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1. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,307,571 | Gross: $210.61M
2. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan
Votes: 702,669 | Gross: $262.03M
3. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 157,024 | Gross: $20.16M
4. Instant Family (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar
Votes: 119,807 | Gross: $67.36M
5. The Nest (I) (2020)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Life for an entrepreneur and his American family begins to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor.
Director: Sean Durkin | Stars: Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche, Charlie Shotwell
Votes: 18,473
6. Unhinged (I) (2020)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage.
Director: Derrick Borte | Stars: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson
Votes: 76,816 | Gross: $20.83M
7. National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate.
Director: Walt Becker | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn
Votes: 115,371 | Gross: $21.01M
8. Children of Heaven (1997)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi
Votes: 80,754 | Gross: $0.93M
9. The Cat Returns (2002)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.
Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 64,559
10. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 52,066 | Gross: $1.00M
11. The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies.
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage
Votes: 6,524 | Gross: $7.18M
12. New York Stories (1989)
PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.
Directors: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese | Stars: Woody Allen, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Marvin Chatinover
Votes: 19,745 | Gross: $10.76M
13. American Taboo (1983)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Unstable thirty-something introvert, who works as a photographer's assistant, becomes obsessed with his underage female neighbor, who, to his horror, reciprocates his feelings due to possible Electra complex.
Director: Steve Lustgarten | Stars: Jay Horenstein, Nicole Harrison, Hester Schell, Mark Rabiner
Votes: 261
14. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Family
Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei, Iran Outari
Votes: 18,727
15. Out of the Blue (1980)
R | 94 min | Drama
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon
Votes: 3,985
16. People Places Things (2015)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing parenting his young twin daughters and a classroom full of students while exploring and navigating the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him.
Director: Jim Strouse | Stars: Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams, Stephanie Allynne
Votes: 11,000
17. Doraemon (1979–2005)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Doraemon is a robotic cat that comes from the 22nd century. He comes to 20th century and stays with Nobi Family. The Nobis love Doraemon very much. So Doraemon always help the Nobis with the devices from 22nd century.
Stars: Nobuyo Ôyama, Noriko Ohara, Kazuya Tatekabe, Kaneta Kimotsuki
Votes: 5,127
18. 2:37 (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
At 2:37, someone commits suicide in the school lavatory. The day is told up to that point from the viewpoint of six different students.
Director: Murali K. Thalluri | Stars: Teresa Palmer, Frank Sweet, Sam Harris, Charles Baird
Votes: 7,365
19. What Shall Become of You (1984 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
In this 1984 West German film, a 12 year-old street kid in a slum of Berlin struggles to stay afloat through a commitment to his compassionate teacher and ambivalent classmates, aged 11-14,... See full summary »
Director: Horst Flick | Stars: Michael Karnowsky, Peter Seum, Anita Lochner, Dagmar Biener
Votes: 123
20. Terri (2011)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
In a small town, a morbidly-obese, 15yo's bullied, as he struggles to adjust to his difficult life.
Director: Azazel Jacobs | Stars: John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki, Bridger Zadina, Creed Bratton
Votes: 10,322 | Gross: $0.65M
21. Don't Panic (1987)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
On his seventeenth birthday, Michael unwittingly unlocks the evil forces of a Ouija board.
Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. | Stars: Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo, Jorge Luke
Votes: 1,499
22. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
TV-PG | 95 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
What will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves?
Directors: Tony Oliver, Ryuichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yumi Kakazu
Votes: 9,352
23. The Misfortunates (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
A thirty-something novelist and impending father looks back on his all-too-formative years in the hapless, alcohol-ridden milieu of his youth in 1980s rural Flanders, Belgium.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx
Votes: 11,531
24. Project A-Ko (1986)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A plucky, super-powered redhead finds herself saving her crybaby best friend from an amorous, bikini armor-clad classmate at their new school and aliens seeking to bring her home.
Directors: Katsuhiko Nishijima, Shigeru Morikawa | Stars: Miki Itô, Emi Shinohara, Michie Tomizawa, Julia Braams
Votes: 1,476
25. This Is Not Berlin (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
In the 1980s, an outsider gets invited to a mythical nightclub where he's unleashed to punk, sexual liberty and drugs.
Director: Hari Sama | Stars: Lumi Cavazos, Marina de Tavira, Ximena Romo, Dalia Xiuhcoatl
Votes: 1,430
26. The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987 TV Movie)
G | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Ben Wagner and his family are moving to a new town. On the shores of Lake Ontario, he meets Regina. Strange things start to happen whenever she is around. He wonders if the rumors are true: could she come from a family of witches?
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Harriet Hall, Bettina Rae, Justin Gocke
Votes: 224
27. Acid of Love (2005)
Romance
Niha is married to rich, successful businessman Shekar. One day when Niha is out shopping, she is unable to find taxi during storm, she meets young handsome Rahoul who offers her shelter at his apartment. Niha began an affair with Rahoul.
Director: Shakeel Noorani | Stars: Shruti Sharma, Mighty Khan, Parvin Dabas, Raj Chokani
Votes: 12
28. Hells (2008)
117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Amagane Rinne, an upbeat schoolgirl, has died. But even dead, she still has to attend school in the underworld.
Directors: Yoshinobu Yamakawa, Amber Lee Connors | Stars: Misato Fukuen, Miyuki Sawashiro, Daisuke Kishio, Fumihiko Tachiki
Votes: 403
29. Nate Is Late (2018–2022)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Every morning, 11-year-olds, Nate and Malika leave home 30 minutes early to go to school, and yet every morning they arrive late. That's because every morning, something AMAZING happens on ... See full summary »
Stars: Sarah Aubrey, Jane Ubrien, Ariane Sallis, Keith Scott
Votes: 96
30. Nil Battey Sannata (2015)
100 min | Drama, Family
A story about a single woman (a Mom) and dreams on her Daughter.
Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Stars: Swara Bhasker, Riya Shukla, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 8,094
31. Imperfect High (2021 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Drama
New girl in town Hanna Brooks (Sioux) is looking to find her place and fit in at Lakewood High School, which was rocked a couple of years earlier by the shocking drug overdose of a popular ... See full summary »
Director: Siobhan Devine | Stars: Nia Sioux, Gabriel Darku, Ali Skovbye, Anthony Timpano
Votes: 176
32. Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.
Director: Mina Shum | Stars: Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Tseng Chang
Votes: 605
33. Asahinagu (2017)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
When it comes time to choose an extracurricular club three high school freshmen pick the naginata one or rather it picks them. Asahi and her friends consistently train and improve including... See full summary »
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Riko Fujitani, Mai Shiraishi, Tomoya Nakamura, Yûki Morinaga
Votes: 200
34. I'm Underage But I'm Not a Child (2017)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Karin Oriyama is 16 years old. She is in high school and about to get married.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Kento Nakajima, Yûna Taira, Yuri Chinen, Sylvia Grab
Votes: 248
35. Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: The Movie (2014)
Animation, Action, Adventure
When the forces of the Dark Kingdom threaten to destroy the peace, four guardian warriors will awaken.
Director: David Paritsky | Stars: Athena Reddy, Marybeth Schroeder, Nicole Gelardi, Christine De La Rosa
Votes: 56
36. Caution, Kids! (2009)
77 min | Comedy, Family
A troublemaker pretends to be sick to avoid of trouble in school. When the class nerd volunteers to accompany him to the hospital, they instead hop on a train to Moscow for an adventure in the big city.
Director: Stanislav Lebedev | Stars: Vsevolod Nikolaev, Aleksandr Siguev, Vera Aleksandrova, Mariya Buknis
Votes: 51
38. Moonless Dawn (2018)
60 min | Drama
The story of three teens who know neither happiness nor unhappiness who find each other, and eventually themselves, through music.
Director: Harika Abe | Stars: Yuzu Aoki, Hideyuki Arai, Kensuke Ashihara, Haruka Echigo
Votes: 31
39. Tsûgaku densha (2015)
Romance
Yuna has a crush on Haru. She sees him on the train every morning when she goes to school. She doesn't know anything about him and he goes to a different school from her. One morning, she wakes up and finds Haru sleeping right next to her.
Director: Kôji Kawano | Stars: Nanami Abe, Eiji Akaso, Yûdai Chiba, Maria Fuji
Votes: 43
40. Undefeated (2020)
Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Drama, Sport
Fictional Irish drama about a young gay boxer on a journey to overturn stereotypes and become a professional boxer. While working towards his goals, he discovers more than expected about himself, but will the price of success be too high?
Director: Robert Madden | Stars: Maxim Trigub, Aston Burke Flynn, Mandy Irving, Conor Quinn
Votes: 35
41. Mikey Was Here (1992)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Mikey Chambers has made it a habit of being late to school, until one day, his worse nightmare comes true. He is told that if he is late one more time, he will have cafeteria duty for one ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Busser | Stars: Joshua H. Hayes, Karen Matheson, Elisabeth Murphy
42. What is Murphy's Law? (2014)
16 min | Short, Comedy
Jane is a community college student who feels that she doesn't need a class she's stuck in, so she doesn't go. But when a long list of absences and a broken down car leave Jane facing ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Gibb | Stars: Ciji Singletary, Lee Armstrong, W. Scott Parker III, Jeff Kidd
43. Sestry (2015)
12 min | Short, Drama
A teenage girl has a nightmare day at school.
Director: Tomás Burian | Stars: Simona Hladuvková, Barbora Mázlová, Tomás Magnusek, Stapan Folget
44.
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode:
The Case of the Burning Building
(1997)
Family, Mystery
Shirley Holmes investigates a string of suspicious fires, one of which took place in a shed at her school. The police believe that Bo Sawchuk, the school's newest student, a former gang ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Phillip Jarrett, Marie Stillin
Votes: 43
45.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Graduating Class
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
While on a date, a new teacher of European literature at an all-girl college observes one of her students leaving a nightclub with a man and follows them. What could go wrong?
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Wendy Hiller, Gigi Perreau, Jocelyn Brando
Votes: 529
46.
Sailor Moon (1992–1997)
Episode:
Crybaby Usagi's Magnificent Transformation
(1992)
TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Usagi goes from being a typical middle school girl to being a super hero when she saves a talking cat.
Director: Jun'ichi Satô | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Keiko Han, Tôru Furuya, Keiichi Nanba
Votes: 301
47.
Sailor Moon (1992–1997)
Episode:
Usagi Learns a Lesson! The Road to Stardom Is Tough
(1992)
TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Usagi, Naru and Umino aim to become celebrities, just as Jadeite initiates a plan to enslave people with dreams of fame.
Directors: Takao Yoshizawa, Jun'ichi Satô | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Keiko Han, Tôru Furuya, Masaya Onosaka
Votes: 144
48.
City Guys (1997–2001)
Episode:
Subway Confessions
(2000)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy
Ms. Noble has to figure out the truth as the gang must account for their whereabouts after sneaking into school. The stories all occur on subway train and range from a clown giving birth, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Bonner | Stars: Wesley Jonathan, Scott Whyte, Caitlin Mowrey, Dionysio Basco
Votes: 11
49.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart the Murderer
(1991)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After having a horrible day, Bart gets a job tending bar for a group of gangsters and becomes the prime suspect when Principal Skinner mysteriously disappears.
Director: Rich Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 4,657
50.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
A Man Alone
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ibudan, a criminal Odo has dealt with before, returns to DS9 only to be murdered shortly after - leaving Odo to be the prime suspect. Jake and Nog's trouble-making prompt Keiko to do something helpful for the station's children.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,600