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Coming Of Age, Social Drama, drama film, independent film, sport film, thriller film
Alex, a 16-year-old skateboarder, rides a freight train clandestinely with a man named Scratch whom he has just met at the Eastside Skatepark, known as "Paranoid Park". While the train is moving a security guard notices the pair, chases af…
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Drama, children's film, drama film, family film
An abused Beagle puppy avoids his cruel owner, Judd Travers, and meets a boy named Marty Preston, who names him Shiloh. Marty's strict father, Ray, will not let Marty keep Shiloh because he is not their dog. Having personally witnessed Jud…
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Adventure, Drama, drama film
Katherine "Katy" McLaughlin has dreams of running her father's Wyoming horse ranch, but her father, Rob, has other plans. He is grooming her older brother, Howard, to take over the ranch and sends Katy away to a private school where she fe…
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Coming Of Age, Tragic Comedy Film
Twelve-year-old Mully lives with his indebted father, James, in County Kerry, Ireland, after Mully’s mother Rita dies of cancer. At a charity event held in Rita’s honour, Mully realises James has stolen the donated hospice money to pay off…
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Erotic Thriller, Film Noir, LGBTQ-related film, crime film, erotic film, thriller
Brittney Havers, a South Florida high school senior, lives with her wealthy but cruel stepfather, Niles Dunlap, after her mother ran her car off the road in "Gator Alley" and was presumably eaten by alligators a year earlier. When Dunlap i…
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Drama, biographical film, buddy film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, teen film
In 1974, college-educated Jim Ellis is having a hard time finding employment. While struggling to find something better, Jim, a former competitive swimmer, works at the decrepit Marcus Foster Recreation Center in a poor neighborhood of Phi…
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Dance Film, Romantic Comedy, coming-of-age film, teen film
In the summer of 1963, recent high school graduates Melaina Buller, Caroline Carmichael, and Luanne Clatterbuck pick up their friend Carson McBride for a weekend getaway to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to show her a good time before her w…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Christmas film, Fairy-Tale Film, coming-of-age film, fantasy film, musical film
In 19th century Germany, Clara Stahlbaum, her younger brother Fritz and their family celebrate Christmas Eve, though Clara is jealous that her older sister Louise already has a boyfriend Erik, leaving her wondering about growing up. She im…
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Coming Of Age, Drama, drama film
A young orphan, Sylvia Brown, and her nurse, Nana, come to live at Great Uncle Matthew's, nicknamed Gum, house in London. He is initially reluctant to take them in, but relents as he is her only living relative. As a palaeontologist, he is…
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Drama, Thriller, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film
Connie Wyatt is a restless 15-year-old who is anxious to explore the pleasures of her sexual awakening. Before she enters her sophomore year in high school, she spends the summer moping around her family farmhouse. She suffers from the put…
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Coming Of Age, Fantasy, fantasy film, thriller film
Teen Barbara Thorson lives with her brother and supportive older sister Karen. She has created a fantasy world inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and the career of former Phillies pitcher Harry Coveleski. Believing that giants are coming to at…
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Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
In a wealthy Chicago suburb during the early 1960s, middle-class Jimmy Reardon hangs out with his upper-class best friend, Fred Roberts, and sleeps with Fred's snobby girlfriend, Denise Hunter. He spends his time writing poetry and drinkin…
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Komödie, comedy film, teen film
18-year-old virgin, Katie Powers lusts after fellow student, Ryan Lambert and hopes to have sex with him at the high school graduation party. However, Ryan has a policy of not having sex with virgins. This leads Katie on a quest to lose he…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Sci-Fi, adventure film, science fiction film
In 2257, humans have mined the Moon for resources, following the failure to colonize it. Miners sign a contract to work for 20 years before they are allowed to take a shuttle to colonize another planet called Omega. Should someone die befo…
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Coming Of Age, High School Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film
On a typical Monday morning at John F. Kennedy High School in the inner city of Columbus, Ohio, there is conflict between teachers, a student with a stab wound, and talk of an upcoming lawsuit. Vice principal Roger Rubell and principal Eug…
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Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film
Eccentric Jeffrey Mannus is a 29-year-old book store clerk who still lives with his mother, Jan. Jeffrey's father died when Jeffrey was young, so he has clung to his mother tightly. Jeffrey sees no reason to alter his current arrangement, …
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Coming Of Age, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film
16-year-old Lindy has never had a period. She is diagnosed with a rare reproductive condition, MRKH syndrome. The diagnosis throws into disarray her relationships with her new boyfriend, Adam; her single mother; her best friend, Vivian; an…
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Drama, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
In the film's prologue, a hotelier ushers someone into a bomb shelter during the Liverpool Blitz. We see a brief flashback to a woman leaving her baby in a basement surrounded by flickering candles. Before departing from the house, she qui…
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Crime Comedy, coming-of-age film, drama film
Set in Port Talbot and Swansea, the Lewis "twins" of the title are not twins but brothers. They live with their parents and sister Adie in a caravan on a mobile home site. Constantly mocking their sister's employment at a local massage par…
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Coming Of Age, Teen Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film
Justin Cobb is a shy 17-year-old in a family of four, in suburban Oregon. He has a persistent thumb-sucking habit, that his father disapproves of, which has led to major orthodontic repair. He addresses his parents by their first names, Mi…
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Coming Of Age, Family Comedy, comedy film
Christmas film, Coming Of Age, children's film
In 1904, Samantha Parkington lives in a large country house in the fictional town of Mount Bedford, New York with her grandmother. In April, Nellie O'Malley and her sisters Bridget and Jenny along with their Irish immigrant father arrive i…
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Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film
Danny, an awkward, underdeveloped 17-year-old, has been sent away by his parents to the all-male St. Albans boarding school in rural New South Wales, Australia, in the hopes he won’t become a delinquent. The year is 1965 and it has been so…
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Komödie, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
In New York City, concert pianist Henry Orient pursues an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy, while two adolescent private-school girls, Valerie "Val" Boyd and Marian "Gil" Gilbert, stalk him and write their fantasies about him…
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