Social services movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant social services movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic, touching, emotional and independent film films and TV shows about / with social services, family relations, society, teenager, father daughter relationship, hospital, friendship, foster home, mother daughter relationship and social worker plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as social services: The Florida Project (2017), I Am Sam (2001), The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), I, Daniel Blake (2016), The Specials (2019), Listen (2020), Damned (2016), Custody (2016), In Safe Hands (2018), The Dumping Ground (2013).

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The Florida Project (2017)
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: touching, sincere, aesthetic, social, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: poverty, mother daughter relationship, social services, friendship, children, motel, summer, single mother, little girl, childhood, eviction, female friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: florida, nebraska, orlando florida
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 7.6
 155K
I Am Sam (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the ...
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, father daughter relationship, mentally challenged, disability, single father, social services, custody, custody battle, child custody, parents and children, parenthood, mental illness ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: foster home, foster child, bully, birth mother, social services, friendship, brother sister relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, name calling, social worker, transformation ...
Place: maryland
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Style: political, disturbing, compassionate, emotional, touching ...
Plot: poverty, working class, single mother, carpenter, homeless, bureaucracy, friendship, heart attack, self discovery, immigrant, social services, prostitution ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, northern england, britain
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 7.4
 11K
The Specials (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 114 min.
Story: For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be ...
Style: sincere, social, sentimental, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: autism, autist, social services, hospital, social worker, society, rescue, life philosophy, lifestyle, hopes, life is a bitch, friendship ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france, france
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 7.0
 2K
Listen (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, social
Plot: deaf child, money problems, society, life is a bitch, social issues, family relations, social problems, father daughter relationship, family problems, kids and family, parents and children, deaf mute ...
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 7.3
 1K
Damned (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy set in the social services department of a local authority. Social workers Rose and Al swim against the tide of bureaucracy, deal with the absurdities of life and try to navigate their equally trying professional and personal lives.
Style: captivating, humorous, entertaining, satirical, thought provoking
Plot: bureaucracy, workplace, social services, social worker, life, satire, social satire, workplace situations, coworker, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, humour ...
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 6.5
 1K
Custody (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her son, Ally Fisher, a recent law school graduate, is assigned to represent her case before Judge Martha Schulman, a veteran of the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, dark
Plot: abuse, single mother, lawyer, custody, hearing, children, class differences, courtroom drama, social issues, divorce, convict, family secret ...
Place: new york
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In Safe Hands (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former ...
Style: realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, touching ...
Plot: adoptive mother, newborn baby, adoption, motherhood, social services, baby, foster home, childbirth, hospital, unwanted pregnancy, society, feminist ...
Time: year 2017
Place: france, europe
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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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The Girl, the Mother and the Demons (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In an apartment a single and psychotic mother locks in herself and her daughter. Here, the demons are in control. Ti can hear her mother talking to the demons, and she sees her changing and confined face. But the demons that the mother speaks with ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: mental illness, child abuse, schizophrenia, abusive mother, malnutrition, child neglect, begging, isolation, social services, parent child relationship, fighting illness, mother and daughter ...
Place: eastern europe
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All American Christmas Carol (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A white-trash mom is visited by three ghosts intent on showing her a path to a brighter future.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating, horror comedy
Plot: christmas, starting over, family problems, family relations, estrangement, parents and children, ghost, single parent, hopes, christmas carol, strong female character, trailer park ...
Time: 21st century
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Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in ...
Style: touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: gay, adoption, gay couple, gay parent, teenage boy, gay slur, gay lead character, gender, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay adoption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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BURNING FLAME II (2002)
Genre: Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Burning Flame II is a TVB modern action drama that focuses on the duties and challenges of Hong Kong firefighters. Wong He continues to be the leading star in this series along with other new cast members including Alex Fong, Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: fire brigade, firefighter, family relations, save the day, bereavement, fire, social services, workplace, job, firefighting, intelligence agency, workplace situations ...
Place: hong kong
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 8.0
 1K
RFDS (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: Based in Australia’s red heart, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart stopping emergencies they attend. This series captures the beauty and brutality of Australia’s ...
Style: tense, psychological, captivating
Plot: workplace, saving a life, medicine, intelligence agency, physician, doctor, social services, save the day, medical, workplace situations, helicopter pilot, rescue mission ...
Place: australia, oceania
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 8.0
 431
Tears on Fire (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: “Tears on Fire” is a rare production featuring firefighting profession in Taiwan, which portrays the life stories of four firefighters. From their daily work, they have not only witnessed various spectrums of Taiwan’s society, but also been ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: firefighter, fire brigade, fire department, firefighting, workplace situations, workplace, coworker, post traumatic stress, save the day, teamwork, help, gender roles ...
Place: taiwan
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 7.0
 16
Always Ready (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Matthew Ko, Aircrewman Officer II of the Government Flying Service (GFS), and Benjamin Yip, Pilot I, frequently work together. While Benjamin flies an aircraft, Matthew rescues people. Matthew and Benjamin are appointed to train Aircrewman Officer ...
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: helicopter pilot, workplace situations, rescue mission, rescue team, aviator, teamwork, airplane trip, workplace, fighter pilot, save the day, social services, test pilot ...
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The Black Balloon (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, indie film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, teenager, mental illness, social services, profanity, eccentric family, acceptance, autism, love and romance, human nature, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, birthday ...
Time: future, 90s, 21st century
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still ...
Style: disturbing, sad, realistic, biting, independent film ...
Plot: immigrant, violence, fighting the system, working class, dysfunctional family, love, social commentary, hospital, drinking, mission, chaos, women ...
Time: year 1994, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: england, paraguay, liverpool, london
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 7.6
 3K
Father (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Nikola’s children are taken away from him after social services decide that he is too poor to provide them with a decent living environment. He sets off on foot to lodge a complaint in Belgrade.
Style: captivating, independent film, social
Plot: corruption, small town, corrupt official, dysfunctional family, parents and children, fighting the system, social issues, social problems, foster home, small town life, foster child, social relations ...
Place: serbia
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A Sinful Life (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former 'Sonny and Cher' dancer tries to pull her life together when social services threaten to take her daughter away from her.
Style: dark comedy, thinking, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: social services, profanity, disaster, family relations, family problems, religions or cults, boarding school, single parent, self discovery, youth, danger, babies and infants ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 145K
I Care a Lot (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.
Style: dark comedy, suspense, semi serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, con artists, con woman, guardian, lesbian love, female protagonist, lesbian relationship, manipulative woman, fraud, lgbt, escapades, diamonds ...
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 7.1
 65K
Leave No Trace (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an ...
Style: psychological, sincere, serious, road movie, captivating ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, forest, nature, veteran, teenage girl, trust, wilderness, survivalist, hitchhiking, isolation, survival, hiking ...
Time: 2010s, future, near future, 90s
Place: oregon, washington state, xian, portland oregon, colorado ...
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A Thief's Daughter (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, social, crying
Plot: father daughter relationship, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, social issues, family life, female protagonist, financial problem, relationship problems, money problems, social problems, teenager ...
Place: catalonia, barcelona
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 7.3
 19K
Ben X (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben (Greg Timmermans) finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite (Laura Verlinden). Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: autism, bullying, asperger's syndrome, communication problem, escape from reality, internet, mental illness, computer, suicide, computer game, antisocial behavior, imaginary friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels belgium
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What Will People Say (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, intense, thought provoking
Plot: boyfriend, double life, family values, women, nordic, forced marriage, woman, coming of age, sex crime, sexual abuse, human rights, refugee ...
Place: pakistan
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 7.0
 4K
Eastern Boys (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Chechnya. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They hang around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. They ...
Style: bleak, realistic, serious, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot: gay, male prostitute, strong sexual content, sexual relations, life is a bitch, prostitute, gay youth, hustler, disorder, lgbtq, father son relationship, friendship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, chechnya
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A Thousand and One (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, serious, dramatic ...
Plot: mother son relationship, parent child relationship, son, abduction, foster home, domestic drama, kidnapping, foster child, adopted son, runaway, mother son reunion, mother and son ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, year 2001
Place: new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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 7.1
 724
10 1/2 (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: boy, child abuse, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, social worker, life is a bitch, isolation, youth, danger, redemption, coming of age, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 500
Class (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Preppy and wealthy Whitt Sheffield is in his last semester of law school when a professor assigns him to act as an advocate for a young, single mother who needs help finding - and keeping - a job. Whitt, whose snooty father wants Whitt to follow him ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: single parent, law student, fall in love, couples, rich and poor, society, parents and children, law school, lawyers and clients, lawyer, social differences, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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