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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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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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Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl is a 1981 Scottish teen comedy by Bill Forsyth, notable for its dry humor and a schoolboy's crush on a fo...

Comedy Romance British 1980S

7.8 Good

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Better Days

Better Days is a 2019 Chinese drama by Derek Tsang about school bullying and exam pressure, nominated for the Academy Aw...

Drama Crime Chinese 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

10

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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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

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Saving Face

Saving Face is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama by Alice Wu about a Chinese American surgeon, noted as a rare queer...

American Comedy Romance 2000S

7.6 Good

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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

14

Bottoms

Bottoms is a 2023 American teen comedy by Emma Seligman about two queer students who start a fight club to meet girls, s...

American Comedy Teen Queer

7.4 Good

15

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

16

Slums of Beverly Hills

Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 American comedy-drama by Tamara Jenkins, notable for Natasha Lyonne's lead role in a no...

American Drama Comedy 1990S

6.9 Fair

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Purely Belter

Purely Belter is a 2000 British comedy-drama by Mark Herman, about two Newcastle boys trying to raise money for season t...

Drama Comedy British 2000S

6.9 Fair

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Snack Shack

Snack Shack is a 2024 American coming-of-age comedy set in 1991 Nebraska, following two teenage friends who run a pool s...

American Comedy Summer Teen

6.8 Fair

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Angus

Angus is a 1995 American teen comedy by Patrick Read Johnson, adapted from a Chris Crutcher story about an overweight ou...

American Drama Comedy 1990S

6.2 Fair

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Now and Then

Now and Then is a 1995 American coming-of-age drama by Lesli Linka Glatter, following four women who remember a formativ...

American Drama 1990S Teen

5.9 Mediocre