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Directed by Gus Van SantOrigin USAGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
L'action se déroule en une journée,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about school violence,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Alex Frost,
John Robinson,
Timothy Bottoms,
Matt Malloy,
Elias McConnell,
Sherilyn LawsonRating70%
The film opens with Mr. McFarland (Timothy Bottoms) driving erratically down a residential street on the way to drop off his son, John (John Robinson). John notices damage to the car and realizes that his father is drunk, so John instructs him to move to the passenger seat and let him drive., 2h9
Directed by Jean-Pierre JeunetOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about school violenceActors Audrey Tautou,
Mathieu Kassovitz,
Isabelle Nanty,
Rufus,
Claire Maurier,
Jamel DebbouzeRating82%
Amélie Poulain was raised by eccentric parents who — erroneously believing that she had a heart defect — prevented her from meeting other children. She was home schooled by her mother. She developed an active imagination and fantasy life to cope with her loneliness. After her mother is killed in a freak accident, her father's withdrawal from society worsens. Amélie eventually decides to leave home and becomes a waitress at Café des 2 Moulins in Montmartre, which is staffed and frequented by a collection of eccentrics. Spurning romantic relationships after a few disappointing efforts, she finds contentment in simple pleasures and letting her imagination roam free., 1h30
Directed by Noam MurroOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about familiesActors Dennis Quaid,
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Thomas Haden Church,
Ellen Page,
Ashton Holmes,
Christine LahtiRating60%
Carnegie Mellon English Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is a widowed parent of his alienated college son, James (Ashton Holmes), overachieving high school daughter, Vanessa (Ellen Page), and sibling to his adopted ne'er-do-well brother, Chuck (Thomas Haden Church) that he cannot evade enough. The professor is bitter, arrogant, self-absorbed and uninterested in his students; this does not help him when he parks illegally on campus, his car is impounded and does not pay his fine before getting to the college impound lot watched by a flunked former student., 1h40
Directed by Michael DinnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about religionActors Andrew McCarthy,
Mary Stuart Masterson,
Donald Sutherland,
Kevin Dillon,
Wallace Shawn,
John HeardRating68%
In 1965, Boston teenager Michael Dunn (Andrew McCarthy) and his young sister Boo (Jennifer Dundas) have been sent to Brooklyn to live with their Irish-Catholic grandparents (Kate Reid & Richard Hamilton) following the deaths of their parents. He is enrolled at St. Basil's, the strict all-boys Roman Catholic school run by St. Basil's church, where his grandmother is determined to see him fulfill his parents' dream of him joining the priesthood after graduation. Dunn befriends Caesar (Malcolm Danare), an over-weight, bespectacled student. Caesar helps Dunn catch up with the rest of the class, but because of their association, foul-mouthed class bully and underachiever Ed Rooney (Kevin Dillon) bullies Dunn with a prank outside of the soda fountain across the street from school., 2h22
Directed by Robert ZemeckisOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Military humor in film,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Politique,
Films about sexuality,
Sports films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Films about autism,
Films about school violence,
HIV/AIDS in film,
White House in fictionActors Tom Hanks,
Robin Wright,
Gary Sinise,
Mykelti Williamson,
Sally Field,
Haley Joel OsmentRating84%
In 1981, Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), a man with below-average intelligence, watches a feather fall from the sky at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia. As he sits down on a bench, he removes a copy of The Adventures of Curious George from his suitcase and places the feather inside the pages. He introduces himself and begins telling his life story to strangers who sit next to him on the bench, recounting his childhood in Greenbow, Alabama. As a child in the 1950s, Forrest (Michael Connor Humphreys) had to wear leg braces for which other children make fun of him. He lives with his single mother (Sally Field) in a very large house outside of town, which they rent rooms to travelers. His father apparently left and he never knew him. Despite his limited mental capacity, Mrs. Gump tells her son that "stupid is as stupid does" (which he later uses as a retort when called "stupid") and also assures him that he is no different from any of the other children. Forrest is admitted to public school despite his IQ being below the cut-off, but only after his mother agrees to a one-night stand with the principal, Mr. Hancock (Sam Anderson). On his first bus ride to school, Forrest is rejected by nearly all of his peers except for Jenny Curran (Hanna R. Hall). He and Jenny become best friends, and he helps her hide from her abusive, alcoholic father. One day, while fleeing from bullies, Forrest's leg braces break apart and he discovers that he can run very fast. A few years later, Forrest inadvertently runs onto the field during a local high school football match and catches the attention of Coach Bryant from the University of Alabama who is scouting for players. Forrest attends the university on an athletic scholarship and becomes a college football star, earning him a spot on the College Football All-America Team and a trip to the White House to meet President John F., 1h23
Directed by Robert ParrishOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Children's filmsActors Richard Widmark,
Joanne Dru,
Audrey Totter,
Joan Banks,
Regis Toomey,
Ludwig DonathRating66%
Dave Jennings is so focused on his Los Angeles-based business that he neglects his precocious five-year-old son Gus, who is constantly creating havoc in order to get his father's attention. After Gus's latest escapade is cleaned up and paid for, Dave orders his long-suffering secretary, Ivy Tolliver, to find a new nurse for Gus, then leaves on a business trip. Upon his return, Dave learns that Ivy has placed Gus in the Playtime School, and that he must meet with the teacher, Lydia Marble, to enroll Gus formally. Rushed as usual, Dave tells the attractive Lydia that he will pay whatever it takes to keep Gus in line, but when Lydia explains that parents are required to participate in their child's education at Playtime, Dave indignantly states that he knows all he needs to about Gus. Dave is amazed by how well Gus responds to Lydia's instructions, however, after he smacks a schoolmate. Believing that Gus can benefit from Lydia's tutelage, Dave agrees to keep him at Playtime. As the next three weeks pass, Gus becomes contented and well-behaved, but on Dave's scheduled parent participation day, the businessman instead sends a truckload of toys to the school. Lydia returns the toys with a note admonishing Dave that as a substitute for his attention, the toys are not enough, and when Dave comes to the school to protest, Lydia assumes that he is there to help., 1h43
Directed by Alexander PayneOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Musical films,
Political films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Matthew Broderick,
Reese Witherspoon,
Chris Klein,
Jessica Campbell,
Phil Reeves,
Molly HaganRating72%
Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a much-admired high school teacher in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska, who is actively involved in many after-school activities, one of which is overseeing the student government election process. Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is an overachieving junior with an insufferable air of self-importance. Earlier in the year, another teacher, Jim's best friend Dave Novotny (Mark Harelik), had seduced Tracy and began carrying on an affair with her. When Tracy's mother learned of the affair and reported it to school authorities, Dave was fired from his job and divorced by his wife, Linda (Delaney Driscoll), while Tracy's reputation was unscathed., 1h29
Origin CanadaGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Horror,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Comedy science fiction films,
Zombie films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Comedy horror films,
Alternate history films,
Films about school violence,
Disaster filmsActors Carrie-Anne Moss,
Dylan Baker,
Billy Connolly,
K'Sun Ray,
Henry Czerny,
Tim Blake NelsonRating66%
The film takes place in a 1950s-esque alternate universe where radiation from space has turned the dead into zombies. This resulted in the "Zombie Wars", where humanity battled zombies to prevent a zombie apocalypse, with humanity the ultimate victor. The radiation still plagues humanity, as all those who die after the original contamination turn into the undead, unless the dead body is disposed of by decapitation or cremation. In order to continue living normal lives, communities are fenced with the help of a governing corporation named Zomcon. Zomcon provides collars with accompanying remote controls to control the zombies' hunger for flesh so as to use them as slaves or servants., 1h27
Directed by Tommy O'HaverOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Teen movieActors Kirsten Dunst,
Ben Foster,
Melissa Sagemiller,
Sisqó,
Shane West,
Colin HanksRating56%
Berke Landers (Ben Foster) and his girlfriend Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) were the quintessential high-school couple who grew up together and eventually fell in love, but she breaks up with him immediately after the film begins. This leads to an opening musical number of "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Vitamin C, imagined by Berke. He seeks advice from his embarrassing parents Frank (Ed Begley Jr.) and Beverly Landers (Swoosie Kurtz), who are hosts of a relationship advice show called Love Matters, but they don't help with the situation and constantly focus on his sex life and sexuality throughout the film. Allison then starts a relationship with Striker (Shane West), a 'foreign' student who was once the lead singer of a boy band called "The Swingtown Lads". When Allison and Striker audition for the school's upcoming musical, Berke desperately tries to win Allison back by also auditioning for the play, despite having no theatrical talent and having a busy schedule as a member of the basketball team. Meanwhile, Berke's friends Felix (Colin Hanks) and Dennis (Sisqó) try to find a new girlfriend for him., 1h51
Directed by Kenny OrtegaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Zac Efron,
Vanessa Hudgens,
Ashley Tisdale,
Lucas Grabeel,
Corbin Bleu,
Monique ColemanRating50%
The movie begins with the Wildcats trailing the West High Knights, with the Wildcats entering the locker room for the final quarter feeling bitter. Team captain Troy rallies the team's spirit ("Now or Never") and, thanks to new transfer Jimmie "The Rocket" Zara, the Wildcats win the championship game which is the last one for the seniors on the squad at East High. Later, at Troy's after-match party at his house, Troy and Gabriella are seen thinking about their future and wishing that their last few months at East High would not end ("Right Here, Right Now").