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51. 7 Virgins (2005)
86 min | Crime, Drama
It is summertime in a blue-collar, marginal district of a city in South of Spain. Tano.
Director: Alberto Rodríguez | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Iride Fontana, Javier Berger, Jesús Carroza
Votes: 2,379
52. Adoption (1975)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
A lonely middle-aged woman wants to give birth to a child, but her acquaintance with dysfunctional teenagers leads her to the idea of adoption.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Katalin Berek, Gyöngyvér Vigh, Péter Fried, László Szabó
Votes: 1,498
53. The Little Kidnappers (1990 TV Movie)
G | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Two young orphans have to relocate to Nova Scotia and endure their bitter and jerky grandfather, but when they find a baby washed up on the beach, everything changes.
Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Charlton Heston, Bruce Greenwood, Patricia Gage, Dan MacDonald
Votes: 416
54. Freedom Is Paradise (1989)
76 min | Adventure, Drama
An independent young boy living in a prison-like state children's home escapes multiple times, searching for his imprisoned father.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Borisov, Aleksandr Bureyev, Svetlana Gaytan
Votes: 337
55. Men of Boys Town (1941)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy return in this sequel to the original Boys Town. This time the school faces financial trouble as Father Flanagan tries to help every little boy he meets. ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn
Votes: 1,239
56. Midnight Mary (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez, Andy Devine
Votes: 1,620
57. White Lightnin' (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Biography, Drama
Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was... See full summary »
Director: Dominic Murphy | Stars: Muse Watson, Carrie Fisher, Wallace Merck, Stephanie Astalos-Jones
Votes: 1,853
58. Lady of the Night (1925)
TV-G | 70 min | Drama, Romance
A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Malcolm McGregor, George K. Arthur, Fred Esmelton
Votes: 796 | Gross: $0.21M
59. Port of Call (1948)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A suicidal factory girl out of reformatory school, anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Nine-Christine Jönsson, Bengt Eklund, Mimi Nelson, Berta Hall
Votes: 2,768
60. That Summer! (1979)
94 min | Drama
Two girls travel to Torquay in Devon from the North of England to work as chamber maids for the summer. They meet two boys, also in Torquay for the summer, one of whom (Winstone) is entered... See full summary »
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Ray Winstone, Julie Shipley, Tony London, Emily Moore
Votes: 158
61. Tummien perhosten koti (2008)
108 min | Drama
A boy is sent to Saari, an isolated island and home to a home for troubled boys, where he falls in love with the daughter of the school's superintendent.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Niilo Syväoja, Tommi Korpela, Kristiina Halttu, Kati Outinen
Votes: 2,506
62. They Have Escaped (2014)
102 min | Drama, Mystery
Two teenage outcasts run away from a halfway house and embark on a rambling cross-country journey.
Director: J.-P. Valkeapää | Stars: Roosa Söderholm, Teppo Manner, Petteri Pennilä, Jari Pehkonen
Votes: 1,025
63. Love, Mary (1985 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A teen (Kristy McNichol), who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor (Rachel Ticotin) discovers she is dyslexic.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Matt Clark, David Paymer, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 111
64. The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Reform school girls try to make the best of a bad situation.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Susan Oliver, Melinda Casey, Beverly Long, Norma Jean Nilsson
Votes: 252
65. The World in Another Dimension (1990)
79 min | Drama
A delinquent boy of about fifteen years is sent to a reformatory and there finds himself in more trouble than he was in the outside world. Can he endure the frequent bullying that occurs at his new home?
Directors: Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy, Albert Mkrtchyan | Stars: Aleksey Ablepikhin, Ivan Bortnik, Aleksandra Kolkunova, Vladimir Kukushkin
Votes: 29
66. Hell's House (1932)
Approved | 72 min | Drama
Jimmy idolizes bootlegger Matt, and when he refuses to implicate his friend, he is sent to reform school. He befriends Shorty, a boy with a heart condition, and escapes to let the world know about the brutal conditions.
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Junior Durkin, Frank Coghlan Jr.
Votes: 1,460
67. The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former ... See full summary »
Directors: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 1,844
68. Brother (2019)
TV-MA | 96 min | Drama
Because he wanted to protect his little brother from a father too violent, Teddy, a young man without history, is accused of the murder of his father and is sent to a closed educational ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Abraham | Stars: MHD, Darren Muselet, Aïssa Maïga, Jalil Lespert
Votes: 1,300
69. Girls in Chains (1943)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a teacher loses her job because her brother-in-law is a racketeer, she takes a position at a girls' reformatory.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Arline Judge, Roger Clark, Robin Raymond, Barbara Pepper
Votes: 270
70. Blackmailed (1951)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mrs. Christopher (Fay Compton), a kindly volunteer worker at a large hospital, does a favor for a patient by delivering a sum of money to Mr. Sine (James Robertson Justice). After she ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Fay Compton, Robert Flemyng
Votes: 44
71. Youth Runs Wild (1944)
Passed | 67 min | Drama
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks, Glen Vernon
Votes: 467
72. Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance (2011)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The true story of lifelong criminal and serial killer, Carl Panzram who wrote his autobiography for a jail guard in 1928.
Director: John Borowski | Stars: John DiMaggio, Tom Lodewyck, David Salmonson, Brett Jetmund
Votes: 715
73. Gambler's Choice (1944)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley's main antagonist is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon who is determined to stop the gambling activities of Ross.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Russell Hayden, Lee Patrick
Votes: 188
74. Cool! (2004)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Five friends take their hours with petty crimes. Are persuaded by a tough gangster and his seductive girlfriend to rob a bank. When they are caught, they are condemned to spend a year and a half in Glen Mills, an experimental reformatory.
Director: Theo van Gogh | Stars: Fouad Mourigh, Farhane El Hamchaoui, Jones Kruijne, Remco Alberts
Votes: 497
75. Reformatory (1938)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jack Holt, Bobby Jordan, Charlotte Wynters, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 50
76. Rosie (1998)
97 min | Drama
In a juvenile lockup, a new ward answers questions: she's Rosie, 13, no parents, a sister Irene, a brother Michel. In flashbacks we find out what happened. She lives with Irene, who's 27, ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Toye | Stars: Aranka Coppens, Sara de Roo, Dirk Roofthooft, Joost Wynant
Votes: 578 | Gross: $0.01M
77. Good-Time Girl (1948)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
A young girl from the ghetto gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a Policeman. She runs away with two G. I.s who are also on the run and they start a crime wave.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Diana Dors, George Merritt, Flora Robson, Jean Kent
Votes: 464
78. Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Impoverished boys get sent to reform school while an adult older brother to one of them gets put on death row - all innocent of their charges.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 547
79. Girls Under 21 (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Frances Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's activities, and, when she gets out, ... See full summary »
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly, Tina Thayer
Votes: 56
80. The Ghost of Rosy Taylor (1918)
59 min | Drama
Rhoda Eldridge lives in the Paris Latin Quarter, learns at the death of her father Charles that her real name is Sayles and that she has an uncle somewhere in America. She travels to the ... See full summary »
Directors: Edward Sloman, Henry King | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest, George Periolat, Helen Howard
Votes: 79
81. Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life, but he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Bernard Punsly, Leo Gorcey
Votes: 572
82. Off the Record (1939)
Approved | 62 min | Drama
Two newspaper reporters, Thomas "Breezy" Elliott and Jane Morgan, inadvertently send a boy named Mickey Fallon to reform school after they write an expose of the illegal slot-machine racket... See full summary »
Director: James Flood | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan, Alan Baxter
Votes: 219
83. School for Girls (1934)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Annette Eldrige is sentenced to three years in a reformatory after being caught with stolen jewels. The sadistic woman in charge of the reformatory makes life terrible for everyone; ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Sidney Fox, Paul Kelly, Lois Wilson, Lucille La Verne
Votes: 31
84. Mokey (1942)
Passed | 88 min | Adventure, Drama
Mokey is an eight-year-old boy whose father gives him too little attention and whose stepmother misunderstands him. His misdeeds are due to neglect and misunderstanding on the part of his elders.
Director: Wells Root | Stars: Dan Dailey, Donna Reed, Robert Blake, Cordell Hickman
Votes: 201
85. Bad Boys (1961)
89 min | Drama
An improvisational film depicting life in a boys' reform school.
Director: Susumu Hani | Stars: Yukio Yamada, Hirokazu Yoshitake, Koichiro Yamazaki, Yasuo Kurokawa
Votes: 144
86. Two Alone (1934)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. When reform school runaway Adam arrives, he is put to work by Slag and also mistreated. Mazie ... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Jean Parker, Tom Brown, Zasu Pitts, Arthur Byron
Votes: 140
87. Rolltreppe Abwärts (1990)
71 min | Drama
A schoolboy gets dragged into a criminal life by wayward friends
Director: Martin Ruffert | Stars: Paul Müller-Brühl, Martin Gerke, Fabian Wagner, Roland Schmitt-Hartmann
88. The Penalty (1941)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The son of a murderer is entangled in his father's crimes and is sentenced to a rehabilitive farm, where he learns a new way of life.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, Robert Sterling
Votes: 233
89. Allotment Wives (1945)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 571
90. Sukeban: Tamatsuki asobi (1974)
87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Released from reform school, the Girl Boss (Yuko Kano) and her girl gang enter in conflict with another girl gang who are allied to the powerful Yakuza Boss (Toru Abe). The Girl Boss teams ... See full summary »
Director: Ikuo Sekimoto | Stars: Yûko Kanô, Ryôko Ema, Noboru Shiraishi, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 108
91. Serif za mrezami (1966)
101 min | Drama
A dramatic story from the setting of a youth de tention center. Youngster Jakub, out of delusory solidarity, gets convicted of theft and goes to prison in place ofthe "sheriff" of his gang.
Director: Dimitrij Plichta | Stars: Vojtech Brázdovic, Karol Cálik, Slavo Drozd, Frantisek Hromada
Votes: 49
92. Rosszfiúk (2000)
100 min | Drama
About the rise of a oligarch surrounded by his criminal contacts.
Director: Tamás Sas | Stars: Viktor Bodó, Zoltán Rajkai, András Stohl, Zoltán Reketye
Votes: 248
93. Little Miss Nobody (1936)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A girl gets into trouble at her orphanage and is sent away to reform school. She escapes en route but is found and brought to trial. Her father is the prosecutor.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan, Sara Haden
Votes: 45
94. The Rascals (2005)
TV-14 | 80 min | Action, Drama
A love affair between a high-school boy and a beautiful girl sets off a battle between students at two colleges. The fight causes too many people to be injured when the violence spirals out... See full summary »
Director: Viroj Thongsiew | Stars: Chaleumpol Tikumpornteerawong, Nunthasai Pisalayabuth, Kriangkrai Angkunchai, Michael B.
Votes: 30
95. Gate of Flesh (1977)
97 min | Drama
A tale of prostitutes in American-occupied Japan, following the end of World War 2.
Director: Shôgorô Nishimura | Stars: Reiko Kayama, Tokuko Watanabe, Miyako Yamaguchi, Izumi Shima
Votes: 27
96. So Evil, So Young (1961)
77 min | Drama
A young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Jill Ireland, Ellen Pollock, John Charlesworth, Jocelyn Britton
Votes: 185
97. Girl Boss: Escape from Reform School (1973)
90 min | Action
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Yûko Kanô, Hiroko Isayama, Rika Sudô
Votes: 73
98. The Man in Blue (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police officer who kills a thief during the commission of a robbery takes on the responsibility of raising the man's son.
Director: Milton Carruth | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Edward Ellis, Nan Grey, Richard Carle
Votes: 18
99. Randale (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Girls in a reform school are tormented violently by the headmistress . . . until they can take no more
Director: Manfred Purzer | Stars: Angelica Domröse, Jocelyne Boisseau, Konrad Georg, Michaela Feldmeier
Votes: 28
100. Zámek Nekonecno (1984)
95 min | Drama
Director: Antonín Kopriva | Stars: Pavel Kríz, Josef Langmiler, Jirí Ornest, Vítezslav Jandák
Votes: 21