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101. Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
TV-PG | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Kirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba
Directors: Michel Ocelot, Raymond Burlet | Stars: Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol
Votes: 10,843 | Gross: $0.06M
102. Locust (2014)
124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
First erotic thriller In Russia. Story starts with a summer fling between a provincial guy and a big-city girl. The holiday is over, the beauty returns to the city and receives a marriage ... See full summary »
Director: Egor Baranov | Stars: Anastasiya Akatova, Paulina Andreeva, Evgeniya Dmitrieva, Sergey Frolov
Votes: 708
103. Six Weeks (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
In this heart-warming drama, a terminally ill young girl strives to bring together her wealthy mother and a California politician, fulfilling her dream of having a family during the last six weeks of her life.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon Wilcox
Votes: 1,040 | Gross: $6.67M
104. Azumanga Daioh: The Animation (2002)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A humorous and highly unpredictable animated series following a group of high school girls and their teachers.
Stars: Tomoko Kaneda, Yuki Matsuoka, Chieko Higuchi, Rie Tanaka
Votes: 3,512
105. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx
Votes: 21,205 | Gross: $2.01M
106. Chiquititas (2013–2015)
TV-Y7 | Drama, Family, Musical
The orphans living at the manor known as Raio de Luz have their tough reality transformed by a sweet-hearted, dedicated young woman.
Stars: Lívia Inhudes, Mauricio Machado, João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Sil Iizuka
Votes: 275
107. 12 and Holding (2005)
R | 94 min | Drama
After his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, teenage hormones, and family dysfunction.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Conor Donovan, Jesse Camacho, Zoe Weizenbaum, Annabella Sciorra
Votes: 7,123 | Gross: $0.10M
108. Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama
Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.
Director: Daniel Barnz | Stars: Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman
Votes: 8,082 | Gross: $0.07M
109. Undercover Angel (1999)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A writer with no focus in his work, becomes the unwilling babysitter of a precocious little girl who turns his life around.
Director: Bryan Michael Stoller | Stars: Yasmine Bleeth, Dean Winters, Emily Mae Young, Lorraine Ansell
Votes: 1,103
110. The Good Mother (1988)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A divorced mother may lose custody of her young daughter to her ex-husband after he learns that the little girl crawled into bed with the mother and her boyfriend.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards, Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 1,790 | Gross: $4.76M
111. Kept and Dreamless (2005)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
An exploration into mother-daughter relationships and the struggles of a precocious 10-year-old child to raise her cocaine-addicted mother who gets unexpectedly pregnant with her second child.
Directors: Martín De Salvo, Vera Fogwill | Stars: Vera Fogwill, Lucía Snieg, Mirta Busnelli, Edda Díaz
Votes: 533
112. The Secret Garden (1975)
G | 210 min | Drama, Family
In 19th-century India, Mary Lennox is suddenly orphaned by cholera. Her only living relative is her uncle, Archibald Craven, so Mary is sent to live at his estate on the Yorkshire moors. Where she discovers a secret garden and a cousin.
Stars: Sarah Hollis Andrews, Hope Johnstone, William Marsh, Jacqueline Hoyle
Votes: 358
113. Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully
Votes: 2,158
114. Lonesome Jim (2005)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Failing to make it on his own, twenty-seven-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Kevin Corrigan
Votes: 8,092 | Gross: $0.15M
115. Bad Sister (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Marianne falls in love with a con artist who has a hidden agenda.
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,511
116. Allen Gregory (2011–2023)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
A pretentious seven-year-old attempts to attend regular grade school after his family goes through hard times.
Stars: Jonah Hill, Nat Faxon, Will Forte, Joy Osmanski
Votes: 3,604
117. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
G | 105 min | Family, Drama, Comedy
Precocious Claudia and her brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Sally Prager, Johnny Doran, George Rose
Votes: 816 | Gross: $0.11M
118. Curfew (I) (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama
Having reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
Director: Shawn Christensen | Stars: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Kim Allen, Dana Segal
Votes: 7,056
119. Home Makeover (2010)
TV-Y7 | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A social worker is coming to Gru's house to check if it's suitable for children. Margo, Edith, Agnes and the Minions must take care of the situation.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Samuel Tourneux | Stars: Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher, Pierre Coffin
Votes: 2,298
120. Sundays and Cybèle (1962)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
Story of a lonely young girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
Director: Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel
Votes: 4,814
121. Chinese Roulette (1976)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
Both parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette."
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Ulli Lommel
Votes: 4,750
122. Bhoothnath (2008)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Moving into a new house, a family witnesses an unfriendly ghost who wants to drive them away from the house. However, he befriends a little boy who changes his outlook forever.
Director: Vivek Sharma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Satish Shah, Rajpal Naurang Yadav
Votes: 11,365
123. G-Spot (2005–2009)
26 min | Comedy
A small group of friends help a past-her-prime actress attempt to re-ignite her career.
Stars: Brigitte Bako, Heather Hanson, Kimberly Huie, Ian Alden
Votes: 371
124. Set Me Free (1999)
94 min | Drama, Romance
In the year 1963, an awkward thirteen-year-old girl comes of age during her escapism into the world of cinema, with potentially dangerous results.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Alexandre Mérineau
Votes: 1,076 | Gross: $0.07M
125. The Demons (2015)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
A young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.
Director: Philippe Lesage | Stars: Édouard Tremblay-Grenier, Pier-Luc Funk, Vassili Schneider, Sarah Mottet
Votes: 1,280
126. Marjoe (1972)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
This Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner was preaching on the Southern tent-revival circuit by the age of 3.
Directors: Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith | Stars: Agnes Benjamin, Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Sarah Kernochan
Votes: 1,753
127. Suddenly (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
Four assassins pose as Secret Service agents to assassinate the President of the United States.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Ray Liotta, Erin Karpluk, Dominic Purcell, Don MacKay
Votes: 1,783
128. No et moi (2010)
105 min | Drama
Thirteen-year-old Lou Bertignac is a gifted but lonely child. At high school she is already in fifth grade, two years ahead of the other students, but she has no friends. At home, she does ... See full summary »
Director: Zabou Breitman | Stars: Julie-Marie Parmentier, Nina Rodriguez, Antonin Chalon, Bernard Campan
Votes: 533
129. A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007 Video)
G | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
To make sure that his beloved neighbour, Mr Wilson, has the perfect Christmas, the neighbourhood's lively six-year-old boy, Dennis Mitchell, makes a long list of things one needs to make it work. However, is Mr Wilson willing to change?
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Maxwell Perry Cotton, Robert Wagner, Louise Fletcher, Isaac Durnford
Votes: 2,238
130. Cachorro (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and many friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When the arrangement becomes permanent , Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and Bernardo forge a household together.
Director: Miguel Albaladejo | Stars: José Luis García-Pérez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo
Votes: 3,688 | Gross: $0.10M
131. Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
TV-PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin must rescue a young girl from a doomsday cult seeking a book of prophecies hidden by the girl's father, a wealthy US Presidential candidate.
Directors: Takeshi Shirato, Nobuo Tomizawa, Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama
Votes: 938
132. An Adolescent (2001)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
Tomokawa is a tough guy turned bored cop who spends much of his time sating lonely housewives and looking after retarded teen Sukemasa. One day while hanging out at a bar, he is approached ... See full summary »
Director: Eiji Okuda | Stars: Eiji Okuda, Mayu Ozawa, Akira Shoji, Mari Natsuki
Votes: 546 | Gross: $0.07M
133. Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
R | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Amy Rutherford, Peter Stormare, Vladimir Bondarenko
Votes: 3,039 | Gross: $0.03M
134. Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family.
Director: R. Ajay Gnanamuthu | Stars: Nayanthara, Atharvaa Murali, Anurag Kashyap, Raashi Khanna
Votes: 6,210
135. Snow (2004 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Set in San Ernesto, California with only three days before Christmas, Nick Snowden needs to rescue a young reindeer from a zoo.
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Ashley Williams, Patrick Fabian, Bobb'e J. Thompson
Votes: 2,057
136. Tell Me Yes... (1995)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Bordeaux, the pediatric doctor Stéphane is a wolf, flirting with many beautiful women. One night, he meets the twelve year-old Eva alone in front of his building and she tells that she ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Julia Maraval, Nadia Farès, Claude Rich
Votes: 309
137. SEX! With Hot Robots (2010)
12 min | Short, Comedy
SEX! With Hot Robots is a 10 minute comedy that takes place 30 years in the future, a time when hot robot 'maids' have permeated suburban North American homes. The film documents the rise ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Dahl | Stars: Amy Kerr, Christian Murray, Mark A. Owen, Jacquie Thillaye
Votes: 50
138. The Turn of the Screw (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Caroline Pegg, Jodhi May, Colin Firth, Pam Ferris
Votes: 1,012
139. My American Cousin (1985)
PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials, My American Cousin begins as bored 12-year-old Sandy (Margaret Langrick) is preparing for another ... See full summary »
Director: Sandy Wilson | Stars: Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee
Votes: 683
140. Grown Up Movie Star (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.
Director: Adriana Maggs | Stars: Shawn Doyle, Tatiana Maslany, Julia Kennedy, Jonny Harris
Votes: 434
141. Red Riding Hood (2003)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
This evocative chiller from director Giacomo Cimini follows the fortunes of a young 12yr-old girl named Jenny (Francesca). Abandoned in Rome by her careless mother, Jenny has to fend for ... See full summary »
Director: Giacomo Cimini | Stars: Kathleen Archebald, Susanna Satta, Roberto Davide, Marc Fiorini
Votes: 683
142. Alex and the Handyman (2017)
14 min | Short, Comedy
When Alex, a precious nine-year-old boy, develops a crush on Jared, the moody twenty-five-year-old handyman who works in the mansion where he lives, he will stop at nothing to get his attention.
Director: Nicholas Colia | Stars: Keaton Nigel Cooke, Aaron Luis Profumo, Hogan Gorman, Silvio Canihuante
Votes: 148
143. The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
Approved | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A bookish historian is married to a steely Southern belle who raises horses, an animal that he doesn't care for. However, the cute young neighbor girl doesn't feel that way about him and makes no bones about letting him know it.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Patric Knowles
Votes: 525
144. Whole New Thing (2005)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
After years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention... See full summary »
Director: Amnon Buchbinder | Stars: Aaron Webber, Robert Joy, Rebecca Jenkins, Daniel MacIvor
Votes: 1,313 | Gross: $0.01M
145. Through the Shadow (2015)
106 min | Horror, Thriller
Laura is hired as a teacher to two orphans who live in coffee farm. Gradually, she feels that the children are being influenced by hostile spirits that lived there.
Director: Walter Lima Jr. | Stars: Virginia Cavendish, Domingos Montagner, Mel Maia, Xande Valois
Votes: 287
146. The Spots on My Leopard (1974)
94 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Tim Spring | Stars: Mark Hopley, Karen de Kock, Dale Cutts, Erica Rogers
Votes: 19
147. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
148. Legends (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three estranged friends reunite and reluctantly reform a rock band that in their youth was about to be famous, but for mysterious reasons, never succeeded.
Director: Gabriel Nesci | Stars: Diego Peretti, Diego Torres, Santiago Segura, Florencia Bertotti
Votes: 804
149. The Crooked Mile (2001)
120 min | Comedy
An Irish road movie shot on location in Jersey and Dublin featuring the journeys of two characters, twentysomething medical-school dropout Elliot and Anna, a nine-year-old adult. Fast ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Kane | Stars: Dayna McKiernan, Alan Smyth, Clelia Murphy, Pat McGrath
Votes: 29
150. Madeline: My Fair Madeline (2002 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When Madeline tries to stop thieves in The Louvre, she is accused of misbehavior and sent off to a London finishing school to improve her manners.
Director: Scott Heming | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Chantal Strand, Jim Byrnes, Shannon Chan-Kent
Votes: 320