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Coming Of Age, Psychodrama, Road Movie, Romantic Drama, horror film, romance film
In 1988, teenager Maren Yearly lives in Virginia, where she is invited to a sleepover by a classmate. Although she knows she's not allowed to go, she sneaks out. During the sleepover, she compulsively bites her classmate's finger, partiall…
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Biographical picture, Psychodrama, biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1979 Azusa, California, the film follows Rocky Dennis, a teenage boy with the extremely rare genetic disorder known as craniodiaphyseal dysplasia. He is accepted without question by his freewheeling bohemian biker mother Florence "Rusty…
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Coming Of Age, Drama, Social Drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film
In 1953, 30-year-old Katherine Ann Watson accepts an Art History teaching position at Wellesley College. She quickly discovers her students have memorized the entire textbook and syllabus, so she introduces modern art and encourages discus…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, Western film, comedy drama, comedy film, mystery film, prison film
The Yelnats family has been cursed with bad luck, which they blame on their ancestor Elya's failure to keep a promise to fortune teller Madame Zeroni over a century earlier in Latvia. One day, Stanley Yelnats IV is wrongfully convicted of …
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LGBTQ-related film, coming-of-age film, drama film, erotic film, lesbian-related film, romance film
Adèle is an introverted 15-year-old high-school student. She passes an older woman with short blue hair in the streets one day and is instantly attracted. She has sex with Thomas, a boy from school, losing her virginity, but is ultimately …
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comedy film, coming-of-age film, fantasy film
After being expelled from school, Billie, an impulsive and unconventional teen girl, discovers magical abilities that take her from suburbia into Hexe, a realm of witches. With her cautious mother Alice, she investigates family secrets con…
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Computeranimation, adventure film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, fantasy film
In the Philippines during the 1990s, two childhood friends, Jo and Raissa, promise to remain close forever. After graduating high school, Raissa prepares to move to the United States for college at the urging of her parents. Fearing the lo…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, dystopian film, romance film, science fiction film
A medical breakthrough in the 1950s has, by the late 1960s, extended human lifespan beyond 100 years. In 1978, the young Kathy H, along with her friends Tommy D and Ruth C, spent their childhood at Hailsham, a traditional boarding school. …
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Adventure, Animation, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, fantasy film
In Medieval Scotland, a young Princess Merida of Clan DunBroch celebrates her birthday and is given a bow and arrow by her father, King Fergus, dismaying his wife Queen Elinor. In the forest, Merida encounters a will-o'-the-wisp and follow…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Fairy-Tale Film, Family Drama, Low Fantasy, Modern-Day Fantasy, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, magic realist film, werewolf film
At William Bloom's wedding party, his father Edward recalls the day Will was born, claiming he caught an enormous catfish using his wedding ring as bait. Will has heard his father's fanciful tales many times, and believes they are lies. Fe…
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Coming Of Age, Justice Drama, Komödie, Super Hero, action film, comedy film, superhero film, teen film
Dave Lizewski is an awkward teenager who lives in Staten Island with his widowed father. Inspired by comic books and wondering why there are no real-life superheroes, Dave modifies a wetsuit to become a superhero but is attacked and critic…
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Coming Of Age, Komödie, comedy film, coming-of-age film
In 1962, Scott "Scotty" Smalls moves to the San Fernando Valley with his unnamed mother and new stepfather, Bill. When Smalls's mother encourages him to make friends, he tries joining a group of eight boys— the talented leader Benjamin Fra…
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High School Comedy Film, Musical, comedy drama, drama film, musical film, romantic comedy film, teen film
On New Year's Eve, high school juniors Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are both vacationing at a ski lodge in Utah and meet when they are called up to sing a karaoke duet together ("Start of Something New") during a party. Troy returns ho…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Computeranimation, Fantasy, Komödie, adventure film, buddy film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, family film, fantasy film, triathlon films
In the summer in the 1950s, timid sea monster child Luca Paguro herds goatfish off the coast of the Italian town of Portorosso. One day, Luca meets Alberto Scorfano, a fellow sea monster kid living alone in an abandoned lighthouse. Alberto…
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Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, teen film
13-year-old Tracy Freeland begins the seventh grade as a smart, mild-mannered honors student at a middle school in Los Angeles. Her divorced mother Melanie is a recovering alcoholic who struggles to support Tracy and her older brother Maso…
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Drama, drama film
The Jarretts are an upper-middle-class family in Lake Forest, a wealthy suburb north of Chicago. They are trying to return to normal life after experiencing the accidental drowning of their older teenage son, Buck, and the attempted suicid…
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American football film, Coming Of Age, Sport, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In the small town of West Canaan, Texas, Jonathan "Mox" Moxon is an academically gifted backup quarterback for the 3A high school Varsity football team, the West Canaan Coyotes. Despite his relative popularity at school, easy friendships w…
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Musical, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, hood film, musical film
In 1995, aspiring rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. performs under the stage name "B-Rabbit". A blue-collar worker, Jimmy has moved to the run-down Detroit trailer home of his alcoholic mother, Stephanie, after breaking up with his previous girlfrien…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, adventure film, animated film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film
In 2002 Toronto, 13-year-old Meilin "Mei" Lee lives with her parents, Ming and Jin, helps take care of the family's temple dedicated to her maternal ancestor Sun Yee, and works to make her mother proud. She hides her personal interests fro…
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Komödie, coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy film, romantic comedy film
Thirteen-year-old Josh Baskin tries to impress a girl by going on a carnival ride but is rejected as he is too short. Dejected, he inserts a coin into an antique fortune-teller machine called Zoltar, and makes a wish to be "big". It dispen…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film
An elderly Norman Maclean is preparing a fishing lure in a river, narrating how his father suggested that he write the story of his family. The film then flashes back to the early 1900s. The Maclean brothers, Norman and Paul, grow up in Mi…
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Drama, Film Noir, Romance Film, Satire, drama film, film noir, flashback film
At a mansion on Sunset Boulevard, police officers and photographers discover the body of Joe Gillis floating face down in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death. Six months earlier, Joe, a down-on-hi…
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Drama, Social Drama, Sport, biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film, hood film, sport film, teen film
In Richmond, California, Ken Carter becomes the coach of Richmond High School's basketball team, the Oilers, for which he once played. The team is initially undisciplined and disrespectful. Carter implements strict contracts requiring the …
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 2002, 6-year-old Mason Evans lives with his divorced mother, Olivia, and 8-year-old sister, Samantha, in a small town in Texas. Mason overhears Olivia arguing with her boyfriend, saying she has no free time due to parenting. In 2003, Ol…
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