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84
7.6
/144238/
75
/6014/
74
/2983/
4.1
/927308/
96
/318/
81
/961/
92
/44/
cc age 16+

The Florida Project (2017)
The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
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Kanopy
81
7.1
/69624/
70
/3923/
68
/1326/
3.7
/86307/
100
/248/
78
/627/
88
/44/
cc age 13+

Leave No Trace (2018)
A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.
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Fandor
80
7.3
/5231/
71
/89/
69
/141/
3.7
/4293/
100
/11/
91
/77/

Raining Stones (1993)
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
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Peacock Premium
77
6.9
/8917/
68
/491/
66
/139/
3.8
/34523/
97
/129/
85
/141/
81
/30/
cc age 15+

A Thousand and One (2023)
Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.
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Netflix
75
7.3
/24878/
73
/1398/
71
/277/
3.6
/38382/
96
/24/
84
/36/
cc age 15+

Girl in the Picture (2022)
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
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73
6.8
/2082/
62
/62/
67
/25/
3.5
/27705/
96
/97/
62
/22/
77
/28/
cc age 15+

Urchin (2025)
Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters unexpected chances for a fresh start.
poster
73
7.5
/249224/
76
/4808/
76
/3729/
3.8
/156608/
73
/56/
85
/3007/
49
/18/
cc age 18+

Sleepers (1996)
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Disney Plus
73
6.7
/63884/
74
/8468/
63
/2281/
3.1
/61695/
88
/244/
72
/1089/
71
/42/
cc age 7+

Pete's Dragon (2016)
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
poster
73
7.2
/9421/
70
/181/
63
/94/
3.5
/2689/
85
/40/
84
/506/
68
/12/

The Black Balloon (2008)
Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
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Kanopy
72
7.4
/6332/
72
/198/
72
/210/
3.6
/5587/
78
/41/
77
/13/
69
/15/

What Will People Say (2017)
Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.
poster
71
7.3
/19716/
73
/447/
69
/316/
3.4
/5090/
68
/37/
80
/542/

Ben X (2007)
Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite. Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's tormentors.
poster
70
7.1
/139947/
72
/7652/
69
/3261/
3.6
/183853/
81
/250/
78
/562/
67
/42/
cc age 18+

T2 Trainspotting (2017)
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
poster
70
7.1
/35591/
71
/646/
70
/409/
3.8
/45823/
69
/134/
81
/2041/
61
/35/
cc age 16+

White Oleander (2002)
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
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69
67
6.9
/10703/
73
/267/
67
/113/
3.5
/3723/
72
/18/
73
/194/
65
/9/

Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past.
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Kanopy
67
6.7
/1953/
69
/76/
59
/43/
3.2
/2608/
85
/73/
57
/26/
67
/24/

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
poster
78
65
7.4
/12189/
75
/717/
77
/964/
3.8
/24352/
82
/11/
87
/4/

The Specials (2019)
For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.
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73
64
6.9
/4093/
69
/117/
67
/124/
3.4
/3376/
89
/37/
77
/31/
74
/10/

Eastern Boys (2013)
Arriving from all over the Eastern Bloc, the men who loiter around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris are scraping by however they can, forming gangs for support and protection, ever fearful of being caught by the police and deported. When the middle-aged, bourgeois Daniel approaches a boyishly handsome Ukrainian who calls himself Marek for a date, he learns the young man is willing to do anything for some cash.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
6.4
/12112/
68
/689/
64
/277/
3.2
/8751/
68
/57/
66
/71/
62
/10/

Ideal Home (2018)
A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.
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Kanopy
63
6.5
/5619/
73
/658/
66
/244/
2.8
/3349/
65
/17/
70
/9/
47
/9/
cc age 9+

The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
7.6
/160691/
76
/3298/
75
/2414/
3.5
/82339/
35
/144/
86
/12306/
28
/33/
cc age 14+

I Am Sam (2001)
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
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fuboTV
61
6.7
/26804/
65
/1061/
66
/599/
3.1
/73840/
44
/263/
74
/40/
54
/48/
cc age 15+

Empire of Light (2022)
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
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61
6.5
/97898/
63
/2244/
61
/1769/
3.0
/25662/
48
/231/
38
/4508/
56
/42/
cc age 15+

Hereafter (2010)
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
84
58
7.6
/3263/
78
/65/
78
/33/
3.8
/2172/
100
/13/
100
/2/
80
/4/

Father (2020)
Nikola’s children are taken away from him after social services decide that he is too poor to provide them with a decent living environment. He sets off on foot to lodge a complaint in Belgrade.
poster
57
6.6
/2798/
55
/20/
62
/43/
3.2
/609/
45
/20/
56
/32/
48
/15/

The Theory of Flight (1999)
A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girl friend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.
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Kanopy
75
57
7.2
/2902/
74
/229/
74
/522/
3.8
/11492/
85
/13/
69
/1/

In Safe Hands (2018)
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former have to take care of the baby and support it during this limbo-like time, this period of uncertainty, while the latter must find a woman to become his adoptive mother. She is called Alice, and she has spent the last ten years fighting to have a child.
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Kanopy
56
6.5
/6211/
63
/173/
65
/210/
3.4
/10921/
65
/37/
56
/30/
48
/15/
cc age 16+

Hungry Hearts (2015)
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
54
7.0
/2209/
69
/118/
70
/35/
3.4
/2592/
70
/10/

Listen (2020)
In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their children. The film portrays the tireless battle of these immigrant parents against the law to keep their family together.
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79
51
7.3
/2297/
72
/84/
69
/89/
3.8
/8844/
95
/19/
94
/1/

Love According to Dalva (2023)
One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva, that of a girl her age.
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50
4.4
/2116/
63
/131/
66
/135/
1.7
/2068/
100
/181/
cc age 10+

God's Not Dead: We The People (2021)
Reverend Dave has to defend himself and a group of Christian homeschooling families after an inspection by local government officials.
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Kanopy
68
49
6.5
/886/
62
/77/
63
/86/
3.4
/6018/
86
/21/

All to Play For (2023)
Sylvie lives with her two children whom she’s raising on her own. One evening, there’s an accident, and her youngest son is removed from her care. Sylvie must subsequently fight to get her son back and to keep herself afloat.
poster
The Roku Channel
52
48
6.0
/3243/
70
/462/
64
/185/
2.5
/1702/
24
/17/
54
/27/
46
/4/
cc age 7+

Luis and the Aliens (2018)
The story 11-year-old Luis who makes friends with three loveable little aliens, who crash their UFO into his house. In return for Luis' help in finding the home-shopping channel stuff they came for, they save Luis from boarding school - and an exciting adventure follows.
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Kanopy
69
46
6.2
/1107/
62
/64/
61
/26/
3.4
/2003/
92
/13/

A Thief's Daughter (2019)
Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from prison. Sara knows he’s the main obstacle to her plans and she makes a difficult decision: to distance him from herself and her brother.
poster
46
5.8
/42015/
62
/1374/
59
/1059/
2.6
/32047/
21
/86/
39
/1089/
34
/17/

The Glass House (2001)
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
48
40
6.1
/6273/
58
/144/
60
/101/
3.0
/1056/
17
/60/
43
/430/
40
/24/
cc age 17+

Sleepwalking (2008)
When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his responsibilities. After Child Protective Services takes possession of Tara, James abducts her from a foster home, and the two travel from California to Utah, where his abusive father lives.
poster
55
39
5.5
/2983/
58
/107/
56
/89/
2.8
/900/
51
/132/

Glass House: The Good Mother (2006)
One year after losing their son David, Eve Goode and her husband Raymond Goode adopt the orphan Ethan Snow (and his teenager sister Abby Snow and bring them to their mansion nearby a lake. Abby faces difficulties of adaptation in her new home, and she confronts Eve, who proves to be deranged and unstable. When Ethan gets sick, Abby tries to contact their friend, detective Ben Koch, and she realizes that her brother and she are trapped in the house.
poster
62
35
6.5
/1325/
70
/121/
69
/53/
3.2
/433/
60
/5/
46
/9/

Custody (2016)
When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her son, Ally Fisher, a recent law school graduate, is assigned to represent her case before Judge Martha Schulman, a veteran of the Family Court System.
poster
73
33
7.6
/1045/
77
/55/
71
/32/
3.5
/898/

Breaking the Taboo (2011)
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years
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Amazon Prime Video
64
30
5.9
/553/
58
/33/
60
/18/
87
/62/
58
/10/
cc age 11+

Anything Is Possible (2013)
Ethan Bortnick plays the leading role as Nathan,a young boy who's separated from his mother when she goes missing during a trip to Japan to help after the tsunami. The movie explores issues like homelessness, military family life and adoption. Ethan co-wrote the music with Grammy award winning songwriter and producer, Gary Baker and will also score the entire film. Ethan will become the youngest actor to co-write the soundtrack and play the leading role in a feature film. When Army lieutenant, MARGARET PETERS (Lacy Chabert) goes missing during a tsunami rescue mission in Japan, back in Detroit, her son, NATHAN (Ethan Bortnick), discovers that his father GEORGE (Jonathan Bennett) isn't his biological father. Learning that Child Care Services could take him away, Nathan runs away before his father can explain. While George goes on a frantic search, Nathan takes to the streets of Detroit where he meets CAPTAIN MILES, a homeless Iraqi war veteran. Captain Miles takes the boy under his ...
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Fandor
62
29
5.6
/477/
61
/5/
62
/4/
80
/5/
52
/53/

Purgatory House (2003)
An inside glimpse of how it feels to be a teen in today's disconnected world. PURGATORY HOUSE chronicles the after-life journey of Silver Strand: a lonely teen who abandons her life of turmoil and drug addiction, only to find herself caught somewhere between heaven and hell. There, she must choose whether she will accept her drab existence or discover within herself the power to change.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
26
5.4
/1614/
59
/76/
55
/45/
3.0
/515/
44
/14/

The White Orchid (2018)
A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The White Orchid.
poster
65
23
6.5
/647/
73
/59/
54
/17/
60
/5/
74
/2/

Gun-shy (2003)
Dito Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl. Lukas, a young man doing "meals on wheels" instead of military service, doesn't have many friends and leads a boring life, until he meets Isabella. The fascinating girl soon becomes his best friend, but Lukas learns she has a sexual relationship to her stepfather. Thus, he is obsessed with the idea of delivering Isabella by killing the man..
poster
67
21
7.1
/771/
64
/18/
70
/22/
3.5
/462/
64
/10/

10½ (2010)
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
poster
66
16
6.9
/620/
63
/16/
58
/24/
3.4
/219/
76
/7/

The Dynamiter (2011)
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep days and nights pass without her return and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again, Robbie must face the fact that his dream of a family may only be a dream and he might just lose the only family he's ever had: Fess.
poster
44
13
4.5
/702/
54
/47/
42
/26/
2.8
/289/
26
/9/
cc age 15+

All American Christmas Carol (2013)
A white-trash mom is visited by three ghosts intent on showing her a path to a brighter future.
poster
?
8.3
/72/
85
/4/

Groomed: A National Scandal (2025)
Five young women who survived unimaginable abuse and rape tell their stories of a gang grooming spanning 20 years. Failures of police and social services continue to this day.
poster
?
8.9
/42/
80
/3/

Laboratory Greece (2019)
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. «If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe» Paul Craig Roberts
poster
?
9.2
/19/

Kicked Out: From Care to Chaos (2017)
A deeply personal documentary in which film-maker Rebecca Southworth traces her own life, abused by her father and taken into care, and asks why so many people lead troubled lives after leaving care.
poster
57
?
5.9
/399/
62
/7/
51
/7/

Meant to Be (2012)
When 20-year old Nathan loses his career and his girlfriend, he questions his purpose in life. Compounding his struggle, Nathan grew up in a foster home and never met his birth mother. He sets out on a quest to find his mother and somehow come to terms with her rejection of him. His journey begins by flying to the city where he was born. Upon his arrival, Nathan checks into a hotel and meets Mave the hotel's housekeeper. Encouraged by Mave's wisdom and the help of hotel guest Shelly, Nathan finds the address of his mother, Linda. Linda is a social worker who agonizes over the decision she made with Nathan 20 years ago. In an effort to admonish the guilt of giving up her son, Linda is caught up in the life of a teenage mother-to-be, Tori, who is conflicted by the decision to abort her baby. When Nathan gathers the courage to meet his mother, he uncovers a terrible secret that totally redefines what was meant to be for his life.


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