Movies: Difficult childhood

  • 1996
    Matilda

    Matilda (1996)

    Matilda

    7.11996HD

    Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is so different. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and ...

    Matilda
  • 2024
    Memoir of a Snail

    Memoir of a Snail (2024)

    Memoir of a Snail

    7.92024HD

    Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life....

    Memoir of a Snail
  • 2006
    Black Christmas

    Black Christmas (2006)

    Black Christmas

    5.22006HD

    As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins a series of obscene phone calls with dubious intentions......

    Black Christmas
  • 2023
    Soulmate

    Soulmate (2023)

    Soulmate

    7.72023HD

    Mi-so, a 12 years old girl who transferred from Seoul to Jeju island, meets Ha-eun. They promise never to seperate. At the age of 18, Ha-eun's boyfriend, Jin-woo breaks two girls's friendship. Few years later, they come apart as their lives go sepera...

    Soulmate
  • 1963
    8½

    8½ (1963)

    8.11963HD

    Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each o...

    8½
  • 2010
    All Good Things

    All Good Things (2010)

    All Good Things

    62010HD

    Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history....

    All Good Things
  • 1955
    Pather Panchali

    Pather Panchali (1955)

    Pather Panchali

    7.91955HD

    Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996....

    Pather Panchali
  • 1962
    Birdman of Alcatraz

    Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

    Birdman of Alcatraz

    7.51962HD

    After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nu...

    Birdman of Alcatraz
  • 2003
    May

    May (2003)

    May

    6.52003HD

    A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands....

    May
  • 1998
    The Butcher Boy

    The Butcher Boy (1998)

    The Butcher Boy

    6.81998HD

    Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness,...

    The Butcher Boy
  • 1985
    When Father Was Away on Business

    When Father Was Away on Business (1985)

    When Father Was Away on Business

    7.31985HD

    Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates...

    When Father Was Away on Business
  • 2001
    A Crime in Paradise

    A Crime in Paradise (2001)

    A Crime in Paradise

    6.62001HD

    In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine......

    A Crime in Paradise
  • 2004
    Garden State

    Garden State (2004)

    Garden State

    7.02004HD

    Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from va...

    Garden State
  • 1976
    Small Change

    Small Change (1976)

    Small Change

    7.11976HD

    Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a ...

    Small Change
  • 2010
    Submarino

    Submarino (2010)

    Submarino

    7.12010HD

    As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He...

    Submarino
  • 2019
    Sister

    Sister (2019)

    Sister

    7.82019HD

    How many Yamil remembers himself, war has always been. He is very much waiting for it to end - after all, then the father will return, whom the boy knows only from photographs and letters. One day, Mom leaves for a distant city and brings the silent ...

    Sister
  • 2000
    Otto - The Disaster Movie

    Otto - The Disaster Movie (2000)

    Otto - The Disaster Movie

    5.22000HD

    A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes a...

    Otto - The Disaster Movie
  • 2020
    Lift Off

    Lift Off (2020)

    Lift Off

    7.52020HD

    Past/present story of a young man who lives in a fantasy world of aeronautics to escape a more challenging reality....

    Lift Off
  • 2015
    Urban Hymn

    Urban Hymn (2015)

    Urban Hymn

    72015HD

    Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a remarkable voice, meets a determined social worker who inspires her to use it....

    Urban Hymn
  • 2023
    A House Made of Splinters

    A House Made of Splinters (2023)

    A House Made of Splinters

    72023HD

    A temporary house for abandoned children near the front line in eastern Ukraine is run by a small group of social workers determined to provide comfort and safety. It may be humble and somewhat run-down, but this house is filled with love and offers ...

    A House Made of Splinters