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poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/3523/
81
/163/
74
/64/
4.4
/17109/
100
/12/

Streetwise (1984)
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/36282/
82
/759/
79
/645/
4.4
/56021/
90
/52/
93
/724/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.1
/32670/
81
/916/
79
/623/
4.5
/151367/
97
/91/
91
/517/
94
/25/

Yi Yi (2000)
Each member of a Taipei family asks hard questions about life's meaning as they experience everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
poster
The Roku Channel
87
8.0
/56243/
76
/999/
76
/736/
4.2
/82829/
98
/115/
89
/953/
93
/15/
cc age 17+

The Last Picture Show (1971)
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
poster
YouTube TV
86
7.9
/94456/
75
/1707/
75
/1281/
4.1
/71379/
91
/67/
90
/1765/
98
/20/
cc age 16+

The Wild Bunch (1969)
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
7.9
/10438/
79
/305/
79
/226/
4.2
/46599/
94
/17/
93
/134/

Pixote (1980)
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
poster
MGM Plus
86
7.9
/25059/
77
/560/
74
/420/
4.2
/47489/
100
/32/
91
/620/
cc age 13+

Kes (1970)
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/42744/
79
/716/
78
/798/
4.2
/93417/
100
/27/
93
/335/

Ivan's Childhood (1962)
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
poster
85
8.3
/228222/
81
/2443/
79
/1264/
4.0
/88511/
93
/14/
96
/2312/
cc age 13+

Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.8
/32296/
78
/1964/
78
/1461/
4.2
/232514/
99
/136/
89
/148/
85
/28/
cc age 11+

My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
poster
84
8.0
/904027/
78
/17150/
77
/11025/
3.9
/604772/
92
/286/
90
/50237/
84
/36/
cc age 16+

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
poster
Hulu
83
8.0
/246028/
76
/3537/
75
/2427/
3.7
/75074/
89
/112/
92
/2459/
79
/16/
cc age 12+

Gandhi (1982)
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.9
/7601/
83
/339/
84
/188/
4.0
/77830/
91
/22/
97
/57/
69
/4/

Young Hearts (2024)
14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.
poster
Disney Plus
82
7.5
/170286/
72
/9007/
71
/6118/
3.5
/356966/
100
/64/
73
/6213/
99
/17/
cc age 6+

Pinocchio (1940)
When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/29250/
72
/668/
73
/425/
4.0
/40236/
86
/43/
86
/533/
85
/18/
cc age 17+

Walkabout (1971)
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
poster
81
7.4
/7625/
73
/131/
71
/132/
3.7
/5127/
90
/10/
89
/308/

Léolo (1992)
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.8
/9168/
78
/133/
76
/230/
4.1
/7787/
95
/19/
86
/69/

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so they sacrifice his help in the fields and send him to school. When Minec's wooden shoe breaks one day, Batisti--in an act of desperation--puts the family's future at risk to replace the clog.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.8
/129769/
75
/2160/
75
/1530/
4.1
/188484/
89
/114/
88
/2305/
79
/16/
cc age 17+

Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
poster
79
7.7
/12514/
72
/139/
72
/154/
3.9
/5309/
84
/25/
89
/109/

Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.6
/917/
72
/28/
70
/31/
4.0
/2739/
89
/27/
92
/5/
73
/10/

Araya (1959)
"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. In images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
poster
Netflix
78
7.1
/58099/
70
/1388/
66
/693/
3.5
/45559/
92
/60/
76
/1274/
82
/17/
cc age 13+

Parenthood (1989)
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
poster
Kanopy
78
77
8.0
/10132/
77
/367/
75
/225/
4.0
/17398/
71
/7/
86
/109/
7.7
/22369/

Barefoot Gen (1983)
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
poster
77
7.2
/32979/
69
/731/
70
/643/
3.8
/58650/
80
/45/
84
/1302/
65
/15/

El Topo (1970)
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
poster
Disney Plus
76
7.6
/210529/
75
/11393/
72
/6519/
3.7
/332564/
88
/42/
82
/13670/
65
/8/
cc age 5+

The Jungle Book (1967)
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.
poster
The Roku Channel
76
7.2
/9704/
71
/140/
67
/120/
3.6
/3686/
83
/47/
81
/99/
81
/21/

The General (1998)
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
76
7.5
/12910/
73
/303/
71
/230/
4.1
/37331/
85
/47/
85
/262/
77
/22/
cc age 17+

Ratcatcher (1999)
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.
poster
Fandor
80
75
7.7
/13086/
77
/185/
78
/208/
3.8
/18926/
87
/38/
91
/349/
76
/19/

Machuca (2004)
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
poster
Disney Plus
75
7.3
/361162/
73
/14811/
70
/8353/
3.5
/549713/
87
/220/
77
/101624/
80
/36/
cc age 12+

The Simpsons Movie (2007)
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
6.7
/2018/
72
/70/
62
/20/
3.6
/2052/
89
/70/
91
/121/

I Like It Like That (1994)
After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her transgender sibling, her critical mother-in-law and assorted neighborhood eccentrics.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.9
/7765/
67
/202/
63
/132/
3.6
/4764/
89
/46/
75
/105/
71
/19/

Testament (1983)
It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
poster
75
7.2
/8024/
73
/501/
69
/778/
3.5
/21438/
91
/58/

The Three Brothers (1995)
Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The men grow closer while deciding how to proceed.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.0
/345057/
68
/15421/
69
/7431/
3.8
/1347911/
91
/337/
61
/3947/
84
/46/
cc age 17+

The Witch (2016)
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
poster
MGM Plus
74
6.8
/61961/
64
/1194/
69
/1304/
3.2
/58255/
81
/43/
75
/1221/
77
/6/

Last Tango in Paris (1972)
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.9
/5189/
70
/100/
68
/144/
3.7
/5566/
93
/30/
67
/11/
67
/12/

Home (2008)
Along with her husband and three children, Marthe lives in an eden of her own creation, nearly isolated from the rest of the world. The arrival of a construction vehicle, however, pierces their tranquil, hermetic existence—before long a disused highway has been re-opened, and the family finds their home situated in the midst of rush-hour traffic. While the privileges of clean air, quietude and privacy are thus denied them, Marthe remains determined to stay no matter the cost.
poster
77
73
7.6
/15499/
72
/255/
69
/234/
3.6
/7968/
92
/13/
82
/230/

Lost Horizon (1937)
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
poster
73
7.5
/16351/
73
/168/
64
/143/
3.6
/3331/
74
/65/
80
/243/
71
/26/

Sunshine (1999)
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
poster
73
7.1
/8505/
70
/277/
70
/227/
3.9
/25646/
90
/20/
74
/77/

Deep End (1971)
London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.
poster
75
72
7.3
/12874/
71
/276/
70
/192/
3.8
/7402/
88
/108/

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)
Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.
poster
Disney Plus
74
72
7.4
/12324/
75
/346/
69
/203/
3.5
/7924/
85
/13/
79
/514/
66
/4/
cc age 6+

Pollyanna (1960)
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/43463/
73
/1307/
71
/866/
3.6
/40759/
80
/20/
79
/339/
59
/8/

Death on the Nile (1978)
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
72
6.8
/84037/
71
/2849/
71
/2717/
3.5
/164461/
77
/141/
74
/11889/
64
/33/
cc age 9+

Peter Pan (2003)
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.4
/1545/
72
/18/
71
/36/
3.9
/1511/
100
/7/
80
/28/

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.3
/8494/
73
/306/
70
/170/
3.6
/11805/
81
/109/
71
/21/
72
/25/
cc age 18+

The Painted Bird (2019)
After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
71
7.2
/9906/
69
/215/
68
/253/
3.7
/16642/
94
/17/
79
/122/

Zero for Conduct (1933)
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
poster
71
6.8
/7007/
70
/86/
67
/100/
3.7
/4763/
62
/26/
82
/134/

Prospero's Books (1991)
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.6
/17206/
70
/408/
67
/254/
3.6
/23907/
69
/78/
75
/402/
68
/11/
cc age 12+

Yentl (1983)
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
poster
70
7.5
/1721/
62
/22/
61
/14/
3.8
/1222/
100
/5/

Time Stands Still (1982)
A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dini suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in 1956, and since then Dini's mother has had to take care of her two sons on her own. A friend of Dini’s father, Bodor, is released from prison and moves in with them. Dini and his brother are far from happy about this intrusion on their family life.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.6
/28738/
73
/449/
77
/663/
3.9
/17954/
52
/23/
84
/386/
70
/14/

1900 (1976)
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.


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