Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "disbelieving-adult"

1. Matilda (1996)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 175,272 | Gross: $33.08M

2. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones

Votes: 247,172 | Gross: $128.34M

3. Final Destination (2000)

R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller

After getting a premonition about a plane crash on his school trip, Alex, a student saves a few of his classmates. However, their situation gets complicated when death starts chasing them.

Director: James Wong | Stars: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke

Votes: 280,575 | Gross: $53.33M

4. Cloak & Dagger (1984)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra

Votes: 8,472 | Gross: $9.72M

5. View from the Top (2003)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

A small-town woman tries to achieve her goal of becoming a flight attendant.

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo

Votes: 28,762 | Gross: $15.59M

6. Meet the Parents (2000)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance

Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner

Votes: 356,151 | Gross: $166.24M

7. Hocus Pocus (1993)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.

Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz

Votes: 156,231 | Gross: $44.34M

8. Frailty (2001)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."

Director: Bill Paxton | Stars: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary

Votes: 91,670 | Gross: $13.10M

9. Jaws 2 (1978)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo

Votes: 84,728 | Gross: $102.92M

10. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Kelly Rowland, Monica Keena

Votes: 127,551 | Gross: $82.62M

11. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.

Director: Stephen Chiodo | Stars: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon

Votes: 45,677 | Gross: $15.63M

12. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 85,932

13. The Omen (2006)

R | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.

Director: John Moore | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, David Thewlis

Votes: 62,948 | Gross: $54.61M

14. Big Fat Liar (2002)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf steals his class paper and turns it into a smash hit movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall tale.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Detmer

Votes: 39,680 | Gross: $48.36M

15. Goodnight Mommy (2014)

R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.

Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher

Votes: 59,979 | Gross: $1.17M

16. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A creature from another planet tries to seduce a shy Earth physicist to gain control over his researches. The result of this important mission much exceeded her expectations.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan

Votes: 27,776 | Gross: $13.85M

17. Home Alone 3 (1997)

PG | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny von Dohlen

Votes: 127,458 | Gross: $30.88M

18. Leprechaun (1992)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

An evil, sadistic Leprechaun goes on a killing rampage in search of his beloved pot of gold.

Director: Mark Jones | Stars: Warwick Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olandt, Mark Holton

Votes: 30,592 | Gross: $8.56M

19. The Good Son (1993)

R | 87 min | Drama, Thriller

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and becomes friends with his cousin, a boy of the same age who shows increasing signs of violent and psychopathic behavior.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, David Morse

Votes: 45,853 | Gross: $44.59M

20. Child's Play 2 (1990)

R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.

Director: John Lafia | Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise

Votes: 57,889 | Gross: $28.50M

21. The Blob (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.

Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. | Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland

Votes: 29,472

22. Swimfan (2002)

PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Thriller

A high school senior with a promising swimming career has a one-night stand with consequences.

Director: John Polson | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Kate Burton

Votes: 21,239 | Gross: $28.56M

23. Avengement (I) (2019)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime

After years of assaults on him in prison, convicted felon Cain Burgess escapes for avengement on those responsible.

Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran

Votes: 20,800

24. Domestic Disturbance (2001)

PG-13 | 89 min | Crime, Thriller

When Danny witnesses his stepfather Rick murder a man, Danny's father Frank has to protect his son from the greatest danger.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: John Travolta, Nick Loren, Matt O'Leary, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Votes: 28,770 | Gross: $45.25M

25. 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: 3,897 | Gross: $1.93M

26. Dolly Dearest (1991)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A toy manufacturer buys the 'Dolly Dearest' factory in Mexico, where the malevolent spirit of Sanzia, a devil child, has taken refuge in one of the porcelain dolls, and eventually takes control of his daughter.

Director: Maria Lease | Stars: Denise Crosby, Sam Bottoms, Rip Torn, Chris Demetral

Votes: 3,461

27. Mercy (I) (2014)

R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller

A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.

Director: Peter Cornwell | Stars: Frances O'Connor, Shirley Knight, Chandler Riggs, Joel Courtney

Votes: 5,836

28. Spy School (2008)

PG | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Doubting Thomas is the story of a twelve year old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes public with his story, no one believes him, and he is forced to save her on his own.

Director: Mark Blutman | Stars: Forrest Landis, AnnaSophia Robb, Rider Strong, Lea Thompson

Votes: 1,712

29. Barbie in Princess Power (2015 TV Movie)

TV-Y | 73 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

When a magical butterfly kisses the kind princess, Kara, the crime-fighting hero, Super Sparkle, emerges. Now, along with her strong cousin, they must deal with the Baron, the kingdom's real enemy. Will the super-girls teach him a lesson?

Director: Ezekiel Norton | Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Britt Irvin, Michael Kopsa, Rebecca Husain

Votes: 1,178

30. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 2,543

31. Step Dogs (2013)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Family

When a pampered Hollywood pooch is sent up North to live with a wise cracking farm-mutt, all leashes are off.

Director: Geoff Anderson | Stars: Joris Jarsky, Ryan Belleville, Dylan Schmid, Eliana Jones

Votes: 600

32. Hue and Cry (1947)

82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler, Vida Hope

Votes: 1,803

33. Scene of the Crime (1986)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ... See full summary »

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Wadeck Stanczak

Votes: 1,082 | Gross: $0.16M

34. Rich Hill (2014)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Rich Hill intimately chronicles the turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town and the fragile family bonds that sustain them.

Directors: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos | Stars: Alyssa Jewell, Andrew Jewell, Elizabeth Jewell, Willie Jewell

Votes: 2,512

35. Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery

When Victor and his family move into his grand-uncle's mysterious - and seemingly haunted - mansion, the young boy detective makes it his mission to solve the case of a girl who died there forty years earlier.

Directors: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert | Stars: Kristo Ferkic, Joanna Ferkic, Vijessna Ferkic, Christoph Maria Herbst

Votes: 559

36. Charlie's Ghost Story (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

An archeologist finds remains of a famous explorer and moves them to a museum. This causes the spirit of the explorer to become restless. He wants his bones properly buried and returns as ghost to seek help from the archeologist's son.

Director: Anthony Edwards | Stars: Trenton Knight, Cheech Marin, Anthony Edwards, Charles Rocket

Votes: 357

37. Cowards (2008)

89 min | Drama

A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back.

Directors: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz | Stars: Eduardo Garé, Eduardo Espinilla, Elvira Mínguez, Antonio de la Torre

Votes: 602

38. El Cristo del Océano (1971)

74 min | Drama

The people of a fishing village is about to witness a miracle thanks to the new mysterious friend of a young, lonely boy.

Director: Ramón Fernández | Stars: Nino del Arco, Paolo Gozlino, Pilar Velázquez, Leonard Mann

Votes: 116

39. Clubhouse Detectives in Scavenger Hunt (2003)

80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

When 4 friends attend a birthday party they find a stolen painting which sends them on chase to find out who the real burgulars are and where the next hit will be. Will they be able to find the real burgulars and solve the case? Find out!

Director: Eric Hendershot | Stars: Jonathan Cronin, Brittany Armstrong, Michael Glauser, Cameron Mainwaring

Votes: 88

40. No One Believes Me (2013 TV Movie)

109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Everything points to Sébastien, 13, as his father's murderer. Two boys from the neighboring estate hide him from his pursuers. With the help of Sébastien's half-sister they will try to uncover the truth.

Director: Jacques Fansten | Stars: Batyste Fleurial, Bruno Wolkowitch, Jacques Chambon, Bernard Villanueva

Votes: 30

41. Springtime Serenade (1935)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Rabbit are preparing their summer home, confident that winter has ended. Professor Groundhog, unable to see his shadow, predicts several more weeks of cold weather. The ... See full summary »

Director: Manuel Moreno | Stars: Geneva Hall, Dorothy Compton, Beatrice Hagen, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 45

42. The Good Son (1993 Video)

Not Rated | Drama, Thriller

A audiobook of 'The Good Son' narrated by John Glover, based on the novel by Todd Strasser.

Star: John Glover

43. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Mawdryn Undead: Part One (1983)

TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

With the TARDIS trapped on a collision course with a strange, orbiting spaceship, locked in time as well as space, the Black Guardian recruits a deceitful and ill-natured British student to kill the Doctor.

Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Nicholas Courtney

Votes: 482

44. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: Return from Outer Space (1965)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Using a matter transfer device left behind by the Taurons, Will beams himself back to Earth. He arrives safely in the small town of Hatfield Four Corners, Vermont, but his pleas for help are considered the fantasies of a runaway boy.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 363

45. Deadtime Stories (2012–2014)
Episode: Terror in Tiny Town (2013)

TV-PG | 23 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Willy and Zach love their Tiny Town train set but when the boys add a new toy, weird things begin to happen. The toys aren't where they were left and the Tiny Town train runs by itself. Is it possible Tiny Town has come to life?

Director: David Hillenbrand | Stars: Jennifer Stone, Aramis Knight, Garrett Ryan, Grace Kaufman

Votes: 36

46. R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2010–2014)
Episode: Spores (2014)

TV-PG | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

While on a hike in the woods, strange things begin to happen to Melvin's family.

Director: Ken Friss | Stars: William Ainscough, Paul McGillion, Erica Carroll, Michelle Creber

Votes: 67