Most Similar Movies to God Bless the Child (1988)
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Rosie (2018), Boy of the Streets (1937), A Home of Our Own (1993), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), Scarborough (2018), A Good Baby (1999), The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Rosie (2018)
A woman, her husband and their four children find themselves homeless after their landlord sells their house. Over the next 36 hours, the couple desperately search for a place to live while trying to shield the kids from the reality of the situation.
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Boy of the Streets (1937)
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
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A Home of Our Own (1993)
Widow Frances Lacey is being sexually harassed by her boss while she tries to provide for her brood of six children. Also, her oldest son, Shayne, is constantly in trouble. When she's fired from her job, she decides to abandon Los Angeles.
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Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
An illegitimate child (Jena Malone) endures increasingly sadistic beatings from her mother's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) second husband (Ron Eldard) in the '50s South.
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Scarborough (2018)
Two couples - each comprising a teacher and a student - spend a life-changing weekend at the seaside resort town of Scarborough.
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A Good Baby (1999)
A young loner wandering the back roads of North Carolina comes across an abandoned baby. He immediately starts seeking the baby's parents, but starts developing a bond with the child that explores his own isolated roots.
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The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
The sons (Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon) of two drug-addled hookers must fend for themselves after one's mother goes missing and the other (Jennifer Hudson) is arrested.
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Leaf on a Pillow (1998)
The Indonesian society is seen through a middle-aged lady's eyes in her daily encounters with the street children who work and live off the harsh and sleazy world of adults.
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Ladybird, Ladybird (1994)
This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive relationship to another. She has four children, of four different fathers, who came to the attention of Social Services when they were injured in a fire. Subsequently, Maggie was found to be an "un...Read all
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Precious (2009)
In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
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The Selfish Giant (2013)
Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.
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Manito (2002)
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict s...Read all
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A Cry From the Streets (1959)
A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with her charges, a group of adorable, homeless orphans. Music by Larry Adler. (1959; B&W)
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Babai (2015)
Ten-year-old Nori (Val Maloku) and his father Gezim (Astrit Kabashi) roam the streets of Kosovo selling cigarettes and barely earning a living. Only a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gezim is lured west to Germany, leaving his son behind in search of a new life. Feeling deserted and desperate to claim some sense of stability, Nori embarks on a dangerous j...Read all
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Santa Mesa (2008)
A photographer takes a troubled young Philipino boy under his wing. Starring Jaime Tirelli (TV's Kidnapped) and Oscar Winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter).
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All Creatures Here Below (2018)
A desperate young couple on the run seek refuge in Kansas City.
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The Gorbals Story (1950)
A young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
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Nobody Knows (2004)
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
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