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La Saison des orphelins (2008)
Genre: Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Style: serious, disturbing, bleak, suspense
Plot: orphan, dead children, memory loss, dysfunctional family, childhood, orphanage, secret past, death, stealing, photograph, drawing, snake ...
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 6.8
 82
Zerwany (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Events are shown from the perspective of a boy (played by Christopher Ciupa ), which surpasses the intelligence and sensitivity of others, is the one who feels and sees more. Lost hero who is trying to find a cruel world. Children's home, ...
Style: realistic, rough, compassionate, serious
Plot: boy, brutality, orphanage, reformatory, runaway, juvenile detention, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, absent mother, compassion, cruelty, young boy ...
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 8.1
 740
Thanks Maa (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: While on the run from the reformatory, a 12 year old boy named Municipality finds and saves a two day old abandoned baby from becoming the prey to a ferocious street dog. Failing to find any takers among the people whom he deemed responsible and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: father daughter incest, friendship, against the odds, orphan, search for mother, following a dream, second chance, tragic event, poverty, orphanage, slum, satire ...
Place: mumbai india
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The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen, and the kindly professor, Casares. Soon after his ...
Style: suspense, gothic, dark, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, spanish civil war, orphan, child abuse, boarding school, orphanage, supernatural, revenge, children, coming of age, civil war, republican ...
Time: 1930s, year 2001, year 2000, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: spain, portugal, europe, andalusia, madrid ...
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The Three Gifts (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jack Green inherited a southern Californian horse ranch and an all-natural toy factory in the barn. With his wife Cherie, he accepts taking in the three 'holy terrors' from his bossy aunt Rita's orphanage during renovations, until the ...
Style: sincere, light, feel good, sentimental, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, missing child, orphanage, adoption, horse ranch, orphan, father figure, lifestyle change, kids and family, bittersweet, family relations, responsibility ...
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 3.8
 404
Vedi (2011)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Prabhakaran travels all the way from Tamil Nadu to Kolkata for a purpose. He takes up a job in a college and meets Aishwarya. He also comes across Paro in Kolkata and they end up falling head over heels in love with each other. Meanwhile, there is a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, brutal, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: goon, love, kidnapping, fear, drug, hospital, hostage, police station, poison, showdown, humour, arrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Where the Road Runs Out (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Africa, Netherlands, Equatorial Guinea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: George, a scientist living in Rotterdam is growing wary of the world of academia. The sudden death of an old friend is the incentive he needs to return to his African roots where he takes over a dilapidated field station in the jungle of Equatorial ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: scientist, interracial romance, orphanage, love story, love affair, love interest, problem, teacher, fire, death of friend, sick child, chocolate
Place: africa, south africa
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Anything Is Possible (2013)
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, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: orphan, tsunami, prodigy, single parent, boarding school, family relations, estrangement, boarding school life, hopes, foster child, concert, orphanage ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: japan, detroit
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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
Style: bleak, disturbing, brutal, controversial, harsh ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nun, convent, life is a bitch, human spirit, corporal punishment, mistreatment, catholic church, evil nun, religion, sexual harassment, humiliation, catholic ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 2002
Place: ireland, europe, dublin ireland
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A Little Love, a Little Magic (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: One day they pray to God for help and he does help them. He sends his most mischievous, childlike, lovable angel to the rescue, with a mission to bring Ranbeer and the kids together. Geeta (Rani Mukerji) comes bicycling down a rainbow… and bursts ...
Style: realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: kids
Plot: adoption, nanny, orphan, disorder, vengeance, hopes, family relations, mischievous children, orphanage, youth, death of mother, custody ...
Place: india, asia
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A Child of the King (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An American doctor establishes an orphanage in Ecuador to help the starving and homeless children of the Amazon rain-forest.
Style: christian film, touching, factual, light, disturbing
Plot: doctor, starvation, orphanage, family relations, husband wife relationship, youth, love and romance, homeless shelter, couples, love, children
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 7.3
 416
Engine (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Jiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving techniques. He's a daredevil who feels no fear driving at speeds that even top racers dare not attempt. But unexpected trouble forces this world-famous ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: lifestyle change, race car, racecar driver, race, orphanage, car race, sport team, changing lives, problem, athlete's life, accident, car chase ...
Place: japan
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Perfect Obedience (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his ...
Style: suspense, disturbing
Plot: pedophile priest, punishment, child abuse, teenager, bullying, pedophile, catholic church, catholic priest, child sexual abuse, gay interest, corporal punishment, obedience ...
Place: mexico
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Punky Brewster (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Punky Brewster is an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent. The show ran on NBC from September 16, 1984 to September 7, 1986 and again in first-run syndication from October 30, 1987 to May 27, ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: family relations, friendship, dog, children, female protagonist, culture, optimism, little girl, orphanage, apartment building, golden retriever, strong female presence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
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The Dumping Ground (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Dumping Ground is a British children's television series, which premiered on 4 January 2013 on CBBC and BBC HD. The series is a spin-off from The Story of Tracy Beaker and Tracy Beaker Returns. The first series aired until March 2013, with ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, light, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: social services, foster home, orphanage, childhood, family relations, children, friends, friendship, kids and family, children's home, pandemic
Place: britain, united kingdom
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Hollows Grove (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young filmmaker documents his ghost-hunting, reality show friends as their routine investigation of an abandoned orphanage turns into a nightmare from which they can't escape.
Style: psychological, tense, disturbing, scary, mockumentary ...
Plot: found footage, paranormal investigation, supernatural, haunted house, supernatural power, ghost, paranormal investigator, pursuit, paranormal, orphanage, abandoned building, fictional reality show ...
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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an animated television series that aired from August 2004 to May 2009 for a total of 79 episodes in six seasons. The premise is based on a simple question: In a world... where imaginary friends are living, ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, adult animation, spooky ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary friend, imaginary character, naivete, teenager, friendship, troublemaker, young heroes, imaginary, youth, rescue, adoption, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: year 1997, year 1994, year 1990, year 1973, year 1984 ...
Place: paris france, las vegas
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 7.6
 17K
Europa Europa (1990)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
Style: political, realistic, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal ...
Audience: date night
Plot: nazi, holocaust, hitler youth, circumcision, war, coming of age, genocide, childhood, survival, wartime, judaism, world war two ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1990, 1930s
Place: germany, poland, berlin germany, eastern europe, latvia ...
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 3.6
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Collider (2018)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the year 2033, a young girl trapped in a mysterious orphanage recklessly travels back in time to find her parents and amend her past.
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, suspense, tense
Plot: time travel, time loop, time machine, young girl, orphanage, paradox, teenage girl, danger, family relations, uncover truth, time, black hole ...
Time: future, year 2016
Place: usa, colorado
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 6.1
 16K
Level 16 (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, melancholic, suspense, mysterious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: imprisonment, dark secret, boarding school, punishment, discipline, girls' boarding school, female protagonist, isolation, distopia, secrets, obedience, women's prison ...
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Yesterday's Children (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jenny Cole lives with her husband and son in middle America. She is pregnant and starts to have very vivid dreams about a small city that has a big church. She then starts talking to her mother about it and her mother shows her some drawings she ...
Style: sincere, captivating, sad, historical drama, mystical
Plot: family history, love, female protagonist, ancestry, family relations, family secret, parents and children, puzzle, relationships, sleeping, uncover truth, loveless marriage ...
Time: 1930s
Place: ireland
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Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Romania
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, captivating, fairy tale
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: teachers and students, friendship, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, rivalry, raven, buddies, apprentice, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2008, 17th century
Place: europe
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 7.1
 153K
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for ...
Style: sad, depressing, melancholic, heartbreaking, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot: boarding school, dystopia, distopia, existentialism, cloning, childhood, sadness, love triangle, alternate reality, transplant, couples, love and romance ...
Time: year 1978, 2010s, year 2010, 50s, 80s ...
Place: england, europe
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 7.0
 12K
The Tribe (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitution, the Tribe. By taking part of several ...
Style: disturbing, depressing, erotic, surreal, art house ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: deaf, boarding school, prostitution, bullying, sign language, mute or deaf, deaf mute, prostitute, illegal abortion, gang, adolescence, youth ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: ukraine, kiev ukraine
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Belle & Sebastian (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that ...
Style: touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, human animal relationship, orphan, friends, friendship, on the road, beast, coming of age, world war two, winter, little boy, youth ...
Time: year 2013, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place: france, alps
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 7.6
 129K
Gifted (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, school, friendship, happiness, teacher, girl, children, child custody, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place: persia, boston, florida
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The Book of Henry (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry ...
Style: touching, emotional, sad, entertaining, crime thriller ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: boy genius, genius, boy, single mother, friendship, suicide, mother son relationship, child prodigy, small town, fear, sick child, child abuse ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: new york state
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 7.9
 315
The Paper Man (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at ...
Plot: single mother, ventriloquist, mute, greed, orphan, orphanage, poverty, prostitute, junkyard, ventriloquist dummy, park, wallet
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his ...
Style: retro, spoof, parody, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: robin hood, mafia, forgery, dancing, crime boss, gangster, smuggler, prohibition era, christmas, speakeasy, orphanage, tap dance ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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 6.1
 1K
33 Postcards (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: China, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: generosity, redemption, odd couple, follow your dream, teenage life, hopes, orphan, brother brother relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter estrangement, runaway, orphanage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, china, sydney australia
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