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El Sur

El Sur is a 1983 Spanish drama by Victor Erice, notable for its elliptical portrait of a girl's memory of her father in...

Drama Spanish Youth Family

8.5 Great

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Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher is a 1999 Scottish drama by Lynne Ramsay, her feature debut, set around a boy's life in 1970s Glasgow during...

Drama British 1990S Childhood

8.2 Great

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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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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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Alcarras

Alcarras is a 2022 Catalan drama by Carla Simon about a peach-farming family facing eviction, winner of the Golden Bear...

Drama Spanish Youth Family

8.1 Great

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Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind is a 1986 Taiwanese drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien about young villagers moving to Taipei, a key work of the...

Drama Youth Romance 1980S

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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Riceboy Sleeps

Riceboy Sleeps is a 2022 Canadian drama by Anthony Shim about a Korean immigrant mother and son in 1990s Canada, winner...

Drama Family Canadian Immigrant

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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Scrapper

Scrapper is a 2023 British comedy-drama by Charlotte Regan about a 12-year-old girl living alone after her mother's deat...

Drama Family Comedy British

7.7 Good

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The History Boys

The History Boys is a 2006 British drama by Nicholas Hytner, adapted by Alan Bennett from his play about grammar-school...

Drama Comedy School British

7.3 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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Petite Solange

Petite Solange is a 2021 French drama by Axelle Ropert about a 13-year-old girl shaken by her parents' separation, ancho...

French Drama Family Teen

7.0 Good

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Small Body

Small Body is a 2021 Italian drama by Laura Samani about a young woman crossing early 1900s northeast Italy to seek bapt...

Italian Drama Youth Period

7.0 Good

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The Childhood of a Leader

The Childhood of a Leader is a 2015 historical drama by Brady Corbet, loosely inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre's story about...

Drama International Period Childhood

6.7 Fair

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Sweetheart

Sweetheart is a 2021 British coming-of-age comedy-drama by Marley Morrison about a socially awkward teen on a seaside fa...

Drama Comedy British Queer

6.7 Fair

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The Tree

The Tree is a 2010 Australian-French drama by Julie Bertuccelli, adapted from Judy Pascoe's novel about grief and a gian...

Drama Family Australian Childhood

6.5 Fair