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, not serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
small town, inheritance, sibling rivalry, death of father, social relations, family relations, betrayal, fight for supremacy, dishonesty, small town life, siblings relations, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A big new home, a lovely wife and a new job seem to steer Henrik firmly towards the middle age and a bourgeois lifestyle. There is, however, a substantial amount of boyish prankster still in him - sometimes a little bit too much. Director Martin ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, dark comedy
Plot:
thirty something, couples, couple relations, pregnancy, self discovery, thirtysomething life, adolescence vs adulthood, man child, midlife crisis, machismo, identity crisis, responsibility ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the hit movie of the same name, Uncle Buck is a fun-loving but irresponsible guy who needs a job and a place to stay. His brother and sister-in-law need some help around the house. And they just might be the answer to each other's ...
Style:
feel good, family comedy, captivating, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
black cast, responsibility, man child, household, families, family bonds, satire, child custody, family relations, family life, relationships, lifestyle ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack, a man desperate to improve his life, throws away his beloved childhood plush, Benny. It’s a move that has disastrous consequences when Benny springs to life with deadly intentions!
Style:
suspense, parody, horror comedy, humorous, mystical ...
Plot:
stuffed toy, doll, evil doll, murder, blood, bear, misfit, cold blooded murder, tragic past, grownups, mysticism, man child ...
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Storyteller Bert Kreischer expounds on a series of incredible and hilarious tales - from an unforgettable run-in with a grizzly bear to his legendary travels in Russia.
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, stand up comedian, storytelling, live performance, joke, humour, satire, comedian, public speaking, autobiography, adult humor, man child ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When an old fling shows up with their infant child, a dallying man-child must take on the role of father and create a fairytale world for his daughter.
Style:
sentimental, funny, touching, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, single father, absent mother, family drama, life philosophy, parenthood, parent child relationship, mother daughter relationship, grownups, child care, child custody, responsibility ...
Is relevant?
1.3M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style:
futuristic, touching, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, space travel, outer space, post apocalypse, technology, love, artificial intelligence, ecology, dystopia, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an ...
Style:
period piece, non-linear, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
male nudity, mental disorder, disability, arrogance, working class, factory owner, abusive boss, greed, man child, capitalist, brother sister relationship, vandalism ...
Time:
future, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
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