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Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:31 |
Characters | Teens, Friends |
Plot | Friendship, Love triangle |
Place | New York |
Style | Exciting, Fascinating, Touching |
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:38 |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Friends |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | Small cities |
Time | Summer |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Explicit scenes, Touching |
A gay teenager finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle U.S. in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | Spain |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Friends |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | Small cities |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Touching, Serious |
A Spanish coming of age story focusing on the antics of two 17 year olds, who have a posh beach house almost all to themselves one summer. This is also a summer of sexual awakenings.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:29 |
Characters | Teens, Lesbians, Gay |
Plot | Life, Surfing, Growing up, Family life |
Style | Soulful, Touching |
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:30 |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Teachers, Blonde girls, Friends |
Plot | Adventure, Friendship |
Place | School, USA |
Style | Cute, Fancy, Touching |
When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Gay, Friends, Artists |
Plot | Friendship, Love triangle |
Place | New York |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Touching, Serious |
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:42 |
Characters | Teens, Pupils, Friends, Losers, Introverts |
Plot | Relationship, Friendship, First love, Growing up |
Place | School |
Style | Soulful, By books, Touching |
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:56 |
Characters | Teens, Friends |
Plot | Motorcycles, Friendship, Weapon |
Place | USA, Small cities |
Style | Romantic, Action, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:36 |
Characters | Teens, Terminally ill |
Plot | Love triangle |
Place | Small cities |
Style | Romantic, To cry, Soulful, Touching, Serious |
Three lives of three young people intersect over the course of one summer. A rich student and a young working-class man accidentally destroy a diner when their impromptu road race takes a disastrous turn. Ordered by a judge to spend the summer repairing the building, they find themselves becoming rivals for the affections of the owner's daughter.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Teens, Friends |
Style | Soulful, Smart, Makes me think, Touching |
Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her quest is complicated by sexual politics, closed minds, and closeted friends as she seeks to establish her school's first Gay-Straight Alliance.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
Characters | Gay, Heroes, Friends, Partners |
Plot | Friendship, Love triangle, Rivalry |
Place | College |
Style | Exciting, To cry, Fascinating, Touching |
Eddy and Stuart share two-thirds of a dormitory suite. Due to bureaucratic error, a woman named Alex is added to their room. At first, relations among the three are tense. Soon, however, Alex falls for Eddy, and Stuart lusts after Alex.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:31 |
Characters | Teens, Musicians, Friends, Losers |
Plot | Music, Friendship, Death |
Place | School |
Style | Soulful, Gloomy, Touching, Serious |
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and band-mate, Chris, with a lot of questions.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
Characters | Teens, Friends, Terminally ill, Parents |
Plot | Love, Cars, Obsession, First love, Love triangle |
Place | School, College, Lake |
Style | Psychological problems, Serious |
Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that Keith has something to hide. As the free-spirited Keith shows Natalie how to embrace what life offers, they grow closer -- until a secret tests the bounds of their relationship
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:42 |
Characters | Teens, Friends |
Plot | Wedding, Friendship, First love, True love |
Style | To cry, Cute, Touching |
Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who's convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her crazed sister is planning a wedding but has second thoughts and her best friend has fallen madly in love for the first time leaving Halley to feel even more alone.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:48 |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Friends |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | England |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Touching |
Steven spends his school days longing for all-star athlete John. But John has a gorgeous girlfriend, and Steven is still in the closet about being gay. The only one who knows the teenager's secret is his friend Linda. After a curious run-in with John in a public restroom, Steven starts to wonder if the jock is straight after all. When they start a romance, it threatens to expose the truth about both of them.
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Friends, Losers |
Plot | Time travel, Wedding |
Place | School |
Style | To cry, Touching |
A gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time, the world is gay and to be straight is considered deviant behavior. Then something else happens. He meets a girl. And suddenly normal becomes ...well almost normal.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:48 |
Characters | Dogs, Teens, Friends |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | Small cities |
Time | World War II |
Style | To cry, Cute, Soulful, Atmospheric, Touching |
Henry and Nicky are small town pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievious and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.
Mark | imdb: 4.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | France, USA |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Artists |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Rivalry |
Place | Metro, USA, Night Clubs, New York |
Style | Romantic, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
Maurice, a reticent young homeless man, somehow manages to get by in Brooklyn; he spends his nights in parked cars until he finds himself at Bizarre, an underground club renowned for its burlesque shows. Maurice is fascinated by the club’s playful revues celebrating self-determined sexuality and creative otherness, and the two female club owners both adore him. He soon becomes a part of their self-selected family, and begins to bond with introverted Luka. But Maurice turns his back on Luka’s growing affection. Running away from his true emotions he drifts aimlessly through the city. He tries to find his feet at a boxing club, where he meets Charlie. Unable to withstand the pressure of his repressed feelings, Maurice unleashes a mounting foment of emotions, pervaded by tenderness and menace.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | Germany |
Duration | 01:34 |
Characters | Lesbians, Gay, Friends, Nurses |
Plot | Dancing, Passion, Mystery |
Place | Party, Germany |
Style | Soulful, Touching, Serious |
Lukas, 20, is a prisoner in his own body. As a pre-op transgendered person, he is constantly finding himself trapped in uncomfortable, compromising positions. His best friend, Ine introduces him to the gay scene in Cologne where he meets the confident and gorgeous, Fabio. The two develop a romantic relationship that tests the boundaries of love. ROMEOS forgoes stereotypes and conventions to offer an honest and humorous examination of the most basic of human conditions: friendship, sex, and love.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:57 |
Characters | Teens, Lesbians, Gay, Journalists, Photographers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Soccer, Chess, Friendship |
Place | Party, Kitchen, Beach |
Style | Romantic, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching |
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | Brazil |
Duration | 01:36 |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Friends, Blind |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | School |
Style | Romantic, To cry, Cute, Touching, Serious |
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Friends |
Plot | Obsession, Friendship, Depression |
Place | College, New York |
Style | To cry, Touching |
Dorian realizes he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts to confession in the Church, and finally comes out to his brother. Dorian then decides to come out to his father; he gets kicked out of the house.
Mark | imdb: 4.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Teens, Friends, Girlfriends, Single mothers |
Plot | Love, Time travel, Adventure, Travel, Friendship |
Place | USA |
Style | Light |
In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | Taiwan |
Characters | Teens, Gay, Friends |
Plot | Love, Passion, Friendship, Loneliness, Love triangle |
Place | School, China |
Style | Romantic, To cry, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:46 |
Characters | Teens, Pregnant, Friends, Parents |
Plot | Wedding, Life, Friendship, Family life |
Style | To cry, Cute, Fascinating, Smart, Touching |
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Teens, Friends, Losers, Mice |
Plot | Friendship, Loneliness, Bulimia |
Place | School, Small cities |
Style | To cry, Cute, Soulful, Smart, Makes me think |
Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.