Movies with Child Actors
Movies involving child and adult friendship.
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- DirectorsChris WeitzPaul WeitzStarsHugh GrantNicholas HoultToni ColletteWill, who attends single parent meetings to woo women, meets Marcus, a troubled 12-year-old boy. As they become friends, Will learns to be responsible while he helps Marcus with his studies.
- DirectorRich ChristianoStarsGavin MacLeodJansen PanettiereRobert GuillaumeIn 1970, 75-year-old Jonathan Sperry starts mentoring three boys--Dustin, Albert, and Mark--to follow the Lord.
- DirectorDave SchultzStarsBranden NadonJoe Norman ShawMatthew Currie HolmesA drug dealer finds an unlikely traveling companion in a runaway kid trying to dodge social services.
- DirectorPeter O'FallonStarsVanessa RedgraveRay LiottaCatherine McCormackAn old woman helps a young boy resolve his feelings over the death of his mother.
- DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsBill MurrayMelissa McCarthyNaomi WattsA young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.
- DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsThomas DoretCécile de FranceJérémie RenierAbandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
- DirectorMenno MeyjesStarsJohn CusackAmanda PeetBobby ColemanA widowed science-fiction writer considers adopting a six-year-old outcast who thinks he's an alien from Mars.
- DirectorPeter HedgesStarsJennifer GarnerJoel EdgertonCJ AdamsA childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
- DirectorAndrew AhnStarsLucas JayeHong ChauBrian DennehyA 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.
- DirectorChris MengesStarsWilliam HurtNathan YappKeith AllenGraham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMatthew McConaugheyTye SheridanJacob LoflandTwo young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
- DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsSteve CooganPaul RuddJesse LukenA bickering gay couple must suddenly deal with the unexpected task of raising a 10-year-old boy.
- DirectorShawn SeetStarsFinn LittleJai CourtneyGeoffrey RushWhen Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman, starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he's forced to remember his childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr. Percival.
- DirectorPeter FaimanStarsEd O'NeillEthan EmbryJoBeth WilliamsTo get to know his girlfriend's son, a working-class good guy volunteers to pick him up from his prep school, only to learn that he isn't the nicest young man.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteAfter being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
- DirectorsDavid NixonPatrick DoughtieStarsTanner MaguireJeffrey JohnsonRobyn LivelyA young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and community and inspiring hope among everyone he encounters. An unsuspecting substitute postman with his own troubled life becomes entangled in the boy's journey and family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
- DirectorShona AuerbachStarsEmily MortimerJack McElhoneGerard ButlerAfter having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.
- DirectorFrank WhaleyStarsJulian ShatkinOlga MeredizDebra MessingLiving with abundant resources, 12-year-old cello prodigy Reggie lives a solitary life in Manhattan; estranged from family, jobless, and having boyfriend problems, sometime-musician 23-year-old Eleanor needs a new job and residence.
- DirectorEmilie CherpitelStarsClotilde HesmeFlorian LemaireYannick ChoiratA privileged woman and an orphan boy meet and somehow become friends.
- DirectorTim HillStarsRobert De NiroUma ThurmanRob RiggleUpset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back.
- DirectorJames A. ContnerStarsJohn SchneiderDylan McLaughlinJason BrooksA young boy who recently lost his parents wants to make a soapbox racer and turns to the town recluse for help.
- DirectorMartin PapazianStarsMartin PapazianTristan Lake LeabuLaura San GiacomoA haunted soldier just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely friends -- and one another's last shot at redemption.
- DirectorTravis FineStarsMelissa LeoAnthony KeyvanBrad William HenkeA cynical, alcoholic flight attendant and a Pakistani-American child prodigy find themselves both thrown together in the aftermath of the World Trade Center Attacks.
- DirectorKad MeradStarsMichèle LaroqueKad MeradVincent PerezMarius, 12, has not seen his father for years and he misses him badly. Marie, his mother, a workaholic firm manager, knows that she will never reconcile with her ex-husband. She must do something to address her son's frustration but what to do ? She finally has the preposterous idea to hire Robert Pique, an unemployed man, to play the role of Marius's father. His job will consist in putting the boy off his alleged dad. Of course, the scheme sucks and nothing will go according to plan...
- DirectorRon MolerStarsMark HarmonEric Christian OlsenStacy EdwardsTwo brothers and their surfing buddies face new challenges and adventures over the course of a memorable summer.