The Child of the Sahara

2013

French

6.5

♡ 7

Laurent Merlin Director

Jean-Claude Aumont as

Abdelmoula Oukhita as Hassan

Lahbiba El Basraoui as Mother

Sarah Bensoussan as Social Worker

While in high school class, a French teenager of Moroccan origin loses his parents in a car accident. A few days later, social services learn that he was adopted and that his natural parents are his aunt and uncle who live in a small village in the Sahara... He decided to join them.

The First Girl I Loved

2021

Cn

6.1

♡ 5

Candy Wing-Shan Ng Director

Pui-Chun Wong as Director of student affairs / PE teacher

Sherring Ng as Social Worker

Renci Yeung as Sylvia Lee Sum Yuet Will Or

Will Or as Yuet's University Classmate

On the night before Yuet's wedding, best friends Nam and Yuet recall their time together in school, when they shared a relationship that was more than friendship, but also perhaps not quite love.

Combat Shock

1984

English

6.2

♡ 3

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

Buddy Giovinazzo Director

Rick Giovinazzo as Frankie Dunlan

Ralph Cordero as Man Pushing Wheelchair

Buddy Giovinazzo as Social Worker

Eddie Pepitone as Terry - Strung-Out Junkie

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

Ladybird Ladybird

1994

English

7.4

♡ 5

80%

Ken Loach Director

Clare Perkins as Jill

Bruce Alexander as Lawyer

Ray Winstone as Simon

Terence Maynard as Social Worker

Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.

The Daisy Chain

2008

English

5.1

♡ 15

18%

Aisling Walsh Director

Eva Birthistle as Cat

Ron Donachie as Doctor Ferguson

David Bradley as Sean Cryan

Hilary Reynolds as Social Worker

A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.

Secrets & Lies

1996

English

8.0

♡ 41

95%

parent child relationship

reunion

secret

socially deprived family

Mike Leigh Director

Alison Steadman as Dog Owner

Clare Perkins as Hortense's Sister-in-Law

Phyllis Logan as Monica Purley

Lesley Manville as Social Worker

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

The Bad Seed Returns

2022

English

5.5

♡ 19

46%

Louise Archambault Director

Mckenna Grace as Emma

Doron Bell as Ronnie George

Chris Shields as Sheriff Peterson

Bronwen Smith as Social Worker

Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent as she appears and suggests sending her off to boarding school. Meanwhile, a new girl at school seems to know Emma’s secrets, leaving Emma no choice but to slip back to her old ways and take care of her enemies by any means necessary.

Cold Comes the Night

2013

English

5.7

♡ 34

43%

Tze Chun Director

Logan Marshall-Green as Billy

Alice Eve as Chloe

Ashlie Atkinson as Social Worker

Bryan Cranston as Topo

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

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The Child of the Sahara

The First Girl I Loved

Combat Shock

Ladybird Ladybird

The Daisy Chain

Secrets & Lies

The Bad Seed Returns

Cold Comes the Night