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1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy

7.8

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61 Metascore

A popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones

Votes: 385,927 | Gross: $70.14M

2. Rumble Fish (1983)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

7.1

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63 Metascore

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper

Votes: 37,590 | Gross: $2.49M

3. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama

8.1

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78 Metascore

A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.

Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono

Votes: 100,779

4. Wij (2018)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama

5.6

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Eight teens - four guys and four girls - are the best of friends. One summer, out of boredom they experiment with all manner of new means to entertain themselves. This degenerates into some extreme behaviour and will lead to tragedy.

Director: Rene Eller | Stars: Aimé Claeys, Tijmen Govaerts, Pauline Casteleyn, Maxime Jacobs

Votes: 3,379

5. The Garden of Words (2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

7.4

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On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda

Votes: 52,409

6. New York Minute (I) (2004)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

4.9

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33 Metascore

Two sisters who just can't get along have to travel to New York City together and find themselves on numerous misadventures in order to accomplish their goals.

Director: Dennie Gordon | Stars: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy Richter

Votes: 24,935 | Gross: $14.02M

7. L.I.E. (2001)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama

7.1

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73 Metascore

A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay

Votes: 10,441 | Gross: $1.14M

8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

7.1

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Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Ann Gillis, May Robson

Votes: 2,233

9. Meet the Applegates (1990)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

5.4

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Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Bobby Jacoby

Votes: 2,605 | Gross: $0.49M

10. Fatal Charm (1990 Video)

R | 94 min | Thriller

4.7

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He may have been convicted of raping and murdering six young women, but to a smitten teenage girl who's initiated a relationship-by-mail, he's just a cute guy who couldn't possibly be guilty. Did he...or didn't he?

Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Amanda Peterson, Mary Frann, James Remar

Votes: 395

11. I Wish (2011)

PG | 128 min | Drama

7.3

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80 Metascore

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Kôki Maeda, Oshiro Maeda, Ryôga Hayashi, Seinosuke Nagayoshi

Votes: 7,929 | Gross: $0.15M

12. The Fan (1982)

Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music

6.7

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The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.

Director: Eckhart Schmidt | Stars: Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger, Simone Brahmann, Jonas Vischer

Votes: 1,913

13. The Jackpot! (1991)

102 min | Adventure, Comedy

6.2

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A secret agent uses his professional skills for tracking his family, and faces the unexpected consequences.

Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell, Michel Boujenah

Votes: 1,829

14. Evilenko (2003)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.2

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A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.

Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer

Votes: 3,538

15. I Was Born, But... (1932)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

7.9

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91 Metascore

Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Tatsuo Saitô, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Hideo Sugawara

Votes: 6,199

16. The Luzhin Defence (2000)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance

6.8

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64 Metascore

Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.

Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson

Votes: 4,702 | Gross: $1.05M

17. Los héroes del mal (2015)

98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.1

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Three teenagers, brought together by bullying, indulge in petty theft, sex and drugs. They inevitably realize they can resort to violence to take revenge on everyone who has humiliated them: students, teachers and other outcasts. One of them escalates to killing, and desires to kill again. Anyone can become his next victim. The other two face the question: should they resort to violence to stop ... See full summary »

Director: Zoe Berriatúa | Stars: Emilio Palacios, Jorge Clemente, Beatriz Medina, Macarena Gómez

Votes: 1,116

18. Utolsó padban (1976 TV Movie)

57 min | Drama, Family

6.7

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A young Gypsy girl moves to the city with her family, only to be faced with racial prejudice.

Director: Márta Kende | Stars: Etelka Imre, Ernõ Mitzi, Sándor Téri, Ferenc Zenthe

Votes: 42

19. Four Suns (2012)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

6.3

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Fogi is enjoying his never ending puberty. But simultaneously Fogi is also trying to live up to his family duties and bring up Véna, his son from the first marriage. He did not get married ... See full summary »

Director: Bohdan Sláma | Stars: Jaroslav Plesl, Anna Geislerová, Karel Roden, Jirí Mádl

Votes: 333

20. The Screwy Truant (1945)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.2

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Screwy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, William Hanna

Votes: 563

21. The Forest (2018)

97 min | Drama

5.8

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Sixteen-year old Danila lives with oppressive mother Galina and brutal father Pasha in a small village lost in the middle of a boundless forest. Cut off from society he has a problem ... See full summary »

Director: Roman Zhigalov | Stars: Oleg Shibayev, Natalya Rychkova, Oleg Feoktistov, Mariya Avramkova

Votes: 242

22. Crime Thief (1969)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

5.8

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Married with two young children, Jean Girod, a "writer", partly escapes that family life when he secretly witnesses a young woman commit suicide. In that new other life, he rents a room ... See full summary »

Director: Nadine Trintignant | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Hossein, Giorgia Moll, Bernadette Lafont

Votes: 204

23. Small Fry (I) (1939)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

6.3

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Junior wants to be a Big Fry, but learns the hard way that he just isn't ready for smoking in the pool room when he should be in the school room.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer

Votes: 256

24. DonT Stop (2012)

98 min | Drama, Music

6.2

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1983. Czechoslovakia is still under communist rule. Micky is an eighteen-year old secondary school student. His best friend David has just been kicked out of school. Their dream is to put ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Rericha | Stars: Patrik Dergel, Lukás Reichl, Jakub Zednicek, Oliver Cox

Votes: 149

25. Asa ka adto Pedring? (2006)

Short, Drama

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Director: John Paul Seniel | Stars: Niko Ferrer, Jenny Enguio, Pepito Rosauro, John Paul Seniel

26. Tom le cancre (2012)

90 min | Adventure

4.2

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Director: Manuel Pradal | Stars: Stéphanie Crayencour, Steve Le Roi, Sacha Bourdo, Mano Laval

Votes: 12

27. Adam (I) (2013)

23 min | Short, Drama

6.5

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The first Israeli film that deals with bullying among teenagers, ADAM centers around a high school student whose declaration of love to another boy leads to hostile reactions from his ... See full summary »

Director: Segev Gershon | Stars: Moti Lugassi, Shahar Roth, Michal Yannai

Votes: 43

28. Plavi, plavi! (1989 TV Movie)

51 min | Drama

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Director: Arsa Milosevic | Stars: Slavko Simic, Milan Strljic, Ljiljana Gazdic, Nenad Nenadovic

29. Day of the Wag (1976)

11 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: John Dick | Stars: Sue Berney, Joe Di Sario, Judy Dick, Doug Gautier

30. Punky Brewster (1984–1988)
Episode: Tangled Web (1987)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

8.0

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When Punky pretends to be an elderly woman and sneaks into an R-rated movie, Cherie and Margaux cover for her truancy at school.

Director: Gary Menteer | Stars: George Gaynes, Soleil Moon Frye, Susie Garrett, Cherie Johnson

Votes: 33

31. King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode: Cops and Robert (2008)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

7.3

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Hank accidentally drives a mild-mannered man over the edge when he takes the man's wallet from him, incorrectly assuming that the man had just stolen his.

Directors: Ken Wong, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 294

32. Ochránce (2021– )
Episode: Vrabcák (2021)

62 min | Drama

7.6

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Director: Tereza Kopácová | Stars: Lukás Vaculík, Iveta Dusková, Dorotka Slajerová, Petr Forman

Votes: 18

33. Timewatch (1982– )
Episode: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)

99 min | Documentary, History

7.1

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A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.

Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal

Votes: 10