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1) Eighth grade
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school (the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year) before she begins high school.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Five episodes featuring transformed personalities, action-packed battles with evil enemies, weird monsters, some surprising secrets exposed and a Japanese parody of the real Power Rangers. "Reefside is in for a radical change when a strange intergalactic meteor plunges to earth transforming the Power Rangers' personalities."--Container.
Publisher
Maverick Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
"Adolescence is the most important period of our lives and this was certainly the case for 13 year-old Ramon. In addition to being a time of discovery, he was confused and apprehensive in a time when everything was in doubt-the future, school, studies, sex and particularly communication with the older generation. He had moved from town to town all his life and was shy and awkward. The odds were against him from the start and life was never going to...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
After living her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, memories of her youth resurface. And after meeting young farmer Toshio, she wonders if she's been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Publisher
Allegro Media Group
Pub. Date
2012
Description
In shock and denial over his marine father's death in combat, high school lacrosse star Conor Sullivan starts acting out in self destructive ways until he's kicked off the team and sent to a wilderness lacrosse camp run by his dad's combat buddy. Strengthened by the support and understanding of his newfound love, and through a deep understanding of the game and its Native American roots, he opens his eyes to the true meaning of sportsmanship, love,...
6) Love, Simon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for seventeen-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying, and life-changing.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Looks at children with Tourette's syndrome, a rare brain disorder, whose victims twitch, jerk, and are unable to control loud verbal outbursts, some obscene. Because the public lacks knowledge about the disease, these children also suffer public humiliation. "In every school in America, it's likely that at least one child may have Tourette Syndrome. ...[this] documentary that dispels the myths of Tourette Syndrome through the experiences of young...
8) Turning red
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
13-year-old Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, and somewhat overbearing mother, Ming, is never far from her daughter - an unfortunate reality for Mei. And as if changes to her body, interests, and relationships weren't enough, whenever Mei gets too excited, she "poofs" into a giant red panda.
10) Wish gone amiss
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Hilarious disasters are dodged in these 3 episodes featuring wishes gone awry! Miley wishes to be Hannah all day, everyday; Cory's moneymaking wheeling and dealing overshadows his presidential responsibilities; and Zack and Cody become superheroes.
11) Mallrats
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
1999
Description
When T.S. is dumped by his girlfriend, he retreats to the mall with his comic book-loving best friend Brodie, whose girlfriend has also left him. Between brooding and visits to the food court, the unmotivated suburban New Jersey teenagers decide to win their girlfriends back with the help of Silent Bob and Jay, the ultimate delinquents, as they scheme to disrupt T.S.'s girlfriend's father's dating game TV show that is going to be broadcast from the...
12) The reading room
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Fulfilling his beloved wife's dying wish, a man restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for a depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. He is determined to give them a sense of self-respect.
13) Sweet thing
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Billie is a 15-year-old girl who fantasizes Billie Holiday as a sort of fairy godmother. Billie has to navigate the evolving challenges of her life while she plays mother to her 11-year-old brother, Nico. They meet up with another adolescent, run away from home, and together roam the area free from their parents' watchful eye. They discover freedom and enchantment among the boats and railway tracks of New Bedford, Massachusetts. They fantasize about...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how...
16) Cocoon
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Nora, a shy 14-year-old Berlin girl, will never forget this way too hot summer. Surrounded by people with disrupted biographies, from different cultures and backgrounds, she makes her way into adulthood. Nora gets her first period, falls in love with another girl, learns to stand up for herself and gets her heart broken for the first time. When summer ends, things will never be the same again.
17) Fired up
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Shawn and Nick are stars of the Gerald R. Ford High School football team. They are dreading the prospect of another summer at football camp. When Nick hatches a scheme for the two to join their schools cheerleaders at cheer camp instead, they find themselves awash in a sea of gorgeous young women . All goes well until Shawn falls for Carly, the beautiful head cheerleader who sees right through them.
18) Bandslam
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Ultra-popular Charlotte is determined to face-off against her ex at the country's biggest music competition. She just needs a band. Newcomer Will knows more about musicians than anyone. He just needs a friend. And rebel guitar player Sa5m has a wicked voice but needs someone to believe in her. Together, this unlikely trio will take on Bandslam in a way no one thought possible.
19) My friend Dahmer
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
20) Fame
Description
Passions will be tested and young hearts will be broken. Ultimately, talent, dedication and hard work will triumph. Centers around a group of dancers, singers, musicians and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom. In an incredibly competitive atmosphere, each student must shine amidst the tumult of school work, deep friendships, budding romance and self-discovery.
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