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Kanopy
88
8.0
/131905/
77
/2040/
81
/2471/
4.3
/243675/
97
/62/
91
/2559/
93
/23/

8½ (1963)
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
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Kanopy
86
8.2
/41234/
80
/658/
78
/472/
4.3
/62805/
98
/82/
93
/368/

Pather Panchali (1955)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.
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Hulu
83
7.8
/24235/
77
/1391/
80
/727/
4.2
/262036/
95
/147/
82
/21/
81
/25/
cc age 14+

Memoir of a Snail (2024)
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
poster
82
7.6
/6867/
74
/89/
71
/152/
3.9
/7464/
90
/21/
86
/132/
cc age 13+

Small Change (1976)
The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.
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MGM Plus
79
78
7.8
/21045/
73
/369/
75
/332/
3.9
/10486/
88
/24/
85
/240/
76
/7/

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
poster
76
7.2
/2250/
69
/106/
69
/24/
3.6
/6519/
97
/39/
82
/4/

A House Made of Splinters (2023)
A temporary house for abandoned children near the front line in eastern Ukraine is run by a small group of social workers determined to provide comfort and safety. It may be humble and somewhat run-down, but this house is filled with love and offers up to nine months of refuge to kids whose fate will be determined by the system. During this short time, the caretakers try to nurture within them a sense of stability and normalcy.
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Hulu
75
7.4
/228258/
74
/4016/
70
/1986/
3.5
/159632/
86
/190/
88
/25926/
67
/37/
cc age 17+

Garden State (2004)
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
poster
75
7.0
/192965/
75
/9797/
71
/4708/
3.8
/965990/
92
/25/
73
/10656/
72
/21/
cc age 9+

Matilda (1996)
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, don’t agree. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
poster
81
74
7.7
/10702/
73
/123/
72
/140/
3.8
/5659/
100
/7/
91
/74/

When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous, years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.
poster
71
7.1
/11956/
70
/173/
68
/120/
3.6
/5848/
79
/61/
81
/282/

The Butcher Boy (1998)
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
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Fandango at Home Free
71
6.6
/43974/
67
/1031/
65
/683/
3.6
/124030/
70
/71/
75
/1789/
58
/18/

May (2003)
A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
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74
67
7.5
/12328/
73
/173/
70
/170/
3.8
/8235/
79
/71/

Submarino (2010)
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He drinks, lives in a shelter and tries to help an old friend. When their mother dies, Nick meets his brother at the funeral. The brother, who remains nameless, is a single father to a young boy, but also supports a drug habit that is spiraling out of control. When an opportunity presents itself, he becomes a drug dealer to secure his son's future. Eventually, the two brothers meet again.
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Amazon Prime Video
57
6.2
/63375/
62
/1841/
60
/965/
2.9
/42589/
34
/97/
37
/1008/
57
/27/
cc age 17+

All Good Things (2010)
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
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Hoopla
82
55
7.4
/3101/
81
/169/
79
/87/
4.0
/52832/
97
/6/

Soulmate (2023)
When Mi-so and Ha-eun first meet in childhood, their lives become instantly intertwined, forming a bond surrounded by happiness and naivety. But as adulthood arrives, alone and together, they are forced to deal with sadness, anger, grief, growth, and most of all, love.
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Kanopy
39
4.7
/32952/
54
/971/
52
/596/
2.6
/55800/
14
/65/
38
/4214/
22
/17/
cc age 17+

Black Christmas (2006)
As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins a series of obscene phone calls with dubious intentions...
poster
62
37
6.5
/2186/
67
/74/
66
/157/
3.4
/1633/
47
/6/

A Crime in Paradise (2001)
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine...
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Criterion Channel
78
33
7.5
/823/
65
/17/
66
/18/
3.7
/747/
100
/6/
92
/4/

The Red Head (1932)
A red-haired boy is his mother's punching bag; only his father's presence is a great comfort to him, but this weak man is under the shrew's thumb. His pain is so great he feels suicidal.
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48
32
4.3
/1803/
46
/71/
51
/72/
2.7
/1671/

Otto - The Disaster Movie (2000)
A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!
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Amazon Prime Video
65
31
6.6
/475/
73
/43/
70
/23/
3.4
/265/
58
/26/
74
/14/
51
/9/

Urban Hymn (2015)
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a remarkable voice, meets a determined social worker who inspires her to use it.
poster
71
27
7.2
/568/
66
/33/
78
/81/
3.4
/268/

Sister (2019)
How many Yamil remembers himself, war has always been. He is very much waiting for it to end - after all, then the father will return, whom the boy knows only from photographs and letters. One day, Mom leaves for a distant city and brings the silent girl Oksana with her. Mum transmits the order of his father to take care of Oksana, as if he was a little sister ... A film adaptation of the story “The Joy of Our Home” by the classic of Soviet literature Mustay Karim.
poster
61
24
6.2
/666/
54
/11/
58
/20/
3.4
/203/
64

Almost 18 (2012)
Karri, Pete, André, Akseli and Joni dream, party, love and boast like only teenage males can. They're dealing with the same issues as every other young man — fears and hopes for future, disillusions and problems with parents.
poster
67
7
7.0
/59/
55
/2/
75
/2/
3.4
/521/

Lift Off (2020)
Past/present story of a young man who lives in a fantasy world of aeronautics to escape a more challenging reality.
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?
60
/1/

Yo soy Arturo Fernández (2019)
A gentle portrait of the mythical Spanish actor Arturo Fernández (1929-2019) in the hour of his passing, in his own words, through his latest interviews, not previously broadcast, and the words of those who knew him thorough decades of charming and good performance on stage, his true home, as well as in cinema and television.
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?
100
/1/

The Selfish Girl (2024)
Lily has saved up a large sum of money to fulfill her dream of studying acting at an American university. On the day she receives confirmation that she has been accepted, her dysfunctional mother returns to Lily's life and tells her that she has a huge debt that needs to be paid off immediately. In one day, Lily tries to find a way to help her mother without using her savings. Lily is faced with the choice of buying her future and remaining a bad daughter, or letting it go, bending to the needs of others.
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?
6.9
/22/
90
/2/

The Imaginary Girl (2007)
Seven year old Amy whose recently separated parents hold differing views on her social development is enthralled in her world of make believe. One afternoon when her father comes to visit this situation comes to a head, with disturbing consequences for Amy.
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?
7.5
/7/

Feed the Dog (2023)
In a world left behind, 12-year old Clara Is forced to take care of her dying father
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Amazon Prime Video
?
5.3
/19/
48
/2/

Somehow (2022)
Two people on a road-trip through Europe and Morocco to find inner freedom.
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?
100
/1/

A Day, That Year (2022)
5 years old Yang spends an afternoon with his mother on a shopping trip. When he throws a tantrum after feeling neglected, she decides to punish him by walking away. A seemingly harmless punishment eventually becomes a pivotal childhood experience for Yang that will forever change him.
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?
85
/2/

My Hope (2022)
A student searching for hope recalls his childhood memories
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?
6.2
/23/

I Am (1990)
The family breaks up. The boy Jonukas feels very lonely. He wants to find his mother himself. The search is long and difficult.
poster
?
6.4
/28/

Wind and Fog (2011)
Set in the pastoral mountains of northern Iran, eight-year-old Sahand has been rendered mute by the loss of his mother during the war. He is taken care of by his older sister as he struggles to process his trauma.
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?
8.1
/15/
80
/1/

Monster (2019)
After losing his innocence, his best friend, and the love of his adolescence, this coming-of-age gangster drama follows Harman in an hour of his night within a new life of violence.
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?
10
/1/

Nothings Going to Change My World (1973)
A lonely twelve-year-old boy with problem parents experiments with drugs and enters an idealised fantasy world.
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?
5.6
/31/
20
/3/
48
/4/

Split (1974)
When his father runs off and his mother hooks up with a mustachioed new beau, eleven-year-old Mark becomes convinced that an uninvited talkative space alien, going by the name "Split," has taken up telepathic residence in his mind, and is leading him to question the norms of planet Earth. Only one teacher is willing to entertain the possibility that Mark just might be telling the truth.
poster
?
6.5
/38/
80
/2/

Happiness of Kati (2009)
Kati, a nine-year-old girl whose mother is suffering from an incurable illness. She must go through steps of happiness and sorrow, bonding and separation, having her hopes fulfilled and losing something she loves.
poster
67
?
6.5
/177/
70
/2/

My Friend Henry (2004)
When 12-year-old Elsi Björkman and her mother Paula return from a week's holiday abroad, Elsi immediately notices that someone has been in her room. She tells her mother about it, but she does not believe her. At the local supermarket Elsi meets Henry, who seems to spend his time returning shopping trolleys. Elsi does not know anything about the boy, who has an irritating habit of appearing from out of nowhere, only to disappear again, as if into thin air. Nevertheless, the children become friends.
poster
?
100
/1/

Olga
Heta ysyryre gueteri jahasata. Translating from guaraní: Many ways to go! Olga inhabits this world. Just like every day, Olga gets up to have coffee and live another day of small conflicts and family omissions. But this may not be a Saturday like any other, and starting from somewhat disturbing encounters, we will accompany Olga in her being in the world.
poster
?
7.7
/84/
10
/1/
72
/4/

Real Truth (1972)
Božidarka Frajt (playing herself) is an actress who is unsuccessfully looking for a job in Zagreb. The film follows her everyday life: she spends time with her friends and colleagues, shoots a television commercial, goes to a party, remembers her difficult childhood as a war orphan, and contemplates her professional and personal failures. Finally, she visits theatre manager Vjeran Zuppa in his office and asks for a job.
poster
?
7.6
/41/
40
/2/
50
/4/

Schöne Tage (1982)
Franz Holl, 6 years old, is sent off by his mother and stepfather to live on his father's farm. His father turns out to be a mischievous man who won't grant him any chance in life. The roles are played by amateur actors from Carinthia.
poster
?
7.9
/9/
60
/1/

Menino da Gamboa (2014)
Gum is a child born and raised at Gamboa island. He admires his older brother, who works as baggage carrier for tourists. Gum wants to be like him.
poster
?
7.7
/20/

Broken Places (2018)
An exploration into why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims profiled decades ago, we learn how their experiences shaped their lives as adults.
poster
70
?
8.5
/863/
60
/4/
77
/5/

A Little Bit of Soul (1987)
A bitter coming-of-age story about boy who grows up in a remote Bosnian village shortly after World War II.
poster
?
6.3
/58/
70
/1/
62
/5/

I Want to Be Famous (1976)
Eleven-year-old Steve is the smallest boy in class. He thinks girls are soppy, detests football and prefers painting. To alleviate his loneliness, he occasionally escapes into an excitingly violent fantasy realm of his own creation. His best mate Stuart is the only solid thing in a comfortless world where people argue too much… usually about Steve.
poster
?
6.9
/45/
10
/1/

The Second Attempt of Viktor Krokhin (1987)
During the flight, the hero of the film, the boxing champion, recalls his life's journey. The hero’s childhood was in the first post-war years. He grew up without a father, his mother was busy with work, his older brother was in prison, the relationship with the new stepfather did not work out, and the boy was brought up on the street. There he learned to fight, and this led him to the boxing ring. Over time, the stubborn street boy became the champion of Europe.
poster
?
100
/1/

Cómo vivir toda una vida con apenas un te quiero
N/A
poster
Kanopy
?
7.9
/14/
64
/5/

Champagne (1996)
The true story of a young teenage girl whose mother is incarcerated for murder. Living in a Catholic Children's home run by an order of nuns, she provides poignant commentary about her mother, her own situation and her outlook for the future.
poster
?
8.6
/36/
60
/2/

Cotton Wool (2017)
A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.
poster
28
?
2.7
/280/
18
/6/
39
/7/

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle (1997)
Wigald, a spoiled offspring, is no good with women. He finds solace with a psychiatrist and love with his poodle. When his mother dies, he is only allowed to claim his inheritance if he manages to get a run-down petrol station back on its feet. However, he has leased it to three girls of all people.


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