Child protagonist movies and TV shows – page 3

List of child protagonist movies

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Mecard Ball (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Basketball, Baseball, Soccer… When it comes to handling a ball, Cha Youngwoong, a fifth-grade elementary school student, exhibits overwhelming abilities. One day, while cleaning out the warehouse at the request of his mother, he discovers a ...
Style: korean anime, mecha, funny, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: monster, animal, child protagonist, battles, game, villain, children, friend, memory, friendship, card playing, ball ...
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Dino Mecard (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dino Mecard is an animation that combines Turning Mecard and dinosaurs, is being airing on KBS November, 2017. The keyword 'collecting dinosaurs' with cute tiny dinosaurs touches emotion and the battle of real-size dinosaurs in the ...
Style: korean anime, mecha, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
Plot: dinosaur, child protagonist, car, friendship, battles, little boy, adventure hero, friend, boy, friends, card playing
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 7.7
 142K
Billy Elliot (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, friendship, childhood, gay, audition, poverty, follow your dream, boxing ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s ...
Place: england, northern england, london, europe
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The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Small-town Mississippians overreact to the appearance of a mythical swamp monster, partially the work of teen hoaxers.
Style: independent film
Plot: swamp, youth, urban legend, summer, monster, alligator, boy, group, mutant, child protagonist, fantasy becomes reality, squad
Place: florida
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 7.0
 173K
Matilda (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style: feel good, fairy tale, humorous, sweet, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: school, children, mischievous children, supernatural ability, parents and children, elementary school, teachers and students, dysfunctional family, childhood, young heroes, child prodigy, telekinesis ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place: america
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Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
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, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, children, home alone, child, misunderstanding, trap, house, child protagonist, lie, dysfunctional family, home invasion, toys ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: chicago, tokyo
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The Anderssons in Greece (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Sune is back! Together with his little brother Håkan Bråkan, big sister Anna, mother Karin and dad Rudolf, Sune embarks on a summer holiday trip to Greece. As every summer before, the family plans to spend their vacation in Myggträsk. Then the ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: summer vacation, resort, vacation, family vacation, beach resort, family relations, child protagonist, nothing goes right, siblings relations, parents and children, young love, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece, europe
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 6.8
 22K
Simon Birch (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, illegitimate son, friendship, destiny, disability, family relations, small town, justice, happy ending, life philosophy, obsessive quest, buddies ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 60s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: maine
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 6.0
 216
Half-Price (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 63 min.
Story: Demi-Tarif follows the low-key adventures of three young siblings, Romeo, Launa, and the youngest - Leo, left on their own in a rundown Paris apartment. One of them narrates, wistfully explaining how their mother abandoned them and calls them once ...
Plot: child protagonist, children, home invasion, boy, shoplifting, little boy, little girl, female nudity, nudity, abandoned baby, train travel, public nudity ...
Place: paris france, france
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You're Out of Your Mind, Maggie (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A first movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden.
Audience: kids
Plot: girl, corporal punishment, child protagonist, pneumonia, teacher, bully, children, nordic, blonde, young love, sister sister relationship, female protagonist ...
Place: eastern europe
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 5.9
 6K
Cub (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Over-imaginative 12 year-old Sam heads off to the woods to summer scout camp with his pack convinced that he will encounter a monster...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, enigmatic ...
Plot: woods, summer camp, boy scout, boy, feral child, youth, child, trap, camp, bully, evil child, dog ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: flanders, belgium, france
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 7.4
 14K
Alice (1988)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, UK, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare- no ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, art house, atmospheric, mindfuck ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: surrealism, alice in wonderland, stop motion, little girl, mushroom, trippy, absurdism, female protagonist, child protagonist, wonderland, anthropomorphic animal, fantasy world ...
Time: 1800s, year 1988, 80s, 20th century, 19th century ...
Place: czech republic, czechoslovakia, central europe
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 6.0
 8K
Madeline (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The adventurous, young Madeline is very good at getting into trouble, but she's also fantastic at solving problems as well, and her school-mistress Miss Clavel is not too approving of her. The biggest problem comes up when Lord Covington ...
Style: touching, melancholic, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: children, kidnapping, orphan, rescue, school, girl, chase, coming of age, childhood, mischievous children, friendship, amateur detective ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1998, 90s, 50s
Place: paris france, france, europe
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The Golden Compass (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Style: fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: fantasy world, steampunk, magical, journey, witch, alternate reality, orphan, parallel world, polar bear, imaginary, adventurer, heroes ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: england, london, oxford university
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Craig Before the Creek (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Before he was Craig of the Creek, he was just Craig — a new kid in a new town. All Craig wants is to go back to his old friends at his old home. But when he learns that the nearby creek is hiding a lost treasure that could make his wish come true, ...
Style: funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous, semi serious
Audience: kids
Plot: suburbs, child protagonist, pirate, sea adventure, adventurer, boyhood, treasure map, adventure hero, treasure, treasure hunt, boy, little boy ...
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Potol Kumar Gaanwala (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story: Potol, a singing prodigy, lives in a village with her mother, uncle and aunt. However, after her mother's death, she sets out to search for her father, whose identity she does not know.
Style: dramatic, captivating, serious, exciting
Plot: father daughter relationship, child protagonist, father daughter reunion, death, father and daughter, absent father, death of mother, singing, singer, little girl, search for father, girl ...
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Turning Mecard (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Grade-schooler Jason meets a Mecanimal, a transforming minicar from the alternate world of Triforce, named Evan. Jason and Evan are both searching for missing family members, and team up to help each other. Together, they meet more Mecanimals as ...
Style: mecha, exciting, funny, tense, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: friendship, animal, car, battles, child protagonist, monster, card playing, game, friend, alternate world, alien, warrior ...
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Elliott from Earth (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: A boy and his mum find themselves suddenly transported somewhere across the universe surrounded by an amazing array of aliens from new and unknown corners of the galaxy. While trying to work out who brought them there and why, they make a new home ...
Style: entertaining, semi serious, futuristic, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, single mother, alien, space adventure, dinosaur, child protagonist, space, metropolis, children, teenage protagonist, alien encounter, alien contact ...
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Chibi Maruko-chan: A Boy from Italy (2015)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Students from five different countries arrive in Maruko's town. Maruko and her classmates can barely contain their curiosity, and their new friends are full of surprises. And Maruko's family will house a boy from Italy!
Style: intercultural, entertaining, captivating, feel good, funny
Audience: family outing
Plot: child protagonist, cross cultural relations, cultural difference, romantic friendship, romantic relationship, friendship, relationships, friends, female protagonist
Place: japan
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Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!! (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Shin-chan and his friends must overcome hunger and other obstacles when they're tasked with delivering a barrel of legendary sauce to a food festival.
Style: anime, semi serious, funny, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: child protagonist, carnival, cookery, investigation, mysterious character, child, satire
Place: japan
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The Treasure of the White Falcons (2005)
Genre: Family, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three friends find a treasure map from the mysterious 'White Falcons', a juvenile gang whose leader disappeared ten years before.
Style: semi serious, entertaining, captivating, feel good
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, treasure hunt, treasure map, children, treasure, child protagonist, girlfriend, treasure hunter, adventurer, group of friends, hidden treasure, escapades ...
Time: 80s
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style: thought provoking, philosophical, sentimental, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, adoption, androids, robot, distopia, imagination, boy, dystopian future, outer space, destiny ...
Time: future, year 2001, distant future, 2000s, near future ...
Place: new york, persia, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.5
 336K
Hugo (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style: touching, visually appealing, visual, fairy tale, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot: steampunk, orphan, filmmaking, magical, boy, street kid, friendship, robot, childhood, train crash, child, secret ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, post world war one, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place: paris france, france, iran, madagascar, europe
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 7.2
 1K
Jeremy (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora Mexico, the film tells the story of Jeremías an eight year old who finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, psychological, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: boy genius, child, child protagonist, self discovery, ambition, direction and purpose, introspection, coping, child's point of view, rise to the top, little boy, genius ...
Place: mexico, sonora
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: ghost, teenager, supernatural, single parent, monster, good versus evil, farmhouse, child protagonist, small town, rescue, paranormal phenomena, friendship ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, oklahoma, new york, chicago
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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you ...
Style: entertaining, light, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: middle school, child protagonist, humour, school, children, rules, teenager, best friend, dream, child, against the rules, talent ...
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 6.3
 140K
The Boss Baby (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
Style: funny, touching, feel good, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot: sibling rivalry, baby, boy, job promotion, child, little boy, brothers, child as adult, parenthood, family relations, ceo, imagination ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: las vegas, nevada
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We the Animals (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.
Style: captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching, indie film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: boy, lgbt, gay, coming of age, family relations, gay porn, father son relationship, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, theft, birthday, marriage ...
Place: new york state, philadelphia, spain, brooklyn new york city, new york
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Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: \When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle ...
Style: christian film, inspirational, sentimental, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot: christian, christianity, illness, faith, medical, parent child relationship, mother daughter relationship, sick child, miraculous event, child cancer, little girl, hospital ...
Place: boston
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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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