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POSE
Ryan Murphy · 2018
A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.
Daybreak
Brad Peyton · 2019
Living his best life in post-apocalyptic LA, a slacker strives to find the girl of his dreams while outwitting mindless ghouls and cliquish gangs.
Juno
Jason Reitman · 2007
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham · 2018
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Never Have I Ever
Mindy Kaling · 2020
Après une année traumatisante, une ado indo-américaine intello transparente décide de devenir hyper populaire. Mais rien, ni personne, ne lui facilite la tâche.
You're Nothing Special
Estíbaliz Burgaleta · 2022
La vida en el nuevo pueblo de Amaia se vuelve mucho más interesante cuando un rumor hace creer a sus compañeros de clase que ha heredado los poderes mágicos de su abuela.
My So-Called Life
Winnie Holzman · 1994
The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann · 1996
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
Clueless
Amy Heckerling · 1995
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
Juno
Jason Reitman · 2007
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
The 7 Lives of Lea
Charlotte Sanson · 2022
After finding a young man's remains, Léa wakes up in the 90s and body swaps seven times as she tries to solve the mystery of his death — and prevent it.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
Philipp Kässbohrer · 2019
To win back his ex-girlfriend, a nerdy teen starts selling ecstasy online out of his bedroom -- and becomes one of Europe's biggest dealers.
Dark
Baran bo Odar · 2017
A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
Dou kyu sei – Classmates
Shoko Nakamura · 2016
Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus festival. After school, the two meet regularly, as Hikaru helps Rihito to improve his singing skills. While they listen to each other’s voice and harmonize, their hearts start to beat together.
10 Things I Hate About You
Gil Junger · 1999
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Edgar Wright · 2010
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig · 2017
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Normal People
· 2020
Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.
Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening
Maryse Sistach · 2001
Yessica y Miriam, dos adolescentes de la Ciudad de México, inician una fuerte amistad a pesar de sus distintas personalidades. Todo cambia cuando un joven chofer de microbús viola a Yessica con la ayuda de Jorge, el hermanastro de ella.
Perras
Guillermo Ríos · 2011
Something terrible is happening in class 3A at Calmecatl Junior High. No one can leave the classroom until the guilty party is found. This is the device that gives us a glimpse of the ethics, games, esthetics and eroticism of these girl-women. It is not easy to say what the subject is, there are so many: the discovery of sexuality, discrimination, chance, drugs, maternity, traditions, betrayals, power, love. A mural of a complex reality from the point of view of twenty-something women in the skin of 14 to 15 year old girls.
Girl, Interrupted
James Mangold · 1999
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
The Craft
Andrew Fleming · 1996
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
To the Bone
Marti Noxon · 2017
Ellen, 20 ans, atteinte d'anorexie mentale, entreprend sous la houlette d'un médecin peu conventionnel un voyage poignant mais parfois drôle à la découverte d'elle-même.
Euphoria
Sam Levinson · 2019
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Trinkets
Amy Andelson · 2019
A grieving teen finds an unexpected connection with two classmates at her new high school after they all land in the same Shoplifters Anonymous group.
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola · 2000
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Easy A
Will Gluck · 2010
El guión, obra del dramaturgo Bert V. Royal, es una versión moderna y en clave estudiantil de “La letra escarlata”, la novela de Nathaniel Hawthorne. Narra la historia de una joven que decide fingir que lleva una vida promiscua, creyendo que así obtendrá algún tipo de beneficio. Sin embargo, las circunstancias se volverán en su contra.
The Breakfast Club
John Hughes · 1985
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon · 1997
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
Sex Education
Laurie Nunn · 2019
Zijn moeder is therapeute, dus heeft de onzekere Otis alle antwoorden als het om seks gaat. De rebelse Maeve stelt voor een sekstherapiepraktijk op school te openen.
Heartbreak High
Ben Gannon · 2022
Um mural incendiário expõe as ficadas secretas de todos os alunos do Colégio Hartley, e Amerie, a autora da obra, vai ter que encarar as consequências.
Genera+ion
Daniel Barnz · 2021
A group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.
Atypical
Robia Rashid · 2017
Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
Misfits
Howard Overman · 2009
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
I Am Not Okay with This
Jonathan Entwistle · 2020
Angsty Syd navigates high school awkwardness, family drama and an unrequited crush on her best friend while trying to rein in her budding superpowers.
The End of the F***ing World
Jonathan Entwistle · 2017
Un psicópata adolescente y una chica rebelde con sed de aventura emprenden un accidentado viaje por carretera en esta serie de humor negro basada en una novela gráfica.
Skins
Bryan Elsley · 2007
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Stranger Things
Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer · 2016
