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1. Captain Fantastic (2016)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Director: Matt Ross | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso
Votes: 234,796 | Gross: $5.88M
2. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 332,589
3. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 585,395 | Gross: $57.37M
4. Third Watch (1999–2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve New York City as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.
Stars: Coby Bell, Skipp Sudduth, Jason Wiles, Molly Price
Votes: 11,422
5. Mr. Mom (1983)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
After he's suddenly laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, and he has to take care of three young children, a job he has no clue how to do.
Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe
Votes: 27,758 | Gross: $64.80M
6. Nanny McPhee (2005)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.
Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Kelly Macdonald
Votes: 85,407 | Gross: $47.14M
7. Daddy Day Care (2003)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family
Two men named Charlie Hinton and Phil Ryerson get laid off and have to become stay-at-home fathers when they can't find jobs. This inspires them to open their own day care center.
Director: Steve Carr | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Anjelica Huston, Steve Zahn
Votes: 73,706 | Gross: $104.30M
8. Enemy Mine (1985)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus
Votes: 51,381 | Gross: $4.27M
9. Tully (2018)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Asher Miles Fallica
Votes: 63,025 | Gross: $9.23M
10. Still Standing (2002–2006)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Bill and Judy are not your average parents; the kids are the responsible ones.
Stars: Mark Addy, Jami Gertz, Jennifer Irwin, Taylor Ball
Votes: 8,755
11. Baby Boom (1987)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy
Votes: 19,126 | Gross: $26.71M
12. The Baby (1973)
PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor
Votes: 4,370
13. Sweet Dreams (1985)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon
Votes: 5,378 | Gross: $9.09M
14. The Group (1966)
Approved | 150 min | Drama
After graduating from a prestigious Eastern university, 8 devoted female friends go their separate ways: one leaves for Europe, while the others experience troubled relationships. Decades later they get to meet one last time.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight
Votes: 2,098 | Gross: $6.54M
15. Village of the Damned (1960)
Not Rated | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.
Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 19,112
16. The Red Pill (2016)
TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary
The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"
Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay
Votes: 12,041
17. Baghban (2003)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, Romance
An elderly couple wish their children to care for them in their old age. But their children see and treat them as a burden, and they must struggle to regain their worth and dignity to themselves and others.
Director: Ravi Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Mahima Chaudhry
Votes: 17,472 | Gross: $1.10M
18. Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Fantasia Barrino overcomes sexual abuse, illiteracy, and other setbacks and becomes the winner of "American Idol" in 2004.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Fantasia Barrino, Loretta Devine, Viola Davis, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 676
19. Birthmarked (2018)
90 min | Comedy
Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais | Stars: Matthew Goode, Toni Collette, Andreas Apergis, Jordan Poole
Votes: 3,649
20. Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (2007–2017)
42 min | Comedy
Mockumentary about the conservative Lepic family and their neighbors the liberal Boulay family, who are good friends. Their biggest point of contention is how they educate their children.
Stars: Isabelle Gélinas, Bruno Salomone, Alexandra Gentil, Guillaume de Tonquédec
Votes: 679
21. Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
PG | 110 min | Drama
His mother dead, PS lives in Sydney with working-class Aunt Lila and Uncle George. When he's six or eight, his posh Aunt Vanessa descends from England. Named a co-guardian by PS's feckless,... See full summary »
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill, John Hargreaves
Votes: 862
23. Flying Colors (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô
Votes: 3,994
24. He's Expecting (2022– )
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When a successful ad executive who's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to confront social inequities he'd never considered before.
Stars: Takumi Saitô, Juri Ueno, Mariko Tsutsui, Ryô Iwamatsu
Votes: 3,383
25. Cult Killer (2006 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
On January 7th 2005, 29 year old Rick Rodriguez murdered his former nanny and then killed himself on a lonely desert highway. Hours earlier he had videoed his suicide note and this final ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Godwin | Stars: Ricky Rodriguez, David Berg, Don Irwin, Judy Irwin
Votes: 66
26. House of Love (2016)
80 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A married couple has no children. Every expectation of joyful news ends in a complete disappointment, but Khun Waat and Luang Date have no hope of becoming parents. They pray to all the ... See full summary »
Stars: Phutanate Hongmanop, Namthip 'Bee' Jongrachatawiboon, Arisara Wongchalee, Yuttana Puangklang
27. Commune (2005)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
A documentary on the Black Bear Ranch Commune, an alternative living community founded in 1968 in the remote North Californian wilderness.
Director: Jonathan Berman | Stars: Mahaj Seeger, Peter Coyote, Cedar Seeger, Mel Kramer
Votes: 430
28. Off Season (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After the death of his parents, 10-year-old, Jackson Mayhew (Culkin), moves in with his Aunt. But when he befriends an elderly man (Cronyn), he begins to suspect that the old man is actually Santa Claus.
Director: Bruce Davison | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Hume Cronyn, Bruce Davison, Tom McBeath
Votes: 378
29. Baby & Me (1996–1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After his mother's death, 11-year-old Takuya is forced to undertake the enormous task of raising his baby brother Minoru while their father toils away at work to provide for them.
Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Chika Sakamoto, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Michiko Neya
Votes: 610
30. Lost Angel (1943)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Philip Merivale
Votes: 613
31. La Chancla Del Diablo (2024)
Horror
Director: Israel Luna | Stars: Cynthia Santiago, Nicolas Blake Nuno, Kahil Muro, Arturo Gonzalez
32. Two Marriages (1983–1984)
60 min | Drama
This series follows two families, the Daleys and the Armstrongs, who are neighbors. The Daleys are a blended family: Ann is a construction engineer who has son Scott from a previous ... See full summary »
Stars: Louanne, Tom Mason, Karen Carlson, Tiffany Toyoshima
Votes: 30
33. The Glass House (2014)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Anyone thinking of having a child reflects on the emotional, moral, and practical implications of bringing a baby into this world. Follow three groups of individuals whose universes cross as they make the biggest decision of their lives.
Director: Steven Summers | Stars: Danielle Lozeau, Caroline Gauthier, Yousof Sultani, Dwayne Taylor
Votes: 16
34. Mind Games (1998 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Thriller
Thriller focusing on the malevolent relationship between a psycho therapist and a happy couple.
Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Jayne Brook, Kyle Secor, Lindsay Frost, William Greenblatt
Votes: 154
35. The Tenth Month (1979 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Romance
An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.
Director: Joan Tewkesbury | Stars: Carol Burnett, Keith Michell, Dina Merrill, Melissa Converse
Votes: 55
36. Crash Test Mommy (2004– )
TV-G | 46 min | Family, Reality-TV
A reality television series that throws would-be moms into a wild 48 hour test drive of their parenting skills. Mom's greatest critics get a chance to walk it like they talk it.
Stars: Nicole Oliver, Charlie David, Dagmar Midcap, Leslea Chevonne Vinet
Votes: 29
37. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #4 (1970)
45 min
An experimental film by Stan Brakhage which combines color, lights, and blurred images of children. This is part of the Scenes from Under Childhood Series.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 49
38. Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle (2009)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
In 1988 director Kevin Tomlinson interviewed a group of back-to-the-land hippies at a 'healing gathering' in rural Washington State practicing peace and love. Now, in this poignant ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Tomlinson | Stars: Jerry Bartels, Maeyowa, One Pine, Skeeter
Votes: 48
39. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #2 (1969)
40 min | Drama, Short
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 49
40. Eltern (2013)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two working parents try to juggle jobs and child-rearing.
Director: Robert Thalheim | Stars: Charly Hübner, Christiane Paul, Paraschiva Dragus, Emilia Pieske
Votes: 400
41. Siedem zyczen (1986– )
TV-13 | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy rescues a black cat, Rademenes, who can talk and who in turn gives the boy seven wishes. But it turns out that with each wish there come a lot of problems.
Stars: Bronislaw Pawlik, Zbigniew Buczkowski, Witold Debicki, Renata Berger
Votes: 238
42. Housewife Herman (1938)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
Herman, a fat pig-man with a Herman Bing voice. He trades jobs with his wife and finds that cooking and taking care of kids is too difficult for a mere male. He concedes this to his wife, after the house has become a broken, wet shambles.
Director: Eddie Donnelly
Votes: 18
43. Wild Family (2015)
PG | 98 min | Documentary
The parents of preschoolers leave home on a hero's journey. Their mission is to find guidance in raising their children. They travel across the U.S.A., searching for help through in-depth interviews and outdoor adventures with 40 families.
Director: Cabe Lindsay
45. I Love Children But... (1952)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Comedy
A look at two modern fathers with their sons. In case one, dad takes his tyke with him for a game of cards with a bachelor friend. They put the boy to bed in the guest room then try to play... See full summary »
Director: Dave O'Brien | Stars: Pete Smith, Dave O'Brien, Don Brodie, Rudy Lee
Votes: 75
46. Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
91 min | Comedy
A stuffy doctor and his psychologist wife fall out about how to bring up their son, who has outraged his father by drawing a biologically realistic horse on the wall.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Cecil Parker, Anne Crawford, Derek Bond, Barbara Murray
Votes: 71
47. Laughing Matters (2004 Video)
Unrated | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy, Romance
Documentary film about these 4 ground-breaking lesbian comediennes. Interviews are interspersed with stand-up material.
Director: Andrea Meyerson | Stars: Kate Clinton, Marga Gómez, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Karen Williams
Votes: 57
48. Stay-at-Home Dads (2014)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Stay-at-home dads, Ned Wazinski, an unemployed vending machine mechanic pushing fifty, and, Julian York, a former male stripper nearly half his age, meet on a park bench while watching ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Brick | Stars: Mark T. Lee, John Charles Dickson, Kelsey Walton, Cooper Dodson
Votes: 16
49. Alisons baby (2001 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Alison was born without arms and a short body. She has a strong way of dealing with the extreme challenge of living life with all her physical disadvantages, and her resolve to make the ... See full summary »
Director: Bente Milton | Stars: Alison Lapper, Parys Lapper
Votes: 11
50. Frankenstein (1992)
15 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A man creates a companion by re-animating body parts taken from a cemetery, but the creator does not appreciate the child-like qualities of his creation.
Director: John Schnall | Star: Derek Tague
Votes: 10