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Watched
The Cure
Peter Horton · 1995
Un jovencito de 11 años que padece de SIDA (Joseph Mazzello) entabla una sólida relación de amistad con su vecino (Brad Renfro), y juntos emprenden una aventura en la búsqueda de una cura para su enfermedad.
A Man Called Otto
Marc Forster · 2022
When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
A Walk to Remember
Adam Shankman · 2002
Landon Carter est l'archétype du lycéen cool et superficiel américain. Il fait la connaissance de Jamie Sullivan, une jeune fille plutôt introvertie, douée d'un optimisme à toute épreuve et d'un sens de la répartie qu'elle utilise aux dépens de Landon. Alors que tout oppose ce chef de bande vantard et suffisant à la timide adolescente, la fascination cède progressivement la place à l'amour. Tournant le dos à ses anciens amis, trouvant un nouveau sens à sa vie, Landon est prêt à commencer une nouvelle vie avec Jamie, mais celle-ci refuse de s'engager. Landon apprend bientôt qu'elle est atteinte d'une maladie incurable. Landon et Jamie vont devoir apprendre à accepter la fatalité et profiter au jour le jour du peu de temps qu'il leur reste...
Bridge to Terabithia
Gábor Csupó · 2007
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.
Beautiful Boy
Felix van Groeningen · 2018
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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.
The End of the F***ing World
Jonathan Entwistle · 2017
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.
Good Will Hunting
Gus Van Sant · 1997
Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he gets court-ordered therapy. Eventually, therapist Dr. Sean Maguire helps Will confront the demons that are holding him back.
The Fault in Our Stars
Josh Boone · 2014
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
All the Bright Places
Brett Haley · 2020
Deux adolescents à l'âme blessée bouleversent la vie l'un de l'autre dans ce film inspiré d'un roman à succès.
Five Feet Apart
Justin Baldoni · 2019
Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.
Me Before You
Thea Sharrock · 2016
Will é um garoto rico e bem-sucedido, até sofrer um grave acidente que o deixa preso a uma cadeira de rodas. Ele está profundamente depressivo e contrata uma garota do campo para cuidar dele. Ela sempre levou uma vida modesta, com dificuldades financeiras e problemas no trabalho, mas está disposta a provar para Will que ainda existem razões para viver.
Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir · 1989
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Atonement
Joe Wright · 2007
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
The Longest Ride
George Tillman Jr. · 2015
The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
To Watch
A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard · 2001
Brilliant mathematician, John Nash, is on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy.
Girl, Interrupted
James Mangold · 1999
Año 1967. Susanna Kaysen, de 17 años, es como la mayoría de las chicas americanas de su edad: está confusa, se siente insegura y lucha por entender el mundo que la rodea. Su psiquiatra decide ingresarla en el Hospital Claymoore, diagnosticándole un trastorno de la personalidad, que se manifiesta a través de una gran inseguridad respecto a la propia imagen, a los objetivos a largo plazo y a los amigos. En el centro Susanna conoce a Lisa, Georgina, Polly y Janet, un grupo de chicas inadaptadas con las que entabla una estrecha amistad y que, además, le muestran el camino para encontrarse a sí misma.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Gabriele Muccino · 2006
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
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.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Mark Herman · 2008
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Bones and All
Luca Guadagnino · 2022
Maren, une jeune femme apprenant à survivre en marge de la société, découvre l'amour avec Lee, un intense et marginal vagabond. Ensemble, ils s'embarquent dans une odyssée de mille kilomètres qui les amène à traverser les routes délaissées de l'Amérique profonde de Ronald Reagan. En dépit de leurs efforts pour échapper à leurs passés terrifiants, tout les ramène à leurs démons.
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola · 2000
A mediados de los 70, en un barrio residencial de una ciudad americana vive en perfecta armonía la familia Lisbon. Todos los chicos suspiran por las cinco hermosas hermanas Lisbon. Sin embargo, ese paraíso se desmorona cuando Cecilia, la menor, se suicida a los doce años. ¿Cómo puede convivir la belleza más pura con una macabra historia adolescente? Ésta es la pregunta que persigue a uno de aquellos adolescentes que, ya en su madurez, aún no ha podido olvidar los sucesos ocurridos veinte años antes.
(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 Basketball Diaries
Scott Kalvert · 1995
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry · 2004
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
The Lovely Bones
Peter Jackson · 2009
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino · 2017
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
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.
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee · 2005
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
The Green Mile
Frank Darabont · 1999
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan · 2016
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
