Child Protagonist Movies

A 12-year-old boy faces bullying due to his weight and decides to take charge of his life by adopting a healthier lifestyle and trying to win the...

Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate...

By giving non-traditional answers, Pi Pi Lu is seen as a disruptive student by his teacher, Ms. Xu. In her view, only tamed students could be good...

Titeuf is a comic series created by Swiss draughtsman Zep (real name Philippe Chapuis) depicting the life of a young boy (the title's namesake...

Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness.

The film follows a young boy who sets out on a mission to try and track down his long lost parents.

An 11-year-old boy steals money for bribes to remove his gay older brother from Thai military conscription rolls, unaware of the ramifications.

A thirteen-year-old boy battling severe chronic asthma refuses to abandon his ambitions of joining the Indonesian National Youth Football Team,...

In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.

In this Iranian film, social worker Mina (Fateme Motamed-Aria) tells the reformatory head they should offer genuine emotional feedback to their...

A curse on their recently deceased mother leaves Tari and her brother Kadar with only seven days to free her soul and protect their family from...

After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South...

Kip is an intelligent and sensitive boy with a great passion for anthropology, thanks to his mother who is studying the glacier mummy Ötzi,...

In the middle of a Texas summer, plans for a babysitter fall through and six-year-old Caroline is left in charge of her two younger siblings.

Five boys and girls. Five small courage. Five different stories. But all linked together. From acclaimed director/writer Shunsuke Okubo ("Clocks...

RGB and Kidda deal with a difficult customer's infected computer from which they unwittingly unleash a virus.

Evan Reed is the best motocross coach in the country. After leading his daughter Callie to the national championships, he decides to set his sights...

After the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive...

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel...

Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a...