Child star movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant child star movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, captivating, feel good, psychological and serious films and TV shows about / with child star, family relations, filmmaking, hollywood, actress, youth, dancing, singing, husband wife relationship and artists and showbiz plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres shot in USA, Germany, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child star: Maps to the Stars (2014), Oh! My Girl!! (2008), Chasing Ghosts (2014), The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004), A Tale of Two Coreys (2018), Cats Don't Dance (1997), Bloomington (2010), Fimpen (1974), Beautiful Women (2004), Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

List of child star movies

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style: gothic, psychological, psychological thriller, psychological horror, scary ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, jealousy, sibling rivalry, child star, filmmaking, aging, dysfunctional family, actress, violence, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1935, year 1917, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place: los angeles, america, california, usa
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Maps to the Stars (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Style: surreal, stylized, disturbing, cynical, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, hollywood, mental illness, aspiring actor, child star, obsession, actress, satire, threesome, haunted by the past, menage a trois, fire ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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Oh! My Girl!! (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Yamashita Kotaro was living a peaceful life as a publisher part-timer aspiring to be a mobile phone novelist until two females suddenly appeared in his life. One is his six-year-old celebrity niece and the other is the little girl's stern ...
Style: thrilling
Plot: child star, lifestyle change, social issues, uncle niece relationship, child, family relations, social problems, relationships, changing lives, tribe, child prodigy, slice of life ...
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The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gavin Stone, a washed-up former child star, is forced to do community service at a local megachurch and pretends to be Christian so he can land the part of Jesus in their annual Passion Play, only to discover that the most important role of his life ...
Style: christian film, captivating, psychological, sincere, experimental
Plot: community service, christian, religion, child star, religious conversion, faith, redemption, actor's life, character change, self discovery, christianity, changing lives ...
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 6.1
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Chasing Ghosts (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Lucas Simons has become obsessed with death following the loss of his older brother. A shy child, Lucas spends most of his free time filming funerals in an attempt to understand what happens when we die. When Lucas accidentally captures a mysterious ...
Style: entertaining, uplifting, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, family outing, chick flick
Plot: boy, affection, child star, dancing, ghost story, doctor, mentor, friendship, celebrity, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, nashville tennessee, tennessee
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The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story: Uses accounts from family, friends, and acquaintances to tell the story of Natalie Wood and how she started young, acting in the spotlight, making the transition from a childhood actress to serious actress, dating the top names in Hollywood, her ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, depressing
Plot: childhood, price of fame, actress, husband wife relationship, marriage, rape, movie star, understanding, child star, interview, extramarital affair, suicide attempt ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 80s, 60s, 70s
Place: los angeles
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A Tale of Two Coreys (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, whose lives were forever changed by the glitz, glamour, and the darker side of show business.
Style: captivating, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: drug addiction, celebrity, film industry, child star, hollywood, notoriety, rising to stardom, price of fame, showbiz, actor, lifestyle, social issues ...
Time: 80s
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Cats Don't Dance (1997)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Danny, an ambitious singing/dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
Style: anime, sentimental, cult classic, epic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: hollywood, furry, violence against women, anthropomorphism, child star, spoiled brat, mischievous children, evil child, hollywood star, revolutionary war, filmmaking, alien invasion ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, paris france
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Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Nickelodeon’s Sizzling Summer Camp Special features all of your favorite Nickelodeon stars as they head off to a sleep-away camp together — but they soon find themselves in danger! The friends find out that their campsite has been haunted. The ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating, light
Plot: pop star, teenage boy, tv star, elf, teenager, summer camp, child star, summer, teenage girl, camp
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Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Chapter 3 of the Problem Child trilogy features pre-teened Junior in love with a classmate that won't even notice him, but does notice three other boys who are rivals to Junior. This means war!
Style: dark comedy, slapstick, not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: youth, child, mischievous children, childhood, children, spoiled brat, child star, problem child, nurse, doctor, boy scout, dentist ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: As America struggled through the Great Depression in the 1930s, a little girl with big dimples and indescribable charm danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers around the world.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: hollywood, youth, showbiz, rise to the top, actor's life, lifestyle, desire for fame, ambition, family relations, rising to stardom, single parent, teenage life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: california, usa
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 5.8
 6K
Bloomington (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A former child actress attends college in search of independence and ends up becoming romantically involved with a female professor. Their relationship thrives until an opportunity to return to acting forces her to make life-altering decisions.
Style: sexual, sexy, touching, erotic, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, lesbian couple, lesbian teen, lesbian sex, teacher student romance, teacher student relationship, college, teacher student sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana
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 5.6
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Fimpen (1974)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Six year old Johan, a.k.a. Fimpen, loves football. One day his talents are discovered. It doesn't take long before Fimpen gets to travel around with the national team. Fimpen becomes an idol and media wants a piece of him all the time. It gets ...
Plot: football, football team, fame, child star, soccer, boy, actor playing himself
Place: eastern europe
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Beautiful Women (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story: "Schöne Frauen“ handelt genau davon: von schönen Frauen. Fünf Schauspielerinnen finden sich nacheinander zum Casting für einen Fernsehfilm ein. Sie schweigen, taxieren sich, begutachten sich und ihre Gegenüber. Und kommen sich mitnichten ...
Plot: lgbt, child star, lesbian sex, audition, lesbian, road trip, drunkenness, singer, drinking, lesbian interest, lesbianism, women's issues ...
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style: road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, journey, suicide attempt, coming of age ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, albuquerque new mexico ...
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 7.4
 533
Kodocha (1996)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The story of super hyper child star Sana Kurata. Her mother is an award winning writer who has strange hairstyles and hats in which lives the family pet, Maro-chan the squirrel. Her manager is, as she describes him, Sana's boyfriend and pimp ...
Style: anime, touching, feel good, realistic, shoujo ...
Plot: school, disorder, couples, chaos and mayhem, battle of the sexes, coming of age, actor's life, youth, mischievous children, child star, surrealism, silly humor ...
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Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Style: realistic, tense, serious, emotional, retro ...
Plot: hollywood, coming of age, showbiz, rise and fall, family relations, lifestyle, human nature, ambition, rising to stardom, rags to riches, secret relationship, tomboy ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1936
Place: california, los angeles, usa, arizona
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 5.3
 43K
Hannah Montana (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: At home and school, she's Miley Stewart, a typical teenager, but when the lights go down and the curtain goes up, she emerges as the glamorous and talented Hannah Montana. Having the "Best of Both Worlds" is a complicated proposition, ...
Style: humorous, feel good, sitcom, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: teenage life, teenage girl, high school, female protagonist, secret identity, friendship, double life, love and romance, music, musician's life, siblings relations, high school life ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: tennessee, malibu california, usa
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 6.8
 261K
Nope (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, scary, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: alien, massacre, horse, chimpanzee, ufo, alien invasion, brother sister relationship, death of father, eaten alive, loss of father, alien monster, ranch ...
Time: 2020s, future, year 1998, 90s, year 1996
Place: california
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 7.2
 41K
Honey Boy (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Style: inspirational, independent film, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father son relationship, rehabilitation, absent mother, child protagonist, abusive father, motel, child, alcoholic father, forgiveness, group therapy, childhood trauma, boyhood ...
Time: year 2019, year 2015, 90s, year 2005, year 1995 ...
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Life with Mikey (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Michael Chapman was once a child TV star. But when he grew up, he couldn't get work. So he and his brother, Ed start their own talent agency that specializes in child acts. They can't seem to find the next big thing and they have to deal ...
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: childhood, youth, coming of age, girl, child hero, siblings, christmas, precocious child, talent agent, child star, disorder, friends ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york
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 6.3
 22K
Annette (2021)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: stand up comedian, oral sex, courtroom, male female relationship, murder, prison, storm at sea, singing, baby, relationships, musician's life, family relations ...
Place: los angeles, las vegas
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Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
Style: family comedy, independent film, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: wilderness, divorce, female bonding, fish out of water, self discovery, friendship between girls, scout, wealth, female protagonist, competition, socialite, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: california, beverly hills, los angeles, usa, southern california
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Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 170 min.
TV show
Story: The film, which chronicles Garland's life from her first public performance in 1924 until her death in 1969, is divided into two parts: the first part depicts her rise to fame in the 1930s, her descent into drugs, and her fall from grace in the ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot: addiction, biopic, filmmaking, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, singer, ambition, lifestyle, celebrity culture, family problems, musician's life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: usa, california, new york, london, manhattan new york city
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What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
Style: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, queer horror, detective ...
Plot: murder, hagsploitation, hollywood, father daughter relationship, death, macabre, danger, woman in danger, psychopath, dance school, lesbian, memory loss ...
Time: year 1971, 1930s
Place: iowa, los angeles, california, usa
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion.
Style: scary, spooky, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: filmmaking, aging, actor's life, artists and showbiz, switching roles, danger, misfit, rivalry, obsession, confined, mentally unstable, estate ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Hayley Wagner, Star (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Having outgrown her role, a pampered child actor returns to her family and tries to be an ordinary youngster.
Plot: high school student, high school, showbiz, teenage girl, teenage boy, child star, family relations, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, shakespeare
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The Day of the Locust (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Style: cult classic, disturbing, cerebral, biting, cynical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: movie business, female nudity, hollywood, filmmaking, art, satire, great depression, showbiz, politics, surrealism, actor, social commentary ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
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 5.9
 153K
Brüno (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
Style: mockumentary, funny, parody, humorous, controversial ...
Plot: gay, gender, social satire, gay slur, lgbt, nudity, fame, fashion, homosexuality, sex, obsession, society ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, vienna, los angeles, austria
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The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Eight housemates on a fake animated reality TV show realize they've been canceled and set off on a journey to get back on the air.
Style: adult animation, parody, not serious, humorous, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, androids and robots, imaginary, vengeance, danger, rivalry, friends, partner, curses spells and rituals, bad taste humour, absurd humor, love ...
Time: year 2010
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