Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "stepmother"

1. Damsel (2024)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt.

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Angela Bassett, Brooke Carter

Votes: 78,219

2. Thanksgiving (I) (2023)

R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Ty Olsson, Gina Gershon, Lynne Griffin

Votes: 48,243

3. The Boy and the Heron (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon

Votes: 50,597

4. The Sound of Music (1965)

G | 172 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn

Votes: 260,852 | Gross: $163.21M

5. Snow White (2025)

Adventure, Drama, Family | Post-production

Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Martin Klebba, Andrew Burnap

6. Labyrinth (1986)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.

Director: Jim Henson | Stars: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson

Votes: 149,491 | Gross: $12.73M

7. Sense and Sensibility (1995)

PG | 136 min | Drama, Romance

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 125,633 | Gross: $43.18M

8. Drake & Josh (2004–2007)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Comedy, Family

Two teenage boys with clashing personalities - one is a slick musician, the other a clumsy nerd - must navigate high school and family life together after becoming step-brothers.

Stars: Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove, Nancy Sullivan

Votes: 43,579

9. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon

Votes: 383,731 | Gross: $101.07M

10. Hellraiser (1987)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.

Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman

Votes: 140,405 | Gross: $14.56M

11. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.

Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell

Votes: 215,293 | Gross: $184.93M

12. Enchanted (2007)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil Queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.

Director: Kevin Lima | Stars: Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey

Votes: 217,224 | Gross: $127.81M

13. Treason (2022)

TV-MA | 41 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Adam Lawrence was trained and groomed by MI6; his career seems set. When the past catches up with him in the form of Kara, a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, he is forced to question everything and everyone in his life.

Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin, Ciarán Hinds, Charlie Cox

Votes: 23,061

14. Double Indemnity (1944)

Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr

Votes: 167,357 | Gross: $5.72M

15. Cinderella (1950)

G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 173,828 | Gross: $85.00M

16. Mirror Mirror (I) (2012)

PG | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane

Votes: 91,045 | Gross: $64.94M

17. Disenchanted (2022)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fifteen years after her happily ever after, Giselle questions her happiness, inadvertently turning the lives of those in the real world and Andalasia upside down in the process.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino

Votes: 26,358

18. 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: 85,449 | Gross: $47.14M

19. Love Hard (2021)

TV-MA | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for the holidays, only to discover that she's been catfished. This lighthearted romantic comedy chronicles her attempt to reel in love.

Director: Hernán Jiménez | Stars: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, James Saito

Votes: 61,585

20. There's Something in the Barn (2023)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

An American family fulfills their dream of moving back after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway.

Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia, Kiran Shah, Townes Bunner

Votes: 4,202

21. To the Bone (I) (2017)

TV-MA | 107 min | Drama

A young woman, dealing with anorexia, meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

Director: Marti Noxon | Stars: Rebekah Kennedy, Lily Collins, Dana L. Wilson, Ziah Colon

Votes: 54,808

22. Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widowed handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of his 8 and her 10 children.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Jerry O'Connell, Sean Faris

Votes: 30,281 | Gross: $53.41M

23. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young

Votes: 68,240

24. Kicking & Screaming (2005)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon realizes that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.

Director: Jesse Dylan | Stars: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Josh Hutcherson, Mike Ditka

Votes: 40,757 | Gross: $52.84M

25. Timer (2009)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

If a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soul mate, would you want to know?

Director: Jac Schaeffer | Stars: Emma Caulfield Ford, Scott Holroyd, Kali Rocha, Katie Von Till

Votes: 13,471

26. Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison, Herman Osorio

Votes: 25,559 | Gross: $16.93M

27. White Noise (I) (2005)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.

Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Chandra West

Votes: 50,778 | Gross: $56.39M

28. Cinderella (1997 TV Movie)

G | 88 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical

Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Brandy Norwood, Bernadette Peters, Veanne Cox, Natalie Desselle Reid

Votes: 9,680

29. Leviathan (2014)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Votes: 56,890 | Gross: $1.09M

30. Handsome Devil (2016)

TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Ned and Conor are forced to share a bedroom at their boarding school. The loner and the star athlete at this rugby-mad school form an unlikely friendship until it's tested by the authorities.

Director: John Butler | Stars: Fionn O'Shea, Ardal O'Hanlon, Amy Huberman, Ruairi O'Connor

Votes: 17,044

31. Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999–2007)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A group of young teens is unexpectedly sent to the mysterious Digital World and paired up with their own powerful, morphing monster called the Digimon. Together the entire group set out on an adventure to fight evil and save the world.

Stars: Steve Blum, Mona Marshall, Tifanie Christun, Derek Stephen Prince

Votes: 23,354

32. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

R | 97 min | Horror, Thriller

Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.

Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham

Votes: 56,092 | Gross: $11.09M

33. Soul Plane (2004)

R | 86 min | Comedy

Things get raucously funny aboard the maiden flight of a black-owned airline, thanks to some last-minute passenger additions.

Director: Jessy Terrero | Stars: Dwayne Adway, Snoop Dogg, Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart

Votes: 24,551 | Gross: $13.92M

34. In Her Shoes (2005)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount

Votes: 65,049 | Gross: $32.88M

35. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

G | 138 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing

Votes: 7,027 | Gross: $34.34M

36. My Girl 2 (1994)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Vada Sultenfuss must go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil to do some research on her mother's life, but finds much more.

Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Austin O'Brien

Votes: 20,912 | Gross: $17.36M

37. Cruel Intentions 2 (2000 Video)

R | 87 min | Drama

This takes place several years before Cruel Intentions (1999), back to when Kathryn first meets Sebastian, their sexual attraction to each other and their enjoyment in destroying the lives of their peers.

Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Robin Dunne, Sarah Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt, Amy Adams

Votes: 16,184

38. The Great Train Robbery (1978)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out.

Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb

Votes: 19,544 | Gross: $13.03M

39. Cinderella (I) (1965 TV Movie)

G | 84 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical

Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, Celeste Holm, Jo Van Fleet

Votes: 3,225

40. South Park (Not Suitable for Children) (2023 TV Special)

TV-MA | 46 min | Animation, Comedy

After it's discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of on-line influencers.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, April Stewart, Kimberly Brooks

Votes: 3,454

41. Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986 TV Movie)

102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.

Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang

Votes: 2,291

42. Appointment with Death (1988)

PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud

Votes: 6,037 | Gross: $0.96M

43. We Summon the Darkness (2019)

R | 91 min | Horror, Music, Thriller

Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after-party.

Director: Marc Meyers | Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth

Votes: 11,866

44. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A creature from another planet tries to seduce a shy Earth physicist to gain control over his researches. The result of this important mission much exceeded her expectations.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan

Votes: 27,723 | Gross: $13.85M

45. Drunken Master II (1994)

R | 102 min | Action, Comedy

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.

Directors: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti, Anita Mui

Votes: 48,895 | Gross: $11.55M

46. I Capture the Castle (2003)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and the fortunes of her eccentric family struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Sophie Stuckey

Votes: 7,978 | Gross: $1.17M

47. Karadayi (2012–2015)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The Kara family's life is turned upside down because of a wrongful accusation that results in the imprisonment of Nazif Kara for a murder he didn't commit.

Stars: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Bergüzar Korel, Çetin Tekindor, Riza Kocaoglu

Votes: 6,056

48. A Whisker Away (2020)

TV-PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Miyo Sasaki is in love with her classmate Kento Hinode and tries repeatedly to get Kento's attention by transforming into a cat, but at some point, the boundary between herself and the cat becomes ambiguous.

Directors: Jun'ichi Satô, Tomotaka Shibayama | Stars: Mirai Shida, Natsuki Hanae, Johnny Yong Bosch, Bob Buchholz

Votes: 13,846

49. Forbidden Love (2008–2010)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Rich Adnan marries Bihter, who is younger than him. A poisonous forbidden love begins between Adnan's nephew Behlül and Bihter who lives in the same mansion.

Stars: Beren Saat, Kivanç Tatlitug, Nebahat Çehre, Hazal Kaya

Votes: 15,257

50. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)

G | 127 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.

Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Sherrie Hewson, John Turner, Rosalind Ayres, Keith Skinner

Votes: 3,164