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Many boylovers enjoy watching films which feature young male actors. [[Boys On Your Screen]] provides a forum for people interested in such movies and a larger list of them.
Many boylovers enjoy watching films which feature young male actors. [[Boys On Your Screen]] is a site which provides a forum for people interested in discussing such movies. The films that have a red link do not yet have their own page on BoyWiki, please feel free to write a review. Also see: [[:Category:Film]]


Here is a list of films which may be of particular interest to boylovers:
Here is a list of films which may be of particular interest to boylovers:
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==B==
==B==
* [[Bad News Bears (1976) (Film)]]
*[[Bad News Bears (2005) (Film)]]
* [[Balkonas (2008)]]
* [[Balkonas (2008)]]
* [[Barnens ö (Children's Island) (1980) (Film)|Barnens ö]]
* [[Barnens ö (Children's Island) (1980) (Film)|Barnens ö]]
* [[The Beastmaster (film)|The Beastmaster (1982)]] - [[Josh Milrad]] and [[Billy Jacoby]]
* [[Billy Elliot]]
* [[Billy Elliot]]
* [[The Boy with Green Hair (film)‎|The Boy with Green Hair]] (1948) (Dean Stockwell)
* [[Brecha (film)|Brecha]]
* [[Brecha (film)|Brecha]]
* [[Brotherly (2008)|Brotherly]]
* [[Brotherly (2008)|Brotherly]]
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* [[Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (2012)]]
* [[Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (2012)]]
* [[The Chorus|Chorus, The]]
* [[The Chorus|Chorus, The]]
* [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (movie)]]
* [[Child Bride (1938)]]
* [[Child Bride (1938)]]
::A schoolteacher in a rural community campaigns to stop the practice of older men marrying 'young 'uns'. The main attraction is Jennie, played by 12-year-old Shirley Mills, who goes swimming with her (same age) sweetheart Freddie.
::A schoolteacher in a rural community campaigns to stop the practice of older men marrying 'young 'uns'. The main attraction is Jennie, played by 12-year-old Shirley Mills, who goes swimming with her (same age) sweetheart Freddie.
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*[[A Child Went Forth (1941)]]  
*[[A Child Went Forth (1941)]]  
::Short documentary about a farm that's a summer camp and progressive school for exploration and discovery for young children.
::Short documentary about a farm that's a summer camp and progressive school for exploration and discovery for young children.
* [[Children's Island (Barnens Ö)]]
* [[Barnens ö (Children's Island) (1980) (Film)|Children's Island (Barnens Ö)]]
* [[Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1965)]] aka Crónica de un niño solo  
* [[Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1965)]] aka Crónica de un niño solo  
* [[Ciske the Rat]]
* [[Ciske the Rat]]
* [[Clownhouse (1989)]]  
* [[Clownhouse (1989)]]  
::Just before Halloween, Casey (Nathan Forrest Winters) and his two older brothers are alone at home where they are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some circus clowns and taken their identities.
::Just before [[Halloween]], Casey (Nathan Forrest Winters) and his two older brothers are alone at home where they are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some circus clowns and taken their identities.


==D==
==D==
*[[Daddy's War (1977]]) aka La guerra de papá  
* [[Daddy's War (1977]]) aka La guerra de papá  
*[[Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)]]  
* [[D.A.R.Y.L. (Film)]]
* [[Death in Venice (film)]]
* [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]
* [[Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)]]  
::A US Army medic in Saigon becomes emotionally involved with a group of Vietnamese orphans.
::A US Army medic in Saigon becomes emotionally involved with a group of Vietnamese orphans.
* [[Don't Go to Sleep (1982)]]  
* [[Don't Go to Sleep (1982)]]  
::After moving to a new house, Mary (Robin Ignico) begins seeing the ghost of her older sister, Jennifer (Kristin Cumming), who died in an accident a year earlier. Oliver Robins plays Mary's younger brother, Kevin.
::After moving to a new house, Mary (Robin Ignico) begins seeing the ghost of her older sister, Jennifer (Kristin Cumming), who died in an accident a year earlier. Oliver Robins plays Mary's younger brother, Kevin.
*[[Dreamspeaker (1976)]] (list of 8): dreamspeaker tracey
* [[Dreamspeaker (1976)]] (list of 8): dreamspeaker tracey
::Ian Tracey plays Peter, a disturbed 11-year-old boy who in put in an institution for setting fires. He soon escapes and shacks up with a native Canadian 'dreamspeaker'.
::Ian Tracey plays Peter, a disturbed 11-year-old boy who in put in an institution for setting fires. He soon escapes and shacks up with a native Canadian 'dreamspeaker'.
 
* [[Dunston Checks In (Film)]]
==E==
==E==
* [[Edges of the Lord]]
* [[Edges of the Lord]]
* [[El niño y el muro (1965)]]  
* [[El niño y el muro (1965)]]  
* [[El niño y la estrella (1976)]]
* [[El niño y la estrella (1976)]]
* [[En tu Ausencia (film)|In Your Absence|In Your Absence (En tu ausencia) (2008)]]
* [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]
* [[En tu Ausencia (film)|In Your Absence (En tu ausencia) (2008)]]
* [[Europa Europa]]
* [[Europa Europa]]


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* [[Le Grand Chemin (1987)]] aka The Grand Highway (French with English subtitles)
* [[Le Grand Chemin (1987)]] aka The Grand Highway (French with English subtitles)
::Louis (Antoine Hubert), a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer holiday in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine (Vanessa Guedj), the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns from her about life.
::Louis (Antoine Hubert), a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer holiday in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine (Vanessa Guedj), the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns from her about life.
* [[La guerre des boutons]]
* [[La guerre des boutons]]  
*[[Guter Junge (TV movie)|Guter Junge (2008)]] (German with English subtitles) 
:: After his mother's death, 17-year-old Sven moves in with his dad Achim, a taxi driver, who had divorced his mother several years earlier. Achim's girlfriend Julia senses that something is different with Sven. Why does he not have any friends his own age? Why, she wonders, does he always hang around with young boys?


==H==
==H==
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* [[Lord of the Flies (1990 film)]]
* [[Lord of the Flies (1990 film)]]
* [[Lost in Siberia (1991)]]
* [[Lost in Siberia (1991)]]
 
* [[Lucas (film)|Lucas]]
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* [[Malèna]]
* [[Malèna]]
* [[The Man Without a Face (film)|Man Without a Face, The]]
* [[The Man Without a Face (film)|Man Without a Face, The]]
* [[Maya (1966)]] - Jay North and Sajid Khan
* [[Maya (2001)]]
* [[Maya (2001)]]
* [[Menino Maluquinho 1 (1995)]]  
* [[Menino Maluquinho 1 (1995)]]  
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::Comedy about a family that adopts a string of children of different races.
::Comedy about a family that adopts a string of children of different races.
* [[Mondo]]
* [[Mondo]]
* [[Moonrise Kingdom]]
* [[Murmur of the Heart]]
* [[Murmur of the Heart]]
* [[My Father's Glory]]
* [[My Father's Glory]]
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* [[The Naked Island (1960)]]  hadaka no shima
* [[The Naked Island (1960)]]  hadaka no shima
::Japanese film with no dialogue about the intolerably hard life of a family with two young boys (played by Shinji Tanaka and Masanori Horimoto), the only inhabitants of a very small island.
::Japanese film with no dialogue about the intolerably hard life of a family with two young boys (played by Shinji Tanaka and Masanori Horimoto), the only inhabitants of a very small island.
* [[The NeverEnding Story (film)]] - Barret Oliver and Noah Hathaway
* [[North Sea Texas (2011) (Film)]]
* [[North Sea Texas (2011) (Film)]]
* [[Novecento]]
* [[Novecento]]
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* [[Pixote]]
* [[Pixote]]
* [[Plantation Boy (1965)]] aka Menino de Engenho
* [[Plantation Boy (1965)]] aka Menino de Engenho
* [[Precious Moments (Film)]]
* [[Primaria(film)|Primaria]]
* [[Primaria(film)|Primaria]]


==R==
==R==
* [[Radio Flyer]]
* [[Radio Flyer]]
* [[The Red Balloon (film)|The Red Balloon]] (1956) (French) Pascal Lamorisse
* [[The Revolt of Job (1983)]] (Hungarian with optional English subtitles): job lazadasa
* [[The Revolt of Job (1983)]] (Hungarian with optional English subtitles): job lazadasa
::Hungary, 1943. An elderly childless Jewish couple adopt Lackó (Gábor Fehér), an unruly Christian boy, to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and traditions before Nazi oppression engulfs the country
::Hungary, 1943. An elderly childless Jewish couple adopt Lackó (Gábor Fehér), an unruly Christian boy, to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and traditions before Nazi oppression engulfs the country
* [[Robby (1968)]]
* [[Robby (1968) (Film)]]
* [[Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)]] (Swedish with optional English subtitles): ronja henriksson
* [[Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)]] (Swedish with optional English subtitles): ronja henriksson
::11-year-old Ronia (Hanna Zetterberg) lives in mediaeval Scandinavia with her robber chief father and makes friends with 11-year-old Birk (Dan Håfström), son of the sworn enemy of her father. When their relationship is discovered, the children have to learn to live in the woods.
::11-year-old Ronia (Hanna Zetterberg) lives in mediaeval Scandinavia with her robber chief father and makes friends with 11-year-old Birk (Dan Håfström), son of the sworn enemy of her father. When their relationship is discovered, the children have to learn to live in the woods.
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* [[Second Best]]
* [[Second Best]]
* [[Siemiany (2009)]]
* [[Siemiany (2009)]]
* [[Sin destino 2002]] aka Without Destination
* [[Sixth Sense]]
* [[Sixth Sense]]
* [[Stand By Me]]
* [[Stand By Me (Film)]]
* [[Suddenly, Last Summer (Film)]]
* [[Sunday's Children]]
* [[Sunday's Children]]


==T==
==T==
* [[Tarsi se saprug za mama (1985)]] aka A Husband for Mum  
* [[Tarsi se saprug za mama (1985)]] aka A Husband for Mum  
* [[Tarzan of the Apes (1918)]]  
* [[Tarzan of the Apes (1918)]]  
::After Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked off the coast of Africa, a baby is born and raised by apes after his parents die. The young Tarzan is played by Gordon Griffith for the first half of the film.
::After Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked off the coast of Africa, a baby is born and raised by apes after his parents die. The young Tarzan is played by Gordon Griffith for the first half of the film.
* [[Terri (2011)]]
::Centers on a large 15-year-old boy in a small town as he struggles to adjust to his difficult life. Some very nice scenes with  Bridger Zadina. 
* [[This Is It (1971)]]
* [[This Is It (1971)]]
* [[La tía Alejandra (1979)]] (Spanish with optional English subtitles)
* [[La tía Alejandra (1979)]] (Spanish with optional English subtitles)
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* [[Torrid Noon (1966)]] aka Goreshto Pladne  
* [[Torrid Noon (1966)]] aka Goreshto Pladne  
* [[Tu seras un homme (film)|Tu seras un homme]]
* [[Tu seras un homme (film)|Tu seras un homme]]
* [[Twins at the Zoo (1989)]] aka Dva lidi v zoo  
* [[The Tutor (film)|The Tutor]]
* [[The World of Ludovic (1993)]] aka De wereld van Ludovic (French with optional English subtitles): de wereld ludovic
::A new free adaptation of Turn of the Screw by Henry James - shows signs of pushing technical, artistic and social boundaries a little further still.
::Neglected by his parents, 12-year-old Ludovic (Mathias Coppens) meets and falls in love with 12-year-old Sophie (Bella van Meel), the daughter of a piano teacher.
* [[Twins at the Zoo (1989)]] aka Dva lidi v zoo


==U==
==U==
* [[La Última Batalla|Última Batalla, La]]
* [[Upside Down (1983)]] aka Do góry nogami
* [[Upside Down (1983)]] aka Do góry nogami  


==V==
==V==
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==W==
==W==
* [[The Way, Way Back]]
* [[Whole New Thing]]
* [[War of the Buttons (1994 film)|War of the Buttons]]
* [[War of the Buttons (1994 film)|War of the Buttons]]
* [[Wavelength (1983)]]
* [[Wavelength (1983)]]
::A young couple decide to liberate a small group of child-like space aliens being held prisoner at a top secret military facility.
::A young couple decide to liberate a small group of child-like space aliens being held prisoner at a top secret military facility.
* [[The Way, Way Back]]
* [[Wee Dreaming (2009)]]  
* [[Wee Dreaming (2009)]]  
::Short comedy/drama about 7-year-old Kosmo Wilton who drinks too much soft drink then bets his mother he won't need to pee on a long drive, during which he confronts the futility of his stand with extraordinary consequences. Sasha Wilton is his younger sister.
::Short comedy/drama about 7-year-old Kosmo Wilton who drinks too much soft drink then bets his mother he won't need to pee on a long drive, during which he confronts the futility of his stand with extraordinary consequences. Sasha Wilton is his younger sister.
*[[Weiser (2001)[[ (Polish and English with optional English subtitles): weiser
*[[Weiser (2001)]] (Polish and English with optional English subtitles): weiser
::A middle aged man recalls when he was 12 years old, and he and his friends were affected by tragedy when two other 12-year-olds, Dawid Weiser and Elka disappear after they set off some explosives.
::A middle aged man recalls when he was 12 years old, and he and his friends were affected by tragedy when two other 12-year-olds, Dawid Weiser and Elka disappear after they set off some explosives.
* [[What Color is the Wind (1973)]] aka De que color es el viento  
* [[What Color is the Wind (1973)]] aka De que color es el viento
* [[White Mane (Short film)|White Mane]] (1953) (French) Alain Emery
* [[Whole New Thing]]
* [[Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Film)]]
* [[The World of Ludovic (1993)]] aka De wereld van Ludovic (French with optional English subtitles): de wereld ludovic
::Neglected by his parents, 12-year-old Ludovic (Mathias Coppens) meets and falls in love with 12-year-old Sophie (Bella van Meel), the daughter of a piano teacher.
 
==Y==
==Y==
* [[Yeah, Kowalski! (Short film)]]
* [[Yeah, Kowalski! (Short film)]]
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==0-9==
==0-9==
* [[1er amour (2013)]] Canada
* [[300 Miles to Heaven (1989)]] aka 300 mil do nieba (Polish with optional English subtitles): 300 mil do nieba
* [[300 Miles to Heaven (1989)]] aka 300 mil do nieba (Polish with optional English subtitles): 300 mil do nieba
::Drama, based on a true story, about teenager Jedrek (Rafal Zimowski) and his younger brother Grzes (Wojciech Klata) who escape from communist Poland all the way to Denmark hidden under a truck.
::Drama, based on a true story, about teenager Jedrek (Rafal Zimowski) and his younger brother Grzes (Wojciech Klata) who escape from communist Poland all the way to Denmark hidden under a truck.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.boysonyourscreen.org/ http://www.boysonyourscreen.org/]
*[http://www.boysonyourscreen.org/ Boys On Your Screen]
*[http://www.boysonyourscreen.org/favorites_2007/favorites_2007.html Favorites films of 2007 from Boys On Your Screen]
*[http://www.boysonyourscreen.org/favorites_2013/favorites_2013.html Favorites films of 2013 from Boys On Your Screen]
*[http://www.imdb.com/list/I_kYwk3e15s/?ref_=tt_rls_1 (IMDb) The ultimate coming of age movie list]
*[http://www.imdb.com/list/I_kYwk3e15s/?ref_=tt_rls_1 (IMDb) The ultimate coming of age movie list]
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*[http://www.boychat.org/messages/1359293.htm BoyChat Thread on Favorite Films. Help transfer it to this list.]
*[http://www.boychat.org/messages/1359293.htm BoyChat Thread on Favorite Films. Help transfer it to this list.]
*[http://tjampoer-adoel.org/shared/movie-pages/archive/quick.html the Movie Pages]
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 28 October 2016

Many boylovers enjoy watching films which feature young male actors. Boys On Your Screen is a site which provides a forum for people interested in discussing such movies. The films that have a red link do not yet have their own page on BoyWiki, please feel free to write a review. Also see: Category:Film

Here is a list of films which may be of particular interest to boylovers:

Contents

0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A

After a 10-year absence the mother of Porky Yeung (Huang Kun Husen) resurfaces wanting to take him away from his father who has raised him.
A surreal account of the history of humanity portrayed entirely by children between the ages of 8 and 12, starting with Adam and Eve!
Husband and wife evangelical missionaries travel to the Amazonian jungle with their young son Billy (Niilo Kivirinta) to convert the Indians

B

Brother and sister Kusti (Ülari Kirsipuu) and Iti (Anna-Liisa Kurve) are captured by an evil hag when they stray too close to the forest and used as slave labor: Kusti is set to work on the farm, while Iti looks after the hag's mischievous son, whom she names Bumpy (Egert Soll) due to the horn-like bumps on his head.

C

A schoolteacher in a rural community campaigns to stop the practice of older men marrying 'young 'uns'. The main attraction is Jennie, played by 12-year-old Shirley Mills, who goes swimming with her (same age) sweetheart Freddie.
A priest and his wife adopt adorable brother and sister Eric (Sam Gifaldi) and Cat (Ashley Peldon), but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. When they get her into treatment they begin to find out the reason for this.
Short documentary about a farm that's a summer camp and progressive school for exploration and discovery for young children.
Just before Halloween, Casey (Nathan Forrest Winters) and his two older brothers are alone at home where they are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some circus clowns and taken their identities.

D

A US Army medic in Saigon becomes emotionally involved with a group of Vietnamese orphans.
After moving to a new house, Mary (Robin Ignico) begins seeing the ghost of her older sister, Jennifer (Kristin Cumming), who died in an accident a year earlier. Oliver Robins plays Mary's younger brother, Kevin.
Ian Tracey plays Peter, a disturbed 11-year-old boy who in put in an institution for setting fires. He soon escapes and shacks up with a native Canadian 'dreamspeaker'.

E

F

G

Pseudo-documentary about Negro slavery in America. Watch the 'director's cut'.
Louis (Antoine Hubert), a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer holiday in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine (Vanessa Guedj), the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns from her about life.
After his mother's death, 17-year-old Sven moves in with his dad Achim, a taxi driver, who had divorced his mother several years earlier. Achim's girlfriend Julia senses that something is different with Sven. Why does he not have any friends his own age? Why, she wonders, does he always hang around with young boys?

H

A coming-of-age comedy/drama set in Tunis about a 12-year-old boy, Noura (Selim Boughedir), who must move from the loving world of Moslem women to the harsher world of men while learning about the opposite sex.
In 1969 Athens, 10-year-old Elias (Yorgos Karayannis) struggles to come to terms with the sudden death of his father.

I

8-year-old Rafael (Guillermo Castañeda) wants to get closer to a girl his own age, so, with the help of two friends, he attempts to make himself invisible by witchcraft.

J

K

L

M

10-year-old Adam (Slavek Wronka) goes to the eccentric Mister Blot's Academy, where work and play are equally interesting.
Comedy about a family that adopts a string of children of different races.

N

Japanese film with no dialogue about the intolerably hard life of a family with two young boys (played by Shinji Tanaka and Masanori Horimoto), the only inhabitants of a very small island.

O

P

Story of the Peking Opera School, the first half of which shows the harsh training given to the boys by their strict master.

R

Hungary, 1943. An elderly childless Jewish couple adopt Lackó (Gábor Fehér), an unruly Christian boy, to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and traditions before Nazi oppression engulfs the country
11-year-old Ronia (Hanna Zetterberg) lives in mediaeval Scandinavia with her robber chief father and makes friends with 11-year-old Birk (Dan Håfström), son of the sworn enemy of her father. When their relationship is discovered, the children have to learn to live in the woods.

S

T

After Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked off the coast of Africa, a baby is born and raised by apes after his parents die. The young Tarzan is played by Gordon Griffith for the first half of the film.
Centers on a large 15-year-old boy in a small town as he struggles to adjust to his difficult life. Some very nice scenes with Bridger Zadina.
When old aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family they are grateful for the financial help at first, but the old woman is truly a witch, and she turns against them. The children are 13-year-old Malena (Lilian Davis) and her younger brother Andrés (Adonay Somoza Jr.) and sister Martha (María Rebeca).
A new free adaptation of Turn of the Screw by Henry James - shows signs of pushing technical, artistic and social boundaries a little further still.

U

V

W

A young couple decide to liberate a small group of child-like space aliens being held prisoner at a top secret military facility.
Short comedy/drama about 7-year-old Kosmo Wilton who drinks too much soft drink then bets his mother he won't need to pee on a long drive, during which he confronts the futility of his stand with extraordinary consequences. Sasha Wilton is his younger sister.
  • Weiser (2001) (Polish and English with optional English subtitles): weiser
A middle aged man recalls when he was 12 years old, and he and his friends were affected by tragedy when two other 12-year-olds, Dawid Weiser and Elka disappear after they set off some explosives.
Neglected by his parents, 12-year-old Ludovic (Mathias Coppens) meets and falls in love with 12-year-old Sophie (Bella van Meel), the daughter of a piano teacher.

Y

Z

0-9

Drama, based on a true story, about teenager Jedrek (Rafal Zimowski) and his younger brother Grzes (Wojciech Klata) who escape from communist Poland all the way to Denmark hidden under a truck.

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