THEME EXPLORATION

childhood in wartime

36 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Little Princess
The Little Princess
1939 · Walter Lang
The Railway Children Return
The Railway Children Return
2022 · Morgan Matthews
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
Angel at Sea
Angel at Sea
2009 · Frédéric Dumont
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
My Life in Pink
My Life in Pink
1997 · Alain Berliner
Pelo Malo
Pelo Malo
2013 · Mariana Rondón
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Transit
Transit
2018 · Christian Petzold
Erupcja
Erupcja
2026 · Pete Ohs
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Pressure
Pressure
2026 · Anthony Maras
Don't Leave the Kids Alone
Don't Leave the Kids Alone
2026 · Emilio Portes
Young Mothers
Young Mothers
2026 · Jean-Pierre Dardenne
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
2026 · Luciano Montes de Oca
Bread and Alley
Bread and Alley
1970 · Abbas Kiarostami
Bullet in the Head
Bullet in the Head
1990 · John Woo
Dandanko
Dandanko
1960 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivan’s Childhood
1962 · Andrei Tarkovsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpieces like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Shoeshine' poignantly capture the lost innocence and survival struggles of children in post-war Italy.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Films like 'Ivan's Childhood' offer a haunting, philosophical exploration of how war shatters youth and transforms children into soldiers.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His Spanish Civil War films 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'The Devil's Backbone' blend magical realism with the psychological trauma of childhood amid violence and fascism.