17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a theatre group is transformed until she is almost in a trance, and her performances at home or elsewhere verge on excess. A cold, intellectual father, a timid mother, a younger sister and an older brother who has left home complete the picture: a silent time bomb.

Marvel Rising: Initiation Marvel Rising: Operation Shuri

2019

English

5.3

♡ 13

Eric Radomski Director

Dove Cameron as Ghost-Spider / Gwen Stacy

Skai Jackson as Glory Grant

Dee Bradley Baker as Tippy-Toe

Jessica DiCicco as Zoe Zimmer

The lives of the Secret Warriors are turned upside down when faced with their latest mission: hang out with Shuri, the Crown Princess of Wakanda, and show her what it’s like to be an ordinary teenager. But nothing’s ordinary when you’re dealing with one of the smartest and most famous people on the planet.

Raspberry Magic

2010

English

5.0

♡ 1

38%

Leena Pendharkar Director

James Morrison as Henry Hooper

Alison Brie as Ms. Bradlee

Meera Simhan as Nandini Shah

Bella Thorne as Sarah Patterson

Eleven-year-old Monica Shah is a brainy schoolgirl whose science fair project about growing raspberries becomes a touching emotional crusade. After her dad leaves and her mother falls into a funk, Monica decides it's her job to rescue the family.

The Boy Who Stole the World

♡ 4

David Noel Bourke Director

Lars Mikkelsen as Jack

Kasper Leisner as Kale

Harald Kaiser Hermann as Michael

Mia Lerdam as Nora

A sci-fi fantasy adventure of a young boy whose life changes forever when a mysterious visitor lands from nowhere into his backyard to warn him of an impending invasion.

Amy George

2011

English

5.7

♡ 5

33%

Yonah Lewis Director

Emily Henry as Amy

Gabriel del Castillo Mullally as Jesse

Brian Scott Carleton as Mr. Fontana

Natasha Allan as Tara

Thirteen-year-old Jesse wants to be an artist and believing that his mundane, middle-class life has left him unprepared, he sets out looking for wildness and women.

Girl in Progress

2012

English

5.6

♡ 7

34%

mother daughter relationship

single mother

teenage girl

woman director

Patricia Riggen Director

Eva Mendes as Grace

Patricia Arquette as Ms. Armstrong

Blu Mankuma as Principal

Landon Liboiron as Trevor

As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.

I'm Gonna Explode

2008

Spanish

6.5

♡ 1

Gerardo Naranjo Director

Daniel Giménez Cacho as Dip. Eugenio Valdez

Rebecca Jones as Eva

Martha Claudia Moreno as Helena

Juan Pablo de Santiago as Román

Tale of a young couple who throw caution to the wind and set out in search of their true fate. Román is the son of a contemptible, right-leaning congressman. Recently enrolled in a new high school, the rebellious teen clumsily attempts to hang himself on-stage at the big talent show. Maru is the sole member of the audience to applaud, earning both students a day of detention. After bonding during the course of their punishment, Román and Maru grab daddy's gun, steal a Volkswagen, and hit the road bound for nowhere.

Pariah

2011

English

7.2

♡ 7

95%

Dee Rees Director

Charles Parnell as Arthur

Aasha Davis as Bina

Shamika Cotton as Candace

Zabryna Guevara as Mrs. Alvarado

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Draupadi Unleashed

2019

English

4.8

♡ 2

Tony Stopperan Director

Dominic Rains as Amar

Saad Siddiqui as Dev

Cas Anvar as Manu

Paras Patel as Pran

In 1930’s British India, sixteen-year-old Indira finds herself torn between true love, her duty to follow through with an arranged marriage, and the powerful allure of a mysterious guru. Through her heartbreaking journey to self-discovery, long-held secrets are brought to light and Indira discovers the strength within herself to break free.

White Water Summer

1987

English

6.2

♡ 13

25%

Jeff Bleckner Director

Sean Astin as Alan

Matt Adler as Chris

Charles Siebert as Jerry Block

Kevin Bacon as Vic

When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.

Liberty Heights

1999

English

7.0

♡ 9

86%

Barry Levinson Director

Kiersten Warren as Annie the Stripper

Katie Finneran as Mrs. Johnson

Adrien Brody as Van Kurtzman

Art Hall as Youth in Synagogue

This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.

Here on Earth

2000

English

5.2

♡ 9

18%

Mark Piznarski Director

Bruce Greenwood as Earl Cavanaugh

Josh Hartnett as Jasper Arnold

Elaine Hendrix as Jennifer Cavanaugh

Michael Rooker as Malcolm Arnold

Three lives of three young people intersect over the course of one summer. A rich student and a young working-class man accidentally destroy a diner when their impromptu road race takes a disastrous turn. Ordered by a judge to spend the summer repairing the building, they find themselves becoming rivals for the affections of the owner's daughter.

Party Hard

2020

English

5.5

♡ 1

William Nicholas Clay Director

Hunter Bolton as Chandler

Brian Forbes as Jules

William Nicholas Clay as Preston Ty Rowe

Ty Rowe as Ty

Unsatisfied with a past mistake, Chandler returns home to set things right only to find himself thrown into a late-night odyssey with buddies Jules and Ty.

Lad: A Yorkshire Story

2013

English

7.4

♡ 3

75%

Dan Hartley Director

Rita Davies as Bookshop Owner

Liam Thomas as David Proctor

Molly McGlynn as Lucy Shean

Andy Wilby as Malham Show Organiser

After the death of his father, a teenage boy forms a healing friendship with a park ranger in the Yorkshire Dales.

Schwarz Weiss Bunt

2020

German

5.6

♡ 1

David Moser Director

Moritz Gaber as Friend #2 of Aurora

Marie Perriard as Friend #3 of Aurora

Angelika Makridis as Mother of Aurora

Anna Schmuck as Tina

Facing the loss of her youthfulness, Matilda finds herself at a turning point in her life. Refreshing encounters and unexpected longings force her to face rigid self-understandings with new openness. A surprising and empathetic look at the lives of young adults.

Bitter Sweetheart

2007

Swedish

5.4

♡ 2

44%

Action

adolescence

based on novel or book

Hella Joof Director

Linda Hellström as Ivars mamma

Adam Lundgren as Lillis

Mylaine Hedreul as Lina

Anette Sevreus as Rektor

Bitter Sweetheart is the naked truth about Lina Berglund, a perfectly normal 15-year-old who tries to start living like her friends, who seem to have so much fun.

We Love Moses

6.1

Dionne Edwards Director

Millie Small as Jealous Girl

Chantae Henderson as Jealous Girl

Andrea Francis as Teacher

Mark Silberstein as Teacher

When Ella was twelve, she had her first fight. And when she was twelve, she discovered sex. Now eighteen, Ella reflects on how her obsession with her older brother Michael's best friend Moses left her with a secret she still carries.

A Love Story

1970

Swedish

7.3

♡ 12

Roy Andersson Director

Jan Olsson as

Bertil Norström as John Hellberg / Annika's Father

Lennart Tollén as Lennart / Eva's Fiancé

Björn Andrésen as Pär's Buddy

The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about anything but themselves and seem totally unaware about everything that surrounds them.

By the Wayside

2012

English

6.1

♡ 1

Mike Cuenca Director

Zachary Ryan Block as Crazy Tweaker

Michael DeVorzon as Detective Tim Argo

Art Roberts as Gary

Julie Pepin as Jane

Four friends (a background actor, a documentarian, a homeless musician, and a virgin) descend into a life-awakening 24 hours that involve excess drinking, prostitutes, a sage-like lounge singer and psychedelic drugs.

Worlds Apart

2008

Danish

7.0

♡ 3

77%

Action

based on a true story

Niels Arden Oplev Director

Jacob Ottensten as August

Anders W. Berthelsen as John

Sarah Boberg as Karen

Pilou Asbæk as Teis

17-year-old Sara leads a sheltered existence with her family, members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, when she meets the outsider Teis and falls in love. Sara, herself a believer, now faces an important turning point in her life as she is forced to choose between religion and love.

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White Water Summer

Liberty Heights

Here on Earth

Party Hard

Lad: A Yorkshire Story

Schwarz Weiss Bunt

Bitter Sweetheart

We Love Moses

A Love Story

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