Journey 1995
1h 36m | Drama | Release date: December 10, 1995 (United States)
Storyline:
Journey and his grandfather Marcus have to come to terms with each other’s reactions to the loss when Journey’s mother, Min, decides to leave Journey and his sister Cat to be looked after by their grandparents.
Somewhere Boy 2022 (s01)
23m | Drama | Release date: October 16, 2022 (United Kingdom)
Storyline:
Danny was a baby when his mother was killed in a car crash. Overcome with grief, his father locked him away in a house, telling him the outside world is full of monsters that will spirit him away like his mother.
Lima Elang 2011
1h 28m | Adventure, Drama, Family | Release date: August 25, 2011 (Indonesia)
Storyline:
Baron is reluctant to move from Jakarta to Balikpapan. In the new town, he chooses to play with his remote-controlled car, instead of making new friends. Despite his behavior, Baron is chosen to represent his school in a boy-scout camp with his schoolmate, the overtly optimistic Rusdi. Together with other friends, the fire expert Anton and the temperamental Aldi, and a strong girl they meet in a camp named Sindai, they stumble into an unexpected adventure as Rusdi and Anton are kidnapped by illegal loggers. Now it’s up to Baron, Aldi and Sindai to rescue their friends in this fun and thrilling adventure film for the whole family in the Lebaran holiday!
A Thousand and One 2023
1h 57m | Drama, Crime | Release date: March 31, 2023 (United States)
Storyline:
Unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.
Full of Grace 2022
Llenos de gracia (original title)
1h 49m | Comedy, Family | Release date: June 24, 2022 (Spain)
Storyline:
Sister Marina, a very unorthodox nun, is sent during the summer of 1994 to El Parral, a boarding school for boys threatened to be closed soon. Even though the kids welcome Marina with all kinds of pranks, they will, little by little, become something very close to the family they never had.
A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
Zamani barayé masti asbha (original title)
1h 20m | Drama, War | Release date: September 13, 2000 (France)
Storyline:
After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive. This heartbreaking tale shows the lengths to which a family will go in order to survive in the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor in order to work.
Verschwinde von hier 1999
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: September 4, 2005 (Hungary)
Storyline:
“Someday I’ll get you out of here,” promises 16-year-old Janna (Gruschenka Stevens) and leaves her newborn with her mother. Little Lukas lives in her musty pet shop for five years. At least he learns over time to imitate all the bird calls. When Janna finally takes him in, it is mainly her friend Janosch (Martin Feifel) who looks after Lukas. Although the freaky guy smokes pot and gambles away the household money, he lets Lukas feel genuine affection and gives him new courage to face life. When his idolised surrogate father ends up in jail, Lukas’ little world comes crashing down…Over a period of eight years, director Franziska Buch follows the fate of the boy. Her heartfelt drama about an unusual father-son relationship with a great cast won the Max Ophüls Prize in 2000.