Titles Starring Child Actors
Help each other out and add titles where one of the leads is a Child Actor or Child Actress (below age 16 when filming) and listed as a main. Feel free to send us a link of your own to a list with titles that fit the description to this Essential.
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MDL Watch Challenge 2024 Dec 12, 2022
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![Racket Boys]()
A story of a boys' badminton team at a middle school in Haenam as they grow, both as people and as players. Yoon Hyun Jong was once a very good badminton player, ...more -
![Mother]()
Elementary school teacher Suzuhara Nao decides to abduct Michiki Rena, one of her female students, after discovering that she is being abused by her mother. Fleeing Hokkaido to Tokyo, the two experience ...more -
![Mother]()
Realizing one of her students is being abused, school teacher and bird researcher Soo Jin impulsively kidnaps the girl and acts as a substitute mother in an attempt to take care of ...more -
![Hi Bye, Mama!]()
It's the story of a mother who died and begins a 49-day long project of reincarnation, and a husband who has barely begun to live a new life after overcoming the pain ...more -
![The Love You Give Me]()
Five years ago, a young woman named Min Hui accidentally fell for a young man named Xin Qi. But things between them were complicated because Min Hui was pretending to be Xin ...more -
![The Man from Nowhere]()
Cha Tae Shik leads a quiet life running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So Mi, who lives next door. So Mi's mother, Hyo Jeong, is a heroin addict. ...more -
![Our Blues]()
"Our Blues" takes on an omnibus-style drama, which tells the story of diverse characters that are somewhat interconnected, in one way or the other. Lee Dong Suk, a guy born on the ...more -
![Special Delivery]()
"Special Cargo" is a crime action film about the unexpected events that unfold when Eun Ha, a driver with a 100% success rate at delivering anything worth money, puts a child in ...more -
![Monster]()
A large lake in a suburban town. A single mother who loves her son, a teacher who cares about his students, and innocence in its prime… Although it seemed like a typical ...more -
![Silenced]()
Gang In Ho is the newly appointed art teacher at Gwangju Inhwa School, a school for deaf children. He is excited to teach his new students, yet the children are aloof and ...more -
![Born With It]()
On his first day of school in a small Japanese town, a half Japanese half black boy tries to prove to his new classmates that his dark skin is not a disease. ...more -
![Ototo no Otto]()
Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, ...more -
![Fathers]()
Phoon, 36, a finance and investment manager, and Yuke, 33, a graphic illustrator, have been in a serious relationship for 13 years. The couple has adopted an abandoned child named Butr since ...more -
![A Brighter Summer Day]()
"A Brighter Summer Day" sets out as a coming of age modern tale of youthful rebellion involving two sets of schoolboy street gangs - that is, the 217 Village Gang and the ...more -
![Hope]()
On the way to school, a girl named So Won (which literally means "desire" or "hope" in Korean) is sexually assaulted by a drunk male stranger. As a result, she suffers from ...more -
![Lie After Lie]()
Ji Eun Su is a woman who appears to have it all. Married into a super-rich family, she assumes that the rest of her life will be an easy ride. But when ...more -
![Barakamon]()
Handa Seishu is a 23-year-old who, despite his young age, is a professional calligrapher. He’s young, handsome, and talented but happens to be quite the narcissist. When an elderly curator criticises his ...more -
![Drama Special Season 5: Bomi's Room]()
Bomi is 12 years old. She wants her own room so badly. Her sister, Eonju, whom she shares the room with keeps sneaking a look at her diary. She studied really hard ...more -
![Chul Soo]()
Chul Soo is a twelve-year old boy who attends an acting training course. One day, the teacher arranges for him to rehearse a "love confession" scene with the prettiest girl in class, ...more -
![Be With You]()
Soo Ah, before passing away makes an unbelievable promise to her husband, Woo Jin, to return one year later on a rainy day. Miraculously, she keeps the promise and reappears before her ...more -
![Qing Luo]()
Amnesiac medical genius Yu Qing Luo was on her own when giving birth to her son Nan Nan. Seven years later, she set out to learn her true identity and find a ...more -
![Because of Meeting You]()
Zhang Guo Guo grew up in a Wonton shop and works as a food delivery girl, loved by her community for her warmth and sincerity. Unknown to many, she is the daughter ...more -
![Thai Cave Rescue]()
The Limited Series is based on 2018’s world-famous event. Twelve boys from the same football team decided to spend an afternoon with their coach exploring the Tham Luang caves in northern Thailand. ...more -
![My Romance From Far Away]()
On a long drive from the mountains to the city of Chiang Mai, Captain Phasut's car turns over in an accident that kills him and his wife Namping. Their six-year-old son Tawan ...more -
![The Bad Kids]()
A story that follows three children from a coastal town who unintentionally film a murder scene. As the kids become involved with the suspect, it opens up a case that is far ...more -
![Fanletter, Please]()
Han Kang Hee is a top star actress who started acting ever since childhood. Because of the pressure as a top star, her self-esteem begins to drop and bad comments about her ...more -
![The Kidnapping Day]()
Kim Myung Joon is a poor man with a warm heart. He desperately needs money to pay for his sick daughter's operation. His ex-wife suggests he kidnap a child with rich parents. ...more -
![Chorogi]()
Su Bin and her mom wait for their father at the playground. Meanwhile, there is a stranger who is watching them. Suddenly, he comes up to them and follows to their house. ...more -
![Still]()
In a fishing village that has been ravaged by a strong typhoon, the bond of twin brothers is disrupted by another young boy. The film trails the journey of brothers Andres and ...more -
![Carter]()
Agent Carter wakes up one day in a motel room without any recollection of his identity and follows orders to join an explosive mission. (Source: Netflix) -
![Phantom Detective]()
Hong Gil Dong possesses an extraordinary memory and also has a unique personality. He works as a private detective with a 100% success rate. While tracking down the only person he has ...more -
![Abandoned]()
Abandoned is a touching drama as seen through the eyes of children facing the harsh reality of life in an orphanage. While facing many challenges, these young children long to be adopted. ...more -
![Legally, Dad]()
Orphan Ah Young is a financially struggling 23-year-old who takes care of her 8-year-old sister Dan Bi while juggling part-time jobs. One day a 28-year-old man Yoo Sang appears in front of ...more -
![Marriage Contract]()
After being diagnosed with a possibly terminal brain tumor, Kang Hye Soo, a desperate single mother, agrees to be a liver donor for her new boss’ mother. In exchange, she will receive ...more -
![Bokura no Shokutaku]()
Eating around other people is a struggle for salaryman Yutaka, despite his talent for cooking. All that changes when he meets Minoru and Tane—two brothers, many years apart in age—who ask him ...more -
![Miracle in Cell No. 7]()
Lee Yong Gu is a mentally impaired father, who lives in a run-down house along with his daughter of the same age, Ye Seung. One day, he gets into a physical altercation ...more -
![Plus Nine Boys]()
There is a common Korean belief that anything plus nine (gu in Korean) is always "cursed" and brings about more hardship than usual, including the ninth year of every decade in one's ...more -
![Nobody Knows]()
Nobody Knows tells the story of four siblings and their young mother (played by J-Pop star You) who move into a small apartment in Tokyo. There is no father around, and in ...more -
![Miss Baek]()
Small but tough Baek Sang Ah, known as Miss Baek, comes across a young girl, Ji Eun, a victim of domestic violence by her game-junkie father and his girlfriend. A lifetime of ...more -
![Barbie]()
Soon Young is a young girl who is the head of her family. She lives with her mentally handicapped father, unscrupulous uncle and younger sister, Soon Ja, who is always ill. Younger ...more -
![Uncle]()
Joon Hyuk was a musician whose life has hit rock bottom after he had been scammed by people he trusted. He had ended his relationship with his older sister Joon Hee because ...more -
![You're So Precious to Me]()
A life-changing story of a man who is haunted by debt and has lived as a loner his entire life. As a result of some very tragic circumstances and a plot to ...more -
![Hang in There, Kids!]()
In a secluded village, located in the wooded rural mountains of Taiwan, live three energetic and optimistic young boys. Growing up far from the hustle and bustle of Taipei their lives may ...more -
![Tony]()
A boy named Tony was living with his parents. He caught his dad in a situation that will hunt him for the rest of his life, this situation became part of their ...more -
![My Little Brother]()
Three siblings are introduced to a younger brother they never knew they had. (Source: tvN Asia) -
![Drama Special Season 14: Half Lies]()
It tells the story of 10-year-old Doo Ri, who begins a new life in Musan with her mother following her parents’ divorce. She learns that she must know how to lie confidently ...more -
![Shoplifters]()
Somewhere in Tokyo, Osamu Shibata and his wife Nobuyo live in poverty. While Osamu receives occasional employment and Nobuyo has a low-paying job, the family relies in large part on the grandmother's ...more -
![Space Sweepers]()
It’s 2092, and space is littered with floating satellites and deserted spaceships. The crew of the junk collector ship, The Victory, travels throughout space looking for saleable garbage. With heavy competition from ...more -
![My Palpitating Life]()
Born with a rare genetic disorder, 17-year-old Ah Reum ages far faster than everyone else. Possessing the body of an 80-year-old, he prepares a gift for his young parents who have raised ...more -
![Wedding Dress]()
Seo Go Eun, a widow who works as a wedding dress designer, discovers that she has gastric cancer. With declining health and limited time, Go Eun tries to do as much as ...more
