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1. The Search (III) (2014)
135 min | Drama, War
A French woman who works for a non-governmental organization forms a special relationship with a lost young boy in war-torn Chechnya in 1999.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Annette Bening, Maksim Emelyanov, Abdul Khalim Mamutsiev
Votes: 2,999
2. A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Dorian Le Clech, Batyste Fleurial, Patrick Bruel, Elsa Zylberstein
Votes: 6,394 | Gross: $0.41M
3. Mother of Mine (2005)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, War
During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)), "... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Topi Majaniemi, Marjaana Maijala, Maria Lundqvist, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 4,607
4. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, War
The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 543
5. Watari, Ninja Boy (1966)
83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
2 ninja clans are conned into fighting each other for years by their evil leaders. Watari; small hard as nails Ninja Boy saves the day.
Director: Sadao Funatoko | Stars: Yoshinobu Kaneko, Bin Amatsu, Daisuke Awaji, Kensaku Hara
Votes: 136
6. Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers (2011)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, War
95-year-old Polish heroine Irena Sendler tells the unknown story of a conspiracy of women who outwitted the Nazis and rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.
Director: Mary Skinner | Stars: Irena Sendlerowa, Jan Becker
Votes: 61
7. Après la guerre (1989)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Two French boys run from home and on their journey they stumble ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Loup Hubert | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Julien Hubert, Martin Lamotte
Votes: 453
8. The White Knights (2015)
112 min | Drama
At the head of his NGO Move For Kids, Jacques Arnault pulls some humanitarian workers in a country of Africa "to take in" orphan children. The operation is transformed in a panic.
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli, Reda Kateb
Votes: 683
9. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Post-production
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar
10. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Marmar Alhilali, Mohammed Haithem, Suleiman Mahmoud, Mohamed Qasim Sainakh
Votes: 1,546 | Gross: $0.20M
11. The Guest Aleppo to Istanbul (2017)
89 min | Drama
Eight-year old girl Lena who has lost her family members in a war wends her way with her little sister and their neighbor Meryem and other immigrants.
Director: Andaç Haznedaroglu | Stars: Saba Mubarak, Yesim Ceren Bozoglu, Sebnem Dönmez, Muhammed Rifki
Votes: 302
12. Maya - The Lost Mother (2019)
123 min | Drama
Director: Masud Pathik | Stars: Pran Roy, Mumtaz Sorcar, Jyotika Jyoti, Debashish Kaiser
Votes: 5
13. Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi (1972)
War
During the war of independence of Bangladesh, a number of women was victimized by Pakistani Military. A film actor feels to take the responsibility of the war heroines.
Director: Subhash Dutta | Stars: Bobita, Ujjal, Anwar Hossain, Ahmed Sharif
Votes: 20
14. I Want to Live (2015)
106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stories of Kurdish Refugees from Syria who are living in refugee camps in Kurdistan. The film was shot on location and takes place during the Syrian civil war and the ISIS attacks on ... See full summary »
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Shndar Noradin Ali, Ahmed Noradin Ali, Noradin Khalaf Ali, Nariman Abdullah
Votes: 2,877
15. Afghan Alphabet (2002)
45 min | Documentary
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ghafour Barahouyi, Maryam Ozbak, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Votes: 302
16. Bettkantengeschichten (1983–1990)
30 min | Drama, Family
At the beginning of each episode, a child makes an evil experience.
Stars: David Bredel, Gerrit Schmidt-Foß, Thomas Hodin, Peter Kirsch
Votes: 20
17. Krepost (2015)
92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Year 1609. Not far from Smolensk, the Polish army, led by King Sigismund III and Hetman Stanislaw Zolkiewski, is encamped. The king expects to take the city within a few days and then move ... See full summary »
Director: Fyodor Dmitriev | Stars: Elena Shulman, Pyotr Fyodorov, Ekaterina Gorokhovskaya, Vadim Nikitin
Votes: 286
18. Nina's House (2005)
112 min | Drama, History, War
During WWII a group of Jewish children is sent to a castle outside Paris to hide there until things cool down, but it eventually becomes their new home. Later, children from the liberated concentration camps arrive there as well.
Director: Richard Dembo | Stars: Agnès Jaoui, Sarah Adler, Katia Lewkowicz, Arié Elmaleh
Votes: 238
19. War Child (2001– )
Action
Three dramatic specials, based on true first person stories, about children growing up in war. Hosted by Paul McCartney, Glenn Close, and Aidan Quinn. Shot in Nicaragua, Sarajevo, and Uganda.
Votes: 8
20. Help! War Child (1995 TV Movie)
60 min | Music
The story of the 1995 charity compilation album, "Help!", released to raise funds for the War Child charity.
Directors: David G. Croft, Keith Allen, Matthew Amos, Gary Brown, Rena Butterwick, Angela Conway, Janet Fraser-Crook, Eugene O'Connor, Geraldine Dowd | Stars: Keith Allen, Blur, The Boo Radleys, Neneh Cherry
21. Children of the Night (1999)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Black and white images of children, in lines, fill the screen while a woman's voice challenges us to look at them, some of the one million children who died during the Holocaust. Some look ... See full summary »
Director: Jolanta Dylewska
Votes: 25
22. Jonmosathi (2016)
85 min | Documentary
It was 1972. Bangladesh just had her independence. Director Shabnam Ferdousi was born at Holy Family Hospital, Dhaka and 12 more babies were born in that hospital on that very day. Later, ... See full summary »
Director: Shabnam Ferdousi | Stars: Sudhir Barman, Monwara Clarke, Shabnam Ferdousi
23. Megher Onek Rong (1976)
77 min | History, War
A portrayal of Liberation War of Bangladesh and the rape of women by Pakistani armies. These women commit suicide and their children are adopted.
Directors: Harunur Rashid, Salahuddin | Stars: Mathin, Omor Elahi, Adnan, Rawshan Ara
Votes: 54
24. Carara (2009)
5 min | Animation, Short
The story follows a young girl who travels to a nearby water-well but finds herself in a guerrilla ambush.
Director: Nail Adam | Stars: Akram Sugulle, Ayub Sugulle, Abdi Warsame
Votes: 12
25. Sotalapsen tarina (2002 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Story of children evacuated from war-time Finland to Sweden.
Director: Kirsti Tulonen | Stars: Marianna Kesseli, Henri Malmio, Kati Outinen
Votes: 5
26. Child of War (2012 Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: Charles Nuckolls | Star: Clarence Bucaro
28. Red Crayons (2017)
28 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Through animated drawings, Syrian refugee children share their stories.
Directors: Igrayne Hörmann, Brendan Boot | Stars: Achmed Alshamy, Mohamed Nour Alshamy, Bassam Aroub, Achmed Mohammad
29. Laila (I) (1989)
42 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Directors: Kanerva Cederström, Riikka Tanner | Stars: Laila Kinnunen, Seppo Mäkinen, Ulf Månsson, Aarre Elo
Votes: 6
30. Maria (I) (2021)
Short, Drama, War
A young mother treads through a war-torn wilderness to find her daughter's murderer.
Director: Matias Raassina | Stars: Eilen Silva, Akseli Kouki, Matti Mustonen, Paulina Ruiz Pigeon
31. Greetings from Iraq (1994)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Greetings From Iraq documents the effects on of Operation Desert Storm and the international embargo on Iraqi children and their families.
Director: Signe Taylor
32. Lashabiya (2009)
8 min | Short, Drama
Two kids stand in front of an Israeli flag in an elementary schoolyard while the Remembrance Day siren is due to silence them. As it wails, enters a weary Palestinian man who plays a dangerous game with a squad of armed Israeli soldiers.
Director: Yehezkel Lazarov | Stars: Shai Melamed, Loai Nofi, Ofri Segev
33. Eine große Stille (2008)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
Nazi Germany was a difficult place to be during World War II, especially for small children. Sybille, Ille, and Peter were born in Berlin where their father worked at Nazi headquarters. ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Kosmas
34. Andersartig (2011)
5 min | Animation, Short
One child is different than the others. Because of her dreamily and sportive nature she doesn't match the generally accepted behavior of the other kids. Being different makes her more and ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Star: Anna Magdalena Becker
Votes: 12
35.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode:
The Children's Carol
(1977)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
As Christmas approaches, Mary Ellen and the baby leave to be near Curt; the Baldwins shelter two children from England; Verdie bakes and sells cakes to raise money for the needy overseas.
Directors: Lawrence Dobkin, Philip Leacock | Stars: Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Will Geer, Judy Norton
Votes: 151
36.
Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode:
Children of War 42: Kherson Baby
(2023)
Documentary, Drama, War
On 13 November 2023, the Russians shelled the road to Zelenivka near Kherson, destroying a car in which a family with a two-month-baby was traveling: the grandfather was killed, the mother left without a leg, but did the baby girl survive?
Stars: Myroslava, Oleksandr Tolokonnikov