Movies and TvShows featuring "schoolchild" theme.

A young boy can transfer his body energy into ESP and heal sick people. While the subject of scientists' studies, he runs away to try to find out about his past and why he is the way he is.

The Snail and the Whale is an animated adventure movie based on the picture book by Julia Donaldson. It tells the story of a tiny snail who hitches a ride on the tail of a huge humpback whale and goes on a wonderful journey around the world. Together, they explore the ocean, encounter sharks, and even save a beached whale. This heartwarming tale teaches the importance of friendship and adventure.

Drug War is a gripping action-packed movie set in China. It follows the story of a man who becomes entangled in a dangerous drug war and must fight against a powerful drug cartel. As the tension escalates, he must make choices that will determine his fate.

Follow Michael Palin as he explores the fascinating and secretive country of North Korea, uncovering its rich history, strict government control, and the ordinary lives of its citizens.

La Orca (1976) is a gripping crime drama that revolves around the kidnapping of a young woman named Alice. She is taken captive by a man named Michele, who demands a ransom for her release. As the days pass, Alice finds herself developing a complex relationship with her captor, leading to unexpected twists and turns. This intense film explores themes of power, control, and the human psyche.

Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is shattered when a former police officer comes unglued, builds a bomb and takes Jake's class hostage. The heroism of his true story unfolds as the hostage drama takes many surprising turns towards the phenomenal conclusion.

Every evening during exam season, as the sun sets over Conakry, Guinea, hundreds of school children begin a nightly pilgrimage to the airport, petrol stations and wealthy parts of the city, searching for light to study. This evocative and poignant documentary shows how children reconcile their daily lives in one of the worlds poorest countries with their desire to learn.

Tony, a macho school bus driver, suffers a heart attack and decides to reconnect with his daughter by secretly joining the dance class she teaches in Paris.

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City is an experimental film that showcases various aspects of life in Berlin, including its streets, public transportation, city life, and class differences. Through a series of montages and poetic visuals, the film captures the essence of the city during the Weimar Republic era.

American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.

Auschwitz (2011) is a drama and historical war film that delves into the dark history of the Holocaust, portraying the horrifying conditions and atrocities committed in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. The movie explores the experiences of the victims, the cruelty of the Nazi regime, and the struggle for survival in an inhumane environment.

Small Change is a heartwarming and humorous coming-of-age story set in Central France. The movie follows a group of mischievous children as they navigate school, community, and the challenges of growing up. Through a series of vignettes, the film explores themes of childhood, friendship, and the resilience of children in the face of adversity.

Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel's parents - both refugees - found a home. This is a landscape and population that is changing rapidly as small scale agriculture is disappearing and the generation who inhabited a pre-mechanised world is dying out. Much influenced by his conversations with the writer Peter Handke, the film maker leads us on a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

A group of schoolchildren come upon an alien from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals who are trying to kidnap him.

John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit.

Language Does Not Lie is a documentary that explores the impact and manipulation of language during the reign of the Third Reich in Nazi Germany. It follows the journey of a professor who discovers an old diary written by a Jewish schoolchild during World War II. Through the use of archive footage and interviews, the film examines the role of language in spreading fear, propaganda, and the persecution of the Jewish community. It highlights the importance of language as a tool for survival and resistance.

After a boy's parents decide to divorce, he creates a "support group" for all the kids from failed marriages in his school. When kids who's parents aren't divorced start to pick on them, they agree to cause their parents to divorce as well.

Old Doc Clyde is a country physician trying to compete with a younger and more modern doctor, and is having a hard time keeping up. They are both candidates for the job of county physician at a regular salary. and the committee stages a contest to see which handles the most patients in a week. Clyde wins by one patient, that being the wife of his competitor, and he is there ahead of the husband to deliver quintuplets.

In a small town, a teacher is found dead and the community is left in shock. As the investigation unfolds, dark secrets and hidden motives come to light.