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The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style: depressing, talky, sincere, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teenager, adultery, marriage, boy, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2005, near future, 2000s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The feature film debut by artist Miranda July about a various comic situations and plots that intertwine. One story line is about a father who is ending his marriage and the other story is of a video artist (possibly autobiographical of Miranda ...
Style: touching, disturbing, realistic, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: artist, childhood, coming of age, art, depression, unlikely friendships, complex characters, art gallery, neighbor, struggle, shyness, divorce ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
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 6.8
 168K
Adventureland (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Style: romantic, independent film, funny, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, summer job, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, friendship, youth, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, misfit, young adult ...
Time: year 2009, 80s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, new york, boston ...
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 7.6
 33K
Weekend (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Style: sincere, touching, sexy, meditative, art house ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay club, gay couple, one night stand, homosexuality, gay interest, gay romance, male nudity ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, realistic, depressing, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, bullying, dysfunctional family, misfit, humiliation, teenager, youth, school, social outcast, female protagonist, childhood, high school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, near future, year 1995
Place: new jersey, seattle, usa
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 7.6
 197K
Rushmore (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the ...
Style: funny, dark comedy, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, depression, student, jealousy, adolescence, love triangle, teacher, teen angst, friendship, youth, mentor ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, y2k, year 1998
Place: usa, midwest, texas
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 7.7
 74K
Happiness (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Style: black comedy, cynical, independent film, dark comedy, depressing ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, pedophilia, rape, unhappiness, depression, therapist, obsession, relationships, loneliness, alienation, pedophile, sexual abuse ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most ...
Style: teen, independent film, entertaining, cynical, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, teenage life, youth, adolescence, high school, bully, psychiatrist, therapy, misfit, girlfriend, bullying ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.2
 245K
The Descent (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, cave, survival horror, creature, trapped, survival, expedition, claustrophobia, fear, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, appalachia
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 7.8
 116K
The Fall (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Africa, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, ...
Style: surreal, offbeat, fairy tale, visually appealing, visual ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: hospital, surrealism, suicide attempt, escape from reality, magic realism, imagination, storytelling, suicide, imaginary kingdom, friendship, stuntman, child ...
Time: 1920s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: india, los angeles, california, cambodia, taj mahal ...
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 7.1
 91K
Half Nelson (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a ...
Style: depressing, independent film, talky, emotional, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teacher, teachers and students, drug addiction, drug, student, addiction, drug abuse, friendship, ghetto, loneliness, school, existentialism ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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 7.8
 699K
Drive (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, adult
Plot: car chase, heist, mechanic, danger, tough heroes, lone wolves, organized crime, loner, revenge, chases and races, robbery, character study ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, iran, usa
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 6.4
 94K
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Style: surreal, light, funny, stylized, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: jazz, video store, filmmaking, eccentricity, friendship, creativity, nothing goes right, art, sabotage, buddy, workplace, african american ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
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 7.3
 138K
An Education (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Style: realistic, period piece, costume drama, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: age difference, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, lolita, self discovery, teenage girl, betrayal, virginity, teenage life, older man young girl relationship, culture ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 1900s, year 1961, 60s
Place: london, france, oxford university, paris france, britain ...
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 7.0
 55K
Away We Go (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt’s parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, road movie, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: pregnancy, road trip, sexual humor, parenthood, on the road, family drama, love story, love, family relations, parents and children, eccentricity, travel ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: arizona, colorado, wisconsin, usa, montreal ...
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 7.3
 65K
Fish Tank (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Style: bleak, emotional, gloomy, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: age difference, mother's boyfriend, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, rebelliousness, coming of age, dancing, youth, life is a bitch, sex with a minor, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2009, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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 7.1
 153K
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for ...
Style: sad, depressing, melancholic, heartbreaking, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot: boarding school, dystopia, distopia, existentialism, cloning, childhood, sadness, love triangle, alternate reality, transplant, couples, love and romance ...
Time: year 1978, 2010s, year 2010, 50s, 80s ...
Place: england, europe
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A Bag of Hammers (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, whose direction is tested by an abandoned child, worn beyond his years; together they invent the family they've always needed.
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, indie film ...
Plot: youth, friendship, bully, coming of age, family relations, dysfunctional family, criminal, fight, misfit, single parent, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, southern california, usa
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 6.9
 82K
Frank (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Style: surreal, melancholic, tragicomedy, touching, black comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: music, music band, suicide, mental illness, strange person, musician, identity, creativity, eccentricity, character study, depression, dark humor ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ireland, britain, usa, austin texas, ethiopia
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them ...
Style: atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, surreal, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, date night, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: children, coming of age, adolescence, camp, first love, boy scout, orphan, youth, island, search party, summer camp, journey ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1965
Place: new england, nebraska, rhode island, usa
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 6.8
 52K
The East (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, political, intense, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: terrorism, fighting the system, environmentalism, spy, anarchist, espionage, fbi, environmental issue, revenge, anti capitalism, radical, undercover ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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The Kings of Summer (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, ...
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, funny, emotional ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, runaway, summer, friendship, high school, lifestyle change, teenage runaway, wilderness, teenage protagonist, forest, hospital, teenager ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.9
 92K
Short Term 12 (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style: sad, compassionate, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: child abuse, depression, social worker, adolescence, teenager, suicide attempt, self mutilation, troubled teen, foster child, coming of age, mental illness, self harm ...
Time: year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.2
 31K
Palo Alto (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, serious, teen, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, youth, teenage life, high school, teenage girl, teenager, crush, high school life, unfulfillment, older man young girl relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: california, palo alto california, britain, usa
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 6.7
 26K
Obvious Child (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.
Style: humorous, atmospheric, independent film, witty, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: abortion, pregnancy, kick-butt women, loneliness, feminist, self discovery, relationships, existentialism, unwanted pregnancy, one night stand, nothing goes right, introspection ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, new york, brooklyn new york city
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 7.4
 82K
Eighth Grade (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Style: touching, light, indie film, thought provoking, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: father daughter relationship, teenager, adolescence, teenage girl, friendship, high school, social media, middle school, teacher, self confidence, insecurity, classmate classmate relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york state
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Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous ...
Style: independent film, road movie, black and white, art house, contemplative ...
Plot: minimalism, immigrant, road trip, on the road, snow, existentialism, dialogue, coming of age, melancholy, jazz, culture clash, loneliness ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: florida, new york, ohio, cleveland ohio, hungary ...
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The Man from Earth (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
Style: philosophical, psychological, sincere, serious, cerebral ...
Plot: philosophy, immortality, religion, atheism, society, professor, storytelling, hidden identity, christianity, existentialism, atheist, conversation ...
Time: future, 2000s, prehistory, medieval times, prehistoric times ...
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style: touching, independent film, emotional, teen, depressing ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: high school, cancer, adolescence, teenager, terminal illness, friendship, dying, coming of age, leukemia, teenage boy, illness, friends ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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 7.2
 144K
Coherence (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.
Style: mind bending, psychological, suspenseful, mind blowing, confusing ...
Plot: alternate reality, twists and turns, parallel universe, parallel world, time loop, quantum physics, disorder, paranoia, dinner party, comet, couples, asteroids and comets ...
Time: 2010s, near future, distant future, year 2013, future ...
Place: usa, los angeles
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