Movies for Young Parents
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1. A Happy Event (2011)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A happy event or an intimate view of motherhood, sincere and with no taboos.
Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Pio Marmaï, Josiane Balasko, Thierry Frémont
Votes: 4,663
2. Unexpected (2015)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.
Director: Kris Rey | Stars: Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern
Votes: 3,241
3. What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and surprises of having a baby and realize that no matter what you plan for, life does not always deliver what is expected.
Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, J. Todd Smith, Dennis Quaid
Votes: 75,706 | Gross: $41.15M
4. Hideaway (2009)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling ... See full summary »
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 2,974 | Gross: $0.03M
5. Juno (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman
Votes: 549,384 | Gross: $143.50M
6. Life Happens (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy
BFFs Kim and Deena fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after Kim gets pregnant and has a baby.
Director: Kat Coiro | Stars: Krysten Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson, Geoff Stults
Votes: 8,182 | Gross: $2.00M
7. The Switch (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Seven years after the fact, a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friend's boy.
Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 112,361 | Gross: $27.76M
8. Life as We Know It (2010)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.
Director: Greg Berlanti | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Alexis Clagett
Votes: 138,945 | Gross: $53.37M
9. Friends with Kids (2011)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two best friends decide to have a child together while keeping their relationship platonic, so they can avoid the toll kids can take on romantic relationships.
Director: Jennifer Westfeldt | Stars: Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd
Votes: 43,117 | Gross: $7.25M
10. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,401 | Gross: $0.65M
11. Bella (2006)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A chef with a mysterious past spends the day with a waitress who needs a friend.
Director: Alejandro Monteverde | Stars: Eduardo Verástegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, Angélica Aragón
Votes: 11,045 | Gross: $8.11M
12. Ben and Kate (2012–2013)
22 min | Comedy
A free-spirited young guy moves in with his tightly-wound Type-A sister under the guise of being his niece's caregiver.
Stars: Dakota Johnson, Nat Faxon, Lucy Punch, Maggie Elizabeth Jones
Votes: 5,285
13. Accidentally on Purpose (2009–2010)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
37-year-old Billie breaks up with her boss at the newspaper and gets pregnant by 22-year-old Zack, who moves into her apartment. They both have their pals.
Stars: Jenna Elfman, Jon Foster, Ashley Jensen, Lennon Parham
Votes: 6,651
14. Up All Night (2011–2012)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Takes an irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.
Stars: Christina Applegate, Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett, Jennifer Hall
Votes: 9,543
15. Catastrophe (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 601 min | Comedy
American man Rob gets Irish woman Sharon pregnant when they hook up for a week while he is on a business trip in London.
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Mark Bonnar, Ashley Jensen
Votes: 23,708
16. Labor Pains (2009)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.
Director: Lara Shapiro | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Luke Kirby, Chris Parnell, Aaron Yoo
Votes: 12,076
17. The End of Love (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
When the mother of his infant son unexpectedly passes away, struggling actor Mark grapples with fatherhood and his inability to grow up. And when he sparks with a single mother, he learns how his choices have real-life consequences.
Director: Mark Webber | Stars: Mark Webber, Alia Shawkat, Shannyn Sossamon, Isaac Love
Votes: 1,867 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Room (I) (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
A little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 450,726 | Gross: $14.68M
19. Where the Heart Is (2000)
PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
Director: Matt Williams | Stars: Natalie Portman, James Frain, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing
Votes: 36,368 | Gross: $33.77M
20. Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Forty-something and single again, Bridget decides to focus on her job and surround herself with friends. Then she discovers that she is pregnant--but she is only 50% sure of the baby's father's identity.
Director: Sharon Maguire | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Sally Phillips
Votes: 82,346 | Gross: $24.25M
21. Knocked Up (2007)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Romance
For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.
Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Votes: 384,746 | Gross: $148.73M
22. Nine Months (1995)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack
Votes: 38,613 | Gross: $69.70M
23. Waitress (2007)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, Cheryl Hines
Votes: 48,835 | Gross: $19.07M
24. The Back-up Plan (2010)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman conceives twins through artificial insemination, then meets the man of her dreams on the very same day.
Director: Alan Poul | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins, Eric Christian Olsen
Votes: 52,283 | Gross: $37.49M
25. Away We Go (2009)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple expecting their first child travels the U.S. seeking the perfect "family home." They have misadventures and find fresh connections with relatives and old friends who help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 55,084 | Gross: $9.45M
26. Gimme Shelter (2013)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.
Director: Ron Krauss | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones
Votes: 9,435 | Gross: $1.36M
27. Joy of Fatherhood (2014)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
Felix enjoys his single life to the fullest, but a ferret bites him, sterilizing him in the process. He tries everything in his power to find the soon-to-be mother of his only child, the result of his first and last sperm donation.
Directors: Matthias Schweighöfer, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Isabell Polak, Friedrich Mücke, Tom Beck
Votes: 2,842
28. I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.
Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Kelsey Grammer, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 21,222 | Gross: $9.66M
29. The Greatest (2009)
R | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A drama that is centered around a troubled teenage girl and a family that is trying to get over the loss of their son.
Director: Shana Feste | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 9,478 | Gross: $0.12M
30. Odd Mom Out (2015–2017)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
The fantastically outrageous world of the uber-wealthy momzillas of New York's Upper East Side.
Stars: Jill Kargman, Andy Buckley, K.K. Glick, Sean Kleier
Votes: 1,669
31. Moms' Night Out (2014)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
Hardworking mom Allyson has a crazy night out with her friends, while their husbands watch their children.
Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | Stars: Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Trace Adkins
Votes: 14,490 | Gross: $10.43M
32. Mom (2013–2021)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley while dealing with her wayward mother.
Stars: Allison Janney, Anna Faris, Mimi Kennedy, Beth Hall
Votes: 39,420
33. Definitely, Maybe (2008)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Director: Adam Brooks | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz, Abigail Breslin, An Nguyen
Votes: 173,290 | Gross: $31.97M
34. The Pacifier (2005)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Having recovered from wounds received in a failed rescue operation, Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Brad Garrett
Votes: 100,953 | Gross: $113.09M
35. The Other Woman (2009)
R | 102 min | Drama
The story of a woman dealing with her infant daughter's death while trying to keep her marriage and her relationship with her stepson.
Director: Don Roos | Stars: Natalie Portman, Scott Cohen, Lisa Kudrow, Charlie Tahan
Votes: 19,828 | Gross: $0.02M
36. What Maisie Knew (2012)
R | 99 min | Drama
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Joanna Vanderham
Votes: 28,618 | Gross: $1.07M
37. Blue Valentine (2010)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, John Doman, Faith Wladyka
Votes: 211,415 | Gross: $9.74M
38. Togetherness (2015–2016)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two couples living under the same roof struggle to keep their relationships alive while pursuing their individual dreams.
Stars: Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet, Steve Zissis
Votes: 9,328
39. Adult Beginners (2014)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A bankrupt businessman tries to restore good relations with his sister and her family.
Director: Ross Katz | Stars: Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Joel McHale
Votes: 8,783 | Gross: $0.10M
40. About a Boy (2014–2015)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Womanizing Will lives a carefree bachelor life on a Christmas song's royalties - until 11-year-old Marcus and his cute mom Fiona move in next door. Will provides an escape for Marcus from his vegan, hippie, uncool, depressed mom.
Stars: David Walton, Benjamin Stockham, Al Madrigal, Minnie Driver
Votes: 8,812
41. She's Having a Baby (1988)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James Ray
Votes: 13,885 | Gross: $16.03M
42. Baby Mama (2008)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Director: Michael McCullers | Stars: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 47,487 | Gross: $60.49M
43. The Babymakers (2012)
R | 95 min | Comedy
After failing to get his wife pregnant, a guy (Schneider) recruits his pals to steal the deposit he left at a sperm bank years ago.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn, Kevin Heffernan, Wood Harris
Votes: 8,874 | Gross: $0.01M
44. Call the Midwife (2012– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, History
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Stephen McGann
Votes: 31,528
45. Life in Pieces (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
A family comedy told through the separate stories of different family members.
Stars: Colin Hanks, Betsy Brandt, Thomas Sadoski, Zoe Lister-Jones
Votes: 17,188
46. Electrick Children (2012)
R | 96 min | Drama
Rachel, a teenager born and raised in her Mormon community, believes that she has been inpregnated by listening to music and must get to Vegas to find the "father" of her miracle baby.
Director: Rebecca Thomas | Stars: Julia Garner, Liam Aiken, Billy Zane, Cynthia Watros
Votes: 6,154
47. Declaration of War (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
When their young son is diagnosed with a brain tumor, young parents Roméo and Juliette unite in the fight for his survival.
Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, César Desseix, Gabriel Elkaïm
Votes: 5,323 | Gross: $0.05M
48. Parenthood (2010–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives and tragedies of the Braverman family tree.
Stars: Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter
Votes: 37,571
49. Single Parents (2018–2020)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A group of single parents form their own support system as they raise their kids and struggle to start new relationships.
Stars: Taran Killam, Leighton Meester, Kimrie Lewis, Jake Choi
Votes: 7,136
50. Smothered (2023– )
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Tired of the same romantic highs and lows, Sammy comes up with a plan to have a three week "affair" with Tom and then part ways after. The plan does not quite pan out.
Stars: Danielle Vitalis, Jon Pointing, Amber Grappy, Rebecca Lucy Taylor
Votes: 345
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