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1. Snatch (1976)
90 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, and make her write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with... See full summary »
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: Michele Placido, Rena Niehaus, Flavio Bucci, Bruno Corazzari
Votes: 558
2. Auschwitz (2011)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, History, War
The story portrays life inside a Nazi death camp using realistic visuals. It includes documentary footage, interviews with German teens about the Holocaust, and depicts the camp's depraved, sadistic environment.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Steffen Mennekes, Arved Birnbaum, Maximilian Gärtner, Friedhelm Gärtner
Votes: 1,702
3. Small Change (1976)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of a motherless boy, who is just starting to get interested in women, and his physically abused friend, who lives in poverty, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges of a number of children.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Georges Desmouceaux, Philippe Goldmann, Nicole Félix, Chantal Mercier
Votes: 6,408 | Gross: $0.04M
4. To Save the Children (1994 TV Movie)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama
Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is shattered when a former police officer ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Richard Thomas, Wendy Crewson, Jessica Steen, Joanne Vannicola
Votes: 226
5. The Snail and the Whale (2019 TV Movie)
27 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A tiny snail goes on an amazing journey by hitching a ride on the tail of a huge humpback whale. Based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Directors: Max Lang, Daniel Snaddon | Stars: Diana Rigg, Sally Hawkins, Rob Brydon, Cariad Lloyd
Votes: 1,632
6. Drug War (2012)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang, Michelle Ye
Votes: 10,888 | Gross: $0.13M
7. It Couldn't Happen Here (1987)
PG-13 | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
A young boy's holiday at a seaside resort includes a crazy blind priest, nuns in suspenders and a whole bunch of fat ladies.
Director: Jack Bond | Stars: Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland, Dominique Barnes
Votes: 848
8. Rumba Therapy (2022)
102 min | Comedy
The story of a father who will go to any lengths to connect with his daughter.
Director: Franck Dubosc | Stars: Franck Dubosc, Louna Espinosa, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marie-Philomène Nga
Votes: 812
9. Operation Splitsville (1998)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy
After a boy's parents decide to divorce, he creates a "support group" for all the kids from failed marriages in his school. When kids who's parents aren't divorced start to pick on them, ... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Hamrick | Stars: David Berry, Jesse Littlejohn, Jeff Gendelman, Loryn Locklin
Votes: 407
10. North Korea: Michael Palin's Journey (2018– )
45 min | Documentary
As diplomatic relations between DPRK and South Korea begin to slightly thaw after decades of hostility, comedian and world traveler Michael Palin is allowed to visit North Korea for two weeks and, to a limited extent, explore the country.
Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 976
11. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Star: Paul von Hindenburg
Votes: 4,805
12. Who Saw Him Die? (1968)
110 min | Drama
A weak and tormented teacher is pushed to the limit by his obnoxious students.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Kerstin Tidelius, Bengt Ekerot
Votes: 662
13. The Gifted One (1989 TV Movie)
96 min | Fantasy
A young boy can transfer his body energy into ESP and heal sick people. While the subject of scientists' studies, he runs away to try to find out about his past and why he is the way he is.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Peter Kowanko, John Rhys-Davies, G.W. Bailey, Gregg Henry
Votes: 218
14. Africa Express (1975)
98 min | Adventure
A goods trader in southern Africa aids a mysterious nun escape the clutches of a dangerous ivory and animal trafficker.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Ursula Andress, Jack Palance, Giuseppe Maffioli
Votes: 439
15. Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures (2006– )
TV-Y | Animation, Family
Told from the perspective of 5-year old Betsy, Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures is designed to ease a child's transition from the home setting to a school environment by generating interest ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Kenny, Daveigh Chase, Richard Steven Horvitz, Fred Willard
Votes: 66
16. Decasia (2002)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Tsuru Aoki, Julia Calhoun, Margaret Cullington, William S. Hart
Votes: 1,060
17. Ciske de Rat (1955)
88 min | Drama
Popular Dutch story of a troubled boy who doesn't get along with his mother while his sailor father is gone, and whose only help saving him from a career of crime is a schoolteacher.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Kees Brusse, Jenny Van Maerlant, Riek Schagen, Stine Lerou
Votes: 199
18. Ballybraddan (2008–2019)
Animation
The lives of the fifth class primary school students from the Irish small town of Ballybradden. The kids are members of the local hurling team, this being one of the popular team sports in Ireland.
Stars: Amber Flood, Paul Tylak
Votes: 23
19. Big Animal (2000)
Unrated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately... See full summary »
Director: Jerzy Stuhr | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Anna Dymna, Dominika Bednarczyk, Blazej Wójcik
Votes: 1,080
20. Supersonic Saucer (1956)
50 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A group of schoolchildren come upon an alien from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals who are trying to kidnap him.
Director: Guy Fergusson | Stars: Marcia Manolescue, Gillian Harrison, Fella Edmonds, Andrew Motte-Harrison
Votes: 190
21. Sleep Furiously (2008)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
A poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.
Director: Gideon Koppel
Votes: 384
22. The Lost Children of Berlin (1997)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Elizabeth McIntyre | Star: Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 117
23. Language Does Not Lie (2004)
TV-PG | 79 min | Documentary
Observing Nazi propaganda and studying deception became Professor Victor Klemperer's only possible literary pursuit, a 'balancing pole' that kept him going during the wretched years of the Holocaust. Parts of his diary are dramatized.
Director: Stan Neumann | Star: Denis Lavant
Votes: 70
24. Barnen från Jordbro (1996)
77 min | Documentary
The year is 1972. School starts for class 1D in Lunda School in Jordbro, a suburb of Stockholm. We then follow the children to end of third grade in spring, 1975, learning about their struggles and dreams in life.
Director: Rainer Hartleb
Votes: 50
25. Don't Exclude Me (2021)
59 min | Documentary
With school exclusions at their highest in a decade, behavioural expert Marie Gentles visits Milton Hall Primary School in Southend-on-Sea to help the school manage their most challenging pupils.
Stars: Vicky McClure, Marie Gentles
Votes: 13
26. WWII: The Lost Color Archives (2000 TV Movie)
171 min | Documentary, War
Determined researchers scoured the world for color film shot during World War II and unearthed shots of Nazi rallies honoring Adolf Hitler, combat footage from across Europe and the Pacific... See full summary »
Stars: Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Votes: 110
27. The Arnold Waltz (1990)
3 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Arnold, a school kid with a vacant stare and hair sticking out, takes the bus to school. He sits idly through lessons. Then, it's time for band, where he plays the piccolo. He daydreams ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Bartlett
Votes: 49
28. Punam (2006)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Nine-year-old Punam Tamang, lives in Bhaktapur, Nepal. She lost her mother when she was five years old and since that time she has been the family caretaker to her small siblings while her ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Lucian Muntean, Natasa Urban | Star: Punam Tamang
Votes: 51
29. Der tapfere Schulschwänzer (1967)
67 min | Family
Young Thomas skipped school and while walking the Berlin streets he notices a house afire and two small children were saved. It was determined to locate this "unknown" boy, but Thomas remained silent for fear of being exposed as a truant.
Director: Winfried Junge | Stars: André Kallenbach, Günter Ott, Ilse Voigt, Hartmut Tietz
Votes: 30
30. Assignment: Mexico (1956 TV Movie)
29 min | Adventure
When a woman, the wife of a notorious international gangster, cooperates with the Mexican police, her husband takes steps to eliminate her as a potential witness. The police commissioner, ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Peggie Castle, Eduardo Noriega, Mary Field, Marc Cavell
Votes: 10
31. Shadow of the Holy Book (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at how multinational corporations curried favor with Saparmurat Niyazov (1940-2006), the despot of oil- and gas-rich Turkmenistan, primarily through translating "Ruhnama," his ... See full summary »
Director: Arto Halonen | Star: Nastaran Nasirzadeh
Votes: 232
32. Koncert zyczen (1967)
16 min | Short, Drama
A young couple leave a lake campsite on motorbike at the same time as a bus full of youths. The boy accidently loses a tent along the road which is picked up by those in the bus who offer a trade of the tent for his girl.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Ryszard Dembinski, Jerzy Fedorowicz, Ewa Konarska, Waldemar Korzeniowsky
Votes: 868
33. Dos años de vacaciones (1962)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A ship sets sail with only fifteen young people on board because of a prank. After reaching an island, they must overcome their differences to organize and survive.
Director: Emilio Gómez Muriel | Stars: Pablo Alonso, Pablito Calvo, Alejandro Ciangherotti, José Ignacio Corrales
Votes: 35
34. Angels Are Made Of Light (2018)
117 min | Documentary
A dozen years after his Oscar-nominated Iraq in Fragments, American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Fazula, Hasiba, Yaldash Mir-Habibullah, Rostam Mir-Mohammed-Ullah
Votes: 100 | Gross: $0.01M
35. Old Sawbones (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Old Doc Clyde is a country physician trying to compete with a younger and more modern doctor, and is having a hard time keeping up. They are both candidates for the job of county physician ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Andy Clyde, James C. Morton, Phyllis Crane, Rudolph Chavers
Votes: 11
36. Another Brick in the Wall (I)
Biography, Comedy, Drama | Announced
A music instructor preps his young choir of schoolchildren to sing on Pink Floyd's soundtrack for "The Wall."
37. The Wall Game (1985–1986)
25 min | Game-Show
Children's theatre workshop in which groups of children tear down a large wall and use the building blocks to create scenery, then improvise a play.
Stars: Hal Lehrman, Antony Johns, Sinitta, Helen Bennett
38. Grandpa Called It Art (1944)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
Americans as a collective were known as being artistically challenged. During Grandpa's time, art in America was looked at a bit differently than it is today. Typical of the American ideal ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Hart | Stars: John Nesbitt, Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield
Votes: 90
39. São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole (1929)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the city of São Paulo, Brazil, having as model and inspiration the previous Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927).
Directors: Adalberto Kemeny, Rudolf Rex Lustig
Votes: 85
40. Zoenen of schoppen (2004 TV Movie)
Drama
Zoenen of Schoppen is about the eleven-year-old boy, Bruno, who tries his very best to connect with his classmates at his last years' school camp. At first Bruno doesn't want to go on camp ... See full summary »
Director: Janice Pierre | Stars: Sarah Bannier, Lukas Dijkema, Dajo Hogeweg, Yannick Jozefzoon
Votes: 21
41. Black Out (II) (2012)
47 min | Documentary, Family
Every evening during exam season, as the sun sets over Conakry, Guinea, hundreds of school children begin a nightly pilgrimage to the airport, petrol stations and wealthy parts of the city,... See full summary »
Director: Eva Weber
Votes: 17
42. Ray of Hope (1954)
11 min | Documentary, Short
An Australian short film documentary about a national campaign against tuberculosis.
Director: Jack Rogers | Star: James Dibble
43. Desmåskrig (2007)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Anna Lindenhoff Elming, Max Kestner | Stars: Marianne Kamper, Jacob Johansen, Yrsa Eghave, Helle Folkersen
Votes: 12
46. The Pen Licence (2018)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Nine-year-old Tiana knows it will take a miracle to get her Pen Licence. She's fallen behind in class, her writing loops are a mess, and the pressure's really on. Between upstrokes and ... See full summary »
Director: Olivia Peniston-Bird | Stars: Tiana, Angus, Jack, Nova
47. Canada Vignettes: Crossing Guards (1978)
4 min | Short, Documentary
School crossing guards are seen at work and we listen to comments about their work.
Director: Kris Paterson
Votes: 10
48. Leah's Dream (2011 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Chris Malone | Stars: Lesley Sharp, Leah Garfitt, Michael Garfitt, Chris Garton
50. Slugging It Out (2010)
Short, Family
The uproar that happens when "Left-Over" Louie brings an unusual pet to his elementary school class.
Director: Carol Olsen | Stars: Mike Beritich, Bill Harmond, Joyce Sears, Josh Sherwin