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

1. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.

Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez, Dean Scott Vazquez

Votes: 103,867 | Gross: $157.07M

2. Event Horizon (1997)

R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson

Votes: 197,204 | Gross: $26.67M

3. 65 (2023)

PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet only to discover he's not alone.

Directors: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Stars: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika King

Votes: 88,066

4. First Man (2018)

PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler

Votes: 202,278 | Gross: $44.94M

5. REC (2007)

R | 78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

Directors: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza | Stars: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Pablo Rosso

Votes: 196,717

6. Shallow Hal (2001)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A shallow man falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 144,793 | Gross: $70.84M

7. Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson, Kristen Wiig

Votes: 24,912 | Gross: $9.20M

8. The Secret of NIMH (1982)

G | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.

Director: Don Bluth | Stars: Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Dom DeLuise, Arthur Malet

Votes: 45,165 | Gross: $10.14M

9. Antlers (2021)

R | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene

Votes: 44,530

10. The World to Come (2020)

R | 105 min | Drama, History, Western

Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.

Director: Mona Fastvold | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott

Votes: 11,021

11. The Kid (1921)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller

Votes: 134,836 | Gross: $5.45M

12. Unlocked (I) (2017)

R | 98 min | Action, Thriller

A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich

Votes: 38,680

13. Songbird (II) (2020)

PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In 2024 a pandemic ravages the world and its cities. Centering on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.

Director: Adam Mason | Stars: K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford

Votes: 11,630

14. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

R | 92 min | Horror

When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.

Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson

Votes: 45,505 | Gross: $5.84M

15. Balto (1995)

G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

An outcast Husky risks his life with other sled dogs to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

Director: Simon Wells | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings

Votes: 48,125 | Gross: $11.35M

16. A Christmas Carol (2009)

PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine

Votes: 129,534 | Gross: $137.86M

17. Carter (2022)

TV-MA | 132 min | Action, Thriller

Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man must escape death while trying to figure out who he is, how he ended up here, and who is the mysterious voice in his ear calling him "Carter"?

Director: Jung Byung-gil | Stars: Joo Won, Kim Bo-Min, Lee Sung-jae, Camilla Belle

Votes: 9,869

18. Wiener-Dog (2016)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Tracy Letts, Julie Delpy

Votes: 11,064 | Gross: $0.45M

19. A Christmas Carol (1951)

TV-PG | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

Votes: 25,727

20. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.

Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton, Lewis L. Russell

Votes: 2,153

21. Night of the Animated Dead (2021)

R | 71 min | Animation, Horror

Visiting their dad's grave in the countryside, two siblings are attacked by a zombie. Barbara escapes to a farmhouse. A man helps barricade the house as more zombies arrive outside.

Director: Jason Axinn | Stars: Josh Duhamel, Dulé Hill, Katharine Isabelle, James Roday Rodriguez

Votes: 835

22. Jar City (2006)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Votes: 5,635

23. Jana (I) (2018)

90 min | Thriller

A misguided young woman with harsh life experiences is chased by a criminal cult.

Director: Federico Segarra | Stars: Melissa Pagan, Romeo Acosta, Jafreisi Adames, Carlos Canelo Jaquez

Votes: 32

24. Miss Hokusai (2015)

PG-13 | 93 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.

Directors: Keiichi Hara, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas | Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Anne Watanabe, Erica Lindbeck, Richard Epcar

Votes: 3,503 | Gross: $0.22M

25. Bunny Drop (2011)

114 min | Comedy, Drama

A man adopts his six-year-old aunt and raises her as his own kid.

Director: Sabu | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Karina, Mana Ashida, Mirei Kiritani

Votes: 1,802

26. La Bruja (2021)

90 min | Horror, Thriller

40 years ago, a man made a pact with a witch in exchange for the life of his granddaughter when she turned 15. Now the time has come, and the family must fight.

Director: Ronny A. Sosa | Stars: Orestes Amador, Hony Estrella, Guillermo Liriano, Lumy Lizardo

Votes: 71

27. The Gifted One (1989 TV Movie)

96 min | Fantasy

A young boy can transfer his body energy into ESP and heal sick people. While the subject of scientists' studies, he runs away to try to find out about his past and why he is the way he is.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Peter Kowanko, John Rhys-Davies, G.W. Bailey, Gregg Henry

Votes: 217

28. The Unheard Woman (2016)

88 min | Biography, Drama

A tale about a farmer and his ill daughter seeking for a doctor can bring back her health.

Director: Hans Steinbichler | Stars: Romy Butz, Rosalie Thomass, Florian Karlheim, Gisela Schneeberger

Votes: 308

29. Selfie (VI) (2019)

108 min | Comedy

In a world where digital technology has invaded our lives, some of us end up cracking. Addict or technophobe, with family or at school, at work or in love, SELFIE tells the comic and wild ... See full summary »

Directors: Tristan Aurouet, Thomas Bidegain, Marc Fitoussi, Cyril Gelblat, Vianney Lebasque | Stars: Blanche Gardin, Maxence Tual, Elsa Zylberstein, Max Boublil

Votes: 780

30. Anatomy of a Marriage (1964)

112 min | Drama

The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoise. The film shares the same plot with "Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.

Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Marie-José Nat, Jacques Charrier, Michel Subor, Macha Méril

Votes: 198

31. Anatomy of a Marriage (1964)

112 min | Drama

The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc. The film shares the same plot with "Françoise ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.

Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Jacques Charrier, Marie-José Nat, Michel Subor, Macha Méril

Votes: 155

32. Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu (2010)

107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ten people who agree to take the same lucrative "job" find themselves locked in an underground complex and forced to play a murder game for seven days.

Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Nagisa Katahira, Shinji Takeda, Masanori Ishii

Votes: 1,388

33. Only God Can Judge Me (2017)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a botched robbery attempt five years ago, Ricky went to jail for his brother Rafael and his buddy Latif. Now that he is back out of jail, Latif wants to show his gratitude: he says he... See full summary »

Director: Özgür Yildirim | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Edin Hasanovic, Peter Simonischek

Votes: 2,422

34. Non coupable (1947)

95 min | Crime, Drama

An alcoholic doctor accidentally kills someone and manages to make the death look like an accident. The episode triggers a sense of confidence and he resolves to correct the miseries of his life.

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Michel Simon, Jany Holt, Jean Wall, Georges Bréhat

Votes: 283

35. Day for My Love (1977)

91 min | Drama, Romance

The young married couple - photographer Marie (Marta Vancurová) and civil engineering student Petr (Vlastimil Harapes) - live in a cozy attic flat with their four-year-old daughter Maruska.... See full summary »

Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Marta Vancurová, Vlastimil Harapes, Sylva Kamenická, Dana Medrická

Votes: 151

36. Everyday Heroes (2016)

79 min | Documentary

A beautiful documentary about children in hospital. Follow a part of the life of 5 children.

Director: Anne-Dauphine Julliand | Stars: Ambre, Camille, Charles, Imad

Votes: 196

37. Aswesuma (2001)

110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An elderly man who regrets certain events in his past life displays his struggle to relieve the bottled up feelings which had disturbed him throughout his life.Opening with the funeral of ... See full summary »

Director: Bennett Rathnayake | Stars: Joe Abeywickrama, Jackson Anthony, Susil Gunarathna, Edward Gunawardhana

Votes: 76

38. Valparaíso, mi amor (1969)

90 min | Drama

A poor Valparaiso family faces a tough life after the father is sent to prison.

Director: Aldo Francia | Stars: Hugo Cárcamo, Sara Astica, Rigoberto Rojo, Liliana Cabrera

Votes: 192

39. Alerta en el cielo (1961)

100 min | Drama

Miguelito is a seriously ill child who lives with his parents near the US air base in Zaragoza (Spain). Both the American and Spanish commanders will do the impossible to get the medicines ... See full summary »

Director: Luis César Amadori | Stars: Pablito Calvo, Antonio Vilar, Peter Damon, Alfredo Mayo

Votes: 24

40. Red Balloon (2020)

11 min | Short, Drama

A devoted father overcome with despair over his young son's illness learns that true freedom comes from love and letting go.

Director: Avi Federgreen | Stars: Gord Rand, Natalie Brown, Etienne Kellici, Patrick McKenna

41. Bitter Bread (1951)

83 min | Drama

A poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children.

Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Eleni Zafeiriou, Inta Hristinaki, Michalis Nikolopoulos, Alkis Papas

Votes: 72

42. Dusty's Trail: Summit of Borneo (2013)

65 min | Documentary, Adventure, Family

Dusty's Trail is an inspirational documentary about a young man's journey with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal and debilitating muscle wasting condition that affects one in 3,500 boys ... See full summary »

Director: Catherine Jayasuriya | Stars: Dusty Brandom, Jon Hastie, Pacien Cunningham, Azmi Calvin Bin George

Votes: 12

43. 999: What's Your Emergency? (2012– )
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2013)

46 min | Documentary

This episode focusses on babies - from births to over-protective parents and from very poorly children to those facing neglect and abuse.

Director: Michael Ogden | Star: Julian Barratt

44. Cornwall Air 999 (2020– )
Episode: Episode #2.9 (2023)

60 min | Documentary

A child is taken critically ill at night, and a climber suffers a fall on the moors, and it's a race against time to help a patient in cardiac arrest.

Star: Dawn French

45. Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis (2012–2013)
Episode: Cats, Cats, Cats (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Reality-TV

Jeff and Jenni undertake a design intervention when they meet a mother who collects stray cats, even though her son is severely allergic to the animals.

Stars: Vanina Alfaro, Barbara, Jone Bouman, Zoila Chavez

46. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Homesick (2013)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Within 30 miles of Washington, DC, eight kids in Navy and Marine Corps families have suddenly become badly ill, requiring treatment in ERs and ICUs; Gibbs and company investigate; Carol, of... See full summary »

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray

Votes: 690