Movies for children

Movies for children
List of the best movies for children selected by visitors to our site: Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Stardust, Cinderella, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Paddington, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The Kid Who Would Be King, Upon the Magic Roads, Mio in the Land of Faraway.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, adventure, family, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:48

Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:32

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:07

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, family
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:24

Based on a classic fairytale "Cinderella" brilliantly adapted by Yevgeni Shvarts.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, China, Canada
Duration01:35

    After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary Brown. Although Paddington's amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde has designs on the rare bear and his hide.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, adventure, family
    CountryFrance, Canada
    Duration01:45

    A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:55

    Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind from the wicked enchantress Morgana and her army of supernatural warriors.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryRussia

    Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, adventure, family
    CountrySweden, Soviet Union, Norway
    Duration01:39

    They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:21

    In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an independent mother with a charming 8-year-old daughter Alina comes to this “nice” apartment, new tenants will find out that their living space is not easy, and the real Boggart lives in it. Only here the keeper of the hearth has long been offended by the entire human race and will do all imaginable nastiness, just to be left alone in the ill-fated apartment. But everything changes when the evil witch challenges Homeovy ...

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryGermany, West Germany
    Duration01:34

    While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

    Markimdb: 8.9
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryNew Zealand, USA
    Duration03:21

    Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

      A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryAustralia, USA
      Duration01:31

      Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hogget knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada

      Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his Grandpa, he wants his room back - so he has no choice but to declare war.

      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: 8
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration01:11

      A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration01:26

      Vam i ne snilos... A movie about two high school kids who meet in class and fall madly in love with each other. Unfortunately, His father and her mother had a history of their own between them which creates uneasiness in both of them. Also because of that, the boy's mother is very jealous and tries to separate them. The only person that tries to help them is their teacher who has relationship problems of her own.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration03:03

      A touching story about a white Gordon Setter with black ear, who became homeless because of his master's illness. His master, Ivan Ivanovich, a man far from being young, fond of hunting and nature, took a puppy to live with him, despite the dog's black ear being a "shame of nature" to his breed. The man always took his dog, whom he called Bim or Bimka, to hunting in country. Later, however Ivan Ivanovich began to have problems with heart and when the disease became worse was taken to a hospital. His dog couldn't bear waiting for the only person that ever cared for him and set out to find his master. Thus began the story of a homeless dog and his many breathtaking and exciting adventures, encounters of many people, kind and evil, and leads to an unexpected and heart-rending end.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryRussia
      Duration02:14

      Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryGermany, Austria

      Already having a hard time adjusting at his new school, things take a turn for the bizarre for eleven year old Felix when he accidentally shrinks his strict principal to only fifteen centimetres in height!

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
      CountryFrance, China, Canada
      Duration02:25

      A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama, music
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France
      Duration01:50

      Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes!

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreadventure, family
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration01:23

      The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter adventures in Patagonia, Australia, and New Zealand... Based on Jules Verne novel.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:54

      The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryRussia

      Peace and tranquility have set in Belogorie. The evil was defeated and Ivan is now enjoying his well-deserved fame. He is surrounded by his family, friends and small wonders from the modern world that help him lead a comfortable life. Luckily, he has his Magic Sword to cut a gap between the worlds to get some supplies quite regularly. But when an ancient evil rises and the existence of the magic world is put to danger, Ivan has to team up with his old friends and his new rivals. They will set out on a long journey beyond the known world to find a way to defeat the enemies and to return peace to Belogorie.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
      Duration02:24

      A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, India, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany
      Duration01:44

      When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration02:17

      A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. The Bear, who wishes to be a bear once again, can turn into his old self if he were to kiss a princess. It gets complicated when he falls in love with that princess, that arrived at the wizard's house. For how can they be together, if a single kiss will destroy their love?

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:16

      Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrefantasy, drama, military
      CountrySpain, Mexico, USA, France
      Duration01:58

        Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:48

        Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a thrilling misadventure involving three ingenious orphans and a villainous actor named Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) who wants their enormous fortune." It includes a suspicious fire, delicious pasta, Jim Carrey, poorly behaved looches, Billy Connolly, an incredibly deadly viper, Meryl Streep, and the voice of an imposter named Jude Law.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrecomedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Germany

        Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse get kicked out of their home and relocate to a fancy New York hotel, where a scrappy employee named Kayla will lose her job if she can’t evict Jerry before a high-class wedding at the hotel. Her solution? Hiring Tom to get rid of the pesky mouse.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into the world of the fairytale to rescue him from the Goblin King!

        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: 7.2
        Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genremelodrama
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:23

        Inspired by Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, 8th grader Petya Kopeykin tries to prove everyone that bravery and honor still exist in today's world.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrefantasy, family
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:15

        Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors is a 1964 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a story with the same name by Vitali Gubarev. Both the surreal story by Vladimir Gubarev, together with the 1964 film, written in a Through The Looking Glass style. Alice-type Soviet girl, named Olya meets her counterpart Yalo, while looking into the mirror. Yalo is an absolute antipode to Olya, for example where Olya is precise and neat, Yalo is absent-minded, careless, etc. The explicit plot relates to Olya learning to see herself differently, but this occurs through an experience in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors which serves as a mechanism for commenting on the ability of a society to manufacture a false reality.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:27

        Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
        CountryGermany, Australia, USA
        Duration01:41

        Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantasy, musical, family
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration02:21

        A family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama, adventure, family, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
        Duration02:06

        Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, family
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:24

        A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but just as perplexed as he is by the fact that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.




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