Beautiful Thing
1996
7
A bold portrait of misguided youth as they learn the cruelties of life in the American Midwest.
Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
Beautiful Thing
1996
7
Seventeen-year-olds Miku and Elias find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside.
Pihalla
2018
5
Barbara O’Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident. Taking justice into her own hands, she travels across the country recording mothers who have lost sons to hazing in an effort to prove the university’s liability. When she is confronted by corruption and cover ups, she seeks revenge on the one person she finds truly responsible, proving that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.
Rushed
2021
6
A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.
The Revival
2017
5
In writer/director Paolo Rotondo’s debut feature, three teenagers on the run break into a deluxe Waiheke Island home and find themselves caught in a tense psychodrama with the conflicted owner.
Orphans & Kingdoms
2014
6
Backpacking alone on the Appalachian trail, a married woman meets a younger hiker and the two strangers become inexplicably drawn to one another.
Maine
2018
5
The movie about a daughter, who leaves home for the first time. Her mother, left behind, doesn't know how to fill the empty place.
Viaje al cuarto de una madre
2018
6
A lonely beach on the southernmost coast of Brazil is the scene for two friends, on the brink of adulthood, to explore their understanding of themselves and one another. Martin has been sent by his father to retrieve what appears to be an inheritance-related document from the family of his recently deceased and estranged grandfather. Tomaz accompanies him, seemingly hoping to regain some of their former closeness. The two boys shelter themselves in a glass house, in front of a cold and stormy sea.
Beira-Mar
2015
6
Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances.
King Jack
2015
6
Two high school boys from different social worlds experience romantic feelings for each other. Edmar, a high-performing Filipino student, and Pili, a Native Hawaiian student-athlete, learn that navigating self-growth and teenage love in Hawaiʻi is as complicated as their understanding and love for Hawaiʻi and it’s ever-changing cultural landscape.
My Partner
2023
3
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.
Mud
2013
7
Sarah slashes down the days to her summer vacation trip with all the gusto of Zorro and his infamous 'Z', until she discovers her best friend's plot to end his life while she's away.
Just Say Goodbye
2017
6
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.
Akron
2015
7
Trapped in a loveless marriage, a troubled writer experiences a sexual awakening when she meets a carefee American in Italy.
And While We Were Here
2012
5
Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom.
uwantme2killhim?
2013
5
Riley's life is a nightmare. Her mom committed suicide because of her. She gets herself kicked out of one foster home after another. No one seems to understand her, or even care. And now her dad is giving her up for adoption!
Disposable
2015
1
Marty is a quirky straight guy weekdays, and gay on weekends, a high school senior, who along with his questionably straight friend Jake, unravels the mystery of who put a hit on their friend Thomas’ new gay lover. Jake uses his expertise as a peeping tom and gossip monger to discover neighborhood secrets, while Marty helps Thomas hide safely. At home, Marty has problems of his own when his boyfriend Michael and girlfriend Anybodys find out about each other. When a surprise fourth person sneaks into the room, the end results might be deadlier than the hit man.
Unsolved Suburbia
2010
2
Tyler is a young man who is desperately seeking direction from a world that seems to have abandoned him. Searching for answers he looks to his new friend Indrid who appears to have it all figured out.
Natural Selection
2016
5
Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.
Hide Your Smiling Faces
2014
6
Sixteen year old Rocco's two aims in life are to get laid and to see his favorite pop star in concert with his two best friends. When a bullying incident at school forces Rocco to come out to his divorced middle-class parents their liberal leanings are severely tested. Luckily his two friends stand by him and join him in running away from home (in his parents stolen car) to see their favorite singer in concert, followed hot on their heels by his neurotic mother and eccentric gran.
Né Giulietta, né Romeo
2015
6