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Genre "Childhood Drama" Movies
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| 1. Akeelah and the Bee (year: 2006) |
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A young girl learns to believe in herself and value her intelligence in this critically-acclaimed, family-friendly drama. Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palme ...
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| 2. August Rush (year: 2007) |
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Estranged from his parents by circumstance and nudged toward a foster family, a young boy seeks out his long-lost folks and discovers prodigious music ...
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| 3. Billy Elliot (year: 2000) |
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Brassed Off meets My Name Is Joe in this gritty coming-of-age drama about a young son of a poor English coal miner who dreams of being a ballet dancer ...
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| 6. Chocolat (year: 1988) |
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| 7. Class Trip (year: 1998) |
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Claude Miller directed this French psychological drama adapted from Emmanuel Carrere's 1995 novel (based on a factual news item). Detailing a troubled ...
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| 8. Empire of the Sun (year: 1987) |
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Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, Empire of the Sun stars Christian Bale as a spoiled young British boy, living with his wealthy family ...
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| 9. Fateless (year: 2005) |
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One young man's devastating voyage through the Holocaust sets the stage for this powerful drama. Gyorgy "Gyurka" Koves (Marcell Nagy) is a 1 ...
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| 10. Fresh (year: 1994) |
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| 12. In America (year: 2002) |
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After chronicling various chapters of Irish history in such films as In the Name of the Father and The Field, writer/director Jim Sheridan turns his l ...
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| 13. La Teta y la Luna (year: 1994) |
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This Spanish/French film presents a loving ode to a woman's breasts and the three men who love them. The fairy tale is told from the viewpoint of 9-ye ...
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| 14. Little Buddha (year: 1994) |
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Bernardo Bertolucci attempts to mix Buddhist spirituality with childhood fantasy in Little Buddha. When Dean Conrad (Chris Isaak), a Seattle architect ...
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| 15. Little Man Tate (year: 1991) |
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Jodie Foster made her directorial debut (with a script by Scott Frank) in this tale of a child prodigy's search for social acceptance. Fred Tate (Adam ...
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| 16. Ma Vie en Rose (year: 1997) |
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Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, but one child isn't so sure in this Belgian comedy drama. 7-year-old Ludovic (Georges DuFresne) is happy, h ...
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| 17. Mouchette (year: 1967) |
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Robert Bresson directed this grim but moving story of a girl forced to grow up quickly due to the unfortunate circumstances which surround her. Mouche ...
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| 18. My Dog Skip (year: 2000) |
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The popular memoir by Pulitzer prize-winning author Willie Morris became this family comedy-drama about a boy and his dog. Young Willie Morris (Franki ...
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| 19. My Life as a Dog (year: 1985) |
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In 1959 Sweden, young Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) lives with his dying mother and his nasty older brother. He survives all of life's knocks by comparin ...
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| 20. Nobody Knows (year: 2004) |
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Hirokazu Kore-eda, who wrote and directed the international success After Life, returns with this story about a family dealing with an unusual dilemma ...
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| 21. Oliver! (year: 1968) |
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Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic passage ...
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| 22. Pay It Forward (year: 2000) |
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A young boy stumbles upon a simple way to change the world in this drama. Trevor (Haley Joel Osment) is a bright 11-year-old boy who comes from a trou ...
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| 23. Pixote (year: 1981) |
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The Brazilian Pixote so closely resembles the films of Luis Buñuel that one is almost shocked to see writer/director Hector Babenco's name on the cred ...
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| 24. Pollyanna (year: 1960) |
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Eleanor H. Porter's story of Pollyanna, "The Glad Girl," was first filmed in 1920 by Mary Pickford. While entertaining, the Pickford version ...
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| 25. Rich Kids (year: 1979) |
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The rich kids of the title are 12-year-old Trini Alvarado and her intellectual pal Jeremy Levy. Alvarado is down in the dumps because her parents are ...
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