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3) Grease
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of late '80s counter culture, the series follows a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied academy for assassins. Maintaining his moral code while navigating a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques, and his own adolescent uncertainties may prove fatal.
6) Miss Stevens
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Stuck at a crossroads in her personal life, it falls on Miss Stevens to chaperone three of her students Billy, Margot, and Sam on a weekend trip to a drama competition. Exploring the fine line between being a grown up and being a kid, this film is about students becoming teachers and teachers coming to realize that the messiness of youth never really goes away.
7) Rushmore
Series
Criterion collection volume 65
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A gifted, rebellious teenager finds himself in competition with a wealthy older man for a favorite teacher's affections.
Publisher
Sentai Filmworks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application. Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels. Since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work...
9) Luce
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents...
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven at Christmas, forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
11) Death note
Publisher
Viz Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
日本語
Description
Light Yagami is an ace student who finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil.
12) Speak
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
A teen retreats into self-imposed silence after being raped. Her art and a teacher help her regain her voice and inner strength.
13) Hope bridge
Publisher
Pure Flix
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A high school student attempts to find reconciliation after suffering from the grief of his father's suicide.
14) Pariah
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents Audrey and Arthur and younger sister Sharonda in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity - sometimes succeeding, sometimes...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Join Cory and the gang as they adapt to college and, even more so, life as adults. Cory and Topanga finally tie the knot and learn that living on their own isn't as easy as they thought, Shawn and Angela get back together as a couple, Eric and Jack take on jobs in the real world, and the Matthews welcome a new addition to the family. Just when they think they've got it all figured out, unexpected surprises and newfound opportunities catch them off...
16) Prom
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
At Prom, every couple has a story and no two are exactly alike. For Nova Prescott, it's a classic tale of opposites attracting when she finds herself drawn to the guy who gets in the way of her perfect prom. Share the laughter and the drama as secrets are brought to light, seemingly steady relationships unravel, and new romance catches fire.
17) Lady Bird
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of the administration's cover-up that puts all the students in danger.
19) Adam
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Awkward, self-conscious Adam Freeman has just finished his junior year of high school in 2006. When his cool older sister Casey suggests he visit her in New York for the summer, Adam has visions of meeting a girl and finally gaining some actual life experience. The fantasy doesn't materialize as expected.
20) Pretty in pink
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
She's a high school girl from the wrong side of town. He's the wealthy heart-throb who asks her to the prom. But as fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure.
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