Parenthood movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant parenthood movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, feel good, humorous, melancholic and sweet films and TV shows about / with parenthood, family relations, storytelling, dysfunctional family, runaway, dialogue, parents and children, catastrophe, family and destiny plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as parenthood: The Ice Storm (1997), Life as We Know It (2010), We're the Millers (2013), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Mr. Mom (1983), The Orheim Company (2012), Lamb (2021), She's Having a Baby (1988), Raising Helen (2004), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005).
Best films
New films
| Train Dreams (2025) | 7.5 | |
| The Ribbon (2024) | 7.5 | |
| Tadaima, Okaeri (2024) | 7.1 | |
| Hallow Road (2025) | 6.0 | |
| Life Is Life (2025) | 6.5 |
List of parenthood movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her ...
Style:
depressing, cerebral, realistic, sexual, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, coming of age, snow, extramarital affair, mate swapping, adultery, sexual awakening, swinger, infidelity, parenthood, virgin ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, year 1997, year 1973
Place:
new york, connecticut, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly ...
Style:
touching, romantic, rom com, entertaining, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
adoption, baby, love story, initially antagonists, unlikely couple, parenthood, love and romance, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, godparent, romantic friendship, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, hawaii, new jersey, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Style:
hilarious, road movie, humorous, laugh out loud, not serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot:
road trip, on the road, nothing goes right, parenthood, journey, smuggling, camping, marijuana, adolescence, homeless teenager, drug dealing, pretense ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, colorado, arizona, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
large family, children, childhood, family relations, parenthood, dysfunctional family, chaos, parents and children, eccentric family, teenager, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, sentimental, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
parenthood, fired from the job, fish out of water, advertising, self discovery, switching roles, family life, parents and children, relationship vs career, misfit, unfulfillment, rise and fall ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 90s
Place:
detroit, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about liberation and redemption.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
childhood, family relations, coping, parenthood, haunted by the past, teenage life, parents and children, youth, coming of age, orphan, mountain, criminality ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Is relevant?
44K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Iceland, Sweden, Poland, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development, and the prospects of a new ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, scary, modern fairy tale, psychedelic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
parenthood, folk horror, farm, creature, body horror, grief, husband wife relationship, mountain, supernatural, dysfunctional family, parents and children, fatherhood ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, feel good, clever, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, parenthood, wedding, baby, marriage, midlife crisis, self discovery, voice over narration, husband wife relationship, yuppie, childbirth, dream ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, touching, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
adoption, custody, happy ending, couple relations, parents and children, couples, teenage girl, destiny, family bonds, orphan, love, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot:
large family, blended family, wedding, parenthood, family relations, parents and children, mischievous children, children, opposites attract, siblings relations, single parent, family life ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, connecticut, san francisco
Is relevant?
138K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, sweet, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
father, children, uninhibited rivalry, dumb, christmas, kids and family, parenting, stepfather stepson relationship, parents, step parent, bullying, divorce ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, cerebral, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, home schooling, family drama, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, capitalism, parenthood, children, survivalist, socialism, precocious child, funeral ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 90s, near future, 21st century
Place:
washington state, nebraska, new mexico, xian, oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love ...
Style:
touching, humorous, sexy, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
love, fall in love, love story, love and romance, parenthood, love triangle, relationships, wedding, widower, in love, single parent, destiny ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, new jersey, new york, usa, new england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, father son relationship, orphan, childhood trauma, imagination, writers, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, children, single father ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his ...
Style:
philosophical, artsy, surreal, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, philosophy, spirituality, existentialism, coming of age, death, father son relationship, hopes, parenthood, religion, grief, family relations ...
Time:
1950s, year 2011, prehistory, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
texas, southern usa, america, usa, china
Is relevant?
397K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.
Style:
romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, rom com, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
pregnancy, one night stand, slacker, unplanned pregnancy, love and romance, casual sex, unwed pregnancy, parenthood, opposites attract, woman urinating, couple relations, stoner ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the ...
Style:
touching, feel good, romantic, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
animal, single father, happy ending, zoo, coping, kids and family, starting over, beautiful scenery, tiger, parenthood, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, hilarious ...
Plot:
youth, disorder, single father, babies and infants, stupidity, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, eccentric family, living with parents, family life, parenthood, supermarket ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, melancholic, teen, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, adoption, foster child, teenage life, foster home, troubled teen, gays and lesbians, lesbian mother, teenage girl, parenthood, supportive parent, step siblings ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
san diego california, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yearning for an evening without their kids, some friends plan a night out. But to do this, their husbands need to watch the kids. What can go wrong?
Style:
sweet, humorous, cute, melancholic, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
christian, pastor, parenthood, nothing goes right, parents and children, family relations, couples, comedy of errors, best friend, parent child relationship, youth, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
161K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sad, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
lawyer, mentally challenged, father daughter relationship, single father, child custody, social services, custody, custody battle, disability, parents and children, foster child, love ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
Style:
sexy, realistic, stylized, bad ending, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage life, internet, youth, high school, teenage girl, coming of age, sex scene, teenager, infidelity, affair, depression, video game ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt’s parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. ...
Style:
humorous, road movie, sexy, touching, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
pregnancy, road trip, sexual humor, parenthood, love story, on the road, couple relations, family drama, love, family relations, parents and children, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
arizona, colorado, wisconsin, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
Style:
funny, entertaining, feel good, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
holiday, happy ending, christmas, awkward situation, parenthood, billionaire, daughter, father, technology, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, destiny ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love affair, adultery, infidelity, passion, housewife, child abuse, small town, unfaithful wife, dysfunctional family, perversion, temptation, sexual pleasure ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
Is relevant?
52K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters ...
Style:
sincere, cerebral, captivating, art house, realistic ...
Plot:
coma, depression, dysfunctional family, relationships, divorce, parenthood, muslim, childhood, suicide, love and romance, haunted by the past, family reunited ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, iran, middle east, persia, maghreb ...
Is relevant?
175K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sad, funny, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, pets, couple relations, friendship, parenthood, marriage, loss of pet, family relations, happy ending, children, pregnancy, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
miami, ireland, usa, north america, michigan ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Brothers & Sisters is an American television drama series that centers on the Walker family and their lives in Pasadena, California. The series premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006, and aired its final episode on May 8, 2011. It aired, for its ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family drama, brother brother relationship, parenthood, brother sister relationship, family relations, family business, siblings relations, parents and children, lgbtq, family problems, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style:
feel good, touching, funny, sweet, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
cross dressing, divorce, comedy of errors, nanny, gender, kids and family, children, custody battle, transvestism, transvestite, childhood, parenting ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
bay area, san francisco, california, usa, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to ...
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, satire, robbery, parenthood, screwball, baby, american football, adoption, missing child, policewoman, desert, dark humor ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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