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6.6

♡ 6

78%

65%

John Schlesinger Director Twiggy

Twiggy as Jenny

Roger Hammond as Lefranc

Vernon Dobtcheff as Music Critic

Janine Duvitski as Woman

In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenage Bengali immigrant who displays incredible talent. Manek forms a close bond with his teacher, but soon discovers that she expects her pupils to become disciplined in all areas of life, and not just behind the piano. As he struggles to meet the challenges, Manek must also deal with his mother, who vies with his teacher for his attention.

North

1994

4.6

♡ 8

14%

27%

parent child relationship

Adventure

based on children's book

travel

young boy

Rob Reiner Director

Scarlett Johansson as Laura Nelson

Reba McEntire as Ma Tex

Bruce Willis as Narrator

Elijah Wood as North

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.

The Song of Names

2019

♡ 14

39%

François Girard Director

Clive Owen as Dovidl

Catherine McCormack as Helen

Tim Roth as Martin

Balázs Veres as Railway Station Guard

A man searches for his childhood best friend, a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust, who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.

Prodigy

2018

3.5

♡ 3

77%

father son relationship

message

prodigy

Thriller

Nathan Leon Director

Adam Elliott Davis as John

Jeffrey Arrington as Paul

Craig Kennedy as Repenter

Eric Colley as Tom

A father must protect his son from government agents after the troubled adolescent correctly predicts three inexplicable events of potentially apocalyptic import.

Spymate

2006

4.0

♡ 6

17%

Robert Vince Director

Emma Roberts as Amelia

Kathryn Kirkpatrick as Betty

Musetta Vander as Dr. Amour

Michael Bailey Smith as Hugo

Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.

Vitus

2006

German

7.6

68%

Fredi M. Murer Director

Heidy Forster as Gina Fois

Bruno Ganz as Grandfather

Julika Jenkins as Helen von Holzen, mother

Urs Jucker as Leo von Holzen, father

Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.

Le nez dans le ruisseau

2012

6.8

♡ 2

Christophe Chevalier Director

Sami Frey as Auguste Stohler

Isabelle Caillat as La maîtresse d'école

Jean-Philippe Écoffey as Marc Dubois

Bruno Todeschini as Vincent Mercier

A televsion reporter tasked with making a feature about Jean Jacques Rousseau's upcoming 300th birthday uses a local Swiss boy with a remarkable knowledge about the philosopher as her angle for the feature. She then brings in a local professor and Rousseau expert to try to explain how this boy could possibly know so much about a philosopher who died over a hundred years before he was even born. What unfolds is a story about friendship, nature, and the unequal distribution of wealth.

Matilda

1996

7.0

♡ 133

92%

73%

parent child relationship

telekinesis

Danny DeVito Director

Mara Wilson as Matilda

Embeth Davidtz as Miss Honey

Danny DeVito as Mr. Wormwood

Pam Ferris as Trunchbull

Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is so different. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, she begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, she suddenly turns the tables to stand up to Harry and Zinnia and outwit the headmistress.

A Brilliant Young Mind

2014

7.1

♡ 56

Morgan Matthews Director

Alex Lawther as Isaac Cooper

Sally Hawkins as Julie Ellis

Asa Butterfield as Nathan Ellis

Alexa Davies as Rebecca Dunn

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

2013

7.0

♡ 49

78%

Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director

Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Clair, mom

Callum Keith Rennie as Father

Felicia Shulman as Jibsen's Secretary

Julian Richings as Ricky

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003

5.6

♡ 10

22%

Sam Weisman Director

James Arnold Taylor as Additional Voices

Charlene Tilton as Charlene Tilton

Christopher Knight as Christopher Knight

Ian Gomez as Strange Man

TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.

Rafadan Tayfa: Hayrimatör

2023

Turkish

5.3

♡ 1

Ismail Fidan Director

Hayri, the youngest person who went to space, became quite famous and was accepted to the Science and Technology School. He now spends very little time in the neighborhood and spends most of his time on the giant robot Hayrimatör, the “Invention of the Century” as he calls it. Even though he designed and called it as an engineering marvel, Hayri could not manage to obtain the power source to run the Hayrimatör. With the support of our alien hero Zobi, Hayri manages to make the Hayrimatör work, but the villains go after the invention. This time, Rafadan Tayfa will team up to rescue Hayrimatör, who has been driven out of control by the Agent and his men.

Enola Holmes

2020

6.6

♡ 308

91%

71%

Adventure

breaking the fourth wall

Harry Bradbeer Director

Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes

Louis Partridge as Lord Tewksbury

Sam Claflin as Mycroft Holmes

Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

Gifted

2017

7.6

♡ 592

73%

intellectually gifted

mathematics

school

teacher

Marc Webb Director

Danielle Deadwyler as Animal Shelter Worker

Chris Evans as Frank Adler

Mckenna Grace as Mary Adler

Julie Ann Emery as Pat Golding

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

A Wrinkle in Time

2018

4.3

♡ 112

43%

26%

Adventure

Ava DuVernay Director

Zach Galifianakis as Happy Medium

Will McCormack as Mr. Teacher

Michael Peña as Red

Tim Kang as School Superintendent

After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

7.3

♡ 43

98%

Steven Zaillian Director

Austin Pendleton as Asa Hoffman

Ben Kingsley as Bruce Pandolfini

William H. Macy as Tunafish Father

Laurence Fishburne as Vinnie

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015

7.6

♡ 28

90%

Liz Garbus Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Himself

Malcolm X as Himself

Hugh M. Hefner as Himself

Merv Griffin as Self

The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

Shine

1996

7.6

♡ 16

91%

Scott Hicks Director

Nicholas Bell as Ben Rosen

Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott - Adult

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Peter

Marc Warren as Ray

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001