Homeless teenager movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant homeless teenager movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sincere, captivating and psychological films and TV shows about / with homeless teenager, teenager, youth, coming of age, homelessness, teenage boy, homeless, family relations, society and teenage girl plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, France, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as homeless teenager: Without Destination (2002), Mammal (2016), Escaping My Stalker (2020), Gardens of the Night (2008), Himizu (2011), Augusta, Gone (2006), Ekaj (2015), Goodbye Berlin (2016), Young Adult Matters (2020), Welcome (2009).

List of homeless teenager movies

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Without Destination (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: coming of age, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, society, sexual abuse, drug abuse, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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 6.0
 938
Mammal (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ...
Style: psychological, erotic, bleak, tragic
Plot: sex with teenager, older woman younger man relationship, older woman teenage boy relationship, older woman younger man sex, homelessness, older woman teenage boy sex, family problems, tragic past, relationships, confronting the past, tragic romance, relationship problems ...
Place: dublin ireland, ireland
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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Style: sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: homeless, homeless teenager, against the odds, life is a bitch, drug addict, youth, starting over, university, family problems, dysfunctional family, society, aids ...
Time: 21st century
Place: america, nova scotia, new york, usa
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Escaping My Stalker (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: A street kid, Taylor, has been adopted by Sandy (Alexandra Paul) & Larry. They run a shelter for people in need, and rescued Taylor from the street, and a life of crime. Unfortunately, Taylor's past may be catching up with her. She's ...
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, mysterious
Plot: homeless teenager, foster child, uncover truth, foster home, family relations, adoption, evidence, secret, puzzle, haunted by the past, guilt, danger ...
Place: los angeles
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Gardens of the Night (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.
Style: bleak, serious, sincere, teen, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: kidnapping, child prostitution, child molester, pimp, child molestation, rape, abuse, child abduction, pedophile, haunted by the past, pedophilia, child abuse ...
Place: california, usa, pennsylvania, san diego california
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The Short History of the Long Road (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nola grew up living on a van with her father, Clint; two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past and her new destination.
Style: road movie, talky, realistic, sentimental, touching
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, mother daughter estrangement, father daughter relationship, road trip, unlikely friendships, parent child relationship, life philosophy, teenage life, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, hopes, single father ...
Place: albuquerque new mexico, new mexico
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 7.0
 5K
Himizu (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Two teenagers and a group of people made homeless by a tsunami try and make their way in a devastated Japan
Style: psychological, serious, stylized, bleak, existential ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teen angst, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, human nature, teenage life, earthquake, teenager, mental illness, suicide, obsession, heartwarming, dystopia ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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Augusta, Gone (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Martha is a businesswoman and divorced mother of two children - Augusta and Jack. However, when docile Augusta becomes a teenager, feelings of anger and self-hate cause her personality to undergo a scary transformation, and Martha realizes that this ...
Style: suspense, rough, disturbing, psychological, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: life is a bitch, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, kids in trouble, rise and fall, single parent, hopes, alcohol abuse, uncontrollable, intrigue, teenage life, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maine, san francisco
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 5.7
 299
Ekaj (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: EKAJ is a love story between two drifters, a naive teenager and a hustler. Ekaj meets Mecca who takes him under his care. Mecca has AIDS and multiple problems of his own. He is high all day but still manages to be the only voice of reason in ...
Style: sexy, sentimental, captivating, sincere, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, aids, coming of age, lgbt teen, homeless teenager, hiv, hustler, addiction, teenage boy, gay lead character, sex worker, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.9
 11K
Goodbye Berlin (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.
Style: road movie, light, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: classmate, coming of age, friendship between boys, teenage boy, birthday party, alcoholic mother, junkyard, youth, fall in love, teenage love, mother son relationship, gay ...
Time: year 2016
Place: germany, berlin germany
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Young Adult Matters (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, teenager, life is a bitch, social problems, teenage life, social misfits, society, relationship problems, female homosexuality, poverty ...
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 7.5
 8K
Welcome (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English ...
Style: thought provoking, sincere, touching, serious, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: refugee, coming of age, kurd, swimming, self discovery, obsessive quest, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, family disapproval, misfit, human spirit, hopes ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, england, english channel, london, iraq
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 5.3
 5K
The Forger (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot: art, forgery, forger, dishonesty, cons and scams, painter, beach, hustler, teen romance, artist, gang bang, homeless teenager ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, pacific ocean
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 7.6
 358K
The Blind Side (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: american football, adoption, life, african american, human spirit, family drama, christian, interracial relations, football, rising to stardom, racism, interracial adoption ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee, america, boston, mississippi ...
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Style: suspense, neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, serial killer, kidnapping, drug dealer, secrets, murder of wife, investigation, violence, faked death, home invasion, hostage ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1999 ...
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
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My First Miracle (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: This is the story of Angelica, a 17 year-old girl who's battling a rare kind of cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, her struggles to try to live a normal life, and her hopes of finding her first true love before it's too late.
Style: tear jerker, sweet, touching, christian film, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, cancer patient, meaning of life, self sacrifice, sick child, loss of faith, going straight, forgiveness, miraculous event, christ allegory, happy ending, long lost brother ...
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 5.8
 19
Mal.com (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Mal.com is an Australian children's television series which premiered on 28 October 2011 on ABC3. The series which consists of 13 episodes series was produced by Susie Campbell for Animazing Productions.
Style: captivating, entertaining, satirical, feel good, semi serious
Plot: mischievous children, children, showbiz, homeless teenager, teenager, secret, child protagonist, satire, robot
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 6.6
 14K
Paper Lives (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Style: tense, sincere, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: help, street kid, life is a bitch, child custody, guardian, protector, changing lives, troubled past, care, assistant, haunted by the past, tragic past ...
Time: 2020s
Place: middle east, turkey
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 5.4
 126
Strange Love (1997)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Two explorations of the Lolita complex. Sushiaki Karasawa, a young teacher at a Tokyo high school, becomes infatuated with Yoshida Chizuru, a 19-year-old student who appears in a shampoo commercial. She realizes he's attracted to her, so she ...
Style: anime, seinen, erotic, adult animation, ecchi ...
Plot: lgbt, hidden identity, high school life, erotica, jealousy, model, female nudity, teacher student relationship, high school, basketball, groupie, schoolgirl ...
Place: tokyo
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 7.4
 42K
Transamerica (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bree is about to get a sex change operation that will finally allow her to actually be what she’s already been in her mind for a long time: a transitioned woman. Yet before this happens she suddenly runs into her son who ends up coming for the ...
Style: touching, road movie, independent film, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: transsexual, transgender, gay, transsexuality, road trip, gender bending, psychiatrist, therapist, gender, lgbtq, self discovery, male nudity ...
Time: year 2005, near future, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 7.8
 16K
Major Crimes (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, detective, tense
Plot: female detective, female protagonist, homicide detective, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, lapd, murder, fighting crime, investigator, interrogation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Park Hwa-young (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Hwa-young is an 18-year-old student living alone. Her friends call her “mom” and use her house as their place to hang out, but don’t really include her in their clique. Hwa-young pays particular attention to one of the friends, Mijeong.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: revenge, danger, jealousy, friend, betrayal, teenage girl, couples, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, vengeance, teenager, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
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Beyond the Blackboard (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ...
Style: uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: teacher, homeless, youth, changing lives, power relations, hopes, society, idealism, teachers and students, school, children, teaching ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: new mexico, usa, salt lake city utah
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Gimme Shelter (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
Style: emotional, serious, psychological, rough, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: abusive mother, pregnancy, homeless, mother daughter relationship, starting over, survival, human spirit, family problems, youth, social misfits, life is a bitch, domestic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 650
The Mutants (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The Mutants (Portuguese: Os mutantes) is a 1998 Portuguese film by director Teresa Villaverde, starring Ana Moreira and Alexandre Pinto. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Style: bleak
Plot: erotica, woman, friendship, police officer, homeless teenager, theft, brother, abused child, coming of age, surrogate brother, poverty, friendship between boys ...
Place: portugal
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The Price of Love (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 16 year old Bret lives with his indifferent father and a stepmother who abhors him. After yet another fight he leaves home. He meets two guys and a girl who are drifting around. He feels attracted to Roxanne and they decide to continue together to ...
Plot: poverty, homeless, runaway, male prostitute, bare chested male, teenage runaway, gay for pay, homeless teenager, gay interest, street kid, street life, male prostitution ...
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The Outsiders (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the book written by author Pai Hsien-yung and first published in 1983 in Taiwan. A-Qing, a young student is discovered during sex by a night watchman, young A-Qing is beaten and expelled from home by his violent abusive father. In a public ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay subtext, missing mother, teenage boy, flashback, prostitute, waiter, husband wife relationship, rain, drinking, brother brother relationship, police ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, taiwan, china, taipei
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Lost in the Crowd (2010)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Lost in the Crowd is a documentary film by Austrian filmmaker Susi Graf about LGBT homeless youth in New York City. The film tells the story of a group of kids focusing on how they became homeless and their attempts to survive on the streets of New ...
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, serious
Plot: child molestation, homeless shelter, homelessness, friendship, prostitute, jail, gay teenager, belief in god, interview, gay slur, hiv positive, arrest ...
Place: new york
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The Graffiti Artist (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. ...
Style: sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, street kid, graffiti, youth, teenage life, social differences, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, friendship, drug abuse, rebelliousness ...
Place: oregon, seattle, usa, portland oregon, washington state
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 6.0
 1K
Go Ask Alice (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A 14-year-old girl in late 1960's America is inadvertently sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help.
Style: psychedelic, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: marijuana, recovery, hippie, drug, prostitute, addiction, high school, drug addiction, mother daughter relationship, cocaine, heroin, rape ...
Time: 70s, 60s
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