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4.9

♡ 20

100%

Nina Ljeti Director

Jerry Hauck as Dean Schmidt

Keith Stanfield as Max

James Franco as Mr. Wyckoff

Miles Heizer as Simon

Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world. Based on the book Palo Alto by James Franco.

The Last of the High Kings

1996

6.1

♡ 4

59%

1970s

based on novel or book

David Keating Director

Catherine O'Hara as Cathleen

Christina Ricci as Erin

Jared Leto as Frankie Griffin

Emily Mortimer as Romy Thomas

It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.

Lad: A Yorkshire Story

2013

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.

County Lines

6.9

♡ 5

96%

Henry Blake Director

Marcus Rutherford as Sadiq

Harris Dickinson as Simon

Ashley Madekwe as Toni

Conrad Khan as Tyler

A powerful drama about a mother and her fourteen year old boy who is groomed into a lethal nationwide drug selling enterprise, a 'County Line', which exploits vulnerable children and traffics them across Britain.

Rocks

7.4

♡ 5

97%

81%

brother sister relationship

Sarah Gavron Director

Ruby Stokes as Agnes

Sharon D. Clarke as Anita

Layo-Christina Akinlude as Funke Omotoso

Bukky Bakray as Shola 'Rocks' Omotoso

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.

Adoration

French

6.3

♡ 3

93%

Fabrice Du Welz Director

Gwendolyn Gourvenec as Dr. Loisel

Benoît Poelvoorde as Hinkel

Martha Canga Antonio as Jeanne, l'infirmière

Sandor Funtek as Lucien, l'infirmier

Paul lives with his mother in the private clinic of doctor Loisel, deeply hidden in the woods. Paul likes to roam the forest and observe nature. One day Gloria, a schizophrenic teenager of around fifteen years old, arrives, and Paul falls in love immediately.

Blinded by the Light

6.9

♡ 33

89%

91%

based on a true story

Gurinder Chadha Director

Sofia Abbasi as 1980's Local Resident

Rob Brydon as Matt's Dad

Hayley Atwell as Ms Clay

Billy Barratt as Young Matt

In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

Raven's End

1963

Swedish

7.3

♡ 3

Bo Widerberg Director

Thommy Berggren as Anders

Ingvar Hirdwall as Sixten

Keve Hjelm as The Father

Emy Storm as The Mother

In 1936 Sweden, a teenager drifts through life in his small town, hoping that a novel about the neighborhood he grew up and lives in will reverse the fortunes of his family.

Onward

2020

7.4

♡ 356

88%

Dan Scanlon Director

Chris Pratt as Barley Lightfoot

Grey Griffin as Dewdrop

Tom Holland as Ian Lightfoot

Lena Waithe as Officer Spector

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2021

6.6

♡ 10

81%

68%

based on play or musical

Jonathan Butterell Director

Adeel Akhtar as Iman Masood

Ralph Ineson as Jamie's Dad

Sarah Lancashire as Margaret New

Danny Cunningham as Vince

Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by his loving mom and his amazing friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight.

Here Are the Young Men

2020

4.7

♡ 11

38%

aggressive

based on novel or book

Eoin Macken Director

Emmett J Scanlan as

Travis Fimmel as

Anya Taylor-Joy as Jen

Noomi Rapace as Woman on TV Show

Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.

The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King

2017

Norwegian

6.2

♡ 15

Mikkel Brænne Sandemose Director

Thorbjørn Harr as Askeladdens far

Rune Hagerup as Budbringeren

Synnøve Macody Lund as Dronning Victoria

Eili Harboe as Prinsesse Kristin

Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin.

I Capture the Castle

2003

6.8

♡ 12

78%

76%

1930s

father daughter relationship

based on novel or book

castle

Drama

Romance

sibling relationship

teenage protagonist

Tim Fywell Director

James Faulkner as Aubrey Fox-Cotton

Bill Nighy as James Mortmain

Rose Byrne as Rose Mortmain

Henry Cavill as Stephen Colley

In 1930s England, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family struggle to survive in a decaying English castle.

Curse of Crom: The Legend of Halloween

2022

5.4

♡ 5

Rob York Director

Colin Cunningham as Greg Crom

Crom as Self

Monica Moore Smith as Stephanie

Halem Medina as Steve

High school teenagers accidentally unleash an ancient Irish entity on their hometown and must stop it before midnight on Halloween.

The Thing About Harry

2020