::COMING-OF-AGE ADVENTURES::
GIST OF THE LIST: A list of films where children go on a thrilling adventure - usually fun, sometimes suspenseful, occasionally scary, and every now and then a little disturbing.
CAUTION - though these films all feature children, many of them shouldn't be considered "children's films". Use discretion if you intend to view these films with children.
CAUTION - though these films all feature children, many of them shouldn't be considered "children's films". Use discretion if you intend to view these films with children.
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- RegistaGerhard LamprechtStelleRolf WenkhausKäthe HaackFritz RaspEmil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.NOTE: One of several adaptations.
MY RATING: NOT VIEWED - RegistaJohn CromwellStelleFreddie BartholomewDolores CostelloC. Aubrey SmithAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaVictor FlemingStelleSpencer TracyFreddie BartholomewLionel BarrymoreUn monello viziato che cade in mare da un piroscafo negli anni '20 viene prelevato da un peschereccio del New England, dove si guadagna da vivere unendosi all'equipaggio nel loro lavoro.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaNorman TaurogStelleTommy KellyJackie MoranAnn GillisTom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.NOTE: One of several adaptations.
MY RATING: NOT VIEWED - RegistaChristian-JaqueStelleErich von StroheimMichel SimonArmand BernardStrange things happen at night at the St. Agil secondary school. Baume, Sorgue and Macroix - three of the school's pupils - discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaZoltan KordaStelleSabuJoseph CalleiaJohn QualenA boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.NOTE: One of several adaptations.
MY RATING: NOT VIEWED - RegistaVittorio De SicaStelleRinaldo SmordoniFranco InterlenghiAnnielo MeleDue ragazzi lustrascarpe nella Roma del dopoguerra risparmiano fino a comprare un cavallo, ma il loro coinvolgimento in un furto con scasso li porta in un carcere minorile.MY RATING: 9
- RegistaCharles CrichtonStelleAlastair SimFrederick PiperHarry FowlerA gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaRolf HusbergStelleOlle JohanssonAnn-Marie SkoglundSven-Axel CarlssonIt's summer. Kalle, Eva-Lotta and Anders have formed a gang, the White Rose. They are in playful battle with Red Rose gang. A relative of Eva-Lotta's mother, Uncle Einar, come to visit and Kalle notice immediately that he is behaving strangely. Einar seems to have hidden something in a closed mine outside town. Two mysterious strangers appear.NOTE: Followed by several sequels.
MY RATING: NOT VIEWED - RegistaCarol ReedStelleRalph RichardsonMichèle MorganSonia DresdelA butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.MY RATING: 8.5
- RegistaDavid LeanStelleRobert NewtonAlec GuinnessKay WalshBasato sul classico racconto di Charles Dickens, un orfano prosegue per la propria strada passando da un crudele apprendistato a far parte di un covo di ladri, sempre in cerca di una vera casa.NOTE: One of several adaptations.
MY RATING: NOT VIEWED - RegistaTed TetzlaffStelleBobby DriscollBarbara HaleArthur KennedyTo avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaByron HaskinStelleBobby DriscollRobert NewtonBasil SydneyJim entra casualmente in possesso di un prezioso documento che gli dà tutti gli elementi per partire alla ricerca del tesoro del capitano Flint. Insieme ad un gruppo di amici intraprendenti e fidati s'imbarca su una nave per tentare l'impresa.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaCharles FrendStelleStephen MurrayKay WalshJames FoxA boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaLuis BuñuelStelleAlfonso MejíaRoberto CoboEstela IndaUn gruppo di giovani delinquenti vive una vita violenta e piena di criminalità nei bassifondi putrefatti di Città del Messico, e la morale del giovane Pedro viene gradualmente corrotta e distrutta dagli altri.MY RATING: 9
- RegistaCharles CrichtonStelleDirk BogardeJon WhiteleyElizabeth SellarsA violent fugitive and a mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaDavid BradleyStelleGeorge MurphyNancy ReaganBilly GrayIn an idyllic setting, a likable but dangerously volatile twelve-year-old boy tries to settle a score with his disagreeable, mysterious neighbor.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistiRay AshleyMorris EngelRuth OrkinStelleRichard BrewsterWinifred CushingJay WilliamsA young boy fears that he shot his older brother, who is only faking. He then runs away to Coney Island, a crowded beach area, and gets money by returning soda bottles for their deposits.MY RATING: 8
- RegistaPhilip LeacockStelleJon WhiteleyVincent WinterAdrienne CorriHarry and Davy, two orphaned boys raised by authoritarian grandparents in Nova Scotia, yearn for a dog despite their grandfather's stern refusal, mirroring other children's pet ownership.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaFritz LangStelleStewart GrangerGeorge SandersJoan GreenwoodA young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but leads a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers; the duo go on a treasure hunt.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaCharles LaughtonStelleRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishUn fanatico religioso sposa un'ingenua vedova i cui bambini sono riluttanti a dirgli dove il loro vero padre ha nascosto i 10.000 dollari che aveva rubato rapinando una banca.MY RATING: 8.5
- RegistiVal GuestHal E. ChesterStelleSteve CochranLizabeth ScottGeorge ColeA boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED
- RegistaRobert StevensonStelleDorothy McGuireFess ParkerTommy KirkUn'adolescente col tempo vuole sempre più bene ad un cane giallo randagio, mentre sua madre ed il fratello minore gestiscono la loro fattoria mentre il padre è via con il bestiame. Man mano Zanna Gialla viene amato da tutta la famiglia.MY RATING: 8
- RegistaFrançois TruffautStelleJean-Pierre LéaudAlbert RémyClaire MaurierAntoine Doinel è un ragazzo solo, indesiderato e incompreso. Per ribellarsi, marina la scuola e commette dei piccoli furti. Quando, con l'amico René sottrae una macchina da scrivere per pagarsi una gita al mare viene arrestato e mandato in un riformatorio.MY RATING: 8.5
- RegistaJ. Lee ThompsonStelleHayley MillsHorst BuchholzJohn MillsUn legame speciale si instaura fra una ragazzina undicenne, non particolarmente amata in famiglia, e un involontario e piuttosto simpatico omicida che alla fine, a costo di essere arrestato, le salva la vita.MY RATING: NOT VIEWED