Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "family-court"

1. Instant Family (2018)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.

Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar

Votes: 120,206 | Gross: $67.36M

2. Enough (I) (2002)

PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Tessa Allen, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 47,812 | Gross: $40.01M

3. St. Vincent (2014)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.

Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell

Votes: 108,596 | Gross: $44.13M

4. Judy Justice (2021– )

TV-14 | Short, Crime, Drama

Judge Judy Sheindlin presides over a new array of cases, litigants and judgments.

Stars: Judy Sheindlin, Kevin Rasco, Whitney Kumar, Sarah Rose

Votes: 3,683

5. Ink (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A mysterious creature, known as Ink, steals a child's soul in hopes of using it as a bargaining chip to join the Incubi - the group of supernatural beings responsible for creating nightmares.

Director: Jamin Winans | Stars: Christopher Soren Kelly, Quinn Hunchar, Jessica Duffy, Jennifer Batter

Votes: 22,395

6. The Next Best Thing (2000)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Abbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Illeana Douglas

Votes: 11,705 | Gross: $14.99M

7. The Red Pill (2016)

TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary

The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"

Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay

Votes: 12,054

8. Any Day Now (I) (2012)

R | 98 min | Drama

In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.

Director: Travis Fine | Stars: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher

Votes: 6,575 | Gross: $0.20M

9. Custody (I) (2016)

TV-14 | 104 min | Drama

The lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.

Director: James Lapine | Stars: Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 1,249

10. Allen v. Farrow (2021)

TV-MA | 64 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A look behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving his 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow.

Stars: Mia Farrow, Fletcher Previn, Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow, Casey Pascal

Votes: 7,858

11. Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully

Votes: 2,156

12. I Live in Fear (1955)

103 min | Drama

An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Eiko Miyoshi

Votes: 5,547

13. Raising Victor Vargas (2002)

R | 88 min | Drama, Romance

A Lower East Side teen-ager struggles to find some sanity while surrounded by an eccentric grandmother, a crazy new girlfriend, and a longing younger brother.

Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Victor Rasuk, Donna Maldonado, Kevin Rivera, Krystal Rodriguez

Votes: 5,700 | Gross: $2.07M

14. The Marrying Kind (1952)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing, the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had, hoping that the ... See full summary »

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Sheila Bond

Votes: 1,644

15. The Guardians (I) (2018)

104 min | Documentary

An investigative documentary that examines the systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas, Nevada exposing a cautionary tale where some of our society's most vulnerable citizens are robbed of their life savings and freedom.

Director: Billie Mintz | Star: Dee Drenta

Votes: 120

16. A Place to Be Loved (1993 TV Movie)

95 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and ... See full summary »

Director: Sandy Smolan | Stars: Richard Crenna, Rhea Perlman, Linda Kelsey, Cotter Smith

Votes: 149

17. Traffic 2 (2017)

95 min | Crime

A highly controversial sequel from the creators of the original film which was eventually banned by the Judicial system. Featuring interviews from experts who have researched the ... See full summary »

Director: Pete Middleton | Stars: Emma Ibbitson, Heather Russell-Kay, Ross Cawton, Kuki Keaton

Votes: 1,407

18. Traffic (III) (2014)

110 min | Documentary

The real truth behind the child protection system. Social workers, Judges, Lawyers and Guardians of the court all working together to secure the removal of children from their families and traffic them around the UK.

Director: Pete Middleton | Stars: Brian Woodward, Kuki Keaton, Pamela Ashton, Alan Brent

Votes: 1,013

19. Borrando a papá (2014)

78 min | Documentary

After divorce, fathers fight to see their children while lawyers and psychologists do everything possible to stop families from reuniting. The big business of child custody where suffering equals profits.

Directors: Sandra Fernández Ferreira, Ginger Gentile

Votes: 58

20. Verdict: Guilty or Not (2011– )

60 min | Drama

Court room drama that is played out in front of a "Real" jury. The jury watches a real case and the we see their deliberations.

Stars: Debra Lindkvist, Scott Parrish, Kelsie Hendrix, Greg Grobmyer

21. Custody Denied!

Drama | Announced

After losing custody of her children, a mother's life is endangered when she assembles a group of volunteers who advise mothers and fathers how to navigate corruption in the family court system.

22. Broken Decisions (2018)

27 min | Short, Drama

The choices made by two young adults leads to a contentious custody battle with fatal results.

Director: Alberto Martinez | Stars: Maritza Abreu, Monique Lola Berkley, William Davis, Simone Gattico

23. Family Law (1999–2002)
Episode: Holt vs. Holt (1999)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Romance

Lynn's opposing counsel in a wrongful termination case turns out to be her ex husband, Lynn and Michael argue over who will get the children for Thanksgiving.

Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, Christopher McDonald, Merrilee McCommas, Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Votes: 9

24. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Showtime (1997)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The prosecution's murder case against the Hollywood director threatens to fall apart. And the case could cost Jamie her job and custody of her child, and it could cost Curtis his marriage.

Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 336

25. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Ritual (1997)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An Egyptian man is murdered because he had hired an Egyptian doctor to perform a female circumcision on the man's niece. A.D.A.s McCoy and Ross have to deal with a clash between cultural convictions and the law.

Director: Brian Mertes | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 300

26. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Seed (1995)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While investigating a fertility doctor for a separate case of fraud, McCoy and Kincaid discover evidence that he may be inseminating his patients with his own sperm.

Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 443

27. In Plain Sight (2008–2012)
Episode: Hoosier Daddy (2008)

TV-PG | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mary protects a 10-year-old witness from being returned to his father, but as the story unfolds learns new information about the boy she's protecting.

Director: John Fortenberry | Stars: Mary McCormack, Frederick Weller, Nichole Hiltz, Lesley Ann Warren

Votes: 188

28. Victoria Derbyshire (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #6.15 (2020)

59 min | News

Criticism of a Family Court Judge's rape comments. The rising death toll from coronavirus. The 21-year-old who has elected to go through the menopause. How stressful is watching football?

Director: Carolyn Wilshire | Stars: Joanna Gosling, Anna Collinson, Carrie Gracie

29. Victoria Derbyshire (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #6.17 (2020)

59 min | News

Victoria talks to the woman whose ex-partner has access to their children despite being convicted of child rape. Safety concerns over freezing ovaries in healthy women.

Director: Tracy Dart | Stars: Victoria Derbyshire, Charlotte Hayward, Emma Ailes, Louise Haigh

30. Victoria Derbyshire (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #6.33 (2020)

59 min | News

Calls for a review of all of the cases currently being heard by a family court judge criticised for dismissing a woman's rape claims. A new points-based immigration system is announced. Plus, all the news from last night's Brit Awards.

Director: Tracy Dart | Stars: Joanna Gosling, Emma Ailes

31. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Passbook (2011)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Anita (Rio Locsin) is a woman who came from a failed relationship and falls in love with Hideo (Toru Nagahashi), a Japanese man. Hideo, despite being Japanese is passionate about Filipino ... See full summary »

Director: Nuel C. Naval | Stars: Rio Locsin, Toru Nagahashi, Desiree Del Valle, Ruby Moreno

32. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.4547 (2012)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Michael Owen Morris | Stars: Danielle Harold, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, Samuel James

33. Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode: Imminent Risk (2017)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Carrie gets bad news. Saul makes a plan. Quinn accepts his situation.

Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, Elizabeth Marvel, F. Murray Abraham

Votes: 2,051

34. Bull (2016–2022)
Episode: Home for the Holidays (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Bull is amused when he meets a 9-year-old girl who wants to hire him to help her divorce her parents; Bull is shocked when a judge appoints him her temporary guardian; Marissa discovers disturbing Infomation about her boyfriend.

Director: Michael Smith | Stars: Michael Weatherly, Freddy Rodríguez, Geneva Carr, Jaime Lee Kirchner

Votes: 518