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Bring It On Again (2004)
, 1h30Directed by Damon Santostefano
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Dance films, Films about children, Sports films, Teen movie
Actors Faune A. Chambers, Kevin Cooney, Richard Lee Jackson, Bryce Johnson, Anne Judson-Yager, Bree Turner
Whittier (Anne Judson-Yager) arrives at the fictional California State College hoping to join the national champion varsity cheerleading team. She meets up with her friend from cheerleading camp, Monica (Faune Chambers), and they're both impressive at the tryouts. Head cheerleader Tina (Bree Turner) is ready to ask them to join the team, but Greg (Bryce Johnson) goes a step further, telling Tina that Whittier will be the next head cheerleader. This angers Tina's pal Marni (Bethany Joy Lenz), who had the position staked out, but at the urging of Dean Sebastian (Kevin Cooney), Tina goes along with the plan, taking Whittier under her wing. Whittier meets Derek (Richard Lee Jackson), a campus D.J. who immediately takes a shine to her. But Tina is very demanding and controlling. She warns Whittier that Derek is not the type of boy she should be dating. Monica is bothered by Tina's meddling, but Whittier momentarily lets her cheerleading ambition get the better of her, and breaks it off with Derek. Then Tina, upset with Monica's sassy attitude, punishes her which leads to an injury and she forces Whittier to choose between her friendship and the squad. Whittier and Monica get fed up and quit Tina's tyranny, but Whittier's school spirit cannot be suppressed. With Monica's help, she gathers up the outcasts from the drama club, the dance club, and other groups that have lost their funding because of the squad and forms a ragtag squad of her own, determined to battle the varsity squad for a spot at the national championship. The two teams end up competing for the spot at nationals, with Whittier's squad ultimately winning. Afterward Whittier offers Tina a spot on her squad, which Tina refuses but ends up wanting. The film ends with Tina sucking up to Whittier and Monica, deciding she wants to be on their squad after all, while Marni comically throws a fit.
Spider-Man (1978)
, 1h30Directed by Ronald Neame, E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about computing, Films about spiders, Spider-Man films, Superhero films, Cyberpunk films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Nicholas Hammond, Lisa Eilbacher, David White, Michael Pataki, Hilly Hicks, Len Lesser
Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond), a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle, is bitten by a radioactive spider and discovers he has gained superpowers, such as super-strength, agility and the ability to climb sheer walls and ceilings. When a mysterious Guru (Thayer David) places people under mind-control to rob banks and threatens to have ten New Yorkers commit suicide at his command unless the city pays him $50 million, Peter becomes the costumed hero Spider-Man to stop the crook's fiendish scheme. Things take a bad turn when the villain hypnotizes Peter Parker into being one of the ten people to jump off a building on command.
Ouija (2014)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Ghost films, Films about toys
Actors Bianca A. Santos, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, Ana Coto, Olivia Cooke, Bianca A. Santos
Young Debbie Galardi (Claire Beale) and Laine Morris (Afra Sophia Tully) play with a Ouija board in a flashback, where young Debbie tells Laine the rules of the board, the most important being not to play alone.
Rings (2017)
, 1h42Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Ghost films
Actors Johnny Galecki, Alex Roe, Matilda Lutz, Aimee Teegarden, David Dorfman, Vincent D'Onofrio
Une jeune femme s’inquiète pour son petit ami lorsqu’ il commence à s’intéresser aux mystères entourant une vidéo censée tuer celui qui la regarde 7 jours après l’avoir visionnée. Elle se sacrifie pour sauver son petit ami et fait alors une terrifiante découverte : il y a « un film dans le film » que personne n’avait encore vu…
The New Adventures of Heidi (1978)
Directed by Ralph Senensky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about children, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Katy Kurtzman, Burl Ives, John Gavin, Sean Marshall, Alex Henteloff, Charles Aidman
When Heidi's grandfather finds he is losing his sight he doesn't wish to tell Heidi, but he makes her live with her relatives, Cousins Tobias and Martha to attend school in a large city. There Heidi meets the troubled Elizabeth Wyler who is fascinated by Heidi and her rural life. Through his secretary Mady, Heidi joins Elizabeth and her busy widowed father Dan Wyler for a Christmas in New York City.
Happily N'Ever After (2007)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about the labor movement, Children's films
Actors Sarah Michelle Prinze, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Wallace Shawn, Andrew Roane Dick, Patrick Warburton, Jim Ward
The story begins with the idea that the Wizard (George Carlin) controls all of the fairy tales and maintains the balance of good and evil in Fairy Tale Land. With the help of his assistants the uptight Munk (Wallace Shawn) and the decidedly goofy Mambo (Andy Dick), the Wizard is checking to make sure that all the fairy tales under his care are "on track" to have their traditional happy endings. As we meet him however, the Wizard is leaving for Scotland for a long-overdue vacation. He leaves the kingdom in the hands of Munk and Mambo.
The Darkness (2016)
, 1h32Directed by Greg McLean
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Ghost films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, Ming-Na Wen, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh
About two families, the Taylors and Carters, who, returning from a Grand Canyon vacation, bring back a supernatural force.
The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
, 4h17Directed by Edward A. Kull
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Bruce Bennett, Ashton Dearholt, Lewis Sargent, Jack Mower, Jean De Briac, Merrill McCormick
Several plot elements bring the characters together in search (and pursuit) of the Guatemalan idol known as The Green Goddess: Tarzan's friend D'Arnot has crash landed in the region and is in the hands of a lost tribe of jungle natives. Major Martling is leading an expedition to find the fabled artefact for a powerful explosives formula hidden within it. Ula Vale's fiancé died in an earlier expedition to rescue the artefact for its archaeological benefit and so she starts one of her own in his honour. Raglan has been sent by Hiram Powers, Ula's lawyer, to steal the valuable idol for himself - in addition to containing the explosives formula, it also holds a fortune in jewels.Tarzan, Ula and Major Martling find the idol and rescue D'Arnot from the natives that worship it in the 70-minute-long first episode. However, Raglan escapes with the Green Goddess and heads through the jungle for the coast. Tarzan and the others pursue him across the jungle, encountering many perils, including recapture by the natives to whom the idol belonged. The adventures end out at sea where, during a hurricane, they are able to permanently secure the idol while Raglan is killed by another of Powers' agents because of his failures. The murderer perishes when the ship sinks. Returning to Greystoke Manor in England with Tarzan, Ula consigns the explosives formula to fire in the final episode, where she and Tarzan also recount several adventures from the first part of the serial to an assembled party of friends and colleagues.
LOL (2012)
, 1h37Directed by Lisa Azuelos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Ashley Greene, Adam G. Sevani, Douglas Booth, Thomas Jane
Lola (Miley Cyrus) leads an ordinary life, with her boyfriend Chad (George Finn), and best friends Emily (Ashley Hinshaw), Janice (Lina Esco) and Kyle (Douglas Booth). When they return to school, Lola discovers that Chad has cheated on her over the summer, so the two of them break up. Lola and Kyle begin to realize that they have feelings for each other and pursue a relationship, but this is complicated due to the fact that Chad and Kyle are friends, and Lola's "enemy" Ashley (Ashley Greene) wants to date Kyle. Kyle and his band want to compete in the battle of the bands, but Kyle's dad doesn't support Kyle's passion for music and feels that it is getting in the way of his schoolwork. During the movie, Lola records all of these events in her diary.
Deadly Weapon (1989)
Directed by Michael Miner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about school violence
Actors Rodney Eastman, Kim Walker, Joe Regalbuto, Gary Frank, William Sanderson, Michael Horse
Une arme ultra-sophistiquée développée par l'armée, un pistolet contenant un mini réacteur nucléaire, est perdue dans la nature à la suite de l'accident du camion qui la transportait, tombé dans une rivière. Un jeune adolescent, souffre-douleur de ses camarades, Zeke s'en empare et l'utilise alors pour se venger de tous ceux qui le persécutaient. Dans le même temps, l'armée envoie un commando, mené par l'ultra-zélé Lieutenant Dalton, pour retrouver cette arme avant que son réacteur nucléaire n'explose…
Dennis the Menace (1987)
, 1h58Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about children, La préhistoire
Actors William Windom, John Alvin, Patsy Garrett, Robert Clotworthy, Zachary Bostrom
Dennis and his friends find a dinosaur bone in his backyard, dubbed by him as the "Dennissaurus". The discovery makes life miserable for everyone, as scientists, reporters, and amusement park operators overrun the neighborhood.
, 1h11Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Justin Cooper, Don Rickles, George Kennedy, Betty White, Brian Doyle-Murray, Heidi Swedberg
Some years after the previous film, Dennis Mitchell (Justin Cooper) is worse than ever. At the beginning of the movie, he goes over to Mr. Wilson's (Don Rickles) house to offer him one of several gifts for his birthday. These include lizards, snakes, bugs, and other creatures. This ordeal ends with Mr. Wilson unintentionally riding down a flight of stairs in Dennis' red wagon and accidentally getting his birthday cake thrown in his face by Martha (Betty White). Soon after this incident, Mr. Johnson, Dennis' grandfather and Alice's father (George Kennedy), shows up and announces that he is moving in with the Mitchells. Dennis starts spending more time with him than his annoyed neighbor. Mr. Wilson, upset that he's getting older, gets tricked by two con men (Brian Doyle-Murray and Carrot Top) who try to talk him into buying a "rare" root used to make tea to make people younger.
Kony 2012 (2012)
, 30minutesDirected by Jason Russell
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Films about terrorism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about terrorism, Documentary films about child abuse, Political films, Films about child abuse
Kony 2012 est un événement international organisé par le groupe Invisible Children. Le but recherché est de faire connaître mondialement Joseph Kony pour mieux faciliter son arrestation. Joseph Kony est responsable de crimes d'enlèvements d'enfants pour en faire des soldats, de réduction d'enfants à l'esclavage ainsi que l'esclavage sexuel pour les jeunes filles, de nombreux massacres civils, d'exactions et de nombreuses destructions et pillages réalisés par les troupes de chocs. Ce criminel est resté dans le silence pendant une vingtaine d'années à commettre ses crimes sans en payer les conséquences.
Coup de jeune (1993)
, 1h28Directed by Xavier Gélin
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about children
Actors Daniel Gélin, Martin Lamotte, Ludmila Mikaël, Jean Carmet, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Anémone
Le vieux professeur Gaudeamus étudie l'origine de la jeunesse éternelle. Par erreur, il consomme une potion qui lui redonne ses quatre ans tout en gardant ses facultés. Par malchance, des espions choisissent ce moment pour essayer de lui voler ses formules.
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Vampires in film, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about school violence, Disaster films
Actors Kiele Sanchez, Rhys Coiro, Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Mia Kirshner, Monique Ganderton
A year after the Alaskan town of Barrow's population was decimated by vampires during its annual month-long polar night, Stella Oleson (Kiele Sanchez) travels the world trying to convince others that vampires exist. She is fully aware of the risk to the life that her work could bring, but does not care due to her grief over the death of her husband Eben.