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Directed by Stephen ChboskyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
Rape in fiction,
LGBT-related films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitals,
Teen LGBT-related films,
Films about school violence,
Films about child abuse,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Logan Lerman,
Dylan McDermott,
Paul Rudd,
Kate Walsh,
Emma Watson,
Ezra MillerRating78%
Charlie (Logan Lerman) is uneasy about beginning his freshman year of high school; he is shy and finds difficulty in making friends, but he connects with his English teacher, Mr. Anderson (Paul Rudd)., 2h51
Directed by Rakesh RoshanOrigin IndeGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Comedy-drama,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about magic and magicians,
Films about music and musicians,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Musical films,
Bollywood,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Films about school violenceActors Rekha,
Hrithik Roshan,
Preity Zinta,
Rajat Bedi,
Rakesh Roshan,
Prem ChopraRating70%
A scientist named Dr. Sanjay Mehra (director Rakesh Roshan) creates a computer program from which he sends variations of the syllable om into space, hoping to attract the attention of extraterrestrial life. When he believes he has finally gotten a response, the scientific community mocks him. While driving home, an alien spacecraft appears overhead. Dr. Mehra veers off the road, causing the car to hit a stone, flip over, and explode. Dr. Mehra dies, but his wife survives the wreck and returns home to India. When their son Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) is born, he is mentally disabled. His mother raises him in the town of Kasauli, where he grows up to be a man of limited intellect and childish personality, but with a loving and emotional heart. Rohit has a number of much younger friends: loyal children who play with him., 1h31
Directed by Jodie FosterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about school violenceActors Mel Gibson,
Jodie Foster,
Anton Yelchin,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Cherry Jones,
Zachary BoothRating65%
Walter Black (Mel Gibson) is a depressed CEO of Jerry Co., a toy company nearing bankruptcy. He is kicked out by his wife (Jodie Foster), to the relief of their elder son Porter (Anton Yelchin). Walter moves into a hotel. After unsuccessful suicide attempts, he develops an alternate personality represented by a beaver hand puppet found in the trash. He wears the puppet constantly, communicating solely by speaking as the beaver, helping him to recover. He reestablishes a bond with his younger son Henry and then with his wife, although not with his elder son, Porter. He also becomes successful again at work by creating a line of Mr. Beaver Building Kits for kids., 1h50
Directed by Ken LoachOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about animals,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about birds,
Films about school violenceActors David Bradley,
Dai Bradley,
Lynne Perrie,
Colin Welland,
Brian Glover,
Bill DeanRating78%
The film focuses on 15-year-old Billy Casper, who has little hope in life and is bullied, both at home by his physically and verbally abusive older half-brother, Jud, and at school. He is constantly held to account for some prior run-ins with the police, although he insists that his mischief is behind him. Yet we see evidence of his mischievous side as he carries out his morning newspaper delivery, stealing eggs and milk from milk floats. He has difficulty paying attention in school and is often provoked into tussles with classmates. Billy comes across as an emotionally neglected boy with little self-respect. Billy's father has left the family some time ago, and his mother refers to him in the film as a "hopeless case., 1h42
Directed by Richard LinklaterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
L'action se déroule en une journée,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films about school violenceActors Jason London,
Rory Cochrane,
Wiley Wiggins,
Adam Goldberg,
Matthew McConaughey,
Parker PoseyRating75%
It is May 28, 1976, the last day of school at Lee High School in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. The next year's group of seniors are preparing for the annual hazing of incoming freshmen. Randall "Pink" Floyd, the school's star football player, is asked to sign a pledge promising not to take drugs during the summer or do anything that would "jeopardize the goal of a championship season". When classes end, the incoming freshman boys are hunted down by the seniors and paddled. The incoming freshman girls are also hazed; they are rounded up in the school parking lot by senior girls, covered in mustard, ketchup, flour and raw eggs, and forced to propose to senior boys., 2h20
Directed by Harald ZwartOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Martial arts,
Comedy-drama,
Kung fu,
Action,
Adventure,
Martial artsThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Kung fu films,
Films about school violenceActors Jackie Chan,
Jaden Smith,
Wenwen Han,
Taraji P. Henson,
Yu Rongguang,
Wang ZhenweiRating62%
Twelve-year-old Dre Parker and his mother Sherry move from Detroit to Beijing after Sherry gets a job transfer at her car factory. After a day in a park, Dre develops a crush on a young violinist, Meiying, who reciprocates his attention, but Cheng, a rebellious kung fu prodigy whose family is close to Meiying's, attempts to keep them apart by violently attacking Dre, and later bullies him at school. During an attack, the maintenance man Mr. Han comes to Dre's aid, revealing himself as a kung fu master., 1h31
Origin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Films about animals,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Christmas films,
Films about the labor movement,
Films about dogs,
Films about school violence,
Harcèlement au travailActors Tom Berenger,
Joely Richardson,
Lia Williams,
Saoirse Ronan,
Ronald Pickup,
Elliot CowanRating63%
Jonathan Toomey (Tom Berenger) est le meilleur menuisier du village. Solitaire, il ne sourit jamais, ne parle à personne et cache un douloureux secret.Un jour, Susan McDowell (Joely Richardson) et son fils Thomas (Aran Bell) frappent à sa porte. Le mari de Susan est mort à la guerre. Thomas est vraiment désespéré, car il a perdu les seuls objets qui le reliaient à son père : une série d'animaux sculptés servant à décorer la crèche de Noël. Jonathan va créer pour Thomas une nouvelle collection d'animaux de Noël. Ensemble, ils vont reprendre goût à la vie., 1h25
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about animals,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Films about insects,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about psychiatry,
Children's films,
Films about school violenceActors Luke Benward,
Hallie Eisenberg,
Adam Hicks,
Nick Krause,
Austin Rogers,
Alexander GouldRating53%
A young, naive boy named Billy Forrester (Luke Benward) has a weak stomach and vomits easily. He and his parents, Mitch (Tom Cavanagh), Helen (Kimberly Williams-Paisley), and his little brother, Woody (Ty Panitz), have just moved to a new town. Billy tells his mother that he doesn't want to go to school because he will be "the new kid". She assures him that he will make friends and everything will be okay. At school, however, he becomes the target of the school bully, Joe Guire (Adam Hicks), his two "toaders" named Plug (Blake Garrett) and Bradley (Philip Daniel Bolden), and the rest of his gang: Benjy (Ryan Malgarini), Techno-Mouth (Andrew Gillingham), Twitch (Alexander Gould), and Donny (Alexander Agate). They rudely stare at him and call him "Billy F." (which is how his name is written on his lunch box). Plug and Bradley steal his lunch box. He sits behind Erykka Tansy (Hallie Eisenberg), an unusually tall girl whom people make fun of (calling her "Erk")., 1h53
Directed by Richard KellyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Comedy-drama,
FantasyThemes L'adolescence,
Films about animals,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about sexuality,
Time travel films,
La sexualité des mineurs,
Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Films about school violenceActors Jake Gyllenhaal,
Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Jena Malone,
Drew Barrymore,
Mary McDonnell,
Holmes OsborneRating79%
On October 2, 1988, Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a troubled teenager living in Middlesex, Virginia, is awakened and led outside by a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume, who introduces himself as "Frank" and tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. At dawn, Donnie returns home to find a jet engine has crashed into his bedroom. His older sister, Elizabeth (Maggie Gyllenhaal), informs him the FAA investigators do not know where it came from., 1h22
Directed by Jean BeckerOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about school violenceActors Gérard Depardieu,
Gisèle Casadesus,
Jean-François Stévenin,
Patrick Jean Marie Bouchitté,
Maurane,
François-Xavier DemaisonRating71%
Germain is a 45-year-old illiterate handyman who has not had much luck in his life so far. He was bullied at school, both by the teacher and the other pupils because he was a slow reader. His mother never gave him love and affection, and kept reminding him that he was clumsy and an unwanted child, the result of fling at the French national holiday. But he ks loyal, with a good heart, and still parks his trailer close to her house where he maintains his lovely vegetable garden. He earns some extra money by taking his vegetables to the weekly farmer's market, in the truck borrowed from the bar where he relaxes every day with his friends, joking and chatting. His girl friend Annette is a younger woman who drives the local bus, and very much in love with this sweet, simple and loving man.