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Crazy Friday
Mark Waters · 2003
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
The Office
Greg Daniels · 2005
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Stranger Things
Ross Duffer · 2016
A raíz de la desaparición de un niño, un pueblo desvela un misterio relacionado con experimentos secretos, fuerzas sobrenaturales aterradoras y una niña muy extraña.
Anne with an E
Moira Walley-Beckett · 2017
Anne Shirley es una niña huérfana que vive en un pequeño pueblo llamado Avonlea que pertenece a la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo, en el año 1890. Después de una infancia difícil, donde fue pasando de orfanato a hogares de acogida, es enviada por error a vivir con una solterona y su hermano. Cuando cumple 13 años, Anne va a conseguir transformar su vida y el pequeño pueblo donde vive gracias a su fuerte personalidad, intelecto e imaginación. Basada en la inolvidable novela.
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.
Me Before You
Thea Sharrock · 2016
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
The Parent Trap
Nancy Meyers · 1998
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. Unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson · 2009
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni · 1997
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
The Pianist
Roman Polanski · 2002
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis · 1994
Forrest Gump es un chico con deficiencias mentales no muy profundas y con alguna incapacidad motora que, a pesar de todo, llegará a convertirse, entre otras cosas, en un héroe durante la Guerra del Vietnam. Su persistencia y bondad le llevarán a conseguir una gran fortuna, ser objeto del clamor popular y a codearse con las más altas esferas sociales y políticas del país. Siempre sin olvidar a Jenny, su gran amor desde que era niño.
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.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bryan Singer · 2018
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
Whiplash
Damien Chazelle · 2014
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Stuck in Love
Josh Boone · 2013
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Peter Hedges · 2012
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Titanic
James Cameron · 1997
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Anyone But You
Will Gluck · 2023
Bea e Ben parecem o casal perfeito, mas depois de um primeiro encontro incrível, algo acontece que transforma sua atração ardente em gelo - até que eles se encontram inesperadamente juntos em um casamento na Austrália. Então eles fazem o que dois adultos maduros fariam: fingem ser um casal.
Before Sunrise
Richard Linklater · 1995
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
Pride and Prejudice
· 1995
Miniserie de TV de 6 episodios. Adaptación en formato miniserie de la famosa novela de Jane Austen ambientada a comienzos del siglo XIX, en la que los prejuicios y las diferencias sociales constituyen un obstáculo casi insalvable en las relaciones amorosas.
A Walk to Remember
Adam Shankman · 2002
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Marc Webb · 2014
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.
The Notebook
Nick Cassavetes · 2004
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Donald Petrie · 2003
Ben é um publicitário que aposta com o chefe que faz qualquer mulher se apaixonar por ele em dez dias. Se conseguir, será o responsável por uma cobiçada campanha de diamantes. Andie é uma jornalista que, por causa de uma matéria, está decidida a infernizar a vida de qualquer homem que se aproximar. Os dois se conhecem em um bar e escolhem um ao outro como alvo de seus planos totalmente opostos.
13 Going on 30
Gary Winick · 2004
A girl who's sick of the social strictures of junior high is transformed into a grownup overnight. In this feel-good fairy tale, teenager Jenna wants a boyfriend, and when she's unable to find one, she fantasizes about being a well-adjusted adult. Suddenly, her secret desire becomes a reality, and she is transformed into a 30-year-old, but adulthood, with its own set of male-female challenges, isn't as easy as it looks.
The Devil Wears Prada
David Frankel · 2006
Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Justin K. Thompson · 2023
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Poetic Justice
John Singleton · 1993
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, Justice gets a lift with her friend, Iesha, and Iesha's postal worker boyfriend, Chicago. Along for the ride is Chicago's co-worker, Lucky, to whom Justice grows close after some initial problems. But is she ready to open her heart again?
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Todd Solondz · 1996
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
Risky Business
André Cayatte · 1967
A teenage girl accuses her primary schoolteacher, Jean Doucet (Jacques Brel), of trying to rape her. The police and the mayor investigate, but Doucet denies the charges. Two other students come forward to reveal more of Doucet's misconduct – one confessing to be his mistress. Doucet faces trial and hard labor if convicted.
Soul
Pete Docter · 2020
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
A Bronx Tale
Robert De Niro · 1993
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
American Pie
Paul Weitz · 1999
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.
Good Will Hunting
Gus Van Sant · 1997
Will Hunting, un conserje del M.I.T., tiene un don para las matemáticas, pero necesita la ayuda de un psicólogo para encontrar el rumbo de su vida.
Some Kind of Wonderful
Howard Deutch · 1987
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
The Graduate
Mike Nichols · 1967
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Roll Bounce
Malcolm D. Lee · 2005
In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.
Daisies
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A man on his deathbed is mysteriously called into the vast fields of the unknown. With only an oxygen tank and a dog clicker, he must take one final journey to rediscover lost love and free himself from his past.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Peter Weir · 1975
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Ginger Snaps
John Fawcett · 2000
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller · 2015
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.
Sixteen Candles
John Hughes · 1984
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
Dazed and Confused
Richard Linklater · 1993
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
Superbad
Greg Mottola · 2007
Os estudantes adolescentes Seth e Evan têm grandes esperanças para uma festa de formatura. Os adolescentes co-dependentes pretendem beber e conquistar garotas para que eles possam se tornar parte da multidão popular da escola, mas a ansiedade de separação e dois policiais entediados complicam a auto-missão proclamada dos amigos.
Remember the Titans
Boaz Yakin · 2000
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.
This Boy's Life
Michael Caton-Jones · 1993
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins · 2016
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
The Wood
Rick Famuyiwa · 1999
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.
Waves
Trey Edward Shults · 2019
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.
Premature
Rashaad Ernesto Green · 2020
The summer before she leaves for college, Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious outsider Isaiah; her entire world is turned upside down as she navigates the demanding terrain of young love against a changing Harlem landscape.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Ron Howard · 2000
Cada año, en Navidad, los lugareños perturban su pacífica soledad con celebraciones cada vez más desmesuradas, luminosas y ruidosas. Cuando los Quién declaran que ese año van a preparar una Navidad el triple de grande, el Grinch se da cuenta de que solo hay un modo de recuperar algo de paz y silencio: robar la Navidad. Para ello, decide hacerse pasar por Santa Claus en Nochebuena, haciéndose con un reno muy peculiar para tirar de su trineo. Mientras tanto, en Villa Quién, una dulce niña llamada Cindy-Lou, desbordante de espíritu navideño, planea con sus amigos atrapar a Papá Noel durante su visita en Nochebuena para darle las gracias por ayudar a su trabajadora madre. Sin embargo, a medida que se acerca la noche mágica, sus buenas intenciones amenazan con chocar con las del Grinch, mucho más perversas.
St. Elmo's Fire
Joel Schumacher · 1985
A group of friends graduates from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to pay for law school. His roommate Kevin struggles at a D.C. newspaper as he searches for the meaning of love. Jules may be an object of adoration and envy, but secretly she has problems of her own. Demure Wendy is in love with Billy—a loveable sax player and an irresponsible drunk. Alec wants it all: a career in politics and the appearance of a traditional home life. Alec’s girlfriend, Leslie, is an ambitious architect who doesn't know about his infidelity, but his new allegiance to the Republican Party is already enough to put her off marriage.
Crooklyn
Spike Lee · 1994
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
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.
Basketball and Love, Want to Do
· 2016
The Way Way Back
Jim Rash · 2013
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Submarine
Richard Ayoade · 2011
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
Rebel Without a Cause
Nicholas Ray · 1955
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Wonder
Stephen Chbosky · 2017
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Boyhood
Richard Linklater · 2014
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Boyz n the Hood
John Singleton · 1991
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...
Lolita
Adrian Lyne · 1997
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Mean Girls
Mark Waters · 2004
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
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.
Cooley High
Michael Schultz · 1975
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
Juno
Jason Reitman · 2007
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
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.
My Own Private Idaho
Gus Van Sant · 1991
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
The Outsiders
Francis Ford Coppola · 1983
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Pretty in Pink
Howard Deutch · 1986
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
John Hughes · 1986
Předčasně zesnulý americký scenárista, režisér a producent John Hughes (1950-2009) se v polovině osmdesátých let prosadil jako tvůrce autorských komedií, v nichž přesně vystihl chování, mluvu, starosti i radosti tehdejších teenagerů. Asi nejlépe se mu to podařilo v dnes už klasické veselohře Volný den Ferrise Buellera (1986), kterou napsal údajně během šesti dnů a která líčí osudy geniálního záškoláka při jedné z jeho eskapád i marný boj ředitele školy Rooneyho přistihnout konečně nezbedníka při podvádění. Dokonale vypointovaný scénář a především přirozené herecké výkony nejen hlavních ale i vedlejších představitelů jsou největšími devizami filmu.
Singin' in the Rain
Stanley Donen · 1952
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Grease
Randal Kleiser · 1978
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Alain Delon, a unique portrait
Philippe Kohly · 2015
Biography of a star and figure study : This fascinating portrait is for anyone who wants to know more about the man behind the mask. By the end of the film, you will view this famous French icon in a totally different light. Delon speaks in a series of surprising interviews, spanning nearly 50 years.
The Truman Show
Peter Weir · 1998
Truman Burbank é um pacato vendedor de seguros que leva um vida simples com sua esposa Meryl Burbank. Porém algumas coisas ao seu redor fazem com que ele passe a estranhar sua cidade, seus supostos amigos e até sua mulher. Após conhecer a misteriosa Lauren, ele fica intrigado e acaba descobrindo que toda sua vida foi monitorada por câmeras e transmitida em rede nacional.
Fight Club
David Fincher · 1999
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
La Haine
Mathieu Kassovitz · 1995
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
City Lights
Charlie Chaplin · 1931
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore · 1988
Alfredo ist tot. Das Paradiso ist tot – es lebe das Kino. Cinema Paradiso ist die Geschichte des skurrilen Filmvorführers Alfredo zu dem kleinen Jungen Toto. In Rom wird Toto ein berühmter Regisseur und kehrt erst wieder in seine sizilianische Heimat zurück, als Alfredo stirbt und das schöne, alte Provinzkino abgerissen wird. Alfredos Vermächtnis sind all die zensierten Szenen, die er in vielen Jahren aus so vielen Filmen herausschneiden musste.
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky · 2010
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice.
Little Miss Sunshine
Jonathan Dayton · 2006
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Into the Wild
Sean Penn · 2007
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
La La Land
Damien Chazelle · 2016
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Manhattan
Woody Allen · 1979
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
(500) Days of Summer
Marc Webb · 2009
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella · 1999
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis · 1985
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
The Goonies
Richard Donner · 1985
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
Stand by Me
Rob Reiner · 1986
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
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.
Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir · 1989
En un elitista y estricto colegio privado de Nueva Inglaterra, un grupo de alumnos descubrirá la poesía, el significado de "Carpe Diem" -aprovechar el momento- y la importancia de perseguir los sueños, gracias a un excéntrico profesor que despierta sus mentes por medio de métodos poco convencionales.
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.
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino · 2017
In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
