Friendship movies

There Be Dragons (2011)

Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, war film

Five Corners (1987)

Drama, crime film, drama film

In 1964, in the Bronx, a high school teacher is fatally shot in the back with an arrow. A man offers two seemingly intoxicated young women to two teenage boys, even offering cash to take the women off his hands. Later, these women awaken i…

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The Virginity Hit (2010)

Teen Comedy Film, comedy film, found footage film

Four male teenage friends in New Orleans, Louisiana: Matt, Zack, Jacob and Justin, buy a bong and agree to use it only to celebrate when one of the four have sex for the first time. The boys are beginning to lose their virginity and Matt i…

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Håkon Håkonsen (1990)

Adventure, Pirate Film, Treasure Hunting, children's film, pirate film

Haakon Haakonsen, a young Norwegian boy in the 1850s, becomes the sole support of his family as a cabin boy on a ship after his father is injured. Jens, who was a shipmate of Haakon's father and a friend of the Haakonsens, agrees to be a "…

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Rocket Science (2007)

Coming Of Age, Romantic Drama, Teen Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film

Hal Hefner is a fifteen-year-old student of Plainsboro, New Jersey with a pronounced stutter. His older brother Earl is an obsessive-compulsive kleptomaniac, his father Doyle has recently walked out on the family after a heated argument, a…

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Coming Soon (1999)

Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy, teen film

Three wealthy, savvy high school seniors have everything: brains, beauty, money, popularity, powerful parents, and boyfriends. Stream Hodsell is a smart, down-to-earth strawberry blonde. Sassy Jenny Simon masks her intelligence behind a gu…

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The Selfish Giant (2013)

Drama, drama film

Arbor and Swifty are two teenage boys growing up in a poor and run down area of Bradford in West Yorkshire. Arbor suffers from hyperactivity disorder, which often gets him into trouble even when it is not his intention. When the boys are s…

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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)

Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film, medical drama

Michael Connolly is a 24-year-old with cerebral palsy who is a long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled run by the formidable Eileen. His life, mundane and schedule-driven by the institution's authorities, is …

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Looking for Eric (2009)

Tragic Comedy Film, association football film, comedy drama, drama film

Eric Bishop is a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis. Looking after his granddaughter is bringing him into contact with his ex-wife, Lily, whom he abandoned after the birth of their daughter. At the same time, his…

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Ski Patrol (1990)

Komödie, Silly Movie, comedy film

The film tells about some ski school instructors who ally with an evil land developer to try to sabotage the ski patrol and convince the Forest Service to cancel the owner's lease on the ski area. At the end, though, the leader of the Fore…

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Avenging Force (1986)

Action, Drama, action film, martial arts film, thriller film

Former US Secret Service agent Captain Matt Hunter has retired to his family's ranch in Louisiana and Texas, with his sister Sarah and grandfather. They drive to New Orleans and meet Matt's old military comrade and local politician Larry R…

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The Aviator (1985)

Adventure, action film, adventure film, drama film

Edgar Anscombe is an instructor at a US Army Air Corps flying school in 1918. While he is teaching a young pilot, the aircraft crashes during a landing attempt and bursts into flames. The student is killed, though Edgar survives.

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For A Good Time, Call… (2012)

Komödie, comedy film

After Lauren is dumped by her boyfriend Charlie, she is unable to afford a place of her own. Her friend Jesse tells her of a beautiful apartment overlooking Gramercy Park, not mentioning his other friend Katie lives there. During their fre…

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December Boys (2007)

Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film

In late 1960s Australia, four orphan boys from a Roman Catholic orphanage in the outback of AustraliaMaps, Misti, Spark and Spitwere all born in the month of December, and for their birthday, they are sent on a holiday to the beach to stay…

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And Soon the Darkness (1970)

Horror, Thriller, thriller film

Jane and Cathy are two young nurses from Nottingham who are taking a cycling holiday through rural France. While having lunch at a busy restaurant, Cathy notices a handsome man drinking alone at an adjacent table. Shortly after the women d…

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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

Drama, drama film

In nineteenth-century China, two girls named Snow Flower (Gianna Jun) and Lily (Li Bing Bing) are forever bonded together as sworn sisters. They are paired as laotong by a matchmaker who is also responsible for arranging their marriages. T…

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A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)

Coming Of Age, Heimatfilm, Melodrama, Social Drama, comedy drama

12-year-old boys Romeo Brass and Gavin Woolley have been best friends and neighbours for most of their lives. Gavin suffers from a back injury which causes him to be bullied by other boys, while Romeo is quick to step in and defend him. On…

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Aspen Extreme (1993)

Action, Drama, buddy film

T.J. Burke tires of his auto assembly worker job in Detroit, quits, and convinces his friend Dexter Rutecki to move with him to Aspen. After succeeding in the new instructor tryouts for the Aspen Ski School, they both become ski instructor…

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Jumping Ship (2001)

Adventure, teen film

Although Michael has become a more mature individual since the first film and shows more concern for others, he still feels that, by birthright, he deserves to start at the top of his father's law firm. Michael's father does offer him a po…

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John Rabe (2009)

Biographical picture, Historie

The film begins in Nanjing during late 1937, where German businessman John Rabe, director of the local Siemens subsidiary, and his wife Dora have resided for almost thirty years. The thought of transferring management to his successor Flie…

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That Championship Season (1982)

Drama, drama film

It has been 25 years since the 1957 Fillmore High School basketball team won the Pennsylvania state championship. The coach and four of the victors regularly gather to relive the glory of their shining moment. As teenage teammates they cou…

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Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)

Drama, independent film

Hannah is a recent college graduate living in Chicago who works as an intern at a production office during the summer. She finds herself torn between three different men: her boyfriend Mike, and Matt and Paul, two screenwriters she works w…

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Taxman (1998)

Action, Crime, Komödie, Thriller, crime film, drama film

A tax investigator chasing a tax evader stumbles upon a series of bloody murders and gets wrapped up in an investigation with a rookie cop despite his boss's orders to stay out of the way.

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The Horseman (2008)

Thriller, horror film, rape and revenge film

After the drug-induced death of his teenaged daughter, Christian (Peter Marshall) is sent a video tape, a "snuff film" involving his daughter and several men. Christian then decides to avenge his daughter by killing all those linked to the…

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