Movies and TvShows featuring "child-lives-alone" theme.

Pippi Longstocking is a young girl with supernatural powers who lives alone with her horse and monkey. She becomes friends with a young boy and they go on adventures together. Pippi is known for her braided hair and redheaded appearance. The show is based on the cult-favorite children's book and features a strong female protagonist.

Pippi Longstocking is a lively, independent young girl with fiery red hair who lives alone with her pet monkey and horse. She makes friends with children in her neighborhood and gets involved in various adventures and mischievous activities. Her unique and eccentric personality brings excitement and laughter to their lives.

Nobody Knows is a Japanese drama film set in Tokyo, Japan. It tells the story of four siblings who are left to fend for themselves after their mother abandons them in their apartment. The film follows their struggles to survive and maintain a semblance of normalcy while facing neglect, malnutrition, and the challenges of being children on their own. Based on a true story, Nobody Knows explores themes of family, responsibility, and the resilience of the human spirit.

An unpopular manga artist named Shin Karino has to care for his new neighbor, Kotaro Sato, a 5-year-old child who lives alone. Despite his young age, Kotaro seems to be more put together than his own strange neighbors, and Shin learns valuable lessons about life, friendship, and responsibility through their unique bond.

Shin Karino is an unpopular manga writer and he is single. He lives in an apartment complex that has a rule forbidding children from living there. One day, Shin Karino's doorbell rings. When he opens his apartment door, he sees a small boy. The boy is 5-year-old Kotaro Sato. Kotaro Sato tells Shin Karino that he moved into the neighborhood. Shin Karino makes a weird face, because of the rule of his apartment complex. Kotaro Sato says that he lives by himself. At first, Shin Karino is annoyed by Kotaro Sato, but residents of the apartment building, including Shin Karino, become attached to Kotaro Sato.

Pippi Longstocking is a young girl with braided hair and extraordinary strength. She lives alone with her monkey and horse and has various adventures in Sweden. Her life changes when she befriends a young boy and his horse, forming a special bond. Based on the novel, this movie explores themes of friendship, family, and the power of imagination.

Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, enjoys her peaceful life in her London flat, where she creates a world of magic. However, her blissful solitude is shattered when her estranged father unexpectedly returns. She is forced to confront the reality of her circumstances and navigate the challenges that come with her father's reappearance.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is about a 13-year-old girl named Rynn who lives alone in a New England town. She is determined to hide her family's dark secret and keep her younger brother, who is exploited by an unscrupulous adult, safe. Rynn is also confronted by a nosy landlady and a suspicious police officer while she tries to maintain a normal life.

On Our Own is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1994 until April 14, 1995. The series stars Ralph Louis Harris and six real life siblings: Jazz, Jocqui, Jake, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett. The series was created and executive produced by David W. Duclon, one of the executive producers of Family Matters. The series was also produced by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, who developed the show. Suzanne dePasse and Suzanne Coston were additional executive producers, with Duclon's longtime colleague Gary Menteer acting as co-executive producer. The series was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, with associates Lightkeeper Productions and dePasse Entertainment. On Our Own was the first Miller/Boyett sitcom to be produced by Warner Bros. Television for its entire run.

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is a movie about a young girl named Pippi with superhuman strength, who moves into an old cottage Villa Villekulla with a horse and a monkey. She quickly becomes friends with two local children and together they have thrilling adventures, including encountering pirates and searching for hidden treasure. Pippi's unconventional and independent spirit inspires everyone around her.

Set in St. Louis during the 1930s, 'King of the Hill' follows a young boy named Aaron as he deals with poverty, family troubles, and his own coming-of-age journey. Despite the hardships, Aaron finds solace in his imagination and forms unlikely friendships along the way.

Pippi Longstocking is a mischievous and independent young girl who lives alone in a house called Villa Villekulla. With her red hair, braided locks, and unique personality, Pippi finds herself getting into various hilarious and adventurous situations. Along the way, she forms friendships and navigates her relationships with her father and the world around her.

Chop Shop (2007) tells the story of an orphaned boy named Alejandro, who lives and works in a chop shop in Queens, New York City. He dreams of saving enough money to buy a food truck and start his own business. However, his plans are jeopardized when his sister Isamar runs away and he must find a way to support them both.

In a working-class area of Sweden, sisters Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), get by on their own, left to their own devices by an absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic. But when social services call a meeting, Laura has to find someone to impersonate their mom, or the girls will be taken into foster care and separated. Laura keeps the threat a secret, so as not to worry her younger sisters. But as the moment of truth draws closer, new tensions arise, forcing the three sisters to negotiate the fine line between the euphoria of total freedom and the harsh realities of growing up.

When a young boy goes on a journey to find his father, he encounters various eccentric characters and gets caught up in a series of comedic and thrilling events. Along the way, he forms unexpected friendships and learns valuable lessons about life and forgiveness.

When his younger friends go up for adoption, threatening their extended family, an orphaned teen helps them discourage potential parents.

Siblings (2004) follows a group of orphaned siblings who live together in their family home. When their stepmother dies, they become entangled in a plot involving inheritance, murder, and dark family secrets. As they navigate the twisted dynamics of their dysfunctional family, they must confront their own lust, stepbrother-stepsister relationships, and the challenges of living alone as children. Set in Canada, the movie explores themes of death, alcoholism, abuse, and the blurred lines between right and wrong. With dark humor and unexpected twists, Siblings takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride of intrigue and dark comedy.

A Hawaiian beach bum finds himself surrogate uncle to five orphaned children, helping them stay together, in this pilot movie for a TV series which turned up briefly in the spring of 1979 as "The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove."

The masterful new documentary from Wang Bing is an intimate, observational portrait of a peasant family who eke out a humble existence in a small village set against the stunning mountain landscapes of China's Yunnan province.

Demi-Tarif follows the low-key adventures of three young siblings, Romeo, Launa, and the youngest - Leo, left on their own in a rundown Paris apartment. One of them narrates, wistfully explaining how their mother abandoned them and calls them once in a while to see how they are doing or tell them she loves them. The three kids do as they please, roaming the streets, running out of restaurants without paying for food, and shoplifting from the local grocery store. They eat whatever and whenever they want, gorging themselves on sweets. They beg for change on the Metro and show up late for school in tattered, dirty clothes. All the while, they try to keep the fact that they are alone a secret from the world of adults.