As Chris posted (again) two good movie reviews, I just wanted to add a list of my all-time favourite movies with boy actors - just an excerpt.
(sorted by my rating, no gay movies, only English-language movies... of course I could recommend many foreign films...)


Name (Country, year) [boy actors]



... movies with a very meaningful content:


Lord of the Flies (GB, 1963) [James Aubrey, and div.]
Man is not good in himself. A kind of "apocalypse now". Dark and honest.

Lord of the Flies (USA, 1990) [Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, James Badge Dale]
Second edition of a true topic: Evil is inside men - society will not evolve to perfectness.

KES (GB, 1970) [David Bradley]
No one likes the boy - an image of society in the small.

The War (USA, 1994) [Elijah Wood]
Not war makes peace, but loving your neighbour. Also enemies can be your next.

The Education of Little Tree (USA, 1996) [Joseph Ashton]
Life can teach you more things than school can. // Little Tree is my nickname ;)

Stand by me (USA, 1986) [River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman]
Four friends alone. Real, true friendship.

Jet Boy aka: Moments (Canada, 2001) [Branden Nadon]
Boy living on the street, searching for love - but they use him instead of loving him.

Billy Elliot – I will dance (GB, 2001) [Jamie Bell]
Take your own way. Against stereotypes. According to your abilities.

Saint Ralph (Canada, 2004) [Adam Butcher]
From teenager to Marathon runner. Withour family. With faith.

Treasures of the Snow (USA, 1980) [Paul Dean, Timothy Fleetwood]
Love and trust, repentance and forgiveness. Christian classic.

Duma (USA, 2005) [Alexander Michaeletos]
Why you sometimes have to release your most beloved thing.

The Boys of St Vincent (Canada, 1992+1994) [Johnny Morina and div.]
Boys' abuse in church. Very emotional and enlightening.



... not very meaningful on a meta level, but also very nice:

Flipper (USA, 1963) [Luke Halpin]
The boy and his dolphin. The amazing classic.

Robby (USA, 1968) [Warren Raum]
Robinson Crusoue as a 10-y. Survival of two boys.

The Mosquito Coast (USA, 1986) [River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele]
How far can a man go for his dreams? Too far.

The Goonies (USA, 1985) [Sean Astin, Corey Feldman]
Searching for the treasure - hunted by the bad.

Pelle Eroberen (Sweden, 1987) [Pelle Hvenegaard]
Live on a farm in Denmark. Live can be hard...

King of the Hill (Canada, 1993) [Jesse Bradford]
Poor boy in poor circumstances. Life in the Twenties.

The Boy in Striped Pyjamas (GB, 1998) [Asa Butterfield]
Holocaust-based film on a friendship between a German and a Jew boy - it will cost his life.

I Am David (USA, 2003) [Ben Tibber]
Experiencing freedom - a new life outside a work camp.

The Kite Runner (USA, 2008) [N.N.]
About friendship and betrayal.

Slumdog Millionaire (India, 2008) [N.N.]
Learning from life - in true Indian everyday life.

Kevin – Home alone (USA, 1990-1992) [Macaulay Culkin]
Without serious content - but quite funny!


... by far not all boy-movies I own, but the ones I like most...