Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shopkeeper, Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate, hope that they can finally settle down. But when Charlotte's attraction to an older man gets in the way, the family must learn to accept each other for who they truly are.

Saturday Church

2017

English

6.4

♡ 9

93%

Damon Cardasis Director

Indya Moore as

Jaylin Fletcher as Abe

Margot Bingham as Amara

Stephen Conrad Moore as Marshall

Ulysses is a shy and effeminate boy who finds himself coping with new responsibilities as man of the house after the death of his father. Living alongside his mother, younger brother, and conservative aunt, Ulysses is also struggling with questions about his gender identity. He finds an escape by creating a world of fantasy filled with dance and music. Ulysses' journey takes a turn for the better when he finds a vibrant transgender community.

Ballet Boys

2014

Norwegian

7.3

♡ 5

80%

Kenneth Elvebakk Director

Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød as

Syvert Lorenz Garcia as

Torgeir Lund as

Ballet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other, finding your own way and own ambitions, all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet.

A Ciambra

2017

Italian

6.9

♡ 10

89%

Jonas Carpignano Director

Koudous Seihon as Ayiva

Damiano Amato as Cosimo

Francesco Pio Amato as Keko O'Marrochinu

Pio Amato as Pio

Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.

Breath

2017

English

6.7

♡ 22

80%

based on novel or book

Simon Baker Director

Zev Eleftheriou as Bus Driver

Elizabeth Debicki as Eva

Rachael Blake as Mrs. Pike

Simon Baker as Sando

A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

Big Wednesday

1978

English

7.1

♡ 12

64%

John Milius Director

Gerry Lopez as Gerry Lopez

Gary Busey as Leroy Smith

Charlene Tilton as Party Girl

Lee Purcell as Peggy Gordon

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

Sadie

2018

English

6.2

♡ 7

78%

dysfunctional marriage

soldier's wife

trailer park

woman director

Megan Griffiths Director

Tony Hale as Bradley

John Gallagher Jr. as Cyrus

Wally Dalton as Jimmy

Melanie Lynskey as Rae

While her father is away serving in the military, Sadie battles to preserve his place on the home front when her mother takes an interest in the newest resident at the Shady Plains Trailer Park.

Gas Food Lodging

1992

English

6.6

♡ 11

82%

parent child relationship

Romance

sibling relationship

waitress

Allison Anders Director

Robert Knepper as Dank

Jacob Vargas as Javier

Brooke Adams as Nora

Fairuza Balk as Shade

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

The Trouble with Bliss

2011

English

5.3

♡ 12

33%

Michael Knowles Director

Lucy Liu as Andrea

Sarah Shahi as Hattie Skunk / Hattie Rockworth

Michael C. Hall as Morris Bliss

Christian Campbell as Walter Knotts

35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects, he still shares an apartment with his widowed father, and the premature death of his mother has left him emotionally walled up. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with Stephanie, the 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris quickly discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue.

Sanctuary

2015

German

7.2

♡ 10

100%

73%

Action

based on a true story

parent child relationship

stepfather

Marc Brummund Director

Max Riemelt as Bruder Krapp

Uwe Bohm as Heinz

Jonas Berg as Jürgen

Louis Hofmann as Wolfgang

Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.

Oh, Ramona!

2019

English

4.8

♡ 18

40%

Cristina Jacob Director

Basil Eidenbenz as Alin

Alex Cotet as Barman 2

Aggy Kukawka as Ramona

Ioachim Ciobanu as The Priest

Oh, Ramona! seeks the transformation of Andrew from a teenager into an adult who lives candidly and selflessly his first love story, innocent and uninvolved, alternating with the second, intense and insane story, incapable of making a choice.

No Alternative

2018

English

6.1

♡ 7

80%

1990s

based on young adult novel

coming of age

Drama

mental illness

William Dickerson Director

Aria Shahghasemi as Elias Santoro

Chloe Levine as Jackie O'Brien

James Andrew O'Connor as Lance Ward

Harry Hamlin as William Harrison

Thomas Harrison is determined to start his own alternative band after the suicide of Kurt Cobain—it's an obsession that blinds him to what's either the mental collapse, or the eruption of musical genius, of his little sister, Bridget. Bridget boldly rejects her brother's music, and the music of an entire generation of slackers, by taking on the persona of a gangsta' rapper.

A Date for Mad Mary

2016

English

7.0

♡ 15

94%

Darren Thornton Director

Fionnuala Murphy as Charlene's Mum

David Thornton as Father of the Bride

Carolyn Bracken as Female Prison Guard

Shauna Higgins as Julie

"Mad" Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is maid of honor. When Charlene refuses Mary a 'plus one' on the grounds that she probably couldn't find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong.

Varsity Punks

2017

English

6.4

♡ 5

Action

Comedy

coming of age

cross country running

Anthony Solorzano Director

Noel Gugliemi as Coach Cruz

Efren Ramirez as Coach Menlo

Reka Rene as Hanna

Rachel Alig as Hot Nurse

When star high school quarterback AJ Montoya breaks his hand his only hope is to team up with his longtime rivals, the cross country team--a group of nerds and misfits with potential for high school glory.

29 to Life

2018

English

4.9

♡ 8

79%

Alex Magaña Director

Carla Short as Beach Elderly Woman

OBie Sho as Cafe Extra

Marc Anthony Sepulveda as Landscaper

J.R. Ritcherson as Vlado Manager

Coming of age story about a young adult who is living out of his car and his journey to get his life together.

Measure of a Man

2018

English

6.4

♡ 8

52%

Jim Loach Director

Blake Cooper as Bobby Marks

Judy Greer as Lenore Marks

Luke Benward as Pete Marino

Beau Knapp as Willie Rumson

A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.

Firecrackers

2018

English

6.1

♡ 8

96%

Jasmin Mozaffari Director

Gabe Meacher as Eric

Robert Cormier as Shane

Jorja Cadence as Skylar

Tarick Glancy as Travis

Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery.

Eaten by Lions

2018

English

6.1

♡ 7

100%

Jason Wingard Director

Vicki Pepperdine as Ellen

Nitin Ganatra as Malik

Johnny Vegas as Ray

Naithan Ariane as Sadiq

Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar's real father. What follows is a funny, heart-warming journey of self-discovery for both boys...in Blackpool. The Choudray family represents a truly contemporary example of modern multicultural Britain - but what will the brothers make of their eccentric newfound family? Will they be going to Mecca or Mecca bingo? In contrast to the old fashioned stereotypes about Blackpool, the comedy is sharp, current and non-stop.

The Kings of Summer

2013

English

7.1

♡ 81

76%

Jordan Vogt-Roberts Director

Austin Abrams as Aaron

Alison Brie as Heather

Erin Moriarty as Kelly

Gabriel Basso as Patrick

Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.

Shell

2012

English

6.4

♡ 12

90%

parent child relationship

scotland

Scott Graham Director

Iain De Caestecker as Adam

Kate Dickie as Claire

Joseph Mawle as Pete

Morven Christie as Young Mother

Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.

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