Preparation for the Next Life

2025

English

♡ 2

97%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

juvenile detention center

new york city

undocumented immigrant

Aishe, a Uyghur woman trained by her military father, migrates to New York City where she finds herself laboring in Chinatown’s underground kitchens. She fatefully encounters Skinner, a young American soldier who has just returned from three tours in the Middle East. While falling in love, they discover the possibility of a better life together than the ones they believed they were destined to live alone.

Preparation for the Next Life

2025

English

♡ 2

97%

based on novel or book

Drama

juvenile detention center

new york city

undocumented immigrant

Aishe, a Uyghur woman trained by her military father, migrates to New York City where she finds herself laboring in Chinatown’s underground kitchens. She fatefully encounters Skinner, a young American soldier who has just returned from three tours in the Middle East. While falling in love, they discover the possibility of a better life together than the ones they believed they were destined to live alone.

The United States of Leland

2003

English

6.9

♡ 25

33%

juvenile detention center

Matthew Ryan Hoge Director

Jim Metzler as Cemetery Reporter

Matt Malloy as Charlie

Michael Peña as Guillermo

Ryan Gosling as Leland P. Fitzgerald

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.

Hard Miles

2023

English

6.4

♡ 4

90%

juvenile detention center

road trip

Sport

R.J. Daniel Hanna Director

Matthew Modine as Greg Townsend

Leslie David Baker as Skip Bowman

Jackson Kelly as Smink

Sean Astin as Speedy

A strong-willed social worker at a youth prison assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy Cycling Team. This is the story of how these troubled young men found another gear.

Seventeen

2019

Spanish

7.2

♡ 23

80%

90%

Action

boy and dog

brother brother relationship

dog

Drama

juvenile detention center

road trip

teenage protagonist

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo Director

Itsaso Arana as Esther

Biel Montoro as Héctor

Marcel Jeannin as Ignacio

Iñigo Aranburu as Román

To find his therapy dog, a 17-year-old escapes from juvie and embarks on a journey of reconnection with his brother and grandmother through Cantabria.

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