American movies about children

List of the best American movies about children selected by visitors to our site: Spirit Untamed, The Boss Baby: Family Business, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Back to the Future Part III, Flora & Ulysses, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Ghostbusters, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, western, cartoon
CountryUSA, Japan

Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA

The Templeton brothers — Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted — have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new family business.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, adventure, family, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:10

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA

When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her outlook--forever.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryNew Zealand, USA
Duration02:41

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:24

Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:23

Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryCanada, USA, United Kingdom

When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self- worth.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:06

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

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Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryRussia, USA

The Secret Magic Control Agency sends its two best agents, Hansel and Gretel, to fight against the witch of the Gingerbread House.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:07

    After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:14

    When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secret of the house and save the world from destruction.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
    Duration02:23

    Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountryUSA, Canada

    A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada, China, Australia

    After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:53

    Two escaped convicts pose as children's summer camp staff in order to evade capture and learn about caring for others in the process. Sumrak has been in prison since he was 16 years old but is pushing thirty now, is well acquainted with prison gang culture and covered with tattoos. Evgeni Koltsov is a former police officer unjustly imprisoned and destined for a death sentence from the other inmates if he stays in prison.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat - or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA

    In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:46

      The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:23

      When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:03

      In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:15

      A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryUSA

      After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:25

      After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom
      Duration01:28

      In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:35

      A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrecomedy, drama, military, history
      CountryNew Zealand, Czech Republic, USA

      A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      Two siblings who discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection. Mom is forced to pull one last job, and the kids team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she's orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to befriend a neighboring deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, despite the outright disapproval of his mother. Maryann's persistence pays off, however, and during a series of secret visits she gradually uncovers some seriously sinister goings-on in the house.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genredrama, western, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and his gang, who are ruthlessly pursued by a posse led by Sheriff Pat Garret.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

      When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrefamily
      CountryUSA

      Izzy is an energetic 9-year-old. Overscheduled and running late, Izzy's parents can't pick her up on-time the last day of school before Christmas break. A blizzard complicates the matter, but not as much as a pair of bad guys who are freezing in an ice cream truck. The school's janitor is kidnapped by the intruders, and it's up to Izzy to save the day.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:29

      Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Cambodia
      Duration01:41

      A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you expect trouble follows.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:41

      A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:40

      Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.




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