Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "8-year-old-boy"

1. Sound of Freedom (2023)

PG-13 | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The incredible true story of a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from traffickers.

Director: Alejandro Monteverde | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp, Cristal Aparicio

Votes: 114,222

2. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, War

Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Zac Mattoon O'Brien

Votes: 246,548 | Gross: $9.03M

3. The Way Home (2023– )

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama

Three generations of strong and independent women living together in the small farm town of Port Haven embark on an enlightening journey none of them could have imagined as they learn how to find their way back to each other.

Stars: Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Andie MacDowell

Votes: 3,020

4. Cobweb (2023)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An eight-year-old boy tries to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from inside the walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret that his sinister parents have kept hidden from him.

Director: Samuel Bodin | Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman, Woody Norman

Votes: 31,899

5. The Boondocks (2005–2014)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Brothers Huey and Riley Freeman experience a culture clash when they leave Chicago to move in with their grandfather in the suburbs.

Stars: Regina King, John Witherspoon, Gary Anthony Williams, Cedric Yarbrough

Votes: 35,734

6. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.

Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook

Votes: 139,060 | Gross: $65.63M

7. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.

Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson

Votes: 190,918 | Gross: $126.53M

8. Poltergeist (1982)

PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller

A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight

Votes: 179,617 | Gross: $76.61M

9. Marriage Story (2019)

R | 137 min | Drama, Romance

Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.

Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer, Azhy Robertson

Votes: 346,493 | Gross: $2.00M

10. Crimes of the Future (2022)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman

Votes: 40,718

11. If I Stay (2014)

PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. The choice is hers if she can go on.

Director: R.J. Cutler | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard

Votes: 128,262 | Gross: $50.47M

12. The Prodigy (2019)

R | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

Director: Nicholas McCarthy | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Colm Feore

Votes: 28,315 | Gross: $14.86M

13. Let Him Go (2020)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.

Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Kayli Carter, Ryan Bruce

Votes: 34,951

14. Driveways (2019)

83 min | Drama

A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, and ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door.

Director: Andrew Ahn | Stars: Lucas Jaye, Hong Chau, Brian Dennehy, Laurent Rejto

Votes: 6,491

15. Devil's Knot (2013)

Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola, James Hamrick

Votes: 23,858

16. Hooper (1978)

PG | 99 min | Action, Comedy

Aging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.

Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith

Votes: 7,894 | Gross: $78.00M

17. Leave It to Beaver (1997)

PG | 84 min | Comedy, Family

Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, age 8, has misadventures and learns life lessons in this entertaining, hilarious tale of a small-town Ohio family and the daily trials of life.

Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner, Cameron Finley, Erik von Detten

Votes: 4,553 | Gross: $10.71M

18. Godsend (2004)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned, under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen several years after his rebirth.

Directors: Frank M. Calo, Nick Hamm | Stars: Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Cameron Bright

Votes: 26,464 | Gross: $14.38M

19. Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family

Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.

Director: Michael Grossman | Stars: Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove, Bailee Madison

Votes: 4,507

20. Whisper (I) (2007)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

Director: Stewart Hendler | Stars: Jennifer Shirley, Blake Woodruff, Michael Rooker, Josh Holloway

Votes: 10,063

21. Naakt (2006)

TV-MA | 7 min | Short, Drama

Eight-year-old Erik's mother takes him to the sauna for the first time in his life. There, he has to disrobe and sees lots of naked men and women around him. He feels very uncomfortable at first but then he seems to enjoy it.

Directors: Diederik Ebbinge, Albert Jan van Rees | Stars: Sem Roeters, Marike van Weelden, Frederieke Pijl, Roosmarijn Luyten

Votes: 214

22. Hidden in Plain Sight (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Thriller

A woman tries to escape her murderous ex by living in hiding with her child.

Director: Stacia Crawford | Stars: Victoria Barabas, Gino Anthony Pesi, Jake Allyn, Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Votes: 903

23. Ransom! (1956)

Approved | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions.

Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 2,330

24. The Actress (1953)

Passed | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

This is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins

Votes: 1,506

25. Jakten på nyresteinen (1996)

Not Rated | 91 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A little kid shrinks himself so that he can travel into the body of his grandfather. Here he has to kill the kidney-stone his grandfather is suffering from.

Director: Vibeke Idsøe | Stars: Torbjörn T. Jensen, Jenny Skavlan, Benjamin Helstad, Kjersti Holmen

Votes: 1,139

26. Mickybo and Me (2004)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

This movie tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. They share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), with the consequence that they run away to Australia.

Director: Terry Loane | Stars: John Joesph Mcneill, Niall Wright, Julie Walters, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 2,447

27. Stolen Summer (2002)

PG | 91 min | Drama

A Catholic boy tries to convert a terminally ill Jewish boy, so he will be able to go to Heaven.

Director: Pete Jones | Stars: Amara Balthrop-Lewis, Kevin Pollak, Aidan Quinn, Bonnie Hunt

Votes: 2,891 | Gross: $0.12M

28. A Gift Wrapped Christmas (2015 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A personal shopper with a sunny disposition makes it her Christmas mission to melt the heart of her newest client - a workaholic widower and single parent.

Director: Lee Friedlander | Stars: Meredith Hagner, Travis Milne, Anna Van Hooft, Anthony Bolognese

Votes: 1,950

29. Simon's Got a Gift (2019)

103 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Simon is 8 and he's an orphan. His dream is to find a family willing to take him in. But Simon is not a child like the others, he has a secret power: he is able to take the appearance of every person he has ever touched.

Director: Léo Karmann | Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Martin Karmann, Camille Claris, Nicolas Wanczycki

Votes: 723

30. At the Midnight Hour (1995 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Wealthy widower Richard Keaton engages young widow Elizabeth 'Liz' Guinness as the 4th consecutive nanny for his pre-teen, equally science-devoted son Andrew, with instructions to disturb ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Patsy Kensit, Keegan MacIntosh, Cynthia Dale, Lindsay Merrithew

Votes: 428

31. I Want to Be a Soldier (2010)

100 min | Drama

Alex, an eight-year-old boy, seems to have a macabre fascination for violent images that he sees on television. After his two brothers are born, he feels lonely, and he makes up two ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Molina | Stars: Fergus Riordan, Cameron Antrobus, Andrew Tarbet, Josephine Barnes

Votes: 776

32. Ogre (2021)

103 min | Drama, Fantasy

Terrible events are worrying the inhabitants of the Morvan: a child has disappeared and a wild beast is attacking the livestock. Jules, a child who has recently arrived in the village, senses something sinister near his house.

Director: Arnaud Malherbe | Stars: Ana Girardot, Giovanni Pucci, Samuel Jouy, Albertine Rivière

Votes: 380

33. The Education of Little Tree (1997)

PG | 112 min | Drama

Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy who loses his parents during The Great Depression and begins living with his Indian grandparents and learning the Cherokee way of life.

Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton, Tantoo Cardinal, Mika Boorem

Votes: 1,823 | Gross: $0.12M

34. Bump in the Night (1991 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

An ex-New York reporter fights alcoholism as she and her ex- husband search for their kidnapped son.

Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Christopher Reeve, Wings Hauser, Richard Bradford

Votes: 337

35. Rubber Tarzan (1981)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Family

A weak, dyslexic boy is bullied in school. His Tarzan obsessed dad calls him Rubber Tarzan. He makes a friend in crane driver Ole, who tells him: There's always something, you're good at. You just have to know what it is.

Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Alex Svanbjerg, Otto Brandenburg, Peter Schrøder, Susanne Heinrich

Votes: 1,357

36. Under the Stars of Paris (2020)

86 min | Drama

Christine is homeless in Paris. On a winter night she finds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in front of her shelter. Bound by their marginal conditions, they embark together on an emotional journey to find his mother in Paris.

Director: Claus Drexel | Stars: Catherine Frot, Mahamadou Yaffa, Dominique Frot, Jean-Henri Compère

Votes: 337

37. Last Cowboy Standing (2009)

123 min | Drama

In 1972, Rupert, 8 and Evert, 6 are two lovable and wildly imaginative brothers, lost in their cowboys-and-Indians fantasies and in the playground romances with the neighborhood girls. In ... See full summary »

Director: Zaida Bergroth | Stars: Ilmari Järvenpää, Onni Tommila, Lauri Tilkanen, Iiro Panula

Votes: 724

38. Santiago (1956)

Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance

A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills

Votes: 320

39. 1999 A.D. (1967)

25 min | Short, Sci-Fi

A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacturer. In the "1999 House of Tomorrow", each family member's activities are enabled by a ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Madden | Stars: Marj Dusay, Kerry MacLane, Wink Martindale, Alexander Scourby

Votes: 74

40. La educación de las hadas (2006)

103 min | Drama, Romance

A happily married woman with an eight-year-old son suddenly decides to end her relationship with her second husband. His son thinks only a fairy can save their marriage. But do fairies exist?

Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Irène Jacob, Bebe, Víctor Valdivia

Votes: 919

41. Where's Willie? (1978)

G | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

An 8-year old boy invents a hand-held computer which can control any electronic device, and uses it to affect the entire town where he lives.

Director: John Florea | Stars: Henry Darrow, Katherine Woodville, Guy Madison, Marc Gilpin

Votes: 75

42. The Elusive Samurai (2024– )

24 min | Animation, Drama, History | Filming

After a massacre, Tokiyuki flees with loyal retainers including Suwa Yorishige, who predicts Tokiyuki will rule Japan. Their priority is escaping enemy territory.

Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Asaki Yuikawa

43. Abel, Your Brother (1970)

90 min | Drama

Karol is a newcomer to the class and instantly called "sissy". He makes himself disliked by correcting his classmates and eating sandwiches, while everybody else eats dry bread and onions. ... See full summary »

Director: Janusz Nasfeter | Stars: Filip Lobodzinski, Edward Dymek, Henryk Golebiewski, Roman Mosior

Votes: 151

44. Wednesdays (2011)

9 min | Short, Drama

Every Wednesday, 8-year old Kris accompanies 28-year old Willem to the swimming pool where they have a whole lot of fun together. They swim, go down the slide and eat fries. Just when Kris ... See full summary »

Director: Aaron Rookus | Stars: Tyn Hageman, Viktor Griffioen

Votes: 96

45. Dimanche ou les fantômes (1994)

30 min | Short

With few words and leaving it to the spectator to fill in blanks, this short subject contemplates one ordinary day in the life of a single woman and her child.

Director: Laurent Achard | Stars: Olivia Bouet-Willaumez, Yvon Boulanger, Andre Duchesne, Stephane Dufour

Votes: 11

46. Miracle Fish (2009)

TV-PG | 17 min | Short, Drama

8-year-old Joe has a birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the infirmary, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.

Director: Luke Doolan | Stars: Karl Beattie, Brendan Donoghue, Angus Russo, Jason Doric

Votes: 935

47. Anatomie ceského odpoledne (2020)

22 min | Short, Drama

Temperatures are rising and crowds of people are spending their time at lakes like thirsty animals. Summer hits blasting from the speakers are silenced by an announcement that two boys went... See full summary »

Director: Adam Martinec | Stars: Mikulás Kren, Renata Visnerová-Prokopová, Simona Peková, Lucie Andelová

Votes: 48

48. These Things Take Time (2018)

19 min | Short, Drama

An eight-year-old boy experiences his first heartbreak when he falls in love with his male third-grade teacher.

Director: Jerell Rosales | Stars: Zackary Arthur, Timothy Ryan Cole, Jason Heymann, Samantha Krull

Votes: 65

49. Dolores (I) (2016)

98 min | Drama, History, Romance

Amid the growing tensions between the British and the Germans in the Argentine pampas during World War II, a woman must face her feelings for his brother-in-law and a new love in the form of a German-descendant landowner.

Director: Juan Dickinson | Stars: Emilia Attías, Guillermo Pfening, Roberto Birindelli, Mara Bestelli

Votes: 48

50. The Game (IV) (2022)

21 min | Short, Drama

One night, as George attempts to drown out his parents' constant and escalating conflicts by gluing his eyes to his Gameboy, he's startled by the sound of a deafening scream coming from his mother's bedroom.

Director: Aldo Vassallo | Stars: Nicolas Calero, Adrienne Laurén, Shah Motia, Alberto Santiago