La Vie en Rose (2007), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Bettie Page Reveals All (2011), Pakeezah (1971), The Cream Will Rise (1998), Chronicle (2012), Oliver Twist (2005), The Quiet One (1949) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Troubled Childhood movies.
Storyline: An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Édith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association.
Plot Keywords: friend, singer, musician, grandmother, club owner, boxer, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins (1964), he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers ...
Plot Keywords: walt disney, novelist, filmmaker, movie producer, aunt, driver, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The pinup model and cult icon recounts how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.
Plot Keywords: model, interviewee, family member, hugh hefner, engaging, fascinating, united states ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Pakeezah is the story of a beautiful courtesan named Sahibjaan who is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a young forest ranger named Salim falls in love with her enthralling beauty and innocence. Unfortunately, his wealthy parents are against their union.
Plot Keywords: courtesan, prince, husband, ranger, mother, madam, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Cream Will Rise is a documentary that exposes the turbulent and troubling side of singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins' early years when a confrontation with her mother forces her to come to terms with some of the demons and darker moments of her childhood. This moving portrait combines Hawkins' performance footage with intimate moments of revelation.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: singer, mother, musician, songwriter, dark, emotional, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The shy, lonely and outcast teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied and has no friends at high-school and lives with his abusive and alcoholic father Richard Detmer and his terminally ill mother Karen. Andrew buys a camera to film his everyday life. His cousin Matt Garetty drives him to school and invites Andrew to go to a party at night. Nearby they find a tunnel and suddenly acquire telekinetic abilities and Andrew becomes the most powerful. But he easily loses his temper and becomes dangerous while Matt tries to control him. When his mother needs a medicine and Andrew does not have enough money to buy it, his darker side overwhelms him and he becomes a menace.
Plot Keywords: teen boy, cousin, classmate, love interest, father, mother, frightening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the Nineteenth Century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent from the orphanage to a workhouse, where the children are mistreated and barely fed. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a seven day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is soon welcomed in a gang of pickpockets lead by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr. Brownlow's fancy house.
Plot Keywords: oliver twist, orphan, benefactor, grandfather, crime boss, pickpocket, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The story of a lonely young boy growing up in Harlem. Using a semi-documentary technique, the film-makers realistically capture the hostile environment which leads the boy to delinquency. The youth is sent to Wiltwyck School for rehabilitation, where a psychiatrist and counselor try to break through the wall of silence which the boy uses to hide his fear and bitterness.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: young boy, psychiatrist, counselor, teacher, juvenile delinquent, mute person, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 16 years of alcohol is about a skinhead named Frankie; his violent childhood, alcoholism and his love for Ska.
Plot Keywords: alcoholic, father, skinhead, art student, gang member, lover, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
Plot Keywords: garbage collector, boy, detective, single father, suspect, mother, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no longer wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother.
Plot Keywords: customer, girlfriend, friend, father, police officer, dark, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young Russian woman named Natasha is soon to be married and is on holiday in Rome where she meets Alba. She accompanies Alba to her hotel room as a curious acquaintance and stays as a growing friend. In this room in Rome, the two women come to know one another intimately over the course of the night, and explore and discover themselves along the way. Only the break of day threatens to break their newly forged bond.
Plot Keywords: adult, tourist, lesbian, big city, connections, film, one-night stand ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Traces the career of Babe Ruth from his days as a youngster in an orphanage to his last days as a manager. Includes such moments as the famous predicted home run and the promise to little Johnny.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: baseball player, wife, teacher, team owner, teammate, lou gehrig, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Andy Barclay has been placed in a foster home after the tragic events of the first film, since his mother was committed. In an attempt to save their reputation, the manufacturers of Chucky reconstruct the killer doll, to prove to the public that nothing was wrong with it in the first place. In doing so, they also bring the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray back to life. As Chucky tries to locate Andy, the body count rises. Will Andy be able to escape, or will Chucky succeed in possessing his body?
Plot Keywords: doll, serial killer, young boy, mother, foster child, foster father, creepy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A social worker helps a young female offender who has a remarkable voice recognize her potential.
Plot Keywords: teen girl, singer, social worker, best friend, amusing, emotional, moving ...
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