Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hitting-a-child"

1. The Glass Castle (2017)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama

A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson

Votes: 38,521 | Gross: $17.27M

2. Becky (II) (2020)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Robert Maillet

Votes: 24,638

3. After.Life (2009)

R | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a car accident, a young woman caught between life and death meets a funeral director who claims to have the gift of transitioning the dead into the afterlife.

Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo | Stars: Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Chandler Canterbury

Votes: 41,080 | Gross: $0.11M

4. Biutiful (2010)

R | 148 min | Drama, Romance

A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella

Votes: 94,601 | Gross: $5.10M

5. The Curse (1987)

R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.

Director: David Keith | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee

Votes: 3,877 | Gross: $1.93M

6. Kuruvi (2008)

Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Vetrivel, a car racer, learns that a Malaysia-based don owes his father a huge sum of money. However, when he meets the don, he realises that his missing father may still be alive and held captive.

Director: Dharani | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Suman, Vivek

Votes: 4,866

7. Deadly Games (1989)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

On Christmas Eve, a resourceful young boy has to defend himself and his grandfather from a killer dressed as Santa Claus.

Director: René Manzor | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Louis Ducreux, Patrick Floersheim, Alain Lalanne

Votes: 2,782

8. Orphan Train (1979 TV Movie)

143 min | Adventure, Drama

In 1854, there were over 10,000 abandoned, orphaned children living on the streets of New York City. Out of this desperate situation was born the orphan Train. This is a fictionalized account, based on actual events.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Jill Eikenberry, Kevin Dobson, Linda Manz, Graham Fletcher-Cook

Votes: 265

9. Cub (2014)

Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Horror

Over-imaginative 12 year-old Sam heads off to the woods to summer scout camp with his pack convinced he will encounter a monster...and he does.

Director: Jonas Govaerts | Stars: Maurice Luijten, Evelien Bosmans, Titus De Voogdt, Stef Aerts

Votes: 6,184

10. Death of Hitch-Hikers (1979)

87 min | Crime, Thriller

A truck driver Charvát returned from prison six months ago. His colleagues know his past, but in front of his landlady and her 10-year-old son, Charvát comes across as a man of integrity ... See full summary »

Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Vilém Besser, Marek Perepeczko, Zdenek Buchvaldek, Jana Janeková

Votes: 146

11. Bedwetter (II) (2008)

11 min | Short, Drama

A young boy's dreams are haunted by the ghost of his abusive grandfather. Only by entering his son's nightmare and facing his own troubled childhood can an emotionally distant father stop the past from repeating itself in the present.

Director: Mario Moreira | Stars: Pedro Alejandro Lobo, Damian Michalis, Eduardo Giron, Nestor A. Grandal

12. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
Episode: Fiesta (1970)

PG | 60 min | Western

On the way to a wild time at Fiesta in Mexico, Buck runs into the sport of boy fighting in a cantina. He rescues the losing boy from the fight and his owner but finds the boy and himself in danger from the men he took the boy from.

Director: John Florea | Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal

Votes: 56

13. Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode: Episode #3.21 (2020)

95 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show

Jeremy asks - Were you proud or embarrassed by the behavior of Brexit Party MEPs in Brussels? Should smacking be banned in England? Should a bodybuilder be allowed to park in a parent/child spot?

Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Ayesha Hazarika, Nina Myskow

14. Creepshow (2019– )
Episode: Model Kid/Public Television of the Dead (2021)

TV-MA | 52 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Joe's closest friends are the model toys of his favorite scary movie monsters; a public TV station is overwhelmed when the appraisal of an antique book accidentally summons a dark force.

Director: Greg Nicotero | Stars: Brock Duncan, Tyner Rushing, Jana Allen, Kevin Dillon

Votes: 1,142