Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "group-of-children"

1. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

G | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.

Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear

Votes: 227,685 | Gross: $4.00M

2. The Sandlot (1993)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.

Director: David Mickey Evans | Stars: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleur, Patrick Renna

Votes: 102,549 | Gross: $32.42M

3. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.

Directors: George Miller, George Ogilvie | Stars: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn

Votes: 147,998 | Gross: $36.20M

4. Kindergarten Cop (1990)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt

Votes: 162,887 | Gross: $91.46M

5. The Cursed (2021)

R | 111 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.

Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran

Votes: 16,818

6. Richie Rich (1994)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family

A rich young boy finds his family the target of an inside job, and must use his cunning to save them.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Edward Herrmann, John Larroquette, Christine Ebersole

Votes: 73,644 | Gross: $38.09M

7. Piranha (1978)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 24,755 | Gross: $6.00M

8. BMX Bandits (1983)

PG | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: David Argue, John Ley, Nicole Kidman, Angelo D'Angelo

Votes: 6,033

9. Operation Pacific (1951)

Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War

During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes

Votes: 3,896

10. The Bourne Identity (1988)

Unrated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An injured, unconscious man washes ashore in a small French town. As he recovers, it becomes quite clear, someone is trying to kill him.

Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat

Votes: 4,762

11. Tomboy (2011)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.

Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani

Votes: 22,292 | Gross: $0.13M

12. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

Not Rated | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.

Director: Issa López | Stars: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Nery Arredondo, Hanssel Casillas

Votes: 9,066 | Gross: $0.13M

13. The Shape of Things to Come (1979)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Some time in the future, man has set up colonies on the Moon, when Earth becomes uninhabitable. A madman decides to destroy the Moon colonies with his robots and automated ships, and only three people and their robot can stop him.

Director: George McCowan | Stars: Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse, John Ireland

Votes: 1,329

14. The King of Algiers (2023)

92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Omar, a gangster on the run, tries to lie low for the rest of his life in Algiers to escape his sentence of 20 years in prison by the French authorities.

Director: Elias Belkeddar | Stars: Reda Kateb, Benoît Magimel, Meriem Amiar, Haroun Attalah

Votes: 680

15. All the Kind Strangers (1974 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 73 min | Horror, Thriller

A man traveling through a backwoods area is held hostage by a group of orphans who want him to become their father. Unfortunately, the kids have a habit of killing adults who refuse that particular honor.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, John Savage, Robby Benson

Votes: 925

16. The Big Steal (1949)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles

Votes: 5,392

17. Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)

TV-G | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.

Director: Okihiro Yoneda | Stars: Megumi Kobayashi, Misato Tate, Aki Hano, Takuma Yoshizawa

Votes: 1,097

18. Bokura no (2007)

Unrated | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets.

Stars: Akira Ishida, Ao Takahashi, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Hiroki Tôchi

Votes: 515

19. Scout toujours... (1985)

98 min | Comedy

France, 1965 - An aging mamma's boy becomes the replacement leader of a rowdy group of teenage boy scouts who make his life miserable.

Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Claude Leguay, Jean-Yves Chatelais, Jean-Paul Comart

Votes: 951

20. Snow Treasure (1968)

G | 95 min | Action, Drama, War

This movie is based on a book by Marie McSwigan. It is 1940 in Norway, a neutral, peace-loving country that is invaded by Nazi Germany. A gang of Norwegian children do what Norwegian children like to do best - ski.

Director: Irving Jacoby | Stars: Paul Austad, Tina Austad, Wilfred Breistrand, James Franciscus

Votes: 106

21. Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)

82 min | Comedy, Adventure, Drama

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin".

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lilia Prado, Carlos Navarro, Fernando Soto, Agustín Isunza

Votes: 1,647

22. The Mischief Makers (1957)

18 min | Short, Comedy

A group of five boys, the brats of the title, are all in love with an unbearably beautiful woman and so they spend their summer jealously harassing her and her boyfriend.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Gérard Blain, Bernadette Lafont, Michel François, Alain Baldy

Votes: 3,946

23. Die rote Zora und ihre Bande (1979–1980)

326 min | Adventure

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Stars: Uwe Falkenbach, Erich Schleyer, Hannes Kaetner, Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic

Votes: 150

24. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 778

25. Rouli-roulant (1967)

16 min | Documentary, Short, Sport

A look at skateboarding in Montreal, Canada.

Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Charles Denner, Pierre Charpentier, Marc Harvey

Votes: 192

26. Frosty the Snowman (1951)

3 min | Animation, Short, Family

An animated musical number of the beloved classic song based off everyone's favorite snowman Frosty.

Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Beatrice Hagen, Temple Handleson, MacArthur Jones

Votes: 187

27. Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Alice conducts a secret meeting and devises a plan to free all dogs by eliminating the dog catchers.

Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Joe Allen, Virginia Davis, Walt Disney, Rollin Hamilton

Votes: 201

28. The Hound and the Rabbit (1937)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

A playful hound befriends a rabbit, joins him and his fellow bunnies for some football, and protects them from a cunning fox.

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Melvin J. Gibby, Leone Le Doux, Shirley Reed

Votes: 176

29. Bari Weiss to the Woodshed (2019 Video)

414 min | Documentary, News

In this seven-hour video for Patreon, Ryan Dawson blasts Bari Weiss for spouting Zionist propaganda on Joe Rogan's podcast.

Stars: Ryan Dawson, Bari Weiss, Joe Rogan, Nathan Phillips

Votes: 15

30. Un jour, dix ans... (1997)

15 min | Short

In Montmartre, a whimsical ten-year-old skips a day of school.

Director: Éric Carlier | Stars: Jocelin Allibert, Leina Bonhèmes, Antoine Carlier, Sebastien Douclous

31. Making Christmas Crackers. (1910)

6 min | Documentary, Short

Factory workers make Christmas crackers, a process that is shown in detail. Later, a family gathers around the tree at Christmas and enjoys their noise-making toys. Finally, Santa Claus emerges from a gigantic cracker.

Star: A.E. Coleby

Votes: 73

32. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: Don't Tell Anybody (1988)

Drama

Marty spends a night in a haunted house. Geoff and Sam are trapped by a ferocious dog. And the women of the town play host to some undesirable characters.

Director: Chris Adshead | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien

Votes: 9

33. I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
Episode: Toy Soldiers (1992)

Drama

Reverend Henry invites Forrest to meet the black people who are demanding equal rights.

Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch

34. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Double Trouble (1979)

Adventure, Drama, Family

The Hobo, and a charming human peer, conspire to save a couple of horses who are about to be put down and turned into fertilizer.

Director: Richard Gilbert | Stars: London, Barry Morse, David Bolt, Mignon Elkins

Votes: 17

35. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: The Secret of Red Hill (1981)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Big Foot has been sighted in a forest near a small town. The police don't take the sightings seriously, but the Hobo and a reporter seek it out.

Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: London, Susan Hogan, David Fox, Roger Dunn

Votes: 13

36. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Winner Takes All (1996)

Crime, Drama, Family

The coach of the kids' basketball team collapses at a game and the parents group appoints Jill as interim coach. At first she is determined to play fair and give all the boys a chance, but ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Paulin | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 53

37. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Rascals (1992)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An emergency beam out renders four crewmen down to childhood shortly before renegade Ferengi take over the Enterprise and offload the adults.

Director: Adam Nimoy | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,283

38. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Reunion (1990)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When the leader of the Klingon High Council dies, Picard finds himself in the middle of the struggle for the now-vacant position. Meanwhile, Worf reunites with a past love, only to find he now has a son.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,732

39. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Mind Robber: Episode 2 (1968)

TV-PG | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

With the TARDIS destroyed, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a strange forest patrolled by mysterious soldiers.

Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Hamish Wilson, Wendy Padbury

Votes: 621

40. Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010)
Episode: The Gathering (2007)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy

Melinda learns about the children's artwork, and their connection to the tragedies. The Prophet Ghost returns with more cryptic clues, and a revelation.

Director: John Gray | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, Camryn Manheim, Jay Mohr

Votes: 291

41. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: There's Something About Harry (2007)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dexter's world comes crumbling down when Doakes tracks him to the scene of his latest kill and reveals a devastating secret about Harry; the Miami Metro PD closes in on the "Bay Harbor Butcher."

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King

Votes: 5,692

42. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode: Growing Up in the Universe: The Genesis of Purpose (1992)

Documentary, Family

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Stars: Richard Dawkins, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 26

43. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode: Growing Up in the Universe: The Ultraviolet Garden (1992)

Documentary, Family

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Stars: Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins

Votes: 34

44. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode: Growing Up in the Universe: Waking Up in the Universe (1991)

Documentary, Family

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Star: Richard Dawkins

Votes: 38

45. The Lost Islands (1976)
Episode: Ye Confounded Wheels (1976)

25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Anna and Christian are caught, after the children find out that Christian only left because he hadn't hidden his boat properly. But will Christian stay to help the children if they manage to free them?

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tony Hughes, Jane Vallis, Robert Edgington, Amanda Ma

Votes: 5

46. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: Our Father (2008)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the Season Three premiere, Dexter's life seems to be smoothly back on track, until he targets a dope dealer who's also in the sights of Assistant D.A. Miguel Prado; Internal Affairs pressures Debra to rat on her new partner.

Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, C.S. Lee

Votes: 5,407

47. Against the Wind (1978)
Episode: The Seeds of Fire (1978)

60 min | Drama, History, Western

In 1796 Ireland, the Mulvanes are oppressed by British laws and taxes. Daughter Mary seeks to rescue the family's impounded cow with the aid of beau, Michael Connor. Connor is killed. Mary's sentenced to be transported for 7 years.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Mary Larkin, John Allen, Cash Backman, Ernie Bourne

Votes: 22

48. Archie's Funhouse (1970–1971)
Episode: Space Spectacular/Fresh Air

21 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The Archies perform "Oh, Sweet Suzie," "Don't Run from Love" and "Mr. Factory." Outer space is the theme of the opening segment, anti-pollution the theme of the closing song.

Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: Dal McKennon, Howard Morris, John Erwin, Jane Webb

49. Die Wölfe (2009– )
Episode: Nichts kann uns trennen (2009)

Drama, History

The year is 1948. Berlin is in ruins and has been divided into four sectors by the war lords. Six teenagers, each marked in different ways by the war, swear each other eternal friendship in... See full summary »

Director: Friedemann Fromm | Stars: Axel Prahl, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Johanna Gastdorf

Votes: 32

50. Seven Little Australians (1973)
Episode: Consequences (1973)

25 min | Drama, Family

Judy has been sent to boarding school at Mount Victoria, but is determined to return home.

Director: Ron Way | Stars: Barbara Llewellyn, Mark Clarke, Anna Hruby, Jennifer Cluff