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Coming Of Age, Komödie, drama film
The film is an ensemble piece in which the five protagonists plan, enjoy and come down from a weekend out in Cardiff; all motivated at least in part by the need for a weekend escape from the banality and misery of their daily lives. Jip is…
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Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1970s Glasgow, Scotland, Ryan Quinn entangles himself in curtains before his mother reprimands and readies him to visit his father. Ryan instead chooses to run off and play with his friend James Gillespie at the canal. After James' head…
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Teen Comedy Film, romantic comedy, teen film
In East Great Falls, Michigan, high-schooler Rob masturbates with a peanut butter sandwich. His dog attempts to eat it and his younger brother Cody films the ordeal, uploading it to YouTube. At school, an embarrassed Rob meets his fellow v…
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Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film
The film is set in 2002. Melody Brooks is a sixth-grader in middle school with cerebral palsy, synesthesia, and a photographic memory. She is mostly nonverbal and uses an electric wheelchair.
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Coming Of Age, Teen Horror Film, drama film, horror film, teen film, thriller film
Police interview several people, including high-school student Sue Snell and gym teacher Rita Desjarden. Detective John Mulcahey is investigating the disappearance of a high-school student and suspect of arson, Carrie White. These intervie…
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Action Comedy, coming-of-age film, martial arts film, teen film
Barry Gabrewski is a troubled and bullied asthmatic boy who lives with his widowed father, Jerry, in Houston, Texas. A loner, Barry has vivid daydreams about being Chuck Norris' sidekick, and about battling against Norris' movie enemies. S…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Tragic Comedy Film, coming-of-age film, crime film
Old Dolio Dyne, an emotionally stunted 26-year-old woman, is in a manipulative relationship with her con artist parents, Robert and Theresa Dyne, who treat her as an accomplice to their petty thefts and scams rather than as a daughter. The…
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LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
The film opens with a funeral for Dawn Wiener who went to college, gained a lot of weight and acne, and committed suicide at age 20 after she became pregnant from a date rape. Her older brother Mark reads the eulogy while Dawn's tearful pa…
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Coming Of Age, Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, teen film
In a small Oregon town, overweight school bully George Tooney films himself playing basketball. Soft-spoken Sam Merric notices George's camera and begins messing with it, resulting in George mercilessly attacking Sam physically. Sam tells …
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High School Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, female buddy film
On the last day of 8th grade before their freshman year in high school, Julie Corky has a slumber party with three friends, Hannah Carlson, Farrah James, and Yancy Williams. A group of popular girls, led by a former friend of Julie's, Stac…
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Drama, Komödie, coming-of-age film, drama film
At Harvard Law School, James T. Hart attends his first day in a contract law course taught by Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
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Teen Comedy Film, Vampirfilm, fantasy film, teen film, vampire film
In an unnamed American town, teenagers Darren Shan and Steve Leonard (Darren's more rebellious best friend and classmate) sneak out at night to attend the Cirque du Freak freak show at a local theater. During the performance, Steve recogni…
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Dance Film, Romance Film, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy film, teen film
In 1958, Katey Miller, her parents and her sister Susie arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution. A bookworm, Katey is not very happy about having to move to a different country during her senior year of high school, as she had planned o…
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Action, Drama, Musical, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
Joey and Turkey are members of the Wanderers, an Italian-American greaser street gang living in the Bronx. Joey tries to dissuade Turkey from joining a rival gang, the Fordham Baldies. Before Turkey can ask, Terror's girlfriend Peewee over…
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LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film, teen film
In 1983 at a boys' grammar school in Sheffield, eight sixth-form students – Crowther, Posner, Dakin, Timms, Akthar, Lockwood, Scripps and Rudge – have achieved the school's best-ever A-Level results and ar…
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American football film, coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Scott Murphy is a former high school football hero, famous as the top high school quarterback in Ohio with the nickname of "Mr. Football". A leg injury he received during the Ohio State High School Championship game terminated his scholars…
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Coming Of Age, Komödie, Road Movie, comedy film, drama film, road movie, tragicomedy
Cheyenne is a wealthy former rock star, now bored and jaded in his 20-year retirement in Dublin. He retired after two of his teenaged fans died by suicide. He travels to New York to reconcile with his estranged father during his final hour…
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Crime, Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In the mid-1950s, Richard Dadier is a new teacher at North Manual Trades High School, an inner-city school of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Led by student Gregory Miller, most engage in anti-social behavior. The school principal, Mr.
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Dance Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film
Protagonist Kelly "Special K" Bennett is a young dancer training under instructor Franco in Venice, California. Through her friend Adam, Kelly meets two street dancers, Ozone and Turbo on the boardwalk at Venice Beach. Kelly is enamored wi…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, teen film
Clifford Peache lives in an upscale Chicago luxury hotel with his father, the hotel manager, and his grandmother. He is a new student at Fleer H.S., where he arrives each day in a hotel limousine. Clifford quickly becomes a target of abuse…
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Coming Of Age, Musical, Tragic Comedy Film, drama film
In 1987, Javed Khan and his family – Pakistani migrant parents Malik and Noor with younger sister Shazia and older cousin Yasmeen – live in Luton, England, during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. Javed likes contemporary pop music, wh…
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Komödie, buddy film, coming-of-age film, musical film, romantic comedy film, teen film
At the beginning of the movie, teenagers dance inside of a house and the noise is so loud that it blows the roof off, sending it careening into the night sky. In his high-school cafeteria, Peter, also known as "Play," announces he will be …
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Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
In 1984, Boy is living in Waihau Bay, in the Tairawhiti region of New Zealand, on a small farm with his grandmother, younger brother Rocky, and several cousins. Boy spends his time dreaming of Michael Jackson, hanging out with his friends …
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Biographical picture, Drama, Family Drama, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
Sarah, a woman addicted to alcohol and drugs, is the mother of three abused and neglected daughters, 14-year-old Agnes, 12-year-old Bee, and 8-year-old Cammie. She has been coerced into prostitution to support her pimp, Duval. Sarah is una…
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