Ten Favorite Movies About (But Not For) Children

(in alphabetical order, restricted to one movie per director)

 

  • Au revoir les enfants (dir. by Louis Malle, 1987)

  • Dreamchild (dir. by Gavin Millar, 1985)

  • In America (dir. by Jim Sheridan, 2002)

  • Nobody Knows (dir. by Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2004)

  • Petite Maman (directed by Céline Sciamma, 2022)

  • Ponette (dir. by Jacques Doillon, 1996)

  • Small Change (dir. by François Truffaut, 1976)

  • The Spirit of the Beehive (dir. by Victor Erice, 1973)

  • Stand By Me (dir. by Rob Reiner, 1986)

  • What Maisie Knew (dir. by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, 2012)

— September 16, 2020


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