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A 43-year-old mother and housewife who's facing divorce is thrust back in time when she attends her high-school reunion. Given the chance to change the course of her life, she finds herself making many of the same choices.
Subgenre: | time travel comedyalternate history |
Themes: | near death experiencepoetrydysfunctional familytime traveldivorcelove |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | self discoveryex husband ex wife relationshipfemale protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | masonic lodgeclass reunionhigh school reunionpoetry quotationtime travel romancereference to william butler yeatsreference to the great gatsbyreference to yeatsfilmed in mirrorsecret ritualappliance storerunning track18 year old girlrebellious teenagerreference to napoleon bonaparte β¦theory of relativityreference to neil armstrongdo overedsellife changingreference to ernest hemingwaywoman smoking cigarettelodgerepeated eventalternate timelinetitle appears in songtime loopmusic boxamericanareference to the beatlesinventionmarital probleminventornostalgiabreakupgirl with glassesbikerfateteen angstnerdcharacter says i love youheart attackreuniondateautomobilepantyhosewatching tvtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title (See All) |
Romy and Michele have been through it all, including being tortured by the Popular crowd when in high school. When they receive word of a 10 year reunion, they come to realize their lives aren't as impressive as they'd like them to be. Instead of staying home they go to the reunion with business out β¦fits, cell phones, and one heck of a bogus success story. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | female protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | class reunionhigh school reunioninventornerdreunionautomobilecharacter name in title |
Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean "time machine" invented by a slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and f β¦all in love - so he can get back to the future. (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedyalternate history |
Themes: | dysfunctional familytime travellove |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | inventorteen angstautomobiletitle spoken by character |
A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses β¦this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day. (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedyalternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | self discovery |
Story: | repeated eventalternate timelinetime loopcharacter says i love youdateautomobilewatching tvtitle spoken by character |
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon charms his younger relatives Miles and Maizy with β¦his hefty cooking and his new way of doing the laundry. His carefree style does not impress everyone though - especially his rebellious teenage niece, Tia, and his impatient girlfriend, Chanice. With a little bit of luck and a lot of love, Uncle Buck manages to surprise everyone in this heartwarming family comedy. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familylove |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | teen angstcharacter says i love youheart attacktitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from h β¦er drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | teen angstnerd |
Michael Newman (Sandler) is a hard working family man, who must please his boss (Hasselhoff), in order to get promoted. Problem is he gets less time with his family, and wishes for a remote in which he can control his life. This soon comes true for Newman, when he meets Morty (Walken), a crazy sales β¦ clerk, who has the ultimate remote. A remote in which he can do anything, including muting, skipping and dubbing his life. He finds this to be the opportunity in which he can not only skip every argument, but also skip to his promotion. He sees this as a good idea, until the remote goes horribly wrong. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familytime travel |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | repeated eventinventorheart attackreunionwatching tvtitle spoken by character |
Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted t β¦o kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an "Assassin's Union." (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | self discoveryfather daughter relationship |
Story: | class reunionhigh school reunionbikerreunionautomobilewatching tv |
Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, lives above her apartment. Stuart finds a space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the 19th Century and takes pictures of the place. Leopold -- a man living in the 1870s -- is p β¦uzzled by Stuart's tiny camera, follows him back through the gap, and they both ended up in the present day. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insight from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters. (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedyalternate history |
Themes: | time travellove |
Story: | time travel romanceinventioninventorwatching tvcharacter name in title |
New York based jazz pianist Willie Conway heads back to his small hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts for a high school reunion. The trip is as much to go to the reunion and see his old friends - none of whom left Knights Ridge after graduation - as it is to get away from his current life, at w β¦hich he is at a crossroads both personally and professionally. He is just eking out a living with his piano playing gigs, and as such he is thinking about taking a sales job. He's also not sure if he's ready to marry his long time girlfriend, lawyer Tracy Stover. Most of Willie's Knights Ridge blue collar friends' best days were in high school, they still having that "trophy" mentality of girlfriends and wives. Only Michael "Mo" Morris is happily married with a family. Paul Kirkwood, whose room is plastered with magazine pictures of models, wants his waitress ex-girlfriend Jan back only because he knows now that he can't have her. And Tommy "Birdman" Rowland, who was the big man in high school, is trying to end his affair with his now married high school girlfriend, Darian Smalls. Despite knowing about Darian, Tommy's current girlfriend, Sharon Cassidy, stands by her man through bad and worse. A cousin of their bar owning friend Stanley "Stinky" Womack, the beautiful Andera who is visiting from Chicago, may provide the voice of reason for this group of friends in dealing with their women problems. Some reason is what Willie may need in trying to figure out why he is attracted to Maβ¦ (Read More)
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | class reunionhigh school reunionreuniontitle spoken by character |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | near death experiencelove |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | life changingfateteen angstcharacter says i love youdate |
In London, the public relation Helen is fired from her position in a PR company. While returning home, she does not catch the train in the subway. But in another possibility of her life, she catches the train in the subway. The story shows two parallel lives of Helen: in one life, she stays with her β¦ boyfriend Gerry, and in the other life, she finds that Gerry cheats her with Lydia and falls in love with James Hammerton. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcelove |
Characters: | female protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | repeated eventreference to the beatlesbreakupcharacter says i love youwatching tv |
Teenager Andie is one of the not-so-popular girls in high school. She usually hangs out with her friends Iona or Duckie. Duckie has always had a crush on her, but now she has met a new guy at school, Blane. He's one of the rich and popular guys but can the two worlds meet?
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | teen angstnerdwatching tv |
Donnie Darko doesn't get along too well with his family, his teachers and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may no β¦t be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank - a large bunny which only Donnie can see. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his bedroom, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie's mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Mood: | high school |
Story: | alternate timelinetime loopfateteen angstdatetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. He is drawn into one more gang fig β¦ht and the events that follow begin to change his life. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experience |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | breakupbikerteen angstnerdcharacter says i love youtitle spoken by character |
Adapted from William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew," 10 Things I Hate About You starts off with Cameron, new student at Padua High, sitting in the office of the quirky guidance counselor Ms. Perky. He is then shown around the school by Michael, who will become his best friend. During h β¦is tour is when Cameron first sees Bianca Stratford, a beautiful sophomore with one problem: she isn't allowed to date. And neither is her "shrew" sister, Katarina, a senior who loves indie rock and feminist prose and hates conformity. But Kat and Bianca's father alters his house rule: now, Bianca can date... as long as Kat has a date, too. Now, in order for Cameron to date Bianca, he has to find someone to date Kat. So Michael helps him enlist the help of pretty-boy/jerk/model Joey Donner, tricking him into thinking that *he* will get to take Bianca out if he pays someone to take out Kat. His choice: Patrick Verona, a bad-boy with a mysterious reputation--some say he ate a live duck once, others that he lit a state trooper on fire, and even more claim that he had a brief porn career. Will Patrick win Kat's heart? Will Cameron win Bianca's? Or will everything hit the fan...? (Read More)
Themes: | poetry |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | reference to ernest hemingwaygirl with glassesbikerteen angstdate |
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: | poetrylove |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | teen angstdatewatching tvtitle spoken by character |
Adam Weber is the child of an eccentric inventor and his wife. Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers in their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam Weber must venture out into Los Angeles and obtain food and supplies for his family. He meets Eve, who reluctantly agrees to help him out β¦. (Read More)
Themes: | divorce |
Mood: | affection |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | inventorautomobile |
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a dream apartment, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can' β¦t be a better life. Unfortunately, Jenna realizes that this is not what she wanted. The only one that she needs is her childhood best friend, Matt, a boy that she thought destroyed her party. But when she finds him, he's a grown up, and not the same person that she knew. (Read More)
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | time travel romancedo overteen angst |
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
Themes: | dysfunctional familydivorce |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | reference to the beatlescharacter says i love youheart attackwatching tvcharacter name in title |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel β¦p... (Read More)
Themes: | divorce |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marital problemcharacter says i love youdatewatching tv |
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along β¦Lola's run. (Read More)
Themes: | time travellove |
Mood: | affection |
Characters: | female protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | repeated eventtime loopfatecharacter name in title |
Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with all the right moves, is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the hot Link Larkin, much to Tracy's mother Edna's dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Co β¦llins holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Corny Collins show. With all of the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show, angering the evil dance queen Amber Von Tussle and her mother Velma. Tracy then decides that it's not fair that the black kids can only dance on the Corny Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, her father and Edna, she's going to integrate the show.....without denting her 'do! (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | title appears in songnostalgiawatching tvtitle spoken by character |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte β¦r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydivorcelove |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marital problemcharacter says i love youwatching tvtitle spoken by character |
At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time... The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change w β¦hat happens and has happened in his own life-so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think. Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again-and again-but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart. Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road. But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too. (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedy |
Themes: | time travellove |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | time travel romancealternate timelinetime loop |
Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other β¦ plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | reference to the beatlesmarital problemcharacter name in title |
Samantha's life is going downhill fast. The sixteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister's getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Add all this to a pair of horrendously β¦ embarrassing grandparents, a foreign exchange student named Long Duk Dong, and we have the makings of a hilarious journey into young womanhood. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | self discoveryteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | teen angstnerd |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken β¦ behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | poetrydysfunctional family |
Characters: | father daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | class reunionhigh school reunionreunionwatching tv |
Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very l β¦ittle after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcelove |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | breakupfateteen angsttitle spoken by character |
In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then, he has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers him and welcomes β¦ him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes him into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | self discoveryteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | inventorwatching tvcharacter name in title |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi β¦m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydivorce |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | dateautomobilewatching tv |
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 β¦cial life. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girl |
Story: | teen angsttitle spoken by character |
The wide generation gap between Tess Coleman and her teenage daughter Anna is more than evident. They simply cannot understand each other's preferences. On a Thursday night they have a big argument in a Chinese restaurant. Both receive a fortune cookie each from the restaurant owner's mother which c β¦auses them to switch bodies next day. As they adjust with their new personalities, they begin to understand each other more and eventually it's the mutual self-respect that sorts the things out. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | teen angstpantyhose |
It's the proverbial end of the summer 1962 in a small southern California town. It's the evening before best friends and recent high school graduates, Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander, are scheduled to leave town to head to college back east. Curt, who received a lucrative local scholarship, is see β¦n as the promise that their class holds. But Curt is having second thoughts about leaving what Steve basically sees as their dead end town. Curt's beliefs are strengthened when he spots an unknown beautiful blonde in a T-bird who mouths the words "I love you" to him. As Curt tries to find that blonde while trying to get away from a local gang who have him somewhat hostage, Curt may come to a decision about his immediate future. Outgoing class president Steve, on the other hand, wants to leave, despite meaning that he will leave girlfriend, head cheerleader and Curt's sister, Laurie Henderson, behind. Steve and Laurie spend the evening "negotiating" the state of their relationship. Meanwhile, two of their friends cruise around town for the evening. Steve has left his car to meek and mild-mannered Terry "Toad" Fields to look after during his absence. The wheels give Toad a new sense of confidence, which he uses to try and impress Debbie Dunham, a more experienced girl generally out of his league. And John Milner, who is seen as the king of the street race in his souped-up yellow deuce coupe, tries to get rid of precocious pre-teen, Carol Morrison, who has somehow become his passengerβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | self discoveryteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | americanateen angstnerdautomobilewatching tv |
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)
Themes: | poetrydysfunctional familydivorcelove |
Mood: | affectionhigh school |
Story: | teen angstwatching tv |
Eccentric actor Daniel Hillard is an amusing and caring father. But after a disastrous birthday party for his son, Daniel's wife Miranda draws the line and files a divorce. He can see his three children only once a week which doesn't sit well with him. Daniel also holds a job at a TV studio as a shi β¦pping clerk under the recommendation of his liason. But when Miranda puts out an ad for a housekeeper, Daniel takes it upon himself to make a disguise as a Scottish lady named Mrs Doubtfire. And Daniel must also deal with Miranda's new boyfriend Stu Dunemyer. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydivorce |
Mood: | affection |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | title spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa β¦chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experiencelove |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | americanabreakuppantyhosewatching tvtitle spoken by character |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me β¦tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
Themes: | divorce |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | teen angsttitle spoken by character |
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: | divorce |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marital problemteen angsttitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramon's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gif β¦t of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramon taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experiencepoetrylove |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | inventionheart attackwatching tv |
Over a decade has passed and the gang return to East Great Falls, Michigan, for the weekend. They will discover how their lives have developed as they gather for their high school reunion. How has life treated Michelle, Jim, Heather, Oz, Kevin, Vicky, Finch, Stifler, and Stifler's mom? In the summer β¦ of 1999, it was four boys on a quest to lose their virginity. Now Kara is a cute high school senior looking for the perfect guy to lose her virginity to. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | high school reunionreunion |
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 β¦idable absences while time traveling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare. (Read More)
Themes: | time travellove |
Characters: | teenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | time travel romancefatedate |
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 β¦ 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)
Themes: | love |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | breakupfatecharacter name in title |
The teenager Lane Meyer has a crush on his girlfriend Beth Truss. When Beth dumps him to stay with the successful skier Roy Stalin, Lane is depressed and decides to commit suicide. However he gives up and tries to improve his skill of skier to ski the dangerous K12 slope to impress Beth. Meanwhile h β¦is neighbor Mrs. Smith receives the exchange French student Monique Junot and her fat son Ricky Smith considers Monique his girlfriend; however, Monique has an unrequited crush on Lane that does not note her. When Lane stumbles upon Monique in a high-school party, he befriends her. The upset Lane challenges Roy in a competition on the K12 slope but then he regrets. However Monique is a great mechanic and skier, and fix Lane's Camaro and teaches him how to ski the K12 slope. What will happen to Lane? (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | girl with glassesteen angstnerdautomobile |
Seventh-grade is no fun. Especially for Dawn Weiner when everyone at school calls you 'Dog-Face' or 'Wiener-Dog.' Not to mention if your older brother is 'King of the Nerds' and your younger sister is a cutesy ballerina who gets you in trouble but is your parents' favorite. And that's just the begin β¦ning--her life seems to be falling apart when she faces rejection from the older guy in her brother's band that she has a crush on, her parents want to tear down her 'Special People's Club' clubhouse, and her sister is abducted.... (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | female protagonistfamily relationships |
Story: | girl with glassesteen angstnerdwatching tv |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil β¦istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Themes: | poetrydysfunctional familydivorcelove |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | heart attackwatching tv |
'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 β¦w the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familylove |
Mood: | affection |
Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | reunion |
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's ste β¦ady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry). (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | self discoveryteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | americananostalgiateen angstwatching tv |
This is the story of Enid and Rebecca after they finish the high school. Both have problems relating to people and they spend their time hanging around and bothering creeps. When they meet Seymour who is a social outsider who loves to collect old 78 records, Enid's life will change forever.
Themes: | dysfunctional familylove |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teenage girlfather daughter relationship |
Story: | girl with glassesteen angst |
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: | divorce |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | female protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marital problemcharacter says i love youwatching tvcharacter name in title |