Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "child-selling"

1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.

Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Francesc Albiol

Votes: 265,863 | Gross: $2.22M

2. Philomena (2013)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham

Votes: 103,806 | Gross: $37.71M

3. Gardens of the Night (2008)

R | 110 min | Drama

After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.

Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich, Ryan Simpkins, Tom Arnold

Votes: 4,700

4. Heidi (1937)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Family, Musical

A plucky little orphan girl gets dumped abruptly into her gruff, hermit grandfather's care, then later gets retaken and delivered as a companion for an injured girl.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley

Votes: 4,943

5. Trade (I) (2007)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Adriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Kevin Kline, Kathleen Gati, Paulina Gaitan, Cesar Ramos

Votes: 17,937 | Gross: $0.21M

6. The Child (2005)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione

Votes: 19,401 | Gross: $0.65M

7. The Unknown Woman (2006)

R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Haunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Piera Degli Esposti

Votes: 16,039 | Gross: $0.02M

8. The Good Earth (1937)

Passed | 138 min | Drama, Romance

Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.

Directors: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood | Stars: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch

Votes: 5,413

9. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News

Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.

Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik

Votes: 18,008 | Gross: $3.41M

10. The Laughing Dead (1989)

Not Rated | 92 min | Horror

A ragtag group of people go on an archaeological trip to Mexico to visit Mayan ruins, but get more than they bargained for, when they encounter a zealous group of Mexicans attempting to revive a deadly ancient ritual of their ancestors.

Director: Somtow Sucharitkul | Stars: Joey Acedo, John Anthoni, Hank Azcona, Bruce Barlow

Votes: 673

11. The King of Masks (1995)

91 min | Drama

In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.

Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen

Votes: 3,474 | Gross: $1.10M

12. Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Drama, Fantasy

A film crew documents a folk story-exquisite corpse combination by random Thai people; the story is reenacted.

Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Duangjai Hiransri, Kome Kongkiat Komesiri, Saisiri Xoomsai

Votes: 1,729

13. The Other Family (2011)

127 min | Drama

The story of Hendrix, a 7-year-old child that's been abandoned by his crack-addict mother Nina. Ivana, her best friend rescues him, however, she can't take care of him because of an ongoing... See full summary »

Director: Gustavo Loza | Stars: Jorge Salinas, Luis Roberto Guzmán, Ana Serradilla, Bruno Loza

Votes: 894

14. Blanka (2015)

75 min | Drama

Abandoned in the shabby urban slums of Manila, the 11-year-old street urchin, Blanka, struggles for survival in a cruel world to succeed in her ultimate goal: to create the best family money can buy.

Director: Kohki Hasei | Stars: Don Gordon Bell, Jomar Bisuyo, Raymond Camacho, Cydel Gabutero

Votes: 325

15. Guardian Angel (1987)

90 min | Crime, Drama

The Guardian Angel in this harrowing film is the one who doesn't protect gypsy children from being sold into virtual slavery with gangs of organized beggars, pickpockets, and thieves all ... See full summary »

Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Ljubisa Samardzic, Jakup Amzic, Neda Arneric, Saban Bajramovic

Votes: 252

16. Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex-Trafficking (2017)

TV-14 | 79 min | Documentary, Crime

With 27 million victims worldwide, Stopping Traffic starts the conversation on a taboo topic through the eyes of survivors, activists, and front-line rescue teams to launch a movement to end modern-day slavery in the U.S. and abroad.

Director: Sadhvi Siddhali Shree | Stars: Susanne Dietzel, Carolina Douthit, Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, Mario Garfias

Votes: 138

17. Iqbal, a Tale of a Fearless Child (2015)

87 min | Animation, Family

A little boy, Iqbal, is kidnapped by a carpet dealer who forces him to work in his workshop. With no fear or reproach, he will do everything he can to save himself and his unfortunate friends.

Directors: Michel Fuzellier, Babak Payami | Stars: Bruno Solo, Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Victor Quilichini, Jacques Bouanich

Votes: 70

18. Nordeste (2005)

104 min | Drama

An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their hopeless village in search for a better life, changes both of their lives forever.

Director: Juan Solanas | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Aymará Rovera, Mercedes Sampietro, Ignacio Jiménez

Votes: 420

19. Baduk (1992)

G | 89 min | Drama, Family

Baduk is the name of the child who works in smuggling, due to poverty he and his sister separated, the sister will work as a maid, he keeps trying to reach his sister in vain, finally he ... See full summary »

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Kasebi, Mehrollah Mazarehi, Norahmad Barahoi, Eydouk Moghaddam

Votes: 396

20. A Child for Sale (1920)

Drama

A struggling artist in Greewich Village is devastated when his wife dies. Left with two children and with little money to support them, in desperation he sells one of them to a childless ... See full summary »

Director: Ivan Abramson | Stars: Gladys Leslie, Creighton Hale, Bobby Connelly, Julia Swayne Gordon

21. Little Moth (2007)

99 min | Drama

A couple purchases an eleven-year old girl who cannot walk, with the intention of using her to earn money through begging.

Director: Tao Peng | Stars: Yuanbing Gao, Dequn Han, Qifa Hong, Zelin Xu

Votes: 139

22. Lee's Offering (2005)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

After finishing school, ing?nue Lee (Amy Bucknam) prepares for a fresh start with an exciting new job. However before she can begin her new life, fate intervenes sending her reeling ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Marciano | Stars: Amy Bucknam, David Usher, Sandy Kellerman, Blake Thorne

Votes: 24

23. The Millionaire Baby (1915)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an ... See full summary »

Directors: Lawrence Marston, Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: Frederick Hand, Mrs. A.C. Marston, Grace Darmond, Harry Mestayer

Votes: 21

24. Unknown 274 (1917)

50 min | Drama

The arrest in America of a foreigner for evading military service in his native land results in his daughter becoming "No. 274" in an orphanage. She is later adopted by a couple who plan to... See full summary »

Director: Harry F. Millarde | Stars: June Caprice, Kittens Reichert, Florence Ashbrooke, Inez Ranous

Votes: 16

25. Banned from Facez 2000, Part Three (2000 Video)

59 min | Documentary

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Stars: Adolf Hitler, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Bizarro Blackstone

Votes: 14

26. Her Moment (1918)

Drama

In a small Romanian village, peasant girl Katinka Veche falls in love with Jan Drakachu, a bright young man who spends his days studying. Jan wins a scholarship to an American university, ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Anna Luther, William Garwood, Alida B. Jones, Anne Schaefer

27. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
Episode: Fiesta (1970)

PG | 60 min | Western

On the way to a wild time at Fiesta in Mexico, Buck runs into the sport of boy fighting in a cantina. He rescues the losing boy from the fight and his owner but finds the boy and himself in danger from the men he took the boy from.

Director: John Florea | Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal

Votes: 57

28. Police Woman (1974–1978)
Episode: The Cradle Robbers (1974)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Abe Faulkner asks his friend, Sergeant Bill Crowley, for help. Julie, his daughter-in-law, was deep into drugs and after leading her husband to downfall and death, she has just died herself... See full summary »

Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard

Votes: 49

29. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (2010)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, News

In Afghanistan many hundreds of boys, often as young as ten, are being lured off the streets on the promise of a new life.

Directors: Jamie Doran, Mike Healy | Stars: Najibullah Quraishi, Arun Rath

Votes: 168

30. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Ace (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While investigating the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was raped, SVU uncovers a Bulgarian baby-smuggling ring, and ADA Marlowe is forced to be creative and deceptive to ensure a conviction.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T

Votes: 993

31. Mujeres asesinas (2022– )
Episode: La niña ladrona (2022)

TV-MA | Thriller

Lupe is kidnapped as a little girl at the US-Mexican border by a human trafficker named Tere. After spending 10 years stealing for her captor, Lupe plots to escape with her boyfriend Raúl and Tere's new victim Anita.

Director: Pepe Castro | Stars: Barbie Casillas, Arcelia Ramírez, Leo Casta, Ricardo Manuel Gómez

Votes: 61