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Children in Cinema

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  • Parent to Child About Sex (1966)

    1. Parent to Child About Sex

    196631mShort
    5.1 (31)
    This instructional film teaches parents how to talk to their children about sex.
    StarsMary CalderoneTommy N. EvansStuart M. Finch
  • Hanna Zetterberg in Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)

    2. Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

    19842h 6mNot Rated
    7.3 (13K)
    Ronja, the only child of robber chief Mattis must learn to survive the dangers of her local wilderness. In secret she also befriends Birk, the son of a rivaling robber Borka.
    DirectorTage DanielssonStarsHanna ZetterbergLena NymanBörje Ahlstedt
  • Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in The Blue Lagoon (1980)

    3. The Blue Lagoon

    19801h 44mR31Metascore
    5.8 (81K)
    During the Victorian period, two preteen cousins are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and enjoy a simple life together until puberty complicates matters.
    DirectorRandal KleiserStarsBrooke ShieldsChristopher AtkinsLeo McKern
  • Roula (1995)

    4. Roula

    19951h 37m
    6.1 (172)
    A prosperous writer of kid's books falls in adore with a female which very special connection to her dad results in a terrible horror significantly changing the life of all persons engaged. Leon, a writer of children's books, and his eleven-year old girl Tanja come to Denmark for their vacations. Here, Leon dreams to disregard the trauma moving him since his spouse died in a car accident two years ago and keeping him from writing. But the new environment does not free him from his problem - until he makes the friend of Roula, a young lady who runs the holiday house rental agency. Leon is caught not so much by her bodily attraction, but by the trick that seems to cast a shade over her life - and by the scars that they reveal. Roula lives alone with her dad in an remote house. When Leon recognizes the true personality of their connection, it is already too late - he can no much longer stop the slide of events caused off by him. The apparently undamaged and good world breaks apart in as much a consistent as terrible way, leaving the protagonists to pay a high cost for their newly attained independence.
    DirectorMartin EnlenStarsAnica DobraFelicitas Grimm-LuckMartin Umbach
  • Ulf Hasseltorp and Julia Hede-Wilkens in Den vita stenen (1973)

    5. Den vita stenen

    197313 epsTV Series
    7.2 (502)
    Fia and her mother, a piano-teacher, live in the country villa with bad-tempered housekeeper Malin. One day a boy called Hampus comes to the village together with his uncle, a shoemaker.
    StarsJulia Hede-WilkensMonica NordquistUlf Hasseltorp
  • Just like Home (1978)

    6. Just like Home

    19781h 48m
    6.8 (94)
    Returning from America, Andras tries to renew his relationship with Anna, an old flame, but she refuses. His decision to buy a dog for companionship leads to a meeting with a little girl and a new relationship begins.
    DirectorMárta MészárosStarsZsuzsa CzinkócziJan NowickiAnna Karina
  • Mélodie Collin and Neil Stubbs in Tom et Lola (1990)

    7. Tom et Lola

    19901h 37m
    6.3 (355)
    Their immune systems tragically damaged at birth, TOM AND LOLA are two beautiful children forever isolated in plastic bubbles. But neither cold urethane nor chillier hospital technicians can keep down the beguiling spirit of these indomitable siblings. Nor can anything stop their quest to one day run naked and truly free, unbound from the medical shackles that bind them. Magnifique!
    DirectorBertrand ArthuysStarsCécile MagnetMarc BermanCatherine Frot
  • My Life as a Dog (1985)

    8. My Life as a Dog

    19851h 41mUnrated82Metascore
    7.6 (23K)
    In the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnton GlanzeliusTomas von BrömssenAnki Lidén
  • Fiorile (1993)

    9. Fiorile

    19931h 58mPG-13
    6.8 (1.2K)
    While traveling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted 200 years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in love with French soldier Jean, but while Jean was distracted, Elisabetta's brother Corrado stole some gold that Jean was guarding, and set the curse in train. The Benedettis become wealthy, corrupt, and hated by their former friends, who rename them the Maledettis--the cursed. The children's grandfather Massimo is the last man to be directly affected by the curse--but will he pass it on to them?
    DirectorsPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsClaudio BigagliGalatea RanziMichael Vartan
  • Boy Meets Girl (1982)

    10. Boy Meets Girl

    19821h 30mNot Rated
    6.0 (116)
    Parents leave their tween daughter Aya at a kibbutz where the children are housed by age, not gender. Aya has to get used to dealing with other children and to get used to sharing her room with boys. And sharing the showers with them too.
    DirectorMichal Bat-AdamStarsGabi EldorIlan DarShai Golan
  • Only Clouds Move the Stars (1998)

    11. Only Clouds Move the Stars

    19981h 38m
    6.7 (742)
    "Only Clouds..." is a film about eleven year old Maria, who has lost her little brother. Her mother disappears into her own sorrow, then Maria meets Jacob.
    DirectorTorun LianStarsThea Sofie RustenJan Tore KristoffersenAnneke von der Lippe
  • Elvis! Elvis! (1976)

    12. Elvis! Elvis!

    19761h 41m
    6.2 (188)
    Tale of a boy, roughly eight, who experiences a number of problems due to his estranged relationship with his mother. Mom wants her little boy to be someone other than who he is; junior is stubborn, fights back.
    DirectorKay PollakStarsLele DorazioLena-Pia BernhardssonFred Gunnarsson
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg in L'effrontée (1985)

    13. L'effrontée

    19851h 36m
    6.9 (2.3K)
    Charlotte (Gainsbourg) is being raised without a mother. She is only 13 but ready to be an adult. She meets an older boy and begins a relationship while teaching a young friend about life and learning the ropes herself.
    DirectorClaude MillerStarsCharlotte GainsbourgClothilde BaudonJulie Glenn
  • Det skaldede spøgelse (1992)

    14. Det skaldede spøgelse

    19921h 15m
    5.5 (261)
    11 y.o. Jasper's only friend, an old retired sailor living alone by the stream, dies. He gets his cat. A ghost appears. At the village school, he's bullied by the vicar's son, but there are also two nice girls in his class.
    DirectorBrita WielopolskaStarsBenjamin Rothenborg VibeJannie FaurschouSøren Østergaard
  • Kocicí princ (1979)

    15. Kocicí princ

    19791h 19m
    6.3 (85)
    The castle custodian Král is moving to a new place of work with his wife, son Radek and a five - years old daughter Terezka. Radek takes his cat Líza with him. A fully loaded truck moves through the country which is in spring blossoms, gradually changing into a snow-covered land. Children's imagination creates from real experiences magic stories - a fairy-tale grandpa takes them to a new castle, the children fear a black-horse rider who - as the grandpa and the cleaning lady assert she hates cats.
    DirectorOta KovalStarsPavel HachleZaneta FuchsováWinfried Glatzeder
  • C'est la vie (1990)

    16. C'est la vie

    19901h 50m
    6.2 (997)
    The July 1958 vacation, on a beach on the Atlantic coast. Little Sophie, 8 years old, and her big sister Frédérique suffer from the bad understanding between their parents, presenting the drama of divorce which will not fail to occur.
    DirectorDiane KurysStarsNathalie BayeJulie BatailleRichard Berry
  • Nowhere in Africa (2001)

    17. Nowhere in Africa

    20012h 21mR72Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    Due to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.
    DirectorCaroline LinkStarsJuliane KöhlerMerab NinidzeMatthias Habich
  • Adieu, mon ami (1996)

    18. Adieu, mon ami

    19961h 45mTV Movie
    5.8 (50)
    WWII: A German orphan girl befriends a 17-year old French forced laborer in rural Bavaria.
    DirectorFranz Peter WirthStarsConstanze EngelbrechtJulie EngelbrechtHans Kremer
  • Manuel Lozano in Butterfly (1999)

    19. Butterfly

    19991h 36mR69Metascore
    7.6 (10K)
    Spain, 1936. Moncho is an outcast at school but is able to form a strong bond with his outspoken teacher. When fascism arrives to Spain, his teacher is considered an enemy of the regime.
    DirectorJosé Luis CuerdaStarsManuel LozanoFernando Fernán GómezUxía Blanco
  • Neda Arneric, Miodrag Krivokapic, and Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Some Birds Can't Fly (1997)

    20. Some Birds Can't Fly

    19971h 30m
    8.0 (1.1K)
    Doctors predicted to Vesna one more year. Very sick girl was taken by her grandfather to the mountains. However, in this true story, faith played with little Vesna.
    DirectorPetar LalovicStarsVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicIvana SurdicNeda Arneric
  • The Last Women of the Philippines (1986)

    21. The Last Women of the Philippines

    19861h 30m
    4.9 (107)
    Two young sisters are shipwrecked on a deserted island with their teacher Ms. Muro.
    DirectorJesús FrancoStarsLina RomayFlavia MayansHelena Garret
  • A Sweet Journey (1980)

    22. A Sweet Journey

    19801h 38mR
    6.9 (764)
    Childhood friends, dominant Helene and submissive Lucie, are now in their thirties and married. Nostalgic about their youth, they take a bonding car trip to French countryside, while discussing their real and made up sexual experiences.
    DirectorMichel DevilleStarsDominique SandaGeraldine ChaplinJacques Zabor
  • Adèle Haenel and Vincent Rottiers in The Devils (2002)

    23. The Devils

    20021h 45m
    7.0 (1.5K)
    Orphaned 12-year-old twins Joseph and Chloé have been on the run together. Chloé is autistic, non-verbal and fears being touched. Joseph dearly loves her and dreams she will recover if they find their parents and fight the system.
    DirectorChristophe RuggiaStarsVincent RottiersAdèle HaenelRochdy Labidi
  • La bouche de Jean-Pierre (1996)

    24. La bouche de Jean-Pierre

    199652m
    6.6 (632)
    A ten-year-old girl goes to live with her aunt when her mother is admitted to a mental hospital, but the aunt lives with a man who is too affectionate towards the girl.
    DirectorLucile HadzihalilovicStarsSandra SammartinoDenise Aron-SchropferMichel Trillot
  • Elliott Spiers in Paperhouse (1988)

    25. Paperhouse

    19881h 32mPG-13
    6.6 (6.6K)
    A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
    DirectorBernard RoseStarsCharlotte BurkeJane BertishSamantha Cahill

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