Films like As Cool as I Am
In a small American town, 16-year-old Lucy is left to largely raise herself, managing the household while her immature mother works and her father is away in Canada for months at a time. As her parents' emotional distance intensifies, Lucy explores her own sexuality with her chil...
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Palindromes
Film · 2005 · also comedy and dramaAviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The...
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Wildflower
Film · 2023 · also comedy and dramaThe story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best wa...
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Real Women Have Curves
Film · 2002 · also comedy and dramaIn East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, a...
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Thirteen
Film · 2003 · also dramaWhen 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it...
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Fish Tank
Film · 2009 · also dramaFifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is...
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Family Weekend
Film · 2013 · also comedy and dramaA 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
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Bully
Film · 2001 · also dramaA group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.
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Gimme Shelter
Film · 2013 · also dramaAfter running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
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SubUrbia
Film · 1997 · also comedy and dramaA group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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Blockers
Film · 2018 · also comedyWhen three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from seal...
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