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1. Sing Street (2016)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

79 Metascore

A young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention.

Director: John Carney | Stars: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor

Votes: 100,998 | Gross: $3.24M

2. Lady Bird (2017)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

93 Metascore

In 2002, an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges

Votes: 329,490 | Gross: $48.96M

3. Love, Simon (2018)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

72 Metascore

Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.

Director: Greg Berlanti | Stars: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford

Votes: 125,960 | Gross: $40.83M

4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama

67 Metascore

Charlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.

Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd

Votes: 548,340 | Gross: $17.74M

5. The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

77 Metascore

High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.

Director: Kelly Fremon Craig | Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick

Votes: 140,287 | Gross: $14.43M

6. Elephant (2003)

R | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

70 Metascore

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Elias McConnell, Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson

Votes: 97,290 | Gross: $1.23M

7. The Wave (2008)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich

Votes: 115,173

8. American History X (1998)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama

62 Metascore

Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.

Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 1,186,909 | Gross: $6.72M

9. The Breakfast Club (1985)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

66 Metascore

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy

Votes: 436,863 | Gross: $45.88M

10. Excalibur (1981)

PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

56 Metascore

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi

Votes: 67,219 | Gross: $34.97M

11. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

74 Metascore

High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman

Votes: 138,357 | Gross: $6.74M

12. Tomboy (2011)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

74 Metascore

A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.

Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani

Votes: 22,286 | Gross: $0.13M

13. The Squid and the Whale (2005)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Drama

82 Metascore

Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg

Votes: 90,475 | Gross: $7.36M

14. Little Manhattan (2005)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

52 Metascore

A 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl find love in New York City.

Director: Mark Levin | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Charlotte Ray Rosenberg, Bradley Whitford, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 24,792 | Gross: $0.38M

15. Les Misérables (2019)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

78 Metascore

A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.

Director: Ladj Ly | Stars: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica

Votes: 28,321 | Gross: $0.33M

16. Schoolgirls (2020)

97 min | Drama

Celia, an 11-year-old girl, studies at a convent school and lives with her mum, a 30-year-old widow. The arrival of a new classmate hurls Celia into adolescence.

Director: Pilar Palomero | Stars: Andrea Fandos, Natalia de Molina, Zoé Arnao, Julia Sierra

Votes: 2,722

17. Adolescents (2019)

135 min | Documentary

Anaïs and Emma have been best friends since childhood. It's a friendship is filmed over the years, during a period when their physical, emotional and intellectual development is dramatic.

Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Anaïs, Emma

Votes: 977

18. Easy A (2010)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

72 Metascore

When Olive lies to her best friend about losing her virginity to one of the college boys, a girl overhears their conversation. Soon, her story spreads across the entire school like wildfire.

Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd

Votes: 418,259 | Gross: $58.40M

19. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.

Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik

Votes: 385,721 | Gross: $38.18M

20. Mean Girls (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy

66 Metascore

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey

Votes: 435,554 | Gross: $86.06M

21. Play (I) (2019)

108 min | Comedy, Romance

Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years, he never stopped filming friends, loves, successes, and failures. From the 90s to the 2010s, this is the portrait of a whole generation that is emerging through its objective.

Director: Anthony Marciano | Stars: Max Boublil, Alice Isaaz, Malik Zidi, Arthur Pillu-Périer

Votes: 1,732

22. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)

NC-17 | 180 min | Drama, Romance

90 Metascore

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing

Votes: 163,144 | Gross: $2.20M

23. The Freshmen (2018)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Friendship sparks between newcomer Benjamin and held-back Antoine during the first year of medical school.

Director: Thomas Lilti | Stars: Vincent Lacoste, William Lebghil, Michel Lerousseau, Darina Al Joundi

Votes: 2,854

24. Little Tickles (2018)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.

Directors: Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer | Stars: Andréa Bescond, Karin Viard, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Deladonchamps

Votes: 1,687

25. Billy Elliot (2000)

R | 110 min | Drama, Music

74 Metascore

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven

Votes: 142,901 | Gross: $22.00M

26. The Chorus (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music

56 Metascore

Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.

Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad

Votes: 67,206 | Gross: $3.64M

27. Léon: The Professional (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello

Votes: 1,246,752 | Gross: $19.50M

28. Great Minds (I) (2017)

106 min | Comedy, Drama

Teacher in the most prestigious high school in the country, François enjoys the life he's always known in Paris. Forced to accept a job in a school of a tough underprivileged suburb, he finds himself confronted to his own limits.

Director: Olivier Ayache-Vidal | Stars: Denis Podalydès, Abdoulaye Diallo, Pauline Huruguen, Alexis Moncorgé

Votes: 1,417

29. The Teacher (2016)

Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

77 Metascore

The arrival of Maria Drazdechova, associated with the Communist party, to a school in Bratislava in 1983 worries parents, students, and colleagues.

Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Zuzana Mauréry, Zuzana Konecná, Csongor Kassai, Tamara Fischer

Votes: 3,815 | Gross: $0.06M

30. The Kings of Summer (2013)

R | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

61 Metascore

Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Stars: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman

Votes: 84,410 | Gross: $1.29M

31. The Way Way Back (2013)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

68 Metascore

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.

Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb

Votes: 156,898 | Gross: $21.50M

32. It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

63 Metascore

A clinically-depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Dana DeVestern

Votes: 148,267 | Gross: $6.35M

33. The Spectacular Now (2013)

R | 95 min | Drama, Romance

82 Metascore

A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Votes: 161,430 | Gross: $6.85M

34. Polisse (2011)

Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama

74 Metascore

A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.

Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Karin Viard, JoeyStarr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle

Votes: 15,333 | Gross: $0.17M

35. High Fidelity (2000)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

79 Metascore

Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black

Votes: 189,845 | Gross: $27.29M

36. The Social Dilemma (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Drama

78 Metascore

Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.

Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson, Joe Toscano

Votes: 89,494

37. 15 Years and One Day (2013)

96 min | Adventure, Drama

Margo is struggling to deal with her son, Jon a rebellious and free-spirited teenager who runs with a bad crowd.

Director: Gracia Querejeta | Stars: Tito Valverde, Maribel Verdú, Arón Piper, Belén López

Votes: 1,384

38. Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.

Director: David Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Ramon Fontserè

Votes: 6,591 | Gross: $0.01M

39. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama

92 Metascore

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Director: Eliza Hittman | Stars: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Eliazar Jimenez

Votes: 31,173

40. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

68 Metascore

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell

Votes: 167,855 | Gross: $1.74M

41. Quién lo impide (2021)

220 min | Documentary, Drama

Director Jonás Trueba captures the spirit of a group of teens in Spain in an empathic, compelling, and moving way. In 2016, Trueba asked the teens to participate in a five-year project, in ... See full summary »

Director: Jonás Trueba | Stars: Andrei Mazga, Pablo Gavira, Sancho Javiérez, Lucía Trueba

Votes: 400

42. The Laws of the Border (2021)

TV-MA | 127 min | Thriller

Introverted Gerona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life.

Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Marcos Ruiz, Begoña Vargas, Chechu Salgado, Xavier Martín

Votes: 5,138

44. Moxie (I) (2021)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

54 Metascore

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.

Director: Amy Poehler | Stars: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Nico Hiraga

Votes: 28,743

45. Las Gentiles (2021)

77 min | Drama

Ana adores her friend Corrales, a magnetic and dazzling classmate, who fantasizes about taking her own life.

Director: Santi Amodeo | Stars: África de la Cruz, Paula Díaz, Olga Navalón, Lola Buero

Votes: 140

46. Live Is Life (2021)

TV-MA | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

Five friends spend one last summer together as they begin transitioning to adulthood.

Director: Dani de la Torre | Stars: Adrián Baena, Juan del Pozo, Raúl del Pozo, David Rodríguez

Votes: 1,245

47. Petite Maman (2021)

PG | 73 min | Drama, Fantasy

93 Metascore

Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.

Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne

Votes: 17,729



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