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1. Family Guy (1999– )
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
Stars: Alex Borstein, Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 363,677
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
PG-13 | 166 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond
Votes: 695,070 | Gross: $127.51M
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Votes: 216,590 | Gross: $156.45M
4. Big (1988)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard
Votes: 239,712 | Gross: $114.97M
5. Birth (2004)
R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A young boy attempts to convince a woman that he is her dead husband reborn.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston
Votes: 40,686 | Gross: $5.01M
6. Freaky Friday (2003)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould
Votes: 152,374 | Gross: $110.23M
7. 17 Again (2009)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Mike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.
Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon
Votes: 216,157 | Gross: $64.17M
8. The Boss Baby (2017)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co.
Director: Tom McGrath | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow
Votes: 140,992 | Gross: $175.00M
9. Womb (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Eva Green, Matt Smith, Lesley Manville, Peter Wight
Votes: 15,182
10. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West
Votes: 138,715 | Gross: $31.17M
11. Detective Conan (1996– )
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
The cases of a detective whose physical age was chemically reversed to that of a prepubescent boy but must hide his true mental development.
Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Hoang Khuyet, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 15,232
12. Laugh-In (1967–1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music
The original rapid fire sketch comedy show.
Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Gary Owens, Ruth Buzzi
Votes: 3,647
13. The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Templeton brothers have become adults and drifted away from each other, but a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach is about to bring them together again - and inspire a new family business.
Director: Tom McGrath | Stars: Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt
Votes: 22,447 | Gross: $57.30M
14. El Chavo del Ocho (1972–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a poor, homeless, fumbling boy and his friends in their humble neighborhood.
Stars: Ramón Valdés, Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Carlos Villagrán, María Antonieta de las Nieves
Votes: 12,706
15. The Boss Baby: Back in Business (2018–2021)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
With a little help from his brother and accomplice, Tim, Boss Baby tries to balance family life with his job at Baby Corp headquarters.
Stars: Pierce Gagnon, JP Karliak, David W. Collins, Flula Borg
Votes: 4,299
16. What's New Pussycat (1965)
Approved | 108 min | Comedy
A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine
Votes: 11,052 | Gross: $18.82M
17. American Gothic (1987)
R | 90 min | Horror
A group of travellers make emergency landing on an island in the Pacific Northwest after their seaplane malfunctioned, and stumble across an isolated and psychopathic family.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Sarah Torgov, Terence Kelly, Mark Erickson, Caroline Barclay
Votes: 4,529
18. Like Father Like Son (1987)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned-up doctor and his laid-back son.
Director: Rod Daniel | Stars: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 6,453 | Gross: $34.38M
19. The Thief Lord (2006)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord." Along with a small gang of abandoned kids, the boys start robbing the rich to support themselves.
Director: Richard Claus | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jasper Harris, Carole Boyd, Bob Goody
Votes: 6,266
20. Girly (1970)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood, Howard Trevor
Votes: 1,577
21. Koi... Mil Gaya (2003)
Not Rated | 171 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A developmentally disabled young man tries to continue the work his father did in communicating with extra-terrestrials from outer space, which leads to something miraculous and wonderful.
Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Rajat Bedi
Votes: 27,366 | Gross: $0.68M
22. Freaky Friday (1995 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Ellen and Annabelle have a hard time getting along with each other. On Friday the 13th, they both wear magical necklaces that make them switch bodies for the day.
Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Shelley Long, Gaby Hoffmann, Catlin Adams, Sandra Bernhard
Votes: 1,370
23. The Acid House (1998)
Unrated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Three twisted tales of abuse, drugs, displaced personalities, and insect life by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Jenny McCrindle
Votes: 8,042 | Gross: $0.14M
24. You're Never Too Young (1955)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical
When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Diana Lynn, Nina Foch
Votes: 1,687 | Gross: $7.48M
25. Chespirito (1980–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Comic sketches by Roberto Gomez Bolaños "Chespirito," peopled by every character he has created.
Stars: Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Rubén Aguirre, Florinda Meza, María Antonieta de las Nieves
Votes: 680
26. Cousin Angelica (1974)
107 min | Drama
After being given permission to re-inter his mother's body in their family vault, a middle-aged man who survived the Spanish Civil War as a child returns home and relives old memories.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Lina Canalejas, Fernando Delgado, María Clara Fernández de Loaysa
Votes: 1,212
27. Marvel Knights: Eternals (2014– )
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Medical student Mark Curry's world is turned upside down when he meets Ike Harris, a man who believes that he is part of a centuries-old race of super-powered beings put here on Earth by ... See full summary »
Stars: Heather Doerksen, Sebastian Spence, Kirby Morrow, Sam Vincent
Votes: 260
28. Quartier lointain (2010)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A grown man wakes up to discover he is a teenager again.
Director: Sam Garbarski | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Jonathan Zaccaï, Alexandra Maria Lara, Léo Legrand
Votes: 1,866
29. The Poof Point (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A bad experiment makes two inventors younger and younger.
Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Tahj Mowry, Dawnn Lewis, Mark Curry, Raquel Lee
Votes: 627
30. Paa (2009)
133 min | Comedy, Drama
A father tries to help his son cope with a rare condition that causes the young boy to age beyond his years.
Director: R. Balki | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 12,592 | Gross: $0.20M
31. Camille Rewinds (2012)
TV-14 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have... See full summary »
Director: Noémie Lvovsky | Stars: Noémie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, Judith Chemla, India Hair
Votes: 2,918
32. The Children (1985)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy
7 year-old boy Ernesto intrigues people around him for several reasons. Despite such a young age, he looks like a man on his 40's and also seems a little more intelligent than any of his ... See full summary »
Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Axel Bogousslavsky, Daniel Gélin, Tatiana Moukhine, Martine Chevallier
Votes: 193
33. Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy
During the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill, Diana Spencer, Mickey Shaughnessy
Votes: 870
34. Vice Versa (1948)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Paul is sending his son Dick to boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Roger Livesey, Kay Walsh, Petula Clark, David Hutcheson
Votes: 401
35. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The wealthy but selfish parents of a lonely young girl begin to rethink what is important to them after a servant's irresponsibility results in a crisis.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks
Votes: 1,546
36. Quiz Whizz (1958)
16 min | Comedy, Short
Joe wins a contest and is promptly fleeced by some con men. The stooges go to recover his money. The bad guys tell them they can get rich by posing as children and becoming the wards of a rich man. The boys go along with the plan unawares.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Greta Thyssen
Votes: 228
37. Shrimps for a Day (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 230
38. Looking for Palladin (2008)
R | 115 min | Comedy
A young Hollywood player is drawn into a remote place looking for a quick deal and instead finds a sanctuary, a community, and ultimately himself.
Director: Andrzej Krakowski | Stars: Ben Gazzara, David Moscow, Talia Shire, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 199
39. 30 Door Key (1991)
90 min | Drama
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Iain Glen, Robert Stephens, Crispin Glover, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 408
40. Chespirito (1970–1973)
Comedy, Romance
A series of funny episodes of mischief and adventures all involving the well known, Chespirito.
Stars: Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés, María Antonieta de las Nieves
Votes: 507
41. The Garden of Delights (1970)
GP | 95 min | Drama
A middle age construction tycoon is wheelchair-bound and amnesiac from a car accident in the company of his mistress. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combination to the safe and his Swiss bank account.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Luchy Soto, Francisco Pierrá, Charo Soriano
Votes: 736
42. Virtual Mom (2000 TV Movie)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Sometimes it takes something special to bring a mother and daughter together. For thirteen year-old Lucy and her mom, Holly, it took a little magic. One day a strange computer glitch causes... See full summary »
Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Lauren Collins, Sumela Kay, Sheila McCarthy, Clark Johnson
Votes: 157
43. Nuestros días más felices (2021)
100 min | Drama
Agatha who is 74 years old, one day suddenly wakes up in the body of an 8 year old little girl where Agatha's 38 year old independent daughter returns to the family home to repair wounds that remain open.
Director: Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière | Stars: Claudio Martínez Bel, Matilde Creimer Chiabrando, Cristian Jensen, Antonella Saldicco
Votes: 75
44. The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1968)
G | 78 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The adventures of the Lemon Grove Kids in this Bowery Boys inspired kiddie film.
Directors: Ted Roter, Ray Dennis Steckler, Ed McWatters | Stars: Ray Dennis Steckler, Mike Kannon, Bart Carsell, Coleman Francis
Votes: 243
45. Free Eats (1932)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The kids help capture a family of thieves.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Votes: 263
46. Shelf Life (1993)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In 1963, a paranoid middle-class couple locks themselves and their small kids in their nuclear fallout shelter. 30 years later, their oblivious son and two daughters still survive there playing absurd games. A play-based dark comedy.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, Paul Bartel
Votes: 91
47. Heaven in the Sky (2023)
89 min | Drama, Family, Music
Ayu, dances every day to earn a living and add to school fees. Little Agus lives by picking pockets. And, little Laras works as an umbrella motorcycle taxi and sells it.
Director: Pritagita Arianegara | Stars: Reza Rahadian, Acha Septriasa, Andien Aisyah, Anodya Shula Neona Ayu
Votes: 16
48. The Purgation (2015)
TV-MA | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Iris thinks she's going crazy. To stay sane, she must confront her past by revisiting the site of a childhood trauma - the old county asylum.
Director: Elaine Chu | Stars: Tiffany Kieu, Kat Johnston, Kate Dauphin, Tom Walsh
Votes: 213
49. Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla (1990)
94 min | Comedy
This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.
Director: Pertti Melasniemi | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Olavi Ahonen, Simo Salminen, Spede Pasanen
Votes: 744
50. Lorik (2018)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A lonely self-absorbed theatre actor finds himself plunged into the realities of people afflicted by social injustice in this full of virtue family body-swap.
Director: Aleksey Zlobin | Stars: Michael Poghosian, Evgeniya Dmitrieva, Irene Ayvazyan, Narine Grigoryan
Votes: 78