The Edge of Seventeen

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The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

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2019 ★ 7.0

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2024 ★ 7.2

In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996 ★ 7.1

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

Banana Split

Banana Split

2018 ★ 6.6

After a messy breakup with her high school boyfriend, April strikes up an unexpected platonic friendship with his new girlfriend, Clara.

The Fallout

The Fallout

2021 ★ 7.5

In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.

The Last American Virgin

The Last American Virgin

1982 ★ 6.6

The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.

Ghost World

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2001 ★ 7.1

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

Heathers

Heathers

1989 ★ 7.3

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

The Glass House

The Glass House

2001 ★ 6.0

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.

Diggers

Diggers

2007 ★ 6.0

In 1976, four working-class friends come of age in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers, as were their fathers and their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.

Gummo

Gummo

1997 ★ 6.7

Teenagers Solomon and Tummler kill time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.

Shiva Baby

Shiva Baby

2021 ★ 7.1

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

Band Aid

Band Aid

2017 ★ 6.3

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

ATL

ATL

2006 ★ 6.9

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.

10 Years

10 Years

2012 ★ 5.8

A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

Totally F***ed Up

Totally F***ed Up

1994 ★ 6.7

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.

One of Them Days

One of Them Days

2025 ★ 6.7

Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.

Suncoast

Suncoast

2024 ★ 6.7

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

Happiness

Happiness

1998 ★ 7.4

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

Mean Creek

Mean Creek

2004 ★ 6.9

Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.

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