List 8

12-year-old Pelle is bitten by an ant and develops superpowers. Aided by comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as superhero Antboy. When a super villain The Flea enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge.

A superhero called Antboy fights against evil in his hometown.

"My Little Tomatoes" seems a cute nickname from a father to his motherless children, but after the death of the household cat instigates the telling of an old family fairytale, the name takes on a more literal meaning. Six-year old Sam and nine-year old Maggie bicker over the truth of the tale (and most everything else) until a sudden accident kills their dad. As strange things begin to happen on the farm, Maggie struggles beneath the onslaught of new adult responsibility while her brother throws all of his efforts into trying to bring their father back to life, by means of the fairytale"s promise... A Bad Summer for Tomatoes is a story of sibling rivalry, magic, birth/death, and the importance of family to all of us.

Ben and Alan, two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, find direction for their lives by taking in an abandoned child and creating the family they"ve always needed.

Upon learning they only have a few days left to live, three brothers set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes.

A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice.

All fourteen-year-old Robbie ever wanted was a Dad. Instead he gets something very different... a son.

Nello saves the life of a dog but returns home to find his grandfather dead. Living under a haystack, he enters a drawing contest and wins the prize and the affections of a fellow artist, who adopts him.

Rosario is 11 years old, he lives in the suburbs with his grandmother, a sick woman who spends time watching TV. He is the leader of a small group who spends his days between games rooms, small crimes and dangerous challenges.

An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.

It"s love at first sight when Rusty the Labrador and Cheri the Poodle meet one day while jogging in the park. Even better- their owners fall in love too! But love is more complicated for the people, Susan and Jake, who marry and attempt to join together their large family of five children. With kids fighting and a household in complete chaos, it"s up to the dogs to keep the family together.

Jamie, a diabetic 9 year-old tearaway, dodges his family and jumps on a train that is departing for the seaside. At first, his impromptu adventure is exciting, but his fun soon turns sour, in this tragic tale of the danger of naivety.

A group of boys spend their day outdoors exploring, wreaking havoc and letting their imaginations run wild.

What was a simple job escalates into a violent misunderstanding in this drama involving an American family and the three immigrant laborers hired to help them move.

A young wife"s religious faith is shaken when her husband dies in a car accident.

Ivan lives with his grandmother in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Besides playing in the street, the boy usually throws toys in the cistern. Between games and moments of solitude, the boy goes through the difficult process of growth.

A young boy"s dream of dancing ballet comes true is a most unexpected way.

The year is 1969. Man prepares to walk on the moon, Woodstock rocks on, and the Boeing 747 takes to the skies for the first time. But in a small Australian town, Ry is eclipsed by the shadow of his charismatic, daredevil best friend Dusty and the memory of his Vietnam war hero brother. He must overcome his greatest fears to escape the confines of his small town and go on to become... "A Great Man".

Post-war Germany 1945: Two rival gangs of uprooted boys fight each other in the ruins of Berlin, whose business is the black market out of necessity in order to survive. Their respective leaders are Gerhard and Dietrich. A pretty young circus artist named Corona comes to the destroyed city with a traveling circus. She immediately caught the boys" attention. When the latter notice that the circus director is abusing the girl, the two gangs join forces and plot an act of revenge against the tyrant. But with the hustle and bustle caused by this, Corona falls from the trapeze and is seriously injured. When the circus moves on, the boys organize a doctor for the sick artist who has been left behind. Their collectively concern for the blonde beauty makes them forget their enmity. This welds the troops closer together and sets the course for a common, meaningful future.

A stiff driving instructor is never nice for his students and always makes the same nasty jokes. But if the man at the end of the day hits a boy on his way home, his mood is upside down.

Peppino Impastato, an activist in 1970s Sicily, used radio to defy the mafia"s reign. His bold defiance led to his murder by the mob, exposing society"s silence on organized crime.