The Last Picture Show(1971)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 28

In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.



Anna and the King(1999)

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Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 28

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.



True Grit(1969)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian territory.



Breakfast on Pluto(2005)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 30

In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.



Paper Moon(1973)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.



On Golden Pond(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.



Steel Magnolias(1989)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.



Stand and Deliver(1988)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 28

The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.



Mr. Holland's Opus(1995)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.



Lorenzo's Oil(1992)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn all about it and tackle the problem himself.



Mask(1985)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.



The Mighty(1998)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 22

Two young boys, both social outcasts in their small town, form an unlikely friendship.



Tumbleweeds(1999)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom...



Splendor in the Grass(1961)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.



Running on Empty(1988)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.



Hope and Glory(1987)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. For a young boy, this time in history was ...



The Goodbye Girl(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 15

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.



The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(1969)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.



Magic(1978)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.



Star 80(1983)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous. Based on the true story of 1980 Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten.




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