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51. Standing Tall (2015)

R | 120 min | Drama

A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.

Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier

Votes: 3,863 | Gross: $0.02M

52. Low Down (2014)

R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1970s jazz scene.

Director: Jeff Preiss | Stars: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Peter Dinklage

Votes: 2,219 | Gross: $0.04M

53. Breathing (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.

Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann

Votes: 3,030 | Gross: $0.00M

54. Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)

120 min | Drama

Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.

Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima

Votes: 2,901

55. Deep Crimson (1996)

114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.

Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sherlyn, Giovani Florido

Votes: 2,098

56. I Could Go on Singing (1963)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Music

Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Aline MacMahon

Votes: 1,716

57. The Nun (1966)

GP | 140 min | Drama

Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé

Votes: 3,250 | Gross: $0.03M

58. The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama

A kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.

Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Hamuchtar

Votes: 1,403

59. Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)

111 min | Drama

Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.

Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima

Votes: 3,484

60. 40-Love (2021)

98 min | Comedy, Sport

22 year old Beek, a math whiz just fired from a McJob, drives 1679 miles to NYC to unsolicited advice a cute Russian top tennis player. A girl artist joins him on the way.

Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Jasjit Williams, Katerina Tannenbaum, Alena Savostikova, Tommy Flanagan

Votes: 334

61. The Miracle (1991)

R | 97 min | Drama

The two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe ... See full summary »

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Beverly D'Angelo, Donal McCann, Niall Byrne, Lorraine Pilkington

Votes: 788 | Gross: $0.84M

62. Misty (1976)

100 min | Drama

Misty arrives in a small town to look for her mother who abandoned her 22 years ago. She stays with a bisexual artist and her friends and models for her. Meanwhile, a Christian woman with a secret tries to save her perverted niece.

Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Mary Mendum, Jennifer Jordan, Jamie Gillis, Jennifer Welles

Votes: 116

63. No et moi (2010)

105 min | Drama

Thirteen-year-old Lou Bertignac is a gifted but lonely child. At high school she is already in fifth grade, two years ahead of the other students, but she has no friends. At home, she does ... See full summary »

Director: Zabou Breitman | Stars: Julie-Marie Parmentier, Nina Rodriguez, Antonin Chalon, Bernard Campan

Votes: 533

64. Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)

Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography

A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.

Director: Stig Björkman | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Pia Lindström, Robertino Rossellini, Isotta Rossellini

Votes: 2,499 | Gross: $0.14M

65. Hanasaku iroha (2011)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Ohana, a girl from Tokyo, is forced to leave her hometown to live at an inn with her grandmother whom she's never met. What awaits is her journey of friendship, love, self-discover and dreams.

Stars: Kanae Itô, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Aki Toyosaki, Mamiko Noto

Votes: 834

66. Salem Falls (2011 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama

A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.

Director: Bradley Walsh | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Sarah Carter, AJ Michalka, Rick Roberts

Votes: 747

67. Innocents (2000)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A French musician, on his way from NYC to Seattle, meets a nurse and her sister in N.Dakota. The cute sisters join him in the repaired Volvo. The area has had a series of roadside murders and killings follow them.

Director: Gregory Marquette | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Keith David, Kent Allen, Connie Nielsen

Votes: 644

68. Super GALS! (2001–2010)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Sporting designer clothes, make-up, and nails, Ran Kotobuki is the very picture of a trendy, young Shibuya girl, but don't let that fool you. This girl comes from a family of cops, and ... See full summary »

Stars: Megumi Toyoguchi, Haruna Ikezawa, Oma Ichimura, Hiroshi Kamiya

Votes: 126

69. The Circle (1925)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Drama

An unhappy woman considers leaving her dull husband for another man.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec B. Francis, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 712

70. The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura (2013– )

25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Bullied by her classmates, a teenage psychic moves to a new school, where she makes friends and joins a club dedicated to ESP research.

Stars: Hisako Kanemoto, Jun Fukushima, Yurika Kubo, Kana Hanazawa

Votes: 647

71. May bukas pa (2009–2010)

Action, Drama, Fantasy

Santino, an orphan adopted by priests, meets "Jesus in the flesh" (calls him "Bro") and gives Santino the power to heal, and the boy has a series of adventures in the fictional town of Bagong Pag-asa, helping others with their problems.

Stars: Zaijian Jaranilla, Albert Martinez, Maja Salvador, Rayver Cruz

Votes: 55

72. Elementary (2016)

105 min | Drama, Family

Florence is a school teacher devoted to her students. When she encounters young Sacha, a child with problems, she will do everything she can to help him, even to the point of neglecting her own children.

Director: Hélène Angel | Stars: Sara Forestier, Vincent Elbaz, Albert Cousi, Ghillas Bendjoudi

Votes: 523

73. Suzaku (1997)

95 min | Drama

Depicts the dissolution of a small family in a remote Japanese timber village.

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi, Kôtarô Shibata

Votes: 1,488

74. Crystal (I) (2017)

127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

"A promise to her dead mother is all that 10 year old Crystal has left. Will she break it to save herself, or keep it and be sold again?"

Director: Michael Sneed | Stars: Jason London, Trinity Rose Miller, Mario Accardo, Billie Rae Bates

Votes: 93

75. Future Weather (2012)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teen conservationist becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to learn to trust each other as they leap into the unknown.

Director: Jenny Deller | Stars: Perla Haney-Jardine, Lili Taylor, Amy Madigan, Marin Ireland

Votes: 551

76. Missing Mom (2016)

85 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography

Filmmaker Rob McCallum hits the road with his brother Chris Byford in search of their Mom who's been missing for almost 25 years.

Directors: Robert McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris | Stars: Christopher Byford, Robert McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris

Votes: 453

77. I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. After years of searching, Thomas finds her single, with a small child, ... See full summary »

Directors: Claude Miller, Nathan Miller | Stars: Vincent Rottiers, Sophie Cattani, Christine Citti, Yves Verhoeven

Votes: 582 | Gross: $0.01M

78. The Dynamiter (2011)

PG | 73 min | Drama

All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Gordon | Stars: William Ruffin, John Alex Nunnery, Patrick Rutherford, Ciara McMillian

Votes: 613

79. Apousies (1987)

118 min | Drama, Romance

Greece, early twentieth century. A family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father keeps his three daughters confined in the house.

Director: Giorgos Katakouzinos | Stars: Themis Bazaka, Pemi Zouni, Katerina Sarri, Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Votes: 75

80. Runaway Daughters (1956)

Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Marla English, Anna Sten, John Litel, Lance Fuller

Votes: 169

81. Mellow Mud (2016)

106 min | Drama

Abandoned by their mother and stuck in a miserable living situation, 17-year old Raya and her adolescent brother Robis must decide between an orphanage or the guardianship of their grandmother, whom they despise.

Director: Renars Vimba | Stars: Elina Vaska, Andzejs Lilientals, Edgars Samitis, Zane Jancevska

Votes: 852

82. Life Is to Whistle (1998)

106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God ... See full summary »

Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Coralia Veloz, Claudia Rojas, Ana Victoria Pérez

Votes: 706 | Gross: $0.06M

83. The Boy Who Couldn't Swim (2011)

33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Two teen boys meet each other by chance in Copenhagen and team up to find one of the boys' mother. Will they find her or will they instead find the thing that is really missing from their lives?

Director: Anders Helde | Stars: Sebastian Elkrog Sørensen, Jonas Wandschneider, Christian Damsgaard, Danny Thykær

Votes: 500

84. Munted (2011)

18 min | Short, Drama

A nine year old girl, abandoned by her mother, and a man, with a tragic past, form a friendship in the New Zealand country side that is not understood.

Director: Welby Ings | Stars: Ella Edward, Phil Peleton, Tammy Lee, Lise Baldwin

Votes: 46

85. Ao no jidai (1998– )

Crime, Mystery, Romance

Abandoned by his mother and having had to fend for himself, Ryuu is one of many Japanese youths that have turned to a life of petty crime in order to survive in Japanese society. Life on ... See full summary »

Stars: Kôsuke Toyohara, Masanobu Andô, Ryôko Shinohara, Megumi Okina

Votes: 13

86. Un paraíso bajo las estrellas (2000)

90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Like her mother before her, beautiful Sissy wants to be a dancer at the Tropicana, Havana's famous cabaret. But her truck driving father, Candido, forbids her to do so because of his ... See full summary »

Director: Gerardo Chijona | Stars: Thais Valdés, Vladimir Cruz, Daisy Granados, Enrique Molina

Votes: 169

87. Hunky Dory (2016)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

A glam rock dilettante's life takes a dramatic turn when his ex unexpectedly drops their 11-year-old son off for the week.

Director: Michael Curtis Johnson | Stars: Tomas Pais, Edouard Holdener, Nora Rothman, Chad Borden

Votes: 90

88. Outcasts (1986)

102 min | Drama, Romance

Ah-Ching, a young student gets cast off by his parents because he is gay. In a public park in Taipei he finds a group of other young gays and joins them to live in the house of a ... See full summary »

Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Yueh Sun, Ming-Ming Su, Hsin Shao, Wei-Hsin Chen

Votes: 78

89. Codin si Chira Chiralina (1994)

177 min | Drama, History

A film about the Balkan in the second half of the last century, or to be more precise, about a town on the Danube, Braila, where Romanians, Turks and Greeks lived together. The story begins... See full summary »

Director: Gyula Maár | Stars: Frigyes Funtek, George Calin, Alina Nedelea, Tora Vasilescu

Votes: 31

90. Mary Lou (2009– )

35 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

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Stars: Angel Bonanni, Ze'ev Revach, Dana Frider, Maya Dagan

Votes: 249

91. Mother's Soul (2011)

92 min | Drama

Thu's mother makes a meager living running a Hanoi fruit stand and is deep in debt. Focused on her lousy boyfriend, she neglects Thu, who takes responsibility for the family.

Director: Pham Nhue Giang | Stars: Hong-Anh, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh, Quoc Thai Truong Minh

Votes: 29

92. Menekse Koyu (1991)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Kerem goes to a village to start a new life for his family. It will not be easy for Kerem's wife Neriman to get used to her new life.

Director: Barbro Karabuda | Stars: Türkan Soray, Sven Wollter, Macit Koper, Yavuzer Çetinkaya

Votes: 33

93. Girl on Approval (1962)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama

1961. Drama. Stars Oscar nominated. Rachel Roberts, James Maxwell and Annette Whiteley. A key example of British new wave, a great study of the uneasy life of 14 year old Sheila.

Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Rachel Roberts, James Maxwell, Annette Whiteley, Ellen McIntosh

Votes: 147

94. Über Leben (2012)

23 min | Short, Drama

Natalie's life is up in the air. The 13-year-old girl and her little brother Bern are separated from their mother and feel imprisoned by the new everyday life of the foster home. Waiting ... See full summary »

Director: Sophie Narr | Stars: Marlon Weber, Leon Haxhijaj, Katarina Gaub, Martin Vischer

95. To the Sea (II) (2020)

17 min | Short, Drama

A short film about the relationship between a brother and sister in the aftermath of their mother's abandonment.

Director: Martha Treves | Stars: Iona Champain, Rory Greenwood

96. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Guardian Angel (1980)

Adventure, Drama, Family

A baby girl is abandoned on the steps of a church and the Hobo takes it upon himself to keep her from harm.

Director: Stan Olsen | Stars: London, Nehemiah Persoff, Jacquie Presly, Henry Beckman

Votes: 17

97. Punky Brewster (1984–1988)
Episode: The Search (1985)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Punky has something in common with her teacher, Mike Fulton: they were both abandoned by their mothers. They work together to try and find the whereabouts of their respective families.

Director: Art Dielhenn | Stars: George Gaynes, Soleil Moon Frye, Susie Garrett, Cherie Johnson

Votes: 35

98. X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997)
Episode: Family Ties (1996)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Pietro Maximoff AKA Quicksilver of the mutant team X-Factor and his sister, Wanda, The Scarlet Witch of the Avengers, learn from their dying father, that they were adopted. Magneto, who is ... See full summary »

Directors: Larry Houston, Fred Miller | Stars: Cedric Smith, Norm Spencer, Catherine Disher, Lenore Zann

Votes: 579

99. Commissaire Cordier (2005– )
Episode: Grain de sel (2006)

Crime, Drama

One morning Vincent Allard leaves the house of his lover Louise Dutertre who lends him her car to go to work.When Vincent switches the key, the car explodes.The commissioner Cordier and the... See full summary »

Director: Eric Summer | Stars: Pierre Mondy, Michèle Bernier, Antonella Lualdi, Franck Gourlat

Votes: 5

100. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: Just Ring the Bell Once (1970)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

The trio becomes involved in the case of a young boy who's being raised in an orphanage. His mother is not taking care of him, but she does not want to give him up for adoption, and she is involved with a drug dealer.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 38