Superbad(2007)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.



Precious(2009)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.



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.



The Hunger Games(2012)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

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.



And Your Mother Too(2001)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 83

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.



Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.



Half Nelson(2006)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 83

An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.



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."



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.



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.



Road to Perdition(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.



About a Boy(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.



Walk the Line(2005)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.



Broken Flowers(2005)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.



Where the Wild Things Are(2009)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.



Easy A(2010)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.



The Fault in Our Stars(2014)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam.



22 Jump Street(2014)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.



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.



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.




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