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1. The Imitation Game (2014)

PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech

Votes: 827,248 | Gross: $91.13M

2. Close (I) (2022)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.

Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker

Votes: 35,737

3. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman

Votes: 271,503 | Gross: $21.00M

4. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

R | 174 min | Drama, Romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli

Votes: 283,877 | Gross: $11.99M

5. Real Steel (2011)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling ex-boxer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie

Votes: 356,695 | Gross: $85.47M

6. Son of Rambow (2007)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).

Director: Garth Jennings | Stars: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Anna Wing

Votes: 33,000 | Gross: $1.78M

7. One-Sided Passion (1986)

94 min | Drama

A partially paralyzed teenager is failing to have sex for the first time. He's eager but clumsy and sickly, so the local country girls reject him. He starts to realize that the only affectionate person in his life is his beautiful mother.

Director: Gianni Siragusa | Stars: Malisa Longo, Gabriele Tinti, Dino Strano, Rita Silva

Votes: 226

8. Dream Boy (2008)

R | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Based on the novel "Dream Boy" by Jim Grimsley, this film chronicles the relationship between two gay teenagers in the rural south in the late 70's.

Director: James Bolton | Stars: Stephan Bender, Thomas Jay Ryan, Diana Scarwid, Tom Gilroy

Votes: 4,385 | Gross: $0.01M

9. Tokyo Revengers (2021)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Yôsuke Sugino, Keita Arai

Votes: 1,925

10. Islands in the Stream (1977)

PG | 104 min | Drama

An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland, Susan Tyrrell

Votes: 1,644 | Gross: $8.00M

11. Grandad and Me (2014)

96 min | Drama

A city boy (Timofey Razuvaev) is sent to live with his grandpa in the countryside. Through quarrels, misunderstandings and the grandfather's brush with death, the two eventually forge an unbreakable bond of affection.

Director: Aleksandr Kulyamin | Stars: Yuriy Nazarov, Timofey Razuvaev, Alexei Tikhonov, Ekaterina Albrandt

Votes: 20

12. The Invisible Boy (2014)

100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Michele is thirteen year old, shy, unpopular at school, and in love with Stella. After wearing a costume for a Halloween party, he finds out that he's invisible.

Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Ludovico Girardello, Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Christo Jivkov

Votes: 4,239

13. Blind Faith (1990)

190 min | Thriller

A wealthy businessman is accused of murdering his wife to collect insurance money to pay gambling debts. Although his three sons initially believe his innocence, his actions and court evidence soon begin to prove otherwise.

Stars: Robert Urich, Joanna Kerns, David Barry Gray, Jay Underwood

Votes: 399

14. Agostino (1962)

90 min | Drama

Agostino is a 13-year-old boy on vacation in Venice with his widowed mother. When a local stud seduces her, jealous Agostino joins a local group of juvenile delinquents out of protest. They force him to face his budding sexuality.

Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Paolo Colombo, Mario Bartoletti, Aldo Bussaglia

Votes: 241

15. For My Brother (2014)

TV-MA | 117 min | Drama

The two brothers Aske and Bastian live with their father, Lasse, in a world of fear, violence and alcohol but the brothers' strong and close relationship means everything. Aske must serve ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Bang | Stars: Elias Munk, Christoffer Jensen, Allan Karlsen, Frank Schiellerup

Votes: 734

16. The Ogre (1996)

R | 118 min | Drama

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges likes children, and wants to protect them against the grown-ups. Falsely suspected as child molester, he's recruited as a soldier in the 2nd World War, but very ... See full summary »

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: John Malkovich, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht

Votes: 2,686 | Gross: $0.05M

17. The Big Night (1951)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A teenager comes of age while seeking revenge on the man who beat up his father.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring, Howard St. John

Votes: 1,089

18. Live Is Life (2021)

TV-MA | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

Five friends spend one last summer together as they begin transitioning to adulthood.

Director: Dani de la Torre | Stars: Adrián Baena, Juan del Pozo, Raúl del Pozo, David Rodríguez

Votes: 1,250

19. Baker's Hawk (1976)

G | 98 min | Western

When a young boy nurses an injured hawk back to health, he gains newfound courage and confidence on his own.

Director: Lyman Dayton | Stars: Clint Walker, Burl Ives, Diane Baker, Lee Montgomery

Votes: 281

20. Sorteper - det kan du selv vaere (1980 TV Special)

48 min

Every few years from 1880 through 1979, boys named Carl enter a long-term health facility while poor girls named Hanne work to help their families survive.

Director: Christian Hartkopp | Stars: Carl Quist Møller, Susse Brodersen, Lone Lindorff, Leif Sylvester

21. The Good Catholic (2017)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Daniel loved his job as a small town priest more than anything. Then he met Jane. God help him.

Director: Paul Shoulberg | Stars: Zachary Spicer, Wrenn Schmidt, Danny Glover, John C. McGinley

Votes: 976

22. Tomorrow Will Be Better (2010)

118 min | Adventure, Drama

Three young boys, who live on the mean streets of Ukraine, embark on an journey to cross the border into Poland.

Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Oleg Ryba, Yevgeniy Ryba, Akhmed Sardalov, Stanislaw Sojka

Votes: 278

23. Shok (2015)

21 min | Short, Drama, History

The friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.

Director: Jamie Donoughue | Stars: Lum Veseli, Andi Bajgora, Melihate Qena, Luan Kryeziu

Votes: 2,837

24. Kid (2012)

90 min | Drama

A seven-year-old child, his brother Billy and their depressed mother live on a farm. Then something painful happens to the family and the kids are left to live by themselves.

Director: Fien Troch | Stars: Bent Simons, Gabriela Carrizo, Maarten Meeusen, Rit Ghoos

Votes: 492

25. 300 Miles to Heaven (1989)

105 min | Biography, Drama

Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland all the way to Sweden, hidden under a truck. In the movie, their destination has been changed to Denmark.

Director: Maciej Dejczer | Stars: Wojciech Klata, Rafal Zimowski, Kama Kowalewska, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak

Votes: 1,085

26. A Swarm in May (1983)

Drama

An unpopular boy returns to Cathedral Choral School from his broken home, to learn that he is to be "beekeeper", a symbolic role merely requiring plenty of singing.

Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Jack May, Frank Middlemass, Oliver Hicks, Milo Twomey

Votes: 32

27. The Adopted Son (1998)

81 min | Drama

In a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He ... See full summary »

Director: Aktan Arym Kubat | Stars: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Adir Abilkassimov, Mirlan Cinkozoev, Bakit Dzhylkychiev

Votes: 634

28. Prace (1962)

84 min | Family, War

A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and ends up working for the army against the Germans.

Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Michal Koblic, Marienka Magdolenova, Vladimír Hlavatý, Gustáv Valach

Votes: 119

29. Munro (1961)

9 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army.

Director: Gene Deitch | Stars: Howard Morris, Seth Deitch, Marie Deitch, Jules Feiffer

Votes: 598

30. Blackout (I) (2007)

Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller

Gil Blanco suffers frequent blackouts due to his heavy drinking. His inability to control his alcoholism drives his wife away, leaving him to take care of their son Niño. Will Gil be able to stay sober and regain control of his life?

Director: Ato Bautista | Stars: Robin Padilla, JM Reyes, Ella Guevara, Iza Calzado

Votes: 73

31. Little Daddy (1931)

20 min | Family, Comedy, Short

When local authorities find out that Farina is Stymie's guardian, they try to take him away. The kids try to stop it.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Jackie Cooper, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Votes: 167

32. Moritz in der Litfaßsäule (1983)

88 min | Comedy, Family

No one has any time for Moritz, and so he runs away and moves into a kiosk. A speaking cat, a circus girl and a street sweeper become his new friends. Gradually, they help the young boy to realize that running away does not solve anything.

Director: Rolf Losansky | Stars: Dirk Müller, Dieter Mann, Walfriede Schmitt, Dietmar Richter-Reinick

Votes: 76

33. Der schönste tag meines lebens (1957)

95 min | Drama, Music

Tony, a young orphan, is accused of stealing a bank note belonging to his mistress. Annoyed, he runs away from school .

Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Michael Ande, Joseph Egger, Paul Hörbiger, Paul Bösiger

Votes: 68

34. Meska sprawa (2001)

26 min | Drama, Short

13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannised by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.

Director: Slawomir Fabicki | Stars: Bartosz Idczak, Mariusz Jakus, Marek Bielecki, Katarzyna Bargielowska

Votes: 540

35. An Orphan Boy of Vienna (1936)

90 min | Drama

A new member of the Vienna Boys Choir shoulders the blame for a theft.

Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Hans Olden, Ferdinand Mayerhofer, Otto Hartmann, Franz Schafheitlin

Votes: 30

36. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode: Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

13-year-old boy has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.

Director: Alexander Grasshoff | Stars: Madge Sinclair, River Phoenix, Judy Farrell, Joaquin Phoenix

Votes: 99

37. Sentiments (1987– )
Episode: L'été de tous les chagrins (1989)

TV-14

It's a 1961 Algerian summer and 11-year-old François believes in the imminence of the end of the world. He tries to ward off fate with a prayer: "Make my parents come back. I am alone. I'm afraid".

Director: Serge Moati | Stars: Carol Styczen, Daniel Gélin, Véronique Genest, Jacques Spiesser

Votes: 7

38. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1960)
Episode: The Christmas Goose (1957)

Approved | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Family

When Matilda, a young boy's beloved pet goose, is sentenced to be plucked, stuffed, and cooked as the Christmas dinner for the new lord of the manor, Robin Hood and Friar Tuck conspire to create a Christmas miracle.

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Richard Greene, Alexander Gauge, Jon Whiteley, Jack Watling

Votes: 44

39. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: The Pass (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

When the Sioux and Cheyenne go on the warpath, they are forced to shutdown the relay station and leave. Jess is a scout for Custer while Slim is scout for a troop sent with supplies and dynamite to block a pass but their contact is dead.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr., Robert Fuller

Votes: 106

40. The Lost Islands (1976)
Episode: The Slave Horse (1976)

Adventure, Drama, Family

The Prime Minister still has his eye on the horse he lost in the race to Aaron. So when Q leaves for a while, he sees his opportunity to get the horse.

Director: Bill Hughes | Stars: Tony Hughes, Jane Vallis, Robert Edgington, Amanda Ma

Votes: 5

41. Shameless (2004–2013)
Episode: Monica Comes Home (2004)

TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Debt predators vulture around the Gallaghers, but Frank has something else on his mind - a plan to get his hands on maintenance from his estranged wife and mother of their children.

Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Anne-Marie Duff, David Threlfall, James McAvoy, Maggie O'Neill

Votes: 237

42. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: Megatron's Master Plan: Part 2 (1985)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

With the Autobots destroyed by the sun, the Decepticons claim the Earth for their own and make the humans into their slaves.

Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Victor Caroli

Votes: 140

43. Dragon Ball Z (1989–1996)
Episode: Pikkoro no kirifuda! Gohan wa nakimushi-kun (1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Son Goku and Piccolo fight Raditz. While Son Goku fends Raditz off, Piccolo attempts to gather enough energy to use his newest attack.

Directors: Daisuke Nishio, Yoshihiro Ueda | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Mayumi Tanaka, Kôhei Miyauchi

Votes: 1,427

44. You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode: Priorities (1984)

TV-PG | Comedy, Family

Christine questions Ross's priorities when he cancels the show due to a baseball game he'd like to attend, but a few choice words from the producer changes his attitude.

Director: Brian Lebold | Stars: Abby Hagyard, Mike Hora, Les Lye, Christine McGlade

45. The Boarding School (2007–2010)
Episode: Un cadáver en La Laguna (2007)

77 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An accident where a student gets hurt puts teacher Amelia's future at the school in question. Paula and Evelyn believe they've uncovered the identity of the Tooth Fairy.

Directors: Jacobo Martos, Jesús Rodrigo | Stars: Luis Merlo, Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Martiño Rivas

Votes: 62

46. Lockie Leonard (2007–2010)
Episode: To Cheat or Not to Cheat (2007)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

When Lockie accidentally mouths-off in math class, Mum is called into Old Squasher's office. As usual, Mum blames herself. A guilty Lockie vows to make it up to her.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Sean Keenan, Rhys Muldoon, Briony Williams, Corey McKernan

Votes: 7

47. Lockie Leonard (2007–2010)
Episode: Joy... To the World (2007)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

It's the last day of school and Vicki drops a bombshell: she won't be coming back to Angelus High next year. In fact, she's leaving Angelus altogether to go to boarding school.

Director: Roger Hodgman | Stars: Sean Keenan, Rhys Muldoon, Briony Williams, Corey McKernan

Votes: 10

48. The Inbetweeners (2008–2010)
Episode: Exam Time (2009)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

The end of term exams loom. Simon, to the detriment of his own subjects, is excited when Carli comes to his house to revise, revealing that she is single again and rewarding him with kisses... See full summary »

Director: Ben Palmer | Stars: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas

Votes: 1,104

49. Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Episode: Episode #1.21 (2009)

TV-Y | 63 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jae Kyung plans with Hee Soo to move up the wedding date, leaving Joon Pyo desperate for satisfactory ideas on how to get out of it.

Stars: Ku Hye-Sun, Lee Min-ho, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Bum

Votes: 80

50. The Bad News Bears (1979–1980)
Episode: Tanner's Bird (1979)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Sport

Buttermaker buys a racing horse named Rocket Jr. The horse keeps lying down and a vet is called. The horse can't race anymore. It also sat on Tanner's bird killing it.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Jack Warden, J. Brennan Smith, Tricia Cast, Billy Jayne

Votes: 21