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1. We're the Millers (2013)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms
Votes: 486,635 | Gross: $150.39M
2. Major Crimes (2012–2018)
Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Closer (2005) spin-off series, which follows Captain Raydor of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Stars: Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan
Votes: 16,096
3. A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Director: Scott Frank | Stars: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, Boyd Holbrook
Votes: 127,379 | Gross: $26.31M
4. Gardens of the Night (2008)
R | 110 min | Drama
After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.
Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich, Ryan Simpkins, Tom Arnold
Votes: 4,706
5. Transamerica (2005)
R | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Director: Duncan Tucker | Stars: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Andrea James
Votes: 42,355 | Gross: $9.02M
6. Gimme Shelter (2013)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.
Director: Ron Krauss | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones
Votes: 9,439 | Gross: $1.36M
7. The Short History of the Long Road (2019)
90 min | Adventure, Drama
A teenager has to confront the reality of life on the road after tragedy strikes.
Director: Ani Simon-Kennedy | Stars: Sabrina Carpenter, Steven Ogg, Christina Nuki, Dani Payne
Votes: 1,404
8. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 104 min | Biography, Drama
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Thora Birch, Michael Riley, Robert Bockstael, Makyla Smith
Votes: 4,404
9. Paper Lives (2021)
TV-MA | 96 min | Drama
Mehmet is a cherished fellow who runs the solid waste warehouse in the neighborhood, he helps everyone in need, especially homeless children and teenagers since he was one too.
Director: Can Ulkay | Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Emir Ali Dogrul, Ersin Arici, Turgay Tanülkü
Votes: 13,798
10. Goodbye Berlin (2016)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tristan Göbel, Aniya Wendel, Justina Humpf, Paul Busche
Votes: 11,045
11. Go Ask Alice (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
A 15-year-old girl in late-1960s America is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs and eventually seeks help.
Director: John Korty | Stars: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton, Julie Adams
Votes: 1,099
12. Joe's Palace (2007 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 108 min | Drama
A drama centered on the relationship between Elliot Graham (Sir Michael Gambon), a strange and wealthy Londoner, and Joe Dix (Danny Lee Wynter), a teenager who takes care of an empty house Elliot owns.
Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Michael Gambon, Danny Lee Wynter, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 1,363
13. The Forger (2012)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
A teenager wanders into Carmel, California, where he is soon introduced to the art-forgery community.
Director: Lawrence Roeck | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Josh Hutcherson, Alfred Molina, Billy Boyd
Votes: 4,852
14. My Little Girl (1986)
R | 118 min | Drama
A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.
Director: Connie Kaiserman | Stars: James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Mary Stuart Masterson, Anne Meara
Votes: 384
15. What Would Jesus Do? (2010)
PG | 94 min | Drama
A group of Americans--a singer, a newspaper editor, a pastor, and a real-estate mogul--vow to walk in the steps of Jesus. Every day, every decision, becomes a turning point in their lives as they ask themselves "What Would Jesus Do?"
Director: Thomas Makowski | Stars: John Schneider, Maxine Bahns, Adam Gregory, Mark Arnold
Votes: 878
16. Not Angels But Angels (1994)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Interviews with a procurer and with nineteen boys and young men who are prostitutes in Prague. The youths range in age from 14 to 19. They hustle at the central train station and at clubs. ... See full summary »
Director: Wiktor Grodecki | Stars: Eda, Joseph Gregori, Honza, Jarda
Votes: 526
17. Augusta, Gone (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
A troubled teenager's mother tries everything she can think of to control her bad behavior, even if it means sending her away to a hokey but strict nature camp.
Director: Tim Matheson | Stars: Sharon Lawrence, Mika Boorem, Tamara Hope, Currie Graham
Votes: 1,130
18. Welcome (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Bilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.
Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Derya Ayverdi
Votes: 7,621 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Strange Love (1997)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
A Tokyo teacher becomes infatuated with his student, who seduces him. Later, his student's rockstar boyfriend's new neighbor, an innocent girl, enrolls at the same school, and the student becomes infatuated with her.
Stars: Atsuko Kichiya, Ayumi Sakurai, Akira Ishida, Ryôko Kinomiya
Votes: 129
20. Hangin' In (1981–1987)
Comedy
Teen counselors deal with a myriad of problems affecting young people at a downtown youth drop-in center.
Stars: David Eisner, Ruth Springford, Lally Cadeau, Gina Wilkinson
Votes: 101
21. Sin destino (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
This is a shocking film that deals with a 15-year-old boy who rents his body to men in order to pay for his drug abuses. Fran, tired of being termed a homosexual by others, confides in his ... See full summary »
Director: Leopoldo Laborde | Stars: Roberto Cobo, Francisco Rey, David Valdez, Mariana Gajá
Votes: 222
22. No et moi (2010)
105 min | Drama
Thirteen-year-old Lou Bertignac is a gifted but lonely child. At high school she is already in fifth grade, two years ahead of the other students, but she has no friends. At home, she does ... See full summary »
Director: Zabou Breitman | Stars: Julie-Marie Parmentier, Nina Rodriguez, Antonin Chalon, Bernard Campan
Votes: 532
23. The Graffiti Artist (2004)
PG-13 | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Adrift in a lush, nocturnal urban landscape, Nick is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle ... See full summary »
Director: James Bolton | Stars: Ruben Bansie, Pledgure Duoshun, Zachary S. Smalls, Robert D. Heath Jr.
Votes: 808
24. Capitães da Areia (2011)
96 min | Adventure
About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
Directors: Cecília Amado, Guy Gonçalves | Stars: Jean Amorim, Ana Graciela, Roberio Lima, Israel Gouvea
Votes: 1,048
25. The Price of Love (1995 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
16 year old Bret lives with his indifferent father and a stepmother who abhors him. After yet another fight he leaves home. He meets two guys and a girl who are drifting around. He feels ... See full summary »
Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Laurel Holloman, Jay R. Ferguson, Steven Martini
Votes: 166
26. Angst (2000)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
An aspiring horror movie writer searches for love in a world of heartache, desperation and fluffy toys.
Director: Daniel Nettheim | Stars: Sam Lewis, Jessica Napier, Justin Smith, Abi Tucker
Votes: 169
27. The Mutants (1998)
113 min | Drama
Three homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela, Helder Tavares
Votes: 651
28. American Vagabond (2013)
85 min | Documentary
American Vagabond is a cinematic feature documentary about gay youth living without a home in the shadows of a promised city. It's a story about a modern Western society in which ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna Helke | Stars: James Temple, Tyler Johnson, Sandy Temple, Jim Temple
Votes: 155
29. Outcasts (1986)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Ah-Ching, a young student gets cast off by his parents because he is gay. In a public park in Taipei he finds a group of other young gays and joins them to live in the house of a ... See full summary »
Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Yueh Sun, Ming-Ming Su, Hsin Shao, Wei-Hsin Chen
Votes: 78
30. FAQs (2005)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
After living on the tough streets of LA for a while, India hopes that every gay basher will meet his destiny. In this case Destiny is a black, 6 foot, high heel wearing, gun toting, drag ... See full summary »
Directors: Everett Lewis, Joe Lia | Stars: Joe Lia, Allan Louis, Lance Lee Davis, Adam Larson
Votes: 531 | Gross: $0.00M
31. Joe's Place (2011)
Documentary
Joe's Place is a residential home for homeless teens boys in St. Louis. It began as a joint venture between a church and a school district to address the needs of homelessness in Maplewood,... See full synopsis »
Director: Matt Seilback | Stars: David Oyelowo, Alyssa Reeve, Dan Reeve
32. Lost in the Crowd (2010)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Umm... Suzi was obviously a terrible listener. Because atleast HALF of the story of myself was created in an incredibly unreal and fake way.
Director: Susi Graf | Stars: Kimy Hartman, Jazmine Perez, Alex Rios, Adrian Tolberg
Votes: 21
33. Dostoyanie respubliki (1972)
138 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The swordsman and the commissar crossed their swords over the treasure.
Director: Vladimir Bychkov | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Andrey Mironov, Spartak Mishulin, Yuriy Tolubeev
Votes: 419
34. Left Behind: Stories of Homeless Youth (2013)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Homeless youth are invisible to the public eye. This film gives us an opportunity to dive into a life of a homeless youth. We see that every youth has a different captivating story as to why they are homeless.
Director: Shane Williamson | Stars: Mick Founts, Sara Garfield, Kathleen Serna Halliday, Tony Harper
35. Crows (1988)
45 min | Drama
The life of some homeless teenagers in Tel-Aviv, many of them homosexuals.
Director: Ayelet Menahemi | Stars: Gili Ben-Ozilio, Itzik Nini, Boaz Turgeman
Votes: 21
36. Rainbow House (2002)
88 min | Documentary
Rainbow House is America's first homeless shelter exclusively for gay teens.
Directors: Garret Mark, Inga Stanelun
37. Roam (2001)
14 min | Drama, Short
Two young Latino brothers struggle to survive the streets of Los Angeles.
Director: Carolina Vila | Stars: Derek Delgado, Roberto Enrique, Martin Joseph, Tracey Tre' Parker
Votes: 14
38. Invisible Young (2012)
78 min | Documentary
A documentary that tells the life stories of four young adults who were homeless as teenagers. It looks at their families, their day to-day lives, their possible fates, and follows them as they strive for a hopeful, prosperous future.
Director: Steven Keller | Stars: Caleb Penn, Maggie Jane Tatone
Votes: 8
39.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
The Superhero
(2005)
44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Morgan discovers his newest client sold his soul for superpowers.
Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Christine Chatelain, Jason Gray-Stanford
Votes: 23
40.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Empty Child
(2005)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a spaceship crashes in the middle of the London Blitz the Doctor, Rose and the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness find themselves investigating a plague of physical injuries and a little boy in a gas mask.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Kate Harvey, Albert Valentine
Votes: 10,380
41.
The Guardian (2001–2004)
Episode:
Shelter
(2002)
TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama
Nick and Lulu defend orphan Denny Collins (16) and his true love Jeanette Munday, homeless teenagers who just had a baby and want to keep it, even after they squat in the stylish old house,... See full summary »
Director: Steve Gomer | Stars: Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Charles Malik Whitfield
Votes: 113
42.
My So-Called Life (1994–1995)
Episode:
Resolutions
(1995)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
It's a new year, and everybody's making resolutions. Rickie finds himself homeless once again, and Brian finds himself tutoring Jordan.
Director: Patrick R. Norris | Stars: Bess Armstrong, Wilson Cruz, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall
Votes: 318
43.
My So-Called Life (1994–1995)
Episode:
So Called Angels
(1994)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rickie finds himself homeless on Christmas, and Angela tries to help him with the aid of a mysterious homeless girl.
Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Bess Armstrong, Wilson Cruz, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall
Votes: 443
44.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
Welcome to Our City
(1971)
TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama
The trio tries to help a boy in his search for his father, who came to L.A. from West Virginia hoping to find work. It soon becomes apparent that there are people who don't want them to find the man, and that he is in debt to loan sharks.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 31
45.
The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode:
The Smell of Death
(2020)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
A rash of young men go missing around Chicago during the 1970's. When bodies start washing up in the river a pattern emerges.
Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: William Kunkle, Rachael Bell, Pat Berry, Greg Bedoe
Votes: 12
46.
Skins (2007–2013)
Episode:
Chris
(2008)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
Chris receives some startling news that forces him to look at his future more closely. Of course this is Chris, so he won't be able to do this on his own. Jal tries a different attitude to ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Enfield | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Dev Patel, Hannah Murray
Votes: 1,016
47.
Murder by the Sea (2018– )
Episode:
Stuart Diamond: Blackpool
(2019)
47 min | Documentary, Crime
When the body of homeless teenager is found behind a Blackpool hotel, police soon come to realise that the most dangerous type of killer is on the loose - one who attacks complete strangers.
Director: Craig Oats | Stars: Geoffrey Wansell, James Thomas
48.
The Rookie (2018– )
Episode:
In Justice
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nolan and Harper are assigned to a community policing center in an attempt to rebuild the station's reputation.
Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Shawn Ashmore, Mekia Cox, Alyssa Diaz
Votes: 1,855
49.
Skins (2007–2013)
Episode:
Thomas
(2009)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
Thomas arrives in Bristol from the Congo with his parents to follow him, but after sleeping in an empty flat he falls foul of its owner, John White, who demands money. Pandora takes a ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Massey | Stars: Merv Lukeba, Ollie Barbieri, Luke Pasqualino, Megan Prescott
Votes: 787
50.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
Britain's Street Kids
(2010)
48 min | Documentary, News
Exploring hidden world of runaway and evicted teenagers, looking at their lives and how they fend for themselves.
Director: Nick Read | Star: Andrew Knott
Votes: 7