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1. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.
Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman
Votes: 18,094
2. Nobody Knows (2004)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu
Votes: 31,428 | Gross: $0.68M
3. Scrapper (2023)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
Director: Charlotte Regan | Stars: Lola Campbell, Alin Uzun, Cary Crankson, Carys Bowkett
Votes: 5,866
4. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After her father's boat is swept away by a sudden storm, plucky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse and monkey in the old family home.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Tami Erin, David Seaman, Cory Crow, Eileen Brennan
Votes: 4,627 | Gross: $3.57M
5. Pippi Longstocking (1969)
G | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's house Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic European TV series.
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg, Margot Trooger
Votes: 5,347
6. Pippi Longstocking (1969)
27 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The adventures of Pippi Longstocking, an eccentric, super-strong, redheaded moppet and her best friends Tommy and Annika.
Stars: Inger Nilsson, Pär Sundberg, Maria Persson, Hans Clarin
Votes: 4,551
7. King of the Hill (1993)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, History
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen
Votes: 8,830 | Gross: $1.30M
8. Friends (1971)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A rich English boy meets an orphaned French girl and as they become friends, create a world that is far away from the adult world we live in.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Bury, Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins
Votes: 1,132
9. Stephanie (I) (2017)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery
After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.
Director: Akiva Goldsman | Stars: Shree Crooks, Frank Grillo, Anna Torv, Jonah Beres
Votes: 6,403
10. Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
TV-14 | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Kayleigh McKee, Jennifer Losi
Votes: 4,299
11. On Our Own (1994–1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
When the seven Jerrico siblings are left orphaned by a tragic accident, eldest brother Josh takes charge, determined that the family won't be split up and put into foster care.
Stars: Ralph Louis Harris, Jojo Smollett, Jazz Smollett, Jussie Smollett
Votes: 300
12. Pippi Longstocking (1997)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Pippi is a little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father is sailing the seas. With Pippi we meet her horse, her monkey and her two friends Tommy and Anika. Together they go on many journeys through the neighborhood.
Directors: Michael Schaack, Clive A. Smith | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, Melissa Altro, Carole Pope
Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.78M
13. Kotaro Lives Alone (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
When an unpopular manga artist has to care for his new neighbor, a 5-year-old child living alone, he learns the importance of responsibility and care as an adult.
Stars: Yû Yokoyama, Eito Kawahara, Maika Yamamoto, Katsuhisa Namase
Votes: 480
14. Pippi Longstocking (1997–1998)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of a strong ginger and her two friends Tommy and Annika.
Stars: Melissa Altro, Richard Binsley, Noah Reid, Olivia Garratt
Votes: 675
15. Big Shots (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Ivan Reitman brings you Big Shots, a slam-bang comedy-adventure with a heart as big as Chicago.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky
Votes: 906 | Gross: $3.39M
16. Chop Shop (2007)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama
Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata
Votes: 4,720 | Gross: $0.12M
17. The Beniker Gang (1984)
G | 87 min | Drama
When five kids growing up in an orphanage refuse to be separated by adoption, the only way to stay together is to go on the lam across the country as The Beniker Gang.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jennifer Dundas, Charles Fields, Jeff Alan-Lee
Votes: 420
18. American Fable (2016)
Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller
After 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.
Director: Anne Hamilton | Stars: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Marci Miller
Votes: 4,672
19. Half-Price (2003)
63 min | Drama
Follows the low-key adventures of three young siblings, Romeo (Kolia Litscher), Launa (Lila Salet), and the youngest, Leo (Cindy David), left on their own in a rundown Paris apartment.
Director: Isild Le Besco | Stars: Cindy David, Kolia Litscher, Lila Salet
Votes: 215
20. Khaled (2001)
85 min | Drama
Adolescent Khaled lives with his drug-addict French-Canadian mother Monique in a Toronto tenement, his Moroccan father totally out of the picture. He is often bullied at school being a ... See full summary »
Director: Asghar Massombagi | Stars: Michael D'Ascenzo, Michèle Duquet, Normand Bissonnette, Michael Kanevsky
Votes: 176
21. Siblings (2004)
R | 85 min | Comedy
SIBLINGS is a dark comedy about love, lust, murder and other issues of normal family life.
Director: David Weaver | Stars: Alex Campbell, Paul Soles, Andrew Chalmers, Samantha Weinstein
Votes: 685
22. Three Sisters (2012)
Not Rated | 153 min | Documentary
Three young sisters live and work in extreme poverty in the harsh environment of Yunnan, a province on the Sino Burmese border area of China.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 475
23. All Together Now (1975 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Four orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. Based on a true story.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: John Rubinstein, Glynnis O'Connor, Brad Savage, Helen Hunt
Votes: 44
24. Stickin' Together (1978 TV Movie)
73 min | Adventure, Drama
Cuda Weber is a Hawaii beach bum who finds himself the surrogate uncle to five orphaned children and tries to keep them together as a group.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Clu Gulager, Sean Roche, Lory Walsh, Sean Marshall
Votes: 24
25. Butterfly Dreams (2013)
23 min | Short, Drama, Family
A nine-year-old girl in rural India, exploited by child labor, must find a way to pursue her dream - how to read and write. She has one last chance when an educated man comes to town.
Director: Venkat Krishnan | Stars: Basheera Banu, Ganapathy Murugesan, P.T. Arasu Kalathilvenrar, Sowmya
Votes: 41
26.
Pippi Longstocking (1969)
Episode:
Pippi flyttar in i Villa Villekulla
(1969)
27 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Tommy and Annika live with their parents in a small town. Beside their house is an uninhabited house called Villa Villekulla. One day a girl moves into Villa Villekulla with a horse and a ... See full summary »
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Inger Nilsson, Pär Sundberg, Maria Persson, Beppe Wolgers
Votes: 149
27.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A strange four-year-old boy named Kotaro moves into Shimizu Apartment all on his own. He doesn't seem to have any parents or family around.
Director: Tomoe Makino | Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Saori Hayami, Toshiki Masuda
Votes: 182
28.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Karino figures out why Kotaro talks the way he does: he's copying Tonosaman, his favorite cartoon character from a show that's about to end.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Jennifer Losi, Kayleigh McKee
Votes: 161
29.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When he sees someone handing out free balloons, Kotaro tries to collect as many as he can. But there's a reason he wants so many balloons.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Heather Gonzalez, Anjali Kunapaneni
Votes: 157
30.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Kotaro's friend Kakeru has a maid who takes care of everything for him, so Kotaro decides to show Kakeru how to do things for himself.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Heather Gonzalez, Anjali Kunapaneni
Votes: 139
31.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
For some reason, Kotaro is very particular about his tissues. He wants expensive, soft ones because they're "sweet." Later, Karino figures out why.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Heather Gonzalez, Jennifer Losi
Votes: 130
32.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man named Aota moves into the building for a month. When he asks Kotaro to be his friend, Karino gets suspicious - and a little jealous.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Kayleigh McKee
Votes: 128
33.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A girl named Kana starts coming over to Kotaro's house to play everyday after kindergarten, but she never seems to have fun.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Brittany Cox, Heather Gonzalez
Votes: 133
34.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Karino brings Kotaro and all his friends to the movies. Kotaro wants to see the new Tonosaman film, but the other kids want to watch something else.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Jennifer Losi, Kayleigh McKee
Votes: 126
35.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Whenever Kotaro goes to see the neighborhood dentist, Dr. Ohba always takes the time to talk to him and ask him lots of questions.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Heather Gonzalez, Anjali Kunapaneni
Votes: 131
36.
Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(2022)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
One day, a woman Kotaro doesn't recognize comes to pick him up from kindergarten. She says she's Karino's ex-girlfriend.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Kellen Goff, Jennifer Losi
Votes: 166