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Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c1984
Language
English
Description
It's Sam's sweet sixteenth birthday and no one in her family remembers the important occasion. She's an average teen who endures creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the beautiful blonde who stands between her and the boy of her dreams.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
When local rich kid Hubie Pyatt steals and wrecks Binx Davy's beloved motor scooter, Binx's older sister, Billie Jean, demands the $608 it cost to fix it. Binx shoots Mr. Pyatt by accident and he and Billie Jean flee town accompanied by Billie Jean's girlfriends, Ophelia and Putter.
3) Scheme birds
Publisher
SISYFOS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The story of Gemma, a teenage troublemaker, growing up in a world of pigeons and violence. From childhood to motherhood, her life unfolds as innocent games turn towards serious crime.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c1993-c1994
Language
English
Description
Cory is an an average eleven year old boy. He has a best friend from the "wrong" side of the tracks, a teacher that constantly keeps him on his toes, a classmate named Topanga who he has trouble understanding, and a family that keeps his life interesting - including an older brother who seems to enjoy making Cory's life miserable. With high school looming in the distant future he has to contend with the idea that his next door neighbor is the high...
5) Goosebumps
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah, living right next door, and makes a quick friend in Champ. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah's mysterious dad is in fact R.L. Stine, the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. As Zach starts learning about the strange family next door, he soon discovers that Stine...
7) Joe Bell
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Mark Wahlberg plays the rough-edged Oregon-based father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin by embarking on a walk across America to speak his heart to heartland adults and students about the potential terrifying high costs of bullying.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Grace is a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker, and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason. But Grace's own difficult past, and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself, throws her into unforeseen confusion, made sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
To prove that humans have changed since the "dark times", Marnie invites Halloweentown teenagers to her school. When an evil knight shows up to destroy all things magical, Marnie must save her friends and her own magic.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think ... that's certainly true for Craig, a stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic for some time out. What he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance and an opportunity to begin anew. Charming, witty and smart, it's a coming-of-age story that's kind of a funny story.
13) Maximum ride
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Max, a teenage superhero with wings, leads her motley crew in a battle against the scientists that created them. In the process, they discover secrets from their past that are darker than they imagined.
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Beautiful teenager Jim finds himself in Soho, where he falls in with the Raconteurs, a gang of unusual, high-class male escorts who specialize in post-coital conversation. From shy novice to sought-after escort and eventually artist's muse, Jim would be the toast of the town if it wasn't for his annoying affliction. He suffers from Stendahl Syndrome, a rare condition which causes him to hallucinate and faint when he encounters real works of art. Could...
16) Dramarama
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's 1994 and a group of high school drama nerds are throwing their last murder mystery slumber party. Before they leave for college, Gene wants to come out of the closet, but is terrified of what his sheltered friends might think.
17) Paradise Hills
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Generations into the future, a strict binary divides society into the bourgeoisie "superiors" and the "inferiors." Uma, a superior teenager, struggles with her family's decision to marry her off to Son, a fellow superior. Instead, she finds herself falling for Markus, an inferior. When her mother learns of the secret romance, she banishes Uma to Paradise Hills, a finishing school for rebellious young women. Uma learns that behind the high-class facility's...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Five teenage friends living on one street all dream of a sinister man with a disfigured face, a frightening voice and a gardener's glove with knives for fingers. One by one, he terrorizes them within their dreams--where the rules are his and the only way out is to wake up. But when one among them dies, they soon realize that what happens in their dreams happens for real and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. Buried in their past is a debt...
19) Haunt
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
On Halloween, a group of friends encounters an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Cameron is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car. Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, the center is built upon repenting for same sex attraction. In the face of intolerance and denial, Cameron meets a group of fellow sinners, including the amputee stoner Jane and her friend, the Lakota Two-Spirit Adam. Together, this group of teenagers forms...
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