Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "surrogate-brother"

1. Capernaum (2018)

R | 126 min | Drama

While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.

Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad

Votes: 105,528 | Gross: $1.66M

2. Blades of Glory (2007)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Sport

In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.

Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck | Stars: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett

Votes: 177,769 | Gross: $118.59M

3. Brother Bear (2003)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.

Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Jason Raize

Votes: 123,911 | Gross: $85.34M

4. Capote (2005)

R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson

Votes: 140,824 | Gross: $28.75M

5. The Best of Enemies (2019)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, History

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

Director: Robin Bissell | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche

Votes: 19,603 | Gross: $10.21M

6. The Ice Storm (1997)

R | 112 min | Drama

In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle-class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny

Votes: 59,988 | Gross: $7.84M

7. Caché (2005)

R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot

Votes: 85,276 | Gross: $3.63M

8. After Yang (2021)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

Director: Kogonada | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Justin H. Min

Votes: 23,011

9. The Kite Runner (2007)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub

Votes: 82,567 | Gross: $15.80M

10. Harsh Times (2005)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough-minded drama about two friends in South Central Los Angeles and the violence that comes between them.

Director: David Ayer | Stars: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodríguez, Eva Longoria, Chaka Forman

Votes: 68,586 | Gross: $3.34M

11. The Rider (2017)

R | 104 min | Drama, Western

After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau

Votes: 20,651 | Gross: $2.42M

12. Talk to Me (2007)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps

Votes: 10,274 | Gross: $4.47M

13. December Boys (2007)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.

Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Teresa Palmer, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers

Votes: 12,438 | Gross: $0.05M

14. A Few Best Men (2011)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

A groom and his three best men travel to the Australian outback for a wedding.

Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Laura Brent, Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop

Votes: 13,568

15. Earth (1998)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War

It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.

Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna

Votes: 8,114 | Gross: $0.53M

16. Strayed (2003)

Unrated | 95 min | Drama, Romance, War

Emmanuelle Béart stars as a widowed schoolteacher who flees German-occupied Paris with her children. A teenage boy comes to their rescue by leading them into the forest -- their best shot at survival.

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clémence Meyer

Votes: 3,393 | Gross: $0.48M

17. Pépé le Moko (1937)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside. A visiting Parisian beauty may just tempt his fate.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin

Votes: 8,076 | Gross: $0.15M

18. Love Hina (2000–2001)

TV-14 | 544 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Keitaro had a childhood friend. When she had to move away, they promised to meet again at Tokyo University. Years later, Keitaro has failed his entrance exam twice, but he won't give up his promise, even though he can't remember her name.

Stars: Yûji Ueda, Yui Horie, Masayo Kurata, Yu Asakawa

Votes: 2,372

19. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A teenager who witnesses the murder of his father vows to exact revenge on the four mobsters involved in the killing.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay, Paul Dubov

Votes: 3,928

20. Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)

PG | 105 min | Documentary, Family, Music

The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.

Director: Marilyn Agrelo | Stars: Heather Berman, Emma Therese Biegacki, Eva Carrozza, Evangelina Carrozzo

Votes: 3,552 | Gross: $8.12M

21. Kings & Queen (2004)

Unrated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin

Votes: 4,017 | Gross: $0.29M

22. Black Circle Boys (1997)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

All-American Kyle is the newest initiate of the Black Circle Boys, an underworld society of gothic groupies whose primary interests are creating mayhem and studying the Occult. By the time ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Carnahan | Stars: Scott Bairstow, Eric Mabius, Tara Subkoff, Chad Lindberg

Votes: 1,071

23. Something of Value (1957)

Approved | 113 min | Drama, War

In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 1,307

24. The Great Water (2004)

93 min | Drama, War

Based on a children's book written by Zivko Cingo in the 1970s, the movie is about the difficult transition in Macedonia after World War II.

Director: Ivo Trajkov | Stars: Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Verica Nedeska

Votes: 873 | Gross: $0.01M

25. Happy (2012)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.

Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Marci Shimoff, Ed Diener, Richard Davidson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Votes: 3,382

26. In the Arms of My Enemy (2007)

R | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Four men living in Eastern Europe in 1856 get caught up in tales of thievery, murder and revenge.

Director: Micha Wald | Stars: Adrien Jolivet, Grégoire Colin, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, François-René Dupont

Votes: 592

27. Red Lights (2004)

Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A cross-country trip turns out to be a nightmare for a troubled couple.

Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard, Alain Dion

Votes: 3,004 | Gross: $0.05M

28. The Mutants (1998)

113 min | Drama

Three homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.

Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela, Helder Tavares

Votes: 651

29. Schizo (2004)

86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life. But, he does have the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle ... See full summary »

Director: Gulshat Omarova | Stars: Oldzhas Nusupbayev, Olga Landina, Eduard Tabishev, Viktor Sukhorukov

Votes: 1,057 | Gross: $0.05M

30. Blood Brother (2013)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

Documentarian visits best friend in India to see the mutual unconditional love that keeps his buddy bonded to a village hostel housing AIDS-afflicted children.

Director: Steve Hoover | Stars: Rocky Braat, Steve Hoover, Anitha, Devi

Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.12M

31. Charlotte Sometimes (2002)

R | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Michael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young tenant.

Director: Eric Byler | Stars: Jacqueline Kim, Eugenia Yuan, Michael Aki, Matt Westmore

Votes: 1,101 | Gross: $0.08M

32. Along the Way (2007)

R | 97 min | Drama

A powerful memoir of the summer of 1996 and the events that shattered the lives of four close friends.

Director: Andrew Bowen | Stars: Briel DiCristofaro, Andrew Bowen, Michael Cade, John McLoughlin

Votes: 299

33. Tap World (2015)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, History, Music

About ten years ago, a group of us produced a fourteen-minute short film, 'Tap Heat', which film contrasted the traditional tap with the contemporary, as it's being created and performed by... See full summary »

Director: Dean Hargrove | Stars: Jason Samuels Smith, Joshua Johnson, Ivery Wheeler, Ted Louis Levy

Votes: 57 | Gross: $0.02M

34. Dalton (1993 TV Movie)

Documentary, Music

Hans Otto Bisgaard visits the infamous Dalton brothers - Lars Lilholt, Johnny Madsen and Allan Olsen. During a break in their Denmark tour we meet them at their hideout place. As they ... See full summary »

Stars: Hans Otto Bisgaard, Lars Lilholt, Johnny Madsen, Allan Olsen

Votes: 12

35. Men, Interrupted (2009 TV Movie)

22 min | Comedy, Drama

"Men, Interrupted" is a comedic, drama about three best friends living out their dirty thirties in L.A. Rowen, Marcus and Nathan are very different men but despite their differences, ... See full summary »

Director: Rick Walls | Stars: Pearce Akpata, Darwin Harris, Dawan Owens, Diana Charles

Votes: 13

36. Quatre-mains (2020)

Documentary, Short, Biography

Child of victims and child of perpetrators, yet they became friends for life. Simon Gronowski and Koenraad lost almost everything in World War II, but they found each other. Lawyer Simon ... See full summary »

Director: Lander Haverals

37. Carnets d'ado (2001–2003)
Episode: You'll Get Over It (2002)

Unrated | 86 min

When Vincent finds himself a victim of outing in his high school, he must accept to live with the drastic changes it provokes, and redefine his relationships with his friends and family.

Director: Fabrice Cazeneuve | Stars: Julien Baumgartner, Julia Maraval, Jérémie Elkaïm, François Comar

Votes: 2,117 | Gross: $0.04M