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Crime, Social Drama, crime film, drama film, independent film, prison film
In April 1997, 17-year-old White-American student Daniel "Danny" Vinyard antagonizes his Jewish history teacher Mr. Murray by writing an essay on Mein Kampf. School principal and outreach worker Dr.
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Cartoon, Computeranimation, Fantasy, Musical, Religious drama, adventure film, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, romance film, sword-and-sandal film
In Ancient Egypt, the enslaved Hebrew people pray to God for deliverance. Pharaoh Seti, fearing that the growing numbers of Hebrews could lead to rebellion, orders a mass infanticide of all newborn Hebrew boys. Yocheved and her children, M…
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Romance Film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film
In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape is busy caring for Arnie, his mentally disabled younger brother who is about to turn 18. They are watching tourists' trailers pass through town during an annual Airstreamers' Club gathering …
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Coming Of Age, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
Telly and a 12-year-old girl are making out on a bed. With no adults around, Telly, who is a scrawny 16-year-old, talks with the girl, a virgin, and they have sex. Afterwards, he meets his best friend, Casper, and they talk about his sexua…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Erotic Film, coming-of-age film, drama film, melodrama, romance film, survival film, teen film
In the late Victorian period, two cousins, nine-year-old Richard and seven-year-old Emmeline Lestrange, and galley cook Paddy Button, are shipwrecked on a lush tropical island in the South Pacific. Paddy cares for the children and forbids …
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Adventure, Political Drama, War Film, coming-of-age film, drama film, war film
In the winter of 1941, amid Japan's invasion of China during World War II, Jamie Graham is a British upper class schoolboy enjoying a privileged life in the Shanghai International Settlement. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan begins …
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Dance Film, Romance Film, dance film, drama film, musical film, romance film, teen film
In the summer of 1963, teenager Frances "Baby" Houseman is vacationing with her family—cardiologist father Jake, mother Marge, and older sister Lisa—at Kellerman's, an upscale Catskills resort in the Borscht Belt owned by Jake's sarcastic …
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Coming Of Age, Computeranimation, Family Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, fantasy film, musical film
An armed conflict forces young couple Pedro and Alma Madrigal to flee their home village in Colombia with their infant triplets, Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno. Pedro is killed, but the candle Alma carries gains a magical power that repels the a…
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Coming Of Age, Forensic, Mafia Film, Social Drama, buddy film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, prison film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, trial film
In the summer of 1967, Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra, Tommy Marcano, Michael Sullivan and John Reilly are childhood friends living in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. At that time, the boys start running small errands for local gangster "King" Ben…
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Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1952, Haddon Township, New Jersey, Jewish couple Mitzi and Burt Fabelman take their young son Sammy to see his first film: The Greatest Show on Earth. Dazzled by a train scene, Sammy asks for a model set for Hanukkah, which he crashes l…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
On Saturday, March 24, 1984, five students at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, report for an all-day detention: socially awkward nerd Brian Johnson, jock Andrew Clark, shy loner Allison Reynolds, popular girl Claire Standish, and …
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Coming Of Age, Military Film, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In 1967, U.S. Army volunteer Chris Taylor arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border. The platoon is commanded by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe, wh…
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Drama, Komödie, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film, romantic comedy film, teen film
In Elk River, Minnesota, 16-year-old high-schooler Juno MacGuff discovers she is pregnant after sleeping with her friend and longtime admirer Paulie Bleeker. Originally intending to get an abortion, Juno visits a local women's clinic and e…
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Coming Of Age, Horror, coming-of-age film, drama film, horror film, melodrama, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, supernatural horror film, teen film, thriller film
16-year-old Carrie White is a shy high school student who is frequently bullied by her peers. When Carrie experiences her first period while showering after gym class, she panics, having never been taught about menstruation. Her female cla…
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Coming Of Age, Romance Film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, independent film, romantic comedy film
After earning his bachelor's degree, Benjamin Braddock returns to his parents' home in Pasadena, California. During his graduation party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's law partner, asks him to drive her home.
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Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy
Aspiring architect Tom Hansen works as a writer at a greeting card company in Los Angeles. He meets Summer Finn, his boss Vance's new assistant. They bond over their similar musical tastes, and at a company-sponsored karaoke night, they di…
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High School Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, teen film
Socially awkward 16-year-old Napoleon Dynamite lives in Preston, Idaho, United States, with his grandmother, Carlinda, and his technology-addicted older brother, Kip. Napoleon's school days are spent doodling mythical creatures, dealing wi…
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Coming Of Age, Drama, Historie, Romance Film, drama film
In 1868, Jo March works as a teacher in New York City. Mr. Dashwood, an editor, has agreed to publish her short story.
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Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Mafia Film, action film, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, melodrama, mystery film, romance film
In 1960, the nine-year-old Calogero lives in Belmont, a working-class Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx with his father Lorenzo, a Surface Transit (later MTA) bus driver, and his mother Rosina. Calogero becomes enamored of the Maf…
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Coming Of Age, Teen Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
On May 28, 1976, the last day of school at Lee High School in an unnamed Texas town where next year's group of seniors commence the annual hazing of junior high students that are to be freshmen. Randall "Pink" Floyd, the school's star quar…
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Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, drama film, tragicomedy
In the fall of 2002, Christine McPherson, who calls herself "Lady Bird", is a senior at a Catholic high school in Sacramento, California. Despite her family's financial struggles, she longs to attend a prestigious college in "a city with c…
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Adventure, Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Road Movie, biographical film, docudrama, drama fiction, drama film, road movie
In April 1992, Chris McCandless arrives in a remote area called Healy, just north of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Noting McCandless's unpreparedness, the man who drops him off gives him gumboots. McCandless sets up camp in …
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Coming Of Age, High Fantasy, Modern-Day Fantasy, children's film, drama film, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film
Bastian Balthazar Bux is a shy boy who lives with his widowed father Barney. One morning, Barney tells Bastian of his concern after hearing he daydreams in school and tells Bastian he needs to stop. On his way to school, Bastian is chased …
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Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, Musical, children's film, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
Charlie Bucket, a 12-year-old paperboy from a poor family, passes by Willy Wonka's chocolate factory in Charlie's town, where a tinker tells him that nobody ever enters or exits the building. Charlie's grandfather, Joe, reveals that Wonka …
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