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Parent-Child Family movies

Family stories focused on parent-child bonds: care, responsibility, trust, generational tension, and repair.

The Boss Baby

1. The Boss Baby

Animation Comedy Family Family Animation Parent-Child Family
6.3
20171h 37min

Overview

A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.

Themes

Deception and loyalty, Sibling rivalry, Memory and belonging, Love vs manipulation, Corporate family tension, Age vs authority

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Alibi.com

2. Alibi.com

Comedy Family Awkward Comedy Parent-Child Family
6.5
20171h 30min

Overview

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Deception in relationships, Romantic tension, Honesty vs secrecy, Professional boundaries blur, Business ethics under strain

Available on

Apple TV
blue TV
Google Play Movies
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The Lego Batman Movie

3. The Lego Batman Movie

Animation Action Comedy Family Family Animation
7.3
20171h 44min

Overview

A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.

Themes

Found family, Leadership under pressure, Mentorship dynamic, Trust and collaboration, Duty versus belonging

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Ballerina

4. Ballerina

Animation Adventure Comedy Family Family Animation
6.8
20161h 29min

Overview

In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

Themes

Class tension, Mentorship and talent, Deception for entry, Rivalry and legitimacy, Ambition and sacrifice, Performative pressure

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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A Monster Calls

5. A Monster Calls

Fantasy Adventure Family Supernatural Fantasy Parent-Child Family
7.4
20161h 48min

Overview

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

Themes

Intergenerational bonds, Caregiving burden, Fantasy as coping, Illness and coping, Truth and vulnerability, Bullying and isolation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Storks

6. Storks

Adventure Animation Comedy Family Family Animation
6.8
20161h 27min

Overview

Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...

Themes

Resilience through cooperation, Corporate ambition vs responsibility, Loyalty under leadership change, Stock pressure and corporate risk, Family formation and longing, Mass production vs personal care

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The BFG

7. The BFG

Adventure Family Fantasy Adventure Epic Parent-Child Family
6.3
20161h 57min

Overview

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

Themes

Power and responsibility, Outsider protection and trust, Fear as political tool, Dreams shaping action, Monarchy under threat, Protecting children from danger

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Where Am I Going?

8. Where Am I Going?

Comedy Family Adventure Awkward Comedy Parent-Child Family
6.7
20161h 26min

Overview

Checco is 39 and lived his entire life with his parents. He loves his job where he does nothing the whole day, until something happens that will change his behavior and his life forever...

Themes

Deception and framing, Teamwork under threat, Guardianship and protection, Belonging through crisis, Relocation under danger, Alien outsider status

Available on

Netflix
Disney Plus
Amazon Prime Video
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The Great Gilly Hopkins

9. The Great Gilly Hopkins

Comedy Drama Family Family Drama Parent-Child Family
6.5
20151h 39min

Overview

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

Themes

Foster system tension, Attachment negotiations, Transition stress, Caregiving boundary testing, Routine establishment, Trust development

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Pan

10. Pan

Fantasy Adventure Family Action Epic Fantasy
5.7
20151h 51min

Overview

Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

Themes

Destiny vs flying choice, Magic and aging control, Loyalty amid pirate betrayal, Mermaid alliance tension, Orphanage pirate hardship, Pirate power dynamics, Fairy tale prophecy

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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