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All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou is a 2001 Japanese drama by Shunji Iwai about alienated teenagers and online fandom, known for...

Music Drama Japanese 2000S

8.2 Great

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a 2015 American drama by Marielle Heller, adapted from Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel a...

American Drama 1970S Teen

8.1 Great

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Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse is a 1995 American dark comedy by Todd Solondz, notable for winning the Sundance Grand Jury Pri...

American Drama Comedy 1990S

8.1 Great

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Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 Scottish drama by Ken Loach, notable for Martin Compston's debut as a teenager planning a future...

Drama Crime British 2000S

8.1 Great

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. is a 2023 American film by Kelly Fremon Craig, adapted from Judy Blume's 1970 nove...

American Drama Comedy Teen

8.1 Great

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The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British social realist drama by Clio Barnard, inspired by Oscar Wilde and set among two boys...

Drama Youth British Working Class

8.0 Great

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Good One

Good One is a 2024 American drama by India Donaldson about a teenager on a Catskills hiking trip with her father and his...

American Drama Family Teen

7.9 Good

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Falcon Lake

Falcon Lake is a 2022 Canadian-French drama by Charlotte Le Bon, adapting Bastien Vives's graphic novel Une soeur into a...

Drama Canadian Romance Teen

7.8 Good

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American teen drama by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, winner of Sundance's top jury and a...

American Drama Comedy Teen

7.7 Good

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Over the Edge

Over the Edge is a 1979 American teen drama by Jonathan Kaplan, notable for its youth-rebellion plot and Matt Dillon's f...

American Drama 1970S Teen

7.7 Good

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The Year My Voice Broke

The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 Australian drama by John Duigan, the first Danny Embling film and a study of rural ado...

Drama Australian Romance 1980S

7.7 Good

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You Are the Apple of My Eye

You Are the Apple of My Eye is a 2011 Taiwanese coming-of-age romance by Giddens Ko, based on his semi-autobiographical...

Comedy Romance Teen 2010S

7.7 Good

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Dope

Dope is a 2015 American coming-of-age comedy-drama by Rick Famuyiwa, notable for centering Inglewood teens and 1990s hip...

American Crime Comedy Teen

7.6 Good

14

Cooley High

Cooley High is a 1975 American coming-of-age comedy-drama by Michael Schultz, centered on Black high school friends in 1...

American Drama Comedy 1970S

7.6 Good

15

Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American drama by Patricia Cardoso, notable for America Ferrera's breakout role and its...

American Drama Family 2000S

7.4 Good

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Better Luck Tomorrow

Better Luck Tomorrow is a 2002 American crime drama by Justin Lin about overachieving Asian American teens drawn into cr...

American Drama Crime 2000S

7.3 Good

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The Black Balloon

The Black Balloon is a 2008 Australian drama by Elissa Down, about a teenager navigating family life with an autistic br...

Drama Family Australian 2000S

7.2 Good

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Blue Spring

Blue Spring is a 2001 Japanese drama by Toshiaki Toyoda, adapted from Taiyo Matsumoto's manga about disaffected boys at...

Drama Japanese School 2000S

7.2 Good

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Beans

Beans is a 2020 Canadian drama by Tracey Deer about a Mohawk girl during the 1990 Oka Crisis, drawing on the director's...

Drama Canadian Indigenous Teen

7.1 Good

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Us and Them

Us and Them is a 2018 Chinese romantic drama by Rene Liu about two migrants in Beijing, released by Netflix as its first...

Drama Youth Romance Chinese

7.1 Good