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Rosie and Alex have been best friends since they were 5, so they couldn't possibly be right for one another... or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies. One awkward turn at 18, one missed opportunity... and life sends them hurling … in different directions. But somehow, across time, space and different continents, the tie that binds them cannot be undone. Will they find their way back to one another, or will it be too late? Based on Cecelia Ahern's bestselling novel "Where Rainbows End", LOVE, ROSIE is a modern comedy-of-errors tale posing the ultimate question: Do we really only get one shot at true love? (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of age |
Themes: | death of fatherfuneralpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | hotel maidflatenglandelevatorairportnightclubhotelswimming poolschoolbeachhospital |
Characters: | best friendsyounger version of characterchildhood friendmaidsingle motherlittle girlbest friendbabypolicemanfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship …husband wife relationship (See All) |
Story: | intercepted lettervoice over letterhotel receptionhotel managerpregnancy testteenage pregnancypool partymarriage of conveniencemarriage proposalmissed opportunityjumping into a pool with clothes onwedding speechbest friends in lovedrug storecomputer class …volkswagen vanhandcuffed to a bedpostmale female friendshipyoung motherhiccupsinstant messaginghandcuffed to a bedteenage motherworking momstore clerkdyed hairchildhood sweetheartdrunken womansoul mateoverhearing sextext messagehandbaginternet chatart exhibitionromantic rivalryfemale friendshipscholarshippharmacycoastschoolboywebcamenglishman abroadfirst kissbonfireboston massachusettsbreakupcheating husbandfateone night standtold in flashbackloss of virginitytwenty somethingschoolgirllaptopchildbirthcollege studentmodelbedroomclassroombritishhandcuffsneighborvomitinglettercondompunched in the facecell phonepunctuation in titletelephone callpartycharacter name in titlebased on noveltwo word titlekiss (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 …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: | pregnancymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolhospital |
Characters: | single motherbest friendbabyfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | pregnancy testteenage pregnancyteenage motherloss of virginitychildbirthclassroomvomitingcondomtelephone callcharacter name in titlekiss |
Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master …cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of fathermarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschoolhospital |
Characters: | single motherbest friendteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | store clerkfirst kisscheating husbandloss of virginityclassroomcell phonetelephone callpartybased on novelkiss |
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 …o keep in touch they pass these pants to each other as well as the adventures they are going through while apart. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of age |
Themes: | funeralpregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | airportnightclubbeachhospital |
Characters: | childhood friendmaidlittle girlfemale protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | female friendshipfirst kissloss of virginityletterpartybased on novel |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri …ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | nightclubbeach |
Characters: | single motherbest friendbabyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | englishman abroadbreakupone night standmodelbritishvomitingcondomcell phonepartycharacter name in titlekiss |
On New Year's Eve in London, four strangers find themselves on the roof of a building known for suicides. Martin is a famous talk show host just out of jail, Maureen is a lonely single mother, Jess is young, reckless and heartbroken, and JJ is an American realizing the failures in his life. Through …mutual pain and humour, this unlikely group take the long way down and figure out what will keep them alive until Valentine's Day, one step at a time. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | englandelevatorairporthotelswimming poolbeachhospital |
Characters: | single motherfather daughter relationship |
Story: | internet chatwebcamone night standlaptopbritishpunched in the facepartybased on novel |
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | single motherlittle girlteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | teenage pregnancychildbirthbedroomvomitingpunched in the facetelephone callpartykiss |
I Origins begins when graduate student, Ian Gray, is researching the evolution of human eyes with Karen and Kenny, in order to prove that eyes have evolved instead of "appeared" as creationists claim. His fascination with eyes takes him into areas that have profound personal and cultural consequence …s. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Locations: | elevatorhospital |
Characters: | younger version of characterlittle girlbabyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalinternet chatwebcamlaptopmodelcell phonepartytwo word title |
Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to … rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Locations: | elevatorhotelswimming pool |
Characters: | little girlbest friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | one night standcollege studentlettercell phonetelephone callpartycharacter name in titletwo word titlekiss |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherfuneralpregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | hotelswimming poolhospital |
Characters: | little girlbabypolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | voice over lettermarriage proposalfateneighborlettertelephone callcharacter name in titlebased on novelkiss |
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter; are any worth saving? A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love; two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon; a TV sports r …eporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA; a star quarterback contemplates his future; two strangers meet on a plane; grandparents, together for years, face a crisis; and, an "I Hate Valentine's Day" dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to. Can Cupid finish his work by midnight? (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | elevatorairportschool |
Characters: | best friendteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalbest friends in lovecheating husbandclassroomcell phonepunctuation in titletelephone callkiss |
Spencer Aimes is just your average, undercover, government-hired super-assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European locales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt, a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love...and … happily trades international intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage - that is, until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday. That's when Spencer and Jen learn he's the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage, manage his in-laws, keep up neighborly appearances ... and just plain survive. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatornightclubhotelswimming pool |
Characters: | babyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | pregnancy teststore clerklaptopneighborvomitingpunched in the facecell phoneparty |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Themes: | marriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | best friendfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | one night standloss of virginitybedroomclassroomcondomcell phonetelephone callpartytwo word titlekiss |
Cher, a high school student in Beverly Hills, must survive the ups and downs of adolescent life. Her external demeanor at first seems superficial, but rather it hides her wit, charm, and intelligence which help her to deal with relationships, friends, family, school, and the all-important teenage so …cial life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of age |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage boyteenage girl |
Story: | female friendshipschoolgirlclassroomcell phonepartybased on novel |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | single motherbabyfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | voice over letterpregnancy testchildbirthletterpunched in the facetelephone callkiss |
At 17 Mike O'Donnell is on top of the world: he's the star of his high school basketball team, is a shoo-in for a college scholarship, and is dating his soul-mate, Scarlet. But at what's supposed to be his big game where a college scout is checking him out, Scarlet reveals that she's pregnant. Mike …decides to leave the game and asks Scarlet to marry him, which she does. During their marriage, Mike can only whine about the life he lost because he married her, so she throws him out. When he also loses his job, he returns to the only place he's happy at, his old high school. While looking at his high school photo, a janitor asks him if he wishes he could be 17 again and he says yes. One night while driving he sees the janitor on a bridge ready to jump, and goes after him. When he returns to his friend Ned's house, where he has been staying, he sees that he is 17 again. He decides to take this opportunity to get the life he lost. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | best friendteenage boyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | teenage pregnancysoul matescholarshiplettercondompartytwo word titlekiss |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: … truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherfuneral |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | little girlbabypolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | first kisstwenty somethinglaptopbedroomclassroomneighborcell phonetelephone callpartycharacter name in titlekiss |
Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancee of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, h …er husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him sign the papers. When things don't turn out the way she planned them, she realizes that what she had before in the south was far more perfect than the life she had in New York City. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | airportbeach |
Characters: | younger version of characterlittle girlbest friendpolicemanfemale protagonistfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalchildhood sweetheartdrunken womanfirst kissmodelhandcuffsvomitingpunched in the facecell phonekiss |
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: | death of fatherfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | elevatorhotelswimming pool |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | jumping into a pool with clothes onromantic rivalryboston massachusettscheating husbandloss of virginityvomitingtelephone callpartykiss |
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 …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | hotelbeachhospital |
Characters: | younger version of characterbest friendbabyteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | laptopneighborvomitingcell phonetelephone callkiss |
Julieta (Emma Suarez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo. Both are going to move to Portugal when she casually runs into Bea, former best friend of her daughter Antia, who reveals that this one is living in Switzerland married and with three children. With the heart b …roken after 12 years of total absence of her daughter, Julieta cancels the journey to Portugal and she moves to her former building, in the hope that Antia someday communicates with her sending a letter. Alone with her thoughts, Julieta starts to write her memories to confront the pain of the events happened when she was a teenager (Adriana Ugarte) and met Xoan, a Galician fisherman. Falling in love with him, Julieta divides her time between the family, the job and the education of Antia until a fatal accident changes their lives. Slowly decaying in a depression, Julieta is helped by Antia and Bea, but one day Antia goes missing suddenly after a vacation with no clues about where to find her, leaving Julieta desperate to understand the reasons of her missing... (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | elevatorhospital |
Characters: | single motherlittle girlbest friendbabyteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | voice over letterfemale friendshipbreakupclassroomlettercell phonetelephone callcharacter name in titlekiss |
'Louisa May Alcott' (qv)'s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of ho …w the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | maidlittle girlbabyfemale protagonistteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalchildbirthneighborletterpartybased on novel |
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 …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: | pregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | englandairportnightclubhotel |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | scholarshiptwenty somethingbedroomcell phonetelephone callpartycharacter name in titlekiss |
Kate (Brittany Snow) is the new girl in school. She catches John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) dating three different girls at once: Carrie - the smart girl, Heather - the cheerleader, and Beth - the activist slut; none of them are aware that they are not the only girl in John's heart. Kate, having been r …aised by a single mother, has seen the pain caused by playboys like John Tucker, and she won't stand idly by. Together with the three jilted ex-girlfriends, they hatch a plan to teach John a lesson. Things rarely go as planned, especially when Kate starts to think that she might be falling for John herself. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | hotelschool |
Characters: | single motherteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | internet chatromantic rivalryfemale friendshipwebcamlaptopcharacter name in title |
The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Je …nnifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | schoolboymodelclassroomvomitingcell phonetelephone callbased on novelkiss |
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 …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: | pregnancyfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolbeachhospital |
Characters: | childhood friendfemale protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | teenage pregnancyfemale friendshippunched in the facepartykiss |
A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid England of all children.
Themes: | death of father |
Locations: | englandelevatorhotelschoolbeach |
Characters: | maidlittle girlbabypolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel managerbedroombased on novel |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagefriendship |
Characters: | maidbest friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | twenty somethingcollege studentvomitingpunched in the facecell phonetelephone callpartykiss |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in … love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | englandschool |
Characters: | little girlfemale protagonistteenage girl |
Story: | marriage proposalfirst kissbedroomclassroomlettercharacter name in titlebased on noveltwo word titlekiss |
At 16, Nick Twisp is wry about his teen funk: he lives in Oakland with his sex-addled mother; his father's child support is her meal ticket. While camping in Ukiah, Nick meets Sheeni: for him, it's love at first sight. Nick has to figure out how to get his father a job in Ukiah, then how to get sent … to live with his father, then how to get close to Sheeni, whose religious parents may want her sent away from temptation to a boarding school. There's also Sheeni's all-American boyfriend to contend with. Overwhelmed by the challenges, Nick's about to give up when he conjures an alter ego who whispers revolt into his ear. Nick is not altogether hapless, but can this end well? (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolbeach |
Characters: | best friendpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | first kissloss of virginityneighborvomitingletterpunched in the facecell phonetelephone callbased on novelkiss |
In North Carolina especially in Beaufort a prank on a guy goes wrong and puts the student in the clinic. Carter, a famous student with no plans for the future, is held responsible and forced to join in after-school community service activities as consequence, which include starring as the lead in th …e play. And participating in these activities is Jamie Sullivan, the reverend's daughter who has great ambitions and nothing in common with Landon. When Landon decides he wants to take his activities seriously, he asks Jamie for help and begins to spend most of his time with her. But he starts to like her, that he did not expect to do. They relationship, much to the chagrin of Landon's old popular friends and Jamie's strict reverend father. But when a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test, it is then that Landon and Jamie realize the true meaning of love and fate. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of age |
Themes: | marriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolhospital |
Characters: | single motherbest friendteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalfirst kissfatepunched in the facebased on novelkiss |
Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in ov …er their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralpregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorairportnightclubhotelbeachhospital |
Characters: | babyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | pregnancy testtwenty somethingchildbirthhandcuffspunched in the facecell phonetelephone call |
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of fatherfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | elevatorschoolhospital |
Characters: | single motherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | bedroomclassroomvomitinglettertelephone callbased on novel |
Mary is a senior at American Eagle Christian High School in suburban Baltimore. She considers herself born again, despite the fact that her rebirth was at age three. Her best girlfriends are two classmates that comprise the Christian Jewels band with her. Hilary Faye is the alpha Christian, who outw …ardly is perfect, especially in her connection to God. And Veronica is ethnic Vietnamese who was adopted and thus saved by a black Christian couple. A third is Tia, who is generally an outsider in her geek status but who aspires to be in this Christian clique. Also within their social circle solely out of necessity is Hilary Faye's older brother Roland, who has been in a wheelchair since age nine after falling out of a tree, and who, out of family obligation Hilary Faye transports everywhere including to/from school. Beyond that transportation, Roland and Hilary Faye generally have disdain for each other. One of Hilary Faye's God driven missions for the year is to save Cassandra, a Jewish girl new to the school, she who was expelled from her last school and is only attending a faith based school as a marginally better option than the alternative. Mary's world starts to fall apart just before the start of the school year when her boyfriend, Dean, admits to her that he thinks he is gay. Mary receives what she believes are messages from God, including one indirectly through Hilary Faye, leading to her thinking she can save Dean by having sex with him, God who will restore her spiritua… (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | babyfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | teenage pregnancypharmacyloss of virginityclassroomvomitingcell phonepunctuation in titlekiss |
When Alison Scott is promoted in E! Television, she goes to a night-club to celebrate with her older married sister Debbie. Alison meets the pothead reckless Ben Stone and while having a small talk with Ben, Debbie's husband Pete calls her to tell that their daughter has chicken pox. Debbie leaves t …he place but Allison stays with Ben, drinking and dancing along all night; completely wasted, they end up having a one night stand. Ben does not use condom and eight weeks later, Allison discovers that she is pregnant. She calls Ben and they decide to try to stay together and have the baby. However, Ben needs to grow-up first to raise a family of his own. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Locations: | nightclubhotelhospital |
Characters: | babyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalbreakupone night standchildbirthvomitingcondomparty |
A romantic drama set in New York City during the summer of 2001, where Tyler, a rebellious young man, meets Ally through a twist of fate. Her spirit helps him heal after a family tragedy, though soon the circumstances that brought them together threaten to tear them apart.
Characters: | younger version of characterlittle girlbest friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | fatetwenty somethingschoolgirlcollege studentclassroomvomitingpartykiss |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir …ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherfuneralpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | babyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | childhood sweetheartcheating husbandtwenty somethingpunched in the facetelephone callpartykiss |
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 … neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | twenty somethingneighborvomitinglettercell phonetelephone callpartykiss |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Themes: | funeralfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | airportnightclubhotelswimming poolschoolbeachhospital |
Characters: | policemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | fatepunched in the facecell phonepartybased on novelkiss |
Themes: | pregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | hotelswimming poolhospital |
Characters: | little girlbest friendpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalloss of virginitycollege studentvomitingpunched in the facetelephone callkiss |
The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and i …nforms him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this "mystery" by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston, an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames. Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of fatherpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airporthotel |
Characters: | best friendpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | neighborlettercell phone |
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 …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 |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | best friendsbest friendfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationship |
Story: | bedroompartykiss |
In 1930's Hollywood, the powerful agent, Phil Stern, is attending a party and receives a phone call from his sister living in New York. She asks for a job for her son and Phil's nephew, Bobby, who decided to move to Hollywood. Three weeks later Phil schedules a meeting with Bobby and decides to help … him. He asks his secretary Veronica "Vonnie" to hang around with Bobby, showing him the touristic places. Bobby immediately falls in love with Vonnie, but she tells that she has a boyfriend, a journalist that travels most of the time. However, Vonnie's boyfriend is indeed a married man that is also in love with her and soon she has to make a choice between her two loves. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | nightclubswimming poolbeach |
Characters: | babyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | voice over letterpool partymarriage proposalcheating husbandneighborletterpartytwo word titlekiss |
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 …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: | pregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airporthotelswimming poolbeachhospital |
Characters: | single motherbabymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | neighborpartybased on novel |
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 …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: | friendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | best friendpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | voice over letterfirst kisscollege studentbedroomclassroomlettercondompunched in the facetelephone callpartybased on novelkiss |
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 …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: | teen romance |
Themes: | death of fatherfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolbeach |
Characters: | single motherbest friendfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | first kissclassroomlettercell phonebased on novel |
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 …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: | death of fatherfriendship |
Locations: | nightclubhotelbeachhospital |
Characters: | maidteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | voice over lettermarriage proposalromantic rivalrytold in flashbackclassroomletterbased on noveltwo word titlekiss |
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 …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: | friendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | single motherpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | first kissloss of virginityclassroompunched in the facecell phonetelephone callpartycharacter name in titlekiss |
When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveler, but she knows much more about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have already met. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavo …idable absences while time traveling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | little girlteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalfatechildbirthpunched in the facepunctuation in titlepartybased on novelkiss |
Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a s …eries of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | airportbeachhospital |
Characters: | teenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | voice over lettermale female friendshipscholarshipletter |