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1. Gone for Good (2021)
TV-MA | 247 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Guillaume thought he had drawn a line under the terrible tragedy which saw the two people he loved the most die. Ten years later, Judith, whose love has made his life worth living again, suddenly disappears during his mother's funeral.
Stars: Finnegan Oldfield, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Guillaume Gouix, Garance Marillier
Votes: 5,314
2. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 192 min | Biography, Drama
The real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 1,654
3. Damned (2016–2018)
24 min | Comedy
Comedy set in a local authority's social-services department. Social workers Rose and Al swim against the tide of bureaucracy, deal with the absurdities of life, and try to navigate their equally trying professional and personal lives.
Stars: Jo Brand, Alan Davies, Kevin Eldon, Georgie Glen
Votes: 1,182
4. Savage Messiah (2002)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic rituals, and ruthless mental and physical abuse.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Polly Walker, Luc Picard, Isabelle Blais, Louis Ferreira
Votes: 1,222
5. Reckless (1995)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, a regretful husband admits to his high-spirited wife that he has hired a contract killer to take her out. She immediately flees. A nice couple offers her shelter, but everyone have dark secrets in this wacky movie.
Director: Norman René | Stars: Mia Farrow, Tony Goldwyn, Juana Barrios, Mike Heibeck
Votes: 520 | Gross: $0.10M
6. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 2,294
7. East Side/West Side (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
In this weekly drama show, George C. Scott plays a dedicated social worker trying to solve the problems of his clients in the fascinating mix of cultures that makes up New York City.
Stars: George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, Linden Chiles
Votes: 206
8. The Social Worker (2023)
99 min | Drama
Benjamin Anderson, a social worker who has been helping families for over a decade, struggles to keep his own family together. As he scrambles to balance his time between work and home, he receives a case that changes his life forever.
Director: Bryan Gibbs | Stars: Jeremy Francois, Nicole Marie Hunt, Rick Meyering, Dale Dobson
9. The Interrupters (2011)
Unrated | 125 min | Documentary, Crime
A year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Tio Hardiman, Ameena Matthews, Toya Batey, Cobe Williams
Votes: 3,616 | Gross: $0.28M
10. The Tails of Boo-Boo & Cuddly Poo (2022)
168 min | Documentary
The Tails of Boo-Boo and Cuddly Poo is a quirky documentary about the plight of stray animals in India with a focus on cruelty, abandonment, rescue and love.
Director: Salil Jason Fernandez | Stars: Aadhya Anand, Mallika Bajaj, Shaheen Bhatt, Sapna Bhavnani
11. Poppy Shakespeare (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Director: Benjamin Ross | Stars: Anna Maxwell Martin, Tessa Peake-Jones, Claire Benedict, Kolade Agboke
Votes: 520
12. Get Your Stuff (2000)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A wealthy professional gay couple, who wish to adopt children, see their lives turned topsy turvy when they take in two misbehaving brothers, supposedly just for one night.
Director: Max Mitchell | Stars: Cameron Watson, Anthony Meindl, Elaine Hendrix, Grady Hutt
Votes: 624
13. Do Qadam Dur Thay (2014)
Drama, Family, Romance
When Zohaib is forced to marry Nayab on gunpoint, he leaves her in the middle of a road and runs away. Do Qadam Dur Thay is a gripping story of love, sorrow and heartache as two people who are seeking each other despite of being together.
Stars: Sami Khan, Ayeza Khan
Votes: 39
14. Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin (1973)
91 min | Drama
Roswitha is working to carry out illegal abortions, to support her husband and two children. The police discovers her and the husband is arrested. Roswitha gets involved in social work and politics.
Director: Alexander Kluge | Stars: Alexandra Kluge, Franz Bronski, Bion Steinborn, Sylvia Gartmann
Votes: 335
15. Foster Child (2007)
98 min | Drama
A drama centered on the state of foster care in the Philippines.
Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Cherry Pie Picache, Kier Segundo, Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio
Votes: 294
16. 10 jours pour s'aimer (2011 TV Movie)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
Charles, a businessman accustomed to a lifestyle quite hectic and with a peculiar drinking's problem, is sentenced to 10 days of social work in a village lost in middle of the countryside ... See full summary »
Director: Christophe Douchand | Stars: Claire Borotra, Guillaume Cramoisan, Raphaël Lenglet, Gil Alma
Votes: 53
17. The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912)
Unrated | 14 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A young boy, opressed by his mother, goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group where he dares to dream of a land where the cares of his ordinary life fade.
Director: Harold M. Shaw | Stars: Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin, Ethel Jewett
Votes: 872
18. Die Diebin & der General (2005 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Jessie Fischer, a single mother has lost her job and committed shoplifting has been sentenced to social work in a retirement home.There she meets Walter Voss called "The General" who is ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Alexandre | Stars: Katja Riemann, Jürgen Hentsch, Heio von Stetten, Mischa Knobloch
Votes: 79
19. Attention danger travail (2003)
109 min | Documentary
A documentary about people who chose not to work.
Directors: Pierre Carles, Christophe Coello, Stéphane Goxe | Star: Christian Lançon
Votes: 147
20. Together (XXIII)
Documentary | Post-production
30 years after family tragedy drove her into the foster care system, Juliet, a Vietnamese-American woman, returns to the scene of her mother's death to confront her unresolved trauma and ... See full summary »
Director: Yasmin Mistry | Stars: Juliet Pearrell, Jen Kimble, Hong Nguyen, Ethan Kimble
22. The Children's Court (1983 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
Director: Mario Andreacchio
23. Therapeutic Journeys: Counselling Aboriginal Clients and Their Families - Alcohol and Drug Counselling Skills with Adults and Adolescents (2002 Video)
38 min | Documentary, Short
The program features three counseling sessions with an Aboriginal family.
Director: Sue Helfgott | Star: Wendy Casey
24. Lal Doriya (2002)
142 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A protestation against extortion on general people of society.
Director: F.I. Manik | Stars: Riaz, Amin Khan, Mousumi, Razzak
Votes: 12
25. Witness (1987– )
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Jonathan Dimbleby, Jamie Foreman, Barbara Young, Stephen Bent
26. Joy Exchange (2018)
90 min | Documentary
Chronicle of exchange program conducted between two schools in North and South India. the film takes a journey from small villages in Rajasthan to Deccan and south India. This is a story ... See full summary »
Director: Priyankeshu Parihar
27. Adèle et Kamel (2005 TV Movie)
100 min
Kamel is an adolescent who has always lived in the streets.After the theft of a scooter Kamel has to chose between the prison or a social work.Kamel chooses the social work.His duty is to ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Monnet | Stars: Nadine Alari, Aymen Saïdi, Hippolyte Girardot, Nathalie Corré
Votes: 11
28. Bernie (2005)
62 min | Documentary
Tells the story of filmmaker Jay Heyman's grandfather. Grandpa Bernie grew up in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in New York City and later returned to the same institution as a professional ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Heyman
29. FC United: City Pirates (2022)
Documentary
FC United: City Pirates is a coming of age story about a diverse group of teenagers who want to win on Saturday and are trying not to lose during the rest of week. Who will be the champ? 18... See full summary »
30. La notte bianca (2009)
15 min | Short, Horror
Italy, 21th century. Everyday three workers die during working time. What could happen if they awake?
Director: Paolo Battista | Stars: Felice Avella, Antonello De Rosa, Marianna Esposito, Mauro Santopietro
31. Depression Yarns: Tackling Depression and Anxiety in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (2010 Video)
64 min | Documentary, Drama
Developed by beyondblue, the national depression initiative, this DVD seeks to increase awareness and understanding about the effect of depression and anxiety on Aboriginal and Torres ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Baigent, Josephine Battaglini, Nathan Blacklock, Jack Bulman
32. Angeschlagen (1997 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
Director: Matti Geschonneck | Stars: Oliver Stritzel, Nina Petri, Guido Zarncke, Eva Kryll
33. Tiou Dou Goun - Le Village du Futur (2023 TV Movie)
Documentary
Burkina Faso, 2022. In a country plagued by political instability and security threats, a team of African men and women strive with all the means they have to stop the degradation of one of Burkina Faso's largest protected areas.
Director: Gail Malbete | Stars: Souleymane Gaye, Caroline Bassono, Adeline Dorothée Kando, Siaka Sanou
34. The Romance of an Old Maid (1912)
Comedy, Romance, Short
Ruth Dayton, though she was smiled at by her friends, and regarded as having reached that stage of life when heart affairs had ceased to trouble her, was nevertheless not lost to ... See full summary »
Director: Otis Turner | Stars: King Baggot, Rolinda Bainbridge, Gladys Egan, William E. Shay
35. Crossing the Line (2005 Video)
56 min | Documentary
'Crossing the Line' follows the journeys of two young medical students, Amy and Paul, who leave their safe middle class homes and university behind to be thrust into the harsh reality of ... See full summary »
Director: Kaye Harrison | Stars: Paul Joffe, Amy McCormack, Nigel Brown, Amador Ibanez-Almarchis
36. For a Better Life (2018)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Sold for $100, Fekri suffers years of abuse before his plight is discovered. After almost a year of hospitalization, Fekri moves into a group home where he finds support, mentorship, and forgiveness towards the family which sold him.
Director: Yasmin Mistry | Star: Fekri Kram
Votes: 5
37. Stola und Lederjacke - Das Leben des Rockerpriesters Guy Gilbert (2017)
Documentary
Guy Gilbert a catholic priest who looks like a rocker from the 1960s tries to help young people who take the wrong way in there life. Some of this young people murdered, raped, or stole a ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus Marschalek
38. Don't Be Buntha: Hep C - Don't Let It Be (2008 Video)
22 min | Short, Documentary
Claymation story of three friends discussing the possibility of a positive diagnosis of Hepatitis C. They discuss the potential effects physically as well as the social effects and how to ... See full summary »
Star: Rachel Abdulla
39. Alternative Influence: YouTube Censorship Manifesto - Rebutted! (2018 Video)
83 min | News
Star: Stefan Molyneux
40. Voices from the Lost Generation: The Grandmothers, the Users, the Children (2008 Video)
64 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Charlie Agius, Heather Agius, Stuart Banks, Veronica Brodie
41. Dokumentrate ali Lepi trenutki v tezkih casih (2018)
24 min | Documentary, Short
The film documents the camp The Art of Deinstitutionalisation that was organized in the spring of 2017 at the castle Cmurek at Trate that gave a voice to the residents of mental health ... See full summary »
Directors: Gasper Markun, Renato Svara
Votes: 9
43. Visiting Ellie (2010)
12 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A volunteer community outreach worker is determined to free Ellie Hooper of her homicidal delusions, but some delusions exist beyond the mind. Some are real... Deadly real.
Director: Craig Stewart | Stars: Jennifer Gillespie, Jennifer Gillespie, Mark Junop, Drew Lint
44. Your Story Matters (2013 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Your Brain Matters is a program that will help you to look after your brain health so you can live a strong and healthy life. Keeping your brain healthy is important for living a long, ... See full summary »
Directors: Ben Graetz, Tim Wood | Stars: Jason De Santis, Kamahi King, Tessa Rose, Shari Sebbens
45. Making the Break (1994)
47 min | Documentary
How women from very different backgrounds find a way to leave violent relationships.
Directors: Anne Marie Carty, Louise Wadley
46. Sudhu Tomari An Unending Love Story (2013)
65 min | Drama, Romance
A Social worker Raj Chatterji fall in love with a simple girl Sayanti Ganguly. But sayanti did not like or love him because of his family high status. raj propose sayanti that he love her ... See full summary »
Directors: Rajkumar Patra, Avi Bandyopadhyay, Anamik Saha | Stars: Rajkumar Patra, Priyanka Saha, Raj s Giri, Rocky Rupkumar Patra
47. Juvenile Aid Panels (1979)
32 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
Director: John Dick | Stars: Anne Bannon, Elaine Bentley, Judy Dick, Frank Gallacher
48. Wages of Power (1993 Video)
37 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: Margaret Haselgrove | Stars: Reg Brand, Rob Hall, Alan Jenkins
49. Lucie Carrasco - Une histoire d'hommes (2002 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The backstage preparation of stylist Lucie Carrasco's men's collection parade, on November 4th 2002, at the "Palais des Congrès" in Lyon (France).
Directors: Farid Dms Debah, Bina Znamirowski | Stars: Christophe Alévêque, Michel Bernini, Jean-Marie Bigard, Patrick Bosso
Votes: 27
50. Rotenberg (2018)
78 min | Documentary
Mordechai Rotenberg, the founder of Jewish psychology, Israel Prize laureate, researches and teaches the influence of religion on the psyche and on daily life. The film follows Rotenberg in... See full summary »
Director: Shalom Hager | Star: Mordechai Rotenberg