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51. Joe the King (1999)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.
Director: Frank Whaley | Stars: Noah Fleiss, Karen Young, Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton
Votes: 2,964 | Gross: $0.06M
52. Eleni (1985)
PG | 114 min | Drama, War
A mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton
Votes: 1,682 | Gross: $0.31M
53. Chiquititas (1995–2001)
60 min | Musical, Family, Comedy
The orphans living at the manor known as Rincón de Luz have their tough reality transformed by a sweet-hearted, dedicated young woman.
Stars: Camila Bordonaba, Nadia Di Cello, Santiago Stieben, Guillermo Santa Cruz
Votes: 545
54. The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
103 min | Drama
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to ... See full summary »
Director: David Miller | Stars: Joan Crawford, Heather Sears, Rossano Brazzi, Lee Patterson
Votes: 935
55. Girl Rising (2013)
PG-13 | 101 min | Documentary, Drama
This film follows 9 girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education.
Director: Richard Robbins | Stars: Amina, Azmera, Arindol Bagchi, Rekha Banerjee
Votes: 1,282
56. Sparrows (1926)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama
Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
Directors: William Beaudine, Tom McNamara | Stars: Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 1,526 | Gross: $0.97M
57. Daens (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas
Votes: 4,401
58. Live and Become (2005)
Unrated | 140 min | Drama
A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe
Votes: 6,318
59. A Place at the Table (2012)
PG | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.
Directors: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, Ken Cook, Mariana Chilton
Votes: 1,237 | Gross: $0.23M
60. The Ox (1991)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Swedish pauper's family is starving. In desperation, he steals his lord's ox. He hopes that the crime will not be revealed, but it happens.
Director: Sven Nykvist | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson, Max von Sydow
Votes: 1,017
61. Children Underground (2001)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
A profile of homeless Romanian children who were born victims of the nation's reckless population growth policy during its communist era.
Director: Edet Belzberg | Stars: Cristina Ionescu, Mihai Alexandre Tudose, Violeta 'Macarena' Rosu, Ana Turturica
Votes: 2,456
62. Hidden in America (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
Story of a man Bill Januson whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his... See full summary »
Director: Martin Bell | Stars: Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, Shelton Dane, Jena Malone
Votes: 554
63. Blockade (1938)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance, War
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with Russian whose father is involved in espionage.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo, John Halliday
Votes: 641
64. The Demon (1978)
110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Hiroki Iwase, Miyuki Yoshizawa
Votes: 971
65. The Mascot (1933)
37 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A stuffed animal goes on a journey through frightening streets to get its kid an orange.
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz | Star: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 1,615
66. Memoria del saqueo (2004)
120 min | Documentary
After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous... See full summary »
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Fernando E. Solanas, Ronnie Wood
Votes: 1,054
67. Gebürtig (2002)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A holocaust survivor now living as a respected writer in Manhattan is the only person who can identify a suspected Nazi back in his native Austria. When a beautiful reporter eager for a ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Schindel, Lukas Stepanik | Stars: Peter Simonischek, Ruth Rieser, August Zirner, Katja Weitzenböck
Votes: 233
68. Look to the Sky (1993)
100 min | Drama
Amsterdam, 1942: four-year-old Jonah and his parents are deported to the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in Germany where the child learns to cope with an incomprehensible world of war, brutality and persecution.
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Juliet Aubrey, Jenner Del Vecchio, Luke Petterson
Votes: 461
69. Peace One Day (2004)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
The story of Jeremy Gilley's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to sanction officially a day without conflict; a ceasefire day; a global day of Peace.
Director: Jeremy Gilley | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, Jeremy Gilley, Judi Dench
Votes: 148
70. WWII: The Lost Color Archives (2000 TV Movie)
171 min | Documentary, War
Determined researchers scoured the world for color film shot during World War II and unearthed shots of Nazi rallies honoring Adolf Hitler, combat footage from across Europe and the Pacific... See full summary »
Stars: Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Votes: 110
71. Másik bolygó (2008)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
This documentary introduces us to children who struggle to survive as trash scavengers, soldiers and sex workers. They speak honestly to the camera about their work and offer a rare ... See full summary »
Director: Ferenc Moldoványi
Votes: 71
72. The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975)
167 min | Documentary, History, War
"The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War" (1975) is a compilation documentary narrated by Lowell Thomas, illustrating changing attitudes toward the war and its participants, as well as ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Ward | Stars: Bothwell Browne, Charles Chaplin, Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith
Votes: 31
73.
Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
Episode:
The Underdwellers
(1992)
Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman discovers a gang of forgotten runaways living deep within the Gotham sewer system.
Director: Frank Paur | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Victoria Carroll, Michael Pataki
Votes: 2,280
74.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
The Wild Boy (Part One)
(1982)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Walnut Grove residents try to rescue a boy who's unable to speak after they see him on display at a carnival show.
Director: Victor French | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull
Votes: 264
75.
You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode:
The Not-So-Fair Show
(1982)
TV-PG | Comedy, Family
It's not fair. That's the cry of foul play with a look at, or whines about, unfairness. Adding to the misery is an Un-Fairy-Godmother who keeps granting wishes in the worst possible ways.
Director: Brian Lebold | Stars: Alasdair Gillis, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye, Christine McGlade
Votes: 34
76.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
Scott Horton on Yemen 4th Anniversary and Afghanistan Peace Talks
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Scott Horton
77.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Safe Space
(2015)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
Cartman is victimised because of his body weight.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, April Stewart, Mona Marshall
Votes: 3,134
78.
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1989)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
The matriarch and anchor for the women of Brewster Place is Mattie Michael. Her unselfish devotion to a ne'er-do-well son forces her to abandon her home, and try to make a new life in Brewster Place's dark and overcrowded tenements.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 20
79.
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1989)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
Kiswana organizes a tenant's union to improve the lives of the dispirited Brewster Place residents. The newest residents, Lorraine and Theresa, arouse uneasiness among the other tenants of ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 18
80.
You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days (2016–2018)
Episode:
America's Got Empathy
(2016)
Unrated | Comedy
Director: Derek Harvie | Stars: John Di Domenico, Ron Sparks, Amanda Barker, Elma Begovic
Votes: 49