Tong nien wang shi (1985)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090185/

Tong nien wang shi / A Time to Live and A Time to Die

Directors: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Stars: Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-chen Chen, Han-wen Chen, Shu-fang Chen, Bao-te Chiang, Tung-hung Chou

This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker's own boyhood. Like many of their compatriots, Hou's family moved from the mainland to Taiwan in 1948 and was unable ever to return. The film focuses on the widening generation gap in a family cut off from its cultural heritage.

Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin | Hakka
With English and other subs (.srt)
 

Sounder (1972)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069303/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounder_(film)

Director: Martin Ritt
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, James Best, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell

The son of a family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

USA
In English, with English subs (.srt)
 

MacArthur's Children (1984)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088093/

Setouchi shônen yakyûdan / MacArthur's Children

Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Stars:  Takaya Yamauchi, Yoshiyuki Omori, Shiori Sakura, Ken Watanabe, Jûzô Itami, Masako Natsume, Naomi Chiaki

In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.

Japan
In Japanese, with English subs (.srt)

Am I Normal?: A Film About Male Puberty (1979)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205734/

Directors: Debra Franco, David S. Shepard
Stars: Joel Doolin, David Carr, John Perrigo, Jerry Gershman, Jennifer Adelson, Renee Miller, Crystal Sylvester, Edward Sullivan

13-year old Jimmy has a lot of questions about his changing body. His often hilarious search for answers uncovers the facts about male sexual development, and raises important issues about peer pressure and readiness to date. Am I Normal?'s humorous and reassuring approach has made it one of the most popular sex education films ever made. With Dear Diary, it is in the collections of more than 3000 schools, libraries, health and church groups across America.

Short

USA, in English (second audio), with Russian subs (embed)

 

Play Safe (1978)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216086/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Safe_%28Public_Information_Film%29

Director: David Eady
Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Brian Wilde - voices
 

A British instructional film for schoolchildren, made in 1978, to warn them about the dangers of playing near electricity pylons and substations.

Short
UK, in English
 

Rupert Patterson Wants to be a Super Hero (1997)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245402/

Director: Brooks Campbell
Stars: Sean Campbell, Melissa DiLuigi, Johnny Crawford, Jeff Wright, Leo Ware, Ray Jones, Taylor Scott, Dan E. Scott

Ten-year-old Rupert Patterson might be small for his age, but he makes up for it with a BIG imagination. When a robber comes to town, Rupert's life takes on a whole new dimension as he believes it is up to him to save his hometown. Kids and adults alike will fall in love with this heartwarming film and its lessons regarding true heroism.

USA
In English
 

Mind How You Go (1973)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869564/

Director & Writer: Don Higgins
Stars: Valerie Singleton
 

Valerie Singleton gives Green Cross Code advice as we witness the clownish antics of cheeky young schoolboy Graham.

Short
UK, in English
 

Dulces horas / Sweet Hours (1982)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083859/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Hours_%28Dulces_horas%29

Dulces horas / Sweet Hours

Director & Writer: Carlos Saura
Stars: Assumpta Serna, Iñaki Aierra, Álvaro de Luna, Pablo Hernández Smith, Jacques Lalande, Alicia Hermida, Luisa Rodrigo

In Dulces Horas (Sweet Hours), directed in 1982 by Carlos Saura, the story moves backwards and forwards in time as a middle-aged man dwells upon his boyhood and the death of his mother in 1942.
He is tormented by memories of the elderly father who went off, and the young mother who committed suicide. He has written a play, Sweet Hours, which contains the key scenes of his early life. The play is in rehearsal and he attends the sessions, watchful and absorbed. Juan slips in and out of the actor reconstructions and his own memories. Eventually he falls in love with Berta, the stunning young actress who is rehearsing the role of the mother...

Spain
In Spanish, with English subs (.srt)
 

The Trojan Women (1971)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067881/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_Women_%28film%29

Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Patrick Magee, Brian Blessed, Alberto Sanz

The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.
 

UK | USA | Greece
In English
 

Timmy (2006)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0882996/

Director: Marc Hall
Stars: Ethan Nall, Leah Camacho, Zach Green, Kate Melton

Timmy is a 'special' boy. He's a little slow, his mother is embarrassed of him and he is constantly picked on by the other kids. On a weekend trip to the park he has a run in with the local playground bullies. The outcome is a horror that he could never imagine.

Short
USA, in English