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1. Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Director: Jared Hess | Stars: Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Mike White, John Baker
Votes: 12,451 | Gross: $0.11M
2. Just One of the Guys (1985)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Terry feels discriminated against when the summer jobs at the Sun Tribune go to two guys. She decides to do something about it. She dresses like a guy and gets a haircut. Will students at the other high school notice? Girls notice "him".
Director: Lisa Gottlieb | Stars: Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jayne, Toni Hudson
Votes: 17,919 | Gross: $11.50M
3. Finding Forrester (2000)
PG-13 | 136 min | Drama
Forrester, the author of a famous book, decides to help Jamal, a 16-year-old student, discover his writing prowess by mentoring him and enrolling him into a prestigious private school.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin
Votes: 89,634 | Gross: $66.40M
4. Blinded by the Light (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra, Lee Barnett
Votes: 27,352 | Gross: $11.90M
5. I Killed My Mother (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément
Votes: 31,434
6. Read It and Weep (2006 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A shy, retiring high-school student develops a peculiar alter-ego that changes her life forever.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Kay Panabaker, Danielle Panabaker, Alexandra Krosney, Marquise C. Brown
Votes: 5,924
7. Get Real (1998)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
Director: Simon Shore | Stars: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Stacy Hart
Votes: 14,685 | Gross: $1.20M
8. Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
In Hollywood, California, Cool Cat, alongside his human father Daddy Derek, embarks on his most challenging journey yet: saving the kids from Butch the Bully. Can he do it?
Director: Derek Savage | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Erik Estrada, Derek Savage, Connor Dean
Votes: 6,254
9. The Nasty Girl (1990)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Votes: 2,760 | Gross: $2.28M
10. The Motel (2005)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kang | Stars: Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman
Votes: 1,427 | Gross: $0.05M
11. Hanna's War (1988)
PG-13 | 148 min | Biography, Drama, War
During WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 485 | Gross: $0.14M
12. Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Dickie Jones
Votes: 1,463
13. The Mistletoe Inn (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aspiring novelist signs up for a week-long writing workshop at the Mistletoe Inn.
Director: Alex Wright | Stars: Alicia Witt, David Alpay, Lucie Guest, Casey Manderson
Votes: 2,002
14. Nobody Said Anything (1971)
135 min | Comedy
Surrealism "a la chilena" sees four drunken, literary bohemians write a short story about a pact with the Devil just as that very story is happening to them.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Carlos Solanos, Jaime Vadell, Luis Vilches, Luis Alarcón
Votes: 65
15.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Mount Rushmore
(1996)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, History
The story of Mount Rushmore is set against the backdrop of events and the changing mood of America which influenced the final sculpture. This program is as much a tribute to the dream of ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Scheftel | Stars: William O. Farber, James Popovich, Harlan Saperstein, Howard Shaff
Votes: 55