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1. Free Willy (1993)
PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson
Votes: 83,040 | Gross: $77.70M
2. War Pony (2022)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama
The interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Directors: Gina Gammell, Riley Keough | Stars: Anjeliq Aurora, Sean Baker, Iona Red Bear, Jessica Poor Bear
Votes: 2,539
3. Pixote (1980)
TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama
The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino
Votes: 9,244
4. Beyond the Blackboard (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A 24-year-old first-time teacher overcomes her initial fears and prejudices and makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter's makeshift classroom.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Emily VanCamp, Steve Talley, Timothy Busfield, Julio Oscar Mechoso
Votes: 2,658
5. American Heart (1992)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An ex-convict is tracked down by his estranged teenage son, and the pair try to build a relationship and life together in Seattle.
Director: Martin Bell | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong, John Boylan, Greg Sevigny
Votes: 3,622 | Gross: $0.38M
6. Paper Lives (2021)
TV-MA | 96 min | Drama
Mehmet is a cherished fellow who runs the solid waste warehouse in the neighborhood, he helps everyone in need, especially homeless children and teenagers since he was one too.
Director: Can Ulkay | Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Emir Ali Dogrul, Ersin Arici, Turgay Tanülkü
Votes: 13,796
7. Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015)
115 min | Comedy
Mr. Müller and his class are taking a school trip to Thailand to strengthen the reputation of their school.
Director: Bora Dagtekin | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Jella Haase, Karoline Herfurth, Katja Riemann
Votes: 14,606
8. Stag Night (2008)
R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
Four men out on a STAG NIGHT in New York prematurely exit an underground train after the soon-to-be-best-man begins to hassle two women. Trapped at a deserted station these six adults ... See full summary »
Director: Peter A. Dowling | Stars: Kip Pardue, Vinessa Shaw, Breckin Meyer, Scott Adkins
Votes: 3,491
9. Chiquititas (2013–2015)
TV-Y7 | Drama, Family, Musical
The orphans living at the manor known as Raio de Luz have their tough reality transformed by a sweet-hearted, dedicated young woman.
Stars: Lívia Inhudes, Mauricio Machado, João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Sil Iizuka
Votes: 271
10. Lucky Trouble (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A school teacher from a small Russian town falls for a beautiful Moscow woman who is engaged to be married.
Director: Levan Gabriadze | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Milla Jovovich, Ivan Urgant, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 3,395
11. No Place Like Home (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The powerful story of a family's painful descent into the economic tragedy of homelessness.
Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Scott Marlowe, CCH Pounder
Votes: 449
12. Korczak (1990)
Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, War
The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala
Votes: 1,598
13. Which Way Home (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like ... See full summary »
Director: Rebecca Cammisa
Votes: 1,199
14. Entre nos (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Newly-arrived to New York City and deserted by her husband Gabriel, Mariana must find a way, to financially and emotionally provide for her family in a strange city where she barely speaks the language.
Directors: Gloria La Morte, Paola Mendoza | Stars: Paola Mendoza, Sebastian Villada, Laura Montana, Anthony Chisholm
Votes: 1,189
15. Ya ne vernus (2014)
110 min | Drama
A young woman who grew up in orphanage is longing to be loved, but does not have it in her to love others. Her teenage looks help her while falsely accused of committing a crime to hide in ... See full summary »
Directors: Ilmar Raag, Dmitry Sheleg | Stars: Polina Pushkaruk, Vika Lobachova, Andrey Astrakhantsev, Sergey Yatsenyuk
Votes: 1,109
16. Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
A documentary that explores the world of children who reside in discounted motels within walking distance of Disneyland, living in limbo as their families struggle to survive in one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Pelosi
Votes: 434
17. God Bless the Child (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Single mother Theresa Johnnson becomes homeless, loses her job, and tries to survive with her young daughter Hillary through charities and public shelters.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Mare Winningham, Grace Johnston, L. Scott Caldwell, Obba Babatundé
Votes: 475
18. The Barefoot Battalion (1953)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, War
A young survivor of World War II and former member of the reputed "Barefoot Battalion", a close-knit pack of disciplined orphaned boys, recounts to a homeless street urchin the story of 160 orphans who aided the Resistance.
Director: Gregg G. Tallas | Stars: Maria Kosti, Nikos Fermas, Vasileios Fragedakis, Antonis Voulgaris
Votes: 235
19. Orson & Olivia (1994– )
Animation
Orson and Olivia are 2 eleven-year-old orphans who live on a boat. They have to find food in order to survive and catch rats to make money. They also get into various situations with their friends.
Stars: Aurélia Bruno, Gay Marshall, Karen Strassman, Zaïra Benbadis
Votes: 92
20. Podranki (1977)
93 min | Drama
A story about a group of Russian boys who have lost their fathers in the World War II.
Director: Nikolay Gubenko | Stars: Juozas Budraitis, Georgiy Burkov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Aleksei Cherstvov
Votes: 424
21. Strictly Sinatra (2001)
R | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Small-time crooner find himself on the receiving end of the threatening attentions of a gangster, whose wife has fallen for the singer's Sinatra-like aura.
Director: Peter Capaldi | Stars: Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong
Votes: 565 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Capitães da Areia (2011)
96 min | Adventure
About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
Directors: Cecília Amado, Guy Gonçalves | Stars: Jean Amorim, Ana Graciela, Roberio Lima, Israel Gouvea
Votes: 1,048
23. Pakistan's Hidden Shame (2014)
47 min | Documentary
A look into the sexual abuse suffered by the children living in the North-Western city of Peshawar in Pakistan.
Director: Mohammed Ali Naqvi | Stars: Mrzebi, Juliet Stevenson
Votes: 133
24. The Giants (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Drama
Two teenage brothers spend summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their busy mother, and running low on cash. To make some money they rent out the house to a local drug dealer.
Director: Bouli Lanners | Stars: Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel, Karim Leklou
Votes: 1,910
25. Stars Above Us (2019)
101 min | Drama
The story of a single mother struggling to regain control of her life. While living rough in a forest she fights to find a place in the world for her and her son, but her earnest attempts are continually thwarted.
Director: Christina Ebelt | Stars: Franziska Hartmann, Claudio Magno, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Nicole Johannhanwahr
Votes: 217
26. The Little Match Girl (1937)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A dying girl dreams of a better place in the next life.
Directors: Arthur Davis, Sid Marcus | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Gertrude Lawrence, Ethelreda Leopold
Votes: 421
27. Border Street (1948)
110 min | Drama, War
The story of Polish and Jewish families living side by side in one Warsaw street. Everything changes once and for all with the Nazi invasion.
Director: Aleksander Ford | Stars: Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska, Jerzy Leszczynski, Wladyslaw Godik, Wladyslaw Walter
Votes: 254
28. Stray Dogs (2004)
93 min | Drama
The story of survival of 2 children in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Their mother has been imprisoned for "adultery" and their father is in Guantanamo Bay.
Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari
Votes: 706
29. Johnny (1999)
TV-MA | 84 min | Drama
Johnny, the megalomaniac leader of a group of squeegee kids, finds a video camera and pushes his followers into "acting" out increasingly dangerous "scenes".
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Chris William Martin, Gema Zamprogna, Kris Lemche, Vanessa Shaver
Votes: 168
30. The Story of Me (2009)
100 min | Drama
O Contador de Histórias (The Story of Me), a Luiz Villaça;a movie based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, is a story about how affection can change reality. The youngest of 10 brothers, ... See full summary »
Director: Luiz Villaça | Stars: Marco Antonio, Teuda Bara, Ju Colombo, Victor Augusto da Silva
Votes: 660
31. Solo Dio mi fermerà (1957)
97 min | Drama
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Gérard Landry, Memmo Carotenuto, Giancarlo Zarfati, Olga Solbelli
Votes: 16
32. Children of Mud (2020)
83 min | Drama, Family
Kicked out of their home, a young girl and her blind young brother go searching for hope on the mean streets. A story about love and overcoming difficulties.
Director: Imoh Umoren | Stars: Matilda Obaseki, Liz Benson, Mariam Kayode, Raphael Jackson
Votes: 12
33. Ken (2006)
18 min | Short, Action
Ken, a homeless boy gets into a fight with another boy on the street. Jack, the crime boss saves Ken's life and brings him home. 20 years later their relationship becomes father and son and Ken fights to protect Jack from other criminals.
Director: Eric Won | Stars: Ken Butler, Yun Choi, Tom Druilhet, Michael 'Pugita' Kobayashi
Votes: 33
34. Child Slavery with Rageh Omaar (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Rageh Omaar examines child slavery in such places as Cambodia, Ethiopia, India and Saudi Arabia.
Director: Richard Alwyn | Star: Rageh Omaar
Votes: 19
35. Not Alone at Home (2009 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
A film tells about the unusual vital choice of the Ukrainian woman Natalia. Having two higher university degrees she found her mission in taking care of heavily sick abandoned children of different nationalities.
Director: Olena Fetisova
Votes: 9
36. Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1926)
75 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy banker wants to tear down a tenement slum to build a factory, but a charming girl who lives there starts to persuade him to change his mind. A crooked bank employee and one of the... See full summary »
Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Barbara Bedford, Kenneth MacDonald, Max Davidson, Nigel Barrie
Votes: 25
37. Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä (1955)
64 min | Comedy
Justina urges Pete and Runt to get a job. They meet and offer to shelter an orphan boy, but at the same time the father Antti, who has returned from the sea, is looking for his son together with Miss Raikas.
Director: Armand Lohikoski | Stars: Esa Pakarinen, Masa Niemi, Siiri Angerkoski, Risto Jussila
Votes: 363
38. Silent (I) (2020)
8 min | Short, Drama
A homeless boy re lives the day that will inform his future.
Director: Valentyn Korotkevych | Stars: Sebastian Nigel Singh, Emidio Lopes, Steve Kasan, Evan Porter
39. America's Invisible Children: The Homeless Education Crisis in America (2007 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
There are over 1.3 million homeless children just in the United States. While many are struggling with their families just to survive, many of them are making an effort to get an education;... See full summary »
Director: John Ross | Star: Joan Lunden
40. Roam (2001)
14 min | Drama, Short
Two young Latino brothers struggle to survive the streets of Los Angeles.
Director: Carolina Vila | Stars: Derek Delgado, Roberto Enrique, Martin Joseph, Tracey Tre' Parker
Votes: 14
41. Invisible Souls (2009)
Not Rated | 49 min | Documentary
"Invisible Souls" documents the stories of 3 street children living in the capitals of Brazil, Costa Rica and Cambodia. Come fall in love with 3 invisible souls...
Director: Janelle Smith McKellar | Stars: Pov, Marciel, Gabriela, Andrea
42.
Scene (1968–2007)
Episode:
Stone Cold
(1997)
Drama, Family
A young boy, tired of his mother's abusive boyfriend, sets out on an adventure to London meeting a friendly man. But there is fear on the streets and people are missing. Will link be next?
Director: Stephen Whittaker | Stars: Paul Gibbon, David Newborn, James Gaddas, Elizabeth Rider
Votes: 133
43.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Empty Child
(2005)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a spaceship crashes in the middle of the London Blitz the Doctor, Rose and the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness find themselves investigating a plague of physical injuries and a little boy in a gas mask.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Kate Harvey, Albert Valentine
Votes: 10,379
44.
Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode:
Alone
(1986)
Not Rated | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy
Jonathan and Mark help a homeless boy by finding him a family who have their own troubles.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, John Franklin, Gerald Gordon
Votes: 217
45.
Just Cause (2001–2003)
Episode:
The Wives of Christmas Past
(2002)
Crime, Drama
Director: Rob W. King | Stars: Elizabeth Lackey, Shaun Benson, Richard Thomas, Mark Hildreth
46.
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020– )
Episode:
Bum Steer
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The crew deal with a runaway bull at a used car lot and an apparent electrocution at the hands of an LA transplant; Michelle gets the strongest lead yet on her missing sister.
Director: John J. Gray | Stars: Rob Lowe, Liv Tyler, Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra Aylina McClain
Votes: 629
47.
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti (2020– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2020)
46 min | Documentary
Joanna visits the town of Guantanamo where she learns about the song Guantanamera. She then travels across the Windward Passage to Haiti where she visits the Citadel and attends a voodoo ceremony.
Director: Ewen Thomson | Star: Joanna Lumley
Votes: 31
48.
The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960)
Episode:
Jenny
(1959)
30 min | Comedy
Goldie brings a pretty homeless girl to the Strickland mansion as a houseguest, but the children treat her like dirt.
Stars: Betty Hutton, Candy Briskin, Jean Carson, George Cisar
49.
The Campbells (1986–1990)
Episode:
Boys' Brigade
(1990)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Neil takes John to help him shingle his roof. On the way they are robbed by three homeless children. Neil wants to take them to the authorities but they keep running away. They are all held at gunpoint by two escaped criminals.
Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Richards, Cedric Smith
50.
What's Right What's Left (2019– )
Episode dated 8 February 2024
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Ernie Sanders