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When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth. Sara's belief that "e …very girl's a princess" is tested to the limit, however, when word comes that her father was killed in action and his estate has been seized by the British government. (Read More)
| Themes: | amnesiachildhoodcrueltyabusebullyingpovertylonelinessracismmagicfearfriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | school bullyindiashipwheelchairschoolnew york city |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshiplittle girlfather daughter dancesingle fatherfrenchbest friendsister sister relationshipsoldiergirlteacherfemale protagonistafrican americanfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 20th century1910s |
| Story: | servant girlorphan girlschool uniformsocial rejectchimney sweepclimbing out a windowliving in an atticasian indianfather daughter reunioncruise shipblowing out a candlebirthday presentchild abusebirthday cakebirthday party …girl with glassesgirls' boarding schoolgirls' schoolprivate schoolboarding schoolfantasy lifeblind man's bluff gameman versus beastbad temperedmilk manhelping otherspair of shoeswood plankchild exploitationjourney shown on mapmotherless childlosing temperserioussinger offscreenramayanastory within a storycrueldenouncementaggressivehot temperarmy captainrejectedrejectharpistdenunciationshawlrich poorriches to ragsbad tempermilkmanballadeerstarving childdeitybratheadmistresschimneyinklongingmissing fatherlifting female in airbombardmentturbanchild laborletter writingbilingualnightgownresignationtrenchlocketfriendship between girlswindowfriends who live togetherbowbomberrainingkindnessimaginary friendnarratorloss of jobseparationhorse and carriagedead motherrainstormatticrosethunderstormchild protagonistdespairinterracial friendshiprejectionchild's point of viewhatredimaginationpresumed deadindianrealityservantlifting someone into the airmouseelephantrace relationsslow motiondressballoonsingle parenthateclass differencesbattlefieldmonkeyworld war oneflowerreunionschoolgirlstatuedollstorytellinguniformpainprincesschild in perilold mannew yorkcandlebedroomorphangood versus evilclassroombritishbirthdayrescueunderwearcryingvoice over narrationthree word titledancingbased on novel (See All) |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in … love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodcrueltyabusefriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | little girlfrenchgirlteacherfemale protagonist |
| Story: | orphan girlschool uniformchild abusegirls' boarding schoolgirls' schoolboarding schoolnightgownhorse and carriageservantdresscandlebedroomorphanclassroomcrying …dancingbased on novel (See All) |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, …not the answering of them. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipfrenchgirlteacher |
| Story: | school uniformgirl with glassesgirls' boarding schoolgirls' schoolprivate schoolboarding schoolheadmistressnightgownresignationfriendship between girlshorse and carriageservantdressclass differencesflower …schoolgirlstatueuniformorphanclassroomcryingvoice over narrationbased on novel (See All) |
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Toget …her, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen. This friendship helps Jess deal with the tragedy that makes him realize what Leslie taught him. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodmagicfriendship |
| Locations: | school bullyschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshiplittle girlbest friendgirlteacherfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakerich poorchild's point of viewimaginationrealitylifting someone into the airdollstorytellingclassroombirthdaythree word titledancingbased on novel |
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, Matilda is misunderstood by her family because she is very different from their ways of life. As time passes, Matilda finally starts school that has a kindly teacher, loyal friends and a sadistic principal. As she gets fed …up with the constant cruelty, Matilda begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, Matilda suddenly turns the tables to stand up to her parents and outwit the principal. (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltyfriendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshiplittle girlbest friendgirlteacherfemale protagonistafrican americanfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | child abusegirl with glasseschild protagonistchild's point of viewlifting someone into the airdresssingle parentdollclassroomcryingbased on novel |
Living in India, Mary Lennox, a young, privileged girl, is left orphaned when her parents are killed in an earthquake. She is sent back to England where she goes to live on her uncle's estate. It is a fairly isolated existence and she has to find things to keep herself occupied. She finds a sickly y …oung boy...and a secret garden. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodcrueltylonelinessmagicfriendship |
| Locations: | indiawheelchair |
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | orphan girlhorse and carriagerosechild's point of viewservantlifting someone into the airelephantorphanunderwearcryingvoice over narrationbased on novel |
A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid England of all children.
| Themes: | crueltymagicfear |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | school uniformbirthday presentbirthday cakelifting someone into the airmousestorytellinguniformchild in perilcandlebedroomorphangood versus evilbirthdayrescueunderwear …cryingbased on novel (See All) |
In the depths of the 1930's, Annie is a fiery young orphan girl who must live in a miserable orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. Her seemingly hopeless situation changes dramatically when she is selected to spend a short time at the residence of the wealthy munitions industrialist, Oliver … Warbucks. Quickly, she charms the hearts of the household staff and even the seemingly cold-hearted Warbucks cannot help but learn to love this wonderful girl. He decides to help Annie find her long lost parents by offering a reward if they would come to him and prove their identity. However, Miss Hannigan, her evil brother, Rooster, and a female accomplice, plan to impersonate those people to get the reward for themselves which put Annie in great danger. (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltypoverty |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfemale protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | orphan girllifting female in airlocketchild's point of viewlifting someone into the airdressuniformnew yorkorphanunderwearcryingdancing |
In 1944 falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess …, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltymagicfear |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | wheelchair |
| Characters: | soldiergirlfemale protagonist |
| Story: | child abuserosethunderstormchild's point of viewimaginationservantlifting someone into the airdressflowerstatuestorytellingpainprincessgood versus evilrescue …voice over narration (See All) |
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness …, nature flies out of whack, temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother. (Read More)
| Themes: | poverty |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | little girlsingle fathergirlteacherfemale protagonistafrican americanfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | child abusestarving childfriends who live togetherrainstormchild protagonistchild's point of viewsingle parentstorytellingorphanunderwearcryingvoice over narrationdancing |
'Louisa May Alcott' (qv)'s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of ho …w the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world. (Read More)
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | little girlsister sister relationshipsoldiergirlfemale protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | child abuseboarding schoolnightgownhorse and carriagerealitydressreunionold mancandledancingbased on novel |
When a bottle containing a plea for help from a little girl named Penny makes its way to the Rescue Aid Society, a mouse organization in the basement of the United Nations building dedicated to the rescue and well-being of anyone in need, it is up to the brave mouse Miss Bianca and her chosen partne …r, the shy janitor Bernard, to rescue the girl. Searching for clues at Penny's home at Morningside Orphanage in New York City, the two mice discover that the girl has been kidnapped by the evil pawn shop owner Madame Medusa and her companion Mr. Snoops. On the back of Orville the albatross, Miss Bianca and Bernard travel to the terrifyingly gloomy Devil's Bayou where they learn the shocking truth: the innocent young girl is being forced down into a dangerous, dark underground pirate's cave where she must find the Devil's Eye, the world's largest diamond and Madame Medusa's greatest obsession. Before returning safely home, Miss Bianca, Bernard, and Penny will have to combat Madame Medusa's two ferocious pet alligators Brutus and Nero with the help of Ellie Mae and Evinrude the dragonfly, as well as survive the raging tides inside the horrible pirate's cave. (Read More)
| Themes: | bullyingfearfriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfemale protagonist |
| Story: | child abuseballadeerchild labornightgownfriends who live togetherkindnessthunderstormdespairhatredmouseorphangood versus evilrescueunderwearcrying |
Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Pet …er Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again. (Read More)
| Themes: | magic |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 20th century |
| Story: | lifting female in airfriends who live togetherchild's point of viewlifting someone into the airslow motionstorytellinguniformorphangood versus evilrescuecryingbased on novel |
A young girl (Baby Doll) is locked away in a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather where she will undergo a lobotomy in five days' time. Faced with unimaginable odds, she retreats to a fantastical world in her imagination where she and four other female inmates at the asylum, plot to escape the fa …cility. The lines between reality and fantasy blur as Baby Doll and her four companions, as well as a mysterious guide, fight to retrieve the five items they need that will allow them to break free from their captors before it's too late... (Read More)
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipsister sister relationshipsoldiergirlfemale protagonist |
| Story: | school uniformclimbing out a windowchild abusetrenchbomberthunderstormimaginationrealitybattlefieldworld war onecandlerescuevoice over narrationdancing |
A girl named Ella (Cinderella) has the purest heart living in a cruel world filled with evil stepsisters and an evil stepmother out to ruin Ella's life. Ella comes one with her pure heart when she meets the prince and dances her way to a better life with glass shoes, and a little help from her fairy … godmother, of course. (Read More)
| Themes: | magic |
| Characters: | frenchsister sister relationshipgirlfemale protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | cruelkindnesshorse and carriageatticservantmousedressprincessorphanvoice over narration |
As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits t …hem. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodfriendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipgirlteacher |
| Story: | school uniformboarding schoolrealityuniformclassroomcryingbased on novel |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodabusebullyingfearfriendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | little girlgirlteacher |
| Story: | school uniformbirthday presentchild abusebirthday partyhateclassroombirthdayrescueunderwearcryingdancingbased on novel |
Three years into the senseless American Civil War, in 1864, the dilapidated mansion of Miss Martha Farnsworth's Seminary for Young Ladies is still running, occupied by the matriarch, a teacher and five students in Spanish moss-draped Virginia. However, when a young student stumbles upon Corporal Joh …n McBurney, a wounded Union deserter on the verge of death, the already frail balance of things will be disrupted, as the hesitant headmistress decides to take him in to heal from his injury. Little by little, as the unwelcome guest arouses an uneasy sexual excitation among the women of the secluded boarding school, it is not before long that they will find themselves competing for the alluring man's favour. Undoubtedly, this handsome devil is a manipulator, nevertheless, will the ladies stay forever beguiled by his charm? (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltyfear |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipfrenchsoldiergirlteacher |
| Story: | girls' boarding schoolgirls' schoolboarding schoolheadmistresspaincandleclassroomunderweardancingbased on novel |
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estrang …ed mother. (Read More)
| Themes: | lonelinessfear |
| Characters: | single fatherafrican american |
| Period: | 1910s |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partyhorse and carriagedead motherpresumed deadballoonhateworld war oneflowerbirthdaycryingthree word titlebased on novel |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c …ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltyabusefear |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipgirlteacherfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1910s |
| Story: | child abusecruelnightgownhorse and carriageservantdressclass differencesworld war oneschoolgirlpainchild in perilbedroomclassroomunderwearcrying …voice over narrationdancing (See All) |
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches … age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. (Read More)
| Themes: | fearfriendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | little girlsingle fathergirlteacherfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | climbing out a windowbirthday partyslow motionballoonsingle parenthatepainclassroombirthdaycryingdancing |
An adaptation of J. M. Barrie's story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Land, where an ongoing war between Peter's gang of rag-tag runaways and the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.
| Themes: | childhoodmagicfriendship |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | friends who live togethernarratorchild protagonistlifting someone into the airmonkeyprincessorphangood versus evilrescuebased on novel |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar … is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteacherfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | school uniformbirthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partyprivate schooldead motherstorytellinguniformold mancandlebedroombirthdaycrying |
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old child whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get … anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodbullyinglonelinessfearfriendship |
| Locations: | indiaschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipteacher |
| Story: | school uniformchild abuseboarding schoollongingseparationchild protagonistdespairchild's point of viewimaginationlifting someone into the airclassroomcryingdancing |
1972. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and …life will never be the same again. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodfearfriendship |
| Locations: | wheelchair |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshiplittle girlsingle fatherbest friendgirlteacherfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | longingroselifting someone into the airsingle parentclassroomcryingdancing |
When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, h …e teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again. (Read More)
| Themes: | abusefriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | orphan girlsinger offscreenballadeerfriends who live togetherthunderstormlifting someone into the airreunionorphangood versus evilcryingdancing |
After a beautiful princess, Aurora, is born in to royalty everyone gathers to exchange gifts. Everything is perfectly fine until an unwanted guest appears, Maleficent. Magnificent casts a spell on the young princess and announces that she will die by pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning …wheel on the evening of her 16th birthday. Fortunately, one of the good fairies, Merryweather, changes the spell so Aurora will fall asleep, and that the only way to wake her up were the tears from her true love. Finally the day comes. Will she be left to sleep forever? (Read More)
| Themes: | magicfriendship |
| Characters: | female protagonist |
| Story: | birthday partychimneylifting female in airfriends who live togetherlifting someone into the airdressflowerprincessgood versus evilbirthdaycryingvoice over narration |
Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game's perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix. Problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy. But they do love heroes... so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun, Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He s …neaks into the game with a simple plan -- win a medal -- but soon wrecks everything, and accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade. Ralph's only hope? Vanellope von Schweetz, a young troublemaking "glitch" from a candy-coated cart racing game who might just be the one to teach Ralph what it means to be a Good Guy. But will he realize he is good enough to become a hero before it's "Game Over" for the entire arcade? (Read More)
| Themes: | amnesiabullyingfriendship |
| Characters: | little girl |
| Story: | social rejectchild abusebirthday cakebirthday partybad temperedlosing temperaggressiverejectedbad tempernarratorimaginationdresshateprincessbirthday …cryingdancing (See All) |
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. …When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her. (Read More)
| Themes: | lonelinessfear |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfemale protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | thunderstormchild protagonistrealitylifting someone into the airmousedollcandlebedroomorphanrescuecryingvoice over narrationbased on novel |
This is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the gro …unds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted. (Read More)
| Themes: | magicfriendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshiplittle girlbest friendgirl |
| Story: | child abuseboarding schoollifting someone into the airschoolgirluniformchild in perilorphangood versus evilbirthdayrescuebased on novel |
Nader ('Payman Maadi' (qv)) and Simin ('Leila Hatami' (qv)) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), …who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertyfear |
| Locations: | wheelchairschool |
| Characters: | little girlgirlteacherfemale protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | girl with glassesgirls' schoolhot temperbad temperseparationclass differencespainold mancrying |
Alice is a daydreaming young girl. She finds learning poems and listening to literature boring. She prefers stories with pictures and to live inside her imagination. One day, while enduring just such a poetry reading, she spots a large white rabbit...dressed in a jacket and carrying a large watch. H …e scurries off, saying he's late, for a very important date. She follows him through the forest. He then disappears down a rabbit hole. Alice follows, leading her to all manner of discoveries, characters and adventures. (Read More)
| Themes: | magic |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipgirlfemale protagonist |
| Story: | birthday partybad temperrosechild's point of viewimaginationrealitymouseflowerbirthdaycryingthree word titlebased on novel |
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working …but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipfrenchteacherfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | school uniformbirthday presentbirthday cakegirls' schoolprivate schoolheadmistressclass differencesschoolgirlpainold mancandleclassroombirthdaycryingdancing |
Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her … but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltybullying |
| Locations: | wheelchairschool |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipgirlfemale protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partybirthdayunderwearcrying |
It hasn't even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis lost his wife in childbirth. Both his wife and the infant died, and now he has lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, …and Lestat drains Louis' mortal blood and then replaces it with his own, turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | little girlfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 20th century |
| Story: | lifting female in airhorse and carriagelifting someone into the airslow motiondressdollcandleorphangood versus evilrescuecryingvoice over narrationdancingbased on novel |
The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears - whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.
| Themes: | fear |
| Locations: | shipschool |
| Characters: | girl |
| Story: | servant girlrejectionpresumed deadservantmouseprincessrescuebased on novel |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodabusefriendship |
| Characters: | single fatherfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | child abusebirthday partyturbankindnessdespairservantsingle parentstorytellingpainold manorphanbirthdaycryingthree word titledancing …based on novel (See All) |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened … that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
| Themes: | amnesiachildhoodcrueltyabusefriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | little girlbest friendgirl |
| Story: | child abuseletter writingrainstormrejectionchild's point of viewsingle parentnew yorkbedroombirthdayunderwearcryingvoice over narrationbased on novel |
Musical adaptation of 'Charles Dickens (I)' (qv)'s classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
| Themes: | abusepovertyfriendship |
| Story: | child abusechild laborlocketfriends who live togetherkindnesschild's point of viewclass differenceschild in perilorphanbased on novel |
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's s …oon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodpoverty |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | little girlfrenchsoldierfemale protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 20th century1910s |
| Story: | horse and carriageseparationrosesingle parentworld war onedoll |
After his mother (Henson) accepts a job in China, preteen Dre Park (played by Jaden Smith) is forced to move to the new country. He attempts to befriend others, but loses all of them except for Mei Ying (Han), his new girlfriend, after getting attacked by a bully (Cheng). After almost being killed, …he is rescued by his maintenance man, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who does much more than maintenance. When Dre is forced to fight his bully, Cheng, in the upcoming tournament; Mr. Han steps in and teaches him Kung-Fu, and now Dre has to take matters into his own hands. (Read More)
| Themes: | bullyingfearfriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | school bullyschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipafrican americanfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | school uniformchild abuseinterracial friendshipchild's point of viewsingle parentchild in perildancing |
In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father, a zoo owner, explains that the municipality is no longer supporting the zoo and he has hence … decided to move to Canada, where the animals the family owns would also be sold. They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Richard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodlonelinessfriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | indiashipschool |
| Characters: | teacher |
| Story: | asian indianaggressiveelephantmonkeystorytellingpainorphanclassroomvoice over narrationthree word titledancingbased on novel |
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in the midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occu …rrences and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in the only bedroom. There are also noises coming from the apartment directly above hers, though it would appear to be vacant. Is the apartment haunted or is there a simpler explanation? (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | schoolnew york city |
| Characters: | little girlteacher |
| Story: | imaginary friendseparationrainstormlifting someone into the airdollchild in perilbedroomclassroombased on novel |
Seventh-grade is no fun. Especially for Dawn Weiner when everyone at school calls you 'Dog-Face' or 'Wiener-Dog.' Not to mention if your older brother is 'King of the Nerds' and your younger sister is a cutesy ballerina who gets you in trouble but is your parents' favorite. And that's just the begin …ning--her life seems to be falling apart when she faces rejection from the older guy in her brother's band that she has a crush on, her parents want to tear down her 'Special People's Club' clubhouse, and her sister is abducted.... (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltyabusebullyingfriendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | little girlsister sister relationshipgirlteacherfemale protagonist |
| Story: | girl with glassesrejectionchild's point of viewclassroom |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Themes: | abusepovertyracismfriendship |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipgirlfemale protagonistafrican americanfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1910s |
| Story: | child abuserainstormrace relationsreunionvoice over narrationthree word titlebased on novel |
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days.
| Themes: | childhoodloneliness |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipteacher |
| Story: | pair of shoesrainstormchild protagonistdespairbedroomclassroomcryingvoice over narration |
Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Story: | bad temperballadeerseparationthunderstormdespairimaginationmousereunionorphangood versus evilcryingthree word title |
Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank while funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flatmates with Zoe, her long-time friend; she's close to one sister, and not so close to another. In this slice of li …fe story, we watch her take driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly-wound instructor, take classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard, encounter a tramp in the night, and sort out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Along the way, we wonder if her open attitude puts her at risk of misunderstanding or worse. What is the root of happiness? (Read More)
| Themes: | bullyingfriendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshiplittle girlsister sister relationshipteacherfemale protagonist |
| Story: | school uniformchild abuseaggressiveuniformclassroomunderweardancing |
Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes … to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | ship |
| Characters: | single fathergirlfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | cruise shipimaginary frienddead motherrainstormchild's point of viewpresumed deadlifting someone into the airsingle parentstorytellingchild in perilrescuecryingvoice over narrationdancingbased on novel |
Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the sch …ool attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction. (Read More)
| Themes: | magic |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | single fathergirl |
| Story: | friends who live togetheratticchild protagonistdespairimaginationrealitygood versus evilrescuethree word titlebased on novel |
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