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85
8.0
/22196/
80
/300/
78
/234/
4.2
/19730/
87
/71/
93
/687/
85
/31/

Turtles Can Fly (2005)
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
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Hoopla
80
7.3
/120424/
73
/2807/
73
/1727/
3.8
/147509/
92
/239/
76
/21/
78
/36/
cc age 17+

Precious (2009)
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
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Criterion Channel
82
76
7.8
/11289/
74
/186/
78
/431/
4.0
/22612/
95
/20/
90
/116/

Mamma Roma (1962)
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
poster
75
7.0
/1497/
64
/40/
65
/39/
3.4
/11440/
95
/59/
80
/22/

Young Mothers (2025)
Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.
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Kanopy
75
7.2
/102904/
72
/2607/
71
/1673/
3.7
/81096/
82
/34/
81
/1421/
61
/14/

Angel Heart (1987)
A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
6.8
/3679/
70
/62/
65
/74/
3.5
/2275/
85
/33/
77
/70/

Wish You Were Here (1987)
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
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fuboTV
74
7.2
/2081/
72
/129/
74
/46/
3.5
/1475/
78
77
/15/

Prophet's Prey (2015)
Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
6.9
/8605/
68
/402/
63
/158/
3.6
/5274/
89
/79/
81
/13/
68
/18/
cc age 16+

American Woman (2018)
A young grandmother in a small Pennsylvania town raises her daughter's child after the girl disappears. All the while, a desperate search for her continues.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.1
/15894/
72
/514/
68
/216/
3.4
/10850/
91
/138/
76
/629/
67
/30/
cc age 13+

The Sapphires (2012)
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
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76
72
7.4
/20053/
71
/217/
70
/275/
3.9
/16187/
84
/113/
72
/659/
87
/34/

The Child (2005)
A poor young Belgian mother wants her petty thief of a boyfriend to be gainfully employed to raise their newborn child, but he has other ideas.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.2
/13248/
71
/307/
66
/160/
3.4
/2674/
78
/129/
76
/439/
64
/32/
cc age 17+

Mother and Child (2009)
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
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MUBI
69
6.5
/883/
63
/13/
51
/9/
3.7
/1175/
81
/42/
80
/25/
64
/20/

Girls Town (1996)
The death of a friend galvanizes three high school young women to reassess their friendship and their lives.
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Hoopla
66
7.2
/1886/
62
/22/
58
/22/
3.4
/232/
73
/49/
65
/62/
62
/21/

Loggerheads (2005)
A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires.
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78
66
7.3
/2240/
71
/58/
72
/44/
3.8
/4774/
96
/47/
75
/71/
88
/10/

The Arbor (2010)
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
poster
63
6.7
/7675/
68
/145/
65
/118/
3.3
/3387/
80
/15/
66
/78/
49
/11/

Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
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83
62
8.5
/15797/
81
/127/
80
/58/
4.2
/14311/
88
/11/

Thalapathi (1991)
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
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MGM Plus
61
6.2
/68683/
67
/1982/
65
/1332/
3.0
/59081/
54
/98/
59
/991681/
53
/24/
cc age 14+

Save the Last Dance (2001)
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.
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Kanopy
60
7.1
/167165/
75
/5887/
78
/6431/
3.6
/569443/
32
/57/
64
/303/
44
/16/
cc age 16+

Love, Rosie (2014)
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?
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62
57
6.4
/7555/
66
/154/
61
/139/
3.3
/3856/
65
/26/
52
/72/
66
/11/

The Border (1982)
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
poster
Hoopla
57
6.6
/9833/
64
/205/
62
/172/
3.1
/3031/
55
/58/
58
/288/
45
/17/

The Greatest (2009)
Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out she's pregnant, she winds up at the Brewer's door. She needs their help, and although they can't quite admit it, they each need her so they can begin to heal.
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Hoopla
65
56
6.7
/7850/
70
/757/
71
/941/
3.5
/41304/
59
/17/
53
/2/

Bye Bye Morons (2020)
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.
poster
The Roku Channel
56
6.0
/5495/
65
/192/
65
/151/
2.9
/6905/
17
/12/
71
/273/
41
/10/

For Keeps (1988)
Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.
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Kanopy
55
6.4
/9780/
66
/375/
66
/249/
2.9
/5607/
27
/75/
63
/236/
37
/29/
cc age 15+

Gimme Shelter (2013)
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
poster
The Roku Channel
65
48
6.6
/3192/
64
/62/
64
/48/
2.8
/1004/
79
/286/

Mom at Sixteen (2005)
Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
45
6.2
/3878/
62
/77/
60
/71/
3.0
/938/
60
/68/

Skipped Parts (2000)
A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.
poster
60
42
6.5
/1943/
62
/42/
58
/55/
3.3
/2652/
60
/25/
50
/4/
60
/6/

April's Daughters (2017)
Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother. April arrives, willing to her daughters, but we soon understand why Valeria had wanted her to stay away.
poster
73
38
6.7
/301/
66
/8/
66
/27/
3.5
/887/
100
/11/

Maternal (2019)
Lu and Fati are teen mums living in a religious shelter in Buenos Aires. Sister Paola arrives there to take her final vows. But the girls’ impending motherhood faces her with a challenging situation.
poster
68
38
6.9
/2440/
65
/37/
68
/95/
3.4
/2028/
72
/2/

The Widow Couderc (1971)
The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.
poster
67
37
6.7
/697/
48
/5/
63
/11/
86
/7/
75
/33/

A Way of Life (2004)
At 17 Leigh-Anne 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) across the street becomes target to her growing paranoia that Social Services are going to take her daughter, Rebecca, away from her. Her behaviour becoming increasingly desperate as her delusions over her neighbour grow.
poster
Netflix
45
35
5.3
/3187/
57
/233/
58
/180/
1.9
/13408/
33
/6/
34
/3/
cc age 15+

Royalteen (2022)
A teenager struggles to keep her scandal-ridden past and a big secret from getting out when she strikes up an unlikely romance with the crown prince.
poster
60
27
6.7
/647/
56
/22/
58
/19/
3.1
/2735/

About a Girl (2001)
A girl tells the story of her life and hopes for the future.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
27
5.8
/944/
71
/45/
55
/22/
3.1
/462/
36
/11/
46
/20/
48
/8/

Yelling To The Sky (2011)
As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.
poster
46
25
5.4
/565/
54
/14/
44
/18/
18
/11/
70
/38/
36
/8/

This Revolution (2005)
A news cameraman befriends a widow while covering activists during the Republican National Convention.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
25
5.9
/805/
68
/37/
73
/40/
2.7
/887/
42
/5/

Double Mommy (2016)
After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a paternity test, they find out that Ryan is only the father of one baby... The other father is Ryan's best friend Bryce, who Ryan discovers date raped Jess at a party over the summer. With college recruiters and an overbearing father looming over Bryce's head, he will stop at nothing to make sure that he clears his name--even if it means getting rid of Jess and her babies! Morgan Obenreder, Mark Grossman, Megan Gallagher, Griffin Freeman, David Starzyk star. (2017)
poster
57
24
6.2
/1048/
66
/19/
55
/31/
3.2
/1529/
40
/1/

Stupid Young Heart (2018)
When carefree, young Lenni and his girlfriend find themselves expecting a child, he ends up looking for a role model in all the wrong places as he becomes involved with local right-wing activists.
poster
Pluto TV
45
24
4.9
/1501/
50
/36/
42
/19/
3.0
/311/
60
/10/
31
/36/
23
/4/

Poor White Trash (2000)
Mike and Lenny are two buddies who dream of getting out of the trailer park. Out of desperation they resort to burglary as a means of financing Mike's college education. Their dream is jeopardized one summer day when their ploy to shoplift Near Beer begins a crime spree and a series of mishaps during which they are threatened with jail.
poster
61
24
6.4
/838/
71
/45/
67
/50/
45
/3/

Freshman Father (2010)
When high school sweethearts John and Kathy find out Kathy is pregnant, they decide to get married and move to Cambridge so John can fulfill his scholarship to Harvard. But faced with the harsh reality of their situation, Kathy leaves John behind, compelling him to rent a room from Dorothy, a psychic who encourages him as he struggles to balance school and fatherhood.
poster
67
16
6.8
/384/
64
/12/
64
/15/
3.6
/628/

First Love (1974)
After the doctor's refusal to perform abortion on a 17-year old girl, she and her boyfriend have to cope with the new situation. They both need to learn to take responsibility for their decisions, in spite of numerous hardships facing them.
poster
Hoopla
61
14
5.9
/402/
67
/53/
58
/19/
3.0
/231/

Web of Dreams (2019)
Heaven's mother Leigh had to escape from Farthinggale Manor and the secrets she harbored. Falling into the arms of Luke, his devotion promised her hope as only Luke knew her deepest of secrets. Bravely she bore the suspicions of the hill folk, as she tried to grasp the happiness that long eluded her. With a baby girl, Heaven, on the way, she hoped for a chance at happy ever after.
poster
57
14
6.1
/689/
69
/47/
59
/23/
3.1
/217/
38
/2/

Story of a Girl (2017)
When a compromising video of sixteen-year-old Deanna Lambert hits social media, her teenage life is changed forever. Overcoming bullies, hurtful school-yard taunts and the enduring rage and disappointment of her father, Deanna longs to escape a life defined by her past.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
12
5.4
/718/
66
/6/
61
/14/
3.2
/211/
76
/7/

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
A single mother’s American Idol audition helps her rise above a history of poverty, sexual abuse, and illiteracy to achieve national prominence.
poster
Kanopy
63
11
7.1
/156/
52
/7/
57
/6/
3.7
/721/

Growing Up Female (1971)
Focuses on the socialization of American females. It tells the story of six women and girls. The first film to emerge from the modern women's movement in the early 1970s.
poster
MGM Plus
51
9
6.2
/619/
45
/7/
50
/13/
3.3
/206/
36
/4/

So Young, So Bad (1950)
Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the inmates. Oblivious to the sadistic treatment of the girls by the matrons, it takes a rebellious girl named Loretta to open his eyes. Assisted by a female staff member, Jason finally gets proof of the abuse and threatens the head of the school with exposure unless he is given full rein to run things.
poster
48
6
6.6
/223/
55
/12/
58
/11/
14
/2/

Lucy (2006)
A young teenage single mother (Maggi) struggling to raise her baby daughter (Lucy) finds the weight of responsibility bearing down on her shoulders. Maggy was forced to grow up before her time. Thankfully for Maggi, her mother is always willing to help though Maggy still lives at home with her mother, it's obvious that she longs to gain some independendence. Meeting Gordon at a local club, who is a few years older, makes a living and has his own apartment. One night, after a heated argument with her mother, Maggi makes the decision to move in with Gordon. Though the pair subsequently make a sincere attempt to be good parents.and do what's best for Lucy, they soon find that taking on the responsibilities of adulthood aren't so easy when you've barely moved past childhood yourself.
poster
53
5
6.7
/231/
52
/4/
47
/11/
46
/1/

Nothing Else Matters (2008)
Carla, the runaway with high aims. Lucie, the street girl. Interchanged identities and a shared baby. Collage of a fateful year.
poster
69
?
6.7
/117/
80
/1/
60
/1/

I Want to Keep My Baby! (1976)
A 15-year-old girl becomes pregnant by her boyfriend and decides to keep the baby and raise her on her own, instead of initially choosing abortion at the insistence of her boyfriend, or raising the baby at home with her meddling mother.
poster
?
10
/1/

Teenage Mama (1993)
Teenage Mama: Directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes. With Jackie Forster, Sunshine Cruz, Karla Estrada, Gina Alajar.
poster
63
?
6.5
/396/
64
/13/
62
/8/

White Soup (2003)
The dramatic story of a woman's struggle to discover the identity of her grandchild's father. The grandmother becomes obsessed with discovering the identity of the man who fathered her daughter's child.The naive daughter is of little help with her mother with the search, which turns into a dangerous journey, filled with unexpected events. The mother is forced to face and overcome her own dark secrets and deepest fears, and her struggles provide her daughter with a new sense of hope and understanding of her own life.


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