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In a dreary Florida beach resort village, luscious-limbed lifeguard Raymond is the main attraction for girls. Teenager buddies Claire and Hailey became experts on him by observation, but never dared actually approach him, and after this closing summer season will be separated as one's parents move t β¦o Australia. Then they find a storm washed up in a pool a sassy mermaid, who promises them a wish if they help her prove to Neptune love exists, and Raymond is the only creature resembling a love-god. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | fear of watercouragehumiliationjealousylovefriendship |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | bicycle accidentswimming poolstormoceanaustraliabicyclebathtubsmall townbeach |
Characters: | mermaidsingle motherbest friendfemale protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | tampa floridaocean currentsummer jobswimming trunkspool partysearch for lovebreasts covered by hairgrandparent grandchild relationshiphair covering breastsfear of drowningthrown into a poolgummi wormfalling into a pooltrying on clothespretty boy β¦paddle boatteardroppushed into waterfather daughter conflictblonde stereotypecinderella storyfemale bare feetcotton candystarfishrebelliousnessmother daughter conflictthree friendsseashellkiss on the cheekindividualitysparklerwater towerpower failureblue hairimplied nuditymedallionmiddle schoolbased on children's bookloss of parentsswimwearpackingfriendship between girlssalthandymanlifeguardbmwgirl powerdisappointmentbubble bathdolphintelevision newstomboylegsadvicefemale bondingadolescencesunsetwishinsultpierspyingfallrivalthunderstormmiracleshoppingarranged marriagegrandfathercamera shot of feetdivingstrong female leadfestivalladdercrushfloridamagazineteen angststrong female characterflirtinggrandmotherfireworksunderwatersuspiciondateargumentnews reportnecklacefishorphanswimmingtearsbikinirescuetitle directed by femalepartydancingcharacter name in titlebare chested malebased on novelf ratedkiss (See All) |
In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton, she falls for a human prince. Determined to be with her new love, Ariel makes a dangerous deal w β¦ith the sea witch Ursula to become human for three days. But when plans go awry for the star-crossed lovers, the king must make the ultimate sacrifice for his daughter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | lovefriendship |
Locations: | stormoceanbeach |
Characters: | mermaidbest friendfemale protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsteenager |
Story: | cinderella storystarfishseashellbubble bathdolphinlegssunsetwishspyingteen angstfireworksunderwaterfishrescuekiss |
Ronnie's (Miley Cyrus) and her younger brother, Jonah's, parents are divorced. They live with their mother until this summer when they are sent to live with their father (Greg Kinnear) in a small town on the beach. Ronnie resents her father and has no intention of being friendly or even talking to h β¦im for the summer. But after meeting a handsome guy and beginning to fall in love, Ronnie starts rediscovering her love for music, something she shares with her father. Reconnecting with music revives a kinship with her father which proves to be the most important relationship she may ever experience. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | small townbeach |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | trying on clothesfather daughter conflictrebelliousnessswimwearfalldivingteen angstdatetearsrescuetitle directed by femalepartydancingbare chested malebased on novel β¦kiss (See All) |
Since Malibu brat Poppy Moore's mom passed away, she has pushed her rich, usually absent dad Gerry shamelessly. When his patience wears out, she's shipped off to her mother's former English boarding school for girls, Abbey Mount. On her first day she makes enemies of most dorm mates, especially domi β¦nant lacrosse school captain Harriet, and the school's principal Mrs. Kingsley. Unwilling to accept the strict regime, she decides to misbehave and take the blame for everyone until she's dismissed. The school only appealing feature for her is Kingsley's dashing son Freddie. When the dream prince transfers his favor from ambitious, uptight Harriet to unruly Poppy, that changes everything. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | jealousyfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | best friendfemale protagonistteenage girlteenager |
Story: | trying on clothesfriendship between girlsfemale bondinginsultspyingfallshoppingdivingstrong female leadcrushstrong female characterdatepartydancingf rated β¦kiss (See All) |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the β¦ Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | oceanbeach |
Characters: | single motherfemale protagonistmother daughter relationship |
Story: | paddle boatpushed into waterdivingladderfishswimmingtearstitle directed by femalepartydancingf ratedkiss |
Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later, he returns to the same location, and once again manages to fall into the sea, and is rescued once more by the mermaid (Allen isn't sure what he has seen and what he has imagined). Using maps from a sunk β¦en ship, the mermaid decides to search for Allen in New York City, sprouting legs when her tail dries. On finding Allen, they fall in love, but she has a secret, which will no longer be a secret if she gets her legs wet. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | love |
Locations: | bathtubbeach |
Characters: | mermaidfamily relationships |
Story: | hair covering breastscinderella storylegsfallnecklacefishtearsrescuedancing |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion β¦s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousyfriendship |
Locations: | oceanaustraliabeach |
Characters: | best friendteenage girlfamily relationships |
Period: | summer |
Story: | dolphinsuspicionswimmingtearsbikinititle directed by femaledancingbare chested malef ratedkiss |
The movie is based on the young adult book, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Anne Brashares. As four best friends spend their first summer apart from one another, they share a magical pair of jeans. Despite being of various shapes and sizes, each one of them fits perfectly into the pants. T β¦o keep in touch they pass these pants to each other as well as the adventures they are going through while apart. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | summer jobblue hairfriendship between girlsteen angsttearspartydancingbased on novelf rated |
Comical goings on at an exclusive golf club. All the members are wealthy and eccentric, and all the staff are poor and slightly less eccentric. The main character is 'Danny'; he's a caddy who will do almost anything to raise money to go to college. There are many subplots, including the assistant gr β¦een keeper's pursuit of a cute (obviously stuffed) gopher. (Read More)
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | teenage girlteenager |
Story: | pool partylifeguardsunsetinsultpierthunderstormdivingflirtingdateswimmingtearsbikinidancingbare chested malekiss |
The wide generation gap between Tess Coleman and her teenage daughter Anna is more than evident. They simply cannot understand each other's preferences. On a Thursday night they have a big argument in a Chinese restaurant. Both receive a fortune cookie each from the restaurant owner's mother which c β¦auses them to switch bodies next day. As they adjust with their new personalities, they begin to understand each other more and eventually it's the mutual self-respect that sorts the things out. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | single motherfemale protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | mother daughter conflictshoppinggrandfathercamera shot of feetcrushteen angstargumentdancingbased on novelf ratedkiss |
Three best friends get together and bury a box, making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation. In the small town in Georgia that they live in, things soon change. One is little miss perfect, one is an engaged prom queen, and the other is a pregnant outcast. On the night of the β¦ir graduation, they open the box and they strike up a conversation. Suddenly, one brings up the topic of her going to Los Angeles for a record contract audition. They all decide to go together and they leave. With a little money, they set out on the road with a guy named Ben. When one of them tells the other a rumor that he might be a homicidal maniac, they are all scared of him. When they reach Los Angeles, Lucy (Britney Spears) falls in love with Ben and against her father's wishes, she stays and she goes to the audition. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiplove |
Locations: | oceansmall townbeach |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsteenager |
Story: | rebelliousnessfriendship between girlsdisappointmentfemale bondingdatenecklacetitle directed by femalepartydancingbare chested malef ratedkiss |
Having awoken from their spring break extravaganza at Lake Victoria, the swarm heads upstream where they look to make a meal out of Big Wet, a local water park where when it comes to fun, nobody does it wetter! Though they came to get wet, get loaded and get some, the staff and patrons get more than β¦ they bargained for when they must face the fiercest, most bloodthirsty piranhas yet. Lead by the strong-willed, studious Maddy and her friends, Barry and Kyle, the trio must dive in and take on these man-eating creatures using every ounce of their being but can they be stopped? (Read More)
Themes: | fear of watercouragefriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolbathtub |
Characters: | teenage girlteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | lifeguardpierdivingfireworksunderwaternews reportfishbikinirescuepartybare chested malekiss |
Here's the thing! Viola's soccer team at Cornwall gets cut. She wants to join the boys team, but they do not allow girls. So she thinks "If you can't join them, beat them". So she does! She disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian, and goes out for the rival school, Illyria, boys' soccer team β¦ and makes it. Unfortunately, she didn't plan falling in love with her roommate Duke. But Duke has his eyes on Olivia. What makes matters worse is that Olivia starts to fall for Sebastian because he/she has a sensitive side. If things couldn't get more problematic, the real Sebastian (who was in London working on his music) comes home early. He arrives on campus and has no clue that he was replaced by his twin sister. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiplove |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | disappointmenttomboyinsultfallrivalstrong female leadcrushstrong female characterflirtingkiss |
1972. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and β¦life will never be the same again. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | bicyclesmall town |
Characters: | best friendfamily relationships |
Period: | summer |
Story: | tomboycrushfireworksdateargumentfishswimmingtearsdancingkiss |
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a dream apartment, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can' β¦t be a better life. Unfortunately, Jenna realizes that this is not what she wanted. The only one that she needs is her childhood best friend, Matt, a boy that she thought destroyed her party. But when she finds him, he's a grown up, and not the same person that she knew. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | humiliationfriendship |
Characters: | best friendfemale protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | wishmagazineteen angstpartybare chested malekiss |
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfa β¦ther returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks. (Read More)
Themes: | fear of water |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | grandparent grandchild relationshipwater towerbased on children's bookwishmiraclegrandfathergrandmotherdancingcharacter name in titlebased on novel |
Mia Thermopolis is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly and Lilly's older brother Michael. Making it through high school without throwing up is a challenge in itself for Mia, so it doesn't come as welco β¦me news when her estranged grandmother shows up out of the blue and calmly informs her that she is in fact the heir to the throne of a European country called Genovia. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. She's being taught about scarves, waves and pears in order to become a perfect princess, she gets a makeover and a tough looking yet sweet bodyguard/limo driver called Joe. Things get out of hand when the media gets a hold of the story and suddenly Mia is thrust into the spotlight in both the newspapers and in school. On top of all that Mia has a choice to make. She must decide by Genovia's Independence Day Ball whether she longs to relinquish her claim on the throne or to become the princess and heir to the throne her father and grandmother want her to be. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | single motherbest friendfemale protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | cinderella storyfriendship between girlscamera shot of feetcrushteen angstgrandmotherdatebased on novel |
Set in Scotland in a rugged and mythical time, "Brave" features Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty. Merida makes a reckless choice that unleashes unintended peril and forces her to spring into action to set things right.
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | wishstrong female leadteen angststrong female characternecklacefishswimmingrescuetitle directed by femaledancingf rated |
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how lon β¦g she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover? (Read More)
Themes: | jealousylove |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | best friend |
Story: | pretty boyadvicedivingdatebikinipartydancingbare chested male |
Elliot Richardson, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be exp β¦ected, the Devil must put her own little twist on each his fantasies. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Locations: | swimming poolbeach |
Story: | swimwearsunsetwishcamera shot of feetbikinipartydancingbare chested malekiss |
Themes: | love |
Locations: | small townbeach |
Characters: | best friendfemale protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsteenager |
Story: | shoppingteen angstdateargumentdancingcharacter name in titlef rated |
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: β¦ one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | couragefriendshiplove |
Locations: | bicyclesmall townbeach |
Characters: | female protagonist |
Story: | pierfallfireworksfishbikinirescuebare chested malebased on novelkiss |
This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now thirteen years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quain β¦tly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | bicycle accidentstormbicycle |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | friendship between girlsdisappointmentthunderstormrescuecharacter name in title |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree β¦dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousylovefriendship |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | swimming poolbeach |
Characters: | single motherfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationship |
Story: | flirtingdateswimmingpartybased on novel |
Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall, a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. β¦Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx. (Read More)
Themes: | lovefriendship |
Characters: | single mothermother daughter relationship |
Story: | trying on clothescinderella storyfemale bare feetmother daughter conflicttelevision newscamera shot of feetgrandmothernews reporttearspartydancing |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by β¦ 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | swimming poolstormoceanbicyclebathtubsmall townbeach |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | sparklerbubble bathladderfishswimmingtearsdancingbare chested malekiss |
"The Croods" are an eccentric family of cavemen, who survive the harsh terrain by living accordingly to a strict set of rules. But when their home is destroyed in the wake of an impending disaster known as "The End", they are forced to leave their home of shelter and security, and into the wildernes β¦s of the unknown to find a new home. (Read More)
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationship |
Story: | starfishstrong female leadstrong female charactergrandmotherfireworksswimmingcharacter name in titlebare chested male |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte β¦r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | lovefriendship |
Locations: | oceanbicyclebeach |
Characters: | best friendteenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | summer jobswimmingtearspartydancingbare chested malekiss |
Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes β¦ to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | courage |
Locations: | stormoceanbathtubbeach |
Characters: | family relationshipsmother daughter relationship |
Story: | starfishfishswimmingtearsrescuedancingcharacter name in titlebased on novelf rated |
Brandy Klark ('Aubrey Plaza (I)' (qv)) has just graduated from high school where she excelled in every subject, except real-life sexual education. When her older sister tells her how important it is to be experienced, Brandy writes out a sex to do list for herself for the summer. Her friend Cameron β¦might be the perfect guinea pig while she sets her sights on the popular and sexy Rusty Waters as the ultimate end goal. But once feelings get in the way, it becomes much harder for Brandy to check off the remaining items on her sex to do list. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | best friendfemale protagonistteenage girl |
Period: | summer |
Story: | lifeguardargumentbikinipartybare chested malef ratedkiss |
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
Themes: | love |
Story: | implied nuditytelevision newsadvicespyingflirtingdateargumentbikinidancing |
It's the last day of school, and Max wants to catch the eye of Roxanne, one of the more attractive girls in school. But how can you be cool when your dad's Goofy? Stage an impromptu concert at the final assembly, that's how! Or at least it sounded good until Principal Mazer found out. Goofy finds ou β¦t about his son's antics (sort of), and decides a fishing trip, like his dad took him on, is the solution. Of course, he doesn't know that Max finally lands a date with Roxanne for a party thrown by the class valedictorian. Through the movie, Goofy tries to bring Max out of his shell, while Max resents being taken away, and lying to Roxanne about the trip (he tells her he & his dad will be appearing on TV at the PowerLine concert in LA). Will Max sink or swim? Will Goofy goof up his son's first shot at romance? Will Bigfoot step back? And what about those nuns? (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationlove |
Characters: | teenage girlteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | kiss on the cheekcrushteen angstdateargumentfishrescuepartycharacter name in titlekiss |
Daphne, a seventeen-year-old girl from New York goes to England in search of her father, who does not know he had a child with an American girlfriend he met while working in Morocco, and whose aristocratic family did not approve of the woman.
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | cinderella storyshoppingteen angsttitle directed by femaledancingf rated |
Josh Baskin would do anything to be big to hang out with his crush at the carnival. He finds a Zoltar machine, and he wishes to be big. After Zoltar tells him, "his wish is granted", Josh notices the machine is unplugged. He wakes up the next morning in an adult's body but he still has the same pers β¦onality. With the help of his best friend, Billy, Josh learns how to act like a grown up. But as he gets a girlfriend and a fun job, he doesn't want to be a kid again. Will Josh stay big or become a 13 year old boy again? (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | best friend |
Story: | adolescencewishcrushtitle directed by femalebare chested malef ratedkiss |
A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place β¦the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker? (Read More)
Themes: | jealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | single motherbest friendfemale protagonistteenage girlteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | strong female leadteen angststrong female charactertearsdancingcharacter name in titlef ratedkiss |
84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship β¦with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiance, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousylovefriendship |
Locations: | ocean |
Characters: | single motherteenage girlmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | power failuredolphinpierarranged marriagecamera shot of feetunderwaternews reportnecklaceswimmingrescuepartydancingkiss |
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, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they β¦are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | best friendteenage girl |
Period: | summer |
Story: | three friendsadolescencecrushnews reportbare chested male |
In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story for an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with β¦each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents do not approve of their romance since Noah belongs to another social class, and they move to New York with her. Noah writes 365 letters (A Year) to Allie, but her mother Anne Hamilton does not deliver them to her daughter. Three years later, the United States joins the World War II and Noah and his best friend Fin enlist in the army, and Allie works as an army nurse. She meets injured soldier Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they meet each other again going on dates and then, Lon, who is wealthy and handsome, proposes. Meanwhile Noah buys and restores the old house and many people want to buy it. When Allie accidentally sees the photo of Noah and his house in a newspaper, she feels divided between her first love and her commitment with Lon. Meanwhile Duke stops reading to the old lady since his children are visiting him in the nursing home. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationfriendshiplove |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubbeach |
Characters: | teenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Period: | summer |
Story: | falldivingdateargumentswimmingtearsdancingbased on novelkiss |
Alice is a daydreaming young girl. She finds learning poems and listening to literature boring. She prefers stories with pictures and to live inside her imagination. One day, while enduring just such a poetry reading, she spots a large white rabbit...dressed in a jacket and carrying a large watch. H β¦e scurries off, saying he's late, for a very important date. She follows him through the forest. He then disappears down a rabbit hole. Alice follows, leading her to all manner of discoveries, characters and adventures. (Read More)
Locations: | oceanbeach |
Characters: | female protagonist |
Story: | starfishladderfireworksunderwaterdatefishtearspartycharacter name in titlebased on novel |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They sh β¦ow up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubbeach |
Story: | seashellpackingbubble bathpierladderfloridaflirtingswimmingpartydancingkiss |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg β¦eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousylovefriendship |
Locations: | stormbeach |
Story: | disappointmentthunderstormladderorphanswimmingtearspartydancingbare chested malebased on novelf ratedkiss |
Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is that chipper guy clocking the nine-to-five at a bathtub factory, with the offbeat charm of anyone who could use a few friends. With the help of his court-appointed psychiatrist, he pursues his office crush (Gemma Arterton). However, the relationship takes a sudden, murderous β¦ turn after she stands him up for a date. Guided by his evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog, Jerry must decide whether to keep striving for normalcy, or indulge in a much more sinister path. (Read More)
Locations: | bathtub |
Story: | camera shot of feetcrushdatefishtearstitle directed by femalebare chested male |
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. β¦When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her. (Read More)
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | mermaidfemale protagonistmother daughter relationship |
Story: | cotton candyblue hairthunderstormorphantearsrescuecharacter name in titlebased on novel |
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, β¦ have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny. (Read More)
Locations: | oceanbicyclebathtubbeach |
Characters: | female protagonist |
Story: | grandfatherdivingunderwaterswimmingtitle directed by femalebased on novelf rated |
Two years have passed since Carrie Bradshaw finally bagged John "Mr. Big" Preston, the man she was always meant to be with. Just as her friend Charlotte must deal with her young daughter's "terrible two's", Carrie must deal with her relationship taking a turn for the worse - Big likes to watch old b β¦lack-and-white movies on TV and eat take-out food, which prevents Carrie from feeling like the free-wheeling party girl she used to be. Meanwhile, Miranda copes with a new boss that can't handle an intelligent, powerful woman, and Samantha works a public relations angle that gets the fashionable foursome an all-expense-paid trip to Abu Dhabi. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | swimming poolbathtub |
Characters: | female protagonistfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationship |
Story: | girl powerbubble bathlegsfireworkspartyf ratedkiss |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | humiliationlovefriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | teenage girlfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | adolescencethunderstormmagazineswimmingpartydancingbare chested malekiss |
Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very l β¦ittle after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousylovefriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycle |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | divingcrushteen angstflirtingunderwaterdancing |
Frances Mayes is a San Francisco-based literature professor, literary reviewer and author, who is struggling in writing her latest book. Her outwardly perfect and stable life takes an unexpected turn when her husband files for divorce. He wants to marry the woman with whom he is having an affair. Fr β¦ances supported her husband financially as he was writing his own book, and he sues her for alimony despite her financial difficulties. And he wants to keep the house. Frances eventually accepts her best friend Patti's offer of a vacation, a gay tour of Tuscany which Patti and her lesbian partner Grace originally purchased for themselves before Patti found out that she is pregnant. The gift is a means to escape dealing with the divorce, from which Patti feels Frances may never recover emotionally without some intervention. Feeling that Patti's assessment may be correct in that she has too much emotional baggage ever to return to San Francisco, Frances, while in Tuscany, impulsively ditches the tour to purchase an aged villa, which ends up being a fixer-upper. Frances has many obstacles in eking out a productive and happy life in her new surroundings, that happy life which she hopes will eventually include rediscovering romantic love. In a discussion with sympathetic real estate agent Signor Martini, Frances outlines what emotionally she wants to accomplish with the villa, despite none of those items in a substantive material sense currently being in her life. In response, Martini tβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiplove |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | stormsmall townbeach |
Characters: | female protagonistfamily relationships |
Story: | wishthunderstormfestivalflirtinggrandmothertitle directed by femaledancingbased on novelf ratedkiss |
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling, and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit ro β¦oftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter and the Lost Boys in an exhilarating life--free of grown-up rules--while also facing the inevitable showdown with Hook and his bloodthirsty pirates. (Read More)
Themes: | couragejealousyfriendship |
Locations: | stormbathtub |
Characters: | mermaidfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | rivalunderwaterrescuecharacter name in titlebased on novelkiss |
Teenager Holly Hamilton is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man.. an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean a β¦nd boost her shaky self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off, Holly finds herself having to produce the suitor, borrowing her friend's charming and handsome Uncle Ben as the face behind the e-mails, notes and gifts. Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her mom's newfound happiness, almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | moving |
Characters: | single motherteenage girlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | search for loveflirtingdatedancing |