Majid Majidi’s tender and sweet 1999 story of young siblings whose loyalty to each other and joyous embrace of life help overcome their impoverished lives became the first Iranian film to earn an Oscar nomination.
Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett costar in this rousing drama of an underdog student from South Central L.A. who goes to the National Spelling Bee finals.
Wes Anderson’s tale of young love and teenage adventure is funny, playful, and full of nostalgic blasts and period trappings, but most of all it is loving.
A teenage street urchin in an alternate reality Paris battles a mysterious organization kidnapping the greatest minds in the world in this playful fantasy fable.
Two British schoolboys in the early 1980s shoot their own sequel to ‘First Blood’ with a video camera and a lot of imagination in this loving comedy from Gareth Jennings.
This sweet, adolescent twist on the classic ‘Frankenstein’ story captures a childhood fascination with monster movies and the macabre with creative designs and delightful stop motion animation.
Sam Neill becomes an unlikely father figure to a spirited foster child (Julian Dennison) in this offbeat coming of age comedy with a heartwarming soul.
This live action Disney adventure is that rare breed of remake that outshines the original. Directed by David Lowery, it costars Robert Redford and the magnificent forests of New Zealand.
