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

1. Dune (1984)

PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino

Votes: 179,655 | Gross: $30.93M

2. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi

Votes: 233,627 | Gross: $108.39M

3. The Snowman (2017)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson

Votes: 71,681 | Gross: $6.67M

4. Jack (1996)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Because of an unusual disorder that has aged him four times faster than a typical human being, a boy looks like a 40-year-old man as he starts fifth grade at public school after being homeschooled.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez

Votes: 63,830 | Gross: $58.62M

5. Rocky II (1979)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 231,327

6. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance

When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.

Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez

Votes: 18,847 | Gross: $21.67M

7. In America (2002)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger

Votes: 44,282 | Gross: $15.54M

8. The Road Dance (2021)

116 min | Drama

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.

Director: Richie Adams | Stars: Hermione Corfield, Will Fletcher, Mark Gatiss, David Brooks

Votes: 1,234

9. The Awakening (1980)

R | 101 min | Horror

An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist

Votes: 2,866 | Gross: $8.42M

10. Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama

A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes

Votes: 9,885

11. Five Times Two (2004)

R | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Five stages in the romance between a woman and a man.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale

Votes: 10,447 | Gross: $0.13M

12. Wish You Were Here (I) (2012)

R | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two Australian couples, two sisters, are on vacation in Southern Cambodia. Jeremy goes missing. What happened? Were drugs involved? Secrets are slowly revealed after the 3 return to Sydney.

Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr

Votes: 6,152 | Gross: $0.05M

13. Macabre (II) (2009)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two newly weds Adjie and Astrid, along with 3 of their best friends decided to have an interstate road trip as a last attempt to reconcile Adjie with his estranged little sister Ladya. ... See full summary »

Directors: Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto | Stars: Shareefa Daanish, Julie Estelle, Ario Bayu, Sigi Wimala

Votes: 3,797

14. Bully (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary

A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.

Director: Lee Hirsch | Stars: Alex Libby, Lona Johnson, Kelby Johnson, Bob Johnson

Votes: 10,542 | Gross: $4.04M

15. The German Doctor (2013)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.

Director: Lucía Puenzo | Stars: Alex Brendemühl, Diego Peretti, Guillermo Pfening, Alan Daicz

Votes: 7,784 | Gross: $0.41M

16. Cinderella Liberty (1973)

R | 117 min | Drama, Romance

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach

Votes: 2,452 | Gross: $2.86M

17. The Prowler (1951)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell, Katherine Warren

Votes: 4,095

18. Mad Love (2001)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma

Votes: 4,056 | Gross: $0.28M

19. Crowhaven Farm (1970 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Horror

A young couple inherits a farm. Hoping that the rural location might help to patch up their strained marriage, they move into it, only to be confronted by the supernatural forces that inhabit it.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Hope Lange, Paul Burke, Lloyd Bochner, John Carradine

Votes: 1,019

20. The Bigamist (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien

Votes: 4,732

21. Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)

R | 92 min | Drama, Romance

With hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.

Director: Leslie Harris | Stars: Ariyan A. Johnson, Kevin Thigpen, Ebony Jerido, Chequita Jackson

Votes: 1,365 | Gross: $0.48M

22. Four Wives (1939)

Approved | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Three of the four musically inclined daughters of Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, are settling into their lives as wives, but not all is well. Thea Lemp has long ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page

Votes: 729 | Gross: $0.36M

23. Leo (2002)

R | 104 min | Drama

A recently-released prisoner and a troubled young boy share a pen-pal relationship, both connected by their past.

Director: Mehdi Norowzian | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Elisabeth Shue, Sam Shepard, Justin Chambers

Votes: 1,060

24. Musta jää (2007)

110 min | Drama, Thriller

Upon discovering that her husband is having an affair, a Helsinki gynecologist attempts to gather more knowledge about her rival and, in the process, becomes hopelessly entangled in the other woman's life.

Director: Petri Kotwica | Stars: Outi Mäenpää, Martti Suosalo, Ria Kataja, Ville Virtanen

Votes: 2,807

25. The Young Doctors (1961)

Approved | 100 min | Drama

Medical drama set at one of New York City's hospitals during the early 1960s.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark, Ina Balin

Votes: 602

26. Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971 TV Movie)

75 min | Drama

A high-school senior and his girlfriend get married when they find out she's pregnant.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Christopher Norris, Dan Dailey, Dina Merrill

Votes: 99

27. Misconceptions (2008)

TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

The story centers on a religiously conservative, married southern woman who receives a message from God instructing her to act as a surrogate mother and carry a child for two married gay ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Elliot Swift, David Sutcliffe, A.J. Cook, Nicole Burron

Votes: 262 | Gross: $0.01M

28. Sole (2019)

102 min | Drama

Lena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he ... See full summary »

Director: Carlo Sironi | Stars: Claudio Segaluscio, Sandra Drzymalska, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli

Votes: 861

29. Happier Times, Grump (2018)

118 min | Comedy, Drama

The Grump prepares to die: everything is done and his wife is dead. He's making his own coffin when life suddenly walks in: his granddaughter needs the wisdom and stubbornness of her ... See full summary »

Director: Tiina Lymi | Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Satu Tuuli Karhu, Elina Knihtilä, Jani Volanen

Votes: 1,262

30. Baby Girl Scott (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

The story of the Scotts, a young couple whose first child is born dangerously early, weighing less than a pound and a half. As they endure the anguish and struggle to help keep their baby ... See full summary »

Director: John Korty | Stars: John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt, Linda Kelsey, Ronny Cox

Votes: 93

31. The Gift of Life (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman is faced with local disapproval and strain on her marriage when she agrees to serve as a surrogate mother.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Susan Dey, Paul Le Mat, Cassie Yates, Caroline McWilliams

Votes: 51

32. Love Lives On (1985 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A 15-year-old girl must choose between continuing her pregnancy and undergoing treatment for her fast-growing cancer.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Sam Waterston, Christine Lahti, Ricky Paull Goldin

Votes: 142

33. Lo spazio bianco (2009)

96 min | Drama

An unexpected pregnancy and premature birth become a burden that Maria is unprepared for. Lacking control over events for the first time in her life, she retreats into an emotional space ... See full summary »

Director: Francesca Comencini | Stars: Margherita Buy, Gaetano Bruno, Giovanni Ludeno, Antonia Truppo

Votes: 400

34. Electric Shadows (2004)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in... See full summary »

Director: Jiang Xiao | Stars: Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang, Zhongyang Qi

Votes: 1,071 | Gross: $0.01M

35. Little Man (2005)

Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary

'Little Man' is the story of how a micro-preemie brought a family to its knees. Throughout his struggle for life, so struggle filmmaker, Nicole Conn and political activist Gwen Baba to keep... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Conn | Stars: Nicholas James Baba-Conn, Lily Chow, Michele Hakakha, Nicole Conn

Votes: 220

36. 2 Young (2005)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance

A young boy from a working-class family and a bored young girl from a rich family are falling in love. Soon, she's pregnant and the teenagers have to escape from their disapproving parents.

Directors: Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Tung-Shing Yee, Chan Yiu Wa | Stars: Jaycee Chan, Fiona Sit, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Eric Tsang

Votes: 552

37. Life and Birth (2020– )

59 min | Reality-TV

Each week, the miracle of birth meets cutting edge medicine at 3 of Birmingham's busiest maternity hospitals as parents and staff welcome the arrival of Britain's next generation.

Star: Suranne Jones

Votes: 20

38. The Shopaholics (2006)

92 min | Comedy, Romance

A shopaholic is stuck in a love triangle between two men--one, a psychologist trying to help her and the other, a male counterpart.

Director: Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Ching Wan Lau, Jordan Chan, Ella Koon

Votes: 465

39. Hong yan (2005)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's ... See full summary »

Director: Yu Li | Stars: Xingrao Huang, Kechun Li, Yi Liu, Yizhu Wang

Votes: 308

40. The Intruder (1944)

75 min | Drama

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Director: Mauricio Magdaleno | Stars: Domingo Soler, Narciso Busquets, Marta Elba, Carlos Orellana

Votes: 10

41. Saving Fiona (2018)

22 min | Documentary, Short

On a cold January day in 2017, nearly two months before due date, Nile hippopotamus Bibi gave her keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden a big surprise: a tiny newborn hippo, no... See full summary »

Director: Andy T. Jones | Stars: Fiona, Thane Maynard

42. A Chance to Grow (2000 TV Movie)

53 min | Documentary

Three families navigate the unpredictable terrain of a neonatal intensive care unit. The inevitable shifts in each baby's condition provide dramatic twists that challenge family stability ... See full summary »

Director: Claire Marie Panke | Star: James Naughton

43. Cherry Has a Baby (2010 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

Cherry Healey is unexpectedly pregnant at age 28 and worried by the thought of giving birth. She meets other mums to gain an insight.

Director: Launa Kennett | Star: Cherry Healey

Votes: 11

44. Tucker (2009)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A comedy about a Teen-Mother who must care for a rapidly growing child who has an agenda of his own.

Director: Zia Marashi | Stars: Brynn Peebles, Eleni Robinson, Nico Velay, Nathan Dales

Votes: 19

45. Fragile Beginnings: Life in the Neonatal Nursery (1998 Video)

20 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Cole Larsen

46. Alien Nation (1989–1990)
Episode: Real Men (1990)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Sikes and Francisco investigate possible steroid dealings at a gym. George must reconcile his and humanity's conceptions of manhood while he is pregnant.

Director: John McPherson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland

Votes: 73

47. Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
Episode: And Baby Makes Nine: Part 2 (1980)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Abby feels responsible for the complications surrounding Susan's pregnancy; Susan gives birth prematurely, and the fate of the baby hangs in the balance; Elizabeth hides her live-in arrangement with Jack from the family.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Lani O'Grady

Votes: 25

48. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode: Don't Ignore the Miracles (1969)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama

Claire visits Dr. Welby certain she has begun to enter menopause, only to discover that at 42 she has finally become pregnant. Her husband Paul was about to leave her for Maggie, a younger ... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Julie Adams

Votes: 31

49. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode: Madonna with Knapsack and Flute (1969)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama

Dr. Welby's girlfriend, Myra, takes a pregnant hippie into her home.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Anne Baxter

Votes: 28

50. Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
Episode: Everyone's Waiting (2005)

TV-MA | 73 min | Comedy, Drama

Nate and Brenda's daughter Willa is born, but 2 months early and at only 2 lb. 4 oz., requiring a prolonged hospital stay. Nate is convinced she won't make it and insists that he can't ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Ball | Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose

Votes: 12,284