Boyhood(2014)

Combined Rating:
97
Combined Critics Rating: 97

The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.



Moonlight(2016)

Combined Rating:
97
Combined Critics Rating: 97

A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.



Lady Bird(2017)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 95

In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.



Room(2015)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A young boy is raised within the confines of a small shed.



The Tree of Life(2011)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.



Booksmart(2019)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 90

On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.



True Grit(2010)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.



Spider-Man: Homecoming(2017)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.



The Jungle Book(2016)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo.



Shazam!(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.



Let Me In(2010)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.



Eighth Grade(2018)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 91

An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.



Everybody Wants Some!!(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 86

In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.



The Spectacular Now(2013)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."



The Hunger Games(2012)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.



News of the World(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.



Lion(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.



Me and Earl and the Dying Girl(2015)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.



Sing Street(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.



Midnight Special(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.




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