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Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:34 |
Characters | Lesbians, Teachers, Musicians, Sisters, Girlfriends |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Music, Obsession, Breakup |
Place | Aircraft, Trains, England, Beach, Hospitals |
Style | Romantic, Light, To cry, Fascinating, Makes me think |
Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | comedy, drama, family |
Country | France, Belgium |
Duration | 01:29 |
Characters | Teens, Family, Parents, Mothers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Time travel, Adventure, Relationship |
Place | Italy, Venice |
Time | Night |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating |
Emile is fifteen. He lives in Montargis, between a sweet-crazy father and a mother who has always dyed his hair blond, because, it seems, he is more beautiful like that. When the girl who pleases him more than anything invites him to Venice for the holidays, he is overjoyed. Only problem, his parents decide to accompany him - This is the story of a teenager born into an unclassifiable family, the story of a first love, miraculous and fragile. This is the story of an initiatory and incredible journey where life often takes unawares, but where Venice, it will be at the rendezvous.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 01:36 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Doctors, Musicians, Family |
Plot | Love, Relationship, Friendship, Adoption |
Place | School, Hospitals, USA |
Time | Graduation |
Style | To cry, For girls |
A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama |
Country | Romania, France |
Duration | 01:46 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Pupils, Friends, Parents |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Relationship, Friendship, Political |
Place | Village, School |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Serious |
Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei, and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave. So with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | melodrama |
Country | Russia |
Duration | 02:29 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Family, Pupils, Friends |
Plot | Love, Relationship, First love, Jealousy |
Place | School, Russia, Moscow |
Style | Touching, Numbers in the title |
Alex glides his mouse tenderly over online images of Vika. He has been smitten ever since he saw her with her friends and cannot get her out of his head. Now he has found Vika’s profile online and has learned a lot about her. Vika has no idea about any of this. She is beyond Alex’s reach because her school and block of flats are enemy territory for him. Alex nonetheless sneaks into a disco at her school and plucks up the courage to ask her to dance. Incensed by the intruder, the other boys give Alex a beating.
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: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, drama, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Characters | Teens, Friends |
Plot | Music, Friendship, Music group |
Place | England |
Style | Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, music |
Country | Norway |
Characters | Teens, Orphans, Parents |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
A strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about liberation and redemption.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:40 |
Characters | Teens, Clowns, Friends |
Plot | Obsession, Friendship |
Place | School, England |
Style | Touching |
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | comedy, drama, music |
Country | France, Belgium |
Duration | 01:46 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Family, Losers |
Plot | Music, Life, Family life |
Place | France |
Style | Touching, Disturbing |
The whole Bélier family is deaf, except for sixteen year old Paula who is the important translator in her parents' day to day life especially when it comes to matters concerning the family farm. When her music teacher discovers she has a fantastic singing voice and she gets an opportunity to enter a big Radio France contest the whole family's future is set up for big changes.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:29 |
Characters | Family, Friends, Lovers, Pianists, Singers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Ballet, Love triangle, Computers |
Place | Trains, Kitchen, USA |
Style | Romantic, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching |
The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, music |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 01:43 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Strong women, Musicians, Orphans |
Plot | Music |
Place | School, Texas, USA, Small cities, Boarding school |
Style | To cry, Touching, Serious |
Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognizes a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:43 |
Characters | Teachers, Pupils, Friends, Parents |
Plot | Dancing, Friendship, First love, Uprising |
Place | School, England, Beach, Railway |
Style | Soulful, Atmospheric |
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:27 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Childrens, Pupils |
Plot | Friendship, First love, Mental disorders, Betrayal, Cheating |
Place | School, England, London |
Style | Psychological problems, By books, Gloomy, Touching, Serious |
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | comedy, drama, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:50 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Students, Pupils |
Place | School, England |
Time | Summer |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching |
Musical film about the trials and tribulations of an idealistic drama teacher as she tries to put on the end of year show.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | drama, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:42 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, DJs, Friends |
Plot | On real events, Dancing, Music, Obsession, Friendship |
Place | School, England, Night Clubs |
Style | To cry, Soulful |
Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, music, biography |
Country | Canada, United Kingdom |
Characters | Musicians, Spiders, Actors, Singers |
Plot | On real events, Chess, Friendship, Weapon, Jealousy |
Place | Beach, Hospitals, USA, Night Clubs, New York |
Style | Exciting, Fascinating, Makes me think, Touching |
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, music, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, Canada |
Duration | 01:38 |
Characters | Teens, Musicians, Artists |
Plot | Music, Friendship |
Style | To cry, Inspirational, Soulful, Touching |
The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:24 |
Characters | Dogs, Gay, Musicians, Alcoholics, Singers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Relationship, Motorcycles, Drug addict |
Place | Hotels, USA |
Style | Interesting, Romantic, Unexpected ending, Cute, Soulful |
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, family, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:30 |
Characters | Hippies, Friends, Sisters, Lovers, Old man |
Plot | Dancing, Money, Friendship, Death, Swimming |
Place | England, Hospitals, Cemetery, London, Hotels |
Time | New Year |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating, Touching |
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:35 |
Characters | Family, Friends, Terminally ill, Girlfriends, Actors |
Plot | Love, Relationship, Music, Friendship, Death |
Place | England |
Style | Touching |
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:57 |
Characters | Musicians, Sisters, Girlfriends, Actors, Singers |
Plot | Love, Time travel, Revenge, Friendship, Betrayal |
Place | Party, Los Angeles |
Time | New Year |
Style | Light, Fascinating |
A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA, Belgium |
Characters | Teens, Lesbians |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | Ireland |
Style | Touching |
Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as their arrangement begins to fall apart, Eddie’s denial gets deeper as Amber realizes that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:43 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Pupils |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | School, England |
Style | To cry, Touching |
Comedy sequel to "East Is East". Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No2) with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess, past and present.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:55 |
Characters | Dogs, Musicians, Models, Hippies, Lawyers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Adventure, Passion, Cars |
Place | Beach, USA |
Style | Romantic, Light, Fascinating |
A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, adventure, family |
Country | Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, France |
Duration | 01:35 |
Characters | Teens, Thieves, Musicians, Jews |
Plot | Love, Passion, Friendship, Chase, Happiness |
Place | School, Trains, France |
Style | By books, Touching, Serious |
Nono, a Dutch kid lacking two days being thirteen, runs away from problems at home and, disguised as a girl, takes up with the world's cleverest thief, who unbeknownst to Nono, may hold the bizarre key to his true identity.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, melodrama, family, music |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Teens, Family, Students, Friends, Psychiatrists |
Plot | Love, Relationship, Friendship, Body exchange, Growing up |
Place | School, USA |
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, musical, music |
Country | USA, Hong Kong |
Duration | 02:16 |
Characters | Musicians, Pianists, Actors |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Passion, Music, Money |
Time | New Year |
Style | To cry, For girls, Touching, Sad ones, Good music |
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | comedy, drama, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:20 |
Characters | DJs, Friends, Artists |
Plot | Dancing, Music, Friendship |
Place | England, Small cities |
Style | To cry, Touching |
1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA |
Characters | Teens, Monsters, Strong women, Blonde girls, Friends |
Plot | Dancing, Motorcycles, Friendship |
Place | Casino |
Style | Unexpected ending, Twisted plot |
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.