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This tenderly romantic film tells the story of Steve, a young boy in a at secondary school, as he struggles with coming out and falling in love with John, the top athlete at school - who, amazingly, falls in love with him as well.
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | falling in lovebreak uphomophobiabullyingsexualityparanoiaweddingfeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | school danceswimming poolenglandwoodsbicycleschool |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshipgay teenagerbest friendhomosexualitybullygay kisswriterphotographergay sexdancerpolicemanstudentteenage boyteenage girl β¦boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolicehomosexual (See All) |
Story: | park benchinflatable raftpublic toiletnight swimmingsports photographerhigh school newspaperschool blazerhigh school athletepreparatory schoolschool uniformhomosexual jockpretending to faintjumping into a pool with clothes onwriting contestrelay race β¦driving instructortearoommarried mangay athletereference to brad pittschoolmatedriving lessontrack and fieldsecrecychanging roomreference to shakespeare's romeo and julietrunnerfirst gay sexual experiencesex educationdisc jockeyurinalpeer pressureraftimperative in titlestairwayadolescencemake upgay bashingbenchtrophypridemovie theatreice creamcloseted homosexualreference to william shakespearesadnessspeechlocker roomcoming outparktoiletfootballjournalistsoccergay slurswimmingneighborbathroombedrunningtearsbare buttsecretundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearbeatingcryingbased on playerectionphotographdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malenuditykisssexdogmasturbation (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr β¦overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | break uphomophobiabullyingfeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | school dance |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshipgay teenagerbest friendbullygay kisswriterphotographerdancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship β¦mother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual (See All) |
Story: | adolescencemovie theatreice creamcloseted homosexualreference to william shakespearesadnessfootballgay slurbathroomrunningtearssecretdrinkwatching tvbeating β¦cryingphotographdancingkiss (See All) |
A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final. Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional socc β¦er. Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | paranoiaweddingdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | england |
Characters: | dancerstudentteenage boyteenage girlfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | park benchimperative in titlebenchcloseted homosexualsadnesslocker roomparkfootballsoccerbedrunningtearsdrinkwatching tvunderwear β¦cryingdancingkiss (See All) |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m β¦ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | weddingfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshipgay teenagerhomosexualitygay kissgay sexdancerstudentteenage boyfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | school uniformwriting contestadolescencegay bashingcoming outgay slurundressingwatching tvunderwearbeatingdancingcigarette smokingmale nuditybare chested male |
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferr β¦ed to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | homophobiasexualityfearfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | best friendbullydancerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolicehomosexual |
Story: | school uniformschoolmatechanging roomgay bashingsadnesscoming outtoiletgay slurbathroomrunningtearsbare butturinationunderwearbeating β¦cryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingmale nuditynuditykisssex (See All) |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz β¦es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
Themes: | homophobiaparanoiafeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshiphomosexualitygay kissphotographergay sexdancerpolicemanfriendhomosexualpolice |
Story: | gay bashingice creamcloseted homosexualspeechcoming outgay slurswimmingrunningtearsbare buttundressingdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwear β¦cryingdancingmale nuditybare chested malekissdog (See All) |
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)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | falling in loveparanoiadrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | best frienddancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | ice creamparktoiletswimmingbathroomtearsbare buttundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvurinationcryingerectionphotograph β¦dancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malesexdogkissmasturbation (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o β¦f The Beatles. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | best frienddancerstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | school blazerschool uniformurinaladolescencemovie theatresadnessrunningtearssecretdrinkurinationunderwearcryingphotographdancing β¦cigarette smokingkissmasturbationsex (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his β¦ mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | best friendbullywriterpolicemanstudentteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | high school athleteschool uniformice creamreference to william shakespearelocker roomparktoiletswimmingneighborbathroomrunningtearsundressingarrestdrink β¦watching tvurinationunderwearbeatingcryingerectionphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditykissmasturbationsex (See All) |
Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the s β¦chool thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Summit High, he makes peace with his tormentor by going into business with him - listening to kids' problems and selling them prescription drugs. Charlie's a hit, but attraction to Susan (daughter of the school's laissez-faire principal), new security cameras on campus, a student's overdose, and Charlie's open world view all converge to get him in serious trouble. Can this self-made physician possibly heal himself and just be a kid? (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | bullyingdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | bullywriterdancerpolicemanstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | school blazerschool uniformpeer pressureice creamcoming outtoilettearsundressingarrestdrinkunderwearbeatingcryingdancingcigarette smoking β¦bare chested malesexkiss (See All) |
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small β¦Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen. (Read More)
Themes: | bullyingparanoiadrinkingfriendship |
Characters: | gay teenagerbest friendbullygay sexdancerpolicemanstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual β¦police (See All) |
Story: | peer pressuregay slurbathroombare buttarrestdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearbeatingcryingdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nudity β¦bare chested malenuditydog (See All) |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an β¦d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | bullyingweddingdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | night swimmingpeer pressurefootballsoccerswimmingtearsundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nudity β¦nuditysexkiss (See All) |
Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her β¦ but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. (Read More)
Themes: | break uphomophobiabullyingsexualitydrinking |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | homosexualitybullyteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | locker roomcoming outtoiletgay slurbathroomtearsbare buttdrinkwatching tvunderwearcryingphotographmale nuditykisssex β¦masturbation (See All) |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this β¦gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | paranoiadrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | gay relationshipbest friendgay kisswritergay sexdancerpolicemanstudentfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexualpolice |
Story: | imperative in titlereference to william shakespearegay slurtearsbare buttsecretundressingarrestdrinkunderwearcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nudity β¦male nuditybare chested malesexmasturbationkissnudity (See All) |
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: | bullyingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | best friendbullydancerstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | high school athletetrack and fieldrunnerbenchtoiletbathroomrunningtearsurinationunderwearcryingdancingsexdogkiss |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend β¦Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
Locations: | woodsbicycleschool |
Characters: | bullypolicemanstudentteenage boyfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexualpolice |
Story: | peer pressuregay slurtearsbare buttsecretundressingdrinkurinationbeatingcryingerectioncigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditykiss β¦masturbation (See All) |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Themes: | paranoiaweddingfeardrinkingjealousy |
Locations: | englandschool |
Characters: | writerphotographerdancerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | school uniformmovie theatrespeechbathroomrunningtearsarrestdrinkurinationbeatingcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingbare chested male β¦masturbationkissnuditysex (See All) |
After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycle |
Characters: | best friendphotographerdancerstudentfriend |
Story: | changing roomtrophytoiletfootballsoccerswimmingtearsbare buttdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearbeatingcryingphotograph β¦dancingcigarette smokingmale nuditybare chested malenudity (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei β¦ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | bullyingparanoiafeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | bullyphotographerdancerpolicemanstudentboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | school uniformpridebedtearsbare buttsecretundressingdrinkwatching tvunderwearbeatingcryingphotographdancingmale nudity β¦bare chested malekiss (See All) |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have β¦to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | fearfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycleschool |
Characters: | bullywriterstudentteenage boyfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | school blazerschool uniformchanging roomtrophysoccerswimmingurinationbeatingcigarette smokingmale nuditybare chested malekissnuditysex |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif β¦estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshiphomosexualitygay kissgay sexdancerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolicehomosexual |
Story: | urinalcloseted homosexualcoming outgay slurrunningtearsbare buttsecretarresturinationunderwearbeatingcryingdancingmale rear nudity β¦male nuditybare chested maledogkissnuditysexmasturbation (See All) |
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, β¦who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)
Themes: | sexualitydrinkingjealousy |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycleschool |
Characters: | writerdancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | preparatory schoolsex educationtoiletswimmingbedtearssecretdrinkunderwearcryingdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditykiss β¦sexdog (See All) |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome β¦nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | weddingfeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Characters: | best friendbullywriterpolicemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolicehomosexual |
Story: | park benchbenchice creamsadnessparkgay slurbedtearssecretundressingdrinkwatching tvcryingmasturbationkiss β¦sex (See All) |
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhe β¦ad pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | bullyingfeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolenglandbicycleschool |
Characters: | bullypolicemanstudentboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | peer pressuregay slurswimmingtearsdrinkwatching tvunderwearbeatingcryingcigarette smokingmale nuditydogkissnudity |
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: | weddingfeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Characters: | best frienddancerteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | raftsadnessswimmingneighborrunningtearsbare buttsecretdrinkcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nudity β¦bare chested malesexkissnudity (See All) |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened β¦ that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | paranoiadrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | best friendbullygay kissphotographergay sexstudentteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | movie theatreice creamsadnessgay slurbedrunningtearsundressingdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearbeatingcryingphotograph β¦cigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditynuditykissmasturbationdog (See All) |
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced β¦with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | falling in lovebullyingfeardrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolwoodsschool |
Characters: | bullypolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | urinalimperative in titlelocker roomswimmingneighborbathroomundressingarrestdrinkurinationunderwearcigarette smokingbare chested malenuditykiss β¦dog (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | feardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | photographerdancerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | pridetoiletrunningtearsbare buttundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvbeatingcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nudity β¦male nuditybare chested malenuditydog (See All) |
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 35th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his Wes β¦t Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | studentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | high school athletesex educationtrophylocker roomfootballtearsbare buttundressingdrinkunderwearbeatingcryingerectioncigarette smokingmale rear nudity β¦male nuditybare chested malesexkissnudity (See All) |
Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank while funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flatmates with Zoe, her long-time friend; she's close to one sister, and not so close to another. In this slice of li β¦fe story, we watch her take driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly-wound instructor, take classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard, encounter a tramp in the night, and sort out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Along the way, we wonder if her open attitude puts her at risk of misunderstanding or worse. What is the root of happiness? (Read More)
Themes: | bullyingparanoiadrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | bullydancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | school uniformdriving instructordriving lessonparkrunningundressingdrinkunderweardancingcigarette smokingbare chested malekiss |
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.
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | jumping into a pool with clothes onadolescencecoming outjournalistswimmingbathroomrunningsecretundressingdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearcryingphotograph β¦dancingcigarette smokingbare chested malesexkiss (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | photographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | stairwaybenchsadnessparkgay slurswimmingrunningtearsbare buttsecretundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvunderwear β¦beatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malenuditydog (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac β¦kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | sexualitydrinkingfriendship |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay teenagerbest friendhomosexualitygay sexdancerpolicemanteenage boyfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | sadnessgay slurbedtearsundressingdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearcryingbased on playphotographdancingcigarette smokingmale nudity β¦bare chested maledogmasturbationkisssex (See All) |
In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortes, the twenty-som β¦ething wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | weddingfeardrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay kisswriterdancerstudentteenage boyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | gay slurswimmingbedtearsbare buttsecretundressingdrinkurinationunderwearcryingerectionphotographdancingcigarette smoking β¦male rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maledognuditymasturbationkisssex (See All) |
Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stephane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stephanie. But conquering her is no bed of rose β¦s for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingjealousyfriendship |
Characters: | writerdancerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | park benchstairwaybenchparkgay slurswimmingneighborbedrunningdrinkwatching tvunderwearphotographdancingcigarette smoking β¦male nuditykisssex (See All) |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul β¦-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | bullyingdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycleschool |
Characters: | bullypolicemanteenage boyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | urinalswimmingrunningtearsundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male β¦masturbation (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from β¦ the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | writerdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | park benchbenchreference to william shakespearesadnessparkjournalistswimmingbare buttundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvcryingphotographdancing β¦cigarette smokingmale nuditybare chested maledogkisssex (See All) |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | homosexualitygay kissphotographerstudentteenage boyfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | swimmingbathroomundressingdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearcigarette smokingmale nuditybare chested malenuditysex |
Jessica Spencer is the hottest, most popular girl in high school. Jessica, her best friend April, and a couple of other hot girls Lulu and Keecia visit the mall to hang out and do some shopping. They enter a new age store, where they check out a pair of ancient earrings. Unbeknownst to Jessica, thes β¦e are magical ones set in ancient Abyssinia. A princess known as Princess Nawa is disgusted by the groom of her arranged marriage and switches bodies with a slave girl by means of an enchanted set of earrings. Since the earrings are not for sale, Jessica steals them. But the next morning she gets a big dose of reality when she wakes up in the body of a 30-something lowlife male, Clive, a career criminal. Clive finds himself in Jessica's body. Now it's up to Jessica (in Clive's body) to find a way to get her body back, while Clive (in Jessica's body) takes advantage of his new body to set in motion a crime spree to put the blame on Jessica! (Read More)
Themes: | homophobiabullying |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | best friendbullygay kissteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | urinalice creamlocker roomtoiletfootballgay slurbathroombare buttundressingarresturinationunderwearerectioncigarette smokingmale rear nudity β¦male nuditykiss (See All) |
Themes: | feardrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | writerphotographerdancerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | reference to william shakespeareswimmingrunningbare buttundressingdrinkwatching tvunderwearbeatingcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingbare chested malekiss β¦nuditysex (See All) |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me β¦ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | dancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | school uniformbenchspeechcoming outtoilettearssecretdrinkurinationcryingdancingdogsex |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy β¦ neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | break upfriendship |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | writerteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | ice creamgay slurneighbortearssecretwatching tvcryingcigarette smokingdogkiss |
It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to β¦ tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in lovehomophobiafeardrinkingfriendship |
Characters: | gay relationshiphomosexualitygay kissdancerstudentfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | closeted homosexualswimmingneighborbathroomtearsbare buttundressingdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearcryingphotographdancingcigarette smoking β¦male rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malenuditykissdog (See All) |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat β¦e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingfriendship |
Characters: | writerdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfamily relationships |
Story: | movie theatrespeechjournalistbathroombedtearssecretdrinkwatching tvcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss |
It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on β¦ life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur. (Read More)
Themes: | break upweddingdrinkingfriendship |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshiphomosexualitygay kissdancerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | benchcloseted homosexualsadnesscoming outparkbathroomrunningtearssecretdrinkunderwearcryingphotographdancingcigarette smoking β¦dogkiss (See All) |
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In β¦ the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. (Read More)
Themes: | break upparanoiafeardrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshiphomosexualitydancerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolicehomosexual |
Story: | first gay sexual experiencestairwayneighbortearsbare buttdrinkbeatingcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingdogkissnuditymasturbation |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is β¦short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveweddingdrinkingfriendship |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexualpolice |
Story: | park benchparkrunningtearsbare buttundressingdrinkurinationunderwearcryingdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested male β¦dogmasturbationnudity (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | bullyingfeardrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanteenage girlfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | school uniformtoiletrunningtearsundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearbeatingcryingphotographdancingcigarette smoking β¦bare chested malesexdog (See All) |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as β¦he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinking |
Locations: | woodsschool |
Characters: | gay relationshipgay kissdancerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolicehomosexual |
Story: | ice creamcloseted homosexualtoiletbathroomrunningtearsundressingarrestdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearcryingphotographdancing β¦cigarette smokingbare chested malekiss (See All) |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin β¦d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | weddingdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycleschool |
Characters: | writerphotographerdancerstudentteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | school uniformpeer pressurespeechswimmingtearsdrinkwatching tvcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingbare chested malekiss |