Here we've displayed a list of the best Custody Battle films : I Am Sam(2001), Custody(2017), The Divided Heart(1954), American Violet(2008), Crying Ladies(2003), That Certain Woman(1937), Duane Hopwood(2005), Black or White(2014), Carbone(2017), A Way of Life(2004), It Started in Naples(1960), Custody(2016) ... ...
Drama
USA
2001
132 Minutes
Sean Penn Michelle Pfeiffer Dakota Fanning Dianne Wiest Loretta Devine Richard Schiff Laura Dern Brad Allan Silverman Joseph Rosenberg Stanley DeSantis Doug Hutchinson
father daughter mentally disabled person lawyer foster mother friend disheartening profound emotional courtroom foster home apartment soccer game coffee shop school parenthood father/daughter relationship mental disability custody battle friendship
A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Drama
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Cornell Borchers Yvonne Mitchell Armin Dahlen Alexander Knox Geoffrey Keen Liam Redmond Eddie Byrne Theodore Bikel Ferdinand Mayne Andre Mikhelson Pamela Stirling
orphan missing person child judge adoptive father adoptive mother melodramatic emotional bleak germany orphanage house courtroom street adoption presumed dead family foster care custody battle world war ii
A story of litigation between a birth mother and an adopted family due to a child lost during a war.
Drama
USA
2008
102 Minutes
Nicole Beharie Will Patton Alfre Woodard Tim Blake Nelson Michael O'Keefe Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner Charles S. Dutton Malcolm Barrett Tim Ware Paul David Story David Warshofsky
single mother district attorney police officer mother defense attorney narcotics officer inspiring powerful emotional prison courtroom housing project diner church texas fight for justice drug bust wrongfully accused custody battle racism
A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.
Comedy
Philippines
2003
111 Minutes
Hilda Koronel Angel Aquino Sharon Cuneta Eric Quizon Ricky Davao Julio Pacheco Shamaine Centenera
mourner adulterer actress hustler child amusing positive manila market bedroom stage bus funeral gambling mourning moral dilemma custody battle affair unusual occupations adventure
A whimsical comedy about three women who cry at funerals, professionally.
Drama
USA
1937
93 Minutes
Bette Davis Henry Fonda Ian Hunter Anita Louise Donald Crisp Hugh O'Connell Katharine Alexander Mary Philips Minor Watson Ben Welden Sidney Toler
bootlegger widow secretary attorney playboy father melodramatic disheartening emotional chicago apartment europe marriage illegitimate child inheritance elopement love custody battle forbidden love sacrifice
Mary Donnell, a young legal secretary with a past, elopes with a client's son, but his father has the marriage annulled without knowing she's pregnant.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
91 Minutes
David Schwimmer Janeane Garofalo Judah Friedlander Susan Lynch Dick Cavett Steve Schirripa Jerry Grayson Bill Buell John Krasinski Ramya Pratt Rachel Covey
card dealer alcoholic ex-wife casino owner best friend daughter somber offbeat melodramatic bleak moving charming atlantic city, n.j. casino bar house boardwalk courtroom alcoholism drunken driving
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Drama
USA
2014
121 Minutes
Kevin Costner Octavia Spencer Jillian Estell Bill Burr Mpho Koaho Anthony Mackie Andre Holland Gillian Jacobs Jennifer Ehle Paula Newsome Indigo
grandfather grandmother granddaughter lawyer friend emotional passionate moving family home courtroom school race relations grandparent/child relationship legal battle custody battle growing up rivalry discovery transformation 2010s
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Crime, Drama
France|Belgium
2017
104 Minutes
Benoît Magimel Gringe Idir Chender Laura Smet Michaël Youn Dani Patrick Catalifo Gérard Depardieu
father-in-law mother brother gangster wife businessman suspenseful gritty family home unintended consequences greed get rich quick custody battle fraud tragedy 2010s
Danger of losing his business, Anthony Roca, an ordinary man, develops a scam that will become the heist of the century. Overtaken by the crime, he will have to deal with betrayal, murder and settling.
Drama
UK
2004
90 Minutes
Stephanie James Nathan Jones Gary Sheppeard Dean Wong Sara Gregory Oliver Haden Brenda Blethyn
teenage mother grandmother social worker neighbor brother daughter dark gritty thrilling cardiff, wales council estate library police station custody battle racism paranoia family dysfunction abuse poverty growing up
At 17 LeighAnne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet. A neighbour (actually from Turkey) ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1960
100 Minutes
Clark Gable Sophia Loren Vittorio De Sica Marietto Paolo Carlini Claudio Ermelli Giovanni Filidoro
lawyer sister-in-law nephew brother italian american charming melodramatic heartwarming amusing naples, italy island family home village office capri reunion funeral custody battle may-december romance
Days before his wedding, a Philadelphia lawyer travels to Naples in Southern Italy to settle the estate of his late brother, only to find that he has an Italian nephew who is being cared for by his maternal aunt, a cabaret singer.
Drama
USA
2016
104 Minutes
Viola Davis Hayden Panettiere Catalina Sandino Moreno Ellen Burstyn Dan Fogler Jaden Michael Bryce Lorenzo Nicholas L. Ashe Julius Tennon Karen Pittman
judge latina mother lawyer woman american african-american woman emotional tense engaging gripping positive court courtroom new york new york city united states america court battles court decision
The lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.
Comedy
Spain
2001
88 Minutes
Judy Davis Marcia Gay Harden Lili Taylor Juliette Lewis Courtney Jines Christopher Bowen María Barranco
expatriate translator lesbian transgender woman daughter amateur sleuth wild sultry cheeky intricate barcelona, spain nightclub stage american tourists custody battle lesbianism gender identity gay rights investigation mystery
Alone in a foreign city, Cassandra must solve a family's darkest, deepest secrets before she can confront her own past.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2001
95 Minutes
William Baldwin Nastassja Kinski Hart Bochner Jordy Benattar Michèle Duquet Geoffrey Bowes Susie Dias Andy Velasquez
stalker lover wife husband stranger boss suspenseful sultry melodramatic passionate miami beach, fla. beach mansion family home infidelity troubled marriage one-night stand obsession love triangle custody battle
An unfulfilled married woman becomes intrigued by an alluring suitor whose attention soon becomes obsessive.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
108 Minutes
Rupert Everett Madonna Benjamin Bratt Michael Vartan Josef Sommer Lynn Redgrave Malcolm Stumpf Neil Patrick Harris Illeana Douglas Mark Valley Suzanne Krull
best friend gay man baby banker producer lawyer amusing melodramatic heartwarming airport amusement park swimming pool house courtroom unplanned pregnancy unconventional family custody battle friendship marriage father/son relationship
Abbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.
Drama
2008
113 Minutes
Martina Gusmán Elli Medeiros Rodrigo Santoro Laura García Tomás Plotinsky Leonardo Sauma Clara Sajnovetzky Walter Cignoli
expectant mother partner boyfriend police officer psychologist inmate somber intricate moving apartment prison crime scene argentina classroom motherhood prison life murder case pregnancy custody battle love triangle
An Argentine woman (Martina Gusmán) struggles to raise her newborn from behind the walls of a prison-ward nursery.
Drama
2014
94 Minutes
Rinko Kikuchi Yorick van Wageningen Lucy Griffiths Laura Sofia Bach Daniel Ball Ken Brady
divorcée little boy ex-husband second wife crew member sad mellow inspiring heartwarming yacht italy redemption ship race against time parenting parenthood mother/child relationship loss custody battle love
A young Japanese mother has four days to forge a connection with her son before she is forced to part with him for many years.
Drama
1991
97 Minutes
Walter Matthau Ellen Burstyn Ryan Todd William Schallert Kathleen Garrett Sherry Hursey Richard Zobel Jeanne Reynolds Tom McGraw
grandmother widow grandson friend social worker moving somber touching united states car house custody battle alzheimer's disease aging grandparent/child relationship loss foster care escape pursuit adventure
An orphan (Ryan Todd) and his grandmother (Ellen Burstyn) must flee to stay together, with help from a fatherly friend (Walter Matthau).
Drama
1999
97 Minutes
Melissa Gilbert Rosanna Arquette David Andrews James McCaffrey Mary Mara Susan Barnes Ron Snyder Lester B. Hanson Peter Lohnes Marilyn Faith Hickey Sam A. Mowry
single mother mother boyfriend husband doctor nurse touching tense profound hospital courtroom family home switched identities custody battle difficult decision paternity test pregnancy motherhood discovery quest
Learning that each has the other's child, two women (Melissa Gilbert, Rosanna Arquette) seek an unconventional solution.
Mystery & Thriller
2020
90 Minutes
law student rape survivor daughter young girl baby melodramatic rousing passionate engaging atlanta courtroom rape unplanned pregnancy starting over custody battle legal battle escape pursuit love discovery
Amy, a vibrant law student, is attacked and raped by Demetri, a friend of a friend she met once. Discovering that she is pregnant from the rape, Amy makes the difficult decision to keep the baby.