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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 1,531 films · Page 25.
Family Drama, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film
During his childhood, Tim Jensen witnesses his father being taken by the Boogeyman, an evil creature which lives in all closets worldwide. Since then, he has taken precautions to ensure that the Boogeyman cannot get to him, such as sleepin…
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Horror, comedy horror, horror film
Teenage outcast Angela Franklin and her best friend Suzanne are throwing a party at Hull House, a mortuary abandoned due to its gruesome past and rumored to be cursed by evil spirits. On the way there, Stooge, Helen and Rodger drive past a…
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Drama, Justice Drama, drama film, teen film
In 1977, Piper Dellums is a Black girl who lives in Washington, D.C. with her father, Congressman Ron Dellums, an outspoken opponent of the South African apartheid system, her mother Roscoe Dellums, and two younger twin brothers, Brandon a…
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Romantic Comedy, Teen Comedy Film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romantic comedy film, teen film
High school senior, Dave, meets junior, Aubrey, outside a house party, while rehearsing a confession of love for his best friend, Jane. The police bust the party, and Aubrey asks Dave to walk her home despite having a boyfriend. She invite…
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Komödie, teen film
Preppy pre-freshman (pre-frosh) Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University (PCU), a college where fraternities have been outlawed and political correctness is rampant. During his visit, accident-prone Tom makes enemies with nearly every g…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, comedy film, comedy horror film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Teenage prodigy Paul Conway and his mother Jeannie move into their new house in the town of Welling. He soon becomes friends with paperboy Tom Toomey. Living next door to Paul is Samantha Pringle and her abusive, alcoholic father Harry.
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Heist, High School Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film, teen film
Everyman high school student Kyle needs a high score on the SAT to get into Cornell University's architecture program. He constantly compares himself to his older brother Larry, who is now living above his parents' garage. Kyle's best frie…
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Detective Film, action film, crime film, mystery film, teen film
Nancy Drew, an amateur sleuth, and her widowed father, Carson Drew, move from their quaint hometown River Heights to California, where Carson has a temporary job. Carson encourages Nancy to focus on living like a normal teenager, instead o…
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Horror, Horror comedy, Teen Horror Film, exploitation film, horror film, slasher film, teen film
In Venice, Trish Deveraux, an 18-year-old high school senior, decides to throw a slumber party while her parents are away. Their neighbor, Mr. David Contant, is given the job of checking on the girls.
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Family Comedy, Komödie, Romance Film, children's film, drama film, romantic comedy film, teen film
Single mother Jean relocates every time she gets her heart broken, much to her teenage daughter Holly's dismay. After moving to Brooklyn, Holly devises a plan to invent a secret admirer for her, so she will be happy and not need to relocat…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, teen film
Set in 1953, the film explores the budding relationship between teenagers Billy Joe McAllister (Benson) and Bobbie Lee Hartley (O'Connor) (who corresponds to the unnamed narrator of the original song), despite resistance from Hartley's fam…
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Horror, Splatter Film, Teen Horror Film, Zombiefilm, horror film, zombie film
Rickie and J.T. are two high school seniors who gaze at the girls they wish they could get, especially Joann, whom Rickie has known since he was a child. One day, they cut class and end up in an abandoned psychiatric hospital.
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Teen Comedy Film, Tragic Comedy Film, romantic comedy film
Sierra Burgess is a smart, aspirational, unpopular high school student striving to get admitted into Stanford University. Popular classmate Veronica both criticizes and insults her, which she responds to with wit and sidesteps with charm. …
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Sitcom, Teen Comedy Film, buddy film, comedy film, teen film
Teenager Kevin has tried to lose his virginity for three years. He and his best friend Perry decide they want to go to Ibiza to become DJs and seduce women. When Kevin's parents, Ray and Sheila, see his bad school report, they forbid the t…
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Horror comedy, Zombiefilm, comedy film, comedy horror, science fiction film, zombie comedy
Set some time after the events at the UNEEDA Warehouse in Louisville, KY, a U.S. military truck is transporting barrels of Trioxin, when one breaks loose and falls into a river without the driver noticing. The next morning, pre-teen bullie…
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Drama, Musical, coming-of-age film, musical film, romance film, teen film
Taking place in 1958, popular culture in London is transforming from 1950s jazz to a new generation on the verge of the rock and roll 1960s. Young photographer Colin is in love with aspiring fashion designer Suzette. Colin aims to be an ar…
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Dance Film, Drama, Komödie, boxing film, comedy drama, drama film, family drama, romance film, romantic comedy film, sport film, teen film
Isadore "Izzy" Daniels is a star boxer in Brooklyn training to win the Golden Gloves, like his widowed father and coach Kenneth. His neighbor, Mary Thomas, is a competitive Double Dutch player on a team called the Joy Jumpers. Despite thei…
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Komödie, Raunchy comedy, parody film, science fiction comedy
At Ralph Waldo Emerson High School, bookish student Barney Springboro performs various scientific experiments on laboratory mice until his friend, yearbook photographer Peyton Nichols, retrieves him for a class assembly. Peyton questions B…
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Drama, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, teen film
In 2002, at Ladbroke Grove, local school student Katie suffers intense physical and emotional bullying by a group of girls, as well as by another bully, Sam Peel. When her father picks her up from school that day, Sam quietly threatens to …
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Teen Comedy Film, romantic comedy film, sex comedy, teen film
Christine "Chris" Ramsey lies in bed narrating a trashy romance novel to Betsy, her roommate at the Cherryvale Academy for Girls in Northern California. Meanwhile, three students of the nearby Freemount Academy for Men, including Jim Green…
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Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, coming-of-age film, drama film, science fiction film, teen film
Stanley is a boy in the 1960s living with his and five siblings in the quickly-growing suburbs of El Lago, Texas. His dad works an office job at NASA. Stanley grows up living frugally, watching the newly-invented color TV, and playing with…
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Horror, Parodie, comedy film, horror film, parody film, slasher film, teen film
While in her house alone teenager Screw Frombehind is attacked by "The Killer". While being chased, Screw accidentally runs into a bug zapper and is electrocuted. The killer's disappointed he was not the cause of her death, lights a cigare…
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Fantasy, Horror, children's film, comedy horror, fantasy film, teen film
Frances Bacon McCausland (Erin Chambers), an intelligent and level-headed girl, is starting high school a year early. Strange things have been going on in her town of Middleberg: dogs appearing on people's roofs, alarm clocks going off hou…
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Action, Drama, War Film, action film, adventure film, teen film, thriller film, war film
The film begins with a video log by Ellie Linton. She asks the camera how she can tell their story. She suggests to herself "from the beginning." Ellie, a high school student in the fictional rural New South Wales town of Wirrawee sets off…
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