The Best Movies About Babies & Pregnancy
“What are the best movies about and featuring Babies?” We looked at 75 of the top baby films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top34 films, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Baby” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 40+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
Top 34 Baby Movies
34 .) Babies
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Mom Junction
Babies, also known as Baby(ies) and Bébé(s), is a 2009 French documentary film by Thomas Balmès that follows four infants from birth to when they are one year old. The babies featured in the film are two from rural areas: Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia, and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia, as well as two from urban areas: Mari from Tokyo, Japan, and Hattie from San Francisco, USA.
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33 .) Baby Geniuses
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Ranker
Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.
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32 .) Baby’s Day Out
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Ranker
Baby Bink couldn’t ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he’s just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink’s parents; especially the three enterprising kidnapers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnaping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.
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31 .) Due Date
Lists It Appears On:
- Hollywood
- Mom Junction
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the ‘no-fly’ list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from an actor.
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30 .) Hell Baby
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Ranker
After she and her husband move into a haunted house, a woman gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.
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29 .) Labyrinth
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Made Man
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah – a teenager with an active imagination – summons the Goblins from her favourite book, “Labyrinth”, to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into the world of the fairytale to rescue him from the Goblin King!
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28 .) Mr. Mom
Lists It Appears On:
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It’s just that he’s never done it before, and really doesn’t have a clue…
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27 .) Sugar & Spice
Lists It Appears On:
- Hollywood
- Ranker 2
When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as bank robbery. But the A-Squad does things their way — with sugar and spice — forever changing their friendship, their future and the nation’s notion of teen spirit.
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26 .) The Boss Baby
Lists It Appears On:
- Ranker
- Refinery 29
A story about how a new baby’s arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
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25 .) The Business Of Being Born
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Mom Junction
Director Abby Epstein’s controversial documentary takes a hard look at America’s maternity care system, juxtaposing hospital deliveries against the growing popularity of at-home, natural childbirths that some expectant parents are opting for. Former talk show host Ricki Lake was inspired to produce this compelling exposé after a dissatisfying birthing experience with her first child left her with many unanswered questions.
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24 .) The Object of My Affection
Lists It Appears On:
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she’d rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
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23 .) Labor Pains
Lists It Appears On:
- Hollywood
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.
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22 .) Look Who’s Talking Too
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Made Man
- Ranker
Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie’s brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.
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21 .) Riding In Cars With Boys
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Mom Junction
- Ranker 2
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
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20 .) Rosemary’s Baby
Lists It Appears On:
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Made Man
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn’t safe around their strange neighbors.
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19 .) Maybe Baby (2000)
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Parents
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
Hugh Laurie (Sam) and Joely Richardson (Lucy) star as an irresistible couple who seem to have everything – good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing that they really want – a baby. Sam sets his sights on writing a successful screenplay, a comedy about a couple trying for a baby. The only problem is that Lucy is horrified at the idea and forbids him to do it. Creative fulfillment is too much for Sam to resist and meanwhile an increasingly hormonal Lucy is distracted by the attentions of the handsome Carl Phipps (James Purefoy). Sam and Lucy’s love for one another, the most important thing they have, will now truly be put to the test …
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18 .) Life as We Know It
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- The Bump
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they’ll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.
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17 .) Raising Arizona
Lists It Appears On:
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to date.
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16 .) Where the Heart Is
Lists It Appears On:
- Hollywood
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- Refinery 29
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she’s left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside in Sequoyah, Okla., and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. In short order, some eccentric, kindly strangers “adopt” Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
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15 .) For Keeps (1988)
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker 2
Darcy, editor at her highschool paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep with each other and, surprise, surprise, Darcy gets pregnant. Neither Darcy’s mother, who was left by her husband and had to bring up Darcy alone, nor Stan’s catholic parents are very supportive and urge them to h
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14 .) The Back-Up Plan
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- The Bump
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she’s artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she’s been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life’s dreams fit with each other.
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13 .) Three Men and a Baby
Lists It Appears On:
- Family Education
- Made Man
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- The Bump
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy’s girlfriends.
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12 .) Waitress (2007)
Lists It Appears On:
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
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.
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11 .) Junior
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Made Man
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- The Bump
As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.
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10 .) Juno
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
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9 .) Knocked Up (2007)
Lists It Appears On:
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
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.
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8 .) She’s Having a Baby (1988)
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren’t helped by Jake’s friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
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7 .) Away We Go (2009)
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt’s parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt’s parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.
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6 .) Baby Boom (1987)
Lists It Appears On:
- Family Education
- IMDB
- Made Man
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
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5 .) Baby Mama (2008)
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
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.
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4 .) Look Who’s Talking
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Made Man
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- The Bump
Mollie is a single working mother who’s out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won’t even consider James. It’s going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it’s too late
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3 .) Nine Months (1995)
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
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.
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2 .) What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012)
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Mom Junction
- Parents
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- The Bump
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who’s expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer’s husband isn’t sure about his wife’s adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
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1 .) Father of the Bride Part II
Lists It Appears On:
- Belly Belly
- Family Education
- Hollywood
- IMDB
- Made Man
- Mom Junction
- Ranker
- Ranker 2
- Refinery 29
- The Bump
Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter’s wedding, he receives the news that she’s pregnant … and that George’s wife, Nina, is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that’s a plan that — like George — will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.
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The 40+ Additional Best Movies About Babies
# | Movies | Lists |
(Movies Appear On 1 List Each) | ||
35 | 3 Men and a Baby | IMDB |
36 | 40 Weeks | The Bump |
37 | A Happy Event: | Mom Junction |
38 | About Time | Ranker 2 |
39 | August Rush | Ranker 2 |
40 | Big Fish | Ranker 2 |
41 | Boss Baby | The Bump |
42 | Bridget Jones’s Baby | The Bump |
43 | Bringing Up Baby | Ranker 2 |
44 | Business of Being Born | The Bump |
45 | Devil’s Due | IMDB |
46 | Eraserhead | IMDB |
47 | First Comes Love | The Bump |
48 | Friends With Kids: | Mom Junction |
49 | Grown Ups | Ranker 2 |
50 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Ranker |
51 | Hours | Ranker 2 |
52 | It’s Alive | IMDB |
53 | Jack & Sarah | IMDB |
54 | John Q | Ranker 2 |
55 | Little Fockers | Ranker 2 |
56 | Motherhood | Ranker |
57 | My Baby’s Daddy | IMDB |
58 | Neighbors | The Bump |
59 | Parenthood: | Mom Junction |
60 | Paternity | Ranker 2 |
61 | Raising Helen | Ranker 2 |
62 | Saved! | Hollywood |
63 | Soul Food | Refinery 29 |
64 | Storks | The Bump |
65 | Sugar Town | Ranker 2 |
66 | The Beginning of Life | The Bump |
67 | The Hand that Rocks the Cradle | Made Man |
68 | The Joy Luck Club | Refinery 29 |
69 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Ranker 2 |
70 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Ranker 2 |
71 | The Switch | The Bump |
72 | The Unborn | IMDB |
73 | The Waitress. | Made Man |
74 | Tully | Refinery 29 |
75 | Under the Same Moon | Refinery 29 |
11 Best Baby Film Sources/Lists
Source | Article |
Belly Belly | 14 Movies You Need To Watch During Pregnancy | BellyBelly |
Family Education | 11 Best Movies about Pregnancy and Babies – FamilyEducation |
Hollywood | The 20 Best Pregnancy Movies to Watch While You’re Pregnant |
IMDB | Best Movie With Babies – IMDb |
Made Man | 10 Best Movies About Babies | Made Man |
Mom Junction | 25 Best Pregnancy Movies You Need To Watch – MomJunction |
Parents | 10 Movies to Watch When You’re Expecting – Parents Magazine |
Ranker | Best Baby Comedy Movies | Funniest Comedies About Babies – Ranker |
Ranker 2 | Best Movies for New Parents to Watch | List of Films for New Moms … |
Refinery 29 | Best Motherhood Movies To Watch When You’re Pregnant – Refinery29 |
The Bump | 25 Best Pregnancy Movies You Can Watch Now – The Bump |