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A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
"A warped wonder of a movie about a cannibalistic serial killer's awkward teenage years-it takes twisted to areas few have investigated."--Rolling Stone
"This film is sensitively wrought. It's credible in its evocation of mid-'70s suburbia. The acting is excellent throughout, and Ross Lynch in the role of Dahmer elicits genuine sympathy for an increasingly lost but not yet monstrous soul."--New...
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Kanopy Streaming
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English
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Christina Ricci stars in director Sarah Spillane’s inspirational drama, a world premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. With encouragement from a drama teacher (Christina Ricci), a teen in Sydney, Australia (Hunter Page-Lochard) confronts his past and eventually takes control of his future. AROUND THE BLOCK is about breaking cycles and building dreams. Set in a contemporary, tough, inner-city precinct, this is a story of revenge and triumph,...
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Strand Releasing
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English
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An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Michael O'Shea's debut feature THE TRANSFIGURATION follows troubled teen Milo who hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo's dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality. A chilling portrait of violence, THE TRANSFIGURATION is an atmospheric thriller set against the grit of New...
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A story of a family fued between the Capulets and the Montagues continuing through the ages, as one generation picked up where the last one left off and of the forbidden love between two teenagers, Romeo, the son of the Montagues and Juliet, the daughter of the Capulets.
This is a story of two young people in love, but the families do not approve.
6) Prince
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Language
Nederlands
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Seventeen-year-old Ayoub has a lot on his plate: his father is a junkie, his mother is a lonely divorcé, and his sister is falling in with the wrong crowd. Haunted by his father's terrible reputation, Ayoub can't get the attention of Laura, the most beautiful girl in the neighborhood. He does, however, gain the attention of Kalpa, an eccentric, purple Lamborghini-driving, psychotically violent local criminal. Falling in with Kalpa, Ayoub tries to...
7) Rocketman
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Paramount
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Widescreen version.
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English
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An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John's breakthrough years. Set to the star's most beloved songs, the film shows how a shy, small-town English boy becomes one of the most iconic figures in rock & roll.
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Grace is a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker, and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason. But Grace's own difficult past, and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself, throws her into unforeseen confusion, made sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has...
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Viz Video
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English
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Ash and his friend Pikachu explore the world of the Pokémon. Ash's goal is to become the greatest Pokémon master of all. He competes in the Indigo, Orange, Johto and Hoenn gyms and championships. He travels with his friends, Brock and Misty with her Togepi. He meets other characters who help him, like Tracey and May. They are constantly being pursued by Team Rocket members Jesse, James and Meowth who will stop at nothing to get Pikachu. They also...
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
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Widescreen edition.
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English
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Judge Kay Woodbury opens her door to a teen named Sally that is bright beyond her years, but very troubled. Kay locates Sally's father, Jim, and hires him to be her landscaper to try to rekindle a father and daughter relationship between Sally and Jim.
11) Half nelson
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Widescreen.
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English
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When the husband of a high-society woman is killed in an accident, she realizes she has nothing left except a house in rural Georgia that is being used as a foster home. Moving in with the intentions of selling it, she finds a new meaning and purpose to her life when she ends up helping to care for the rebellious teenagers who live there that have issues of their own.
13) Off the black
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Thinkfilm
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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Ray, an aging alcoholic, forms an unlikely friendship with a troubled teenager. As they grow more dependent on each other, Ray asks the teen to go to his 40th high school reunion and pose as his son.
16) Mom, dad and her
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A&E Television Networks, LLC
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Sydney Foster is a troubled teen from a broken home, heading for trouble. After being caught shoplifting and a bout of alcohol poisoning, her volatile behavior has finally reached a breaking point. Sydney is sent to spend the summer with her father, who hopes to reconnect with her. At first Sydney isn't happy but she slowly develops relationships with those around her, including a friend whose mom is dying of cancer and her newly...
17) Fly away
Publisher
Flat Iron Film Co
Edition
Full screen version.
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English
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A single mother struggles to cope and find peace for her teenage daughter, who suffers from severe autism.
18) Coqueta
Publisher
Xenon Pictures
Language
Español
Description
Rocio sufre un desmayo el dia de su cumpleaños y el doctor que la examina descubre un serio problema cardiaco. Pable llora desconsolado ante su inpotencia para luchar con el destino y le lleva una serenata a Rocio, quiza la ultima que ella escuche.
At her birthday party, Rocio faints and the doctor diagnoses a serious heart problem. Pablo cries at the painful destiny of his love Rocio. With tears in his eyes, he goes and serenades her because it...
19) To save a life
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
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High school all-star Jake Taylor has it all. Roger, his childhood best-friend, has nothing. Since the two have drifted apart, Roger feels that he has no friends, no hope, and a heart full of nothing but pain. When Roger walks onto campus with a gun, the tragic move he makes will change Jake's idyllic life forever.
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ThinkFilm
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English
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Phoebe is an imaginative but troubled girl with a desperate longing to be in her school's production of Alice in Wonderland. When she is cast in the lead role her parents believe her unusual behavior is due to her creativity, but soon realize that she is on the brink of falling through the looking glass herself.
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