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51. Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)

G | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A family of Appalachian children live together in the backwoods so that they can stay together after the death of their widower father.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers, Matthew Burril, Helen Harmon

Votes: 1,060

52. Roxanne Roxanne (2017)

TV-MA | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Music

In the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Larnell | Stars: Chanté Adams, Nia Long, Mahershala Ali, Germar Terrell Gardner

Votes: 3,671

53. Yesterday (I) (2004)

R | 90 min | Drama

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Pepi Khambule, Harriet Lenabe

Votes: 2,482

54. The Truth About Jane (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance

A high-school girl's first sexual experience is with another girl, and, along with her first broken heart, she must deal with her mother's reaction to her revelation that she is a lesbian and with ostracism at school.

Director: Lee Rose | Stars: Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan, Jenny O'Hara

Votes: 2,619

55. Old Enough (1984)

PG | 92 min | Drama

Twelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighborhood and hit it off.

Director: Marisa Silver | Stars: Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest, Neill Barry, Alyssa Milano

Votes: 918

56. Permanent (2017)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy

Permanent is a comedy about bad hair, adolescence, and socially awkward family members. It involves life-altering permanents and poorly-made toupees. Obstacles to daily survival ensue.

Director: Colette Burson | Stars: Alexis Leggett, Kaleigh Jo Keller, Kira McLean, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 2,610 | Gross: $0.01M

57. Splatter University (1984)

R | 78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer mental hospital patient.

Director: Richard W. Haines | Stars: Forbes Riley, Ric Randig, Dick Biel, Kathy LaCommare

Votes: 1,947

58. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989–1990)

165 min | Drama

Jessica, raised in a fanatical cult, endures brainwashing until her forbidden relationship with Melanie opens her eyes. They face cruel treatment for their 'unnatural' bond, but Jessica's spirit overcomes the oppressive teachings.

Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Elizabeth Spriggs, Freda Dowie, Peter Gordon

Votes: 1,117

59. Saint Frances (2019)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting.

Director: Alex Thompson | Stars: Kelly O'Sullivan, Ramona Edith Williams, Charin Alvarez, Lily Mojekwu

Votes: 5,314

60. Hip hip hora! (2004)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take provocative photos of her.

Director: Teresa Fabik | Stars: Amanda Renberg, Björn Kjellman, Ellen Fjæstad, Linn Persson

Votes: 4,940

61. Amreeka (2009)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama

A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.

Director: Cherien Dabis | Stars: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat

Votes: 3,687 | Gross: $0.62M

62. The Amityville Terror (2016)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror

When a new family moves to an old house in Amityville, they are tormented and tortured by an evil spirit living in the home while trapped by the malicious townspeople who want to keep them there.

Director: Michael Angelo | Stars: Nicole Tompkins, Kaiwi Lyman, Kim Nielsen, Amanda Barton

Votes: 1,274

63. Teacher's Pet (1930)

20 min | Comedy, Family, Short

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Jackie Cooper, Dorothy DeBorba

Votes: 321

64. Spirit (2001 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

When Kelly and her father move to New Orleans after the death of her mother, strange things start happening in their new home. Kelly is convinced that the house is haunted by a ghost who ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Slovis | Stars: Greg Evigan, Elisabeth Moss, Austin O'Brien, Valerie Wildman

Votes: 336

65. The Beniker Gang (1984)

G | 87 min | Drama

When five kids growing up in an orphanage refuse to be separated by adoption, the only way to stay together is to go on the lam across the country as The Beniker Gang.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jennifer Dundas, Charles Fields, Jeff Alan-Lee

Votes: 420

66. June (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 84 min | Fantasy, Horror

JUNE is a 9-year-old orphan girl who shares her body with an ancient supernatural being whose mission is to destroy mankind to allow nature to prevail on earth.

Director: L. Gustavo Cooper | Stars: Kennedy Brice, Victoria Pratt, Eddie Jemison, Lance E. Nichols

Votes: 1,774

67. Bless Me, Ultima (2012)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

A drama set in New Mexico during WWII, centered on the relationship between a young man and an elderly medicine woman who helps him contend with the battle between good and evil that rages in his village.

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Luke Ganalon, Joseph A. Garcia, Miriam Colon, Benito Martinez

Votes: 1,594 | Gross: $1.55M

68. A Girl Named Sooner (1975 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama

A young girl in the hills of Indiana, who had been abandoned by her family and raised by a bootlegging old woman, is taken by the authorities and made the ward of a childless couple.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Crenna, Don Murray, Anne Francis

Votes: 303

69. Arcadia (2012)

Not Rated | 91 min | Adventure, Drama

Greta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom.

Director: Olivia Silver | Stars: Ryan Simpkins, Ty Simpkins, Kendall Toole, Kim Reid

Votes: 717

70. Velké trápení (1975)

87 min | Drama, Family

After the separation of her parents from her father, a 13-year-old girl is placed in an orphanage where she has difficulty settling in, but then begins to break away from her father because she sees through his selfishness.

Director: Jirí Hanibal | Stars: Renata Masková, Jana Stepánková, Bozena Böhmová, Eduard Cupák

Votes: 31

71. Cider with Rosie (1971 TV Movie)

94 min | Biography

A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.

Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Rosemary Leach, Stephen Grendon, Philip Hawkes, Peter Chandler

Votes: 81

72. Whole New Thing (2005)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

After years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention... See full summary »

Director: Amnon Buchbinder | Stars: Aaron Webber, Robert Joy, Rebecca Jenkins, Daniel MacIvor

Votes: 1,313 | Gross: $0.01M

73. Olivia (1951)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal, the fascinating Miss Julie, sows confusion in the heart of the newcomer, Olivia.

Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray

Votes: 734 | Gross: $0.01M

74. The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987 TV Movie)

G | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Ben Wagner and his family are moving to a new town. On the shores of Lake Ontario, he meets Regina. Strange things start to happen whenever she is around. He wonders if the rumors are true: could she come from a family of witches?

Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Harriet Hall, Bettina Rae, Justin Gocke

Votes: 224

75. Monster High: New Ghoul at School (2010 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Fantasy

Frankie Stein begins at Monster High and follows her all new body and life the first week of high school.

Directors: Audu Paden, Eric Radomski | Stars: Kate Higgins, Salli Saffioti, Debi Derryberry, Laura Bailey

Votes: 726

76. The Green Years (1946)

Passed | 127 min | Drama

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 1,079

77. Wild About Harry (2009)

PG-13 | 83 min | Drama, Family

In 1973 playing it straight can get a little twisted... Set in 1973 and inspired by true events, 'American Primitive' tells the story of the havoc that is wreaked in a teenage girl's life ... See full summary »

Director: Gwen Wynne | Stars: Tate Donovan, Adam Pascal, Danielle Savre, Skye McCole Bartusiak

Votes: 233

78. Little Corey Gorey (1993)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Horror

Abused by his older brother and step mother, a highschool student takes drastic steps to regain his independence.

Director: Bill Morroni | Stars: Todd Fortune, Pat Gallagher, Brenda Pope, Greg Sachs

Votes: 323

79. 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

80. Panna Nikt (1996)

98 min | Drama

A devout Catholic peasant girl is corrupted by two new friends when her family moves to the city. An allegory of traditional Polish values under threat from materialism and decadence in the post-Communist era.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Anna Wielgucka, Anna Mucha, Anna Powierza, Stanislawa Celinska

Votes: 491

81. Mermaid (2007)

115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In Moscow, a young woman disappears after falling in love with a new man.

Director: Anna Melikyan | Stars: Mariya Shalayeva, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Mariya Sokova, Anastasiya Dontsova

Votes: 3,644

82. College Kickboxers (1991)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action

A college freshman who trains in martial arts is beaten up at work by a racist gang. His co-worker, a Chinese cook, beats the gang up and trains the young man in kung fu. When a tournament ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Sherman | Stars: Ken McLeod, Tak-Wing Tang, Matthew Ray Cohen, Marc D. Williams

Votes: 269

83. Alan & Naomi (1992)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Family

Set in the forties. A young Jewish boy is called on by his parents to help a young girl come out of her shell, imposed after she watched her father die at the hands of the Nazis.

Director: Sterling Van Wagenen | Stars: Lukas Haas, Vanessa Zaoui, Michael Gross, Amy Aquino

Votes: 482 | Gross: $0.26M

84. Perfect Little Angels (1998 TV Movie)

125 min | Action, Drama, Family

A teen and her mother suspect mind control is being practiced in their suburban housing development.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Jody Thompson, Michael York, Jade Pawluk

Votes: 437

85. Lucy in the Sky (2018)

11 min | Short, Comedy

Living with autism and adjusting to mainstream high school, 14-year-old Lucy Katz is suddenly faced with cataclysmic change when she and her sister become the subject of a genetic research study.

Director: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan | Stars: Kelly Hu, Whoopi Goldberg, Zoe Colletti, Isabella Russo

Votes: 24

86. LeapFrog: Let's Go to School (2009 Video)

Not Rated | 32 min | Animation, Short, Family

Tad and Lily are nervous about their first day of school, so Edison takes them on an adventure to find out what school is like.

Director: Bob Nesler | Stars: Dorothy Elias-Fahn, R. Martin Klein, Cindy Robinson, Richard Rosenblatt

Votes: 36

87. Back Home (1989 TV Movie)

103 min | Drama, Family

During World War II, young Virginia "Rusty" Dickinson was sent to America for safety. It's now five years later and she returns to her native country, England. From the family she hardly ... See full summary »

Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Hayley Mills, Hayley Carr, Adam Stevenson, Brenda Bruce

Votes: 151

88. Nursery University (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

Documentary about disparate NYC parents' efforts to get their children into "feeder preschools," private institutions that claim to set youngsters on the track to admission into Ivy league colleges.

Directors: Marc H. Simon, Matthew Makar | Star: Eileen Zyko Wolter

Votes: 270 | Gross: $0.02M

89. Perfect Parents (2006 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

This show is about a couple who pretend to be Catholic to get their daughter into a good school, but their lies turn into a mess of fraud, violence and murder.

Director: Joe Ahearne | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Susannah Harker, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Joseph

Votes: 154

90. Pervoklassnitsa (1948)

73 min | Family

Marusya is a capricious, spoiled, but kind girl. Now she needs to go to school. It was very difficult for the girl to get used to the school system. But the help of a wise teacher and sensitive companions really help her in this.

Director: Ilya Frez | Stars: Tamara Makarova, Kira Golovko, Tatyana Barysheva, Natalya Zashchipina

Votes: 135

91. Bored of Education (1936)

Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short

Spanky and Alfalfa fake a tooth-ache to get out of school.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Votes: 368

92. My Perestroika (2010)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Family

Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world ... See full summary »

Director: Robin Hessman

Votes: 690 | Gross: $0.24M

93. Hear Me (III) (2019)

Short, Drama

A teenage girl struggling with selective mutism works through her traumatic past in order to help her speak.

Director: Kevin M Turner | Stars: Reggie Ridgway, Eden Helston, Erica Kimmel, Cali Hertzog

Votes: 27

94. Readin' and Writin' (1932)

20 min | Short, Comedy, Family

Tired of going to school, Breezy comes up with a plan to get himself expelled.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Votes: 185

95. Cheburashka Goes to School (1983)

10 min | Animation, Short, Family

After Cheburashka fails to meet him at the airport, Gena realizes that Cheburashka does not know how to read and decides to register Cheburashka for school.

Director: Roman Kachanov | Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Klara Rumyanova, Yuri Andreyev, Georgiy Burkov

Votes: 1,154

96. The Mighty Pawns (1987 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 57 min | Drama, Family, Sport

Caring and tough: That's how you could describe the principal, teacher, and parent who combined their efforts to transform a struggling bunch of misfits, otherwise known as D Class, into a united team of national chess contenders.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Paul Winfield, Alfonso Ribeiro, Terence Knox, Rosalind Cash

Votes: 55

97. School Begins (1928)

20 min | Short, Comedy, Family

School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.

Director: Robert A. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Votes: 15

98. Next to Nothing (2004 Video)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

• DRAMA (2004) A young girl moves in with her estranged father. She joins a family with a new stepmother and two teenaged stepsisters.

Director: Tim Everitt | Stars: Katherine Everitt, James Wellington, Georgiana Tarjan, Kim Knight

Votes: 23

99. The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)

17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Nora, a wild girl who lives with her alcoholic father, is forced to attend school. The untamed girl, who does not know how to socialize, is soon taunted by the other children. She warms ... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Edwin August, Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Bert Hendler

Votes: 81

100. Like a Brother (2002)

Unrated | 12 min | Short, Drama

At a Labor Day picnic a gay teenager struggles to keep his cool as his best friend brags about the size of his muscles and other attributes.

Director: Alexandra T. Steele | Stars: Damien Midkiff, Ryan Honey, Lane Anderson, Joe Ahmadyar

Votes: 111