Walkabout

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 1 Jul 1971 · English

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 7 Apr 2003 · English

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Where the Crawdads Sing

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 14 Jul 2022 · English

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Jane Eyre

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 11 Mar 2011 · English

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Lion

Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 24 Nov 2016 · English

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Love Everlasting

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 14 Nov 2016 · English

Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

Into the Wild

Movie · 7.8 / 10 · 21 Sept 2007 · English

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

The Best of Me

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 15 Oct 2014 · English

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

Departure

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 20 May 2016 · English

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 5 Jul 2022 · English

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

Life in a Year

Movie · 8.2 / 10 · 27 Nov 2020 · English

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

All Together Now

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 28 Aug 2020 · English

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?