Runaway child movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant runaway child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, psychological and sentimental films and TV shows about / with runaway child, family relations, runaway, coming of age, children, youth, friendship, boy, mother daughter relationship and father son relationship plots mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as runaway child: Jack (2014), The Devils (2002), Break in the Sun (1981), The Unloved (2009), Friends (1971), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Lily in Winter (1994), The Lion King (1994), Children of Love (2002), Milo (2012).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Although he is only ten years old, Jack is responsible for himself and his little brother Manuel and this fills him with pride. Their single mother works during the day and often goes out at night. There’s no father in sight. One day, Manuel burns ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
boy, young heroes, teenage life, youth, self discovery, brother brother relationship, child as adult, child care, coming of age, family relations, life turned upside down, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Australia, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Style:
touching, road movie, emotional, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
genius, young heroes, prodigy, children, coming of age, childhood, on the road, child prodigy, train, loneliness, tragedy, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, usa, washington d.c., chicago
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Les Diables (The Devils) chronicles the struggle of an autistic girl and her brother trying to survive without their parents.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, kids in trouble, autism, brother sister incest, orphan, trauma, pursuit, on the run, brother sister relationship, incest, mentally challenged, child abandonment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
marseille, france
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Break in the Sun is a British television serial made by the BBC in 1981.
The series, written by Bernard Ashley, was considerably more gritty and controversial than standard BBC children's serial fare up until that time, dealing with a young ...
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
runaway, domestic abuse, escape, journey, coming of age, resilience, social issues, survival, getting home, friendship, intimate, coastal town ...
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Unloved is film that gives a child's eye view of the U.K.'s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger. Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
child care, foster child, social worker, abandonment, orphanage, isolation, life is a bitch, hopes, abusive father, youth, estranged mother, abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
French teens Paul and Michelle run away from home to a remote beach and have a baby.
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, touching, psychotronic
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, young love, childbirth, runaway teen, job seeking, baby, hunger, runaway, coming of age, female nudity, nudity, underage ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them ...
Style:
atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, cute, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, boy scout, children, adolescence, first love, camp, youth, island, summer camp, orphan, search party, childhood ...
Time:
60s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1965, 2010s
Place:
new england, rhode island, nebraska, usa, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old son Michael stows away for the ride. Together, Lily and Michael realize just how alike and ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot:
black, youth, family relations, interracial relations, society, on the run, nanny, switching roles, racism, kidnapping, missing person, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alabama, new york, usa, southern usa, manhattan new york city
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1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style:
touching, sentimental, visually stunning, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, lion, jungle, betrayal, tragedy, pride and honor, good versus evil, uncle, murder, hyena, exile, meerkat ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shows us a weekend in the life of a family torn by disputes and disappointments.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
youth, child custody, family relations, custody, starting over, dysfunctional family, family life, couples, family problems, love and romance, single parent, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels, europe, brussels belgium
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313
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Milo, an isolated 10-year-old boy with 'sensitive skin', lives a life rigidly controlled by his father. Sparked by his first friendship, he runs away from home to attend the school camping trip - but never arrives. He falls into the hands ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, friendship, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, friends, father son relationship, disease, runaway child, self discovery, hiking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A businessman's son is kidnappped, but the kidnapper's sister-in-law and her husband are opposed to the plan. They take the boy and the ransom money to turn it over to the police, but the boy doesn't want to return home, as his father ...
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
child abuse, abusive father, ransom, kidnapping, family drama, hostage, moral dilemma, domestic violence, moral ambiguity, rescue attempt, family conflict, runaway child ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The film take place in Tehran 1990s and is the story of a 6 years old boy Shahab who still can not talk and because of that is being teased by every one. Even in his family they care for his bigger brother more than him and only his mother is ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
family relations, family drama, child protagonist, social issues, care, relationship problems, family problems, society, humiliation, iranian, child custody, social relations ...
Time:
90s, year 1990
Place:
tehran iran, tehran
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560
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
An 8-year-old boy runs away from home and meets a scientist, who transforms him into a young man of 28, although mentally, he remains a child.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love interest, satire, couple relations, love affair, relationship problems, family problems, male female relationship, love story, innocence, coming of age, mother son conflict, body swap ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, anamorphic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, whale, childhood, friendship, human animal relationship, animal, foster home, orphan, half brother half brother relationship, fire, teenage boy, boy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
astoria oregon, oregon, usa, washington state, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The friends and amateur detectives Rico and Oskar experiencing their last adventure together. Here everything is really only one well, because now they live next door to. Ricos mother Tanya and Buhl are together, Oskar is with his father Lars pulled ...
Plot:
nude beach, inheritance, nude boy, bare chested male, best friend, children, boy, waitress, father son relationship, boy dog relationship, owner dog relationship, ruby ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This singularly off-beat and original period mystery thriller drama curio set in the late 1800's plays like an arrestingly bizarre and inspired cross between "Tom Sawyer" and "Night of the Hunter." Lonely, miserable orphan ...
Style:
independent film, psychotronic, crying
Plot:
swimming, cat, rainstorm, girl, boy, storm, urban legend, skinny dipping, preacher, orphan, runaway child, runaway ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An advocate of sex, but not of marriage, bachelor Daegyu (played by singer-turned-actor Im Changjeon), 26, produces bootleg music albums for a living. One day, he comes across a plucky, nine-year-old boy named Jeon Ingwon (played by Lee Inseong) who ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, boy, parent child relationship, parenthood, family drama, changing lives, relationships, family relations, lifestyle change, fatherhood, paternity revealed ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This is the story of a girl, her dog, and a man who needs to regain his self-reliance. Curtis Peterson, a strong, vital man in his late twenties, and his wife Marie want to start a family. Tragedy strikes when Curtis is paralyzed in a construction ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
disability, family problems, coping, family drama, dog, wheelchair bound, handicapped, destiny, changing lives, pet dog, man in a wheelchair, family relations ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jake and Bobby, the art director accompanying the truck, remain unaware that their vehicle will ultimately lead Mamiew to confront his own past all over again.
Style:
romantic comedy, emotional, heartfelt, colorful, humorous ...
Plot:
road trip, family secret, urban, friendship, couples, community, nostalgia, healing, small business, intimate, slice of life, identity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
bangkok thailand
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Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ethan Bortnick plays the leading role as Nathan,a young boy who's separated from his mother when she goes missing during a trip to Japan to help after the tsunami. The movie explores issues like homelessness, military family life and adoption. ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
orphan, tsunami, boarding school, single parent, prodigy, musician, family relations, estrangement, boarding school life, hopes, foster child, concert ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
japan, detroit
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A train-wreck on an adventure who is ready to give away her new-born baby. Joined by a cheeky street urchin, they are two diamonds in the rough on the run.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, f word
Plot:
ferry, flashback, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, marital problem, dysfunctional family, abduction, satire, family life, problem, family relations ...
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
15 year old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age.
Style:
controversial, learning
Audience:
teens
Plot:
runaway, teenage prostitute, alcoholic mother, prostitute, sex worker, street life, loss of virginity, teenage girl, cautionary tale, hustler, pimp, runaway child ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The wild and energetic journey of 9-year-old girl Benni through all possible stations of German Child Proctective Services.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, sincere, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
problem child, teenager, outcast, social outcast, social problems, parents and children, trauma, emotional abuse, anger issues, violence, loneliness, flashback ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany, central europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic ...
Style:
touching, feel good, semi serious, exciting, detective ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
escapades, friendship, orphan, imaginary, magic, mischievous children, police, youth, young heroes, abuse, rejuvenation, siblings relations ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Style:
sincere, touching, inspirational, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
friendship, poverty, social services, mother daughter relationship, children, motel, single mother, little girl, childhood, swimming pool, eviction, female friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
florida, nebraska, orlando florida
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Slovenia, Serbia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A psychological portrait of a woman traveling home in a war-torn world.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
on the road, hopes, life is a bitch, escapades, getting home, survival, danger, society, wartime life, introspection, dystopia, runaway child ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town and finds grudging refuge with the slightly slovenly caretaker of an abandoned farm, an ex-teacher.
Style:
psychological, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
farm, countryside, teenage girl, family problems, twists and turns, family relations, odd couple, on the run, human nature, life is a bitch, youth, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Chacko Master is a school headmaster in Mathematics. He is a very strict teacher and does not go easy with his own son Thomas.When Thomas realizes that the school language headmaster was biased against him as told by Chacko in giving him a low ...
Plot:
police brutality, fiance fiancee relationship, corporal punishment, remorse, prodigal son, prostitute, death of father, bomb, engagement, goat, brother sister relationship, school ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
Style:
crime drama, noir, suspenseful, action adventure, existential
Plot:
police officer, retirement, street crime, police procedural, character study, moral ambiguity, anti hero, tough cop, urban, violence, corruption, working class ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
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