Child Protagonist Movies

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

It's Nadine's first day of school, a significant historical event considered by her mother to be one of many "milestone days", which must be...

David Wiseman is eleven years old and mad about cricket. He has all the kit but none of the skill. When a Jamaican family moves in next door the...

A young quirky girl finds her way in a crazy world.

In the middle of a Texas summer, plans for a babysitter fall through and six-year-old Caroline is left in charge of her two younger siblings.

Drama engulfs the household of Edith Ann and her family during the holidays.

An 11-year-old boy steals money for bribes to remove his gay older brother from Thai military conscription rolls, unaware of the ramifications.

Three friends find a treasure map from the mysterious 'White Falcons', a juvenile gang whose leader disappeared ten years before.

China, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair and a child who holds all the secrets.

Daniel arrives at school wearing brand-new sneakers from America, gifted to him by his father. When he sees another boy wearing the same sneakers, he...

By giving non-traditional answers, Pi Pi Lu is seen as a disruptive student by his teacher, Ms. Xu. In her view, only tamed students could be good...

While on vacation with their bickering parents, young Eva and her little brother Johnny find in a polluted lake two strange friendly sentient...

Ramon, a twelve year old visit a bicycle shop to fix a puncture. There he meets an old man named Mario, a former amateur cyclist, and was fascinated...

Three orphans take on a pair of snooty toffs in the Old Town Dog Show.

Cadette inadvertently puts Nono at risk trying to befriend her introverted classmate Sam during a class project.

The story of Daniel, an 11 year-old victim of the foster system, and his last chance at finding a family.

Charlie doesn't want to be here. Stuck at his tyrannical Grandpa's house while his mom is away, he finds a secret passage in his dad's old room....

RGB and Kidda deal with a difficult customer's infected computer from which they unwittingly unleash a virus.

Five boys and girls. Five small courage. Five different stories. But all linked together. From acclaimed director/writer Shunsuke Okubo ("Clocks...

In this Iranian film, social worker Mina (Fateme Motamed-Aria) tells the reformatory head they should offer genuine emotional feedback to their...