Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "social-worker", "therapist"

1. Case 39 (2009)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper

Votes: 93,388 | Gross: $13.25M

2. 50/50 (2011)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard

Votes: 343,045 | Gross: $35.01M

3. The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

An autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies.

Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage

Votes: 6,525 | Gross: $7.18M

4. Fathers & Daughters (2015)

R | 116 min | Drama

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown; 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge her own connections.

Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Diane Kruger

Votes: 28,766

5. Brüno (2009)

R | 81 min | Comedy

Flamboyant, gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Chibundu Orukwowu

Votes: 153,928 | Gross: $60.05M

6. Short Term 12 (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 91,857 | Gross: $1.01M

7. 360 (2011)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.

Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster

Votes: 17,469 | Gross: $0.10M

8. Little Evil (2017)

TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist.

Director: Eli Craig | Stars: Evangeline Lilly, Owen Atlas, Adam Scott, Marcus Terrell Smith

Votes: 23,273

9. Just One Time (2021)

80 min | Drama

Laura, a specialized psychologist in sexist violence, receives the couple composed by Eva and Pablo when he is reported for abuse, at the same time that she suffers the consequences of trying to protect women from abusers.

Director: Guillermo Ríos Bordón | Stars: Ariadna Gil, Álex García, Silvia Alonso, Mari Carmen Sánchez

Votes: 218

10. Child of Rage (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Horror

A pastor and his wife adopt a brother and a sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Ashley Peldon, Rosanna DeSoto

Votes: 845

11. Mercy (2000)

R | 117 min | Mystery, Thriller

Detective Catherine Palmer investigates a series of sexually gruesome serial murders and becomes embroiled in a world of lesbianism and bondage after she becomes obsessed with one of the victims' paramours.

Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Wendy Crewson, Peta Wilson, Karen Young

Votes: 2,340

12. Why Would I Lie? (1980)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

Cletus is a compulsive liar, though he prefers the term 'fabrication' to 'lie.' When he becomes a social worker, he's assigned the case of a boy named Jeorge (with a 'J') who was taken from... See full summary »

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Gabriel Macht, Susan Heldfond

Votes: 306 | Gross: $1.18M

13. Since You've Been Gone (1998 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up by a fellow graduate.

Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Philip Rayburn Smith, Joey Slotnick, Joy Gregory, Laura Eason

Votes: 1,581

14. My Neighbor's Daughter (1998)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

A civic leader with a wife & newborn child befriends a newcomer in town & helps his daughter by offering her a baby-sitting job & by getting her into gymnastics. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair.

Director: Steven Kovacs | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Lisa Eichhorn, Yeniffer Behrens, Marco Rodríguez

Votes: 110

15. Mourir d'aimer... (1971)

GP | 101 min | Drama

A love story between a teacher, Daniele, 32 years and one of her students Gerard, 17 during the heated atmosphere of May 68. Daniele is a fiery young woman, very involved politically. ... See full summary »

Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Annie Girardot, Bruno Pradal, Claude Cerval, Jean Bouise

Votes: 583

16. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

17. The Resolve (2010– )

25 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The Resolve centers around Mike Patterson (Russ Cootey), a beleaguered man, gripped by O.C.D. issues with humanity, unleashed by fiery clashes on others. He explains to his therapist Sean ... See full summary »

Stars: Russ Cootey, Alex Ballar, Les Brandt, Anthony Ray Parker

Votes: 40

18. The Fall of '55 (2006)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst. On Halloween, investigators arrested three men on charges of having sex with teenage ... See full summary »

Director: Seth Randal | Stars: Ron Bess, Peter Boag, Jack Butler, Melvin Dir

Votes: 103

19. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Sex and the Married Detective (1989)

TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a successful sex therapist with a best selling book and a hit TV show is crushed to learn her business partner/lover is cheating on her, she plots appropriate revenge.

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Lindsay Crouse, Julia Montgomery, Peter Jurasik

Votes: 2,104

20. Carnets d'ado (2001–2003)
Episode: Life After All (2003)

90 min

Two kids parents go out to dinner for the evening and are killed in a car crash. The boys have to learn how to deal.

Director: Olivier Péray | Stars: Marianne Basler, Matthieu Tribes, Maxime Monsimier, Eric Savin

Votes: 81

21. Life Unexpected (2010–2011)
Episode: Home Inspected (2010)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

Cate and Baze are paid a visit by a social worker whose job it is to evaluate both of them and determine if they are fit parents. Lux is torn when her boyfriend, Bug, and best friend, ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Britt Robertson, Shiri Appleby, Kristoffer Polaha, Austin Basis

Votes: 178

22. Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
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