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Five Nights at Freddy's(2023)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 49min | Horror, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 1,633 votes)

Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.

Directed by Emma Tammi - With Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Mary Stuart Masterson, Matthew Lillard, Piper Rubio, MatPat, ...

Mrs. Doubtfire(1993)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 5min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 2,713 votes)

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.

Boogie Nights(1997)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 36min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,450 votes)

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

Separation(2021)

1h 47min | Horror, Drama
2.9/5 (with 92 votes)

A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.

Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 45min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 963 votes)

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

Hero(1992)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 194 votes)

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.

Changing Lanes(2002)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 39min | Thriller
3.1/5 (with 465 votes)

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.

The Next Best Thing(2000)

2.6/5 (with 83 votes)

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

Losing Isaiah(1995)

1h 46min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 43 votes)

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.

Custody(2018)

1h 33min | Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 275 votes)

In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody of her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers abused. Taken as a hostage between his parents, Julien Besson will do everything to prevent the worst from happening.

The Good Mother(1988)

1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.

It Started in Naples(1960)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 32 votes)

Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an 8 year old boy who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law Lucia Curcio. To make matters worse, Lucia happens to be a sexy nightclub dancer.

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Shastry Virudh Shastry(2023)

2h 20min | Drama, Kids & Family

A little boy is in a dilemma when his parents wish to take him away from his orthodox grandparents. This gives rise to a legal battle between the two for his custody.

The Butterfly Effect(1995)

3.6/5 (with 14 votes)

Luis, a Spanish student, goes to London to get a course in Economics. He lives at a house the neighbor of her aunt, but when she broke up with her husband, Luis goes to live with her.

Who We Are Now(2018)

1h 41min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 14 votes)

Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not.

Our Son(2023)

1h 44min | Drama

When his husband Gabriel files for divorce, Nicky fights for custody of their eight year-old son Owen, as he struggles to come to terms with what it means to love someone and what it means to be a father.

Meine Tochter darf es nie erfahren(2000)

1h 33min | Drama

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Charter(2020)

1h 34min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 16 votes)

After a recent and difficult divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.

Her Desperate Choice(1996)

1h 32min | Drama, TV Movie
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Despite allegations of child sexual abuse against Jody's ex-husband Marcus, the court orders joint custody of their daughter Samantha. Jody faces a choice of turning Samantha over to Marcus, or taking her on the run and risk kidnapping charges. Pursued by both the FBI and a private detective, Jody and Samantha are hunted, fleeing from town to town with the help of an underground network set up to help women and children escape from abuse. Based on a true story.

Directed by Michael Scott

Whose Daughter is She?(1995)

1h 29min | TV Movie, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Directed by Frank Arnold - With Joanna Kerns

The Blue Veil(1951)

1h 53min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

Private Detective(1939)

55min | Mystery

A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.

Directed by Noel M. Smith - With Jane Wyman

Guttersnipes(1974)

1h 37min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Poor painter helps a paralysed child.

The Naked Venus(1959)

1h 18min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A young American painter and his French wife move with their small daughter to the US when the husband's father dies. His mother takes an instant dislike to the wife, and when she finds out that her daughter-in-law is a nudist who once posed naked for an artist, she declares her son's wife to be an unfit mother and sets out to break up the marriage--which may not be difficult to do, as the son is a weak-willed "mama's boy" who's terrified to stand up against his domineering mother.

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

Merrily We Roll Along(2013)

2h 16min | Music
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Triple Olivier Award-winner Maria Friedman makes an extraordinary directorial debut with a flawless cast. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, Merrily We Roll Along starts in 1980 and travels backwards in time. This powerful and moving story features some of Sondheim’s most beautiful songs including "Good Thing Going", "Not a Day Goes by" and "Old Friends".

Man on Fire(1957)

1h 35min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman (Bing Crosby in a rare non-singing, unsympathetic role) prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court, and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.

Not in Front of the Children(1982)

1h 40min | Drama, TV Movie

Divorced for two years, Nancy Caruthers, asks her new lover, Paul Adams, a medical student, to move in. She has custody of her two daughters, but this new living arrangement prompts her ex-husband, Richard to sue for custody, based on moral grounds. He does not really want the girls to live with him, but his strict religious background will not allow him to stand by and let them be raised in an atmosphere of 'sin.'.

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor(2018)

1h 2min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

This documentary recounts the difficult choice actress Mary Astor had to make after learning her personal, very intimate, diaries had been stolen. The film tells the story of Astor's 1936 child custody case.

Short Changed(1986)

1h 39min

Described as "an Aboriginal Kramer vs Kramer," this is the moving account of an Aboriginal political activist fighting his white ex-wife for joint custody of their son.

Directed by George Ogilvie

Unfit: Ward vs. Ward(2012)

1h 14min | Documentary
1.6/5 (with 1 vote)

Thoughtful documentary exploring the shocking court decision to grant custody to a child’s father, a convicted murderer, rather than her lesbian mother.