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girls' reformatory

6 movies and shows

Hairspray

Hairspray

Fri, 26 Feb 1988

'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.

Girls in Chains

Girls in Chains

Mon, 17 May 1943

A fired teacher finds work at a girls reform school and helps a detective on a case.

Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl

Fri, 27 Sep 1929

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.

Girl's Reform School

Girl's Reform School

Sun, 05 Feb 1956

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

The Man Who Turned to Stone

The Man Who Turned to Stone

Fri, 01 Mar 1957

A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of ancient alchemists, who have insinuated themselves as the prison's chief staffers, to keep themselves alive and free from an insidious petrification, which is already afflicting one of their number.

Mauvaises filles

Mauvaises filles

Wed, 30 Nov 2022

Disobedients, rebels, misunderstoods or simply unpopulars. As many other french women, Édith, Michèle, Éveline and Fabianne had been put in a juvenile detention center during their teenage years. Nowadays, with an incredible strength, each of them relate their story, and unveil the deeply moving fate lived by these « bad girls » until the late 70's.