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  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

    1. Moonrise Kingdom

    20121h 34mPG-1384Metascore
    7.8 (377K)
    Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce Willis
  • Wondrous Oblivion (2003)

    2. Wondrous Oblivion

    20031h 46mPG61Metascore
    7.1 (1.3K)
    Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven.
    DirectorPaul MorrisonStarsSam SmithLeagh ConwellDominic Barklem
  • Chicken (2015)

    3. Chicken

    20151h 26m
    6.7 (552)
    A 15-year-old's optimistic view becomes difficult to maintain when his brother's behavior worsens, and he feels torn between loyalty to his brother or getting closer to his first female friend.
    DirectorJoe StephensonStarsScott ChambersMorgan WatkinsYasmin Paige
  • Angus Imrie, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, and Dean Chaumoo in The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

    4. The Kid Who Would Be King

    20192hPG66Metascore
    6.1 (20K)
    Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.
    DirectorJoe CornishStarsLouis Ashbourne SerkisDenise GoughDean Chaumoo
  • Low Tide (2012)

    5. Low Tide

    20121h 32mNot Rated
    6.7 (686)
    A 12 year old boy and his single mother live parallel lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. The boy's solitude is both a source of freedom and a cause for grief. His explorations slowly bring to light the dark contrast between the rules of society and the laws of nature. And before long, the delicate balance of his inner world becomes shattered by unforeseen events.
    DirectorRoberto MinerviniStarsDaniel BlanchardMelissa McKinneyVernon Wilbanks
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor and Maxwell Simba in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

    6. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

    20191h 53mTV-PG68Metascore
    7.6 (49K)
    Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
    DirectorChiwetel EjioforStarsChiwetel EjioforMaxwell SimbaFelix Lemburo
  • Saint Ralph (2004)

    7. Saint Ralph

    20041h 38mPG-1351Metascore
    7.3 (6.5K)
    Saint Ralph is the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth-grader who outran everyone's expectations except his own in his bold quest to win the 1954 Boston Marathon.
    DirectorMichael McGowanStarsAdam ButcherCampbell ScottJennifer Tilly
  • Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)

    8. Moonlight

    20161h 51mR99Metascore
    7.4 (344K)
    A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
    DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante Rhodes
  • Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)

    9. Lady Bird

    20171h 34mR93Metascore
    7.4 (354K)
    A fiercely independent teenager tries to make her own way in the world while wanting to get out of her hometown of Sacramento, California, and to get away from her complicated mother and recently-unemployed father.
    DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanLaurie MetcalfTracy Letts
  • Noah Centineo, RJ Cyler, Shannon Purser, and Kristine Froseth in Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)

    10. Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

    20181h 45mPG-1360Metascore
    5.7 (42K)
    A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl and the biggest loser in high school must unite to win over their crushes.
    DirectorIan SamuelsStarsShannon PurserKristine FrosethRJ Cyler
  • Nick Robinson in Love, Simon (2018)

    11. Love, Simon

    20181h 50mPG-1372Metascore
    7.5 (131K)
    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.
    DirectorGreg BerlantiStarsNick RobinsonJennifer GarnerJosh Duhamel
  • Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

    12. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    19931h 58mPG-1373Metascore
    7.7 (263K)
    A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJohnny DeppLeonardo DiCaprioJuliette Lewis
  • Colin Hanks and Jack Black in Orange County (2002)

    13. Orange County

    20021h 22mPG-1348Metascore
    6.2 (53K)
    A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.
    DirectorJake KasdanStarsColin HanksJack BlackSchuyler Fisk
  • Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush, and Brenton Thwaites in The Giver (2014)

    14. The Giver

    20141h 37mPG-1347Metascore
    6.4 (129K)
    In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences, or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the real world.
    DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsBrenton ThwaitesJeff BridgesMeryl Streep
  • Jill Clayburgh and Matthew Barry in Luna (1979)

    15. Luna

    19792h 22mR
    6.4 (5.7K)
    While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
    DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJill ClayburghMatthew BarryVeronica Lazar
  • A Little Lust (2015)

    16. A Little Lust

    20151h 44mNot Rated
    5.9 (374)
    First film directed by Veronica Pivetti. The theme of the film is bullying and homophobia of a teenager at school.
    DirectorVeronica PivettiStarsAndrea AmatoPia EngleberthCorrado Invernizzi
  • Shank (2009)

    17. Shank

    20091h 34mR
    6.2 (2.8K)
    A closeted teenage street punk takes up with the latest roughed-up gay victim of his bullying gang, which does not set well with the gang's drugged-up, brotherly leader.
    DirectorsSimon PearceChristian MartinStarsWayne VirgoMarc LaurentTom Bott
  • River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton, and Jerry O'Connell in Stand by Me (1986)

    18. Stand by Me

    19861h 29mR75Metascore
    8.1 (469K)
    A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
    DirectorRob ReinerStarsWil WheatonRiver PhoenixCorey Feldman
  • Super 8 (2011)

    19. Super 8

    20111h 52mPG-1372Metascore
    7.0 (375K)
    During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
    DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsElle FanningAJ MichalkaKyle Chandler
  • Tristan Göbel and Anand Batbileg Chuluunbaatar in Goodbye Berlin (2016)

    20. Goodbye Berlin

    20161h 33m
    6.9 (12K)
    Two young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.
    DirectorFatih AkinStarsTristan GöbelAniya WendelJustina Humpf
  • Timothée Chalamet in Hot Summer Nights (2017)

    21. Hot Summer Nights

    20171h 47mR44Metascore
    6.4 (26K)
    In 1991, a sheltered teenage boy comes of age during a wild summer he spends on Cape Cod getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying and eventually realizing that he is in over his head.
    DirectorElijah BynumStarsTimothée ChalametMaika MonroeAlex Roe
  • Coming Through the Rye (2015)

    22. Coming Through the Rye

    20151h 37mPG-1364Metascore
    6.2 (1.1K)
    In 1969, the Holden Caulfield-obsessed Jamie Schwartz runs away from boarding school to find the reclusive author J.D. Salinger. Inspired by actual events, Jamie's search is a journey into the meaning of friendship, love and loss.
    DirectorJames Steven SadwithStarsAlex WolffStefania LaVie OwenChris Cooper
  • North Sea Texas (2011)

    23. North Sea Texas

    20111h 38mNot Rated63Metascore
    7.1 (11K)
    A teenage boy's search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby.
    DirectorBavo DefurneStarsBen Van den HeuvelEva Van der GuchtThomas Coumans
  • Louis Hofmann in Sanctuary (2015)

    24. Sanctuary

    20151h 44m
    7.2 (2K)
    Summer 1968. 14 year old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.
    DirectorMarc BrummundStarsLouis HofmannAlexander HeldStephan Grossmann
  • Moises Arias, Gabriel Basso, and Nick Robinson in The Kings of Summer (2013)

    25. The Kings of Summer

    20131h 35mR61Metascore
    7.1 (86K)
    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.
    DirectorJordan Vogt-RobertsStarsNick RobinsonGabriel BassoMoises Arias

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