THEME EXPLORATION

abandoned child

26 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Henry
Henry
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
M
M
1931 · Fritz Lang
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
January Stories
January Stories
2024 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Despicable Me 3
Despicable Me 3
2017 · Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
Furie
Furie
2019 · Lê Văn Kiệt
Adam's Sake
Adam's Sake
2026 · Laura Wandel
The Final Piece
The Final Piece
2026 · Naoto Kumazawa
The Voice of Hind Rajab
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2026 · Kaouther Ben Hania
The Tao Exorcist
The Tao Exorcist
2026 · Chiou Hau-jou
All the Invisible Children
All the Invisible Children
2006 · John Woo & Spike Lee
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
1953 · Luchino Visconti
Ladybird Ladybird
Ladybird Ladybird
1994 · Ken Loach
Letters to Ali
Letters to Ali
2004 · Clara Law
Mamma Roma
Mamma Roma
1962 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
My Brother Talks to Horses
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 · Fred Zinnemann
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger
1984 · Richard Franklin
Drifters
Drifters
2003 · Wang Xiaoshuai
El virus de la por
El virus de la por
2015 · Ventura Pons
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Shoeshine' portray abandoned and vulnerable children navigating post-war poverty with devastating emotional authenticity.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' compassionately examine childhood neglect and abandonment within systemic inequality.

 Abbas Kiarostami Iran

His films 'Where Is the Friend's House?' and 'The Child We Wait For' explore the psychological and social dimensions of abandoned and displaced children with poetic sensitivity.