The most enchanting, haunting and bizarre kids films and films about childhood

An imaginative and somewhat disturbed young girl fantasizes about evil creatures and other oddities to mask her insecurities while growing up in rural Australia.

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted messages, a group of kids embark on an adventure with an alien who needs their help.

On Christmas Eve, a resourceful young boy has to defend himself and his grandfather from a killer dressed as Santa Claus.

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

A resourceful American orphan living in rural Australia finds himself caught up in the magic of a local Aboriginal myth that might be more real than anyone knows.

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.

A story centered on a young schoolboy and his strange relationship with an extraterrestrial entity.

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.

The disruptions caused in the life of 13 year old Kenny born with underdeveloped legs, removed to replace other missing bones at 6 months old when a French film company comes to do a film about his life and family.

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.

The life of a family living in a German suburb.

A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabited by goblins, disguised as humans, who plan to eat them.

In this film in which the cast is comprised entirely of kids, Hawk Jones is one cop fighting against a city full of criminals. Now reluctantly working with a new partner, he vows to rid the city of a crime syndicate run by Antonio Copolla.

The inhabitants of a peaceful village are replaced by a bunch of geese, dogs, foxes and rabbits, who impersonate the village life as postmen, journalists and innkeepers. Chaos reigns as a monkey called Black Troll strikes back.

Ian Holm is children's author Lewis Carroll in this poignant fantasy-drama set in 1930s New York and populated by the fabulous special effects creatures of Muppet master Jim Henson.

Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.

A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.

A poor journalist finds himself as a toy of a boss' son. Making friends with a naughty child, he tries to save him from the cruel power of his father.