Drama, History
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.
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Scaffolding
Elmer Gantry
95
Revenge
The Deep End
Simon Birch
The Butcher Boy
Gentlemen Broncos
The Orange Girl
A Room for Romeo Brass
Dear John
Sagrada Reset Part 2
An Awfully Big Adventure
Youth in Revolt
Saturn in Opposition
Random Harvest
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
The Winter Guest
Point Blank
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Scaffolding
IMDB 5.6 | Jul , 2017
17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.Elmer Gantry
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 1960
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.95
IMDB 4.5 | Dec , 2017
Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.Revenge
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1980
A teenager gets into a difficult situation due to several causes and tries to hide. His relations to others will decide his further life course.The Deep End
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 2001
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?Simon Birch
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1998
Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.The Butcher Boy
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 1998
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.Gentlemen Broncos
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2009
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.The Orange Girl
IMDB 5.8 | Feb , 2009
The film is based on a 2003 novel by the same name, written by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder. The main character is the young boy Georg who one day finds a long letter from his deceased father. The letter tells, among other things, about the father's youthful love for the mysterious "orange girl" (appelsinpiken), and leaves a mystery for Georg to solve.A Room for Romeo Brass
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1999
Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pursue Romeo's beautiful elder sister. He gradually becomes more violent after she rejects him.Dear John
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 2010
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.Sagrada Reset Part 2
IMDB 4.5 | May , 2017
In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, high schooler Kei Asai is able to remember everything. His classmate Misora Haruki has the power to reset the world by three days. If they combine their powers, they can go back in time by three days and retain their memory.An Awfully Big Adventure
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1995
Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.Youth in Revolt
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2009
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.Saturn in Opposition
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 2007
This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.Random Harvest
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1942
Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2007
A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and to help foil an audacious robbery.Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2016
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.The Winter Guest
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1997
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.Point Blank
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1967
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.