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

1. Boogie Nights (1997)

R | 155 min | Drama

Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 282,723 | Gross: $26.40M

2. Gifted (2017)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama

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

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer

Votes: 130,884 | Gross: $24.80M

3. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein

Votes: 291,813 | Gross: $219.20M

4. I Care a Lot (2020)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

Director: J Blakeson | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 146,590

5. Mama (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

After a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse

Votes: 191,346 | Gross: $71.63M

6. St. Vincent (2014)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.

Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell

Votes: 108,668 | Gross: $44.13M

7. I Am Sam (2001)

PG-13 | 132 min | Drama

An intellectually disabled man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.

Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 155,528 | Gross: $40.31M

8. T2 Trainspotting (2017)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

Votes: 133,221 | Gross: $2.40M

9. Daddy's Little Girls (2007)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A mechanic and his family are struggling to make ends meet with his ex-girlfriend and her drug dealing boyfriend He struggles to get custody of his children during the way he falls inlove with his attorney.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Louis Gossett Jr.

Votes: 8,319 | Gross: $31.34M

10. Thunder Road (2018)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer

Votes: 19,562

11. Wildcats (1986)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Sport

A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold

Votes: 14,636 | Gross: $26.29M

12. My Life as a Zucchini (2016)

PG-13 | 70 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to an orphanage with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.

Director: Claude Barras | Stars: Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz

Votes: 29,262 | Gross: $0.29M

13. Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story (2022 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Mystery

A dramatization of the romance and marriage of the McGuires, the 2004 murder of Bill, the investigation, and the subsequent trial of Melanie, who who dismembered and disposed of her husband's body in suitcases.

Director: Nicole L. Thompson | Stars: Candice King, Michael Roark, Tristan Laurence, Jackson Hurst

Votes: 667

14. JCVD (2008)

R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Jean-Claude Van Damme gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages situation and reflects about his life during it.

Director: Mabrouk El Mechri | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Valérie Bodson, Hervé Sogne, Rock Chen

Votes: 40,355 | Gross: $0.47M

15. Ring of Darkness (1979)

87 min | Horror

Four women make a pact with the Devil. The 13-year-old daughter of one of them has begun to shown signs of a dark nature which causes preoccupation and somewhat regret on her mother.

Director: Pier Carpi | Stars: Anne Heywood, Valentina Cortese, Frank Finlay, John Phillip Law

Votes: 407

16. Ticket Out (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A mother takes her children and flees an abusive ex-husband.

Director: Doug Lodato | Stars: Ray Liotta, Alexandra Breckenridge, Colin Ford, Ciara Bond

Votes: 1,201

17. What Makes a Family (2001 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 91 min | Drama

When an artificially-inseminated woman dies, her partner must fight to regain custody of their child.

Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Brooke Shields, Cherry Jones, Anne Meara, Al Waxman

Votes: 818

18. The Beniker Gang (1984)

G | 87 min | Drama

When five kids growing up in an orphanage refuse to be separated by adoption, the only way to stay together is to go on the lam across the country as The Beniker Gang.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jennifer Dundas, Charles Fields, Jeff Alan-Lee

Votes: 421

19. Paper Flowers (1959)

Unrated | 148 min | Drama, Romance

Suresh Sinha, a famous director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in a film. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a superstar and Suresh faces a decline in his career.

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Kumari Naaz, Johnny Walker

Votes: 2,782

20. A Matter of Justice (1993 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 240 min | Drama, Thriller

True story about the mother of a murder victim seeking to bring her son's widow to justice and gain custody of her granddaughter.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Patty Duke, Martin Sheen, Alexandra Powers, Jason London

Votes: 643

21. A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004 TV Movie)

TV-G | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

On Christmas Day, Santa brings two lonely people together. But can love overcome deception?

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Kelli Williams, Patrick Muldoon, Charles Durning, Bruce Thomas

Votes: 3,441

22. A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 94 min | Fantasy, Music

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman and a witch.

Director: Henry Winkler | Stars: Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Bo Hopkins, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 1,346

23. Let's Dance (1950)

Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

After the war, Donald Elwood meets his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a... See full summary »

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick

Votes: 596

24. Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)

PG | 110 min | Drama

His mother dead, PS lives in Sydney with working-class Aunt Lila and Uncle George. When he's six or eight, his posh Aunt Vanessa descends from England. Named a co-guardian by PS's feckless,... See full summary »

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill, John Hargreaves

Votes: 869

25. Death in Small Doses (1995 TV Movie)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

One night, Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after--poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of ... See full summary »

Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Richard Thomas, Shawn Elliott, Tess Harper, Glynnis O'Connor

Votes: 409

26. In the Family (2011)

Not Rated | 169 min | Drama, Romance

When his partner Cody dies in a car accident, Joey learns that their son, Chip, has been willed to Cody's sister. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are.

Director: Patrick Wang | Stars: Sebastian Banes, Patrick Wang, Trevor St. John, Lisa Altomare

Votes: 980 | Gross: $0.02M

27. Take Two (2017)

TV-PG | 70 min | Family

A father's day story. When one young Filmmaker "Clay" finds out that he has a daughter he realizes the torture that she was lives under and it is up to Clay to save her from the torture she is under.

Director: Robert Douglas Kollar | Stars: Robert A. Rogers III, Izetta Merriman, Dawn Long, Rusty Whitener

Votes: 62

28. Mulberry Stains (2015)

130 min | Drama, Thriller

In this emotionally charged thriller, Harper is forced to face horrifying secrets of her childhood in order to give her daughter a better future. But how far will she go to forget the past?

Director: Tony Villalobos | Stars: Tricia Jo Hoffman, Bailey Gambertoglio, Joey Lauren Adams, Kelvin Payton

Votes: 153

29. Young America (1932)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Already in trouble with the law, Arthur and his friend Nutty break into a drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. The druggist's wife, Mrs. Doray, asks for custody. When he hears... See full summary »

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Doris Kenyon, Tommy Conlon, Ralph Bellamy

Votes: 273

30. Valkoinen kaupunki (2006)

92 min | Drama, Romance

In a dark and cold Helsinki, an unlucky taxi driver Veli-Matti struggles to maintain relationships with his children and estranged wife. Sometimes, losing everything is just a beginning.

Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Janne Virtanen, Susanna Mikkonen, Aada Hämes, Santeri Nuutinen

Votes: 775

31. Wise Girl (1937)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Drama

High-society heiress Susan goes undercover to find her young nieces, who are enjoying a Bohemian lifestyle with their artist uncle

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Henry Stephenson

Votes: 854

32. Broken Dreams (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Drama

Medical intern Robert is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and heads off to Europe to pursue medicine.

Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Randolph Scott, Martha Sleeper, Beryl Mercer, Joseph Cawthorn

Votes: 112

33. The Children Pay (1916)

50 min | Drama

As part of a divorce settlement, Theodore Ainsley gets custody of his older daughter Millicent, and his wife Elinor gets their younger daughter Jean. The two girls, normally inseparable, ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: Lillian Gish, Violet Wilkey, Keith Armour, Ralph Lewis

Votes: 52

34. A Family for Joe (1990)
Episode: A Family for Joe (1990)

100 min | Comedy

To keep from being separated, four orphans get a homeless maverick to pose as their guardian.

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Chris Furrh, Maia Brewton, Jarrad Paul

Votes: 134

35. The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
Episode: The Hitch-Hiker (1961)

30 min | Drama

A lady lawyer and her author husband encounter a starving young woman and her baby, and take them in. Soon they discover she's a Czech refugee that is hiding from a local rich woman she ... See full summary »

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joseph Cotten, Elana Eden, Addison Richards

Votes: 34

36. The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
Episode: My Child Is Yet a Stranger (1962)

30 min | Drama

Adam travels to a small Southern town to meet with the pretty newspaper editor. He hears the story of a poor uneducated couple who adopt a daughter who is discovered to be a genius. State ... See full summary »

Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Bethel Leslie, Philip Abbott, J. Pat O'Malley

Votes: 8

37. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode: Rumpole and the Children of the Devil (1992)

Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A well-meaning social worker takes custody of an eight year-old Timson girl charging that the family is involved with devil worship.

Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Abigail McKern

Votes: 76

38. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Cost (2002)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Avon, Stringer and Wee-Bey discuss how best to deal with Omar after the attempted hit on Avon, deciding to let him think they want peace, whilst secretly planning to kill him. As such, Omar... See full summary »

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 6,318

39. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode: Episode #1.10484 (2007)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

The Judge return with his ruling for the custody of Claire and rules in favor of Philip.

Director: Roger Inman | Stars: Kristian Alfonso, John Aniston, Brandon Beemer, Ashley Benson

40. Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011)
Episode: Domestic Issues (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama

On the eve of Robert's televised debate appearance, Kitty finds out she is pregnant - and the rumor runs through the family. Sarah is shocked when Joe seeks primary custody of their children.

Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Dave Annable, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Kerris Dorsey, Sally Field

Votes: 132

41. Claws (2017–2022)
Episode: Chapter Five: Comeuppance (2022)

TV-MA | 46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Feeling guilty for Jenn and Bryce losing custody of their children, Desna offers them use of her condo, where Jenn begins secretly taking Oxy to steady her nerves.

Director: Steven A. Adelson | Stars: Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran

Votes: 53

42. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode: Episode #1.10483 (2007)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

A judge determines who will get custody of Claire; Hope comforts Marlena, who is trying to make the right decision about John's care; Mimi and Max support Shawn and Belle; Abe learns that ... See full summary »

Directors: Albert Alarr, Roger Inman, Phil Sogard, Herb Stein | Stars: Kristian Alfonso, John Aniston, Brandon Beemer, Darin Brooks

43. As the World Turns (1956–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.13445 (2009)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Dusty is devastated when Craig wins custody of Johnny. Katie and Brad agree to appear in a reality show about the two of them trying to have a baby.

Director: Christopher Goutman | Stars: Terri Conn, Kristen Connolly, Ellen Dolan, Eileen Fulton

44. Archer (2009–2023)
Episode: Distraction Action (2022)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Archer has a brilliant plan to evade capture. There is only one problem, he refuses to follow it.

Director: Casey Willis | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, Gabriel Oliva

Votes: 509

45. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: The Washington Snipers (2005)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

First-hand accounts of both perpetrators and victims add color to the man and boy sniper team responsible for the random D.C. Sniper Attacks of 2002.

Director: Susan McGregor | Stars: Steve Furst, Dewey Cornell, Ralph Daigneau, Earl Dancy

Votes: 25

46. General Hospital (1963– )
Episode: Episode #1.12343 (2011)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Romance

Lucky asks Siobhan to drop the malpractice suit. Patrick is miffed when Steve recommends Robin over him for chief of staff. Carly is appalled and Jax is pleased at the testimony of Brenda and the mediator during the custody hearing.

Director: Scott McKinsey | Stars: Maurice Benard, Anthony Geary, Ingo Rademacher, John J. York

47. Shadowland (2022)
Episode: Killed the Man I Know (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary

A wife takes desperate measures to protect her kids when she thinks her husband's new beliefs put them in danger; a father with a dark worldview tries to regain custody of his daughter.

Director: Eve Van Dyke | Stars: Rachel Bernstein, Eric Braden, Jeannine Cannito, Robert Chapman

Votes: 11

48. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Marriage and Hunting (2013)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama

Nucky refuses to involve himself in Chalky's growing conflict with Narcisse, Rothstein's need for cash pushes him to collect on Doyle's insurance, and Van Alden agrees to kill O'Banion.

Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,792

49. Legal High (2012–2013)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2013)

54 min | Comedy, Drama

Who would have guessed it is regarding a case of polygamy with her son when a mother-in-law walks into a law office looking for representation? A woman and her three husbands on one side. ... See full summary »

Directors: Jun'ichi Ishikawa, Hidenori Jôhô | Stars: Masato Sakai, Yui Aragaki, Masaki Okada, Yuzu Aoki

Votes: 15

50. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Other Lives (2015)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ray and Frank consider new life choices; Ani and Paul go up to the coast to follow a lead.

Director: John Crowley | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 9,451