Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "child-custody-fight"

1. Bull (2021)

R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Bull mysteriously returns home after a 10 year absence to seek revenge on those who double crossed him all those years ago.

Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: David Nellist, Kevin Harvey, Mark Springer, Neil Maskell

Votes: 8,402

2. Reckless (1935)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson

Votes: 1,515

3. Man on Fire (1957)

Approved | 95 min | Drama

A wealthy businessman whose wife has divorced him, is bitter about the divorce, and prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She takes him to court, and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.

Director: Ranald MacDougall | Stars: Bing Crosby, Inger Stevens, Mary Fickett, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 448

4. Age of Indiscretion (1935)

Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance

A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, May Robson

Votes: 191

5. The Christmas Secret (2014 TV Movie)

TV-G | 86 min | Drama, Family, Romance

While her life is falling apart, single mom Christine finds a magical family heirloom that leads to love and good fortune during Christmas.

Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Bethany Joy Lenz, John Reardon, Susan Hogan, Michael Hogan

Votes: 3,901

6. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

R | 101 min | Drama

Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas

Votes: 3,833 | Gross: $0.15M

7. Undercover Angel (1999)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

A writer with no focus in his work, becomes the unwilling babysitter of a precocious little girl who turns his life around.

Director: Bryan Michael Stoller | Stars: Yasmine Bleeth, Dean Winters, Emily Mae Young, Lorraine Ansell

Votes: 1,102

8. Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully

Votes: 2,158

9. I Could Go on Singing (1963)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Music

Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Aline MacMahon

Votes: 1,715

10. Instant Daddy (2023)

112 min | Comedy, Drama

Valentin Roxas was raised by his Tatay Lito alone, when his mother left them to work abroad when he was seven. To maintain a sense of normalcy, Lito wrote young Val letters supposedly from his mother promising that she would come back.

Director: Crisanto Aquino | Stars: Ryza Cenon, Althea Ruedas, Jerald Napoles, Danita Paner

Votes: 130

11. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure

Tarzan and Jane go to New York to rescue Boy after he is kidnapped into a circus.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey

Votes: 3,593

12. Noel Next Door (2022 TV Movie)

84 min | Comedy, Romance

It follows a single mom as she gets into a war of words with a neighbor who is ruining Christmas, only to find that this misunderstood grouch just may steal her heart.

Director: Max McGuire | Stars: Natalie Hall, Corey Sevier, Callum Shoniker, Joanna Douglas

Votes: 1,525

13. Invisible Child (1999 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

A woman from London starts working for a family as a nanny and discovers that the mother thinks she has an imaginary child called Maggie.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Tushka Bergen, Mae Whitman

Votes: 829

14. Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018)

62 min | Documentary

Mary Astor has to make a difficult choice after learning her personal diaries have been stolen.

Director: Alexa Foreman | Stars: Lee Grant, Molly Haskell, Leonard Maltin, Ken Bass

Votes: 296

15. Tato (1995)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A father, who is in the middle of a brutal custody battle with his mentally ill wife, fights relentlessly for the right to take care of his 7-year-old daughter.

Director: Maciej Slesicki | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Dorota Segda, Ola Maliszewska, Teresa Lipowska

Votes: 1,661

16. Deadly Duo (1962)

Not Rated | 70 min | Mystery

Two identical twin sisters...one is very,very good--one is very, very bad. The good twin is due some big bucks. The bad twin wants 'em. Since they look just alike...look out.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Craig Hill, Marcia Henderson, Robert Lowery, Dayton Lummis

Votes: 226

17. Life Returns (1934)

Passed | 63 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently deceased dog.

Directors: Eugene Frenke, James P. Hogan | Stars: Onslow Stevens, Lois Wilson, Valerie Hobson, Frank Reicher

Votes: 265

18. Shadow of a Woman (1946)

Approved | 78 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A young bride's marital bliss is replaced by shades of suspicion when she suspects that her husband is trying to starve his young son to death in order to claim an inheritance the boy is entitled to.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Helmut Dantine, Andrea King, William Prince, John Alvin

Votes: 461

19. Far from Over (1989)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Action

A pregnant woman goes to serve her husband divorce papers in prison with their young daughter to leave him for another man.

Director: Diane H. Kelly | Stars: Mitchell Cox, Linda Fontana, Stephan Gibu, Amber Rose Kelly

20. Mare of Easttown (2021)
Episode: Enter Number Two (2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Mare and Colin analyze new physical evidence, a recorded call leads to a an unlikely suspect. After Mare attacked Helen because of a a possible custody battle she receives advice by Richard.

Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice

Votes: 5,473

21. Greenleaf (2016–2020)
Episode: Men Like Trees Walking (2016)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Refusing to reinstate Jacob as a preacher, the Bishop advises him to follow his life's calling. Jacob applies for a pastor's job at a rival church. Grace gets a custody notice for her daughter. Charity remains cold towards her husband.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker

Votes: 95

22. Reign (2013–2017)
Episode: Blood in the Water (2017)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama

Mary has a difficult childbirth that leaves both her and her child's life in danger. Elizabeth learns that the death of someone close to her was caused by someone in her inner circle.

Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Adelaide Kane, Megan Follows, Rachel Skarsten, Celina Sinden

Votes: 204

23. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
Episode: Kill Me (2019)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Renata tries to help Celeste; Bonnie struggles with her mother's recovery; Celeste attends a custody hearing; Josh, Max and Ziggy are bullied by a boy at school.

Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern

Votes: 3,463

24. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
Episode: The Bad Mother (2019)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Celeste is blindsided by Mary Louise; Bonnie contemplates a solution to her mother's suffering and her own ongoing guilt; The Monterey Five feel the pressure of increased scrutiny of Perry's death.

Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern

Votes: 3,898