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1. My Girl (1991)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 88,764 | Gross: $59.85M
2. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,699 | Gross: $1.17M
3. Sinister 2 (2015)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Director: Ciarán Foy | Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan
Votes: 60,500 | Gross: $27.74M
4. Night Watch (2004)
R | 114 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina, Valeriy Zolotukhin
Votes: 55,353 | Gross: $1.49M
5. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss
Votes: 3,842
6. The Confirmation (2016)
PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Director: Bob Nelson | Stars: Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Jaeden Martell, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 7,214
7. The Boy (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.
Director: Craig William Macneill | Stars: David Morse, Jared Breeze, Rainn Wilson, Bill Sage
Votes: 5,741
8. El último verano de la Boyita (2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama
A teenage girl, feeling babyish and awkward compared to her older sister, finds solace in a childhood friend while spending a countryside summer in her father's old van.
Director: Julia Solomonoff | Stars: Guadalupe Alonso, Nicolás Treise, Mirella Pascual, Gabo Correa
Votes: 975
9. Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Not Rated | 73 min | Action, Adventure
Reared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter Jane catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?
Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, True Boardman, Kathleen Kirkham
Votes: 928 | Gross: $3.27M
10. The Calling (I) (2000)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman is used as a pawn to bring to fruition the rule of the Antichrist.
Director: Richard Caesar | Stars: Laura Harris, Richard Lintern, Francis Magee, Alex Roe
Votes: 2,103
11. The Journey Home (II) (2014)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A young boy attempts to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in northern Canada.
Directors: Roger Spottiswoode, Brando Quilici | Stars: Dakota Goyo, Goran Visnjic, Bridget Moynahan, Duane Murray
Votes: 978
12. Northern Borders (2013)
108 min | Drama
'Northern Borders' tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents' Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Craven | Stars: Bruce Dern, Geneviève Bujold, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Jacqueline Hennessy
Votes: 430
13. Night Has Settled (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Clark | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Spencer List, Nicholas Pinto, Adriana Barraza
Votes: 385
14. The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
When David discovers that his best friend Emily is being forced to leave their caravan park home, he agrees to help her to run away. But after their plan starts to unravel, secrets come to light that transform his life in ways he never imagined.
Director: Tom Harper | Stars: Thomas Turgoose, Holliday Grainger, Ruth Wellman, Ewen MacIntosh
Votes: 1,033
15. Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 (1976)
98 min | Drama
Peter is telling his story about a special summer, when he was invited over to summer holiday from bickering parents, to his aunt and uncle in the country. He's been there before, but this summer was quite one to remember.
Director: Knut Andersen | Stars: Steffen Rothschild, Anne-Lise Tangstad, Kaare Kroppan, Grethe Ryen
Votes: 201
16. The Last Hammer Blow (2014)
82 min | Drama
A 13-year old boy who lives with his single sick mom in a trailer near the beach, comes in contact with the father he never knew when the man performs as a conductor at the local music theater.
Director: Alix Delaporte | Stars: Romain Paul, Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Candela Peña
Votes: 526
17. Grey Eyes (2021)
100 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A girl has the ability to see in color in a dystopian world where people can only see in black and white.
Director: Santiago Ventura | Stars: Bruno Acevedo, Fernando Amaral, Fiorella Bottaioli, Natalia D'Alena
Votes: 163
18. Cowards (2008)
89 min | Drama
A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back.
Directors: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz | Stars: Eduardo Garé, Eduardo Espinilla, Elvira Mínguez, Antonio de la Torre
Votes: 601
19. Dos abrazos (2007)
R | 87 min | Drama
Four people forced to fend for themselves in life -- a burdened twelve-year-old boy, the cashier he has a crush on, an angry taxi driver and the estranged daughter of one of his passengers -- come together in two embraces.
Director: Enrique Begné | Stars: Ricardo Barona, Emilio Caballero, Miguel Couturier, Giovani Florido
Votes: 175
20. Drømmen om kaptein Sabeltanns rike (1996)
67 min | Adventure, Family
Joachim, a preteen Norwegian boy, has an obsession with pirates. When his parents object, he takes their outboard rubber dinghy out and begins a dream of an exciting and dangerous adventure... See full summary »
Director: Terje Formoe | Stars: Fredrik Hognerud Træland, Sverre Haagensen, Terje Formoe, Roger André Federici
Votes: 144
21.
Détectives (2013– )
Episode:
Le pot de miel
(2013)
45 min | Comedy, Crime
The Honey Trap - the team is hired to identify a corporate spy at a pharmaceutical firm. Marc takes on a case of a young boy with missing parents.
Director: Lorenzo Gabriele | Stars: Philippe Lefebvre, Sara Martins, Jean-Luc Bideau, Sébastien Libessart
Votes: 19