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Teen Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, teen film
Two months before his graduation, high school senior Ferris Bueller fakes illness to stay home from school, regularly breaking the fourth wall to describe his senioritis. While his sister Jeanie sees through the ruse, he fools their parent…
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Teen Horror Film, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
On October 31, 1963, in the suburban Illinois town of Haddonfield, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally stabs his teenage sister Judith to death with a chef's knife. On October 30, 1978, psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis and nurse Marion Chamb…
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Coming Of Age, Silly Movie, Teen Comedy Film, coming-of-age film, high school film, romantic comedy film, sex comedy, teen film
At East Great Falls High School in Michigan, four friends await graduation: the sexually inexperienced Jim Levenstein; the insensitive lacrosse star Chris "Oz" Ostreicher; the intellectual Paul Finch; and Kevin Myers, who is desperate to h…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, biopunk, science fiction film, superhero film, teen film, thriller film
Richard Parker, a scientist who left Oscorp, records a video message to explain his disappearance. He and his wife Mary flee aboard a private jet, which is soon hijacked by an assassin. The jet crashes and kills both Richard and Mary.
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Fantasy, Teen Comedy Film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, musical film
Shortly after returning from their adventure into the past, Red and Chloe hide Maddox Hatter's magic pocket watch in Wonderland's hidden royal vault. The next day, they begin to learn how their lives have changed as a result of their time-…
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Coming Of Age, Drama, Musical, Romantic Drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, teen film
In 1969 San Diego, child prodigy William Miller struggles to fit in with his peers. His mother Elaine, a widowed college professor, further complicates his life by starting him early in school and leading him to believe he is 13 years old,…
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Teen Horror Film, Vampirfilm, comedy horror film, fantasy film, vampire film
Teenager Michael Emerson, his younger brother Sam, and their recently divorced mother Lucy move to the seaside town of Santa Carla, California. They live with Lucy's eccentric father, to whom they refer solely as Grandpa. Lucy takes a job …
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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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Ghost-Movie, Parodie, Silly Movie, comedy horror, ghost film, parody film, supernatural
At the haunted mansion Hell House, teenager Megan Voorhees becomes possessed by the spirit of Hugh Kane, the house's cruel, wicked previous owner. She interrupts a formal dinner party, thrown by her mother, who seeks help from two Roman Ca…
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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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Family Drama, Romance Film, action film, drama film, romance film, teen film
In Verona Beach, the Capulets and Montagues are two rival business empires. The animosity of the older generation—Fulgencio and Gloria Capulet and Ted and Caroline Montague—is felt by their younger relatives. A shootout occurs between Mont…
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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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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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Christmas film, Fairy-Tale Film, Melodrama, Modern-Day Fantasy, Romance Film, Social Drama, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film, romance film
One snowy evening, an elderly woman tells her granddaughter the story of a young man named Edward, who has scissor blades for hands. Many years earlier, Peg Boggs, a door-to-door Avon saleswoman, drives to the decrepit Gothic mansion where…
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Teen Horror Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, splatter film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Teenager Tina Gray awakens from a terrifying nightmare in which a disfigured man wearing a bladed glove attacks her in a boiler room. Her mother points out the mysterious slashes on her nightgown. The following morning, Tina's best friend …
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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, 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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Fantasy, Romance Film, Vampirfilm, action film, drama film, fantasy film, melodrama, romance film, teen film, vampire film
Seventeen-year-old Bella Swan leaves Phoenix, Arizona, and moves to Forks, a small town located on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, to live with her father, Charlie, the town's police chief. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to Phil, a …
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Romantic Comedy, Teen Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy of remarriage, family film, romantic comedy film
In 1986, American wine grower Nicholas "Nick" Parker and British wedding gown designer Elizabeth James fall in love and marry aboard a cruise on the Queen Elizabeth 2. Shortly after Elizabeth gives birth to identical twins, Annie and Halli…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Monster Film, horror film, monster film, slasher film, teen film
Trish Jenner and her brother Darry are traveling home from college for spring break. As they drive through the Florida countryside, an old truck violently tailgates them but eventually passes. During their drive, they discuss the urban leg…
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Coming Of Age, High School Comedy Film, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, drama film, romantic comedy, teen film
Matthew Kidman, an ambitious high school senior in suburban California, has been accepted to Georgetown University but lacks the funds to attend. As class president, he raises $25,000 to help a Cambodian student, Samnang Sok, study in the …
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Drama, drama film, teen drama film
In 1999, Scottish 11-year-old Sophie Patterson travels to a Turkish holiday resort with her 30-year-old father, Calum, who moved to London after separating amicably from her mother. Sophie records the holiday on a MiniDV camera, the footag…
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