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81) Haze
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Nick Forest, a college freshman, wants nothing more than to join a fraternity. However, in the wake of a brutal hazing death on campus, his estranged older brother, Pete, is rallying against the Greek system. Nick ignores Pete's protests and rushes Psi Theta Epsilon, notorious for its rumored hazing practices. As Nick begins the pledging process, he relishes the bonding and the partying. A modern retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Dionysus --...
82) Peak
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Series
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A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
83) Mad Hot Ballroom
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
The award-winning documentary that follows New York City fourth and fifth graders as they journey into the world of competitive ballroom dance. Winner of the Celebrate New York Award at the **Gotham Awards.** Winner of Best Documentary at the **Philadelphia Film Festival.** *"It will sweep you off your feet." - Joe Morgenstern, **The Wall Street Journal***
84) Unspoken
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
14-year old Emma Zurcher-Long sees and hears the world, as she put it, in 'Hi-res, technicolor and surround sound'. While it may not always be easy for people to understand where Emma is coming from, it has become her mission to teach the world how potent, powerful and dynamic the life of a teenager with autism actually is. To achieve this Emma uses the keyboard to strengthen her communication with others. Applying her insightful writing as a catalyst...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Shot in Mozambique, but set in an unnamed city, the film depicts the life of an orphan boy, Nelio, whose parents were killed by guerrillas. He escapes to the city and finds magic there and is soon rumoured to possess healing powers, in this violent, yet mythic coming -of-age story. Based on a novel by the popular Swedish writer Henning Mankell.
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"Milo Andret, the genius who solved the Malosz Conjecture and won the Fields Medal for mathematics, had an unusual, even eerie mind from birth, but not until he moves to Berkeley in the 1970s to pursue a ph.D. does he realize the extent of his singular talents. From the drug-soaked enclaves of beatnik California to the verdant lawns of Princeton University, from turbo-charged Wall Street to the quiet woods of Michigan, his reputation as one of the...
87) Tahara
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A queer, coming-of-age drama about an anxious teen girl who is manipulated into a romantic encounter with her best friend (Rachel Sennott).
88) X500
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Thousands of kilometers apart, three young migrants undergo mental, emotional, and physical transformations in order to survive the violence of their new worlds. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** Nominated for Best Film at the **Stockholm Film Festival.**
89) Spider Thieves
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Inspired by actual events, this teenage thriller is a unique social commentary on dreams, class, and unfulfilled expectations in contemporary Chile. Three teenage girls from a Santiago shanty town set in motion a plan to climb buildings and plunder expensive apartments. All they want is to have all the cool and trendy stuff they see advertised in TV commercials and department stores. Word spreads and soon enough they became the notorious “Spider...
90) Asia
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Asia (Alena Yiv) and Vika (Shira Haas) are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Young mom Asia hides nothing about her work-hard, play-hard lifestyle, and expects the same openness and honesty from teenage Vika. But Vika is at an age where privacy and independence are paramount, and inevitably begins to rebel against her mom’s parenting style. With two stubborn and opinionated women under one roof, Asia finds herself in new territory and...
91) Clementine
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Reeling from a one-sided breakup, anguished Karen (Otmara Marrero) flees Los Angeles for her ex’s idyllic lake house in the Pacific Northwest. There, she becomes entangled with a mysterious, alluring younger woman (Sydney Sweeney), whom she cannot seem to resist. Equal parts psychological thriller and sexual coming-of-age story, CLEMENTINE is a tense rumination on who to love and how to let go. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**....
92) Little Secrets
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
This touching family film will charm viewers of all ages. Emily Lindstrom, 14, is an aspiring concert violinist; she's spending the summer practicing for a big audition while her girlfriends are at camp. She's also got a thriving neighborhood business: for 50 cents, she'll keep your secret. Her mother is very pregnant, and her parents seem more concerned about the new baby than anything Emily cares about. A new family moves in next door; their son,...
93) Misunderstood
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Asia Argento directs Charlotte Gainsbourg in this hip, funny coming-of-age story about a young girl with a vivid imagination.
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In this **Sundance Film Festival** selection -- where it was nominated for an Audience Award -- a troubled Northern Irish runaway seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore, Maryland. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they're trying to end their marriage gracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college. A story of family revelations, people finding each other and letting each other go, looking...
96) Jess + Moss
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Over the course of a summer, two adolescent cousins embark on a journey in which their secrets, dreams, and fears of an unknown future form an unbreakable bond between them. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Achingly sad and surpassingly lovely." - Benjamin Mercer, **Village Voice***
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
A self-styled teenage Romeo from Manhattan's Lower East Side is bent on seducing a girl who appears to be well beyond his reach. However, his reputation for seduction, along with the fact that he lives with his grandmother and bothersome brother in a tiny tenement, complicate his plans. Official Selection at **Cannes Film Festival**, nominated for Best Feature & Best Director at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards** "*A gritty but sweet look at young...
98) Fry Day
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
A coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Ted Bundy’s execution in 1989. Winner of the Student Visionary Award at the **Tribeca Film Festival.** Winner of the Film Design Award and Nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Narrative Short at the **SXSW Film Festival.**
99) Night Comes On
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, Angel embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister to avenge her mother’s death. Winner of the NEXT Innovator Award and nominated for Best of Next! at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for the Golden Gate Award for New Director at the **San Francisco International Film Festival**. Nominated for the Big Screen Award at the **Rotterdam...
100) In Our Time
Pub. Date
1982.
Description
The film that kickstarted the New Taiwanese Cinema movement, IN OUR TIME is a rebellious ode to youth in four vignettes of '80s teenage life. The film includes a rare, never-seen-before piece from the late Edward Yang (*A Brighter Summer Day*). Official Selection at the **New York Asian Film Festival.**
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