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Cast

Michelle Williams

Paul Dano

Seth Rogen

Gabriel LaBelle

The Fabelmans (2022)

7.6 2.8K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, India

Duration: 151 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

Plot: high school, husband wife relationship, arizona, bullying, family relationships, coming of age, teenage boy, filmmaking, ...

Cast

Dylan Minnette

Grace Saif

Christian Navarro

Alisha Boe

13 Reasons Why (2017) TV Show

7.5 4.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 49

Audience: TV-MA

Story: High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.

Style: dark

Plot: suicide, rape, sexual abuse, based on novel or book, depression, loss, high school, sodomy, ...

Cast

Mason Thames

Madeleine McGraw

Ethan Hawke

Jeremy Davies

The Black Phone (2022)

7.5 5.9K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Plot: mask, small town, child abuse, dreams, sibling relationship, kidnapping, sadistic, supernatural, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Taylor John Smith

Harris Dickinson

David Strathairn

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

7.5 2.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Plot: based on novel or book, artist, bullying, alcoholism, coming of age, survival, domestic abuse, first love, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

Sharon Horgan

Eva Birthistle

Sarah Greene

Eve Hewson

Bad Sisters (2022) TV Show

7.5 279 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.

Plot: sadistic, brother-in-law, dublin, ireland, bullying, dark comedy, domestic abuse, insurance investigator, ...

Cast

Yuki Kaji

Sachika Misawa

Ayako Kawasumi

Kenichi Suzumura

Accel World (2012) TV Show

7.5 153 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: A short, overweight student uses the Neuro Link, an evolution of the Nerve Gear, to escape himself from the reality. But his skills in the virtual world brings him to the attention of Kuroyukihime, a popular student who introduces him to the Brain Burst.

Plot: competition, technology, anti hero, virtual reality, virtual fight, friendship, bullying, rivalry, ...

Time: future

Cast

Meryl Streep

Anne Hathaway

Emily Blunt

Stanley Tucci

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

7.4 13.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine.

Plot: new york city, journalist, based on novel or book, journalism, fashion journal, assistant, job entrant, job interview, ...

Place: paris, france

Cast

Hayato Ichihara

Shugo Oshinari

Yu Aoi

Ayumi Ito

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

7.4 299 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 146 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Plot: suicide, bullying, okinawa, coming of age, middle school, kendo, junior high school, japanese junior high schooler

Place: japan

Awkward. (2011) TV Show

7.4 424 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 89

Audience: TV-14

Story: An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.

Plot: high school, bullying, teen comedy, aspiring writer, teenage romance, teen drama

Cast

Noah Taylor

Paddy Considine

Craig Roberts

Yasmin Paige

Submarine (2011)

7.4 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: 15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.

Plot: friendship, beach, bullying, loss of virginity, coming of age, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, swansea, ...

Place: wales

Cast

John C. Reilly

Sarah Silverman

Jack McBrayer

Jane Lynch

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

7.4 13.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.

Plot: video game, support group, villain, bullying, medal, product placement, jail, racing, ...

Cast

Trevante Rhodes

Andru00e9 Holland

Janelle Monu00e1e

Ashton Sanders

Moonlight (2016)

7.4 7.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Plot: drug dealer, high school, drug abuse, miami, florida, parent child relationship, fight, homophobia, ...

Place: florida

Cast

Josh Hutcherson

AnnaSophia Robb

Zooey Deschanel

Robert Patrick

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

7.3 5.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.

Plot: friendship, sibling relationship, bullying, neighbor, school, drawing, based on children's book, school bus, ...

Cast

Andreas Wilson

Henrik Lundstru00f6m

Gustaf Skarsgu00e5rd

Linda Zilliacus

Evil (2003)

7.3 399 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Sweden, Denmark

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.

Plot: based on novel or book, boarding school, private school, bullying, stepfather, spanking, domestic abuse, discipline, ...

Cast

Sissy Spacek

Piper Laurie

Amy Irving

William Katt

Carrie (1976)

7.3 4.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: high school, child abuse, based on novel or book, isolation, cemetery, stage, bible, telekinesis, ...

Cast

Lewis MacDougall

Sigourney Weaver

Felicity Jones

Toby Kebbell

A Monster Calls (2016)

7.3 3.6K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: Spain, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: 12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

Plot: dreams, monster, based on novel or book, nightmare, grandparent grandchild relationship, truth, tree, artist, ...

Cast

Tessa Thompson

Jon Bernthal

Pablo Schreiber

Marin Ireland

HIS & HERS (2026) TV Show

7.3 472 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.

Plot: loss of loved one, detective, based on novel or book, dementia, bullying, revenge, miniseries, psychological thriller, ...

Cast

Julia Garner

Josh Brolin

Alden Ehrenreich

Austin Abrams

Weapons (2025)

7.3 3.6K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: R

Story: When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

Plot: witch, small town, pennsylvania, ritual, junkie, teacher, trance, witchcraft, ...

Place: usa

Cast

Jaeden Martell

Jeremy Ray Taylor

Sophia Lillis

Finn Wolfhard

It (2017)

7.2 20.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, haunted house, clown, bullying, abandoned house, coming of age, flashback, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Ralph Macchio

Pat Morita

Elisabeth Shue

William Zabka

The Karate Kid (1984)

7.2 4.8K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG

Story: New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.

Style: philosophical

Plot: high school, friendship, martial arts, fight, painting, karate, bullying, sensei, ...

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