Films with theme "L'adolescence", sorted by name

, 1h51
Directed by Claire Simon
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children
Actors Camille Varenne, Gilbert Melki, Jean-Quentin Châtelain, Morgane Moré

Elle habite dans le Var, elle a un cheval, elle est en colère. L'histoire de l'amour exalté d'une adolescente de 15 ans pour un homme du pays : Jean, 37 ans, instituteur, pompier volontaire, marié et père de deux enfants. C'est le début des vacances et de l'éternité de l'été.

, 1h30
Directed by Amy Heckerling
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Teen movie, Films about virginity
Actors Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus

Brad Hamilton is a popular senior who is looking forward to his last year of school and almost has his 1960 Buick LeSabre paid off. He has a part-time job at a burger joint, "All American Burger" where his girlfriend, Lisa, also works. This esteemed establishment has a strict policy of etiquette: "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Dice". He is pondering how to end his relationship with Lisa so he can play the field during his senior year. However, Brad is fired for losing his temper at an obnoxious customer; when he tries to tell Lisa how much he needs her, she says she is dumping him to see other guys. Brad quits his next job at Captain Hook Fish & Chips because of the humiliation of having to wear a pirate costume when delivering food. He gets a job at a convenience store, Mi-T-Mart, where he successfully thwarts an attempted robbery and is promoted to store manager.

, 1h41
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid, Cherie Currie, Laura Dern

A group of four teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley during the late 1970s have the usual problems. Deirdre (Kandice Stroh) is a disco queen who is fascinated by her sexuality, likes boys and has many boyfriend troubles. Madge (Marilyn Kagan) is unhappily overweight and angry that she is a virgin. Her parents are overprotective, and she has an annoying younger sister. Annie (Cherie Currie) is a teenage runaway who drinks and does drugs, and runs away from her abusive father, a policeman. Jeanie (Jodie Foster) has to take care of them, is fighting with her divorced mother, and is yearning for a closer relationship with her distant father, a tour manager for the rock band Angel.

, 2h12
Directed by David Carson, David Carson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson, Jodelle Ferland, Rena Sofer, Kandyse McClure, Emilie de Ravin

Several people are being interviewed in a police station, including high school senior Sue Snell (Kandyse McClure) and gym teacher Miss Desjardin (Rena Sofer). Detective John Mulchaey is investigating the disappearance of high school senior Carrie White (Angela Bettis).

, 1h44
Directed by Katt Shea
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Films about school violence, Films about virginity
Actors Emily Bergl, Mena Suvari, Jason London, Amy Irving, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron

Barbara Lang paints a barrier around her living room to protect her telekinetic daughter, Rachel, from the devil. Barbara is soon institutionalized for schizophrenia.

, 1h38
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films about school violence
Actors Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen

Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy and friendless 17-year-old girl, is the scapegoat and outcast of her school in North Carolina. At home, she is abused by her mentally unstable mother Margaret (Piper Laurie), who is a Christian fundamentalist.

, 1h40
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence, Films about child abuse
Actors Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde

Alone in her home, the religion-obsessed Margaret White (Julianne Moore) gives birth to a baby girl. She at first intends to kill the infant, but changes her mind. As a teenager, her daughter Carrie (Chloë Grace Moretz), is a shy and isolated student at Ewen High School in Maine.

, 1h33
Directed by Sean McNamara
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Ghost films, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael McKean, Brendan Ryan Barrett, Richard Moll

At the beginning of the movie Casper is on a train full of ghosts, with no idea of where he is and is completely unaware that he is a ghost himself. Instead of going to Ghost Central, where the train is headed, he is kicked off the train. Casper then finds himself in the city of Deedstown, where he unintentionally scares all of the town's citizens. Only then does Casper realize that he is in fact a ghost.

, 1h36
Directed by Jim Rash, Nat Faxon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Children's films
Actors AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, Allison Janney

14-year-old Duncan reluctantly goes on summer vacation to a beach house in a small seaside town near Cape Cod with his mother, Pam; her boyfriend Trent, and Trent's daughter, Steph. Trent emotionally disparages Duncan, often making comments and gestures that are belittling and rude to him. On the way to the beach house, Trent asks Duncan to rate himself on a scale of one to ten, and tells Duncan he thinks Duncan is a three. They arrive at the beach house and are greeted by the neighbors, the gregarious, hard-drinking Betty, her children Susanna and Peter, and married couple Kip and Joan. Later that evening, Duncan and Susanna have an awkward conversation from their adjacent porches.

, 1h49
Directed by Coline Serreau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about families, Feminist films, Films about immigration, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, La précarité, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about prostitution, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Erotic thriller films, Auto-justice
Actors Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud, Aurélien Wiik, Ivan Franek

Paul and Hélène, a wealthy Parisian couple, are preparing to go out for the evening. While driving, they see three men chasing a prostitute down the street. She begs them to save her by letting her into the car, but Paul locks the doors and drives away as the three men savagely beat her, leaving her unconscious in the street. He refuses to let Hélène phone an ambulance, afraid of being charged with not helping a person in danger (which is a crime in France).

, 1h34
Directed by Caroline Huppert
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children
Actors Amandine Dewasmes, Geneviève Mnich, Jacques Mathou, Sophie Broustal, Marc Citti, Brigitte Catillon

À quinze ans, Charlotte a tout pour être heureuse. Elle réussit sa scolarité, fait du théâtre et de la musique, elle est appréciée de son entourage et a une meilleure amie, Babou.

, 1h51
Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Transport films, Films about automobiles, L'enfance marginalisée, Road movies, Films about school violence, Teen movie
Actors Keith Gordon, Robert Prosky, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Harry Dean Stanton, Roberts Blossom

In the beginning, a red/white '58 Plymouth Fury is built at its assembly line. While a worker begins to investigate the engine for any mistakes, the car surprisingly closes its hood on his hand, injuring him. Surprisingly, after the injured man is taken away, and during closing time, another worker is killed in the Fury, supposedly died of inhaling fumes 'in' the car.

, 1h24
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Jeu, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about toys, Comedy horror films, Films about school violence
Actors Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Brad Dourif, Grace Zabriskie

Two years after Chucky was burned to a crisp and shot in the heart by detective Mike Norris, the killer "Good Guys" doll (voiced by Brad Dourif) is rebuilt from scratch by the Play Pals doll company to prove there is no fault with the dolls. The company had gone downhill ever since Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) blamed Chucky for all the murders the doll committed two years prior. One of the men working on Chucky is killed via electrocution. The CEO of the company Mr. Sullivan (Peter Haskell) orders his assistant Mattson (Greg Germann) to cover the accident and get rid of Chucky.

, 1h48
Directed by Joe Johnston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Space adventure films, Political films
Actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg

The film is set in Coalwood, West Virginia in October 1957. The coal mine is the town's largest employer and almost every man living in the town works in the mines. John Hickam (Chris Cooper), the mine superintendent, loves his job and hopes that his boys, Jim (Scott Miles) and Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal), will one day join him in his mine. When it appears that Jim will receive a football scholarship to attend college, this leaves Homer to fulfill his father's dream, although his mother, Elsie (Natalie Canerday), hopes for more for her son.

, 1h38
Directed by Sophie Reine
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films
Actors Gustave Kervern, Camille Cottin, Fanie Zanini, Franck Gastambide, François Bureloup, Daniel Cohen

Denis Patar, veuf mélancolique et père de famille se démène tant bien que mal avec ses deux emplois, le jour dans une jardinerie, la nuit dans un sex-shop au risque de n’être jamais là quand ses filles ont besoin de lui. Après avoir oublié une fois de trop sa cadette à l’école, il reçoit la visite d’une travailleuse sociale, Séverine Grolleau, bien décidée à lui imposer sa méthode d’éducation via un « stage de responsabilité parentale ».