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51. London to Brighton (2006)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Desperate to evade an angry pimp, a London prostitute and a young girl flee by train to Brighton after an appointment with a powerful client goes violently wrong.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, Nathan Constance
Votes: 8,740
52. Oliver Twist (I) (1982 TV Movie)
103 min | Crime, Drama
The classic Charles Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West
Votes: 566
53. Ciske the Rat (1984)
TV-14 | 180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A poor 11-year-old schoolboy with a heart of gold grows up in 1930s Amsterdam.
Director: Guido Pieters | Stars: Danny de Munk, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Herman van Veen, Willem Nijholt
Votes: 3,013
54. Bus 174 (2002)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Crime
On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda | Stars: Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Anonymous
Votes: 8,630 | Gross: $0.22M
55. Casa Street (2023)
TV-G | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Fate brings three street children together in an adventure of danger, fear, joy and emotion when they accidentally find a bag full of money.
Stars: Mohammed Larbi Sahraoui, Salma Kamal, Akram Souhail, Amr Assil
Votes: 260
56. Speedway Junky (1999)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Johnny wants to be a stock car racer one day. He meets a young, gay hustler in Vegas, who takes him to meet his friends/gang and his "mom", an ex hooker etc.
Director: Nickolas Perry | Stars: Richard Balin, Jaime Bergman, Jesse Bradford, Jordan Brower
Votes: 1,939 | Gross: $0.02M
57. Ratas, ratones, rateros (1999)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Carlos Valencia, Marco Bustos, Cristina Dávila, Fabricio Lalama
Votes: 914
58. Inhale (2010)
R | 83 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger, Sam Shepard, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 6,719 | Gross: $0.00M
59. Battle of the Brave (2004)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls.
Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Sébastien Huberdeau
Votes: 1,364
60. The Crossing (I) (2021)
84 min | Animation, Drama
An animated feature film following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away, because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country.
Director: Florence Miailhe | Stars: Emilie Lan Dürr, Florence Miailhe, Maxime Gemin, Arthur Perreira
Votes: 549
61. On Guard (1997)
TV-14 | 128 min | Adventure, Drama
The Comte de Gonzague schemes against his cousin, the Duc de Nevers, even though he is the Duke's heir and will inherit his estates. The Count has kept secret the existence of the Duke's ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Perez, Marie Gillain
Votes: 3,813 | Gross: $0.10M
62. Noble (2014)
PG-13 | 100 min | Biography, Drama
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
Director: Stephen Bradley | Stars: Deirdre O'Kane, Sarah Greene, Gloria Cramer Curtis, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 1,841 | Gross: $0.35M
63. The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020)
124 min | Drama
In 1972, young women looking for a fresh start in life endure isolated captivity in a true 98-day human experiment studying the effects of marijuana on females.
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Hannah Vandenbygaart, Daniel DeSanto, Craig Burnatowski
Votes: 207
64. Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Family
A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and help to foil an audacious robbery while rescuing members of their own gang.
Director: Julian Kemp | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Anna Chancellor, Michael Maloney
Votes: 258
65. The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
R | 103 min | Drama
A homeless schizophrenic seeks the help of a streetwise combat veteran as they attempt to overcome cruel life on the streets.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Danny Glover, Matt Dillon, Rick Aviles, Nina Siemaszko
Votes: 2,822 | Gross: $0.06M
66. Gervaise (1956)
116 min | Drama
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus
Votes: 1,649
67. The Swallows of Kabul (2019)
81 min | Animation, Drama, War
Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.
Directors: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Hiam Abbass, Swann Arlaud, Zita Hanrot
Votes: 2,681
68. Última Parada 174 (2008)
Unrated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chronicle of a real-life bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro that occurred on June 12, 2000.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Michel Gomes, Cris Vianna, Marcello Melo Jr., Gabriela Luiz
Votes: 5,583
69. Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Crime
A group of children living on the street leave their gang, prompting retribution from the gang's leader. After one of the children dies, the rest try to come up with the resources to give their friend a proper burial.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Mounïm Kbab, Mustapha Hansali, Hicham Moussoune, Abdelhak Zhayra
Votes: 2,940
70. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (I) (1920)
Unrated | 69 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst, Charles Lane
Votes: 6,052
71. Children Underground (2001)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
A profile of homeless Romanian children who were born victims of the nation's reckless population growth policy during its communist era.
Director: Edet Belzberg | Stars: Cristina Ionescu, Mihai Alexandre Tudose, Violeta 'Macarena' Rosu, Ana Turturica
Votes: 2,456
72. The Rose Seller (1998)
116 min | Drama
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Víctor Gaviria | Stars: Leidy María 'Lady' Tabares, Marta Correa, Mileider Gil, Diana Murillo
Votes: 2,134
73. A Fortunate Life (1986)
371 min | Biography, Drama, History
Four part biopic about classic Australian author A.B. Facey (1894-1982). Born in a large impoverished family, uneducated and illiterate, he had to fend for himself since he was eight, and as a recruit in WWI, he was sent to Gallipoli.
Stars: Bill Kerr, Dorothy Alison, Dale Randall, John Ley
Votes: 116
74. 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: 4,721 | Gross: $0.12M
75. Johnny Go Home: The Murder of Billy Two-Tone (1975 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
A two part investigation of the dangers facing teenagers, who leave home for the bright lights of London. The End of the Line followed the case histories of Tommy, a 12 year-old Scottish ... See full summary »
Director: John Willis
Votes: 20
76. The Red Danube (1949)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, War
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 717
77. Maging sino ka man (1991)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Monique is a popular singer disguised as Digna to escape from her stepfather and her stepbrother Gilbert, who slowly killed her mother and also wanted to kill her to seize their wealth. ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Rodriguez | Stars: Sharon Cuneta, Robin Padilla, Edu Manzano, Vina Morales
Votes: 62
78. Ragazzi fuori (1990)
110 min | Drama
Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Francesco Benigno, Alessandra Di Sanzo, Roberto Mariano, Maurizio Prollo
Votes: 613
79. Las Hurdes (1933)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Votes: 6,269
80. Mila (2001)
TV-PG | 116 min | Drama
The film was based on the life story of Anita Pamintuan who died during her fight for proper wages and compensation for public school-teachers in the Philippines.
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Maricel Soriano, Piolo Pascual, Princess Punzalan, Cherry Pie Picache
Votes: 64
81. Lisa and the Other Woman (1961)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
Poor Lisa and rich Mitsi are like two peas in a pod; however, a rash act of defiance will lead to a tight collaboration between Lisa and Mitsi's father, who pays a hefty reward to bring peace into his home. Can Lisa become the other woman?
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Labros Konstadaras, Thanasis Vengos, Giorgos Pantzas
Votes: 483
82. Joe Hill (1971)
GP | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson
Votes: 925 | Gross: $0.03M
83. Siddharth (2013)
G | 96 min | Drama
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
Director: Richie Mehta | Stars: Rajesh Tailang, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Anurag Arora, Shobha Sharma Jassi
Votes: 765 | Gross: $0.06M
84. El Ott (2014)
92 min | Mystery, Thriller
An Egyptian gangster, El Ott, divorced his wife, Salma, and left the family soon after his daughter, Amina, was mysteriously kidnapped and lost in Cairo. El Ott discovers that Fathi, a ... See full summary »
Director: Ibrahim El-Batout | Stars: Amr Waked, Farouk Al-Fishawy, Salah Alhanafy, Amr Farouk
Votes: 3,491
85. State buoni se potete (1983)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Around the year 1500, the Italian priest Don Filippo Neri helps street kids and orphans in his poor little chapel. He is no clergyman by the book, but a true believer in terms good and bad ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Johnny Dorelli, Philippe Leroy, Rodolfo Bigotti, Flora Carabella
Votes: 1,464
86. Traffic Signal (2007)
130 min | Drama
Traffic Signal is a Madhur Bhandarkar movie that reveals the truth behind the multimillion dollar begging Industry in India.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Stars: Kunal Kemmu, Nitu Chandra, Upendra Limaye, Ranvir Shorey
Votes: 1,767
87. Boot Polish (1954)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Preteen brother and sister, abandoned by their father, to be taken care of, by an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning to shine shoes instead of begging.
Director: Prakash Arora | Stars: Kumari Naaz, Ratan Kumar, David Abraham, Chand Burke
Votes: 884
88. Sons of Ramses (2022)
98 min | Drama
A mastermind manipulator who runs a successful fortune-telling business has his life turned upside down with the arrival of a dangerous and elusive group of street children from Tangier, ... See full summary »
Director: Clément Cogitore | Stars: Karim Leklou, Jawad Outoui, Elyes Dkhissi, Yilin Yang
Votes: 345
89. Más sabe el diablo: El primer golpe (2010 Video)
90 min | Action
Prequel to the TV series. El Diablo and his gang of thieves from New York, led by a professional female criminal, is recruited by a secretive businessman to rob a casino in Florida during a... See full summary »
Director: Danny Gavidia | Stars: Jencarlos Canela, Angélica Celaya, Miguel Varoni, Gaby Espino
Votes: 88
90. Chica de Río (2001)
TV-MA | 102 min | Comedy
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.
Director: Christopher Monger | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Vanessa Nunes, Santiago Segura, Patrick Barlow
Votes: 1,013
91. Vanessa (2007 Video)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama
A young abuse victim runs away from home, eventually resorting to prostitution as a means of supporting herself while praying for the miracle that will steer her away from suicide and help her get started down the road to recovery.
Director: Bozidar D. Benedikt | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Candice Prentice, Caroline Perron, Paola Pasqualini
Votes: 57
92. Kim (1984 TV Movie)
150 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Ravi Sheth
Votes: 234
93. Swingin' Betty (1984)
74 min | Musical
Young woman leaves Minas Gerais State, Brazil, to try to be a singer in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Lael Rodrigues | Stars: Débora Bloch, Lauro Corona, Diogo Vilela, Maria Zilda Bethlem
Votes: 254
94. 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
95. The Little Polish (2003)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenage street urchin tries to save his new love from prostitution.
Director: Juan Carlos Desanzo | Stars: Abel Ayala, Marina Glezer, Fernando Roa, Roly Serrano
Votes: 751
96. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
189 min | Drama, Romance
When a homeless and orphaned young man finds work in the house of a wealthy man, he falls in love with the daughter of that wealthy man. But things start to change a lot thereafter.
Director: Prakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rakhee Gulzar, Rekha
Votes: 3,057
97. Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bob is a struggling artist who paints for his own amusement. Julie is a rich society girl. When they meet, it is cute and they are soon married. Living in a small apartment with the ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley, Helen Vinson
Votes: 458
98. Kismat (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Drama
Tony works as a hit-man for a gangster, Vikas Patil, who owes his alliance to the wealthy Raj Mallya. Raj Mallya is involved in marketing out-dated drugs.
Director: Guddu Dhanoa | Stars: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kabir Bedi, Sanjay Narvekar
Votes: 544
99. Show Me (2004)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
When two squeegee kids descend upon Sarah and her luxury sedan, the fuse is lit on a tense cat and mouse tale of captors and captives. Sarah is forced to continue her trip to an isolated ... See full summary »
Director: Cassandra Nicolaou | Stars: Michelle Nolden, Birkett Turton, Gabriel Hogan, Allegra Fulton
Votes: 450
100. Eighteen (2005)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
On his eighteenth birthday, Pip receives his grandfather's Second World War memoirs on audio cassette, a gift that awakens the ghosts of the past.
Director: Richard Bell | Stars: Paul Anthony, Brendan Fletcher, Clarence Sponagle, Mark Hildreth
Votes: 665